ESTABLISHED. PAGES WEEKLY • VOL. XXI., No. 47.1863.} TOPEKA, 1883. ,KANSAS, NOVE:MBER 21, {SIXTEEN.,RICE. 81.50 A YEAR.

sue their Going Out of the Business. customery foolish course in run­ that it must look pretty dark to such a man' mention more farmers�who have�:made for­ their mills and and we would The FARMER has been interested in cau­ ning night daY"evenif they advise such to get rid of part tunes. It would be better worth our while have to import wool to do it, until the mar­ of their and a of tioning sheep men against rashness in going flocks, adopt svstem mixed to consider how they have succeeded and ket groans with and then shut at all times when such a course out of the business. Men ought not to be woolens, husbandry why others do not. A man's hands were down. There is certainly more profit in a would seem to be Ru- reckless in anything; and when one is well judicious.-Western given him to work with, doubt; but these . n? steady business .han there is in such a spas­ ral. situated for conducting any kind of business are merely the tools; a head and brain were modic business. The as at that has and business present furnished to the hands. With 'the bottom. understands it, and is Profitable guide conducted is like the man who gorges him­ Agrioulture. - not compelled to change, always runs great hands alone a man makes a bare subsistence. self with one meal a He eats about It is frequently said that no man ever risk in leaving what he knows how to handle day. just A dollar, 'by universal consent, has been as much as he would at three. but he can't made a fortune by agriculture. The term and goes to something that is new to him. considered as the equivalent of one day's half assimilate what he and his health fortune is rather indefinite, as it bears a rela­ The following, taken from the Western eats, common unskilled labor. Brain work has will finally break down. We think that tion to a person's desires rather to his re­ Rural, so nearly expresses our views that we no limit to its value. It can direct common is little doubt that our manufacturers quirements. For when one begins to accu­ quote it. It savs: th.ere unskUled labor, a hundred pairs of hands at Will sufficient common sense in their mulate his views of what may be satisfacto­ yet get once, or horse or or Some of our friends III Ohio have labor, steam, water sheep to confine themselves with the increase of Mads, principally to ry competence enlarge and make one become disgusted with low and threa­ power, dollar's worth worth prices, home and their ma- his aecumulatlons. At one time of his life produced wool, keep ten or hundred in The' mne or ten to give up Don't do ,a effect; sheep husbandry. ' or would be suffi­ chinery running all the time. $5,000 $10,000 consldered dollars the is our advice, a ninety multiplied by' quantity it, If farmer is well situated but when this has been made and In of the effect of' tariff cient, the value of the brain for the business of hus­ speaking legisla­ gives day's work and conducting sheep saved there has been such a in the tion, it will of course be said that a low tariff change as there is for brain work he is a foolish man to be ample scope upon bandry, very driven manner of life as to make this sum the of manufactured wholly the it is the use of out of business a encourages importation farm, only by it, and not by temporary depres­ and it is doubled and trebled the. woolen goods. To a certain extent this is inadequate, hard work that fortunes are made sion of If we this rule in all by alone, prices. adopt and multiplied by ten, and yet it is not true. But it must not be forgotten that if ln. agriculture. Moreover, let us consider our farming operations we lipall soon cease At the when the tariff on such was five dollars a enough. beginning, however, how mere hand on to be There is DD !toods work pays better the .better general a man's of this.matter are' he fa_rmers. there would be Americans to views modest, farm than in other No rule of hfe than to stick, I f will yard, enough employments, farm­ anybody a sum the interest of which wear them to make a figures up upon ers faU or become or take the trouble to the results of heavy competition bankrupt, become em­ investigate he can live in his usual manner without with goods of domestic manufacture. Nine barrassed by debts through thei� farm work. changing business, and running after imme­ work and his leisure in comfort. This people out of ten, who have more enjoy If mere hand labor is so diate will find a worse condition money then, productive iii gains, they is what he considers a fortune. than wear Perhaps brain work and of disaster than can brains, imported goods. Why, agriculture; skill will be be attributed to any to be considered the they do not know' or if thev $10,000 $20,000 might and other one caase. If knows precisely, do, equally productive, with economyaud anybody any lowest limit of what a farmer con­ they never tell. Ask them their reason for might careful of one's .ror­ considerable number of men who have ever husbanding Income, sider as a fortune or a Then so and will that wear competence. turnes be made in as made a, success of life doing, they reply they may agriculture well by repeatedlv chang­ we ask how many farmers have accu­ better or are finer. As to lastmg qualities it might as in other Y. T£mes. ing; from location to location or from busl­ ways.-N. this sum in the course of an ordlna- �...... --- not true that are su­ mulated , strictly nesii' to have the of foreign goods business, they advantage of let us 20 Tak­ to those of American., manufacture. 1'y. .period time, say years. 001. W. S. Wdte's Short-horn Sale. us. This unsettled disposition is -a cause of 'J¥lrior of A coat made of domestic will as a ing a.�:>yiew, acquaintances among much of our labor troubles. are goods SpeCial KANSAS F.�RMEB. Men seek­ one hazard the state­ eorrespondeuee ruie wear cent. better than the av­ farmers, Inight safely to better their condition in in fifty per On his farm near Col. W. ing ways which ment that there are more farmers who are in Sabetha"Kansas, erage that is made of foreign goods. If the chances, are greatly' against them. A ,coat S. White sold a draft of Short-horns from does not believe it. But the possession of this amount of properry is the anyone it, try sup­ the Oakland herd. Col. J. was auc­ temporary gain temptatlon- which and who could afford to retire from busi­ yr. Judy, pose it were true that do wear draws out of a of foreign.goods tioneer and Chas. Clarkson acted as. secre­ them place employment ness at than are better. They cost at least and rest ease there busiuess in which in the run twenty-five pe On account of the long they would be like­ and men who �ry. blustering weather. cent. more and more than that. men, merchants, professional to better than will do generally the attendance was small, and the ly they probably by are able to do the at 50 of prices �o As to fineness American are same, years age. or it draws them of a goods plenty realized were not as large as usual, ehanglng, out business There are of farmers who are although good for The truth is that thousands which in the run Will as enough anybody. they were good for the quality of the cattle long average well worth and a many whose the vast who are $100,000 each, great majority eternally rumag­ offered. female was as any other business. As so many times that while The hi,hest priced for their wealth exceeds large sum, the said The Rural and if ing among importations clothes, $180, for Red," a by Stockman, the for are "Daisy "Sylvia" cow, pur­ are influenced by the wish to get something opportunities making money really sheep business of this country does not pay chased by A. A. Gordon, Holton, Kas. The because it is greater among farmers who have good bus­ for to foreign, simply toreian, Any­ for bulls were $210 each years together many years come, what iness habits than are other highest prices paid that comes across they among any thing the ocean, from a "Lord a can we give to the promises of any is Lorne," Highthorn bull, bought by weight roll of cloth to Oscar commands industries. The trouble not that the op­ bualnesa? The is the of Wilde, w. H. and "Cherub a sheep only product are but rather the Sucra, Bly," their and if can portunlties wanting, S�ith, the adoration; anybody suggest Ehzabeth" sold to J. F. Pom­ fann-among our standard products­ shrewdness and tact to seize and the "Lady bull, a of giving. these an artificial them, whose does not the plan people eroy, Holton. Six bulls supply equal legitimate to turn them to account. Not a averaged $157.50, of common will move in industry demand. The supply sense, they and 47 females country wants wool and is as har averaged $102. Fifty-three the direction of the farmer in ten thousand works and to to other countries to materially improving Short-horns sold for a aver­ compelled go supply has less leisure than a business mani'who $5,740, general of wool in this coun-· its and in the face of these prospects production of $l08.SO. needs, facts, we try. succeeds. And the farmers who have made age permit ourselves to become dis­ The following is a list of the purchasers : thoroughly But how many of those who have been in conspicuous success have been men of the because our manufacturing busi­ J. H. Tallula, 1Il.; Dr. Robt. Patton, ?ouraged the sheep business for any length of time closest industry and the -most enterprising �pears, IS done by a reckless system, which uses Hamhn: A. A. Gordon, Holton; J. M. Boom­ up have lost anything? The man who has re­ business habits. For instance, there was a all our own wool and then until the er, Fairview, Brown On.; W. H. Smith, imports cently entered upon the business. and pur­ New York farmer, John Johnson by name, market for manufactured goods is Seneca; C. B. Vail, Hlnwatha ; W. L. nm-: glutted chased high priced stock, may be pardoned who began work about 40 years ago on a thus causing stagnation in our Ingham, Hiawatha; W. Coleman, Oneida; domesti� if he thinks things look a little blue. But is farm near Geneva. He went in debt for his wool markets. This the chief cause of the It, Fritz, Sabetha; T. S. Gordon Oneida' the farmer who has been in the business ten farm, bought on credit a large pile of ma­ of prices which has been existing, and Jones, Hiawatha; E. O. st�te or fifteen years prepared to say that the de­ nure which a neighbor wanted to get rid of, Tim?thy Crandall: IS a cause which seems to be almost en­ Oneida; G. H. Buck, Sabetha; (jeo. W. i� pression of prices has been the cause of real borrowed money to drain his land, became tirely overlooked, We cannot get our eyes Werts, Scottsville, Mitchell Co.; L. E. Buck, loss to him? No animal on the farm can be wealthy from the rlch produce of his farm off the reduced tariff list long enough to take Sabetha; J. SlicTity, Sabetha; D.. G. Buck, kept at such slight expense as the sheep. spent his declining years in ease and com: a comprehensive view of the situation. ; T. S. Gilmore, Oneida; A. W. The, cow costs a great deal more to keep,and fort, and left more than $100,000 when he Oaplorna There is.an over of woolen in Craycraft, Sabetha; H. Conners, Baileyville; supply goods yet we will venture to say that the very same died. A farmer of Wisconsin recently died the is what the down and J. Miller, Sabetha, Kansas. H. cq.�ntry'. �ha,t closing men who now think of gettin,g rid of their rich under similar Circumstances. A Oana­ of are m�!I�. ��\lns., .These goods partly did not cows sale be­ now III wealth and with sheep, post their for dian farmer living Beans are not eaten whole kind of made of and if there were a by any imported wools, was a last SO cause butter ten cents pound sum. nearly $500,000, came from Scotland years stock But, tariff 'of ten dollars' a pound on wool prices excepting sheep. by grinding have passed throueh depres­ ago with $700, put it 1),11 in land at $1 an of wool would be Detter I!!-er. Hogs and mixing with corn or oatmeal, beans un­ to-day th�n they sions similar to has so and soon had an income from it �o that which laid heav­ acre, of fit for sale be fed to are now. And prices will never get to may profitably cattle, up \ly the wool some swine more a 'of his upon interests, and than $10,000 year grain alone; horses and are where they ought to be until there is a re­ pigs. They very strong food, raisers were driven out of the business, but stock now brings him in nve times as much. the manufactured stock. and as stock beeome used to them the pro­ duetion-of . present have had of to re­ A relative of this man had not a dollar they plenty opportunity of bean-meal be increased. steadily on, and will portion may 'I'hat-reduction-ts.going gret their inconsiderate course, slnoe. Do when he reached these shores and his cattle naturally reach-a point at which there must not let us be too hasty in such matters. alone to-day would sell for more than $1()(). A rose farm is a new Georgla industry. be a new. supply; and when that point is We are speaking specially to those who 000. A Georgia farmer died a few days !\gO Two gardeners in the vicinity of Savannah re�,Qtl.d. those who stick will make up their keep sheep as a part of a mixed husbandry. leaving $700,000, all made by fal·ming. His planted three acres in rose trees. This year' , los��,s., .�, We do not think that what we have said lust year's crop of cotton was 600 bales, they have sold 22,000 trees to parties in the T.4� t1JPe Is coming, we confidently be­ would apply to a man that is exclusively worth $20,000. North, and had orders for 00,000, which the:y when manufacturers will cease to lieve, tn We will not allow us not I pur- engaged Hut . time and to Bhee� husbandry, eontess spase

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first the skin attacks the spinal column. Doubtless Lords, Dukes. Queens, Princesses, and the obstruction, through and then the human beings are often attacked by this there is where a great deal of the cult­ and muscle through gullet, but the are and and make a slit to remove peculiar disease, symptoms chah comes in, as it does in Europe large enough other more common dis­ in New the of root. This is sater' than to so like those of PUBLIC SALES OF FINE CATTLE. among the cultchahed folks piece is never force down the throat to push eases that the real difficulty DAtes claimed only for sales advertised In the England, anything down into the stomach. The known. KANSAS FABIIER. He is like most of his cultchahed re­ the root human seem Marcb 1884 -J. 0, Wlcblta. Ku. drawn two or three It is said that the species 1, a delicate gentlemen, cut is together by x, GriH�de,th. IIbenandeab. Iowa, Sbort· lations, yery the stitches in the gullet and as to afford a more favorable soil for At�:�;-JObn takes cold on the slightest provocation, separate JUDe 8-J, H, Potla" BoD, Jack.oDville, nl. than lower and be needed in the the growth of this parasite .the II)-Leonard Bro.,ADIIU8 Gallowa11, has often a distressing cough and other may skin, leaving man the disease is in­ M&!�\:ll�� ends out of the so they animals, since in May 27, ,�. O. stone, LeaveDwortb. nameless infirmities. He must travel hanging wound, May 28 aDd '84-S, E. Ward &< BoD, KaDoae OIty. drawn out when the of the variably fatal. Doubtless, however, 2!, Lee'. Mo. in a and must may be edges May 80. '84- w; T. Hearne, SummU,' by rail or spring wagon, in wounds have united. This is a perfect- when better understood, some r$lledy be handled very tenderly. Whether ULD OF BOBID. JACKS AND JENNETS. the mas­ safe and of course, et- will be discoved that will gain or men can there not be too much ly operation, is, 11 and 14, I884.-Woodard &< hogs February 12. Brae1IeldJ over even in man. brood ma Jackl ana fective without serious being tery it, LexIDlItoD. Ky.• ltallloni...... cultchah? any injury 23, 24 and 25. '84 ------JeD nets, A"rll eale. 22. done. If the piece is forced down to It is regarded as a contagious disease, , Roots. the entrance to the stomachh and no- though just how it is communicated MODERN SWINE OULTURE. Feeding one to another is not Kansas farmers do not feed enough further it is then past relief, and the from yet known, It is most communicated And That's What Ails the American Hog. roots to their stock. They do not raise animal will perish, for it cannot be probably be But to avoid this the air by proximity, or by di­ In the Iowa Homestead is an article root crops enough. .Jt may urged brought back again. through case small or even be or cut rect contact as in the of pox written by Rev. Henry Wallace under that our climate is not best good danger roots should pulped or scarlet fever. the caption above given. There is a for such vegetables, but this we do not into small shreds. one offend are than 'I'his subject is ofvitalimportance vein of sarcasm about it that may believe. Some seasons better , Head." to and we 'will watch with interest fastidious persons, but even they, if others here as elsewliere, and every IISwell all, to on one the further investigation in regard the, they will pause long enough to read it a farmer expects to fail sometimes The appearance of tumors upon is at in wmter increase disease and its remedy, and report any second time, will admit that there thing or another. Roots are face of cattle, which gradually the Animals death of the information we gain to our readers; least one grain of wheat among what grass is in summer. in size, finally causing the chaff. Here it is: rarely sicken when living on green animal, is no new thing. These tumors, last what is the are to be of a the of OOWB Their Horns. We have found out at grass, and so, stock always healthy until recently,:were supposed Telling Age by matter with the American hog. France, in winter when fed abundance of roots. cancerous nature; but the appearance of Dr. G. Stuart writes to the Ohio and are all in easiest of "swell head" in Chicago has led to the of cows, as fol­ England, Spaln Germany Turnips and rutabagas are the Farmer, upon age know what ails and careful Dr. Wm. T. lows: muddle to him, Henry Stewart says, but man­ investigation by grown, .. their savans are their noses The Belfield, of that city, which is likely to The horn of the steer or heifer does hanging gels and beets are the best. costly over and snuffiing is a shed these so-called face tu­ not at time of life a true tabu­ the savory stew-pan, culture, however, of the latter roots light upon any give and mors. we have a with much gusto the fragrance, obstacle, and while many farmers lar scale or gauge whereby great six Dr. whether it is safe to eat him few Some years ago Bolinger, correct standard as to age. The bull at wondering and rutabagas, grow .', grow turnips Professor Medicine or in there is noth­ Royal ,of Veterinary has certain or waves not. Go gentlemen, beets and Yet mangels and five years rings mangels. discovered that with hi. save that in Munich, Bavaria, the at and after that time ing the matter this, beets are better feed for cows than whereby age sugar numbers of the same these tumors contain large The horn he is in rather bad way from because they are much sweeter, can be told with accuracy. turnips, which not that is the and vim a microscopic plant grows or of the frontal bone of cause taking snap and consequently more nutritious" and prolongation on the but also in the in­ out of much cultchah. Our only surface, the cow to indicate atter she has you-too are devoid of ill flavor. The man­ begins any at as old Tom used to terior of the muscles, permeating been served the and is devel­ diagnosis, Carlyle ner of them therefore is more by male, feeding dis­ core times even the bone. Bolinger's her first say, goes down into the innermost and is required but to oped when she has produced simple, nothing other emi­ and The trouble is not covery has been confirmed by At two the' first mark is of fact reality. slice them and them to the cows. calf. years give discovered that or or nent surgeons, who have after the birth of the first off­ cholera, triehinee, pluero pneumo­ But the strong flavor of turnips and shown, this is not only always the nia, or contagious aptha, or malignant that ofrutabagas, makes parasitic plant spring. The wide mark shows more especially actu­ but too much cultchah. present in these tumors, but that it broad which horn has when anthrax, some care and caution necessary, or the ring every disease. ally causes the Beingseparated cow has run farrow for one We have done what some fathers vain­ flavor be communicated to the a year, may introduced into the from the tumor and that the cow IS three to do with their boys-make a milk. This flavor is very volatile. We showing years old, ly try has uni­ system of a healthy animal, it and at that had one gentleman out of him-have taken away have smelled itdistinctly from the cows, only age calf, formly caused the appearance of similar which is the but in the bristles and replaced them with hair and tasted it in the milk within two ordinarily' case, animal. tumors in the inoculated when a cow has had a soft as a London cockney's; have taken hours after they had eaten the roots in some breeds, The name of this is actinomyces, calf at three years, she then goes farrow up that nose fearfully and wonderfully a field into which they had tresspassed plant a of two Greek words which in her fourth when her mark made and replaced it with a profile ex­ through an open gate. But being so compound year, mean The plant is' would be the same as at two years. The quisitely modeled after the sculptor's volatile; it soon passes off and disap­ radiating fungus. named because its parts radiate from a three marks tollowing are what we art; we have shortened and delicately pears in the constantly activetranspira­ so like the of a wheel. call calf that turned his ears and abbreviated his legs tion through the skin. These conditions central point, spokes would marks, showing up It to the same of to six of she has had four -beg, pardon-limbs, and put a lovely make it an easy matter to feed these belongs family fungi years age as the mould on or moist bread. calves. at seven years of kink in his tail just too sweet for any­ roots so as to avoid the objection. If jelly, Ordinarily The habits of this are not she goes farrow, which pro­ thing, vainly trying to make him a thing they arelfed immediately before milking plant yet age again known. It seems to be duces a with a regular of beauty and a joy forever. there is no time for the odor to pass into fully originally ring growing and it is wave from the lower side of the horn Instead of the long razor back, which the blood 'and permeate the cow's sys­ a parasite upon grain thought 'access to animal life feed- over the cutis and frontis of the oceip­ nature gave him, we have given him the tem and the milking may go on safely. gains through This seems quite rea- ital bone. At the base of the horn proportions of a Democratic Alderman, If they are fed directly after milking, the ing. assumption because is the or soft wave, made him in a word, a gentleman of odor has all escaped and passed off sonable, only grain-eating gelatinous cuticle thus far been known to be under the and as it it leisure; hence, like other men of cult: through the skin before much milk has animals have up hair, grows and it is and elastic.. The chah, he has become a victim of gout been secreted, or has leftthe milk which attacked by it; further, usually becomes hard, tough found in the face or tonsils. cow is now and has and dyspepsia. Vile worms bore through has passed into the udder. In this way jaw, rising eight years is that these are calves. Each that she has his liver, trichinas swarm in his mus­ there will be no trouble." The theory parasites had five year themouth in same wave or is left on cles and makes his life a prolonged Included in roots is the potato; and taken into feeding. They a calf the rmg become detached from the grain and the and to ten years she has agony, His lungs are as small as those although a pumpkin is not a root. and horn, up on the or in hollow been farrow two and was two of a lady of cultchah, although he wears nobody calls it a root, yet, when refer­ lodge gums possibly years, or and thus gain entrance old when she had her first calf. no corsets, and his bowels-beg pardon ring to root feed for stock, experienced decayed teeth, years the At times become at- Between ten and fifteen a cow -his intestines-or rather we should farmers always remember that pump­ to jaw. they years tached to the tonsils and are found do- is more to farrow every third say stomach, are the nest of every un­ kins are very good feed for cows and apt go their work there. season. But there are exceptions in clean, hateful worm. His eye has lost hogs. Potatoes boiled, and pumpkins ing deadly III some instances cattle affected with the, life of the bovine, as its ancient fire and his tusks their ter­ chopped up into small pieces mixed reproductive this disease have recovered without well as in other species of our rors. His great+great=great=great with a little bran or chop rye, are rel­ any in other cases domestic some cows will have grandfather was wont to smile as he ished well, eaten up clean, and with treatment; vigorous animals; has in the earlier of several times in their but rooted in the potato patch at the com­ good results every day. treatment stages twins lives, been but after standard of horn-mark is not alter­ bined effort of dogs and bO-ys with bark But in feeding any kind of roots, adds the disease successful; the the becomes involved it usually One or mark indicates and siboy to cast him out of his para­ Mr. Stewart, there is danger ofchokmg. jawbone .ed. ring only fatal. one whether it be one or two dise. He scented the savory hickory-nut A cow must necessarily throw up her proves year, the a birth. The teeth of cattle and beech nut and went for them. If head to get a slice or piece of root of In cattle, parasites usually spread calves at At the tissue by continuous are no criterion of as the soil on terror ever took possession of his soul, considerable size between her teeth. through age, feed and the kind of he could show his heels to the swiftest times, and unavoidably, a piece will slip growth. Occasionally, however, they which thev food, , circulation. to the accord­ horse and disembowel his owner with past the teeth and into the gullet, and seem to be carried by the will wear or preserve teeth, of the where tumors case be." the same satisfaction that he sent a val­ if too large to P3\>S down, will form an various parts body, ing as the may --...... ------uable dog to the happy hunting grounds. obstruction, which must be removed, or are formed as the result. been discovered that The cheif difficulty in feeding cotton­ His great--great-great-great grand­ the cow will perish. It is not easy to Recently it has not but seed meal to stock is from the indigesti­ mother measured her pigs in a bushel remove thi.s. Sometimes a tablespoon­ this disease attacks only cattle, in the human ble which has never been entire-: basket, and woe to the luckless urchin ful of sweet oil, melted lard, or linseed hogs and man, though husk, as it it a somewhat different removed. If this can be done, who attempted to disturb their repose. oil poured down the throat will make it species presents ly observed on cattle. It doubtless will be now that cotton-seed But these ancestors were destitute of easy to work the obstacle up or down. aspect from that localized in but meal is so largely called for, it is very cultchah. Our modern hog has a pedi­ If not, the safest thing is, at once, to does not remain man, to the internal of to take the place of other and gree as long as an English Baron's, and take a sharp small knife and to cutdown spreads rapidly organs likely and at times less nutritious feeds. wears the hi,h BOunding names of -not across-the gullet directly over the chest and abdomen, 1888. XANSAB FA:R,MEa.

