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1 mmfTOfifl TWENTY-FOURTH YEAH- YearW Subscription $1.00. WA-KEENEY, KAN., SATURDAY, J AN. 31, 1903. H.S.GIVLER.Prop. NUMBER 48. EDDIE'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION. By KENNETT HARRIS. right, 180, by It altogether depended on the point of Tiew whether It could have been called a bad habit, but It had become a habit, and Eddie Baxter was com pletely its slave. First he dallied with it occasionally. He did not have to acquire the taste; it struck him as rather pleasant from the first, still, if he indulged himself once in two weeks or so it was as much as he particularly cared for. That might have gone on much longer, or at least merged by more imperceptible gradations into the habit if he had not left town for a month. It is one thing to be near a thing of that sort, where you know that if you are in pressing need of It you can satisfy your yearning at almost any time, and another to be miles away from anything approaching the alto gether superior quality of the article you have become accustomed to. lnder these circumstances some men will take what they can get and make the best of it, but Eddie was not that kind of a man. What there was in Calamus Center did not appeal to him in the least. He was conscious of a vague feeling of uneasiness and empti ness all the time. He took it for dyspepsia at first and endeavored to overcome it by abstaining from the hot biscuits that they served with every meal and dosing himself with some little white pellets that he pro cured at a drug store. As these meas ures failed to afford him relief he set It down to the altitude and returned home a week earlier than he ex pected. Almost unconsciously his footsteps strayed to the place where the potion was dispensed and the draught that he took was somewhat deeper than any he had taken before, whereupon, though- he did not notice it at the time, the feeling of uneasiness and emptiness left him and he went away experiencing an unwonted exhilara tion. He ought to have realized the nearness of the slope of descent that In fact, he was already upon It, when within three days he returned for more of the elixir ; but for some time after that even, he remained unaware that it was not a thing he could, in the customary phrase, "take or let alone. Other people noticed it and ' began to wag their heads wisely; some ventured to give Eddie a little well meant advice, but he only laugh ed at these solicitous friends. Shortly after that he tried it. It had disagreed with him and he decid ed that he would be better off with out it. He was restless and miserable for three days, and the feeling of uneasiness and emptiness returned to him with tenfold force. Then he real ized that he had in truth got into the clutches of the habit and held a long session of self-communion. Later he unbosomed himself to a friend of experience and asked for his advice. "My Bon," said the person of ex perience, gravely, "I don't see that you have any cause for worry, though these moments of remorse are Inevit able. If you took a hair off the dog that has bitten you in fact, several hairs I think it would do you good. I have known that to answer in sev eral eases that have come under my observation. I can not recommend total abstinence, because I aa pretty Unbosomed Himself to a Friend of Experience. ' . " . . sure that you would not be equal to It. Do you really want to quit?" "I'm not dead sure," replied Eddie, frankly. "Well. If you do, you can easily enough. If you'll only allow yourself time." .. . "That may be in some cases, but an allowance of eternity wouldn't affect me. I'm sure enough of that. That Is, unless there , was : something else to bring my will power into action. I need to think that I had will power." "The longer most habits continue the stronger they get." observed the y-erson of experience, "but it's differ ,rat with this one. To begin with. Daily Story Pub. Co.) It is seldom well nourished after It gets well started; It becomes hollow cheeked and feeble in Its movements, and after a little while it dies. You wouldn't think to see it begin its career, robust, bright-eyed and full of energy and vigor, but so it Is. Fre quently, as I have said, it dies from neglect and starvation, but on the other hand it is easily overfed and coddled to death. It is a question which mode of treatment is the more fatal. Perhaps you had better try the over-feeding. Encourage it; don't be content with giving it its regular allowance, but let it piece between "Will You Help Me?" meals as often as it wants to. It will soon sicken." "I tell you," said Eddie, impatiently, "that you've never known of