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ONAGA, POTT A WATOH I COUNTY, KANSAS, APRIL 8, 1897. NO. 30. precautions are taken now then ever before in preventing the spread of GOITO LETTERS. MISCELLANEOUS.

KANSAS NEWS. tel township, were united In the holy bonds of matrimony, March 81, 1897, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Justice Bonjour, May peace be their lot. From Our Regular of the suspicions of countenancing lottery methods after having driven the big lotteries out of the country. It makes it illegal for any person or firm engaged in procuring patents, under penalty of a heavy fine or imprisonment to offer or award any gift or prize as an inducement for inventors to enter any alleged competition, and to further protect the U. S.

government, it directs that the commissioner of patents shall prepare rules for the admission and disbarment of attorneys practicing before the U. S. patent office. contagious dlseaes in' this manner, and, with tho increase in the size of tho cities and the greater liability to ill-health, these precautions cannot observed too carefully. Thus, the ugriculutrlst, to be successful, must keep right up to date in his readings and methods.

Wisconsin Farmer. Barn Ventilation. If the barn Is not ventilatod enough give the cows a sufficiency of oxy gen then all the carbon is not burn up and dead mutter soil-is left In the system, and this fits it to bo a fertile placj for the tuberculous germs make a. lodgment, and the cows will have tuberculosis just in the order they are predisposed to the disease from weak lungs or any other cause. I have been in quite a number of stables whore tho commissioners had applied the test in one thoy hud taken four-fifths of the cows where thero was no chance for air to get in, yet the owners told me that tho officers never said a word the ox seldom have tuberculosis, as they have a chance to get outdoors and fill their lungs with fresh air and get rid the dead carbon which has been accumulating in the system.

I will stake my reputation that may heads tested last year will show the same, nearly the same, ration of suspected casos this year, if again subjected to the tuberculin test. Ven tilation should be looked after, and when that is done we shall seldom have about tuberculosis. Farmors should look well after ventilation and tuns avoid disease, upen your ven tilators wido, particularly warm nights. Now Is the time cattlo tuke the disease. Agriculturist.

Poultry Notes. Cleanliness the best disinfectant. Exercise is good medicine and cheap. If you desire strong eggs for early Incubation you should mate up' your hens at once. In saving the droppings, mix them with dry earth before they have chance to freeze.

Clover, by displacing grain, sup plies the hens with substances which are lacking in grain, and also bulky food for heating. Don't forget to keep the grit-box well filled. This is especially import ant) when tho ground is frozen hard, or covered with snow. Boiling of brine, as strong as It can be made, Is and effective remedy for white mites. Apply to the roosts and dropping bourds with a whitewash brush.

Bo always on the watch against draughts in the roosting house. A cold at this time of the yoar is very apt to run Into roup and ruin your flock. He who would keep poultry sue cessfully In this northern country, must know that the houso must warm and free from draughts; it the warmth which brings the eggs. Hints of Fruit Growers. Blackberries are a profitable fruit and may bo grown with little labor on almost every farm.

Never crowd the' orchard. Trees should have room to grow they need plenty of ground and free sun. In setting out an orchard confine yourself to a few, selected varieties of each fruit; as you become exper lenecd you can add new ones. It pays to set out shade trees around tho orchard to protect the trees from storms thoy also assist greatly in beautifying promises. It is poor policy to depend on single crop, failure is apt to come and it is most disastrous to the man who Has placed all his hopes on one crop.

Don't Imagine that to have a profit able orchards all you have to do is to buy trees, plant them and afterwards allow them to take tholr own chances. There are two dangerous extreme In the selection of varieties for the orchard. The ono is tho liability of selecting too fow, and the other too many. You can strike tho medium If you obaerve carefully the success of other people. Evory horticulturist ought by this time to know all about the copper soultion tor fungus diseases.

The usual mixture la six pounds of lime to twenty-two gallons of water, Sprayers are so numerous that it is difficult to name any ono that Is bettor than another. About Kansas and Her People. BIG FEET IN THE PUSH. Current Events of the State in Condensed Form. The 288 eignr factories in Kansas made 17,000,000 cigars in 1896.

It is said that State Printer-elect 'arks paid Major Hudson $18,000 for his printing plant. Charley Lobdell, it is said, now has his eye on the Atehlson Champion, Andy Felt's paper. Fred Meyer of Alma operates a rabbit farm. He ruises Bek'iun rab bits for the market. Associate Justice Allen's son In selected as one of the Supreme court reporters.

