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VOL. 1. FARNSWORTH, LANK COUNTY. Cownor's ranch in Sidney. We were favored 1 with pleasant weather for our trip and arrived average.

the price of emtio on mo TDae pool Is 1,100. The area of tho range Is nine and one-half by ten and one-half miles. The ouloers are as follow J. 'W. president R.

O. Kiting, Andrew Drake, J. W. Topping Sup't. The managers are J.

W. Topping, Matthew Mills and M. O. Stofflubeam. The pool ha one of the finest stock ranges In Kan mony of a'fevr individuals count for much in ascertaining and fixing the limits of a greRt fact, like "this.

A conclusion is hastily drawn frutn one man's success nnd another man's failure, ascribing the difference in the breed of bulls. Whereas, the difference in the cliws of cows; the amount of stock carried upon the res Va Vhm Worth Fork of th Walnnt Prosperity of Htot-kmrii Proirrota or Hi HUk Xntereat Dick" Kit Ins nd His VenrrMlri Painting A Deert ltld An Oftftln In Fhct A ttlwrlou Htoek Country. Last Saturday afternoon Capt. W. A.

Ogdcn other side of the Atlantic baa advanced scarcely any on the figures of 1875, the margins of the cattle dealers have been frrpatly reduced, as have, however, thoir otd to the Imtrri.t of flrnslnjr. Herding- and General Stock Raising la the Went. A n.tM FOt; KAN AM- Tho Indicator notes with plcawrthat; the highest priced Shorthorn Bold in tho, great November series of hales at Chicago, comes west comes lo head the Shannon Hill herd, owned at Atchison, Kansas, by the present Governor of that tute, George W. Gliek. Wo allude to the rd 13 months calf, Karon Hates of Glen Kcho, bred bv T.

,1. McgitAVn, of Kentucky, and sold at Chicago in Mr. J. Uarbco's sale. Tliis hull traces to the lmporteT nvr home Jnst Pi time to escape the storm that appeared the game night we returned.

The country between Sidnoynnd Cottonwood, a distance of over twenty miles. Is broken and well supplied with living streams. It Is a natural stock country. the exception of the valley of the Walnut, between Siduoy and Hush county, there arc better and more Improvement on lite ranches on the north and middle forks of tho Walnut than any we have seen elsewhere and the editor of this paper left Sidney In the rink of low) at soa. In fact, the cattle sas, captain's huKAT and proceeded on a trip to pective ranres, the exposed situation of A short distance wept of Topping's we crosncd trade has reached "hard pan." It a speculative business like grain dealing, C.

M. IU NAW AY Limed. Knw, wholesale and retnil dealers tn flood and Clothing, Hats, Cap. Hoots nod Shoe. West order (or butter una fltattel.

Mjl anif worth. Lane county, to enjoy thehORpltai- 1 the Ness county line and entered Lane' county it leu of Mr. and Mrs. It. K.

Farnsworth, which one and tho abundant shelter ol the other; the ease or diflk-ulty with which wab-r is obtained the manner in which id soon we were In sight of the heep ranch of lick H. Adams, to the left of our road, on and while thousands of dollars may be made or lost qn a single venture, an had been previously tendered by them to the vtfitlng partlc. attle were handled the previous season, the Cottonwood. Mr. Adams, ha looheadof In the stockman's conn try.

In sevorfil places The Brut ranch we pnpaed, after leaving Nbm LAKXED HTATK HANK, LAKNBD, KAKSAS. Aconnti find business of stockmen solicited, and tho vigor or want of it, with which beep, In superb condition. They aro well car- City, was that of William GrlMom, at Clartnda. for. having good corrals and sheds for their icy entered upon the spring, and the imoniit'iit ili'eren tn which thev were average of years can bo expected to show the real profits of cattle buyinjt, and it is only to the men of business ability and He has a fine two-story stono house, jroo a im CLARK IT.

IVes't. W. 6. I'AltK, Cashier. protection and comfort.

fitted for the succeeding winter; the skill provements and alKHit lftOhend of cattle. After crossing the Cottonwood wc ascended a new houses are being erected and some of the isnchincn are surrounding and supplying themselves not only with the comforts, but the luxuries also, of life. Only one thing is wanted tn make the surronndings of many of these ranches complete, and that is shade trees; without these the homes of the ranchmen will always The next ranch waa A. D. Horton on tne sufficient capital to bear occasional losses nd care with which thev were nwpect- a.

ft. VAM noHN, C. VAN UORN. VAN HORN 11UOTIIKHS, I.AIIXKD. KANS H.

lv managed these and other consi- that the prices fall. The prevalence of hill and there struck a level plain, and for a distance of twenty miles the road passed over an unbroken, monotonous range, without a tree, FoiTufrtor. He lives In a comfortable stone house and has TO head of young cat tie Jnll heifers. Fmprletor of turned City Mill, and dealers in are all elements, in the prob- Hour, reeajiiraiu ou voai. For the last five years he has endeavored to noiio of which can be ignored or Filbert, bred by Mr.

