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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-02

"Bub did you ever stop to think" said >
Michigan avenue grocer recently, - ne
measured out half peck Of potatoes. chat
these potatoes contain sugar water and
starch." "Noa, didn't replied the boy;
..bnt heard mother say that you put peas
and beans in your coffee, and shout : pint
Of water in about every quart Of milk you
Sold" The subject Of natural philosophy
Was dropped right there.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-02

Uncle Levi-"Now, Sammy, tell me,
have you read the beautiful story Of Jo-
seph!" Ssn-Oh, yes, uncle" Uncle
We'll, then, what wrong did they do when
they sold their brother ?" Sam-.'They
sold him too cheap, think"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-02

An American judge was obliged 70 sleep
With an Irisbman in . crowed hotel when
the following conversation ensued. Pat,
Won would have remained a long time in the
old country before you could have slept with
. Judge, would ycn not PATTI" YES. Yer
honor" said Pst;" s'snd think yer none!
would have been long time 10 the sld
country before ye'd been judge, too
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-02

Lady to waiter-Don't put that ice in the
goblet with your fingers. Waiter-Lor,
ma'am, l don't mind, my hands are very
warm.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-02
WtT AND HuMoR.
l. DONNELLY, Jr.. Editor.

Why is solar eclipse like woman whip
ping her boy! Because it's hiding of the
sun.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12

Some new cases Of deaths, due to
the eating of pork infested with tri-
chime, which are being quoted IN west
ern papers, should be the means of di-
recting public attention anew to the
horrible disease of swine, called trichi-
nosis, and to the fact that, when once
the parasite attacks a human being,
the result is prolonged suffering and,
in multiplicity of cases, death. The
worm existing in the pork literally
bores its way out of the stomach and
into the muscles.
Ii has latoly been found that swine
may become infested with trichina
eating carbon or decayed vegetable
substance. This is point worth con-
sideration by farmers who incline to
the belief that dead chickens, putrid
swill, or any filth about the place, is
legitimate food for the pig. The ami
NAL is not dainty in his tastes, and will
lunch off his dead relatives with inf
mite gusto; but it is the poorest econ
omy to permit him to assume the role
of scayenger. No milk dealer viii al
low his cows to eat garlic if he can
help it, though the brutes are crafty
fond of the odoriferous weed and
there is certainly more reason for the
farmer to see that his porkers have no
access to unclean food. In the one
case, if precaution be neglected, the
taste of the milk is affected; in the
other the entire flesh is rendered poi
sohous and dangerous food Scienti-
Jfc american.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
Birds Versus Insects.


A correspondent of one of our ex-
changes says that other northwestern
States are oyerrun with the chinch-
bug pest, and states that Kansas is
also suffering from the same cause, and
wants to know whether there is any
way to prevent the annual destruction
of crops by incects.
you would prevent it, we say, pro-
tect the birds. But if you permit the
birds to be killed and driven off your
farms, then you must suffer, and you
deserve to suffer. In other countries
the farmers are wise enough to pro-
tcct and encourage all insectiyorous
birds, and even import them from
other countries. Then if you really
and earnestly desire to be relieved
from the insect plague, don't allow
bird to be killed off your place, and,
protect with jealous care
the partridge and you will soon see a
change for the better.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
Alfalfa.

The Manhattan Industridlist says,
and we commend what it says to tho
careful attention of our farmers: Fer
stolidity, persistence and strict atten-
ton to business, commend us to the
plant called alfalfa. Neither drouth.
chinch bugs nor grasshoppers seems
to disturb its serenity. We have one
and half acres upon the college farm
that was seeded April 9Th, 1875, to al
falfa. To-day, June 9TH, the ground is
completely occupied with dense, even
growth Of this valuable forage. From
this mass we have selected plants that
measured sixteen inches above ground.
The roots broke off at ten inches, and
doubtless extended several inches be-
yond this point. If alfalfa keeps its
good name during the coming season
many acres will be seeded in this vi
cinity in 1876. Who knows but what
the introduction of alfalfa may mark
the turning point in our agriculture,
just as the introduction of clover and
turnips $50 years ago marked new era
in the agriculture of Great Britain?
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12