Ewing Herbort carries comfort to many a heart by announcing that small feet are going out of style. Garden City hss at last raised en ough money to hire the Louis James company for one preformance. Munhattitn is the first town to be gin preparations for a Forth of July celebration. Tom McXeal will be the principal orator. A young man who recited "Curfew" at Independence the other night broke up the meeting by saying: "Go, your liver loves." Tlie Nortonvillo Herald moves that John J.

Installs be substituted for Broderlck und Curtis in tho First Congressional district. J. B. Billard, who is running for Mayor of Topeka against Charley Fel lows, is a member of Governor Leedy'e police board of that city. If the State' Board of Charities elects Mrs.

Annio L. Dlggs to be sup erintendent of the Industrial School for Girls at Beloit, tho institution will bo in first-class hands. Cy Leland gravely announced to tho Washington reporters that Kansas will never again be carried by the fumonists, Cyrus ha made this announcement before. William Margrave of Fort Scott Is the oldest justice of the point of service in Kansas. He hos been continuously In office' for forty-three years.

He Is 79 years of ago. Overbrook lias risen to the dignity of having a bank. Its capital stock Is $10,000. Its directors are B. Hardisty, E.

J. Hllky, L. Bryson, V. C. Bryson, Jacob Badsky, J.

W. Hul-lis and W. T. Coffman. If Lerenworth woman ean't play poker any better than Leavenworth men they ore entitled to the sympathy of tho public, rather than Its condem nation.

It might incidentally be remarked lhat bad poker playing In Leavenworth does not extend to tho fort. During the first year of Topeka'a existence the Incorporators included In their charter a clause prohibiting tho sale of intoxicating liquid. The clause afterward was stricken out, the lawyors doelarlng that it could not be enforced. Liquid has been sold In Topeka ever since. Ex-Senator Peffor thinks that the railroads will get around the Supreme conrfc decision in the Trans-Missouri case.

"The roads," he said, "are leading all their eflort to have a pool ing bill passed by Congress. Their influence is so strong that I believe thoy will succeed In the accomplishment of their purpose." Bent Miirdock wrltea from Wash. Ington; "There are about sixty officeholders in the government service, credited to Kansas never saw the State; but a little thing like that don't count in Washington. Plumb ii ml Ingulls got them in, and as the most of them, are under the civil service rules, there Is no way of getting them out, Scales for Sale. One pair of four-ton scutes, with cattle rack complete, see Joe Gibson.

Thk Taxteliskr. Thirty years Is along time to fight painful a trouble as piles, but Ja cob of Unionville, struggled that long before he tried De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, which ickly and permanently cured him. is equally effective In eczema and skin affections. Robertson's Cash Drug Store. ROCKY SCRABBLES.

Mr. Pcyrouse Is. breaking a couple of colts. Many of our farmers sowed oats Monday. F.

Honlg commenced plowing for oats Friday. F. F. Crevecoeur sold two loads of hogs Monday. Mr.

Peyrouse visited at Merritt Hoover's Sunday. Born To Mr. and Sirs, Charles Hoover the 25 a girl. Charles Hoover hauled hay from the Peyrouse farm last week. John Peyrouse and Willie Reboul ere visitors at the school Friday.

Willie Reboul of Soldier, visited ith Mr. Peyrouse's fumiiy last eek. John Peyrouse and Willie Reboul took in the mock trial on Dutch Creek last Thursday. Mr. Doolittle hauled home a load of lumber with which to build a smoke house, last week.

Rustic. Not only acute lung troubles, which may prove fatal in a few days, but old chronic coughs and throat trou bles may receive immediate relief and be permanently cured by One Minute Cough Cure. Robertson's Cash Drug Store. WINDY RIDQE. Mud, mud, everywhere.

Tim Flnton called on Tim Flynn last Monday. May Maskel called on Nellie Doyle one day last week. Ed Bennett visited at Al Graff's last Sunday evening. Martin Tibits and famllv visited Thomas Wells last Friday. Oh, Spy what were you doing on the county line last Sunday.

Will Llnderman visited at George Willis' last Sunday evening. Ben Wells purchased a buggy of Ed Sherman one day last week. C. F. Wicks visited at B.