Bone Spavin. risks, and may not unlikeLy. destroy the BREEDERS' DIBECTORY. SwDiE. Most everybody knows that this ,is a limb, or at least greatlv'aggravate ,the J. OARPENTER. Milford. Xanll88. B....ed.r ot . excresence or hard on the lameness. The safest method =QwrII=·=qf=IANo=='",",==ur='_==uUl=k=�==U.=IM=B="""=- • bony swelling existmg ..... A Thoroullbbred Poland-Oblna . "" Stock . .,.',DIftotOf'Olfur .1000_·1/ url6oo/00 """"",. IIwlnt. for inside of a we in even the worst cases IS to' fuII • horse's hock. .lIaIe. , Although , give IUlpectlo�andcorrelpondencelnvlted eac.\add4HoilaJl"""'2.00�I·uUl k -,lie ad-"- 1M.i.OOPIfOflM�'0 1M _.,.. W. ASHBY have through these columns often stated trial to blistering; and, when this falls, Calboun Mo .. L • Breeder or BERKSHIRE SWINE ot ,argalt !lime that generally it is an incurable ailment, rest contented with whatever degree of HORSES. an_d_c_b8_IC8I_t_lt_ra_ln_I_. � so amelioration can be far at least as the removal of the , obtained from the bony COOK .. lola. AII.n county, Kan""". Im- ROBERTaDd deposit is with slow and steady working of the animal. porter Breeder ot Poland Oblna Hop. Pip , concerned, together OARSON. Wlucheeter, K.n...�. Importer .Dd warrantedllnt-clull. Write. - aDn -- --- more or less stiffness of the still Pr'a'riet.Fa'1'1rler JOHNBreeder ot C1ydOlldale Norman HOneL In------joint, lpectlon and In.,Ued. .0, colT8lJlOndence BLANKENBAKER. OTTAWA. KA8 .• bl'8l'd.r the request comes for not only a sure C • and Iblpper 'ot recorded POLANn OHINAS and ,l,:,. Yorksblre I"rn.. Also Rocks. The B 0f orsea. PlymouUt special and permanent cure, but also for the re6Wllg Good H (JATTLE. ' ratee by.xp...... Write. . entire removal of the unsightly and A lover of the horae, and a .�o.od w ot characteristic thus the doctrine- L1LLARD. Nevada. Mo. Breeder THOR' SHEEP. bony protuberance. horse, preaches 'J • OtlGRBBIOD SHORT·RORNS. A Younll Mary bull at berd. Spavin assumes various and "Blood will tell," in Farm, Field and YOUnI8tocktorl&le. IlaU8tactionguar- aspects, �:�� V. JJ J., H. PUGSLEY. possesses various virulence, from a Fireside: "By taking 'a glance over ;PL�TTIIBURG. Mo.• breeder of . slight and easy "curable" damage to an the pedigree .of the renowned American Vermont regist.el'l'd Merino , of . Sheep. tnspection flocks inveterate blemish or incurable disease. .horse, Foxhall, who so nobly carried and correspondence invited . It is induced by kicks, bruises, leaping, our colors to the front in England and •••!!IlI". StubbJ 440 heads the flock. Om hundred and JIflv rama overstraining, and rapid galloping, but Fr�ce, the tmportance of reverting to _for8ll1e. the of a stralne that are IS especially by overworking young J;>asSlDg away appar- (lOP�LAND &: VIEW FARM: Wm. Brown. La"renoe, 1'1;m:� SON, horse before Its limbs have sufficient ent. Foxhall's dam was Jamalca, a pLEASANTBreeder ot JaRSay O...TTLR ot tbe bel. DOuglau. Kanll88. breeder ot Span­ _�nll88. I.b or ImproYed AlDerican Merino mare sired strength, and by faulty and uneven by Lexington, out of .I!'anny 8beep; noted to..I .... bardlbood and fleece WOOD 8TOOK: FARM. K.n..... bpavy, AV.I1Ijl. weight of A from a kick or blow Ludlow's Wakaru98. shoeing; spavin Ludlow, by Echpse. Fanny PLUMT. M. Marcy .. Bon. Breeden ot 8HORT·HORNIJ. fleece tor Ute flock of 694 II 18 lbl. 7 Itock tor ...le. ounce•. is a mere bruise on the or dam was Mollie a mare Yoonl! ColT8lJlOnd.nce or Inspection usually bone, Jackson, by InVIto-d. 100 liN.. and 60 &I._lor Itth. the membrane which covers and can Vandal, dam •' it, by Margrave. P. W. Sedalia HALL. Emporia. Kanll88. GENTRY, ..110. Bn>eder of Rt,.t8te1't'Cl R • Merino or lize easily be cured; a spavin on the lowest Now, we wish the reader to the J. 8beep largoat Bnd beat quality. at keep BaEEDaR or HOLSTEIN OATTLE. prl"".... low ... lb. lo"est. part of the hock is of less consequence mare Mollie Jack1lon in mind, with her R. Bro"n Co •. PA'l.'TON, Hamlin. .• K , breeder one McCULLOUGH. Fay.lI" Howard Co .. MI.· than between the small bones of the blood of and DR. rd re Vandal Margrave, as we ntlng HARRYsourt, brPeder of MERINO SHEEP. Berk.blre HOIII. twelovet •• .... .""'� .. ...e...... and hock a near the of the will come poBropuiaraitl"!nmIDU 0Yr08UbDOgrt.:�?':O!'0.r b'lIh· clau Poultry. 400 Ramo tor l&Ie on reasona- joint; spavin edge across it again, in looking bleterml. WOOD S limb is not so bad, because it does not further into the , HERD. O. Elcbboltz. Wichita. K•. breeding of Foxhall. OAKLtve Stock Aucllon...r and breeder or Thorougb- T. FROWE. Pavltllon. Ka08RI, Breed8 and b... so much affect the of the bred 8bort-bolD Cattl.. bending hoek Vandal was sired by imported Glencoe, E • tor .ale SPANI8H MERINO SHIIEP. In,pecUon aod eorreepondence Invltecl. as one towards the and a middle; spavin the best thoroughbred horse that ever HERD. W. H. H.Cundlff. Pl_nt Hili. ALT�H�MMo, F...blonabl.·bred 8bort-borneattl•. R. of kind in a colt or is was StralRht Tipton. L.nawee Co.. Mlcblgan. h... any young horse for his blood has been Roae or 8haron bull at head ot herd, for produced, YOUDg cattl. J • choiceKEENEY,Mlcb gaD Merino E".. for ...1.. Correa- ... buliliultable to bead less inveterate than a same 1.; any .how berd. pondence Invited. spavlrror the .the foundation upon which the race in a HAMII;TON. Butler. Mo. kind fully matured horse, and very horse was in this Tborou.bbred. Gallo- PARK. D. W.McQullty. breed- highly improved- A • way cattl and c!alves out ot Proprietor. e, Sbort-born CO"I by MERINOer and Impor,.r or 8panlob MeriDo. very much less so than one in a decided- Galloway bulla. for oale. Sb.ep. blgh country through his daughters, and in cll188 PODltry and Berk.blre Bop. Stock tor ...1.; 1110 buck.: old horse. H. Rocb.port. ,Boone OOl1n·". Mo, ly England through his grandsons, Stock- LAOKEY. PeaboCHINA SWINE. OorreapondeDce solicited. Plymoutb Rock Rooster. Tbree tor f5. Felcb otraln. draw a of the matter ENTIRE STOCK or for portion bony three-mile race on in which she WARD own.r Tboroughbred Poultry record, lIurlingam.. KaDII88. of ... My Ie Addrees F . E. Manb HIRAMScbool Cre.k Herd of Sbort·born cbeap • MaDbattan'• which forms the excresence, yet with- cut down the famous Sherrod catt,le and Berk- KBn.....· (by .blre bop. My breedlDg otock bav. been carefully _ out either the local irritation I8lectect. Tbey are good Indlvlduall as well ... ot good renewing Lecompte, dam W 8b Picayune, by Medoc); tRmllle•. A f." cbolce bull calves lor aaie. and lood POULTRY YARDS land or inflammation, and therefore achieves aud she also plgl no" ready ror delivery. WAVELANDnee county. Kanl&8. W. J. :Mc�r;;, bniede�-:;f produced Monday, by Llgbt Brabm.ae. PlYDIonUt Rockl, and Pekin Duckl. an 8tock for important alleviation of the disorder. A. M. l&Ie no". Eggs tor batcning In I88IIOn; also who sired Battle Axe and the EID80N. 00•• Kas matee Colton, Reading. Lyon •• Buff Oocbln The DR. eqs. proper medical application for great California mare, Mollie McCarthy. bredaa�II�:�JI�d�b�bbo�':.t ��tls:,t'k�����r!'� Honn of tbe moot r...blonable Jer­ any ordinary bone spavin is a blister. In thus so to the ItraIn. pure-bred alluding extensively I8Y Red Hop and Jersey Cattl•• The hair covering the affected part pedigree of Foxhall, we do so for the should be cut close to the skin; blister- purpose of demonstrating'the fact that ointment ing ought, in the morning, to when the breeding of an animal is first­ be spread thickly over the part; and, in class, and the strain stout and vigor­ the evening, a coat of hogs' lard may be that it is best to return to it for ous, J. E. BRUCE. Peabody. KaDII88. Live Stock over spread this, and be repeated once at and when this can­ BLAKESLEY Peabody. X..... breeder ot cbolc. COL.Allcl!oneer. 8peclal attention IIlv.n to stock .ale. renewal, times; In Xan..... H • Thorougbbred Sbon.born Caltl. aDd Poland- Satlal'actlon guaraDteed. until the ------daily scab which forms after not be done, then to breed as close to ObIDa Swln..· blistering has off, which it as RAwYER, Manhattan. Kausas. Live Stocl!: peeled gener- possible under the circnmstances. PARK STOCK FARM. O. F. Bolo- !learl. SA.• Auctioneer. Sales made anywhore in t1,,� ally occurs within'ten to twelve A JERSEY J.ney days, There is something in what is called oatft'eo�nfl���k��re �[:�·8�k���'!a�:.glster West. Good references. Have full sets of A. H, B. second application may then be made; the in" for "nicking process, Lexington BROS .• Jackson 00.. Xan..... Breeden CITY STOCK SALES will be beld tbe and this is more effective than usually always crossed well with' Glencoe SMALLof 8bort-born HOytiOatt. and Cbeater Wblte Swln.. STRONGfourth Saturday in each month at Strong City. the OOrre'pon�enc.. soUclted. Address 0 first, and in the case of colts or mares, and his own daughters did bet­ G. HILDEBRAND, �ecretary. often the cure. young horses, completes ter with imported horses than with 8TOCK FARM. F. M. Neal. PI...... nt In WOODSIDERun. Pottawatoml. 00 .. K... breeder of Tbor- THE LINWOOD HERD very bad cases, so many as six or natIve stallions. The return to the seven ca��� Oo�::�: successive applications of blister Vandal and Margrave blood, which :��:J�f!.d��;.��:b����'1."Ir;., SHORT-HORN CATTLE, may be necessary; and they are not at courses in the veins of Foxhall, f.t:om all to the disease or oc- SWINE. likely aggravate both sire and dam, was a complete casion other the any blemish, but, on "nick," and produced a first-class ani- COOK. I"la. Allen Kan..... 1m­ other will effect a hand, generally cure; mal. As with the thoroughbred, so ROBERT countr'na HOIII. Pip after the second time must waJ::'i::� f1��.c�,:::deW�I;"�land.cb yet, they with other breeds. If we are to per- not W. ARNOLD. Louisville, Kanll88, Breed.r be repeated with In"eater rapidity resolution otReg­ petnate "bottom," speed, J • Istered Pol.nd-Oblna Swine. Young stock tor than at intervals of fourteen or even and vigor, we must breed for not it, 18_le_._8_loc_k_ln_0_.P_,_-O_,_R_. _ twenty-one days. A spavin which in- always by departing to newer strains, BALDRIDGE. Parsons. Kan..... Brpeder volves the joint surfaces of the small but also RANKIN SWINE. Stock by occasionally throwing a tor s�.:�':.'i.��f��Ir;:': .::a�JJ.BINA bones, and any ordinary spavin in an dash of the favorite blood again into W. A. Kanl&8. H, GENTRY SedaUa. Breeder ot BERK- HARRIS. Lawrence. old be as incura- the in order to adhere to and Mo. animal, may regarded channel, N • SHIRE HOGS or large .1 •• aDd b.st quaUty. Th. II of retain the best berd comD08ed VIClTOBIA8. VIOLETS. L�V­ ble. Blistering, at all events, will not qualitIes. ENDERS BBAWITH BUDS. SECBETS. and othe... from D. MILLER'" BONS. Panora Io"a. bret'del'8 the celebrated berd ot A OrulckRhank. SltlytoD. Aber- subdue such cases; and either the use of PHILot Poland-Ohlna•. F....,. Blg.boned EngUsb Berk­ sbl... and Duroc or Red, Berklhlree. Our h.1'Il are ���:!'JTer'ro�tl��dr'��;�:r �e��P8';fa�� &';,�:�I�� iron or Look Out for Frauds I ... hot some more powerful agent noted prlze-wlnD.rs. Klnellar. Ab.rdeen,blre. Scothmtl. Al.o YOtlNG W. also have fine anti than The genuine "Rough on Corns" is mBde only Cotewold Southdo",. Ram. tor MARYS YOtlNG PRYLLISE8, LADY ELIZABETHO, .tc. ordinary Spanish blister is the ...Ie. and Ibe bOlt brpPdIof (or Ute n.rm. BARON VIClTOK bretl an fly E S. ponltry Imp. 42824. by Crulckobanl<. by Wella (proprielor of "Rough on GoLDEN DROP'S 39120 bead tbe only probable but ought not be Rats"). HILLRtlRIIT herd. remedy, and haBlaughing face of a man on labe18. 15c W. JONE8. Rlcbland. Mlcb.. breed.r ot pure­ 0" Linwood. Leaveuwortb Co K..... 19 on the U. P . . C • bred Poland-Cblna. stock all re­ R R.• 27 mile. woot of Xanll88 Cltv.... FArm ••ts.­ employed without full consideration of and My ,breed In!! join 25c. BoWell. oorded 111 boUt Ute Ohio and American 1'.-0. lWoordl. Uon. Calaloguee o",a�pUcation. InapecUon iuvlt.14. lWVEMBER�t KANSAS FARMER. 4