Bute, andisnntof Lady Hates by 2d Oxford of Vino-wood, and perhaps coup's as near bciinr, "straight Hates" as any to by found. Among his recent ancestry are such animals os the Hates Oxford sires Oxfoid of Vinewond O'tiit), and Kith Karl or Oxford and the Hates Duchess bull, 4th Duke of Geneva Fitbrl was bred by liobert IMI, of Kirkk'vinL'tnn, and imported in 1Sj3 by the late It. A. Alexander. He is described by thoso who have flfon him as -int; of womh'rnilly gHU individual oualitv.

and a Milendid i- diseo-HO among the herds of Great Bntian is the cause of the prosperity of the cat hrub, stream, break or house to rollvre the PENNSYLVANIA HOU8K. ignorant I estimated without dUturbin? appear lonely. Ity Irrigating from wells with windmill pumps, trees nnd shrubbery ran be irksome snmencss. Tho ony obtrusive object! make a living at his place by farming, with the usual diatrout result, Last fall lie turned Walnnt City, KnnMH. It.

L. Guldln ft Son, Pro accuracy of tho result. General tle export trade of Canada. One epi saw during this dreary ride of twenty miles, grown with en so. Of course thexe will follow conclusions cannot be hastily drawn, and demic after another has at tacked the was the drift fence of the Smoky Hill Cattle his attention to stock raising and Is now on the right track.

He will have no more of Ness II the further development of the country prietor. This house If flint clns In every particular and traveler will find food accommodation aud charves reasonable. Good table, fjAn tiodn. Ac. Ac.

Ac. Food and exchnnirc. ven when generally acquiesced in there iol, through a gate of which we passed about flocks and herds of the United Kingdom and the additional acquirement of wealth. county farming In his, ff yon please, ave oeen numerous instances nere ight miles this side of Farnsworth. When the and stock-raisers have become discour me has shown them to have been radi- One mile west of the Forrester we reacneo taJilcn.

(iood corral" in connection with the notice. A) the headquarter of the Ilnys distand bluffs of the Smoky Hill river could be allv wronu. the ranch of George Myers. He lives In a snng aged. The number of cattle and espec CONCICKNINO It A NGN CATTL.H.

o. W. Ituit, In Breeder's Gazette, Chicago, Oty ana LJirnea sine line. mu decrled their appearance was cheering. While riding along on the dronry level, the same as we Hut hardiness is not the onlv consider little stone honse.

hns about SO head of cattle ially of sheep have fallen off by the mill in C'inipartin: the merits ut the various K. K. It CON, ation. Indeed, as I believe, the item of and has lived there about two years. ion.

Not only in a quarantine enforced breeds of cattle, ami endeavor! nu to nr- aidiness b'Mng Htihslunliallv equal, so Another mile west brought na to the ranch of sition to the western Shorthorn (Joy. Click is rightly reputed as knowiu pretty well what it takes to Constitute a good beef animal, as well as a good Short-horn, and his having tho nerve to pay FYae ttral Watchmaker. Tnpcka, Kansas, and the only Fire and Burglar proof safe repairer and nener. Yales, Hanrcnl ft Ureenllf Time Luc-k nt some com-hHon as to which in against infected countries, but the move far as shown, in the produce ut all the John Large, who has lived thereon about a most valuable, we should const ment of cattle within their own country reeds under the same range Adjuster, All work In above line lull) runr year, having purchased his place of Mr. Arnold.

had been passing over for the past three hours, all of a sudden the ground seemed to give away and we found nnrsclvcs In a delightful chasm, with a beautiful stream of water, fringed with timber, courring through tho bottom, and a large Inviting, hospitable -looking mansion on the bank of the stream, opposite a charming grove. ic purpose for which they arc desijmed. My I anleed. Cilve ine a trial. it is not the consideration which should He has 30 head of cattle.

He ii now teaching ave been restricted. Should the disease I'JlO for this yotimrster (a pretty biu price it i and the conditions under which thev be chietlv kept in view. The highest 1 school at Schoharie. 1.AHNKU HOl'KK. disappear in Britian, the home supply iiuw-n-uin win ow nuiiuy itjqjn-t-iuiru bv his fellow-breeders as it should.

Next was the ranch of J. It. Drake, at the are to be maintained. And we should remember that Nature is one of the most levclopment under favorable range con-j litions. not the eaoaeitv to barely exist Larned, Kant.

