t h e AL l i a a c e rmjiYKyjflft t. s - TUB HUN F OK I f At II mm ScT3tj-fir Thoaund Peep's Wsrs ia th Scram uls THE STRIP 13 OPESED AT LIST Fast Hones Beat ths Railroid Trainf, Beciui of tho Ttrribls Crui Mo Serious CaosusHtiss. Scenes sad Incidents. Arkansas Citt, Kan., Sept. 18. At high noon to-day 100 United States carbines cracked in the dry air and with exulting yells 30,00 men and women, all American citizens, rushed into tlti Cherokee strip almost the last section of the public domain that will be thrown open to genrral settle ment. The following figures show the number of people who made the run: From Arkansas City By train, 8,000; by horse, 23,00a From-Orlando 25,000. From Caldwell Dy train, 3,000; by horse, 7,000. From Stillwater 10,000. The view of the rush at 13 o'clock from the obaenratory on the Chllocco school was full of exciting Interest Just before the hour, with a field 5 lass the long line of horses and men ensely packed for 200 feet back could be seen. At high noon the sharp crack of a revolver was distinctly heard and immediately following came the reports of the carbines. A hoarse yell went up, softened by the distance, and the line got in motloi. Horses were seen to snoot out from the ruck and dash across tho prairie. Thi a dense cloud of dust obscured the line fur a moment, but a brisk wind from the west cleared it away, and the men and wagons could be seen scattering as the slowest were left behind. Now and then a wagon would go over with a wheel knocked off. A horse was seen to rear in the air as be was struck by a wagon tongue and fall back. Ills rider was up in an instant and bent over his horse. Then he arose, and from his gestures it was plainly seen that he had been left at the post The last of the rushing hosts were not long in disappearing over the hill Into the swale at the south line of the Chllocco reserve, the rear being brought up by a throng of men and women on foot and a few teams on a walk. The whole thing was spectaculaa, but it was soon over, too soon. The trains did not pull out of the Santa Fe yards until sometime after --M'Oiclockand the jam then was awfuL At least 15,000 people including most of the population of Arkansas City, were there to board the trains. Special trains from Wichita, VVinfleld and other near points came in loaded with sightseers. ; - The way the trains Were run was a bitter disappointment to town lot seekers, as any wagon which left in the rear of the line could have beaten them to 1'onca. Great recklessness was displayed in jumping on and oil the trains by the crowd eager not to get left, and there were many narrow escapes. No cas ualties happened, however, and after considerable delay the first section moved out slowly. Most of the people who went in on the trains carried blankets and provisions and some of them small tents. All will have to . sleep on the ground to-night, as they will not be able to got back, all of the regular trains having been laid off. The crush to get on the trains was awful. After the cars were full peo ple climbed to the roofs and soon cov ered them. They clung: to the steps, invaded the engine and even crawled upon the trucks. Inside the cars the jam was frightful, people were crushed In and the pressure at the doors could not be stopped. The efforts of the deputy marshals did not avail much after the first fow had shown their certificates. The trains left hundreds of disappointed people behind who were unable to get a foot hold. At the edge of the strip a horde of people were waiting to board the trains but there was no room for them. The Santa Fo sold 8,000 tick ets for the trains, most of thetn for Kildare. Camped along side the track at the state line were about 200 men. Thev had walked out to take the trains there this morning. When thev could not even secure foothold they threat ened to throw tics under the cars. The town is literally deserted, banks are closed and most of the stores are m posses Nion of the proprietors, all me cierKS naviog gone to the bonier to make Hie run. AT CALDWELL. rally Tea Thauaaad leople Kaks the Craad lluth. Cai.dk Kf J., Ran, Sept It Two minutes after noon to-day 10,000 peo ple who had gathered along the bor der south of Caldwell were rushinff belter skelter Into the strip in every direction at far as the eye could reach. Five minutes later the fletet and foremost horsemen were mere specks and clouds of uusl in the distance and behind thetn were hundreds and hun dreds of white cover,! wagons and bugtftas trooniuir into the land, leav ing behind thetu great clouds of dut to luarlt the line. The i !! ltd not become Impatient untu a few minutes before II u clock, when the cavalrymen matte their last ridm un and down the ttitumn. For tire minute b (ore the signal all had been gtting rraly and there waa more ruttviuent thaa ever along the lines or pH)ple no had stood so tuany noum waiting lr the opening. A II o'clock a ranaoai sounded awav off several mile ! of the hills where stjfhier had aMivtl.l There was a eloud of dust la the dts Uo 'I l.