at A Publio Sheep Shearing. mainly cows and bull Stockmen .Ohioago. News Items. Jersey cattle, was in General sold of stockmen called by Com- I Mr. Needels, a wool grower, calves, arrived August 10th, were The meeting I . Emdish wheat crops look well. for Chicago, was held last this oBhce a few days ago and suggested at auction. There were over missioner Loring to-day after Kansas The Newcastle (Pa.) paper is burned. week and the following resolutions, that the formation of a Sheep­ mil! head altogether and are regarded ninety were association would be a A French lunatic tried to shoot Minister discussion, adopted. shearing good of standard. The prices were �r. high existence of disease and purchasers Ferry. WHEREAS, The thing for both growers animals in a few among domestic portions The to a strike of railroad and of breeding sheep. object is, There is general New Railroad Time Table. of certain States on the Atlantic seaboard, live to all interested steamship laborers at Panama. tend to has affected the exportation of affordan opportunity the many things which seriously Among and the which attaches to themselves the indi­ mills at are suspend­ Is time. stock, suspleton persons to see for Three iron Pittsburg our railroad system complete of the United make all neat cattle and swine the two thousand idle standards of of disease vidual animals shorn, to examine ed, turning out about Different roads using different States on account of the existence the to harmonize in certain localities has greatly lessened see them weighed and meas­ men. time, always made It diffioolt fleeces, sale of American meats in foreign markets; the boards to build a new and when it happened that and then to keep track of any par- A scheme is on their running; and ured, river St. other and run on of to the next brldze across the Mississippi near roads which crossed each WHEREAS, The existence pleuro- ticular animals up shearing, of collision Vias doubly pneumonia introduced from time to time by Louis. different time, 'danger and so on/ . the Importation of live stock from European Paul increased. like other are a little Chicago, Milwaukee and St. railway countries, constantly threatens the Sllfllad Sheepmen, men, to enumerate the many Southern and Wes- has withdrawn from the Iowa Without stopplnz of the contagion to the lower than the angels, and somet.rmes company out and the disease different troublesome incidents growing tern States and Terrltorles ; a little. Instances have freight pool. have is of such a character that State le�islation they cheat just of this difference in running time, we Wisconsin miners are on a relief; and prompt and where rams or ewes orboth Iron Mountain companies can only give partial been known to state that most of the railway on the part of Con- Fifteen hundred are depen­ appropriate legislation and blanketed strike. persons to new disease in the infected were shorn in February of the United States agreed adopt gress to eradicate the • dent on them for support. and the cold ' weather standards of time. Quoting districts is Imperatively demanded; through the rest of and common West become were con­ should the ranges of the the next Earnings of the U. P. railway the movement in great This was done, so that when from the Daily Capital, infected With the disease, it would be im- less in October of this year ·than at the con­ these particular siderably this direction was Inaugurated possible to stamp out the pla�ue except by fall should come along, same month last year. the 11th uction of the herds and at a wool- for the vention of railway managers held on the total desn animals would show very long cost of hundreds of millions of dollars; business failures the last seven days in St. Louis. This convention to The of last April, very long, indeed, for sheep supposed 235 a few therefore, . in the United States and Canada were followed one in New York convention shear- was by RcsoliVcd, That this heartily have been shom ill May. .I:'ublilC week. witnessed the of the of the against 215 the previous later and this meeting indorse the action Secretary level the busi­ days against all ings a,e intended to up court reform. Treasury in enforcing quarantine The clerk of the Pittsburg criminal CUlmination of the proposed of and imported cattle for the purpose prevent- ness of breeding- sheep growing and Is under bond to an­ as it be of conta- has been stealing, At first the revolution, might ing the further imllortatton foreign are thus af­ that the wool. Good opportunities him. unneces­ diseases, and we recommend swer an indictment against termed, was regarded as not only gious to regulations be enforced with rigid Impar- lorded the public, and especially per­ but thoughtful minds, fur- German newspapers are sary but ridiculous; all importations; and, French and tlality against sons interested, to test and compare with the responsibility of railroad should be asked to confer balls at one another,-that charged ther, that Congress throwing paper of the breeds. and warned by the many dis­ authority upon the Secretary Treasury hard back and transportation, and is, they are saying th�ngs imported sheep, swine of course, would pay asters and confusion .artslng from varying Every breeder, forth. saw the ��Ra�arantlne of his own animals, just and conflicting standards of time, That we recommend for this for the shearing eastbound roads RcsoliVed, Representatives of pool definite and conclusive his own and necessity of the change. purpose of taking as he would do in yards, schedule ad- one from and made a committee of " at up a . met Chicago action consisting best shearer would re- ., Those the change in hand departed be the fastest and . seaboard and interior having each State and Territory, appointed by vanelng rates to the local all 'from which time the chairman of this convention whose duty ceive a There are several effect November 26 in accord­ from previous points prize. points to take- a memorial to Congress even Greenwich and it shall be to present in the State at the executive was computed, ignoring shearing societies now; ance with the decision of jOint setting forth explicitly the loss and damage time, for railway use. In place not have been seme public shear­ committee at the of Commissioner Washington we have sustained in our business, only least there meeting . idea of fixing dis- of previous systems the simple by reason of the fact that contagious and most if not all of Fink's office in New York. this ings In Kansas, standard time be­ eases do exist to a limited extent in the necessary division of this But writes that the ba­ but also of the much greater loss them were reported in paper. Paris . A correspondent with re­ country, . tween longitudinal 15 degrees, or, em- the and we sustain by reason ot the id1 ea IS to a State sis of the proposed agreement between The damage Mr . NeedeI'ss orgamze to time, about an hour apart. and in some cases pro- and gard barrassing restriction, for obvious reasons Suez Canal company England ship are 60 which' have been association. This, meridians adopted for this purpose hibitory regulations, of the than owners is that the administration foreign Governments against would have more advantages any 75 90 deg., 105 deg. and 120 deg. adopted by and 56 deg., deg., American live stock and dead meat pro- consolidat­ company be 44 per cent. English per Greenwich. The local It would be like west from the meridian of We further recommend that said body. as well as ducts. cent. French; that England with the fairs into one State fair seventy-fifth or eastern line, passes through committee be instructed to confer ing the county the Commissioner France be the seat, of administration; near of the the and better central New York, east Pennsylvania, Secretary Treasury, so far as to affording cheaper difference be settled by English of and such other officials and that all the ocean at Agriculture exhibitor and those Philadelphia, striking Cape shall be deemed proper, to the all dividends go persons as to them apportunities tribunals and that surplus central such Mav, The ninetieth or line, passes and shall thereaftersuggestto Congress wish to see one thing once. If reduction of transit dues, the who toward the western Illinois, near St. points of legislation as they may deem through Wisconsin, 'there are a dozen-local shearings, every best calculated to protect our interests and Musical association gave Mississippi, and near The 'Philadelphia Louis, west Tennessee, our meat see all the animals remove foreign__prejudice against person who wished to to SaUder a survivor of New Orleans to the Gulf. The 105th or further that the a banquet Milan, productions. We suggest their fleeces measured and extended to transportation shorn and the "Old GUa.Id" of the first Napoleon, in Mountain meridian passes through Colorado, said invitation be beef and must attend a dozen different of his birth. while the 120th and stock yard companies, pork weighed, honor of the 96th anniversary New Mexico and Texan, interest in packers and all others having an whereas l'f there was' one, it at St. Helena the Pacific States, and Terri­ places', only Milan remained with Napoleon passes through common with us in this matter. We further time in would but one visit to do all the until he died, then went to South America tories. The difference of extending recommend that live stock organizations require Invited to co-operate several from there these of longitude is the United States be desired work. where he spent years; through sixty degrees and cash sub- time from with us by advice, su�gestions this The old soldier has about five and tile standard neces- think there is enough in this sug­ he came to city. hours, scriptions to be used III defraying all We with in calcu­ and the considera­ his commission on parchment, yellow termlrial railway points each, upon essary expenses of said committee, Irestion to justify its careful made the President of this convention be requested to as second lieutenant of the company of lations and adjustments as by to have the age, Commissioner tion. We would be pleased invite Hon, George B ..Loring,t.. "Old Guard." The document bears the are comprehended in the thinks the change adopted, of Agriculture, to act as ex-omclo Chairman views of any of our readers that of minutes which will be, also, before referred to. legible seal of Napoleon. space thirty of the Committee of Five the to either condemn and of this coo- enough of subject the greatest difference between local RcsoliVed, That the thanks The Nihilist, a St. Petersburg newspaper. B. it. of the vention are due to Hon. George Loring, or approve death standard time. The value change states that the sentence of passed by Commissioner of Agriculture, for the hearty be estimated from a consideration of has the Nihilist central committee on an in­ may and efficient manner in which he co-op- What Ails the Ohiokens 7 the stand­ stock breeders of the out. Yaluable members the fact that under the old system, erated with the live former was carried he has Here is an opportunity for our poultry bound trains from the United States, and the efflclentald but the are being ard for east and west were lost recently, gaps and that the President of the con­ breeders to What ails the chick­ all the way from twenty­ given UBI guess. more blood will and same cities varied invite him to act as rapidly filled and flow, vention De requested to the described minutes. the committee to be ens according to following the responstblllty will fall not only up­ three to thirty-six ex-officio Ohairtnan of Union Pacific, Kansas division, appointed in accordance with the foregoing symptoms? on a senseless government but npon those On the Wallace. East of resolutions. EDITOR: I would like to learn the needs of the there is no change west of MR. who knowing pressing the 2d .resolutlon the following chickens. will be the trains Under what is the matter with my sit still and do nothing. The paper Wallace the change made, country was tumble around like one drunk; "Central" time. as indi­ committee appointed: They two letters from convicts in Sibe­ being governed by cannot eontams Hon. lose the power of their legs; get the 90th meridia.n, which time is J. H. Carey, Wyoming Territory: ria which horrible details of the treat­ cated by their on their side; flop give W. J. Col­ on feet; lay nine minutes faster than "Jefferson City" Columbus Delano, Ohio; Wilson, few others a ment of prisoners there. over; some live a days; on the Atch­ M. New D. W. time, the time heretofore used orado; N. Curtis, York; few weeks. Not much expert­ The Times-Democrat of New Orleans has bavi.ng & Santa Fe. The new time Illinois; Julius Lemoyne, Pennsyl­ I would like to hear Ev­ ison, Topeka Smith, ence with chickens, an expedition working its way into the T. C. Ander­ schedule provides that "Central" time shall vania; J'. B. Grinnell, Iowa; from BOrne of your correspondents. erglades of Florida. A dispatch from the H. W.McK. used in of "Jefferson City" time at son, Kentucky; G. B. Loring, Texas; rivers be place Kas. party says: We found eight large M. West Vir­ Pawnee Hodgeman Co., all east of Dodge City, and for points Smith, Wisconsin; J. Kirk, Valley, from the lake south into the Ever­ points running "Mountaln'wtlme, or ginia; P. S. R. Thompson, Nebraska; John We west of Dodge City glades which we particularly explored. Professor F. J. Kansas State that indicated by 105th meridian, shall be Overton, Tennessee; Hunt, The Grange. made a sueeesstul attempt to cut through Maryland; the Kan­ used. "Central" ttme is nine minutes faster New Jersey; John M. Robinson, '1'he next annual meeting of the Everglades, on the swamp, bordering and "Mountain" D. E. District of Colum­ than "Jefferson City" time, Professor Salmon, of will be held at the 18th of November, and went up to the State Grange, P. H., time is flfty-one minutes slower than "Jef­ bia; Professor L. S. Thayer, Massachusetts; end of the river eight miles. The expedi­ commencing at 9 o'clock a. ferson City" time. W. Ball, Michigan. Manhattan. tion now is within a half mile of the great was 1883. In regard to the standard time, the new On state legislation the following m., December 11, at the rate of one­ Saw Grass and going for Committee. schedule says: "The standard of' time adopted: By order of Executive fourth mile a day. There is neither water of the State the road is the clock In the train despatcher's WHEREAS, It is the duty W. H. JONES, Chairman, to float the �anoes, nor land to stand on. to take measures to protect the office at The watches of all con­ Legislatures Topeka. domestic animals from loss aris­ There is nothing but mud. The grass Is ten owners of of open drains engineers and other employes of the and of COI1- The great majority if In the ductors. ing from the importation spread feet high. We are going through, stand­ more effective and dur­ company, must be regulated by this taglous diseases. would be much power of mortal man. That the committee of this in and the ard. No excuse will be taken for any varia­ Resol'lled, able if stone or pipe were put convention memorialize the Legislatures of watches. The time will be telegraphed drain needs tion of states or executive authorities to drain. covered. An open When one to consider the quan­ the several stops to all stations at ten establish­ a from Topeka telegraph urge upon them the importance ot and if the fall is good, of matter contained in for yearly fixing, tity reading fifty­ "central time" morning. a veterinary or health department (10) o'clock, every ing will answer to QluJ'y it is the or spread of all such conta­ much smaller pipe two numbers of a good newspaper, 'l'hls will be nine (0) o'clock "mountain prevention diseases, is can be sold for glous off the wa,te)! than commonly sup­ surprising that it $1.00, time," and will be 80 understood at points A resolution was also adopted instructing at th� stream. that does not contain half posed in 100Jung when a book west of Dodge. to call another ---- the President and Secretary as much is sold for $5. in Chi­ J. H. Dodge calculates that the If stock shelter has not already been National Convention of Stockmen Statistician sheep each year, the of the Fat Stock Show country Iosea nearly 5,000,060 do . of the 15th prepared on any particular premises, cago during week A Philadelphia dispatch mosUy on account of dQgB. not it another next year. Inst, says: A ship load of imported neglect day. " 1888 :KANSAS FARMER. 5

your land does not have to be re-seeded. Book NJtioes, TOPEU ADVERTISE](X.TS. Now, Mr. Editor, I wish to say in conclu­ No reader can fall to be inter­ lorrespondence. intelllgent SNYDER'S' sion that I have no seed' for sale, but shall ested in the contents of the North American purchase of others: H. WARD. ART GALLERY Oulture of Tame Grasses, Review for December. The question of the Nov. 8. No; 174 Kaola!l A venufl, Topeka. Ian.... Burllngame, Kas., has the of Kansas FC1f1'1"fI,C1': telegraph place honor in the num­ 18.00 per dozen for BEST OABINETB. ber, Gardiner G. Hubbard polntlng out the Wlll you excuse me for again asking for a H. H. WILCOX. Items from Oowley Oounty. great advantages that would result from the small space In your columns, to call atten­ ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT. Topell:a KB. K'ansasFC1f1'1"fI,C1': proposed "Government Control of the Tele­ REALEatabllibed in 1868. The old..t in thecUy. If,..u tion of farmers to the necessity of cultivat­ or llell ad- The weather has been fine in this graph," and showing from the experience of Ing tame orchard section. ��O:Ocaflu�hue landA,o��i�fmti'�:. grasses, especially gras�, 91 Kanll88 Avenue. Corn should be all in the crib several European countries the benefits to as it has to be the best to by thla time, proved adapted tb,e be the IB lIttle husked so far. derived from incorporation of the tel­ TOPEKA TRUNK FACTORY. central portion of our State? In conversa­ yet th�e Prospects with the service. Prof. J. US Kanll88 Avenue, KB. are for of the egraphic postal Topeka. • tlon with one of our best farmers a few good wheat, although some. Laurence of Harvard Traveling BlIp. Sbawl 8trepe, Sbopplng daYrs early was destroved by the army worm. Laughlin, University, TRUNKS. Trunk! past, he said to me that he was soon goi� "alckell.Pocket Bookl.etc. 4:8ample(lUN shows the "Evils of the Sub-Treasury Sys­ made to order. Orden b,. man premptl,. al&cnned to. to visit my little farm to investigate the The farmers wlll have to go more into tern," in its absorbing and wlthholdlng from merits of Orchard Grass, as he learned I stock, as there certainly ts no money in oats D. hai,d circulation the specie that is constantly HOLMES, a smell piece growing. He said he must and corn at twenty cents. I think the F.ARM­ 247 Kan.... Avenue. Topeka Kan_. needed to Insure stablllty in the world of DRUGGIST,Bellable brandl of M..-hlne 0111. WIiI&C Lead. 001- have _IIomething that would make earlier ER, is a good paper and should be read more on and Mi:red Palnto. and finance. "The of Gail Day Judgment," by . A"enc,. for SEMPLE'S SOOTCH SHEEP DIP later pasture than prairie grass does to suc­ bv the agricultural class of people. There at Hamilton, is a caustic review of the less manuCacturen' prteM. ceed well In his business. When he certainly are ideas on various subjects in spolfe amiable moral traits of Thomas Carlyle. those words he only uttered the.sentlment each number that will more than repay the GEO. B. PALMER, Henry George writes of "Overproduction," of nine-tenths of the farmers and stock subseriptlon price. And another thing, 261 Kan_ Ave . ._ropeI

saw it and the for to draw it, declar­ contemporary, the trying, reddish yellow Three Walks, strings ed It the nicest thing out; so now on the light of candles, lamps and gas may. be pleas­ M. J. HUNTER. looking ever so "schweet," In their antly modified by the use of chimneys or street, gowns they go racing about. globes. Shades colored in lLght marine blue I wandered forth one bright, glad mom In Immortality. for the same A also be used purpose. . may spring, Inexpensive but pleasing lavender water 88 on a sermon Rev. R. near approach to a light soul fiLLed with the beauties round my Suggested reading by remarkably My Is made by mixing the foLLowing Ingredlenta S. Storrs, D. D., of Boston. as daylight is said to be produced way; agreeable together: Three ounces of the essence of this a with round wick and a o'er head the trees did 1Iing Life blessed lLfe! beyond finite shore, by petroleum lamp WhLLe my apple bergamot, six drachma of the tincture of minds are evermore; light blue chimney of twice theusual Iength, From boughs their incense to the Our feeble turning blooming musk, one drachm ot the oLI of cloves, four ken and the latter so great a draught that Beyond the scopeof mortal strife, causing day; drachma of the English oLL of lavender, swallowed In boundless the petroleum burns with a nearly pure WhLIe birds their concert held in every Where all!.s up tree'l twelve ounces of rose water, and seven and flame, the air with sweetest . life. white Filling melody. of alcohol. Of course a ------�------lone-half pints �mall- human I wandered the o'ercast er quantity can be made If desired, preserv- The vital spark wlthln the brain, Good Words to Girls. Again forth, sky Which holds the flashing fluid with a chain, By angry clouds; the cold black wind swept' ing these proportions. A writer in Woman at Work advises girls, And sends the whispered message round by, if would be in the married life, Asthma an-d-B-r-o-n-ch-I-4II"'s-c-u-r-e-d-b-Y Dr. King's they happy the beauteous trees in its k the world, Stripping for Trial Bottles to marry a gentleman. He thus defines what een, New Discovery Consumption. With speed of planets in their orbits blast; free. he means by the term: whirled; Their blooms all withering on the ground' :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: A true gentleman is generous and unsel­ ' did lie- Po.lll.ely eure 10 Arenll o.el'1wbore 0011101 That grasps the light and paints upon the fish. He regards another's happiness and our Neir SILVBB .OULD, WHITB WIRI Emblems, methought of youth's bright hopes CLOTHB8·LINL WarraDt.ed. Pte.....' .Iab\. welfare as well as his own. You will see . 0 plate, I $1 00 . find, 100 �:::r�1C I��' �� ·�:�7!'::�e :::'D:: This it ne'er can terminate, the trait all his actions. A Every Day. Ho""'o,,,o •• spirit lives, runntns through And me closer from '12004urln.�nler. ,o"'l'leofro shivering wrapped th!, Pa. that It's skiLL and power to man who is a bear at home among his sisters Address, GIRARD WIRE MILLS, Philadelphia, While remains, wind. love; and discourteous te his mother is just the out. 'T'was·autumn Nor, yet, when rollinll; spheres shall cease man to avoid when you come to the great Once more I wandered I to move. question which is to be answered yes or no. now; , the rich A man may be ever so rustic in his early The soft air laden with perfume' The spirit leaps beyond the vale of time, surroundings, if he Is a true gentleman he Of ripened fruit, trom each full drooping 'As thought expands and soars to realms I will not bring a blush to your cheek in any bough, sublLme; society by his absurd behavior. While murmuring bees and birds rich stores The midnight sLLence and the ocean's roar, There is an instinctive politeness inherent exhume And nature all speaks of some deathless in such a character, which everywhere com- That we might reap these fruits, thouiht I" shore. mands and makes Its owner pass for is why respect on 60 N... our to bloom Cbromo, pack, Some sinless clime beyond this land of what be is--one of nature's noblemen. Those beauteous 1Iowers were made YOUR NAME lOc.; .t() Trao'parent, ve flnl, � "5 Mlzed ss Gold r; B..- and die. JOe.; Card", lOci Eag!r 15c.; graves, Do not despair girls; there are such men .... .•ltcl Gold Edge, ioe., !Z6 Acquaintance .,,;ud., JOe.; !l6 not and the wounded _ Horeeehoe Chromo, IOc,; 1!l Sllp�r CArd., 16c.j It Pa- Where eyes weep still in the world. You need not all die old o'er the ' So, when adversity sweeps soul, laves .... r!J'lpbo=pbC��d�l,d!�nd b:h�::r!:��I�.�r:e�� spirit . maids. But wait until the princes pass by. wlther­ 168. An Premium (or And scatters youth's fond hopes all .... 11., IOc. Agent" On�8t, elegllot called from order to *1. or fret. W. streams; where, in ' every amoQDtlllg morej tina In healing No harm delay. ' I lIOul8l0 tb. World ing round, bave tbe ll\rg••t varlety of any' Cl'rd strife, You will not be to find him in the ball- for Prlnllr. and slIllonon. e.arthlY apt heed not in our Him who controls \ at 10" We grief .. BLANK OARD·8 tn any quantity, ny awakens real life. never be for none (rH, Addre•• The sbul into room,and I know he will seen. _ ... P.rtces, lead ...emJl p',lee-lllt, Ourfate,butturnoursade:yestothegr6undi Mas•• from the liquor-saloon. Nor is ...... HUB CARD Cu"149 Milk St" BOSTON, Bere, then, what fields ot noblest culture walking up Till tho�e sweet fruits of grief, hope, faith he a billard-player, lie, champion and love I He has not had time to become a "cham- To fit these minds of ours that never die, Lift our sad hearis to fix on joys above. I for he has had too much honest, earn- Our Little Ones The For fellowship with purity and love, pion," and Nurseri� est work to do in the world. I have always And glorious life in those fair realms Good Thoughts. The most beautiful observed that these "champions" were sel­ Magazine In the above. Blessings are often not valued till they are dom good for much else. World for the life sweet gone. I Readenk This thought o� higher brings Be In when so Youngest very wary choosing, girls, Children are certain cares, but uncertain relief at Do a The Literary and Artistic much is stake. not mistake . passing comforts. . success of the Age I When BOrrow bows the heart wIth bitter for love. in haste fancy undying Marrying know of that has a wish to die Article written ex- I nobodv- Every grief; rarely ends well. . pressly for its pagest this year. Picture made It comes, the riven, sorrowing heart to Every express­ It is a base to tread upon a man that' for this work, the . thing ly by cheer, . best Artlsts, The Deadly Oil. is down. When ear�h seems lonely, desolate and The most valuable Premiums I A Premium for every Kerosene becomes more deadly every year is the most sacred of all moral and renewall Clubs with all Periodicals I drear. Friendship subseription as the hours of evening lamplight lengthen, bonds. Send Postal for our New Premium List I Postal for a Free Obscure the lovely vision--make it seem and the frequent lighting of flres becomes a He that gives his heart will not deny his Send Specimen. All N.,,.dealors lell it. Agent. wanled. or dream-­ A tancy of the mind, shadowy daily duty. The fact that these accidents money. On. Year, $1:50. BIngle Copies, 15 ct.. The law--at Once the pall of are unnecessary renders them the that the skeptic's utterly Alms are the golden key opens RusaeH Publishing Co., 36 Bromfield St., Boston, Mall. death more lamentable. In the hope of prevent­ gate of heaven. Is spread all o'er the world llke poisonous ing some of these accidents, we state a few A sweet and Innocent compliance is the breath, facts that everybody ought to know. cement of love. 1. is not the kerosene that explodes, but Industry is fortune's right hand, and fru- Ah, skepticism! when wilt thou submit It an invisible gas that arises from it. gality her Thy vain philosophy to nobler light I l_e_ft_. --- 2. If oil is poured into a lamp that needs .f;.. power divine, whose right it is to reign, filling, this gas rises out of the lamp or can, Guides us through shades and dawnings to or both, and explodes, often with deadly the end. force. if there be any fire within reach. with this immortal SmaLL is thy power from a can a • , 3. Pouring oil upon burning guide, fire or into a lighted lamp ought to be fol­ we shall the storm Though tempest-tossed, lowed l1y a terrible explosion. Sometimes abide. it happens that no explosion occurs, but the Shadows dlmnotthatcalm, supernal shore, risk is frightful. But shines the vista evermore. brightly 4. The only safe rule is never to pour 011 --Southern World. on a burning fire or Into a lighted lamp. Now, you may give Brldgetpositive orders Ouring Meat. with regard to the fires, but when no one is As it is about butchering time I will give at hand in the early morning hours. tbe my way for curing meat. I sometimes won­ temptation is strong to assist the smoulder­ der how anybody can like the saltty "stuff" ing blaze by the aid of a little kerosene. She that often comes to the fanned' table under has done it without injury formerly, why the name of meat. Be sure- to weigh and not again? So the nose of the can is tilted measure correctly and the meat will be just over the range or grate, there is a flash, a right to cook without any freshening. Sprin­ scream, and poor Bridget will never have. THE CREAT SUCCESS kle one-half cup of salt in the barrel and another chance to disobey orders. Perhaps DR. then pack the meat in and coyer with brine it would be better, If Bridget must be al­ made as follows: Eor every two gallons of lowed access to the can at all--the sugges­ in a moderate oven. STRONG'S water take three pounds salt, one pound tion is timidly made-to show her how she brown sugar, one-half ounce saltpeter; boil, may aid the fire with comparative safety. A somewhat novel way to trim a table TAMPICO skim, and let it cool before putting on the All she has to do is to pour a spoonful or scarf is to put three-cornered pieces of silk CORSET meat; put on a weight and be sure and keep two of the oil into a cup or something of the or satin on each end. Have these pieces _ AFFORDS the brine well over the meat all the time. and the can a the in the up kind, setting down at safe dis­ half a yard deep at longest side; PERFECT Two after first drain off all the tance the oil from the the a of where days salting, pour cup upon corner embroider spray 1Iowers; SUPPORT brine and scald and skim again, it fire. It IS not that she will suffer satin or silk end the center of letting likely the joins part IS cool before putting on the meat. , much injury from the mild the scarf a row of fancy stitches. A comparatively put ABSOLUTELY I use the same receipt for beef and pork. explosion that may follow.--Cultivator. dark crimson felt scarf with one end light UNBREAKABLE. , Rounds for dried beef should remain in the the other of crimson shaded to brown .. blue, . useful even about a or A and tasteful cover for the pickle week, and hams six eight is very handsome. A REWARD OF $20 before If wish to marble slab of the sideboard is made of a smoking. you keep pork of Dr. of cubbard Is offered for every pair S'I'RONG'11I in the all summer a little more strip Canton flannel just the width of the Old Mother Hubbard went to the pickle salt TAMPICO In wblch a Tampico stay breaks. Itt slab. It should be to over to her a bone; but when she must be added. REBECCA. long enough hang get poor dorg Patent Triple Back prevents back-ache. splnallrritatloQ at the ends fouror five Inches. Trim the ends got there the cubbard was bare, and so her and allied diseases; secures .. uniform temperature around the lungs and apine. so necea- The most noted occulists recommend blue, with white or colored ball fringe, and if you poor dorg had none. She was in a great body, protecting ' BEWARE BUY to health In all oltmates, bluish-gray or smoke-colored glasses as a wish to, a row of Kate stew to know what to dew, for of money she Greenaway figures Buy only Dr. STRONO'S 'T0k'MITATIPNS'MPICO for weak the retailed-for protection eves against unpleas­ may be outlined at each end. Line the flan­ had not a cent; so she sold her last suit to Corset._The best'ever SI.'I5. ant effects of red, oranee and yellow light. nel with firm white cotton cloth, or with buy meat for her bruit, and up town In her " IOLD BY LEADING MEBO�A,N�. ;EYEByWBplB.YORK. On the same remarks a scientific I. CD., M f �., �EW principle, turkey-red calico. nlght&own she went. ;All..the .,ladies.who Jdl�.fI'UP,.T,�I�� 1888 ::ECANSAS FA:R,MER. 7