0. Grlf fith's last Sunday and Monday. Andrew Cornelius, of Arisple, visit ed with Tom Wells last Thursday. Wonder what happened to George Bennett and Dan Maskel last week. Paul and Will Allen from Blalno visited with A.

C. Sherman Saturday. E. Sherman and Bon Wells went to Holton last Saturday on business. Mrs.

Ella Wicks and Grandma Sherman visited In Frankfort Satur day. Ed Sherman called on Frank Rol- enhagen a few minutes last Wednesday. We saw the devil one day last week and he was in good humor. Don't think he Is so bad as some think. George Hathaway Is having some work done on his wagon this week.

M. Sherman Is doing the work. Say Tom there Is a very bod cross ing on the county line. It Is Impassable. 0, where Is the road boss.

We wondor why the Whonton cor respondent don't sign his name. I think ho hotter as ho Is a now man. Archie Toothacker and Charley Toothacker attended the mock trial on Dutch creek, April 1. How was It boys. That wag the hardest rain of the season last Tuesday.

It raised the crooks higher than they have been for years. It took out all fences In Its way, Pekty. Cattle Wanted. Wanted 10 head of cattle to pas ture, good grass, good wator, tonus reasonable. P.

Wise. Newsy Letters From a Few Correspondents. INTERESTING ITE01S OF NEWS. Our Corps of Correspond ents on Hand as Usual. BUNKER HILL ITEMS.

Gustave Brunner spent Sunday with the Knlest Bros. Tho Zuble Bros, attended the dance at Wm. Schwant's Saturday evening. Fred Falf and Ben Trylswlck have been breaking horses the past week. Misses Christena, Louise and Emil Brunner visited on Dutch creek Sunday.

Jake Buchman is now working for Jake Brunner. The two Jakes make good team. Wm. Valburg has been sowing clover and timothy in his pasture. Mr.

Coop assisted him with the work. We have not one idle man, all busy making preparation to sow much delayed oats. Jos. Yurann Sundayed with Brunner. jr.

Joe is a social old low therefore good company for are the R. and young. Jake Graf was on the Hills Sunday. Tho old gent had the misfortune to walk home after his saddler, which got the bridle off it's head and speedily hit tho road homeward. Dandv.

Whon a cold is contracted, cure it at once. One Minute Cough Cure will set you on the road to recovery in a minute. It will cure pneumonia, bronchitis, croup and all forms of lung and throat troubles. Robert son's Cash Drug Store. BRISTLE RIDGE NEWS.

Mrs. Ernst Is on the sick list. Trustee Beach was in the neighborhood last week. Elsie Howe Is Mrs. Alma Boh.

visiting her sister Henry Raftidall and wife spent Sun day with Wm. Bills. R. W. Bateman shipped his cattle to Kansas City, Saturday.

A party was given at the home of Wm. Mlddleton, Friday evening All report a pleasant time. Adam Geyer and family visited with John Fairbanks, of St. Clere, Sunday. A party was given at tho home of Wm.

Boh. Thursday evening. About thirty young folks were present and amused themselves by playing games and conversing. Ella West, Geo Shove and Frank Ernst furnished some fine Instrumental musla. At midnight oysters and cake wore served and sogn after, all went home as happy as clams.

Old Hayseed, When the spring time comes "gen tie Annie," like all other sensible persons, will cleanse the liver and renovate the system with DeWitt's Little Early Risers, famous little pills for the liver and stomach' all the year round. Robertson's Cash Drug 8toro. NEUCHATEL ITEMS. Alex. Junod was an Onaga visitor last Saturday.

Tom. Kelly moved into his new house, last Tuesday. Julius Mutton was in Centralia on business, last Thursday. Alfred Bonjour was called upon to perforin a marriage cerotnony, one day last week. Tho house of Amos Rlchtor, five miles north-west of this place was burned, Friday.

A number of our boys attended the mock trial on Dutch Creek, last Thursday evening, Mr. II. M. Sanders and Miss Uean nette May Burgeon, both of Neuoha Practical Notes for the Farmer. 1JEAD AND HEpLECT.

Miscellaneous News of General Interest to All. Grass. For parks and orchards, and upon dry soils, orchard grass is one of our most profitable grasses, says the Baltimore American. The soil must be made fertile, deep and mellow. The roots run down a long distance into the ground.