-r another report esrvr, Wt It a the riwl of a eat Iryatsa a carbine. The I 1m ot dust advetwd up lbs column, Ut rambling sound vattMt by the atauiaedlag ul .i8lra tf boras laereaaed. A a ether trMae was fired sad twst treat all the people toward the south. .The race at first was fast one and hondredj of me a on horseback started out of the mass and began to lead the crowd. There were some lively raoea, but there are too mesy entries to ob serve individual cob test Two men en safety bicycles who had really gone into the strip along the Rock Island traek unooserved tea minutes before It, were for a long time In the lead oi every one and they went out of sight first AT ORLANDO. Tweatr-rtve Thoosaao' raople Make the Bath Maay Sooaers Already la. Oklaxdo, Ok., Sept 11 Twenty five thousand men and women with a goodly number ef boys and girls started at the . sound of carbines held by cavalrymen aharp at noon to-day. Hundred! went in on trains which were jammed but the grand rush was by horse and wagon. I rains both north bound and south bound yesterday and to-dar ran in many sections and ail were loaded to the platforms. Women clung to the guard rails and men hung to the engines and the roof like bees. The rush was especially big from Arkansas City and was made up of men who came to this side of the strip to run for ferry town lots. Conductors esti mate that no less than 5,000 men crossed the strip yesterday. Yesterday trains encountered prairie fires on the strip which burned so fiercely that in a number of places tha ties were so badly scorched that there was danger in passing over the track. Frequently the trainmen had to get off and pour water upon the burning lies ana once a bridge was found to be on fire. The alow speed necessitated by the Ores enabled the men to get off the trains In great numbers. I'uily 300 boomers managed to get off and run into hiding in the Ponca reserva tion. AT STILLWATER Ten Tbaueaad Itnrdr Farmer Make the Baa Freaa Thai Lisa, Stillwatkb, Ok., Sept 18. Ten thousand sturdy homeseekers were let loose on tha heretofore forbidden lands north of here sharp at noon to day. All of this army of men were after homesteads and none wanted town lots. In consequence there were no tnorougbbrea racers in the line. Scores went into the land in wagons with equipments necessary to begin farm work at once! There were of course many exciting races for quarter sections believed to be extra good, but these contests were not marked features of the run. oonars Keported Shot. Guthrie, Ok., Sept 18. Information received here by courier tells of four sooners who were shot and fatally wounded last night by soldiers. The names at the present are unknown. Guard! oa lint at Guthrie. Gbtiibik, Ok., Sept 18. There are about 100 men In Outhrie armed with Winchesters who are guarding the city from bandits said to be preparing xor a ram. DESPERATE BURGLARS. Two Wretches Attempted . to Burn a Newton Woman for Shootlcs" One. Newton, Kan., t?pu 18. Two un known men entered the house of G W. Nlcoemus in the center of the city last evening at 0 o'clock and gagged and bound Mrs. Nicodemus, who waa alone. Then they saturated her cloth ing with coal oil and were just about to set hor on fire when Nicodemus re turned and the men made their escape. I wo nights ago these same men broke into the house and secured 925. In departing Mrs, Nicodemus shot one of them in the leg and he told her that ho had returned to burn her for this. - - - ,-. A largo party of men is scouring the town in search of the men. A good description of both men is at hand and should they be found lynching is feared by many. STOLE A FORTUNE. A Philadelphia Mint Employe K:ikes Out 105,000 With a llake. Washington, Sept 19. It is under- ttood here that the goyernmen officers have captured the man who stole $105,- 000 worth of gold from the mint at rmiadclphia and that $100,000 worth of the precious metal has been recov ered. Tho name of the thief has not yet been disclosed. the man was an employe at the mint and used a common iron garden rake, which he inserted between the bars of tho vault door and raked the coin out with it The government will not lese anything. Kicked by Two Ministers. Jakkhvii.t.k, Wis, Sept 13. The Revs. Cain m and Webb of the Free Methodist church are accused of kick ing and beating the Rev. Mr. Johnson of Moutford lnx insensibility at the Miulaburtr caiuo mcetinir. Thev ob jected to Ms good clothes and com plained that he was not observing tha vow of poverty and that he was pos sessed of tha devil- An Olllerr'a Mistake Fatal. ATCHisoXt Kan., Hept 11 Orb Law, a painter of this city, died last night from the effects of a bullet In the lungs fired two weeks ago bv Officer Sprtngtteen, who mistook him for a burgUr and shot him wheu lie refused to halt Law thought the officer waa a highwayman. Hhol Met Hatband and Herself, HroaAKE. Wash., Sept. II Mrs. I C Kulllvant last evening shut and fatally wounded her husband and then ttrd two bulUts into her own body, mortally wounding herself. Domes tic trouble was the causa. The Nstefcae Xnl ta Is. Fbksuwatkh, Isle of Wight, Kent It The ItittanaU won the race for the t ape May cup wltich was began yeatrrday. pUf the winning Fin at I2:1J. The Nsvahoe