tween cleanliness and godliness; but, In his for but two or much, nothing three mUe Etc, . Enigmas, Oharades, Questions, opinion, practically evinced; there is as wheels were smashed. And I balanced the much of either In a flannel shirt as in one GEOGRAPmCAL PuZZLE No. of water p\tcher, and I shouldn't have broken . 4.-GRACE linen of BROwN. Little Ohiokadees, drawing-room Immaeulatenesa-« it If ·Tom hadn't spoken to me at the wrong We are Ben. Perlly Poore. minute. We were getting tired, when I to have a Thanksgiving dinner. My brother, a cape of went • BY JAMES RICHARDSON. thought how nice it would be to do'the Virginia, up town Oirous. trapeze on the chandeliers; and bought the following: A country Twenty little chickadees. Pla.ying performance The circus came our There was one In the front and one In In..Europe. An island and a city coffee; a Sitting in a through tQwn three parlor row; a In weeks and me and Tom the back parlor, and I meant to on one piooeof city New York for a roast; a' Twenty pairs of naked ago, McGinnis went swing feet, In South America an to it. We didn't go together, for I went with of them, and let go and catch the other. I city beans; empire of Burrled In the snow 1 Asia and Tom on the chan­ tea. Another .emplre dinner-set; and I should think father, helped the circus men wa­ swung beautifully front-parlor you'd fly away took the in ter the 'horses, and they let him In for delier, when just as I was to let go of city Sweden; my slswr anum Where the weather's warm noth­ going ; ber of small islands of ing. Father said that circusses were It, down it came with an awful and islands, Polynesia Then you wouldn't have to be dread­ crash, the dinner. She & unless were that parlor was filled with broken wanted 'conntry in Out there In .he storm. fully demoralizing, they filled just glass, and Europe .to cakes in and sent a of with animals, and that the reason why he the gas began to smell dreadfully. frY cape little chickadees 1 As was to it. She will have a Pretty took me to this particular circus was that It, about supper time, and Tom's Virginia get good All the trees are dinner as she her bare; there were elephants in It, and the elephant folks were expected home, I thought I would expects guests wlll be a Wouldn't of Austria. you prefer to be is a Scripture animal, Jimmy, and it cannot say good-bye to Tom, and not practice any province Where the weather's fair? help but mind to see him. more that day. So we shut the doors improve your I parlor ANSWERS to- QUESTIONS. All the other birds have flown with father. If and I went home, what would agreed mv mind had to be wondering Geographleel Puzzle No. I.-Ans.: Brus­ South among the flowers; I become of Tom, and whether I had done al­ improved, thought, going to the circus sels, Cologne, Hamburg, Marseilles, Flor­ There the snow storms never COllle­ would be a good do it. together right in practicing with him In his way-to ence, Shetland, Smyrna, Lyons, Nice. Only Bummer showers. There was au We had an parlor. awful smell of gas in just elegant time, I rode on Geographicai Puzzle No. 9.-Ans.: the house that night, and when Mr. McGln­ Hood, Sorry little chickadees 1 the elephant, but it wasn't much fun, for 'Ills the Leghorn, Panama, Mozambique, Morocco, wouldn't me opened parlor door he found what Don't you know the way? they let drive him. The tra­ Sable, Berlin, Paisely, Coral. was the matter. Hefound the cat too. She was Can't you find the road to go peze was better than anJt;hlng else, though lying on the floor just as dead as she could Where it's always the Central African Charlot Races and the May? be. Robins all have found It out, Queen of the Arena, who rode on one foot, I'm going to see Mr. McGinnis and Wrens and blue birds, too; were gorgeous. The trapeze performances to-day tell him I broke the chandelier. I Don't you wish you' thought to ask were done by the Patagonlan Brothers, and suppose . The :KANSAS. he will tell father, and then I shall wish Ere away they flew? you'd think every minute they were going that everybody had never been but I State to break their necks. Fath.llr said it was a born, Agricultural College Chilly little chickadeesl dld break that I dldn't -orn:B8- most revolting sight, and do sit down and chandelier, though 1 should freeze, I know, mean to, and I've to tell about it.-Har­ '1'0 rABBIS' SONS .ANn keep still Jimmy or I can't see what's got l)�'tI'6mu If I had to live golna ' out doors per's YOU'1l{1 Peopie, A filII tour y.... eoUlH ot lRu,ciy In Enillm and on. I think father had a pretty good time, In the wind and snow. Seleneee moat dlrectl.Y _fill OD the IIu'm or In �be and his a improved nvnd good deal, for he home with canful In th. Don't you find it very cold That and the Other, UalDlnl lDd1laU1al aria ad­ was just as nice as he could be, and gave me This, jUlted to the wanta of aodenle the For your little feet? throughout Stat., a whole pint of peanuts. Not what it Is cracked up to be-A worm­ wlthahoner eoorIMlD common branchee, and all Don't you find it very hard to get Mr. Travers eaten nut. Tuit.ion Anything to eat? says that the Patagonian Free. The merchant who sells for cash are Brothers live on their trapeze, and never . belongs Other upenaee reaeonable, and oppommlUee to Hungry little chickadees! to the help oDe'•..It by Jabor .... aabrcled to aowe come down to the ground except when a no-bill-ity. uleDt. Would like some bread? The work ot the 1Iu'm, oroharcl., Ylneyard•• prd_. you performance is going to begin. They hook Somnambulism Is believed to be an uncon­ 1 llOunda and bolldlnp, .. well .. ot Ibopa and OIllCM; will give you all you want, their legs around it at and scious trance-action. night, sleep hang­ I. done chle1l.Y by Hodenta. wlth an &1'erap at Or some seeds Jl87-roll Instead; with heads like the a mooUl. ing down, just bats, and A young lady who was being stared at f200 Anything you like to eat, take their meals and ' they study their lessons too earnestly drew a veil over the seen. THE'TWENTY·FIR8T YEAR OF THE COLLEGE You shall have it free, sitting on the bar, without anything to lean BEGINS SEPT. 11TH. 1888. Every morning, When a man does not know his gun is every night, against. I don't believe It; for how could wlth.l"teen In.trncton, 8IiO bolldlnp wortb loaded his bullets are to atodenla, If come to me. apt be lead astray. you'll they e;et their food brought up to them? And f9(1,000, atock and apparatll8 worth ",000, aod a pro­ By the a to doctive eDdowment ot Jollv little chickadees 1 its ridiculous to suppose that they have to way, dog generally "comes the 406,000. scratch" In the to "make both ends For toll Information and catalogoe addre., Have you had enough? study lessons. It grieves me very much to attempt meet." PUI. GEO T. FAIB.CHILD. Don't forget to come again say so, but I am beginning to think that Mr. Manhatan. KaoIlllL ·;1 the California While the weather's rough. Travers dosen't always tell the truth. What Nearlyall humming-birds who are sent to the East are shot By-bye, happy little birds! did he mean by telllna Sue the other night by small boys with slings and bird shot. BIGJ!=rOo��Oo���.W-.id=�":'Cbrr:..o�, Off the wee things swarm, that he loved cats, and that her cat was per­ Dancing the fectly beautiful, and then when she went into The Mormon Tabernacle Is a week. 112 a day at home made. through driving- snow, whlsperinz easily CoItl, <]) ontftt free. Addnlll! '" • Singing In the storm! tile other room he slung the cat out of the gallery so perfect that the faintest sound Is 11172a Tme (lO .AUII"1l8t&.Jlfe window, clear over Into the asparagus bed, audible in every part of the house. and said Reminiscences of General Grant, get out, you brute? We cannot be "Can your wife drive?" one Somerville too careful about the Gen. Grant, while moving "on to Rich- always telling truth, man asked another, "Drive what?" "Drive per day at bome. Samples w(>1'th 16 and never doing anything wrone. a of course." "Drive a mond," messed with the nine gentlemen on horse, horsel Why, $5 to $20 free. Addre88 Stinson'" co., Port­ l.. Tom and I talked- she cannot drive a nail." nd, Maine. his personal staff, dividing the expenses about the circus all the man, next and we among the ten, not in equal proportions ex-. day, agreed we'd have a circus A German physician who has examined yooawat�oacn,n but in a manner that was of our own, and travel allover the actly, satisfactory country. the ears of 5,905 school children, say» that In :.?�m�':,�� to all. There was not the and make of We said we �UM�e�U������!n� slightest attempt heaps money. the majority of cases in which children ap­ aDd If not satISfactory, returned at our We manufactore all at show or in the furniture and wouldn't let any of the other boys belone to to be expense. parade equl- pear inattentive they are simply deaf. oor watches Ind save you SO per page. Everything was for use and it,'but we would do everything ourselves, ex­ economy This is the case now pending in a Swiss ��;y�����:�Yle�!�. of trouble and The was cept the elephants. So we to space. crockery began practice court: A to a STANDARD AMERICAN WA�II '.:0., dog began chase cat; the cat PlTTIlBURGH, PA.. scanty and of the plainest, and the' in Mr. McGinnis's barn every afternoon fare, fled down an air shaft leading from the 1IweWlllilend after school. I was though sufficient in quality, was just as the Queen of the Arena, street into a wine vault; the dog followed "IaI!!!'!I'!I!!-� 8.-8. CHRI8TIAB ENrKRTAINIKNT8. homely as that of any thrifty and careful and dressed up in one of Sue's skirts, and and both of them fell. In the vault was a ll...-uoD.torDeeo tloa.. ED_ mechanic. A chop, with a cup of coffee for won't she be mad when she finds 1 cut the talDm...t. d Gll'ta. large cask of Yvorne, not very securely tap- breakfast; a bit of roast with bottom off of itl-only I meant to beef, potatoes certainly and either the or Ba�d:�l:,t�=lO!O-:k��·:�o��r��� ped, dog the cat knocked 'b.o••• �:�.�� and "hard a dish of get her a new one with the very first trr,o.ntalnl.g.omethln�orlute r­ tack," confronting pork money a .... ='....._..:. ... to overy up "'"b....Inst the tap and the wine bezanI'll to Sunday-aeboolluperln.e.de,,1. and "greens" served for the five o'clock I made. I wore an old umbrella under the �� Nothlng like it. ever baued before. Price. flow. The wine merchant clearly had a. DECORATlOIIS,. elio. WIIl.end rreetoanyo••••ndlnlu, dinner, which was concluded without skirt, which made it stick out pastry beautifully, cause for action for the loss of his and I I wine, ���'I-:��.tb;I!�d�b·:��lg��&��n� or dessert. A cup of tea and a bit of bread and know should have looked "!' Adami ""cot, Ill. splendid the landlord in his turn has sued his tenant ��Ei!.INM:iEl�' Obl.lro, and butter at 8:30 o'clock finished the' standing on Mr. McGInnis's old horse, only up fO,r the damage done by the mess. But who day. The beds were simply camp cots. some he was so slippery that I couldn't stand on is to blame on the other side, 'the owner of with and others without and all him without falling off and all the mattresses; sticking the dog or the owner of the cat? the toilet apparatus anywhere visible were umbrella ribs into me. AGIC a few tin wash a moderate of Tom I Some are some And lANTE-R·.K.'� basins, and were the girls and are all supply Madagascar Brothers, pretty, wise, Stereopticon•• priCH. VI••• 1Il0atratinfl ev­ a ery sobJecL fur towels, bit of looking-glass and a horn and we were to do that And some are and some public exhlbltloD, &c. A prll/flob'. buo­ going everything the good. true; II ...." toll" in_lor 8t1IfIll cnpUai. Also mBRIo Ianter n. comb. At the table neither fur home distilled liquor Patagonian Brothers did. We practiced Any of these will be a prize a"'UoemenL. IU'-page 1ll0sLrated catalolt'1l8 nor wine were Opllchm, No. 49 permitted. The General standing on each other's head hours at a To the lucky man who comes to woo. t:s..��.-:,,�!,:\e:'k�"UfactOrlnl would not have either about him for his own time, and I did it pretty well, only Tom he But very few are good, and true, or others' use. BIG CHRISTMAS slipped once when hfl was standing on my And wise, and pretty, and all, hke vou, OFFER, 1883. The We will send the PHILADELPHIA HERALD Inventory of the General's baggage head, and set down on it so hard that I don't And that's how you tease and tantalize (81.0 o( Harper's Weekly) to aoy addre... 14 mnnlh. aod plth­ when er two �aollful he made his brilliant campaign in the much believe that hair will ever That good-looking fellow, who'd his oto,\r Chromo•• In ten colo';'. "Pre­ my grow give the of senting Bride," or "The Garfield Fam­ rear Vicksburg is, I take it, well remem- more. The barn floor was most too olze 24,,2" Inch.. also any hard eyes Ily," , 1)0 Vlollinfl Card. (no two alike) wlUl Dam. bered-a briar-wood a any you wllb prtnted on them telescope and tooth to practice on, so last Tom said To know just what you intend to Life of Saturday do; the probable Democratlc Pr..ldeDtial Candl: brush. In what relates to date tor 1884, GEN ..TT personal adorn- we'd go into the parlor where there was a Because there are very few girls like you. WINFIELD Bc HANCOCK, (120 pagee. wlt.h . over,) and ODe doz, ment, and, outSide of the of T.lthograpblc Card. Rt necessity eating soft carpet, and we'd put some pillows on all ct. The Shah of Persia has a of ���:�t and drinking, personal comfort, he never the floor besides. All Tom's folks way manag­ :�:,:.s, pret�lt'uf\l'" s'Mll'l� had gone 912 Arch 8treet, ing horse races that is at least. Philadelphia, 'pa. enlarged his possessIOns. His three stars out, and there wasn't anybody In the house peculiar, indicated his exalted The competitors all deposit the entrance rank, but, to say noth- except the girl In the kitchen. So we went GOLD WATCH of the charm money with his majesty, and when the race FREE! Ing which, In soldiers' eyes, into the parlor, and put about a dozen pH­ The Publishers ot tbe Capitol Home these marks of rank is'finished the Shah confiscates the the City glittering possess, I lows and a feather bed on the floor. It was winning Gue8t, well koown Illo.lrale" Literary Rn,l FMm­ horse and the entrance lIy MIlI!Rr.lnp. mab t.ho tollowlnfl liberal doubt if there was a commissariat officer in fun somersaults keeps money. Pool offer tor elegant turnmg backward the Holiday.: The pel1!On t<>lIlofl 118 Ibe loof!"'& is not In that v ..... 10 the- Bible hemre his army' who was as plainly clad as he. from the of the sellmg practised enlightened J'Rnuaiy 18t•• 111 r_h'" a top table; but I say It ought Gold of Solid Lady'll Huntlng...,aae Swls. His clothes were worn de- to be part Watch, worth tliO.OO. It there � threadbare, and, spelled summersets, though Sue says creatio�� _ more Ihan onp cor­ rocL anowor, the aeoond '11'111 receIve an elo"ant Stem_ spite the steady brushing of his servant. the other way is right. "Your handwriting is very bad," said a winding Gentleman's Watch, The third a they would have an untidy no key·wlDdfnfl Engll8h Watch. Bach p"raon moat look, d�e, We tried balancing things on our feet once' to a official. ...nd with gentleman public "Yes," 260. t"olr. &Oa".r. (or whlcb theywllf ftCelve to the General's habit of three month.' to doubt; going every- whlIe we laid our backs on the floor. Tom he "But don't if aobllilrtptlnn the Home a replied: you see, I were to IlIl11traled Guest, Holiday Book,. Caee of 25 where and seeing everything for himself. balanced the musical box for ever so long write better, people would find out how fiO-pA� appreclak ana p.per The General understands the relation be- before ���c;,II�� :::�a�':.,�!::D=:!. .don't think it was hurt poorly I spell. PUBS. ·HOME It.f�Il,;ibut.I GUlI'BT, HARTFORD, 'OONN. NOVE¥BEB 8 KANSAS Jr4RMER. 21,

. what I to see and never shall see "In Multitude ofOoUBselis as possible. These suggestions come to long Safety." what us as counselors. They are in my own dear England, is may THE KANSAS FARMER In view of the fact that the manage- friendly and we cannot be called your upper and lower middle the ment,of the KANSAS FAR!IER is putting very helpful; though Published Every Wednesday, by them men anyone and make it the. classes. I have seen among forth a deal of zealous effort to safely adopt good in KANSAS FARMER CO. of the paper without losing as who would do credit to any capital extend the circulation of the paper, and policy seen tens of thous­ -- world. I have - - can the • Pneldent. much as we would still they H. O. DEMOTTE. is therefore a gain, -- �r.an4 BlIIIn_Manager. SOliciting great many per- B. K. BROWN. as to sat­ ands of houses the owners - attention - by - ... and will have such occupied sons to become and re- _ subscribers, _ _ Ge�eral_BUI�n �.1:�:#"1:8. ��:: as near what of them. I am told that in general subscribers to isfy all that we are getting questing present renew, cul­ TBR:M8: OASH IN AnVANOB. will suit our as we are able to your farmers own their farms, your several friends have kindly offered for patrons get. We do not want to publish a paper tivated gentlemen own their houses, Slnlrle �ub.crlptlon.' conslderation some suggestions by way - - - - - artisans own their - be unwelcome to and your cottages. the -that would any large _ matter _ _ of . _ _ of the paper. .�:: improvlna con- g�::g�:�'ieJ;:'';k. number of our readers. It would not What a state of satisf8;Ction-and Club Rate., One is of opinion that- the paper is be nor would it be business to tent this produces 'n time of peace! weakened reason of its radioal pleasant _ posi- 'l�:� by force in time of ��ec�°J:::'·.:'::l='· so. as we cannot all, it What an irresistible Flfteen es, one year. 18.40 and do copl tion on the prohibitory liquor law, Then,. s�it war! " becomes an Important questlcn what another inquires if we have changed m::�.:':�::,nJ\���� ��prh!O�:::."tJ:a:f and aubecrlbel'll'1lamed In anI! one of the above three clube, will please t them, tack on that sub]ect; "for," he states,"I course. mos. o.f Not all Oowards. �re�������f�l!�:,n�:=:Bn;f:bC:�'nlte that brmgs us to the ed1tona1 manage- accw:::.�a�\� have seen so little prohibition in the The FAR!lER is reminded a very II. be nam.. or readers much as a statesman does mUBt 80 .Late In tbe order Don't Bend any tluence if we are not more active and very cowards. and that all- the members, money nntll the club II fnll studies their in­ PULL and on railroad but to his he .-FRRMzIIBEa:-The club mlJllt. be the courageous matters, constituents; when they returned to their constitu­ QARR mUlt accompany the order. nyon wish the PRRE then is that ourboldness terests in every possible way, and 'the rail­ OOpy.oostatelnyonrord�r. Mr. B. quite positive ents did not apologize and say KAMRAR PARliER COIllPANY. he can to further those inter­ on that subject is making enemies faster does all road law which they voted for is a good us that ests. He out among the people, than we know. Mr. C. reminds goes one. This is true, doubtless. When a NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. looks at what Kansas farmers are not running all to sees them, talks to them, writer is the work. of any R. V. Walton & tlOll...... Imported Polaflll-01lfnas. criticizing are studies their .different Ed Hard Kauffman For 8ale. stock, and that therefore we could prof- they doing, public body', he refers to it as a whole. A. N. BaJr.er...... l'imUryfor sale. the same lis­ curtail our stock matter, He be- methods of doing thing, and not in detached When ass, Urgan Co...... Musical. itably portions. RUFsell. Co. Our Little Onea. attention tens to their takes counsel Pub\f8hlng lieves that we devote too much suggestions, we say that the legislature passed or did L Lum Sruith...... Bi.g offer. can about D. and some of his of learns everything he no ref­ :F.nterprl'.e Mfg. Co...... Aleat chopper. to that branch. Mr. them, not pass a; certain bill, we have DI\vlR:...... {murance. their and then J p. Life think that a farmer's paper them in the way of needs, to members of the debbie & Co...... A Ulerary Ou.riosity. neighbor's erence particular sets about to make himself most useful Nurttlford Car,l Co...... Olrd.!. ought to deal in matters pertaining to body, but to the body as a whole. Dr. Ii. G. Root...... Cures ftl.tl. of the farm and should let all to them. But··� does not please all action of Dr. T. 1\ Slocum 0008'Ulraption. exclusively, In our criticism upon the 860,0011 in premiums. he does nol to do so if he Household MBgo.zlne subjects of a political nature alone. Mr. them; expect the House we intended to strike the Hiram Holt & ·Co...... L(ghtning Hall-k:ni/B. it is hence he is content with Bab