It therefore re quires a deep, finely pulverized soil. The seed Is very light, feeling like chaff, and weight but fifteen pounds to the bushel. It usually sells for $1.75 to $1.80 per bushel. Two bushels of fresh seed should be sown to the aero, and one peck of clovor seed. These seeds should be sown over tho soiling rye ground early in March, so as to get fully rooted bo-fore hot weather.

The rye will be fit to cut by the middle of April, and by the 10th of May, being all cut off, tho ground should be heavily rolled, and dressed with twenty bushels of lime to the acre. By the middle of July a half crop of excellent grass can be cut, and by the middle of September another crop. Manure the ground in the full, and if it Is wanted for hay, do not pasture the ground. This grass delights In a deop, clay loam upon poor, thln.sandy or gravelly soils, it would prove a failure. Tho seeding should be done' early in the season, and thirty pounds, or two bushels, of seed should be sown to the acre.

For a pasture grass it is very valuable, as, when once set, it will continue to spring up and grow after every grazing. For pasture, sow it on deep, well-drained, moist land. Tho ground must be heavily dressed with rich, finely rotted manure. Any one carefully following these directions will find that It is a most valuable grass, either for feeding at the barn or for pasture. On poorly prepared, thin soils, using but little seed, it will not give satisfaction.

With slipshod methods the grass would prove a fuilure, and should not be sown. Grinding Corn on the Cob. The cob possesses some nutrition, though when fod wholo it is hard to digost. But if ground fine with the corn on it the mixture makes a feed on which cnttle will thrive bet ter than on corn meal thus distendod In bulk. It Is well known to stock feeders that the chief difficulty with them Is "get ting off tholr feed" if even a slight excess of food is given.

In carefully conducted experiments it was found that more corn could be eaten without injury when ground with the cob than If shollod and ground separately. So whether the corn cob contributed to the result directly or did not, there can be no question that at least for fattening stock thore Is an advantage In tfrindlna thoin together over that of feeding tho corn separately. Air In Agriculture. Air in agriculture is coming to be more and more noticeable every day. With the advent of new methods, Im proved implements and a wild know! edge of the field, the agriculturist Is rising higher and higher In the flold of useful or ornamental art as tho years go by.

We may suy that sharp competition Is no small factor in this progressive movement, tno American Student. Take, for exam ple, the manner in which certain products are prepared for the open market. The Improvement In tho condition of certain dairy products and fruit 6n tho market In the last few yearB Is truly wonderful. The reason, of course, Is that pesple always buy that article which is put un In the most tasty and attractive stylo, and are willing to pay tk moro for it. With this change comes a moro wholosome eftoct ilpon tho article Itself, and disease Is much loss disseminated through food at the nrosont time than formerly.

router be to ed to of or HOUSE FINISHED TflljIFF BILL. Other News of Interest in Washington City. The house has finished its work on the tariff bill and sent the measure over to the senate, where it will necessarily be dealt with in a manner differing widely from its treatment in a body having a republican majority and a cloture rule. There was less excitement during the closing hours and final vote upon the bill in the house than was expected, although the proceedings were far from resembling a Quaker meeting. That many who voted for the amendment, 'which was adopted, making the duties imposed by the new tariff bill collectable upon all foreign goods ordered after April 1, believing the amendment to be unconstitutional, Is certain but some of them say they were in douht about it and felt justified in giving our own manufacturers the benefit of the doubt, believing that it will result in almost entirely stopping the importation of goods upon which duties have been materially raised until it becomes known what those duties will be when the bill passes the senate.

There was a decision by the Supreme Court in connection with the present tariff law affecting this very point, but it seems capable of being construed both ways. At any rate, it is being construed both ways. It is probable, however, that the amendment will have the desired effect, as importers are likely to be afraid to take the risk of making large purchases when uncertain what duty they will have to pay on them. President McKinley's appointment of Mr. Frank W.

Palmer to be Public Printer shows that it is more a question of "pull" than rules when it comes to making appointments. Mr. Palmer held this position under the Harrison administration, and it was only the other day that Mr. McKin ley told ah "ex" who was after his old office that he had adopted a rule not to appoint men who held office under the Harrison administration, unless there was extraordinary raasons for doing so. The "extraordinary rea sons" in Mr.