finished In mil, tttee, ldsovond later thta the llrlt annU. tale tttMiaese Meat liaised. MusatatK. VU,HpV II. -Kirs at UaaUlUiae. Ml a. last ntffct de stroyed twelve buteae how. aad thre dwellings. enUtltuf a Iom et l)o, ikkt latum fo about vae quarter. FAttM AND HOUSEHOLD. WHY IS THERE SO MUCH POOR BUTTER ON THE MARKET. facilities for Hakla a flnl-Claae Article The Bert rrvHUei of 11 A : Stack Notva. Hotue hoid Hlata. Poor Batter. " ' I suggest that some of the reason! are there Is a great amount of it made on farms that have no convenience or facilities for making a first-class article, and is made by the wires and daughters of the farmer, who do pot furnish them with any information on butter making. What they make is good enough for him, and he thinks is good enough for anyone else. Many of our cows hare to depend on stag nant and impure ponds for their drinking water. Milk being about eighty per cent water it ill bo more or less affected by the i npurities in the water, and the ere m in rising brings it to the top, and, when churned, the butter retains a portion of the impurities which injure the keeping quality. n ft do not look to tha comfort of our eows as wo should, says Cole man's Rural World. Many of them are driven to a shadelcss pasture and left there all day In the heat of summer, with no place to lie down and rest but in the scorching ray of the sun. If there is any damaged or mouldy grain on tho farm it is generally fed to the cows, as it is not fit for mar ket, and would not do to feed the teams, and tho pigs would not thrive on it, but the cows will eat it, and will give us bud milk, because they cannot give us anything else on such food, and bad milk makes poor but ter. Milk set in cellars and caves will absorb any Impurities that may be in them, unless set In an air tight can. Cellars and caves generally hare a musty smell and butter made from milk sot in thorn has the same, unless set in cloned cans. Milk absorbs tha flavor of any kind of vegetables. If, therefore it is kept in the kitchen we are liable to have many flavors com blnod. A great deal of the butter made on farms in winter is made and kept ia tho kitchen or cellar till it is taken to market. A great many people make butter on a small scale, and do not take enough interest in It to give tho proper care. They do not post themselves on butter making because every body believes his wife can and does make as good butter as anybody and he will swear she can; and if you don't agree with him you had better keep still. Everybody takes good, aweet butter to market. He knows ho does, because his groceryman tells him b and his wife made it, puts It in tho same can with all Of the good butter and how could it be otherwise. Hut ho had to take a low price for it, thoro was so much of the same qual ity in the market. So they did hot make it as good the next week, for it did not pay to work so hard for to little money. Jf grocerymen would be more par ticular in testing the batter thoy buy and take nothing but good, poor but ter would be very scarce as there would be no place for it. But just so long as there is a place where it can be sold at any price at all, it will be made, and lots of it, too. It requires but little labor or ex perience to make poor butter. To make the other grade requires lots of both and ome knowledge of the proper methods. It is not probable that those who follow dairying as a business for profit would make much poor butter. If they did they would have to retire from the business soon, as it would be impossible to find a market for their production or a price that would pay expenses. So we come to the conclu sion that it is the many that make a little for market and sell for aay price they have offered for it that furnish us with a large amount of our poor butter. The Heat Profit. Under present conditions the bost profit is made only by getting tho top of tho market Karly maturity is not entirely with the breed, for no matter uuw guuuuio ureeu, mo Desi growth will not be secured unless good feed ing is .auued. ino principal ad van tasro with the bettor breeds is In t.hn ability to digest and assimilate a largor amount or rood and convert it into growth and flesh, but if t.hl U dono tho materials must first bo sup- puod to the animals. ily feeding well you encourage and Intennify tho tendency to put on flesh rapidly, and mi early maturity is made poH4blo. Ihe profit is not only in the quickest growth, but to some extent is a better quality of product. is a better product insures a higher price, and a there is but little difference in tho cost, tho differ ence in the amount received Is large, ly profit In fact, taklug the value of the ftKd into consideration, it coats to scvuro early maturity with the bvttcr quality of product than it does the slow growth and a poorer product iio long as one continues to send a tow quality f product to markt l, low price roiift 1 accepted tn payment. Reducing the of production will nt Incwai. the profits it In doing thU the quality l lowervd. It is al ways an It.'iu to reduce the cot so fur a it Is poiti)e to do so without lowering tho quality. Hut