Itralt-w ft Stranjr, Proprietor Thin house hns Just bwti re-funiihed, and It of meat would at once Increase, and the Drake post office. Mr. Drake Is abont SO yenrs This was, Indeed, a veritable oai in the divert. nfallible of teachers. If we follow her under unfavorable ones, should be made the head quarter ol cattlemen, 'l raveiers win result would be prejudicial in a very high of age and has the most comfortable dwelling (Stif Lin' Stock lnlivntor.

The HiuwcUKccord says tha. at a We had at lnt reached Farnsworth, one of the Bud it one of the best house ID the Wert. 1) methods, we will reproduce her products, the test of merit. Abed season will trv house and surroundings of any rnnch In the liah degree to the cattle export from loveliest snots in Kansas. Wo wero most cor II, and onlv thoso capable of turning to inu only as we vary the natural coinii-ions cafl wo hope to varv the natural depth of -10 feet tho drill of tlw artesian Canada.

Britian. however, enjoya but dially received by Mr. and Mrs. Farnworth nnd western part of Ness county. Ho has a large stone house with windows protected with green tho best account a good one should 1k CENTRAL, HOTKLw Great Hand, Kansas.

C. Norton, Stable aud feed in connection. Proprietor soon wero enjoying the substantial aud del haraetensties ot her products, animal or short respite at best from cattle disease, blind a rarity In this eounty. He has aout in i icacies of their well supplied table. Mrs, vegetable.

With a soil and careful snd after the experience of recent years BOO head of sheep and also some cattle. recommended. Many of these cattle, when nbout matured or to receive their final course of feeding in eastern pastures or shambles, and tho capacity to respond well struck vjin of boiling hot water, which came up over 1)0 feet in the well, making the drill so hot that the workmen could hardly manage it. Cold water MVKKY ttTAULK. cultivation, we develop plants until, to Farnsworth had prepnred for a meal fit for the table ot a prince, which was keeuly relished Next we came to Henry R.

Coming's, on the it is not likely that cattle raising would tno inex pcriopced, their wiioio nature I.arned, Kansas. F. C. Hawkins, Proprietor, in ii at riir in Pnn-nr. ronntv.

for use of rot- middle fork of the Walnut, where wo were seems chani'cd. With abundant and bv her hungry guests, one of whom, wc immediately revive sufficiently to cause a cessation of the Canada trade. On the rohtably to this final course is an eii i idsnl. commercial men and traveler. lluys quartered that night.

Mr. Corning has a good nutritious food man enn likewise so was poured down to lower the tempera Bit atl home, tuuta and all kinds of stock incut of far greater consequence thun ex forgot to mention, was George Bowman, superintendent of the Smoky Hill Cattle.Pool. Mr. stone house and fair outbuilding for this conn whnln. the nrosnectH for the nnmiian hange, or, as it id termed, improve the Opposite Post office, Lamed Kansas.

ly.10 treme luudiness, and will become more ture, but the water rcmajnod hot for a try. He has 64 head of cattle and 400 sheep. I'attln trade are bright. All classes of- Farnsworth' ranch Is on Cheyenne creek. aninmN as found in a state of nature, as K.

U. UOHTON, The first year he located on his claim, (three longtime. Tho strangest, part of the af the British ncoDle arc increasing in gen- i almost give them new characters. Na about tlx miles south of the Smoky Hill river and more apparent us Hasten i feeders come to understand more clearly the difference in this rejard as range cattle. rvnna ITkM Attnr.

years ago) he ploughed up SO acres and attempt Aral t.romn-ritv. and with the increase fair is that the depth is not sufficient to irn fashions the animal to suit the eon here Is timber along the banks of this creek ney for the Wen tern Central hansa fetock litions under which it must exist. We for a dlKtance of about a mile, which is said to (he demand for ueel irom auroaa if cer look for heat, and tho water is in th ed to make a farm, but one year's experience satisfied him. He la now an enthusiastic and The capacity to take nnd assimilate large lianuc the fashion only as we ehanue tain to develop. be the only timber within radius of forty quantities ol loud, is what the eastern hopeful stockman.

On his ranch la a Kt. Her n. m. aniMiKii. oio, a.

rbii. these conditions; and, if wc are to make feeder remit res: and a Uiocenes, with DEATH Or CONGRESSMAN HASKJCIX. NTH W) Fit RBU1. miles from this point. Mr.