a case that's like mine. I don't think that you understand at all. The more I see of her the more I think of her, and the last time that I saw her I gathered the impression that she wasn't particularly glad to see me." "That's only natural." "That she shouldn't want to see me?" "That she should allow you to get that impression. However, I've got troubles of my own real troubles, and I can see that you haven t any idea of taking my advice In the mat ter, or any opinion of my judgment. All you wanted was to unload your self, and now that you've done It per haps youH oblige me by clearing out of here. If you haven't got anything better to do, you might as well put on a clean collar and go and see her again." This last piece of advice Eddie took. It Is perhaps hardly necessary to say that the girl was as pretty as a picture; that she had a pair of brown eyes, a head of hair that excited the envy of every other girl in her set; that her complexion was good; her teeth even and white, and her figure lithe and graceful. To say that ex presses nothing. All these things a girl may have and yet not amount to A row of pins, but if the combination is. right and the something that looks out of the bright, brown eyes is the one thing the young man has been wanting, it is easy to understand the facility with which a habit may be formed. . "Cocaine, opium, hemp, hashish, whisky and tobacco all these are nothing to it," mused the person of experience after Eddie had gone his way, to find out that the coldness of his last reception had been purely imaginary. "Can any of these pro duce the "delirium, the madness, the intoxication, stupefaction, drivelling idiocy, ecstatic delight, gloom and despair that this girl habit does? Eddie's' right, too, he'll never get over it If It isn't this one it will be an other, and so the old thing goes. It would be a good time, though, for him to swear off." The reason that the person of ex perience said this was that it was New Year's Eve. So obvious was the idea that it occurred to Eddie also, and he turned it over, in his mind all the time that he was putting on his clean collar, and he thought of It over and over, and in all its -various aspects as he walked to the house, and all the time that her father was talking politics and the war of the rebellion to him he was still thinking what a good time it would be to swear off. "After" a little he had an opportunity to talk to the girl himself. If a young man conducts himself in a proper manner, and there is nothing in par ticular to be urged against him, these opportunities are bound to oc cur sometime or another. At - first they did not talk very much, which was principally because they, had so much to say that they didn't like to talk about, but it was not hard to get to New Year's resolutions. "I don't drink more than a strictly temperate man should, said Eddie, "and I don't smoke to excess. I'd in doubt what to give up. Most peo ple have bad habits or vices, that they may abandon, but I am in a dickens of a fix, owing to the state of perfection I have arrived at." "You have my sympathy," said the girL v "It's very sad ; haven't you a single redeeming vice? 'There is one habit Ive got that I might give up," continued Eddie, re flectively. "It's got a terrible hold of me, and I'm getting anxious about it, but I've got to have help. Your father suggested that I should taper off some time ago and offered to help me, but you're the only one who can do it." "Tell me what it is," said the girL "Coming around here seven nights In the week to see you," said Eddie, taking her hand. She tried to withdraw it, and look ed at him in some distress. "Of course, If you dont want to come sne oegan. 'No," said Eddie, "I don't want to come not oftener than I have. to. I ant - to stop at home and see you seven nights in the week except when we have to go out. Will you help me?" 'Hark! The bells are beginning to ring now. Look at your watch." "Will you help me?" "Oh, I don't know, Eddie, I I guess so. "Then," said Eddie, raising . his hand as the whistles from the factor ies and the blast of horns added their clamor to the bells, "I swear off right now." WOMAN LEADS FIRE FIGHTERS. Brave Postmistress Sets an Example to the Firemen of San Rafael. Had it not been for the promptness and heroism of Miss Melrose Tuttle, assistant postmistress of San Rafael, Cal., fire would have destroyed the Alta stables and much adjoining prop erty the other evening. The fire broke out early in the evening, and as the alarm was sounded, men and boys rushed into the stables and loosened some thirty maddened and suffcating horses. It looked as though the blaze would be communicated to the ad joining buildings, chief of which is the postoffice, which had been closed for the night. 