wbeq it comes to a choice Iwlww an In creased cost and a lower ouaUly It will pay at lat to some extent, to add to the foet. as tinder prveect conditions the better prtee received will make a good profit on. tho addi tional ct Ta a conWratle at teat It will be best ta make quality tha first aontideralloa, tut at ttn ain uum to reduco the cost as r juch as polb!e, as this will help ma ledaliv t incwa th -nfU ' Jourwal of Agriculture. Ho(i af All Agee. Hogs a, ali ages, even from the day they are Uttered until they are ready for the pork barrel, are more nearly a cash commodity than any other stock produced on the farm. There are always buyers for swine; soma neighbor wants a sow with her litter, another wants a lot of weanlings, another a bunch of shoats and again another the older stock hogs, while the shipper is always ready for tha fatted hog. There is a market for swine of all ages and conditions at all seasons f the year. A good crop of corn, provided in advance, ready for the swino and, to guard against any liability of crop diater, is neces sary for the successful prosecution of the swine industry. I'nder these conditions the business of raising hogs can safely be commenced with an assurance of profit It is always beat to hare in view but one condition of market animal. While it may in a general way be desirable to finish up the hog on the farm, there are many risks taken with the carrying of a litter of pigs up to the time when they will sell in the fat hog market In view of these liabilities many of the most success ful hog raisers divide their chances of profit and dispose of sows and lit ters and pigs in all conditions of growth up to the matured animal, carrying only a portion of the hog stock through to the shipper. Their motto is always hare some thing to sell in the line of swine when good prices can be secured. As a money-maker on the Western farm few products can take the place of hogs. Kansas City Live Stock Indi cator. Stork Notes. The growing calf needs a liberal supply of food containing mineral matter. Cleanliness in the cattle quarters will go a long ways toward promot ing thrift. Give nourishing food from the jtart; this applies to cattle as well as other stock. Fall cattle are weaned at a season of tho year when everything favors a rapid growth. After they once get started to growing there is little danger of feed ing calves too much. Scrub steers eat just as much as well bred ones, but do not turn the food to as good an account. With calves, as with other ani mals, it is. highly important that a steady growth bo maintained until matured. In many cases a bettor showing for cattle would bo made if a less number was kept and each animal was fed to its full capacity. The best plan of feeding corn meal to cither growing calves or fattening steers, is by using in connection with more bulky food. ' Cattle can thrive only by full feed ing, and without thrift thore can be no profit, and this is especially the aso when they are fed on dry feed Ione. Because prices are low is not a ?ood reason for marketing cattle be fore they aro in the best marketable condition, lo make any profit, the highest possible price must bo real ized. If a rood erade steer will weie-h v -- o 1,200 pounds at two years and can be marketod at that age, it certainly ought to return a better profit than a ?crub that must be three years old to make the same weight. Ilouneholil Help. If you heat your knife you can cut hot bread as smoothly as cold. A largo slice of raw potato in the Cat when frying doughnuts will pre vent the black specks from appearing on their surface. Lemonade, it is said, is better in flavor if made with freshly-boiled water and then allowed to cool. Allow throe lemons to a quart of water, using the rind of one. Peel it thin, and put it in with the juice and sugar, then pour the boiling water rv-or it. After tho juico is all squeezed from the lemon one would naturally sup pose that the rind had no further use, but if you dip tho inside in salt and rub a copper kettle or stewpan it will brighten it, or put in a greasy sauce pan and boiled awhile, it will cleanse it and remove the odor of fish or onions, . For a good washing fluid dissolve one pound of sal soda and a pound of lime in five quarts of water, and boil for a Tew minutes, stirring occasion. illy. Remove from the fire and allow it to settle; pour off the clear liquid into a stone jar and cork for use. Half a tcacupful of this fluid added to t half-boiler of boiling water on wash lays will have a great deal of labor. If you wUh to do as thoy do in London, have coat-black cups, set in tamers of palo gray or turquols, at your afternoon teas, and give each tiosl a souvenir spoon; that U. if (ton ar a spoon collector. 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Fast trains. Office 11.11 O St. - Kimball Pianos and Organs- Jr., Oijiaha, Net. In barrels 50 cents per gallon. wesnxinm street, iiooms 81-32-33 uunker U lug A. C. ZIEMER, City Passenger Agent, Lincoln. RUNAWAY t, run. sad iNeulJ bo driven IaUss sbd tliUren Jr.e hattu Ina Urmlas ami huntaiM Pttwvt - ii JX VI . ( 1 UOLLECK fLACO, HfiW TOKK.i