Farnworthelected this place altout six years ago and constructed a red sand stone, the samo as that found around Hrookviilo and Salina. The wj-, ter was of sufficient heat to cook an egg nard dog nearly as large a a yearling cair, no ehr.ntre in natural conditions, we can AttornevK and CounHelen at Law. Will nrae both a lantern and sunlight, could not whose hide resembles a buffalo robe and whose In a private letter from Topeka we are lift instate and Federal eourU. Collertioni' not exMict to make any improvement dug- out there for a rosidence. In (which he en bark la a good imitation of tho screech of a fog nniniiith aittudf'd to.

Do a ccnernl land nu dured a bachelor's existence for about two in three tn inu toft. upon nuiurul product. find a true man in Athens, so will feeders of cattle require a stronger light to discover tho hi idlest aud most satisfactory lne-o. Have for ewiral lairan and informed of t-he death of Hon. D.

C. Haskell, representative in congress from the horn. Mr, and Mrs. Corning have a fine family oars, when ho reformed by getting married For maxim noon the plains, with the atok raai hsN, unice, Sidney, Kau of children, the two yonngest of which are and Sine that auspicious event he ha erected bis vicissitudes of the climate, proi. acted feeding qualities in animals which have twins, a boy and a girl, aged about six mouth.

We will furnish Tuk Cownuv Kansas Farmer one vear second district of Kansas. Ih death occurscd in Washington, probably lat present commodious dwelling. In which reside storms at intervalsand periods of drouth been bred to take and need as little ioa Our stay with this pleasant snd Intelligent hia happy family, couiting of hime)f, wife and scant herbage, Nature ha given us a.H nossiblu. One or two per cent. This wo the very concise verdict of family was agreeable.

Sundav. This is a serious loss to Kansas, and two little children. Mr. rarnswoi-th ha ier perieet model in the Putiaio. Ln The fun is out au'ain.

The flret ranch we packed the next morning coroner's jury In Idaho We find that creased losses, consequent upon breeding somewhat for quality, mav be, nnd is, a nltout 150 head of fine cattlo and lomc horses, Mr. Haskell was the ablest represcn ilouhtcdly he in hardy, ennui to the oc- waa Cnpt. Ogdvn's, one nuio west ot tha deceased came to his death by call Ills house is the hcadiia-tcr of the Smoky euasion. mid can withstand all the riuors serious thing to contemplate. Hut how tntive of our congressional delegation and Corning'.

The captain ha a good stone lill Cnttle Pool. About one-half mile above which in them latitudes he will ever Ing Tom Watlings a liar." nbout throe to live per cent, in the sellin: residence and suhntautial atono outbuilding. hnd attained an enviablo national repu Mr. Farnsworth, on Cheyenno creek, is tho be exposed, and likely he is the only tin value? At present the ranch Is not occupied. The cap tation.

Ho would undoubtedly hav Farnsworth po-t office and store, held by Cnpt, mnl of the iiuvine sort that is equal to Taxas farmers sold last year ain Intends to stock it with 100 head of cattle In W. Hey. The sales at this store average Jim been the leader of the republican forces all the emergencies which aro likelv to WEST Kit KAXCII LIt'R. worth of cotton, $53,000,000 worth of cat the spring. weekly.

Capt Hey is a gcnlul genllrman. He arise, Mature never huvim intended him in thopresent house. When Mr. Has tle, $7,000,000 worth of wool and mutton M. O.

Htofflcbenm's, on the middle fork, was the next ranch we reached. He has a good was a captain In a Minnesota regiment during An ICnrcllHtiiimn's Imp cessions Herder. to achieve a nominal condition either as kell made his first canvass for congress and $1,000,000 worth of horses and hides. to fatuens or valuable muscular tissue the late war. Hisfnmily are living in Miotic And here, 1 think I mav kiv that vou stone residence, a stone stable and a ca pactum in 1H70 he was accompanied by the ed provided a stomach only holdinua hatfu reach tho climax ol all the trials you arv corral.

He located there two years ago, bring tor of this paper. His opponent was sola and he I "baching" It at his store. In thin ncighlHirhood lives Mrs. Murphy ami her daughter, Mm. Itiiabao, also Frank Davis and 1 t'rnss, and did not very strenousiy to go through to become a western man Sojourner Truth's moat remarkabl ing with him S3 head of cattle.

Hu now has 75 ruTritttU Buzlne. McGce A Hill, at Hazinc, will pay you 18 cents for fresh butter and 22 cents for egus. snd give you 12 pounds of sugar for one dollar 0 pounds tf Arbprkhr cotTco for one dollar; a barrel of salt at barbed wire at cents a pound cotton brocade, all shades, at ten eenU a yard Pacific dress1 gorcU, ot 15 cents'; black Ca-ihrnere at cents; best prints at 8 cents; men's heavy boots at ten per cent, discount; clothing at way down givxl bargains in albums of all kinds, Christ ma cards, toys, fancy candies, shelf hardware and harness repairs, lumber, tobacco, and cigars blankets at $1 to $5 si Bt that he plmuhl uIwuvh nave that, inu will not be sent alone into camn Hon. John R. Goodin, democrat, then upeeches are being recalled now that she head.