-- -- ..•• stories." Mr. "don't want good a paper as he-can on that line,· un- dren like G gave these men proper credit and pub­ Frozen potatoes may be saved by put- as he goes aleng.and actlng any more novels." Mr. H. says-"you derstanding lished their names. It may be that we them into a cooking them. on the that men have not all ting have too much advertising: farmers knowledge, have not been sufficiently guarded in p�:.and same sub­ don't want to for same opinions upon the whenever If frozen potatoes are cooked and pay advertisements; the expression, for we warm up can of them in almanacs [eet. mixed with bran or corn the mix- they get plenty we tackle that subject. It is sometimes meal, And if a statesman is worthy at stores for We don't then, the ture is a feed for drug nothing. unfortunate tbat men have to share good hogs. the acts as a and -- name, -- •.•.• object to a little advertising; but we he. watc?man dishonor attaching to the body to which hIS he IS The FARMER of guard over people, acknowledges recept don't want our reading matter cut down, a�d expec�ed they belong, but there is no way to avoid some sense of his some m- of the convention of stockmen at to have own, report because that is what we pay for." it. are in knowing would for a They compensated from Governor Glick. dividuaUty. What you give Cbicago 'l'hese suggestions are timely and per- that they are equally entitled to share ____ man that has no opinions of his own? tinent, everyone of them, and we thank in whatever honors are' due. And we If the demand for sample copies of the It matters not where you put him, you find fault with member of � I) our friends for them. They "'.

ket active on beet Inferior to fair 2 50& General Rates Not Agreed U�on. regulate -the rest.' This tinkering unset- , Business' Matters. grades. good8 60; choice 4 00; Texans 2 601l8 50. In our last number attention was tles everything, and makes the people The outlook is not so as 8,60; encouraging' St. Louis. called to the fact that officers of Kansas nervous. We do hope the people will .to us in a boom. Fail- . justify erediting'¥ CATTLE Receipts 1,600, shipments 800. Sup. railroads were in consultation with the eIect LegisI ture next t'nne that will ures are some manufac- � � lncreasing.jmd ply and demand 'teady, prices good. Ex�or's 600 establish a Railroad Commissioners, having in view simple, �road-guag�d. sys- turing establishments, especially in iron a660; good to choice shipping 6 40&600; common tem whose faIrness WIll commend It to to fair 4 5Oa6 stockers and feeders 8 50M tn- the establishing of general transporta- and steel have closed for an indefinite 2�; . 26; tion rates in the State-rates that would all parties interested, and'then let the period. Nobody feels panicky, but 'ev- dlans 8 4Oa4 26; Texas 8 26a4 10. roads adjust themselves SHEEP Recelpts2100,ahlpments 1,600. )o!:ar· be satisfactory to the people and to the accordingly. ervbody feels cautious and-timid aboutI" --�-- ket lteady. Common to medium 126&8 00; fair roads. had wished that mere We sincerely investments beyond necessity. to good 820a860; prime 875a4 00; Texaa22ba850. Abont Stook. some arrangement could and would be Gossip Still there is a large trade. The .h.ansas New York. A. N. adver- made whereby much of this vexed Bakel', Sabetha, Kas., City Journal sayil: CATTLE Beeves, receipts for two da)'li 7,600, subject could be settled. In lien ttses his "Lawn Field poultry yard." It "Leading jobbing centers report an making 16,700 for the week. Market lower; clear· ance not native steers of such a general arrangement it may interest you to look up. his card. increased demand for seasonable goods, made; upland 466&700; 4 40a4 67� for Texas and Colorado. seems that another plan is proposed- is made as to "X" does and the trade as a whole shows an in­ Inquiry why SHEEP Receipts 16,700, making 51,000 for the that of each road its not his crease in volume over the week before. particular adopting complete prormsed series of week. Market dull and weak; )Iheep 8 76a1i 80; own rates. Last Friday morning's articles on the 'trotting horse. We do Collections are generally satisfactory. lambs 4 75&6 20.

. Daily Capital contained the following: not know. Occasionally some little complaint is HOGS Receipts 17,000. The market was 1110'11' 4 50aIi 00. "The traffic managers �f the Missouri Wm. Booth, Leayenworth, says' he heard, but this is the exception. The a� the Unioh the lost on ew York market continues Pacific, Pacific, Atchison, ten cents per pound his wool ..N money PRODUCE MARKETS. Topeka & Santa Fe, the Kansas City, this year as compared- with last. He easy and unchanged. The last state­ Lawrence & Southern Kansas, the Chi- sold at Boston. ment of the banks is again favorable, Kan�as City. Price Current Reports: & and the and the of rather tends to cago, Burlington Quincy Topeka Capital: McGregor, a Topeka supply money WHEAT Received luto elevntors the put 48 Kansas Fort Scott & rail- City, Gulf trotting horse owned by conductor Har- increase, while, the inquiry shows little, honrs 27,886 bns., withdrawn 28,922, in store 417" was who have been in the the if •. In the West the 701. The market weak to·day. hut roads, city ry Gilman, ttotted a mile in 2:17 on the any enlargement trading week in consultation with the has to firmness. was fair. January options sold fairly at Satur· past fourth' heat in a race a few at feeling .rather tended days ago day's bid, 85�c; December sold �c lower, at State Board of Railroad Commissioners, In this city a very firm feeling prevails. Dallas, Texas. McGregor has not been 83�. 'Nov. No.2 sold freely at �c decline, at have at last broken the conference and The for loans continues on-the turf for two years, until recently, inquiry large 89%c. for home. it and the of the banks to departed Yesterday �as and this record was a surprise to his beyond capacity CORN Received Into elevators the past 48 after handle-in are all hours 16,866 bu�.. wiLhdrawn 10,796 bus., In atore days owner. His best time previous to this fact, they declining decid�d, ,fo,ur. ?onsultation, The market was weak with It to outside and are them­ 50,661. prices slightly was 2:18t, made in a race two years ago paper confining t�at wa� entIrelY.lmpossible esta�� lower. November No.2 was bid up to to cash for lish a umform tarIff that would with Franc's at selves solely to their customers'. Gener­ mee" Alexander ' Rochester , the drat time to·day. January options sold �c the of all the roads in the 0.1 restricted requirements �. Y. business, while somewhat under saturday's bids. Rejected cash opened at Kansas combination, and therefore use-I� W. P. Hfginbotham, of Manhattan, III volume, is yet in a healthy and quite I18%c !lnd closed at 880. less to longer try to do so. It was writes us under date of 19th inst.: ·'M. satisfactory condition, and the outlook OATS No 222� bid, 28�c asked. Sovember 22%c bid, 28c asked. Dec. 28c bid, �3%c IIIIked found that a rate which would suit one Peak, Esq., whose stock farm is five for the future continues to be promise Year no bids nor oft'erings. Jau 28�c hid, 26%c road between two would be utter- miles east of points town, to-day purchased my ing. asked. Rejected cash 21c bid, 22%0 aaked. ly impracticable for a competing line fine Tersica bull, Airdrie Challenge (A. The Public is hopeful. It says: RYE No.2 cash. 48c bid, 48%c asked. Nov. between the same points, and that a H. B., No. 37399), four years old, weight "Commercial affairs are III better shape 48� bid, 43� asked. Dec no bl�s 44c asked. rate which was desirable at one end of a 2,000 pounds, and will place him at the than for some time past, and the situa­ ReJected cash 4O:!>1Ic bid', no oft'erlngs. CASTOR BEANd Prime, on the babls of pure line would be not at all practical at the head of his herd of thoroughbreds and tion is certainly more hopeful than for 1 60al 65 per bus. other. Such difficulties them- fine a herd as we have time the six months. presenting high-grades-as any during past FLAX SEED We quote at 1 28a126 per bus. selves it was thought best for each road in this section. Mr. Peak is one of our Trade is dull in some branches, and BUTTER The market continues slow on me­ to establish its own rates with the Rail- most successful farmers and stock failures are .stdll unpleasantly numerous. dium stock and active on good stock with an abundance of the former and a of the lat­ road Commission, and the meeting ad- growers. The recovery from over-production is scarcity ter. sine die. Chicago dispatch, Nov. 14.: The Na- but there is a journed necessarily slow, general We quote packed: tional Swine Breeders' association has that the worst is "The Uniorr Pacifle managers vester- feeling over, particu­ Creamery, fancy· : 28a8O been in session here to-day with dele- as to it the Creamery. choice 25&26 day decided upon a table of rates for the larly iron; being general 16&22 from all Creamery,old...... Central Branch, and Mr. Emerson left gates present corn-producing opinion that prices have touched bot­ Choice dairy...... lOa22 States of the Union. At the morning tom. The movement is Fair 00 good dairy, _ 17a18 on the afternoon train for St. Louis to grain backward, Choice store packed (In single packages)... 15a16 session a was committee to _.... submit the tariff to the officials of the appointed but with large crops, a good prospect of Medium to good 10a12 constder what is EGGS The supply Is better and market weak road. He will return when it legislation required a foreign outlet for them, a probable 'I'uesdav, aU7c. with reference to marketing American continuation of the large im­ is likely the table will be finally passed already CHEESE We quote consignments ofeaatem; pork in foreign countries; a committee of and there is upon. ports gold, easy money, full cream: was to consider methods also appointed little cause for complaint. The trunk Young America 13:!>11a14c per Ib; full cream !lats "The other roads will prepare their of breeding and fattening afid to pre- line difficulties have been settled at least 12a12:!>11c; do Cheddar, ll:!>1la12c. Part skim; in turn tables of rates soon, and each America 11a12c ened­ pare an official classification of swine temporarily, and, with the approaching Younl!: per Ib; !lats10:!>1lallc; 11 will be submitted to the Board of Rail­ dar 10alO�. Skims; Young America 9al0c; !lats for use at all'State and other fairs. close of winter rates will in­ road Commissioners for their examina­ navigation, 8:!>11a9c; Cheddar 8&8%c. Kansas A fatal disease has crease The tion and approval before being finally. Cowboy: already large earnings. SWEET POTA'l'OES Home grown from grow· " the cattle in Lane a barometer of the situ­ ers 5Oa60c bus for red; 7ta8Oc. established. appeared among clearings, good 11 yellow county, and the owners thus far have ation, have for the past few weeks BROOM CORN Common 2a2Y,.c per Ib; Misaou· This is all that can be done under our rl evergreen 8&4c; hurl4a5c. been unable to tell what it is. The shown indications of a gradual return railroad law in case no SORGHUM We quote at 8Oa35c 11 gal for dark present general is that from peculiarity of it the bladder of below the line where they have and 86a4Oc for best. plan can be agreed upon. We do not the diseased animal is filled with bloody been for a year or more." POTATOES Market quiet. We quote constgn­ believe in an inflexible rule for freight --�-- water and the urinary discharges are ments In car load lots 26a8Oc In bulk for native transportation, because there are in- 8Oa85c for Peachblows bloody. Adam Crim has lost five cows The Wool Market. stock; northem Early Rose, stances where some latitude is neces- and other late varieties 35a40c. Home grown In and calves from the Charles The market for wool continues dull. disease, loads 40c bus. sary, or, at least, proper. Anyone at walron 11 Higday has lost one cow, the Hollen- In the aggregate, a very 1arge quant·t1 y APPLES all famihar with railroad business Unchanged. Wequoteconslgnmenta beck brothers one, WIth seven more of wool is being purchased, but buyers fancy 3 00 per hbl; assorted 2 5Oa2 7511 bbl; com­ knows this. Hence it is that we have sick with it. Are these .gentlemen sure are very cautious, and prices have not mon to fair 1 75a226. Home-grown fair to good urged the maximum rate method, 0.1- 5Oa6Oc 11 bus; choice to fancy 70a760 'iI bus.. that the disease is not Spanish fever? advanced any since our last report. lowing the managers to regulate details Bloody urinary discharges are among Chicago. within the eatablished rate. So long as WHEAT Sales, November 94a960, closing at the peculiarities of that disease in some our railroads are the of citi- THE MARKETS. 94Ji1c; Dellember 95x.a96J1jc, closing at G6c. property cases. some of We hope correspondent CORN Cash, 47%&48c, closing at 47Ji1c; Nov; zens, there will be competitive struggles will furnish us with particu- 47%a48Yse. elosfng at 47Ji1c; Dec. 47�a47�c, elos­ Dighton . Nooemoer ·J.883. in By TeLegraph; 111, that will justify rival lines working lars, at . STOCK MARKETS. Ing 47%c. be on very sma11 margms, and one may Exchange: Few people appreciate OArS November a shade lower, others un­ to haul over a line at Kansas cash and November December willing longer the distinction a horse really secures bv City. changed; 28�c; rates that the other and shorter road the 2:20 class. An animal The Live Stook Indicator Reports: 28�a28Ji1c . entering RYE at 560. This be it is done in CATTLE Receipts til'day 8,942. The market Quiet gives. may done; WhICh has made or beaten this time has BARLEY Dull at 620. was weaker and 5a10c lower for Texas feeders many cases, and nobody injured. 'I'he a wonderful feat. The FLAX SEED Active and firm at 130: really performed and good shipping steers steady. Native steers as we look at the are en- roads, matter, number of trotters which have entered avo 1,369 pounds 600; feeders 375&440; Texas St. Louis. in man- titled to perfect freedom their. the 2:20 class this season is eighteen, steers 325&8 90; cows 2 75a3 40; Colorado half· WHEAT Opened lower and Improved slightly. agement inside the limitations of the viz: Phallas, 2:�5t; Wilson, 2:16t; Di­ breed steers 8 60M 60. No. 2 red 1 01%a1 01% cash; 1 00% Dec; 108% HOGS Receipts 4,298. ::IIarket weak and 10c a13Ji1 Jan. law as to what rates shall not be ex- 2:17; Majolica, 2:17; Clemmie rector, lower. Sales ranged 4 25M 60, bulk at 4 85114 45. CORN E�sler and fairly active at 42%c cash. ceeded. No one can be expected to C., 2:17; Phyllis, 2:17; Duquesne,2:17!; SHEEP Receipts Ill. Quiet and unchanged. 4�Jilc November, December and the know as much about as rail- 4lYa&�2� railroading Bonita,2:18t; Catchfiy,2:19; Joe BU)l­ Natives av. 120 pounds 8 95. year. road men themselves; and If State offi- ker, 2:19t; Sleepy Joe; 2:19t; Hmda Chicago. OATS Very slow, 26c cash. clals are to interfere in matters of Rose,2:19!; TucKer,2:19!; Newell,2:l!H; The Drovers' JOl}rnal reports: RYE Higher at. 550. HOGS Receipts 82.000, shtpments 600. The BARLEY Dull at 5Da7Oc. detail, it will produce endless confusion. Abbottsford, 2:19!; Forest Patchen, market steady at 5al0c lower. Packing 4 lOa4 55; New YOl'k. The is to and V. great thing preventdiscrim- 2:19!; Bay Frank, 2:20, George packlug and shipping 4 60a5 06; light 4 �51\4 55; WHEAT Receipts 164,000 hushels, exports 170,., inations between rival towns and com- 2:20. Four others, which began the skips 8 ooa4 00. 000 bus. No. 8 re� 1 08%; No.2 red l10a118:!>11; No. munities; and next to that is to prevent season with records of 2:20 or better, CATTLE Receipts 8,000;shlpmentsl,400. 1II&r· 2 red November sales 70,000 bushels at 1 09%a110; ket dull at 15a20c lowtlr; exports 6 8Oa7 30; December salea 448,000 bus at cases of individual extortion. With have succeeded in lowering them, so good 11OYaa111; January to choice shipping 5 6Oa6 20; common to medium sales I,600,OOJ bus at 112:!>11a118; February sales reasonable-liberal maximum rates es-. that'they now'stand-Jay-eve,see,2:10l; 4 2685 50; rangers strong; grass TexaDJI 8 60&4 40 8,280,(00 bus at 114�116�. the two tablished, guarded by propoBi�'I!Fanny Witherspoon, 2:17; Overman, Americans 4 5Oa5 60. CORN Receipts 40,000 hushels, exports 8.000. tiona just named, the roads would' 2:19t, and Nellie R., 2:19t. SHEEP Receipts 2,700. ahfpments 1,600. Mar· Ungraded 52a6Oc: No. 81i6�; ·No. 2 6i�. NOTEMBER 21, 10 KANSAS FARMER.

manurial properties. There are un­ got �he cells under good way, go to your HEFNER & CO., MIIlSOUJU AND PAX'fON ILLINOIS

