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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAIy SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 15,1901.
GALLON.
Cream
with or without crushed
fruits, made from pure
cream.
Telephone 622.
4th and Taylor Streets.
Gasoline Stoves,
Refrigerators,
Poultry Netting,
Hardware, Cutlery'.
Pumps.
SOME SPECIALS IN HAMMOCKS
AND CROQUET SETS.
82 S Kansas Ave. Tele. 130.
A little farther to go up the Avenue,
but the prices are a little
leaa than others.
Manufacturer of Galvanized
Cornices, Tin and Slate Roofing,
Metal Skylights.
Contract work solicited in any it
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Guns, Ammunition,
and Sporting Goods.
All kinds of
Fishing Tackle.
Fresh Japanese Bamboo
Poles, Mississippi Cane
Poles, a good variety
of Joint Poles, Minnow
Seines, Landing Nets.
Boat Oars and Oarlocks.
All kinds of Artificial
Baits and Hooks.
Agent for Spratt's Doj Food
and Medicines.
72S Kansas Ave.
Low Rate Excursions all Summer
via The Burlington Route.
During th coming summer the Bur
lington Route will have in effect the
very lowest excursion rates that have
ever been made. The general plan of
these rates, destinations, etc., is so
varied that the public should ask their
nearest ticket agent for details, or else
do us the favor to write for rates, de
scriptive matter, etc.
CHEAP SUMMER TOURS WEST
Iaily to Colorado, Utah and Black Hills,
also Homeseekers' excursions every two
weeks to the whole West and North
west. CHEAP EXCURSIONS EAST Very
low round trip rates to the Buffalo Ex
position, the Seashore. Adirondaeks,
Canada. Michigan Lakes. Mackinaw; a
thousand, eastern resorts: fine lake and
raii trips east, via, Chicago, Ietroit,
Cleveland.
CHEAP EXCURSIONS NORTH
Every day to St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Lake Superior resorts; the cooiest recre
ative country.
Ask fur the Burlington's Summer ex
cursion ram circulars
CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS person
ally conducted every Wednesday from
Et. Louis, every Thursday from Kan
Bas City and St. Joseph
Write us for rates and printed matter
describing the proposed trip.
R. H. CROZIER, L. W. WAKELEY
T, F. A.. 8:3 Main St.. Genl Passenser A-t
Ka.nsah Citi, Mo. sr. Loti. lib.
HOWARD ELLIOTT
General Manager. St. Locis. Mo.
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RUDDER-TIRED RIGS,
Telsrisaa -43. 703 J&cSaca St.
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TRY A NEW WHEAT
Macaroni Variety to Be Tried
in Western Kansas.
GoTernment Jiow Preparing to
Make the Trial.
A DROUTH HESISTAXT.
It Will Grow Well iu Extreme
ly Dry Climates.
Demand in United States For
Macaroni Wheat.
Washington, T. C, June 15. Experi
ments and investigations made by Plot
Mark A. Carleton of Manhattan, Kan
the wheat expert of the department of
agriculture and cereal authority of the
world, have disclosed what he believes
to be a very important source of in
come to the farmers of the United
States, which will probably result in a
very large increase in the wheat crop
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Macaroni Wheat, Imported From Russia, a Drouth-Resistant Variety, to
Be Introduced iu Western Kansas.
of the country. It may also result in
the introduction and general use of the
new and wholesome as well as pleasant
llavored variety ol" the staff of life.
Incredible as it may teem, in view
of our large annual exportation of
v heat to Europe and other countries,
macai-oni manufacturers of Pennsylva
nia and New York are obliged to im
port a great proportion of the wheat
used by them in the manufacture of
macaroni and vermicelli. Hundreds of
thousands of bushels of wheat are an
nually imported by the macaroni man
ufacturers, for which they are obliged
to pay a higher price per bushel than
American wheat brings abroad. Even
with the wheat brought from abroad
the manufacturers in the United States
are compelled to use a large quantity
of bread wheat for making macaroni,
and it is this use of the ordinary bread
wheat that makes the Americanmaca
roni of inferior quality to that made in
southern France and Italy. In addition
to the macaroni made in this country,
we annually import more than 15.000,000
pounds. Prof. Carelton believes that
if the farmers of the western states will
turn their attention to the cultivation
of macaroni wheat we can raise not on
ly all that is required in this country,
but that we will have a large surplu3
for export, and that the wheat will find
an extensive market as a bread wheat
Prof. Carleton is now proparing a
bulletin dealing with the growth of
macaroni wheat in the United States
which will be of interest to wheat grow
ers in this country. Mr. Carleton
states that macaroni wheat can be
grown with great profit in many of th
western states, especially Kansas and
other southwestern states. It is one of
the best drouth-resisting wheats known
and can be grown in localities where
the rainfall does not exceed ten inches
annually. For this reason it should
prove . especially valuable in western
Kansas. Experiments already made in
Texas have been very encouraging, and
one enthusiastic Texan writes that he
believes the growth of macaroni wheat
in Texas will equal in profit that of the
cotton crop. The value of the latter
has been said to be worth $45 per head
for every man, woman, and child in the
state.