On the north fork of the Walnut we found the If cattlo aro to be raised a buhal family. This canon is a natural place fur with sheep until vou have "herded" member of congress. Mr, Goodin hai Is dead. In 1851, at Akron, when si ranged, then the true natural tvpe is th town. It was a favorite camping spot for In many months.

All through these" herd ranch of Henry James, on which is a largo stone the reputation of being the sharpest and one which will stand the climate the best was eighty years old, in the course of iiiil" months the life has been getting house used tor a dwelling, store and the Kan dians aiid a battlo between tho government troops, under Capt. Hayee nnd tho Indians, wan wittiest stump speaker in the state. Mr. and achieve its natural development harder mid harder to bear. One by ouv sada post office.

Mr. James has been In the vpcech at a woman's rights convention, all vour previous hopes as to western fought here in l7t. The ruin of the intrench Hie greatest certainly and the smallest Haskell met him In joint debate at the shouted 14 Den dev talks 'bout dis stock business only a short time. He baa 36 head of caitlo. Ho came to Ness eounty four menU of the troops aru Hill to be seen.

Some life have laded awiiv till the noveltv of losses; the nearer we approach it, the Olathe during that can vans, and used of these days there will be a good town here. vour work has gone; everything that ureater commence we can have in aehlev year ago and labored diligently at tilling the ting In de head what dis dey call it 7 wliispered some one near) him up so effectually as to excite the pity It Is the center of one of the Uncut natural stock inu these rewills. Anil mt to the ex seemed worth li for hps departed from soil, but becoming tatuflcd that he could not of the three thousand listeners, (or the tent wo depart from the true natural grazing regions on tho globe. Everything re vour life, lour hiemw calmly Pay that accumulate enough at farming to buy himself standard or typo will unimal lack in the inlred for the support aud care of live stock It no man should expect any pleusure or holiduv. to speak of.

for the lir.4t two per pair overcoats, in fact, every cpflln to lie buried in, even should he live a lung a did old Methualeh, be sensibly changed his here. Nature has furnished everything and hardiness widen will enatii them to thrive under the condition'! thing you want at satisfactory rrtces water, clothing and shelter. Nothing 1 need policy and now the emblem of hi occupation which thev are exposed. Call nnd see us In our new building and ed at the hand ot man. If the members a pair of bovine horns.

Hut this model, perfect and rounded as of the Smoky Hill ('utile pool aro not lit The next James II. Eltlng's, on the we ill do -you good, Irt-aw McGKK fc I1II-L. It la ov the master hand oi mature, doe Uirally in clover, they are figuratively to. north fork of Walnut. There Is a good terribly whipped Goodin.

Mr. Haskell's canvass was unquestionably the most brilliant ever made in the state. When Goodin was elected he had beaten Cobb, his republican opponent, by about 500 majority. Two years afterward, following the canvass referred to, Haskell triumphed over Goodin by nearly 5,000 majority. Dat'i it, honey.

What's dat got todo wii womin's rights or nigger's righta? If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be xnan not to let ine have myt little half measure full Den dat little man in black dar he says womiu can't have as much right as men, becauso Christ wa'n't a womin Whar did your Christ come from? From God ami a woman I Man had nothiu' to do wid him 1" not suit a very great number ofpeopl It. K. Farnsworth has all of the social, liberal stone dwelling house on his ranch and he owns tw head of cattk. He came here five year ago if indeed it suits nnvbody. And os one years.

And you see the people round Vou leading Vive, queer perhaps, but hardly more comfortable than your own. And yet now, when things seem at their worst, when you confess bitterly to yourself thaMt is only because you cannot face the idea of being beaten that you will peKevere now you are set to this camping" a ta.de harder than ouy-tliing you have yet. Camp life alone with a flock ot sheep to take care and hospitable trails peculiar to the genuine stockman aud he has a Ut counterpart, in these hv freonent dams and changes in tl a a stockman and 1 a stockman still. At pres channel, prevents the stream from find ent he Is living in Ness City, discharging the respects, lu tho person of hia accomplished aud whole-souled wife. A guesteannothelp feeling ng itti level, so, changing the na- lutles of tke office of clerk of Nei county, turul conditions of food or treatment, comfortable and at ease in their pleasant home.

hicu be ha beau elected by the people. Next we came to the ranch of K. O. Idling, there is a general effort to avoid the na Our stay there will ever be remembered wttl THE GRAZING LANDS Horfleafor So-le. I have on my ranch head of Horxcs which I ill sell for cash, oron time with upprovod security.