Oleanliness in the Dairy, more detrimental than a lack of. f�od, Wm, Gentry & Sons, Sedalia, Pettis Co" Mo. and will • aJu tfte IDaiqj. Oleanliness is not cheap. Moreover, and creates more discomfort, Joel B., Gentry & Co" Hughesville, termmate life sooner than .. Pettis Co" Mo. an extensive knowledge of many things hunger No conveniences about a farm • Inflammation of the Udder; So-called is required to know what cleanliness pay better than a convenient water really is. It costs a great deal of money; supply. Garget" in should have that time and and these are Cows, particular, acoeas The causes of garget in the cow are is, labor, if are in a' to secure to it at all times, especially they treatment after money dairy, perfect prineipally improper as most cows cleanliness. Let us consider for a mo­ obliged to live, do, chiefly to cold and the as it creates a calving, exposure wet, ment what IS involved 10 cleanliness in on hay, stronger demruid than of leaving of portions or dregs of the milk the dairy, and that which is indispensa­ for water other kmds fodder, such as corn or millet. undrawn at the time of milkmg, a habit ble to the production of fine dairy goods straw, fodder, seem to think if cows of cheese or Some people get of in such a posture as to crush any kind-milk, cream, lyin$ water once a day it is all they need; but butter. (, First, the pastures must be the and allowing of the ani­ not unless are Aberdeen and Ga udder; t�le free from and' that it is enough, they BREEDEBII.tandtord, Polled Dealerbln'Short-hOrD\Here­Iowa)" clean, stagnant water (Jattle, Jacks and Jennets. Have on hand to an and fat on succulent such roots tbree hundred .be cattle In calf mal acquire unduly plump from weeds. Second, the water must living food, aa nne tboulIIlnd Bulls. by Hereford and Polled Bnll.. Are prep.red to make condition, especially at a time of hot and be clean; free from mud, aquatic plants, or ensilage. oontraato tor ruture delivery for any number. suitry weather. The causes in the ewe fungi,andfoulness of every kind. Third, the stables must be clean; that is, free A are Similar; though the chief are wet Oaptain's Oomplaint, from filth, bad air, dust, and bad odors Ha'viBg been troubled for a number or removal of one of ye�rs !�S�CI��:! lair, hard the a weakne88 of tbe and I pasture, of all kinds. Fourth, the must be with kidneys bladde�, of CLINTON and CLA" CoUNTIES, fodder Mo own about twin lambs from and various used II. number of medicines for the complaiilt. . •• suckling, or _!��!�!��!��, clean, without must, mildew, smut, kinds of constitutional but they did not seem to do me any good. I was derangement. of kind. the cows Short-horn decay any Fifth, reading a-notice of Hunt's Remedy, of . its won­ 1,000 Cows, An udder affected with may and ralee for lillie each year garget; must be clean, well carded and brushed, derful success, and I purchased a . bottle at suffer in either one or more quarters; it clean of skin and clean ofheath. Sixth, Stevens' drug store. used it accordiag to dlree­ Nea.r 400 Bulls. becomes has and I found a benefit from it. I swells, hardens, knotty, the milker must be clean, with newly tions, great ha;ve Will eell mal.. or temal.. at all tim.. 88 low as they only used two bottles, and I can truly say that it can be euewliere. The Annual Public more heat than in a state of health, and washed hands, brushed head, clean bought is all that is recommended for kidney, liver. and Sale will be held the tirst and appears to be much pained when not chew­ aru clothes, and cleanly in habits, bladder affections, and I can recommend it to Wednellda_l:year. of milk either �!!''tl';,�dr.:bn'��b��.��m�fw���� ... pressed. The secretion tobacco or while at his the as such. ing smoking public J. M. CLAY, President, Plattoburg, Mo.; lessens and becomes mingled with blood reasons. CAPT. GEORGE BLACKMAN, H. C. Vice work, for verv obvious DUNCAN. Preoldent,ORborn,lII0.• With the Union Steamboat 37 Main and pus, or is entirely arrested and gives Seventh, the utensils must be clean, free Co., street, or S. C. DUNCAN, Secretary, Smithville, Mo. Buffalo, N. Y. place to suppuration, and in very bad from from old from acidity milk, grease JUNE 19, 1883. cases to The hinder extrem­ gangrene. and from soap, also from dust. Eighth, about the ities, particularly fetlocks, the dairy must be clean, pure .in air, free Hotel Items, the hock, and the hip joint, ill many from frOpl mould and mildew, drainage Some ten years ago, while at the Reed with the Houre, instances, sympathize udder, water, and from odors from without. Erie, Pa., I was taken sick with the spotted fever, and so much and in­ and was back'and to undergo swelling Ninth, the temperature must be kept very low; my spine seeme� ; flammation as to the animal be affected, with terrible pains In prevent just right, or uncleanliness will occur kidneyslI!Dd. "I back. For fourteen days I laid, and could hardly from rising, except with great difficulty, from which will floatmg germs iJlfect stir, and suffered the most intense agony im�· or even from at or almost rising all, the milk.' Tenth, the churning must be Inable. My feet and limbs were bloated; my from The in moving. symptoms the done cleanly, in a clean apartment, in a water was very unnatural, II. deep red color and ewe are similar, but, in most cases, they clean churn, and .tpe water with which brick·dust deposit, and I was fast losing strength sudden and vItality. The doctors treated me, but witb are both very and exceedingly the butter is washed must be pure. no benetlt, and I used many different medicines and may raise such a gangrene and violent, Eleventh, the salt must be clean that bad been recommended, None of them did as will fatal to the animal within prove free from black speczs and from pan me any good until I used Hunt's Remedy, as my hours of the commence­ attention was called to tbe case of Hon. Josbua twenty-four scales, as well .as . from the slightest in of East a similar case to ment of the attack. The symptoms trace of lime. 'l'welfth, the packages Tutbill, Saginaw, Mich., STUBBY 440-241 tleec8, 281ba.; ScI, 281b•. 14 oz.; 41,h, he cured of a severe case of 29 lbo. 1" oz.; ath,31". the heifer are and mine, being Bright's comparatively gentle, must be clean and tight, so as to prevent & SON. Independence, Mo., disease. I purchased a bottle, and used it ac SAMUEL JEWETr Breeder of Pure Registered Merino Shepp have been supposed to resemble those uncleanliness or taint from aDd Importer any being cording to directions. I began to gain in nf the best Vermont Btock. Choice rams for sale. Sat­ in the human on arrival or mon�y refnnded. of rheumatism subject, in transit to market. Here strength; my water became more natural, the I.n.etlon l{Uaranteed acquired We bavel50 Rams that can't be beat. Call and see or means of the sim­ and are removable by are twelve commandments which must terrible pains in the back and loins were reo write. and natural of moved; tbe swelling of my limbs went down. I ple remedy dry pasturage be observed, and it may readily be seen continned tbe use of the medicine until I had and clean bedding. how true the is that "cleanliness saving used in all five (5) bottles, and it has built me up must be because when one A cow attacked with gariet is next to godliness," and completely cured me, an.t I am as sound kept in the stable and have dry, soft tries to be entirely clean in the dairy, he and healthy 8S any man of forty·eight ytars of bedding; she 'ought to be fed for a day finds it to be as difficult as to be good, age. and can attend to my bustnesa every day. I have recommended Hunt'S Remedy to many of or two on mashes, with a little hay, and and the way to either is equally beset my friends in BulflLlo, and it has proved, as In when she becomes well to leave with to one's duty. 1 enough temptation slight my case. a 8UCce88 with them all. on that the stable, she ought to be turned Oonsidering all this, it is clear Gratefully yours, quite dry, and rather short pasture. If strictly pure butter is worth a good deal CHARLEB L. WEBB, Tif1; N. Y. the attack be slight, she should have her more than a common article, for it costs Hou�e, BulflLlo, JUNE 19. 1883. udder subjected to friction and sucked a good deal more to make it.-The Dairy. at the unrestrained will of the calf; if i.t It Is estimated that th .... re are now in the R. T. Mc(JULLEY 8;; BRO., LEE'S Sl'MMIT. For Oows in Winter, United State8 15,000 000 mUch cows, and that has a decidedly inflammatory character, Water Mo., Breeden! oC Pure SI,aniMb .IIlerllOo Bhpep. 300 there are made annually 1,800,000,000 pounds of cbolce Rams of 0'111' own brpedlug and ••Iecl-lono trom with fever and loss with the National reas- and be accompanied We agree fully some oftbe best tlocksln Vermont. and for lillie at butter and 450,000,000 pounds ofeheeae, of appetite, she should have a dose of Live Stock Journal when it says that �:��.Pr1�80 t!tl��r�l�a'l.�,!nr::::.eer.l;{"O���eh.!,'l.; her sufficient Chickens and Bronze Turkeys of t.he very puroststralno. physic, and have udder abundantly very few farmers make prepa­ deal. We 801Icit yonr patronage and gnarantee a square fomented with hot water, be thoroughly ration for water for stock in winter, and thrice a have a of do so in the sum­ milked day, quantity many, indeed, fail to n � � E H ILL � T � � X rAn M. mercurial ointment rubbed mer. When cattle have the run of Kills Lice, camphorated large MOREHEAD" KNOWLES, Ticks and all well into the udder after each milking, lots in which grass is growing and green, - - Kansas Parasites that and washed off again with warm water they do not suffer so much from thirst 'VIiTashington; (Office, Washington State Bank,) Infest Sheep. immediately before the next milking, If if they do not happen to have access to VldlySupllrior to the obstinate, an when as do in -BREEDERS OF AND DEALERS IN- hardening proves water they please, they Tobacco, SuI· iodine ointment, composed of lard and winter when living on dry feed. The phur, etc. AND GRADE ...... nll •• hydriodate of potash, must be substi- succulence of the grass supplies, in part, SHORT-HORN. CATTLE, Thll Dip Jl ratch� tuted for the camphorated mercurial the for water, but, when living ,ME&:INO SHEEP, r�d��:'��ter��eo�Uea� necessity two of the Dip pro �OD. ' ointment; and if gangrene sets in and on dry food, everything goes wrong if Poland China :!liCi���tow!��:a::�e"'h�_ Swine, Ie • mere develops a putrifying ulcer, the sore water can not be had when wanted. tired sheep, 80 thallhe CO.I ot dipping trifle. and abeep owner. will lind Ibat they are amply repaid by Ibe must be well cleansed with warm water Water is essential to animal life. The Thoronghbred and Trotting Horses, Im&����r::::'�������I������ appUcatlon. Riving fuil dl- washed with a weak solution and it rection. for its use l aha ceft11J.cates of prominent sheep.. and freely blood is three-quarters water, po Slock for Sale. [Mention "Kall888 Farmer." of chloride of lime till the gangrenous enters into every organ and tissue of rr::�:n:��J!:�o��e:r=Fv: ����tn:blg��nPt!�io��� lcab and other kindred dilJealJel of.heep. matter be considerably reduced, and the body. It is the vehicle for the equal G. KALL1NOIl::BOD� " 00., St. Louis, Ko. Can be had throuKh all Comml••ionHou",. audDruggiat. then alternately dressed with Friar'S distribution of nutriment and heat to all �QttQnWQQ� rarm Haral. balsam, and washed with the solution parts of the body and for carrying off of chloride of the and matters which lime, tlll gangrenous waste foreign may ESTABL:ISHED:IN 18'76. matter wholly disappears. If indura- happen to be taken in: and when it is tion and chronic enlargement, accom- insufficient for these purposes, the com­ J: J. MAILS, Proprietor, panted by deficiency in the secretion of fort and health of the animal are at once And breeder ot Bhort-Horn Cattle and Berkshire Hoge. constat of temales milk, continue after all the inflamma- affected. Assimilation is impaired or My Short·homs 26 , headed by the Young Mary boll Duke ot Oakdale 10,899, who Ia a action has been subdued, the iodide and waste increases, tory ceases wholly model ot beauty and perfection, and h88 proved him must continue to be 10 ' of potash applied young animals stop growing, fattening ..,It a No. Is:re. the form of ointment, and, if need be, stock decrease in and cows My Berll8hlres number 10 head of choice brood 8OW'II, weight, headed by Ketllor Photograph 3651. who 10 a m...l"e administered in some other and it becomes de­ hog, three yean! old, and 'the sire ot 80me ot the tlne.t • internally shrink in their milk, hogs In the State; _IBted by Royal Jim, a younll' and Great Blue Ribbon form. The proper treatment of the teriorated in quality. It can not be long nicely.bred Bally boar at great promill8. County. Jell'ereon KanIlll8, don't owe a dollar. _ ewe is in all respeetasimilar to wanting without causing an actual loss OorreallDndence invited, oounty, gargeted AddrMI J. J. 'MAILS, Map, Ratlat1ce, plloe of laad, e!C,_�frM. Ada". that of I of fat and flesh. A lack of water is Manbe.UNl. Xau.a. . Kebpr '" 1111118,T, 0UaI001IiI, Ku, agargetedcow.-Prai1-1.eFalrmer. \1" I 12 KANSAS FARMER. NOTEMBEl't 21,

Editorial Brevitiea, �:I.-v-er &:l.de :El[ercl._ Brain Bladder Worm. -OF- A Southern company expects Complaint came to us recently of sheep Refrigerator 1 take care of heads on one then travel­ to be able, by January next, to turning their side, • and beeves ing around in a circle, finally falling ex­ two hundred fifty dally. P�LANDS �n� BERXSHIRES. hausted, and dying. This difficulty comes In fattening any kind of animals, if we PI:�:��eRh�:d"�?:'n�9�e���,Q�r.::,t�e���B�.r.,r{fCIg� from what is known as the brain bladder have not all good feed; that is, if all of tile I have tbe tb,',e most popular stralno or Polandl, and .s dne a herd or hOI(ll,," the country can and the dis­ produce, My worm, or Camurus cerebraUs, feed we have to use is not good, the worst breed 0'" are all realskred. and aUslock warranted u re�rp..,nted. Prices r....onable. My stock Is ..lw&YI ease Is called turnside or lI;id­ should be fed first. consequently re..,ly for Ins".cllon. Call around t thelatch·strlDgll dlness. Though the worm might be sup­ fair substitute' 'for always out. J. V. RANDOLPH, A pretty charcoal, Emporl�. Kan..... to Infest the posed, on account of its name, which Is good in small quantities for fowls, animal the Established in 1868. brain of the only, supposition feed parched corn or wheat once or twice a It is not to the' stoCk for sal� at all tim.. would be incorrect. peculiar week when you have no coal. brain, but it is only when it Infests that or­ It has been demonstrated time and again J. A. gan that turnslde and giddiness result. The DAVIS, that shelter for hogs pays for itself in econ­ hydatid is described as "a bladder filled with V'Vest omy of feed either in fatting the animals for Ldberty, IOVV'EL, a viscid fluid, and covered on its outside sur­ the butcher or in simply growing them. Breeder and Shipper of face with marks or oval slits." From the Onions can be very well through the inside of these slits hang appendages which kept winter in chaff in a under a foot of earth resemble a flask in shape, and the slits are pit well down. Freezing does not injure the openings which lead to the interior of packed them if are not removed until they these appendages. These appendages are they Herd numbers 150 head of the best and thaw In the strains in the the heads and necks of immature tape ground. m��QPular country. .DrYOUNG STOCK FOR SALE. worms. There are four suckers to each head In New York City it requires 11,866 horses and several of the peculiar hooks common to do the work on the street car lines, and been ascer­ to the tape'worm, and by which the tape by careful observations It has Berkshlres. Poland-China Hogs worm secures its tenacious grasp upon the tained that the average life of a streeter In Thoroughbred Improved coatings of the stomach. We are all aware that city Is but three years. , worm. how difficult it is to dislodge a tape In feeding hogs, give the poor, unsound the result of the. worm This difficulty Is com first, and follow up with that which is•. of the stomach with clinging to the coats better as you desire to Increase the quantity our efforts to remove these hooks. Hence of feed, and by thus grading up you will get this worm results in getting a very large the greatest possible val ue out of your poorer part of it, but not the head. The hooks on feed. this parasite in the sheep serve precisely the Successful grading of the common.goat the mature to a standard IS the same purpose as they do upon wool bearing giving peo­ I wlll elose out my entire herd of Berklhlres v","" It is tape worm. They fasten upon the mem­ ple confidence in the Angora goat. ::r':'rec���::'lo"n��t'i: lomr��!r:y!.:'rgU;e�r �i:!'"��:;:": brane with which they come in and coming to the front to take its position duce. The aows have ..ll been bred to Imported boll.... contac; The entire herd h..v. been a Prize-wi""',.,, Herd relax Industries of Texas. stick until the parasite gets ready to amongst the leading everywhere shown and conll.t otthe cholceot .tralns. I wlll ..leo sell 13 Short-horn Bull Calves. its hold. There is anIncreaseof these heads It is more popular to-day than ever before. Addr... C. G. through a process of budding to the number Calves need special care. By exposure to MC:1..1Z,'�?�o. of even hundreds. These bladders lying sudden and chills from cold winds changes PLEASANT VALLEY HERD and the .', upon the brain produce pressure, and wet weather, a loss of flesh and a stint -OF- results are naturally those that we have in their growth will oecar that will after­ Pure-bred Berkshire Swine. noted. The sheep turns Its head toward the wards cost heavily in extra feed to over­ and side on which the bladders are located, come. They need shelter and good feedto to into winter acts as it does generally because of the pain keep good condition go quar­ ters. It is an exceedingly hard fortune for the bladder causes. a calf to begin winter on a losing basis. The remedy is wholly a surgical one as regards affected sheep. In the way of pre­ Poland-Chinas care should be exercised to Thoroughbred vention great 0 E place the carcass of a sheep dying from the LOCK & S NY R, disease where dogs and hogs cannot have BREEDER:! OF I have thirty breeding 8OW8...11 m..tured ..nlmals access to If the liead is devoured by and of tbe v.ry best strstna of blood. I am nolog it. PU.R.E ::B�::m:J:)' rhree spteudlrl Imported boa... he.... ed by the splendld or the larvee are either dogs hogs, changed prtze-wtnner Plantagenet 2919 winner of five fhst into these voided prizPR Slid gold medal at the leading show8 in Co.lladR tape being by - worms.fnd Poland China In 1881. I am now prepareu to 0.11 ordera for piR'8 or the dog or hog upon pastures in which sheep Swine, ('ittler ReX not aktn, or for matured animals. Prtces reasonable. tlat18'aotloll antePd 8end for eata- the and it guar run, may be eaten by sheep, so, logue aud price Itst, ',,·e. II. McCD LLUGH, they hatch in the stomach and penetrate all ntt_A.WR. KnnPAA. parts of the system, but they perish in every part except in the brain. But when once in BONNIE VIEW STOCK FARM. A8 PRODUCJ::D AND BBED lIY the bram the only thing to do is to pierce A. o. moore &: Sons, Oanton, Illinois. the skull with a sharp instrument, and thus We ..re raising over 800 for this seaeon's trade. the bladder. it can be plg8 puncture Usually of hog'; that have 'ak.n more and l..rger Progeny ' readily told where the bladder is situated, sweep.takes and pork-packe... premiums th..n can be shown by any other m..n on any other breed. Btock all and irritation the skull for the pressure upon dOIPo� results in the of a of its �:����n,� ';;l�ea�veT��!e :.!frl"�:I�h:����� absorption portion oughbred Po'l!nd-Cblna, should send to headquartera, substance, making a soft spot directly over Ind. (l)nr breede... will be registered In the American Poland Remington, Jasper CO., China Record. Photograph of34 breeders, free. SwI... the bladder. Sometimes a of the cents. Three·cent tabn. portion At ihe head or our herd are Jl)Umal20 stampa skin is laid back, and a circular piece cut The NOTED ER.EEDER.S h .. .. this out of the and the .bladder thus laid We ave 1.0 choice Recorded Pol nd-Ohlu Pigs skull, .. "' HOOSIER & GRAND season. Acme Herd of Poland Chinas bare, when it can be removed. Then the TOM," DUKE," Stock Sold on their Merits. skin is replaced, fastened by a stitch or plas­ 1625 O. P. C. R. 2533 O. P. C. R. PaI... not akin shipped and satisfaction guaranteed. ter, and the wound left to heal. Low expresa r..tea, Correspondeoce or Inspection In- vlted. M. F. BALDWIN & SON. But even these remedies .sometimes fail, All Our Stock is Breeding Registeredl 8te.le Nebraska. Our for 1883 has been ver City. and there are no others that are ever success­ breedtnz y 8uecesof,,1 and entirely satl.factory, There Is no doubt at all that ·ful. the dog PI,.. for sale now. both boars and sowp. Will sell our is the cause of much of this trouble, and yearling boar ·'L. '" S. Perfectlon,!' rst premium hog at K..n.... City fair. 1883, some go as far as to say that he Is the sole cause, thus charging upon his canineship a Sows Bred. serious offence against the We wIll breed on order, a number of 80W8 alred very shepherd, .. "Ho081fr Tom" to Grand and a180 R tor which he Is not held by Duke;" generally accounta­ number of BOWS sired by "Grand Duke" to "HooBier at-reuonable ble. The dog has so much to answer for Tom." prices. Fully up to the hlgheat standard In ..11 respects. Ped­ that we dislike to add more to his account, Choice Fall Pigs. Igreea, for el ther American or Ohio Records. furnished but the truth must .come out. Yet as we ..nowered. We bave for ...16 this Fall and Winter about 100 with each sale. All Inquiries promptly have said several times, there are valuable ����'���D(rlf:u:�r�,d ��uilj�°p'leb. TR�_.'����.Z: � .�. Addre88 M. STEWART. Wichita. Kan..... the is a valu­ Poland China and dogs. Certainly shepherd dog Perfectton." 399:1 O. P. C. R.; ilion a rew sired by Berkshire Hogs. "BRnner Tom" anti uLaU's Grand Duke.'rigs able animal, but he is just as apt to cause We have the largest herd of pure bred In Riverside Stock Farm. Jrir Prleea reasonable. Speclill Expr.a, rates. hogs the state. For ten years past we have been the trouble of which we write as any other per. sonally selecttug and purchastng, regardless of dog. AmI the flockmaster may own a dog cost, from the leading Pol-cnd Ohina and Berkshire breeders the United States. which, though not a shepherd dog, IS yet a througout choice ani­ mals to breed from and breeding them with much animal. In cases valuable such we must care. By the constant lutroductlon ..fnew blood recognize the danger, and meet it in the dog, of the best strain s of each breed we have brought our entire berd 1.0 a high slate of perfection. We and rid him of the tape worm. This may be keep several males of each breed not of kin that accomplished by admmistering powdered we may furnish pAira not related, ohang' 26S nod U. S. Jr. 78t. AmerlclI.lJ Poland \ 'hlna Record; The manner of areca nut. administering it and Peerless 2135 and Royal Nlndennere 3847 is to give the dog a purgative, say a scruple Amer-ican Berkshire Record are four of our lead­ ing males, We have II.S good bogs as Eastern of and afterwards an H. C. STOLL reeder of i'oland­ jalap, immediately ... 'i'horougblor.