'Miss Melrose Tuttle, the assistant postmistress, was one of the first on. the scene, and through a shower of sparks and dense smoke made her way to the rear of the post office. She had to break and climb through a window,' as the keyB were in possession of the postmaster. With great effort she reached and turned a hydrant, which flooded the threatened portions of the structure. Almost as quickly the volunteer fire department reached the stables and were able to save all the vehicles and harness and to extinguish the flames, after about $2,000 damage had been done to the building. The Wise Toad of Worcester, Among the favorite stories of Sena' tor Hoar is a tale of a remarkable toad, possessed of an Intuitive knowl edge of antidotes. "I was out in my garden one day,' said the senior senator from Massa chusetts, "and noticed a toad hopping along toward the veranda. At the edge oi the low flooring was a spider's web straight - across his path. Mr. Toad did not observe it, and plump he land ed suarely in it. This unceremonious and burglarious entrance naturally provoked the resident spider, who was strongly of the "opinion that his home W83 his castle. Accordingly he proceed ed to give the toad a most vicious bite. Instantly the toad hopped back on the lawn, found, a bit of plantain leaf and chewed it. Then back he hopped and hit the same obstruction, with the re sult that he got another bite. Seven times he repeated the attempt, each time going back to the plantain for an antidote for his wounds. At last he succeeded in demolishing the spider's web and hopped on his way rejoicing. New York Tribune. - David B. Hill's Repartee. Ex-Senator David B. Hill is well known among his friends for his -quick and brilliant repartee. Generally his flashes of wit come when most unex pected. . " - Not long ago, while dining with Gen. and Mrs. Ferdinand P. Earle at Normandie-by-the-Sea, Mrs. Earle no ticed that the table water was slightly discolored by the iron rust in the pipes, and, turning to the senator, laughingly remarked that the water that night seemed "unusually clear." Mr. Hill looked up quickly from his plate. . "That Is Irony, Mrs. Earle!" he re marked sententiously, his face as seri ous looking as ever; then he resumed eating his soup. . - Southern Statesman Impressed. Ex-Gov. "Bob" Taylor of Tennessee has returned home after a lecture tour of two months, during which he visit ed twenty-two states, west, northwest, east and in New England. Mr.' Tay lor came-north with some little sec tional prejudice, but it has been wiped out by his visit. He was especially impressed with the fact that on one great railroad line he traveled 150 miles without getting out of sight ol freight cars. Exchange. aM .- . - Pruning the Peach Tree. A correct form of. top is needed to insure fruit bearing and longevity of the tree. If the opportunity is lost to obtain this desirable form of top in the early growth of the tree it is for ever lost for that tree. "Pruning the cecond and third years Is done on the same principles as for the first year. During these early stages in the growth of the tree the ideal should be Cut 7. Three-Year-Old Tree In Station Orchard. kept constantly In mind while prun ing, so that the tree would , have as wide spreading top as possible in or der that a large area of leaf surface might be exposed to the sunshine and atmosphere, thus enabling the tree to carry a heavy load of large and highly colored fruit. - In cut 1 Is shown an average three- year-old peach tree of the General Lee variety as grown in the orchard of the Texas station. It is a general type of tree found In that peach or chard, where three consecutive crops of peaches have been borne with scarcely a limb being broken by an overload of fruit. A ladder has not been found necessary in gathering the fruit from these trees. In cut 8 is shown the same tree aft- Cut 8. Same Tree Shown In Cut 7, After .Pruning-. er pruning. This tree Is now able to bear at least three bushels of fine fruit. About half the fruit-bearing wood has been cut awa;. It pays much better to produce one large, fine peach than it does to produce two small, in- Cut t. Beaded Back but Pruned Too High. ferlor ones. . This tree will make ample wood growth for the succeeding year's fruitage. The low top will not be in the way of cultivation any more than the one shown in cut 9. . The grass and weeds that grow nnder such low headed trees have given but little trouble. By use of the exten sion disc barrow, the trees can be cul tivated as closely as necessary. Strong winds will not have such leverage on the