Will bo at homo Monduy, Tuesday ami Wednesday of each week. Cull and seo nio before purchasing. J. K. KAUXSWOUTH, otf Ba.ine, Ness Kan.

II I I I I I I tural tvpe and maintain one mure or le of. is. us fnr as niv experience and that genuine pleasure. the north fork of the Walnut. Uncle Dick Tho fact that millions of acres In the and bis brother James own 140 head of cattle.

About sixty yean ago two impecunious Irish familica took passage in emigrant ofanyonel ever knew goes, the touuh-esttliinuof all, oven iu that hard life. sou Hi west are fitted for grazing only, On our return trip, the next day, we took dinner at Uncle Dick Kiting'. Uncle "Uncle Dick" ha a splendid stock range You have all to bear that vou had before. improved, bv keeping up successive additions of iVesh blood, enriched and strengthened by better food and more favorable treatment elsewhere. There need bo no feur that the plains cattlo will Dick" was at home and he treated as In his us.

brings us fairly to consular that the 'to-aero enactments that very naturally ap connection with his ranch, with water and shel The same food, the name house out with unl Jovial and friendly manner. Mr. Kiting, we ter conveniently distributed. Ho came to Kan ply to the western states proper really regret to say, was not lu good health, but. with hi family, about Ave year ago.

mean little in the business of came ihih-inif. That is a sort of farmintr where a the sheep, and in addition, this terrible sense of loneliness, hich, as wo have said before, until you become tjsed to it, nevertheless, she prepared for us a good dn waa born In New York and hi early life was ships, at nearly the same time, to seek their fortunes in America. Mr. Gladstone, now Prima Minister of England, was then a young atudent at Oxford. Today two sons of the Irish families referred to, Chester A.

Arthur and Phillip II. ever be graded up to a point where the ranchman tun afford to stop his improved nur. spent In New York City and New Jersey. The quarter section of land generally means A short distance east of the Drake post oflh'o Notice For Publication. No.

VM. Land Office at Keenvy, Kansas. Dei-umber .1, IrWl. Notice Iti hereby given tliul Iho following nnnied cillur lm lllcd imllctt of bin iulciitioit to nuike tl mi I proof iu support of hi chum, and nearly overpowers any stamina that you have left. very mile, ana so our present noincsieau and pre-emption laws Amount to nearly nothinir.

It seems to us that the volume we turned off from the main road and took another farther south leading to Ness City. outftido crosses. hen lie stops these, his cattle will march to the rear. In selecting those crosses only a comparative measuro of the hardiness of the buffalo can be sectircd.and until the lunge Hut now you still determine not to Kher'ulan, are respectively President of give In, but to ntru'iglo on to the end. of public lands has now become so con This enabled us to see some ranches that were not observable front the trail we had taken on -mm prooi him uc made ociore .1.

K. mrud. Eltings and Capt. Ogden belong to the old Knickerbocker stock of New York and are heirs of Annoka Jans, who once owned the Trinity church real estate In that city. The heir have been contesting for this property with the Trinity church corporation for years, and If they ever win the suit, the heirs In Ness oonuty will be liable to retire from tho ranch the tide hoi turned umi irom us mo Prtil in io Jndae of Nonh coiutLt, at Nets City.

the United States and Lieut en at General rommanding the Armies of the United fined that the government might do aometh ing in regard to its disposition a ment your prospecta will steadily K'ttiMiifi, on 3d. s-t, vix: our outward bound trip. Tho drat ranch we ot time has more fully tested the merits of some of the later candidates fur popu II. roL-if. llrimi'HifHfl annll 'ntion No.

little dttlerenLrrorn the present methods. fli.tti, for the north east of aoc Si tu T. is fttatea. This brief statement of facta reads like romance. But itdemonstrates reached wa I.

W. Hull's, bn tha middle fork. Mr. Hull has about forty head of cattle, mostly cows. He has not been In the slock business Wo have no patience with the demand u.

w. lar favor, it cannot well Do considered that the produce of auv one of the im Hu nitmes the foiiowimr witnesses to nroof 1 no nrsi luuieaimn oi nun you find in a marked change of manner toward you hv the men around you. This ing business on the plain snd return to New for the repeal of present homestead and pre-emption laws, for they wero wise and proved breeds ha tho advantage of that, in this country, the highest posi his contiuuoitu rcMdimco upon and of, mid limd. vIt. York city and enter competition with tha an another in the pure matter of hardiness.

caminmr" Is considered a crucial test, long, having, null I recently, beeu experimenting a farming. He has now got down to solid business and will soon be Independent. boneticent, and the domain belongs to the people who have the pluck to culti derbilt and Gould tn tho erection of marble palaces. In the meantime they will swell this I ho runue cows are supposcu to ou mur and if you boar it uncomplainingly the tions are within the reach of the humblest and poorest boys. The wildest fancies of the parents of Arthur and Kheridan, ed to the vicissitude ol the range as near The next ranch waa William Bruner, on the prospective wealth by raising cattle.