Another srreat advantage of the mac
aroni wheat is its producing quality. In
a numbtr of instances the macaroni
wheats when grown in the sume locality
with the ordinary bnead wheats in the
states of the Great Plain have given, in
seasons of unusual drouth, a yield two
to four times as great as that of ordi
nary wheats. In one section of South
Uakota where the ordinary wheat
yielded 12 to 14 bushels to the acre, thj
macaroni wheat produced from 50 to
60 bushels. It is a very rank grower
and grows to a great height. Prof.
Carleton declares that if the farmers
will turn their attention to its cultiva-
tion the wheat output of the United
States will be increased more than r0,
C00.000 bushels per annum in a very few
years.
With the object of encouraging- the
growth of the wheat, the department of
agriculture has instructed its agricul
tural explorer, Prof. lavid G. Fair
child, also a Kansas man. who is now
traveling in Algeria, to procure several
hundred bushels of the Algerian maca
roni wheat, which will be shipped to
the department and distributed in the
arid and semi-arid regions of the west.
The distribution will be made under the
direction of Prof. Carleton, who is very
enthusiastic as to the prospects of good
results from the efforts to stimulate in
terest in its cultivation. i
At present the necessity for importing
the macaroni wheat is chiefly due to the
hesitancy of American millers to grind
the wheat into Hour. Many of -the
macaroni manufacturers have establish
ed plants and grind their own wheat.
The wheat is a very hard, almost Hint
like grain, and special machinery is
required for grinding it. The millers are
now beginning- to take an interest in
the macaroni wheat and before Ions it
is expected that several large flour mills
will establish plants for grinding the
wheat. Macaroni manufacturers in
southern Prance and Italy have great
difficulty in procuring a sufficient quan
tity of the wheat for their requirements,
and a very extensive market abroad
could be found if the wheat is produced
in this country.
Not only is the wheat a valuable ar
ticle for the manufacture of macaroni,
but Prof. Carleton believes that it will
make equally as good if not better bread
flour. In localities where bread has been
made from the macaroni wheat flour it
is regarded as superior to the ordinary
bread, and nprsuns who have eaten it
will have nothing else. It is said to be
much more wholt-some and has other ad
vantages over our ordinary bread. One
important advantage is that it will re
main fresh for a much longer period. An
ordinary loaf of bread will keep fresh
generally not longer than a day. while
bread made from macaroni (lour will re
tain its freshness and moisture for a
week or ten days. It is thought that for
this reason the bread would prove a
very valuable article for use among the
soldiers nnd sailors of the army and
navy. The bread is of a rich golden
yellow and has a most agreeable flavor.
Prof. Carleton intends to make efforts
to induce the bakers of Washington to
experiment with the baking of the bread
from macaroni flour, and declares his
belief that if it is once introduced in
Washington and other eastern cities it
will become as popular, if not more pop
ular, than the bread cf the present time.
The only obstacle to its introduction is
ita color, but if it is once eaten its pleas
ant flavor will induce many to forego
the whiteness that seems to be the
desideratum of bread-bakers today.
The macaroni will also prove valuable
in the manufacture cf breakfast foods.
Already some American manufacturers
i are using the wheat for this purpose,
and macaroni wheat grits are said to
be a delicious and wholesome breakfast
dish. A great variety of breakfast foods
can be made from this wheat.
So far the experiments made with the
macaroni wheat indicate that it cannot
be zrown in all localities as a winter
wheat. It is found to be susceptible to
severe cold weather, but it is thought
that by gradual adaptation through se
lection it may be made to endure the
winter farther north than the thirty
fifth parallel, which is the present limit
of territory where it can be cultivated
as a winter wheat. In North and South
Dakota, Nebraska, and other northwest
ern states it can be cultivated with
much profit as a spring wheat, and, as
already stated, in those states it will
yield a much more abundant Quantity
of wheat to the acre than the ordinary
red wheat. In addition to drouth resist
ance, the wheat has also the advantage
cf being resistant to the attacks of leaf
rust and other parasitic fungi.