Palmer's case were the influential men who asked for his ap pointment, and every "ex" who can brin 2 forward the same sort of rea sons is likely to be taken care of, not-withstanding the president's rule. Senator Allen didn't wait until the tariff bill trot before the senate to make a tariff speech. He made one this week of about an hour, on his resolution declaring it to be unconstitutional to impose tariff taxes on the necessities of daily consumption in order to enrich certain favored classes at the expense of the masses. Mr. Allen'B speech was legal rather than political, as may be seen from the following extract therefrom: "I place myself on the solid and impregnable ground that undor our Constitutional Congress does not possess power to tax the people to enhance the private fortunes of the few, and that the full measure of the tax ing power is reached when a tariff for revenue, with Incidental protection, is imposed.

Any other construction would lead to confiscation and lnct dentally to enforce repudiation, the two worst forms of anarchy and disorder in a eivillzed state and such a deduction, when carried to its legitimate length, would lead to the sub- version of All order and the rights of Twron and property. We cannot serve the poople and the money pow or at the same time' Their interests are deadly antagonistic. What is for the common welfare is against the trusts and pools." Even as genial an old gentleman as Uncle Sam objects to being made to appear as a side partner in a lottery scheme, conducted by those who to be encoded In the business of procuring U. 8. patents for lnven tors.

TIi? bill introduced by Senator Hansbrough, "to prevent inventors and others from being deceived and defrauded by legal patent attorneys, is a step towards clearing Uncle Sam Representative of Min nesota, has offered a joint resolution for the appointment of a banking and currency commission, to be composed of four citizens appointed by the vice-president; two representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house, and the comptroller of the currency, the commission to report to congress on the first day of the regular session, next December. Mr. Heatwole is a republican, but he does not claim to have been acting for the president when he offered the resolution, although it is generally understood that Mr. McKinley favors the idea. A populist statement signed by all the senators and representatives of the party, issued this week, shows that they stand about where the sil ver republican senators do on the tariff bill.

They will endeavor to se cure amendments in the interest of their constituents, In the senate, but to emphasize their belief that no sort of a tariff will cure our troubles they may decline to vote at all when the bill is put upon its final passage. This adds to the certainty that there will be no trouble about passing the tariff bill when it reaches a final vote in the senate. Educational Notes. Many of the schools are now clos ing and some of the teachers are planning to go away to school. Leon Peck.

John, Bertha and May Rokes are to go to Holton Miss Tunison, Miss Klingensmith and others are going to Emporia'r Stella' Davis and Etta Gufly are at present taking the review in the Onaga schools. The Pottawatomie Normal Institute will be held in Westmoreland in June. Prof. M. L.

Fields of Lincoln school, Topeka; Prof. A. L. Bell of St. Marys, and Prof.

E. M. Hutto of Westmoreland, will constitute the corps of instructors with the County Superintendent, as conductor. More than likely Monday instead of Saturday will be the weekly holiday. On April 24 next will occur the usual quarterly examination of teachers.

It is proposed to begin the work at 7 :80 in lie morning in order to complete as much as possible of the examination before noon of that day. The following teachers will be asked to manage the diploma examination at tho places named: Garrison, Miss Keyes and Miss Harris; Ols-burg, Mr. Townsley and Mr. Currie Blaine, Miss Maroney and Miss Wederbrook Wheaton, Mr. Codding and Mr.

Stout, Onaga, Mr. Weltner and Mr. Browff; Havensville, Mr. Scritchfield and Mrs. Witham; St.

Marys, Mr. Bell and Miss Fitzgerald Belvue, Mr. Comfort and Miss Huey Wamego, Mr. Cowdrick and W. E.

Barratt; St. Mr. Griswold and Mr. Walker; Westmoreland, Mr. Hutto and Mr.

Boies Louisville, Mr. St. John and Miss Trotter. Remember dates, April 16 and 17. Spelling con test, Saturday, April "U1 At 1:90.

There are 6 entries at present, M.n.w. In The Lead. If you are going to Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis or other eastern cities, the Union Pacific offers the best service and the fastest time. Don't purchase your tickets until you have consulted our time card or made inquiry regarding rates and through car service.

M. R. Dickinson, Agent. To My Patrons. I am going to build a residence this spring and will need all the money have outstanding, so all who owe me will please settle their account before April 15 1897.

E. F. Richardson, M. For Sale or Rent. 245 acres in Sec.

8, 4 and 0, St. Clera and Center townships known as the Hensroth farm, 180 acres In cultivation. For particulars enqulro at tho Onaga Exchange Bank. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Curt PIlM, Scaldi, Burnt. a.