Uncle vate put mere in a vast amount or osatiunasof their decree of improve Itull-couicmpiuous, conucsceuuiug wuy in which they have hitherto treated you changes to a rough but heart' and help Dick' has several ntiiue curiosities In hi middle fork. He baa a comfortable stone reai-deuce, and a good corral and stabling for his on sailing for this country, probably nev ment can bo. I hey should be equal to urovidinu their ofl'spiinEf with it full land that cannot and will not be disposed of under present systems, and so we think further legislation, formed by men hav house. He ha several large portrait, paintoq rr contemplated such careers for their on canvas, of some of hi ancestors. One la that stock.

He has abont 86 head of cattle, aud 16 horses and about 60 bead of hog. lie has measure of hardin'M. They doubtless children. do in mart to the calf whatever it inher of bis mother, painted when she was seventeen years old, two other of his mother's father and ful sympathy, whicii true western men never fail to give ton man whom they consider has emerged from tho "tenderfoot" or eastern man stage of existence and Is now one of themselves. always rained hi own pork.

Ills hogs are fat ing knowledge or the exact condition oi the country, is needed, and will soon be urgently demanded. Raton (N.M.) Come. it of this quality, for, in this respect, the mnroved sires are their inferiors. The tened ou sorghum oane and wheat of his raising. TUB CANADA CATTLIC Tit A DC mother, and another of hi mother's grand mother.

These portrait were painted in ItOO He sent one load of wheat to Hays city, last summer, to have ground into flour, but he finds Camp-life gives you something to look sixty-three years ago. ne also has another higher the grades and type Jof tho range cows, tho less hardy aud vigorous the produce is likely to be from bulls of any BLACK LEO. In The Indicator of Nov. 1, Col. W.

A. it the most prolllable to feud to hogs whul little of a groat grand uncle, painted one hun Canada began exporting cattle to England In 1874, the season's shipments amounting to 455 head. The shipments for each succeeding season, ending with wheal ha can raise. He wa formerly a dUnon Harris, from many years observation and tented granger, on this ranch, but now he la ot the, improved uroeu. in otner worun, the lower tho uraduof the cow.

the near forward to; you appreciate, as you never did before, tho comforts of tho homo ranch, the social pipe" round the lire before tinning in, and tho supper not cooked by yourself, and eaten in company with" the boys," who now for the tirst time, listen Yostotftilly to what dred and fifty years ago, when the subject was a lad. He also has a sword which was owned by his mother's grandfather, who wn a captain in Col. Aaron Wurr's regime ut during Hie revo experience recommended as a preventive of blackleg, the following: "In the pro that of 188l-'82 have been as follows: er it anoroaches tho standard of the buf onnvertud and 1 a happy aud successful stockman. Thad. P.

Levan' ranch was the next we pass 34, 4,007, 007, 7,433, 20,587, 32,680, 4,409, falo, uiul the greater will be the ability of portion of one to five of salt, 10 lbs. sulphur, lbs. copperas, 3 lbs, saltpeter and the cull from any given hull or irom any The value of the exports of the It. j. Mcr urland, of Jo.City, Kans.

itictuird of riidnvy, Kudolph Kw iuur, of Jninc furl in, of deulA Janltt h. J. r. HAW Iteiflster. Notice For Publication Ko.

IWd. Lund ofllce at IVa Keener, Knnsas. )C 'IMtllKT ft IKS Notice I hereby given that the following nninod settlor him lili-d no tiro of his iutuiHioii lu in. ike finnl proof iu nupport of his cl.oui, and I Iml said proof will be made before J. K.

Ilarud, I'volmlu Jinlk'fr of Nets county, at Ne City, KnitHMt, on M.inah Mi, 1SH, vie: Naih.iu K. II mintod No. for the wujI of Hue. ii in T. HI It.

24 w. Hu nniues the following witnesses to prove hi continuous rohidouuc upon, and cultivation ot, said land, vii K. J. John V. Cbciiowelh, of hiduey, N.

Mouiloti, of Hnmuol ii. MiounVr, of doclA JnulO B. J. F. JIAHn VKnr, Contest No.