Prcf. Carleton is reported to be the
best inftrmed man on wheat in the
United States. He is at present devot
ing his time and attention to the stim
ulation of interest iu macaroni wheat,
and to the State Journal representative
declared that he expects great things
to result from it. To use his own words:
"I have staked my reputation on this
wheat, and I believe my hopes and
prophecies are justified by my investiga
tion and experiments. I am confident
that if the farmers of the United States
will take up the cultivation of this wheat
thev will discover that they have a very
valuable addition to the present wheat
crop of the United States."'
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CASKET WAS KE VERSED.
The Bill For the Burial la Fought on
These Grounds.
Appleton, Wis., June 15. New London
is engaged in litigation that is unparal
leled in the. judicial history of this
state. It is no less than an effort to
compel an estate to pay for funeral ex
penses in burying the victim of small
pox, and the state is resisting payment,
for the burial was not properly con
ducted, in that the head of the casket
was reversed in the grave.
The action is one begun by the city of
New London against the Jennie Cross
estate to recover $290,the expense which
the city incurred in the burial of Mrs
Cross, who died of smallpox. The health
officers engaged four pallbearers to in
ter the body, but only three responded.
One was from Maple Creek, another
from C'lintonville and the third from
Waupaca county. Two of them had
had the disease and the other had no
fear of contracting it.
The health officers were exceedingly
particular, and instructed the nurse
arid pallbearers how to prepare the
body for burial, wrapping it in a blank
et and using a strong solution of a drug
as a disinfectant. It seems, however
that these orders were not obeyed. The
nurse placed the body in a casket and
at a certain hour the men came and
took it to the cemetery. In lowering it
the men, by mistake, got the ends of
the casket reversed and in this way it
was left. Bifore replacing the earth
they discarded all their outer clothing,
which they buried with the corpse. They
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MR. AND MRS. HARRY LEIIR.
He and His Bride Are Now Touring the Sunny
South.
The above is an excellent portraiture of Mrs. Harry Syme Lehr, formerly
Mrs. John Vinton Dahlgren, who was recently married to Harry Lehr, of
New York, Mrs. Astor'a protege and famous master of ceremonies at im
portant society functions.
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JON JS,
House
ARE GOOD FAINTS.
were engaged by the city and were paid
$50 each for the services rendered.
As soon as the husband iearned of
the mistake in reversing the ends of
the coffin, he engaged two men from
the city, who assisted him in exhuming
the body and rectifying the mistake.
PARIS ON THE INCREASE.
Recent Census Shows Population to
Be Near 3,000,000 Mark.
Paris. June 15. The recent census
shows that the population of Paris has
increased 177.234 in the last five years
and is now 2,714,698. These figures, rep
resenting only the legal population, are
somewhat misleading. Paris has al
ways the largest transient population
of any city in the world, the average
being estimated &t 400,000. Besides, the
great faubourgs outsiide the walls are
as closely related to Paris as the Har
lem quarter is to lower New York.
Boulogne alone has 1JS.000 inhabitants,
while the Levellois, Ferret, Puteaux,
Stouen, Pantin, St. Mande and Charen
ton quarters aggregate another million.
When new city limits are adopted next
year Paris' population will be over 4,
000,000. ,
Gebhard to Live in Dakota.
Sioux Falls, S. D.. June 15. Fred Geb
hard, the prominent New Yorker and
once a companion of Mrs. Langtry, the
noted stage beauty, who took up his
residence in Sioux Falls a couple of
months ago. apparently has decided to
make his permanent home here, as he
is arranging to erect $15,000 residence
and already has purchased three lots
for the purpose.
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Write for illustrated catalogue and price list.
X 'Phone 612. Topeka, Kansas. 304 Kansas Ave.
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"RELIABLE" New Process and Single Gen
erator Gasoline Stoves need no introduction in To
peka. We have always sold them, and our line this
season is very complete. Substantially made, yet
simple in construction, with durable and quick
operating burners. Aluminum and copper finish.
CHANEY & MORTON,
623 Kansas Avenue.
I NEW BICYCLE STORE i
1 No. 109 EAST EIGHTH STREET.
I Topeka Cycle Co.
t Has moved from No. 112 W. 8th to first door
X east of Daily Capital office.
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