top of this tree as to bend it over Cut 10. Effect of Fruit on Ends of Lcmg Limbs. . or shake the fruit off. The trunk of the tree Is so well shaded by its own limbs that there is scarcely any lia bility of sun scald so frequently found in orchards of the Western States, a. man can stand on the around and OtJTimi THDF gather every peach from this tree. The limbs will need no props, nor will they break or split off. 1. If spraying should be found necessary it will not be found difficult to do. Of course, if stock be allowed to run loose In the orchard, more damage wlh be done to these low-headed trees than to high headed ones, but it is not advisable to plant orchards for grazing purposes. It should also be remembered that the trunk is stronger when the limbs come out at different places. Trees that are pruned too high throw out water sprouts lower down to shade the trunk and conform more nearly to the natural habit of the tree. Continuously pruning off these water sprouts is largely a waste of energy, both to the tree and man, and frequently pruning will be found ne cessary to keep them off. In cut 9 Is shown a tree pruned very high. The top branches that remain are properly cut back. The tree is just beginning to throw out a large number of water sprouts lower down on the trunk Mis takes were made by pruning elf. the limbs a, b, c, d, e and f. This form of top is also very undesirable. But little bearing wood has been left. Cut 10 shows a tree with top formed very high. The drawing is made from a photograph of an Indian peach tree growing in an orchard on the north side of the Alleghany Moun tains In southwest Virginia. The trees stood very close together on a rich. -i;s.-Tj.'v! - -HUttTW: ,iii-". --1L- Cwt 11. Tree Bent Over by Fruit, moist soil; consequently no water sprouts were being thrown out lower down on the trunk. The tree was bear ing its first crop of fruit, which was a very heavy one. The limbs had to be propped up to keep them from splitting and breaking off. Scarcely any bearing wood for the following year was being formed. The fruit was extremely small and of inferior flavor. Scarcely any fruit could be expected from the tree the following year. The ends of the limbs were not headed in, nor was the fruit thinned. A ladder was necessary to gather much of the fruit. A heavy ' storm would have blown off much of the fruit and al most ruined the orchard. This form of tree is as difficult to cultivate un der, without injury to the tree, as a properly formed low-topped tree. Cut 11 shows a tree in the same or chard with the top formed extremely high. The top of the tree was bent over till it nearly touched the ground. If left alone, the tree is practically ruined. farmers' Review. Causta of Sunscald. - We do not appreciate sometimes what it means to neglect our trees. Take a tree which is headed high, for instance. The trunk of the tree is exposed to the rays of the south and west sun during the winter season, and many persons think nothing of this. Yet tests have proven that the temperature of the- bark on the south west side of a tree ' trunk thus ex posed is . 23 degrees higher than the temperature of the atmosphere. This has been demonstrated by inserting a small thermometer beneath the bark. Now, suppose the temperature of the atmosphere is 50 degrees, which is frequently the case in some days during the winter, when the sun is bright. Add 23 degrees to this, and you have the temperature of the bark at 73 degrees. Now, at this tempera ture the bark can start to grow, and the sap become active. - This : condi tion - exists during the ' day, but at night the temperature drops, the bark Is bound to be affected, - and damage results. A few days of this condition, and by relaxing and contracting the bark has become loosened from the trunk, and dies. Thus we have the condition known as sunscald. which many persons have supposed was caused in the -summer season, when as a matter of fact the damage was done in- the winter. A sun scalded tree is - then apt to be attacked by flat-headed borers and other insects, and the decssr of the tree sets in. To have protected the south and west sides of the tree trunk from the direct rays of the sun in the winter time would have prevented this trouble. Prof. Whitten. Frizzled Fowls. Frizzled fowls are the most gro tesque members of the poultry family. Their name is applied from the pecu liar manner in which their feathers curve upward and backward at the ends, as If In defiance -; of nature's laws. "This curving is most conspicu ous in the hackle and saddle feathers. As these birds vary in color, there Is no rule for judging their plumage, ex cept, that, it must have the peculiar upward curve, and any color Is ad missible. The combs may be either double or single;' Frizzled fowls are reported to be hardy and very early and good layers. - To facilitate the calling up of vehi cles telephones are to be erected on or near all the -cab ranks in Berlin. . The Creamery Odor. . . Overheard as they drove by: Snif fing the air he said, "Tannery eh?" 