9577. 17. 8. Land Ofnca, Wa-Keeney, Ksnsas, i Complaint havln been entered at this oGVa by K. Johnson aamtit illiam K.

for ahsndoniiifr by having ohnn-zed hi reil-dciica from hit hometud eutry No. 3744, I.Ud May 7, 179, upon the ft. V. N. K.

V. t. B. N'. W.

N. K. and K. W. S.

B. ftf f.M.f. H. 17 In l.aneCn.,Knn., ilh a view tr the rAiicplUtion of ssid entr Hie said parties ari hereby cmnniuiu'd lonppui at this ofllco on the fcittidnv of Jmuftrv, -at tt o'clock a. to rcptud and furnish l-d-ucnv rimccnUiig ild sMfd do-Su J.

ltUfi, ltaf.ts'- ed. Uu located there about four years ago and commenced operutlona with 30 head of Texas tfivcn breed, to maintain itself, surrouni you have to any concerning tho state of lutionary war. This sword was carried by the captalu at the battle of Monmouth. "Undo Dick" also ha several other valuable articles of virtu, which are interesting curiosities that Viiiia airiiuaeu iiiuu, wen puivunxcu and mixed, and a good supply kept ac last two years, says the To ion to Globe, ed bv the conditions under which tha hiillalo existed. Periling tho converse heifers, which be bought fn Dodge City at flS.oo can scarcely have fallen short of cessible to cattle during spring and fall." tho siieep, tne gooanesH oi me grans, etc.

You bucome hardened even to tho loneliness of camp, and have the satisfaction of knowing that you have gone 000 annually, against the paltry 30,000 of apiece. He ha now las head ot he ha had a many as at a time. There Is agood stone of tho proposition is equally true, that if he Justly prises tifchlr. Tha venerable sabre forcibly reminded us of tho grand old patriotic In our last week issue Mr. Llios.

hhute. of ltivcr Bond, aavs his cat six years before. This fast Increase in ong ot sword of Bunker Hill," tle don appear to eat the mixture as through tiie worst that will bo ever liko- any bull, or any breed ui puns, appmacn nearer than others tho characteristics of the btitlaln (which, as all know, was a the income of the fanning community of After leaving "Uncle Dick's1 we veered iv to happen to von. tney should, and asues lor more ugiit. To this Col.

Harris responds, saying: the country has been orte at the factors little to tha right of ear direct course for the state inurked bv the absence of all tin And so the hnt twelve months of life com to an end, and if you have dwelling house on hi ranch, also a good corral. He ha aero under fence. Thad. has uu a sanguine stockman from the first, and bo Is already a success. About two miles this fide of Levkn's la tha ranch of John Crosby, who ha SO aoad of cat tlo of his own and is holding 140 bead for Uncle purpose of leaving our compliments with J.

in producing tho prosperity of the coun a few hundred pounds proeurabl try in recent years. In 1875 the average Topping at his ranch but, to our regret, he waa not at home. Mrs. Topping, however, gave us provement and almost the absence of all value), tho greater the certainty of so-curing calves capable of oxUting under nearly all tho adverse conditions bv either of your own or borrowed at mo- "As the mixture is quite pungent cattle fight a little shy of it at first, but having it mixed with their salt thoy soon get used to it snd take all that wcems neces-sary. I do not know just what quantity is needed for each animal, but as with price paid for cattle fit for export to a cordial invitation to accept of the bospitall deratn interfst-you will probably bo Johnny slcphuu, of Nus City, 'i'ho ctttllo of Britian was abotft fouVand ono-half conU ties of the bouse.

The Arm of Topping It roth' which the bultulo was surrounded. Hut able to invest it advantageously in sheep r'vZ: MvWWHI" tl; with tlinm rft per pound. It has been gradually ad era A Kerr have 3W bead of cattle, which are embraced iu the Walnut Valley fuel. This suit, have alwavs let tho cuttle judge for worked for. there is auv niuerenee in tins respect in man yon nave nitnerto vancing since, andduring tho last year last year.

improved breeds, One swallow does Sttemiltan'i Xngazim, make ft summer, neither docs the several or the leading exjo: tht.m(Hlvt Khali be to know if it pool was organised a few months ago. but did yoan' rge family aud 1 rters have, proven of b-m-flt. as I mire it ill:" not oomtneure opcrailoul uutittne mh of lal not ocnt on an 'A unto CUy Stock JiuIumUit. 'November. Tba nuulwrvf wtiU bohI tu; toe at aerou u.

m. wti uativd to front of Tun efp 1- 1 yjofel Dearly six find hlfo: experience of a fetf or Vhe 1 Come ov with your ribwiui'rji.