. . letter M aDd OD leRhom should be care- Soratohings, ment as do hams, and both ����:'eD8;1��I:!f ar�. Iqlly' smoked. The preservative principle THE STRAY LIST. Greenwood W. olerk. are selected from many lOuroeB. We oou�ty-l. Keuer, [Tb_ Itelll8 . as creosote. Smoke HEIFER-TakeD Geo. W. CraveDs.ln MacH· do not to the authOrity, beoanae we of smoke is known up by pretend IIlve are, one braDded IOD tp.. Nov.-, 1888, red 2·year·old hell'er, com is esteem- not oortaill about 1t.-EnITOR FARKER.l made by burning' cobs highly 50D right hlp. ODe ...d white but those in meat on a BEIFEa-;By eame, red lI·year-old summer engaged curing . Dr. Sturtevant has found the past ed, helC.r, branded t on right hlp. obtained from one red and whlta heller, lOme that potatoes mulched produced a decidedly huge �cale prefer the smoke BElFER-By eame, that has been of its with smaller crop than those cultivated in the us- dry hickory stripped w��M:'E�yb=:d :noen �h�!'.!rilng helCer 01 live bark. The must not be wblte tall, branded S on leR hlp. Total value as process " ual way. He regards the experiment in- smoking hoi 'en. '00. or the creosote will not HOBBE-Taken J, M. Fa'lJgh. In MaallOn tP.. conclusive on account of the wetness of the toomuch trurried np b)' One BOrrel 1 year old put. larlle the entire substance Nov.-. 1888, hone, season. have time to penetrate of the meat. Ten days smoking is usually �::r. s!:al�":bll:��I�: r!W:"h�rt!'�� :'�::'��IY The climate of Oregon and Washington IIght·colored; .aluod at 125. the are tlTEER-Taken Wm. E. Copeland, In Otter to auffleient, unless pieces very large up by Territory is said to be especially adapted Creek tp., Nov. " 11188, one .m�ll red Inollned and thick. �tfRteeaIe ear; no hop growing. The success of the hop yards �����"t..�s�:o�j.r�:!r�I�"{}:.'''t, crop A process in ham-curing practiced by Otter oreek on the Pacific coast has induced greatlv In- PONY-Taken up by Franklin Racier,ID some of the leading packing houses consists tp., Oct. 25.1883. "ue black mare pony, "hlte soot In creased which will have its effect tnne white reet-two behind and one &etore, \ ' piantmg, of lorehead, In creating the smoke in an oven outside BUPPOled to be about 8 yean old. on another prices year. S1'EER-'l'aken up by L. S. Bele, " Otter Creek tp. the' smokehouse and under- a # passed through Nov. 1888 one white steer, marked Some kinds of seed bolls ...ow t0 pOIt a Stray, the .eel IInel and pen· 2, t"o-year·old potatoes produce Into it. The with onderblt In rlgllt ear, and hole In leR oar which ground pipes" smoke, rising <ies for not others. Those pOlting. hB8 eUher been cut or torn downwards through the re­ more freely than originated of the en. from the floor to the top house, be taken up at any time In \De malnder ofthe ear. while the kinds from seed produce .most, counters two currents dt air drawn ,,=.kenanlmalacan olerk. opposite anlmalacan be taken between Cloud oounty-·L. 111', HOUlton, in accidental Unbroken Ollly up that originate sports produce from the outside. These currents cause the MULE-Taken up b)l' Louis HanlOn, 01 Buffalo tp., one 20 me­ seed �'wdhaeYny'",00tunNdolvnemthbeeria��1.UU _�a tak_AP��.; Oct. 10, 1888, bay gelding mule, years old, few or none . In these last production •thxcee theneCI!!��aOY,th0re smoke to form into a rapidly revolving horl- dlum Blze. white Saddle and barn... marks on back has been bred out as unneces- and caD and shoulden, valued at 120. apparently zontal column which passes among the nPNO perlOns, except cl�na ho1U8holden, sary. tate up a Rray. oounty-1II'. O. Stevens, olerk. ' hams. The smoke is not warm, and there It all aDlmal liable to be mall come upon Douglal takeuL HOBBE-Taken Albert Stehwelu.ln Wakamea ,lIepremlaeaofany penon aDd he x'alle tor ten daya, up by Save some good, vigorous stocky potatoes hams or hot air to Is no 'heat to meit the aRer belnl( netUled in writing of the ract, aDy other ' farmers fer ��I� for next year s see.d Many pre them. The hams under this cUllen and householder may tate up tile eame. ��ii,'l.��17.!�b�n:. b:JrhT�io��:::,s !�tea.:: blacken pro- nose; valued at tlO. to save the small or unmarketable pota- pig cess are smoked in very much less time ad��lJ:�:.':!�nt;p�:nr.J.;.��m:,�teg but it does not pay. Next spring grow u many placea In the towns';Ifp, II1vlnl a correct de. toes, than by the old method. REWARD. from each kind of seeds STOLEN--'S6 a row of potatoes While canvassing hams has nothine; to do lort.��g �:..:;c�"::lj,roTen op at the expiration of like and notice the dlffer- conditions, with their flavor It is a protection from in- ��:V:l �:e�!;.'!tr:,allJg �':":naD.Md'!r.":l�:!tI�: oDOr."Jr��o���r':'�b�b::l:��:�·w�::\.b,:a'l� -: 10110.... : for the arrelt and eonvlenon of the tlllet. ��g:.r and will the farmer for the extra t5«J sects, pay ��t ::t��1:"��u:.nl�l:,0:" ��le':�:;.:t:: t: lUlU 116 for the return 01 the animal or Information 1ess diIversIt'm the Tilere is pro'bably y labor. It should be 'done before warm hu advertlaed It tor ten da,.. that the marta aDd leadlnl to lIer recovery. Addre.. N. WILKINS, Kau.... food of than In the food of any other a Scra�ton. hogs weather. Wrap each ham in coarse brown �=rt���e�CO\::e,,:��:�:�\:.�'h" ��':tv:re �:ll bulk of the fattened alOO live a bond to the atate or double the valoe orBUCb stock. The great pork sew it in cotton cloth cut paper and then up Procured Or no cbnre«, 40". "nol< is made on Fn'z.. in this country corn, though to suit the the shape of the ItWoiJnatlceofthe PeilO8 mall within twenty days patent-law rree, .I\dll. w.. T. size, following W... other should be given to secure PIJENTG"BAL",lIiil6FSt� blngtoo,D.C. enough grain ham. When' covered as described, dip them �;:lo�1����h��a.;,t':;��efh:PbJ:n�daMer� make the' animal eat more certilliid copy oftb. d.. 'I"!JUon aud value olluoh Rray. variety and In a wash made of lime and water and col- Ilaucb stray mall be valued at more than ten dol· PENSIONS ��I:'�y s:�,,:��.z� t��N!: heartily• ored with yellow ocher. Hang up In a cool 'ian, Usball be advenlBed In the KABSAB FUKER In COL. L. BLNGHAM, an unusual amount of iLlOrUey, 'ubiog.on, D.L8.""· Brewers say that place to dry. The wash closes the inter- th¥:e":=:fea':.��:..r;: may Within twelve montha trom the time 01 taking up, prove the eame evidence malt was over from last year. This ac- snces of the and the whole forms.a by kept muslin, beCore JURlce or the Peace 01 the oounty, havln, Coin Money who sell Dr. Cbase's Fam· '" aDy barI market lint notilled the taker ol·the time whllll and the Price 12.l0. Specimen counts for the du 11ness ()I the ey perfect protection against Insects. The np .... AG""TSiff! !ly Physician. pages tree. Address A. W. Hamuton 8; Co., Ann now. The new is I(enerally room in which kind of cured melitis . Up till barley any :::ncebe'1�J�e�°'t,P��:'�r!':nOlltt":!fd:�n':,rru Arbor, Mich. aDd opon the payment 01 allchargea aDd olllltll. Inferior to last year's crop, being largely stored should be dry and and the dark- Jnatlce, cool, It the owner ot a Btray talll to ownenhlp ' 1ed the 0 a com. Stalned by the wet weatlleI' which preval er the better.-N. Y. World. within twelve months aRer time Frovetal<1nl, SEfifERS dlete tltleshall veat In the taker up. FRlna harvest. taken JUl' oun a astGptD at At the end 01 a year aRer a Is d t L atray up,the yoWl our W �S a BUmmons to three honae· Various Causes­ tlce orthe Peace shallieaue T thlltwlllhelpyou tomoreRE IY S, to be a revival of the Inter­ and summons to gE����IlV��n�do���e'l There,is such likely bolden to appear appralae stray, tlan any other muthod In the worl� � be aerved taker eald or two ot tJAlill. In food for which prevail. Advancing years, care, sickness, disap­ by the up i appralaer, DevertaUs. WorldM'tl S. olerk. will send you trfe or charge, If you will .en� 2110. In Trim so there shall be no masses Montgomery oounty-J. Way, t; u.lce closely, agreeable perfume. stQmpa for postRKP. &c•• (; pret.t,y Cbr181,mall Cards, STALLION-Taken R H of the all up by HolIIoaBwor'h,ln Nfw Year Card., 1 lov.ly Blrthclay Card, .. beaut.ful of fat left at the lowest extremitv For sale druggists. one daTk 01' brown by Fawu Creek tp., Oct. 11, 1883, bay "lIt·bouod 1I0ral Autograpb Album, llluBtraled wltl> star lu hams. The shoulders may be cut in shapes high, forehead, ·blrds. ftowers, ferna. 4C., a banf180me Photograpbic ����o�,;.� �\':.t�glI!.;'����k'::d�. Pur'rolt or all the Preslden'" ot tbe U. S. neatly ar· for and should be Mr. Dadant says that he once had an convenient packing, they raolled lu an albulll with a fBCBlmlle Alitogl'llpb or for week Nov. '83, also our new HolMav Book. salted In separate packages from the hams. located on the side of a hill and Strays ending 14, each, apiary BABCOCK &I; CO., Centerbrook. Conn. Hams are cured by both dry salting and fenced. He also had' at the lIame time Reno oounty-W. R . .Marshall, olerk. PONY-Taken up by JOBepb Mo.ler.ln ¥e·lford tl'.• brine. When dry salting Is employed the lIame en­ 500 chickens occupying the September 21. 18SS, one bay pony mare, 14� hands are rubbed often with salt and branded A R. on lert valufd at 185. hams sugar. closure with the beell. He liad his hives high. hlp; Between each rubbing they are bunched up Diokinson oounty,.-Riohord Waring, olerk. raised from the ground, and at night on platforms or tables, the surface of which the hens brooded their chicken II under tP�i�:-;'�:�1��s";g.Ujv�),!t�e�I�!i�e��j,��eo�r��:: Is spread with a layer of salt, and each ham are about rour lll0ntbB 01<1 and dar� red; two of tbem, them. He ailio taught his chickens to are about four mouthB old, d.nk red, wltb white lore. Is also covered with salt. When taken up heads; no other markB or brands; valued at tsO. them brood and _ done five or six eat drones, by feeding to rub, which is usually for week Nov. '83. He he has seen Strays ending 21, times, a shallow box Is at hand in which to hatching drones. says Sedgwlok oounty.-E A. DOrley, olerk. do the work. a rooster pick them off as they were MARE-Takeu up by R. R. Slyter. In Kecbl twp. When brine is used, prepare a pickle clustered together for mutual protection Oct. 27, 1883. one IIgbt bay maTe. tbree years old, Bmali Btor lu lorehead; v..lued at $60. strong enough to float an egg and stir into it their female persecutors, as all against Wabaunsee oounty---D. M. Gardner, olerk. sufficient amount of sugar and molasses to bee-keepers have seen them do, until he MARE-·fak.u up by J. W. HobbB, or Wa..hlogtou it a sweetened taste. Some add a little give could swallow no more, thell rest a bit, �r�;;;��;, �ri�;,�':,enBg'��1 ��B'. some gr�i, ���O�all:a�".T saltpetre to color the meat, while kuown, supposed to be 12 yean old; val· stretch up qis neck, and go for them claim it tends to harden the meat. In mod­ t��O!r;';o�ot Iron borse .. .,1 if corn was was thrown to HORSE-By Rame. on. IIray tbree yea again-and . erate quantities, it is general1y accepted as it. ooe clark Ir"n gra 111are wltb Bmr with and him he wO'lld not notice OIg{AR"i�gya!!:,;. beneficial. Cover the hams pickle In Corehead and BOme wblte on rlgnt hlp; valued at ,25. place them in packages where the tempera­ Fowls will usually destroy wheat· or ShaWllee �ounty--Geo. T. Gilmore, olerk. ture is uniform and above freezing. For HEIFER-Taken up loy J. S. Reed,ln Tooumaeb tp., near other small grain for a few feet Nov. 1883. One roau S yean old, balr under· hams of twelve pounds four weeks will be 14, heUer, CURIOSITY: crop lu right .ar; valued ..t "15. A LITERARY the of the lot in which they run. ot Au· sufficient; large hams must remain in brille edge COLT-Taken up by William M Matlock. eat in the Fall does a time. In three to seven What they rarely The��t!l'��aM!()�l':.����'s��'byT:��c:.,::�� longer general, �::el!�I";;��t ��:.�'!l'30:r:ft:��u���r?�":l'u���t\II�ar 011 of under Con8tantlne, A. n. 326. 1 old Nice. the extremes of time re­ much but if their depredations colt, year weeks embraces damage, 'Z �'!'�c\�;n:a��':.la�'f:. The boota that exlBt. of thoee not Included In the the so p�?I;,�����B In tbe preeent domestic of are renewed in epring the strip COLT-AIBO by .ame, one aerrel mare oolt. 1 year old canon, are carelully brought toll"ther quired for curing hams, vary­ aud tbft New Teeta· be of value at harvest put. white bind teet. Btar In forehead, no otber marta volume; and the poMeIIIIOr of this eaten will little volu",ee a collection 01 all the as to size of hams, temperature, alid or brandB; valued at $2(1. ment hB8 In tho two ing time. tlQie when they will be required fOf 'Use, Linn oounty--J. H . .Madden, o.erk. ��a;or!":il!==�a:-,eJa��:IJ�re�b�:J�ybh'h':r.,��: When It Is designed to preserve nams STEEN-Taken up by D. F. Pa,k, of Poto II lp • Oct. Flies aild 15, 1883. one red 3·year·old .teer. white OU len Bide. tr':.��:;'II����'::.(i�=�ee8������,bJ.'1�GOI� Bugs, - must not be re­ tall, brauded ou len hlp with letter N.; (X"",,/ar. through the sumIller they Flies, roacbes, anta, bedbugs, rata, mice. goph paid. &rid/or �I:le�l��.t,a�? GEBBIR & CO., Publlshen 610 Paneom St.• Phlla. from the too soon. moved pickle ere, chipmunks, cleared out by "Rough on Rata." STWER-'l'aken up by Daniel M. Kirkland, 01 Lib· Nov. one roan et.eer ACENTS WANTED. SIloulders require much the same treat- 160. erty tp., 2, 1688, light 2·year·old NOVEMBER 21,

pelled to make inquiries, and should Nurserymen's Directory• seek all the information possibl",.­ • MAN Farm, Field and Fi1·eside. Questions Regarding Inoubaters- A Business, It is not sdi-prismg that despite all we Large Poultry A writer in the Country Gentleman could do to make known every fact per- gives some interesting facts showing to that tainmg incubators, questions can on a what be done with poultry STAR NURSERY. E.tabll.hed In still occasionally come to be answered, large scale. It is generally thought that PLEABANTON1868. J. W. Latlm.r '" Co" Pl.....nton KanllB8. do a wholesal. and retail bustneea. Nelghborboods club­ for all persons are not alike and conse­ the poultry and egg production must bing together IIet stock at whol_le, a specialty with us, Bend for terms and cataloguea, be limited to a smaller busi­ quently are not equally informed. The necessarily ness, and therefore only women, chil­ simplest questions are the most frequent dren and handless men and cripples FRUIT GROWERS but in giving details it is often supposed should think of engaging in it as a busi­ that much is akeady in possession of the Write for Oatalogue and Prioe List of ness. This account shows 'that it can party desiring information. For in­ Fruit Evaporators be made profitable on quite a scale stance, "How long does it require for large if managed in a business-like way. The --Manufactured by the- the eggs to hatch?" inquire some, and writer says: Mr. A. C. Hawkins, of we are pleased that the inquiry has been Lancaster, Mass., has about 2.000 made, as no doubt it seems to the unin­ laying hens, and about 200 cocks. During the itiated that the incubator is entirely dif­ last two years he has raised about 8,000 ferent from hens in the heat required Kansas, chicks The cost of Leavenworth, for incubation. per year. keeping varies with the price of grain; the last To be plain, however, we will state year it cost quite $1.50 per head. His that all creatures, with only a few ex- mode of feeding is to give soft, warm CmCAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y ceptions, are hatched from but the the oentral of its conneets the eggs, food in the such as boiled By position line, morning, East and the West by the shortest route, and oar­ heat is applied to the eggs of some dur- riea without change of oara, between small potatoes, turnip s mixed with mid­ paa8en�er8. ing growth inside the body, while others ;���o ':�hj�::'B�i���ag�W:'C���1��8p��,:e�t dlings, and meat. At noon he gives are hatched by heat applied outside of ft����oft�J:d �t��e��CgtlUV���ioa�ntc\l�,J>er�:�rl� oats; at night. whole corn, barley and Oceene. Ita equipment Is unrivded and magnifi- the body, as with birds. The young wheat. Raw turnips and clover rowen �ee��t�f��:����t�8 °k:C�i�c���f������ �� calf is hatched from an egg, the dura- elining Chair Pullman's Prettiest Palace are given every day; fresh water and Cars! tion of the period of hatching, however, rJ�?;�o;rJ�1 ���eeh�r!f�: �!r:e�� 8�Y!�o�g oyster shells are kept before them all Missouri River Foints. Two Traina between Chi­ extending to nine months; but the dam cago and Minneapolis and St. Paul, via tho Famoua the time His range and buildings for carries the egg inside her body, and the "ALBERT LEA ROUTE." fowls occupy some fifteen acres, the land A New and Direot Line, via eeuecc and Kauka­ heat of her body vijallzes the egg, until kee, haa recently been opened between Richmond, .'. being mostly in grass and orcharding. Newa, Chattanooga, Atlanta,Au- finally the is ushered into the Norfolk,NewfJort young The buildings consist of four houses, f��\:i1!��l\:ia�cliOa���v�ll:: ���i8���a�i¥i���:�� world. The hen, by keeping her body olis and St. Paul and intermediate points. each 2(.10 feet long and 12t feet wide, all All Through Passengers Travel on Fast Expres8 close to the the nour- Traina. egg, imparts life, . facing south, partitions from 12 to 50 '.rickets for sale at all principal Tioket 01ll.aes in ishment stored in the the United States and Cauada. being previously feet with 50 apart, yards feet long in ohecked and 'rates of fare al­ shell for the Baggage through growth of the chick, while ways as low as oompetitors that offer Ieee advan- front. 'l'hese yards he plows once a the cow nourishes the calf by direct ae- tal��'detailed information,get the Mapa and Fold­

week in - summer, feeding green grass era of the tion through the blood vessels. The freely. He says eggs to hatch well-and CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE only object of the At your nearest Ticket Office, or address incubator, therefore, strong chicks must be from hens bring ST • is to the of R. R. CABLE, E. .JOHN, apply proper degree heat, which have their with Vlce·Pres. &; Gen'I M'g'r, OeD'! Tk'. &; PUI...... liberty, plenty of . just the same as the hen does, and as CHICACO. cocks; for market eggs the hens must be the hen must beat for has an orchard cau ..dard to be with­ impart twenty- confined and no cocks allowed. His No person who one days, so must the incubator. Na- out on. of these Evaporators. Fruit dried by this pro­ 'hens have laid an of about average eigbt ce.. a higher prtce than canned goods. S.v.n .ture requires that period for develop- brings dozen eggs each per year, and the price sizes manutactured. ment, no matter where the heat comes of eggs averages about 32 cents. He to from. Price, $75 $1,500. thinks that under the best of care a hen The heat of the hen's is bod� u�ually will lay eight dozens of eggs, and bring Dries all Kinds of Fruit and Ve�etables, about 103 degrees when she IS aitting on up a brood of chicks, sayan average of 'rhe.. Evaporators have been tested and pronounced the but are eggs, the eggs generally a the b..t Dryers ever Invented. Unmorketabl. and aur­ five chicks. To care for his poultry he t i or two cooler. fruit can all he sav.d/by thl. proc.... and high degree We therefore' employs one man the year round, one plus pric•• realized; for dried trult 18 as staple as lIour. keep the eggs at a temperature of 103 other eight months, besides himself. when in The dressing for he degrees the incubator' though of. �owl� market . '. lets out to fatnilies ill the neizhbor­ oun. It from 100 to but should may �ary 104, hood and numbers. of these will pick go no higher or lower, except for "ten or and dress ten to twenty pairs III a single fifteen minutes daily, in order to cool day and evening. He has tried several breeds and settled down the last season the eggs which is done in the case of SOIL PULVERIZER. .' on Plymouth Rocks. and makes them a the hen when she comes off to feed. specialty. He 'says farther that he Nor will it harm the eggs if the tempera- thinks a stock of 3,000 hens, cared for in 'ture varies occasionally daily, eapecfally the very best manner, should show a profit of $2,000 per year. if the variation is caused by the en- trance of pure cold air, as it carries away Oured. aU impurities, but for the it is Oonsumption novice, An old physician, retired (rom practice, having had best to uniform as keep it nearly as pos­ placed In his hand. by an East India mtaalonary sible. the (ormul� of .. slmpl. veaeteble reme