'Nope, creamery," remarked the other. "Whew!" and they were out of ear shot. The odor that is emitted from some creameries and. the immediate sur rounding territory during this hot "dog day" weather is something ter rific The spiling of milk saturates the soil. - The sklmmllk tank (the slop tank they call it) is neglected and oh! out of the drains comes an effluvium, one whiff of which is al most enough to asphyxiate a person. I am glad to say such bad conditions are not general but are met with altogether too often. Creamery pat rons are nearly always blamed for bringing bad milk to the creamery, thus making it Impossible for the buttermaker to make first-class but ter. Now I am sorry to admit that such is often the case. Too many farmers are extremely careless and slovenly about the milk taken to the creamery, wniie li iney wouia Dut think a moment they must certainly know that such want of care will mean a monetary loss to them first of all. But the conditions as they exist at some creameries are certain ly demoralizing to the patrons, even though they were inclined to deliver good milk. One patron said: "What is the use? I bring good milk to be dumped into the receiving vat where in six quarts of filth are already swimming." The farmer well knows that if the olfactories of the butter maker are not affected by an odor that can be perceived a fourth of a mile from the creamery, his milk will; pass If it has the "cowy" odor, the "stably" flavor and the "manury" color, and often It comes in that way. . It is the creamery manager's or but termaker's duty to educate himself thoroughly in his business and then educate his patrons Instead of - de nouncing them, as is often done. Den't tell me it cannot be done and that your patrons are worse than a set of Idiots and cannot be taught, because I have practical examples where the poorest of stuff was turned out and the buttermaker blamed it all on the patrons, when later a man who understood his - business took hold of the place and in less than twelve months butter was made that sold at top prices and patrons vied; with each other to bring the finest milk in the cleanest cans. L. W. Lighty in National Stockman and Farmer. High Flavor in Butter. Our butter judges have heretofore laid too much stress on high flavors in fresh butter. .As I have stated, production of-high flavor is merely a step toward rancidity, and thereby butter Invariably loses its keeping quality. It Is my opinion that a good keeping quality in butter is equally as important as flavor, if not more so, and we ought to sacrifice this quick flavor in a fresh product for low, clean flavored and good keeping quality. I cannot help but advocate craui Duuuia oe cnurned with less acidity, especially when butter is being manufactured for cold storage. Butter in a good cold storage will naturally acquire a higher flavor in time. I believe we ought to db all we can to discourage this "high flavor" craze which is so prevalent among buttermakers, and induce them to pay more attention to the keeping quality, which at present seems to be the greatest trouble with the average laymen that consumes strictly dairy products. Oscar Eif. : Blackleg Checked by Vaccine. The work-of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry with reference to conta gious diseases of animals, which has been prominent from the time of its organization, has been continued dur ing the past year. This work at pres ent includes the , control of Texas fever, blackleg, sheep scab and mala die du coit, while scientific Investiga tions are in progress to determine the nature and best methods of treating other important diseases, such as tu berculosis, hog cholera and anthrax. The records show" that 1,688,565 doses of blackleg vaccine were distributed during the year, and the reports of its use reduce the loss of cattle after using It to 0.51 per cent of those vac cinated. If we should eliminate from these reports those cattle which were presumably infected before . vaccina tion and also those which probably because a. TniRtnko wna maa. . the operation, the percentage of Ions would be reduced to 0.44. These re suits indicate that the use of this vac- many thousands of head of cattle apd consequently a very large sum of money. ' Many are driven with a blind bridle to a blind bridal.