��e ,1Iefetinatiane DR. JOHN BULL'S

I'I'he paragraphs In this department are gathered from our exchanges.-En. FAR­ llER.] - Smith'sTonicSmD .. OPHTHAL:r.rrA-WouNDS.-I have a FOR THE OURE OF ·1�HrG��S��FL�!���E�T���u�Js!�tRS mare whose left 160,000 eye has since June, at A HOUSE AND LOT OR $5000 GOVERNMENT BOND FREE.' different times, become whitish to a FEVER:and ACUE ��'ak:dt�:e �:IlI:!';:�·�I��·�1 ��daC::a�-:fa�.:::t.�rJioar���u:;c��:�: !?Yia�.�:�i.�:':�� ��:u:��r�.Wt! greater or less degree. At times it will take advantage or it a' 01lC8. Or CHILLS and wewfllenler ,nn,D.m. on oQ,oub.e,lpllon boot••Ddlo",.nI JO. FEVER, nnt"t barely be noticeable. She it FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR rn.. :""�." n our nlrl·efltablllhed and ,.,,11· keeps pn..... _ ...... liD ALL MAURIAL known flullllcaf.lon, T�:m �C>U.E�<>� ��A.Z%N:JiI. tosether wllh • closed when it is worse, as if lighthurts DISEASES. numbel'ed receipt, which enitt.le. the bulder 11) uue 01' sue f"Unwlne MACNIFICENT AND COSTLY PRESENTS tn La J;:lven "'.a, to our lubflerlhen Jan. 15, Itll4, Read theli.t, thea lend III YOlll'luu.eripSioll ,. .. it. There is also in a and to ,. thll caD ·'e .. fever it, and little The proprietor of thil celebrated medi· ge' your fr1�uch Join 10U ; .a7 :rou let ,onr lub.cl·lpUUD for few boura' work. water runs from it. I have been using cine jUltlr olaiml for it a luperiority over all remedlel ever offered to the publio for LIST OF PRESENTS TO BE GIVEN OUR SUBSCRIBERS white vitriol, with white of an and BrownS'ODf! t. egg the SAFE, CERTADl, SPEEDY and PER­ 1 HoalflA Let NlwYork Clt1,li,ftOO .1; G...ta' 80.... Col. 81 'er ''-'obpI •••••• •••• ,&00 1 U. �. oo,el'••".' H.Dd ••••••••• u...... i�OOO "I Ladlel' Claa'plal•• W.ubf'S...... 100 water, but not I have a colt MANENT oure of or Chilli . • or lately. Ague !\Pod Fever, I U.8. Rond. 11000 laell.. •••• 6 000 10 R,..uUraI80Iltalr. Dla.llid Rln,...... &UO ,10 U. 8 Gr... P and whether of lliort or stand­ bullo' .:-.00...... &,000 6 8Ie8'''.'' 811k Dre...... r.. •••••• SOO that was kicked ten on the Fever, long •• u •• days ago 20 U. 8. ,JOO ••••••••••••• ,. 000 600 BUllt,f.IKlehl eloekl. '9 ..0 1.0nO He the " .• " referl to entire Weltern and 40 U. i. h 60 •••••• a ing. ••••••.• 1,000 500 Plaotorraph Alba.l, IS ...ola...... I.UOO outside of hind inches below I 11:", , SraDd PI,,".. 1.000 100 leg eight Southel'n to bear him to ••• Stoa" 1&00 flltt...... "U'el' Poelu,t YruU a.ln...... ••••••••••• iOU oountl'J teltimony ]0 U.. "u'ltul::l S•• ••'O pCabl ...... 100eaob 1,000 600 Ladle.' .lId Geats' Poa"et 1[.lyo...... •••• .HH) the hock. It and is the t1'l1th of the assertion that iu no case dischargea freely 1 P"lr Be.lallfa' ."I.e.... Uor.e...... •••••••• 1,000 1 •••• swollen., I have been it with whatever will it faU to oure if the direc­ Jlrflw.ter Road Wal d PQI...... 600 I� r,�t8.8A�.·:������ �i·e��.·:.·::::::::=:: ].��g 1 •••••••• bathing KIf'lna' 811ff1r.p'."· Dlnaer 8et, , plee...... 100 1000 'U",,"II"II on Plehlr... •••••• 1,000 tions are striotly followed and oarried out. 1 KIt-IRnt 8nlt Parlor FarnItUl·...... : 00 11000 mullein but this does not reduce 6 tea, In a oalel a dOle has GeDts' 11(llaa' '01111 Sold ...tell...... 600 f"�c\�m�S, great lJ".any single 10 Ladle.'" ...... 100 SO�WAYlk�"""��\I\l the swelling. wound must be beeilluflioient for a oure, and whole fami­ -[The Allm 93.577 ath..r ...Cul .nd T.l0.bl. pre.ent., ranlll'E I. ".Iu. fiom 26 Clnt. to tl.OO .ach, maltlDJ' a tntal aC liel have oured a with I\lI,t ul"fnl •• IU e• .,l11 .n. 'Probed and the outside orifice been by lingle bottle, 100000 VAluulol. prellltlt that �"�.I' 0". who .ublerlu.1 will rlc.lYe � enlarged. ... a perfeot reltoration of the general health. �<>U&E�OL%> JltL.A.G-A...ZXN:ID for Ooe Y.ar.nd __Ie•••t P.ell t ..e.ld.·•• Then inject twice with daily compound It ii, however, prudent, and in every case Inh.�;:b��lh:,.��" PMusi Cl� t "FE�TIIVl·�· ANr:-w·o�� CONTE';.coTO'tteB�o·CIt;'EN further wno tincture of aloes, 4 chloride of more O8l'tain to oure, if its use is oontinued .JAN. 15 1884,· IN NEW YORK CITY, partleu'ara to be glYelibereafter. Sullscrlver. ounces; du lUll aUeDll call IlIlye pre.ent••ent � .Dl � or Sbe United 8gk. or OaDada. Frln'ed II." or tbe awarda wJll be in for a week or two after the to .ub'el'ltier. zinc, 4 drachms; water, 1 quart; mix. Imaller dOlel fOl'w"nlell by mull Ivery disease hal been oheoked, more espeoially I Ii III ITS SEVENTH YEAR. blister .. 'l'he I. Due of When healed, it. It will remam in and oalel. Usu­ THE HOUSEHO• ID MACAZINE 1I",azlue the diflioult, long-standing FA"OIlITE FA.IL'W 8TOa'W •••••• of "'merle&. h CUD,,,III' ,wellty large pa,II, with elelant somewhat swollen until healed. ally thil medioine will not require any aid tinted cOYer, bOUDd, I'ltcbed and cul. It II rl,llte wUb beautUDI tIIu.&raUon. and choici literatUre. No expenllf' I. to bowels in order. Should Ip"red to matl Sbt. publication onlor the Gallt In tbe worleL It I. abl, edlte", and contain. an llltutrtlted Fi..hum keep the good leU,r. end lIote.. It ABSCEssEs.-r have a cow that Depart�'IIl.ltU1a(O'lt eonttlin. "oriel, JJOttftf. ,bk"", "aUnter, ",q'vl illj'ormntion, Aou"hold floI,., "If! young the a oathartio kUchen, c,.Udrett'.lfeparlmettf, S"bbath 18 fad e",r1 tbiD, tbat caD be t. dODe to make , require Q'Clnltft, toild, rtAdC""tt.o.,., Jlatient,_�owever, worlb more th.a tbl . commenced to be lame in hind leg about medioine, after taken three or four ,hi. publication lublerlpSl.a prlel. barinl{ .. .. .1.OOI.tb ..... dOlel of the a dOle of BULL'S REMEMBER. WE MAKE NO CHAROElortb ep" nll.tbe nl.'.Qb.criplloDprlc. 10 or 12 days ago, slightly at first, with Tanio, lIngle VEGETABLE FA.ItILY -PILLS will bUuf­ r:n�e7�u";���J�P�l�t�d.:�:::::J·;:1:.:.::�::�t�tdl���e:rt;u�t:.�I��':::;a!lM!t ::!'�lf�l"t:;��!���t at the The lameness ••• I •• SWelling hip. fioient. . trroawtll'.'." t.J.t.;r and •••••••G.OO and also the BULL'S SARSAPARILLA is the 'old and CET UP A CLUB• 'W' will .end .Is. III .,I"I.&I.a. anti .1...._b....tl ..�. increased, swelling from .,,,Ipt,,. 8.,,0•••0.00. wllh t.be nam. or Sen (rlend. or acquaintance., and we wmlnd t".l.e lubacriptioD' ...... aad ••....,.. 1 1 ••••aSE. reliable for of the blood and twelve numbered tbo. ChiDC 10 receipt. •• , the hip down to the a..'lkle. After a remedy impurities receipt., and Sorofuloul a1i'eotioDl-the Xing of that II worth froID few a ON LYON E DOLLA R I..c::�.t:: °Dn'lI!:�I:::\'� days large quantity of matter Blood Pul'iAerl. :,���� ::;:,��:�;.eceIPt gathered under the skin, and the man DR. 10lllf BULL'S VEGETABLE WORJ[ $5000 IN PRIZES TO ACENTS SENDI"all'sU�oys� LIST OF let out several milk dried "nd Wt' 1It\lId our CONFIDENTI"L TEnliS Wt" offer quarts; up. DESTROYn" il prepared in the form of Wllh YOllr ubllcripUon rec-ell)t where �OOO She has no or very little, and candy attraotive to the and IDPo'I... 10 ,h. ODO .endlng In 'he most subscribers before .Jan. 15th. W. refer to any appetite droPI, " sight .r two doU.re can be is thin, but does not otherwise to the talte. o�P�(J. gettin� pleasant • ::n�,:, Xa��:r�e'tt�.I:'&��r.':u�PIl�I�,I�t;J4Ir,.r;��r�:l.����ll:tl:r �o':e�'o��:r�e appear SICk. Can you tell me the diffi­ Addo·••• � �OUI!ll:IDEI:O::l:lD JIIo1:A.G.A.Z:J:l.VE 00., DR. JOHN BULL·S culty, and gIve a remedy? -rThe cow CUT TMIS OUT, IT WILL "OT APPEAR �O�!M. I 10 Barc:ilav St., New York. has a tremendous abjlcess, undoubtedly SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, caused by injury. Support her with BULL'S. SARSAPARILLA, good food. If she will not eat,' turn WORM gruel down her, and a quart of hop tea BULL'S DESTROYER, three times a day with half a drachm of The popular Remedlea of the Dar. quinine, or the latter with It of pints Main good old ale. Make Ii. large, free exit Prlaelpal om�e. 881 St., LOmSVlLLE, XI. for the pus. Syringe, after squeezing out, three times daily with WIth tinc­ ture of aloes and myrrh, 6 ounces; spir­ its of 8 raw 6 �E��C��� -turpentine, ounces; oil, ANDRElH THE U. S. MAIL BRINeS us TO YOUR DOOR r ounces; mIX. The most extensive Seed Grower.! In America. Founded 1 '78�. Drop us Il Postal Card for our proVED VA';l'ALOGUE. Address LANDRETH, PHTLA nF.T.PHTA. -MA:r.arrTIs.-I have a cow which for simply several weeks has been affected in one quarter of her udder with what I sup­ pose to be garget, though I am not suI'e. The milk from that quarter has almost ceased. The udder is not swollen, and there is little or no inflam­ mation. The gland appears hardened, but ,Yields slowly to continued pressure. It dlscharl{es a considerable quantity of lumpy. strmgy, yellowish matter, which resembles the scum on boiled milk. POCKLINGTON.DUCH. There is no of blood. appearance The ESS. LADY WASKING. other of the udder three-quarters seem TON. VERGENNES. unaffected. Is it entirely garget? lUOORE'S EARLY.JEll'. ' her a ' -[Give "general cow drink" once FERSON. EARLY VIC. a week for or two three doses. Giye TOR. BRIGHTON. twice daily in feed one drachm of fluid Allootbe,RSmall Frults.and allPolder-Tarle-E LARGEST STOCK I. AMERIOA. of G A V extract I N colchicum seed and true. E one tics S Or[1pes, Rxtraquallt,.. �a'l'l'&Dted .Prioesreduced. Dlus.CatnlognefrC'!e. ..ail. na_to Deale.. T. drachm of fluid extract of jaborandi. Che.p bi Low PRENTISS So Bl1BBABD, Fredolll... N. Y. Rub the udder well with the liniment recommended on the of wrapper the IS THE Aar OF IMPROVED cow drink. Hereafter treat such cases '''''HITMAN'S promptly; you can do more in the first FLOWING WATER three than in ten days days after the over lar.da, to . lapse of a fortnight. NOURISH CROPS. SO-CALLED MOON BLINDNEss.-The The Stream. of the horse with this disease should be freed ROCKY MOUNTAINS A SURE CURE FOR enable Ille from work and placed in a dark stall. COLORADO FARMER After a me&l or two of bran mashes Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, langour, to raise a have been fed give a physic com­ ,N ervous Exhaustion from over· ball, arising :Big Crop EverY' Year. of five drachms of work or excess of posed liarbadoes any kind, He deft•• drouth and aloes, two drachms of saltpeter, one -AND FOR- never 8uffers from ratn. drachm of all and Summel' 18 temperate, capsicum, powdered winter open and mild. mixed with a of sufficiency mucila�e. THE GR1l:AT Bathe the eyes twice or thrice dally Female Weaknesses. with warm water, by means of a soft Canals ! and -IT PREVENTS- Irri[atlon sponge, apply between the eyelids, recently built. have with the aId of a small camel's hair opened up the mUBt de· Malarial and slrable land. in America. a portion of a mixture composed Poisonin[ Fever and Mae, pencill SEND FOR PAMPHLET TO of haIr a drachm of Goulard's And is aSpecific for Obstinate extract, S. J. GILMORE,. one drachm of fluid extract of bella­ ASSISTANT MANAGER donna and three ounces of rainwater CONSTIPATION. or soft water. Besides this, apply to The Platte Land the at the hollow PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE, SIX FOR $5.00 Co. skin, space over the (LIMITEn) orbit of the once SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. eve, daily, a small Denver. Colorado. portion of weak mercurial ointment. Give food in limited "Late Land Oomml.­ loosening quanti­ DR. A. C. GmSON'S .Ioner Union Pacific R. R. ties. This disease is not perinanently THE PROFIT curable; it is apt to return again and again, and every attack leaves the eye FEVER and AGUE CURE. FRESH BLACK WALNUTS FARM BOILER weaker. Finally, it ends m Thle TONIC) N&VER FAILS t. ea ... l"OR PLANTING. F."er Ind Allue, Dumb Mlilrill F."lr or in a of Allue, Per busbel, on board of cars 60 �i�·t·jli��t. �o'l,Ilt"R 'I tt�: complication pathologicacataracti Sw.. here, cents. Nillht je, Allu. elke, Jaulldi... barrelen only dumping boiler i empties its of a with 1:0110' kettle in a minute. Over In changes permanent nature, App.tlt., DYlpeplil,NeunlHil,Bi 10ue F.".r, All other kinds 6,000 of Tree Seed� always on hand. UAO I Cook ynur corn and partial or total blindness as a conse­ Rheum.tiam. Ind Typhoid F.v.r. potatoes. F. RARTELDES & quence. CO. ��J��� cl�c����f �.eJ���tpI{RR�· La=���T�)r..�·':::iw.:." Lawrence, Kas., Oct. 2,1883, ... C)o., B.ta...... llUA..... _ "

FARMER. 1¢OVEMBER 21. 16 ·:KANSAS ,

A young lawyer appeared before a Wash­ TWO-CENT COLUMN. ington judge with his umbrella under his arm and his hat on; and, in his agitation, he forgot to lay either aside when he began speaking. "Hadn't you better raise your umbrella?" the court kindly suggested. SALE-Car load J�nnetlog Apples. Addrees FORBox 103. Valley Fall•• KII8. " who has A prominent Californian, fifty SALE. - Flltv l<'ull-blood and Hlgb.grAde 'acres III the raisin grape, says whenever FORSbort horn Dull CalveI, eight to ten month. old. ·A,ddre.. J. K. NEL�ON, Chelsea, K.... grapes become unprofitable for raisins he can make money by feeding them to hogs. He contends that. grapes will fatten holts faster than any other known food-from two ewe. .old at a bar­ to three pounds per day. SALE-906 hlRh grade will be FORIIRlo. AJlyoung and bealthy. A. S. LANG. Ster·

1I0g.Kao...... A New York farmer declares that the SALE OR TRADE.-I oO'er for sale or Irade the wheat, oats and barley which he dragged FOR �ffl��'��:!; last spring, in some doubt as to whether he loca:Je?n"b��raMl��8�b�rid��: aC;dd���� buetn.... 'rbl. r..taurant I. the '>e." 10 me cIty. Wlll was not doing more harm than good, vleld­ be sold eheap for c...b. or will trade for stock, farm. or otber property. L. M. CRAWFORD. Topeka. 11. .... ing thirty-three per cent. more grain than that not dragged, though the latter was on OR SALE -100 Pure Poland-Ontna PIR•.•Ilglble to F· record. J. W. BLAOKFORD Bonaparte, Iowa. the richest and best ground. P. STAMM. Albuquerque, Now Moxlco. Produce M , Comml..loo Merobaot. I .ollclt A fancier If want cooslgomeotl poultry says: you of good good a, fowls for general purposes, take the Leghorns, Hamburgs or Spanish, or GREAT SAVING FOR FARMERS, some would prefer Dorkings, Polish, THE Houdans or Crevecreurs. These last named breeds are what we call constant / layers; but for eggs alone there is no LIGHTN I NG fowl in existence that can success­ HAY KNIFE with the fully compete Leghorn. (WEnloUTH'S PATENT.)

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...... 60c. bu. BLACK WALNUTS 1I1.75 per bbl., per logue, to T. C. VAIL. Bursar, or HARDY CATALPA (Speclosa) n.25 per lb. BISHOP VAIL. Prell't, Topeka. Kansas. WHITE ASH 50c per lb. BOX ELDER 60c. per lb. THE FAVORITE CHAiR COUIQ Por & Holiday. Birthday or Wedding Pr...nt, nothlDg Combination Ch&1l' be mors appropriata Ihan this ",l.brated Gra.ss Seeds. vi, 'rile left ,ul rspr...nla but one of five &rUel .. eembined, Cluld's Cnb. TALL MEADOW GRASS 17c. per lb, Parlor. Library. IIeolining or InvalId', Chair. and BOd. Fifty.changes or position • JOHNSON GRASd (re-cleaued, 25 lbs. to bu ,) Lo1!DSl "hlle lis II II limple and durable In conslrUellon, eleganoe IIId oomfOrl iI uurivaled. Satisfaclion assured. W. manuflAllurs In..lid·slJbatrs on "beels, and PIl,li,i_n', � CIwrs. [Send stomp for lIlus, C_talogue. lontion thiS paper,1 .I.., CHAIR K-AIE BI�:�i:i£.·i���:���:�i��[�:i���;��y�;��� Addnss: STEVENS' ADJUSTABLE co, I:' n D'T " . Pa. P I ANn E • Alfalfa Clover-aU new at lowest No. 8 Slltth Strout. Pittllbul1l'b. iHhl!l'it1'AL1:"ED·Il� S Clover crop, market rates. Address . TODC,Toncb,WorkmansIDV and Durability. 'WILLIA.KlU.BI!l&4JO. Trumbull, Revnolds & Allen, N011. and :zoCi West Baltimore "llJI' :Z04 Street. Kansas C'lty, ..w.O. Baltimore. ·No.llla Fifth Avenue. N. Y. AiLAS��'��E INDIANAPOLIS. IND •• U. 8. A. MANUFAOTUBEBSOW J. P, DAVIS, Pres't., E. N. MORRILL, Treas., JIW. E. MOON, Seely. STEAM ENGINES The KANSAS HOLSTEIN . Aii BOILERS. Mutual ,Life Association, r.l\llRY ENGINES and BOILERS IN STOCK for IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Of HIA\VATHA, KAS. '., Tbe only Oo-opersttve Life ABBoCiatlon oO'erlng OATTLE! Absolute Protectl..n In Old Al(e. Can Clear $2��st'L�I�G�PNTH for '500 HEAD rut��'}:;o..:;��I��: toSend JJ�E��'8'J:,t1�e�I,��g finest and best famliles to be Of the Quality Bosom Stretcher ,and found in Holland. Champion Ironing Board; To Stock Men: and WARDS FOLDING IRONING TABLE. CLYDESDALE & Address with bave from 200 to 400 ton. of wblch I will YODWrite for Terms a�d secure exclusive Territory. stamp I setl, quick bay, HAMBLETONIAN HORSES or take stock to feed. Am prepared to toke 100 calve. � 'VV". �'f'g Oh.1.l.l.1.oo"tl:1e, O. .,/ Rare Inducements offered to on �. 00., or yearllogB to feed. bavlng plenty of litreen rye and purchasers the finest qUlLlity of Stock. Send for ClLta­ oats In bund Ies, A nice grove for them to ruo In. Mention this papee, Splendid locality for anyone tbat would like to fall- logues. feed steers. Dig crop of corn. WM BRYANT, Sec. 26. twp, 24. lAOR. 4 west. SMITHS & P.O. addr.... Burrton, Harvey county, Kas, POWELL, WOOL CROWERS. Lakeside Stock SYRACUSE, N. Y. SC.A.lB! or Fa�m. Whose nooks Show 111)·1 B Vl!:RMIN �re. DR. H. H. KANE, • reminded that HABIT or the Dc utnocl HOlUe, now oO·CrIJ a �cmedY uCium BAOOO S�E:mP D..J:P O UM hl:� '::'0;:'0,:q:'��c:� LAOD'S �O PI Jo�or letters palnleel'ly. telitimonlalll, and endorsements, from SHEEP WASH. VERMIN as in mid-winter as in mid­ aud eminent medical men, and a full deaortprlon or the treatment, Is guaranteed to ERADICATE SOAB surely II. B. KANE, A.JIL, III.D., 46 W. 81. N.w Y.... Stroog Tobacco specially prepared for Sheep w...b. are � U.b summer. Those who ha.ve used other Dips with no, or partial success, p.speoia.lIy invited No. l-Rxtra, - • ------at 3Y-c. per pound. COPY- " I, in an INCREA�ED GROWTH OF TRADE------more than its cost No.2-Fine, ••• at sc. to' give ours a trial. Its use repays RIGHTS U II MARKS, No.3-Good, - -- - • - - _ at 27Jie. PRINTS. PATENTS • DESIGN�. B ETTER WOOL. Our new pamphlet. 64 pages. ready for free 'distribution. Send for it. LABELS. RE-ISSUES, All on track Cblcago-C....slnclndefl. Net cash. For &M. dflcrtpli