The Patrons' Commercial Agency at
this place is doing pretty extensive
business, already, in the way of ship
ping grain. If Patrons want to get
the full worth of their wheat they
would do well to patronize this agen-
cy. A friend of ours overheard two
wheat-buyers talking together in an
undertone few days ago, and being
of an inquisitive turn of mind, he
stopped to hear what they said. One
said to the other: ''We'll stick togeth-
er,wont WEI" The other said: "You're
right, we WILL" So we have "ring"
of wheat-buyers, already. Keep your
eyes open.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12


advance Grange, Eagle Township.
VIM. Van Buren,, Master.
NJ. CAMP, Secretary, sedgwick City.
minnesota Grange. ''-Ninnescah Township.
Tuos. J. MAcgEDtE, Master.
Zarah McClung, Sec'y., Clear Water
b. G. Smith, Master.
G. s. Zimmerman, Secretary, sedgwick.
''Prairie Gem Grange, Waco Township.
V. g. Cartwright, Master.
J b. York, sec'y., Wichita.
..Attica Grange. ,,-Attica Township
John Kelly, Master
J. Il. Mcyicl<er, Secretary, Attica.
yosemite Grange. ''--ohio Township.
j. j. Williams, Master.
J.B Malcom, sec'y., Ohio Center.
seem Grange, Park Township,
Frank j. Canton, Sec'y., Park City.
''Dclano Grange, '--Delano Township.
Matthew Sculy, Master.
II. 4. Lawrence, Secretary, Delano.
''Clarion Grange''-Ltscoln Township.
s. Clark, Secretary, Clarion
''Grant Grange, ''-Grnnt Township.
Thos o. Hoss, Master.
Kate NJ. Perm, Secretary, Wichita.
valley Grange, - keehi Township.
JoHs WARD, Master.
Geo. W Dennis, sec'y, Wichita
'lIeasant Hin Grange '-Delano Township.
Harry Martin, Master,
j. ". Keith, Secretary wichita
sWaco Grange WATSON Township.
Edward Gee, Master.
ID. o. WILSON, Sec'y., Waco L. o.
Rockford Grange. ''-Rockford Township.
j. Hont Minnich, Master.
j. Hufbauer, Secretary, I'll Paso.
pheasant View Grange, - Union Township.
j j. Becker, Master,
q. w. c. Jones, Secretary, Delano.
''llipois Grapce''-IlIirois Township.
VIM. Mikon, Master,
Alex. j. Gard, Secretary, W lchita-
s'ifome Grange''-wichita Township
J.P Piper, Muster.
Geo. Nj. Jordan, Secretary, wichita.
payne Grange, Payne Township
A = COBB, Master.
James Wilson, Secretary, Greenwich L. o.
'sCowskin Grange''-Greeley Township.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
Co-operative Societies

1t is estimated that the two thousand
cooperative societies in England are
transacting an annual business of $780,
000, 900, upon five per cent. profit. In
view OF their contemplated alliance
for the purpose of direct trade with
the Grangors of this country, who
number some 100000 members, this
matter is attracting much attention on
both sides of the Atlantic by all classes.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
Summer Food.

A large portion Of American people
in the rural districts, even when sur
rounded by an abundance of the real
luxuries of life, do not know how to
use the products of the field and gar
den for their comfort and health. 1t
is truly surprising, when travelling
through the-most wealthy sections Of
many of the northern and eastern
States, to witness how superlatively
poor and mean great many wealthy
families live from day TO day and from
year to year. The most despicable
poverty is found among those families
which are Gland poor"-have such
large farms that they dress be poorest
and set the meanest tables of any class
of citizens. Thirty years ago | was
stopping in one of the wealthiest
counties of the Empire State, and the
daily food of every family was pork,
potatoes and poor white bread. Dur
ing few years past have frequently
spent few days with well-to-do farm
ers, and in almost every instance pork
and potatoes and poor white bread
constituted the principal articles of
food. For change they would have
white bread, potatoes and pork. Dur
ing the grain harvest | happened to be
at the residence of a wealthy farmer,
who had several youthful sons and
two or three young men employed by
the month, all of whom were of deli
cate health. Their principal articles
of food every day were potatoes, pork
and white bread; seldom anything
else. The proprietor is a hard worker,
but ailing and sick half the time
During the hot weather, when field
laborers require a generous supply of
plain an palatable food, all their
palates were filled at every meal, with
the same repulsive pork, potatoes and
poor white bread. The result was,
the young men could not perform half
days work during the working hours;
and many days they could not do any
thing, simply because they were not
supplied with suitable food They all
complained of dyspepsia, and were
constantly dosing with this nostrum
and that, when all their ills proceeded
from want of suitable food for young
persons in hot and sultry weather
Pork and potatoes and poor bread
could not supply the natural waste of
their bodies and give them strength.
1t is emphatically true that not one
half the peopleknow how to prepare
suitable food for their families, even
when the best materials are within
their reach, especially in hot weather.
1drocdte.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
A correspondent of the Colorado

Agriculturist says:
l am satisfied that there are mistaken
ideas about the object of the organiza-
ton of the Patrons of Husbandry. We
are not combination opposing all
other industries, but we are trying, in
every legitimate way, to build up every
other industry that has for its object
the benefit of the laboring classes, and
also try to show to the world that there
is nothing ignoble about labor, but
that muscle and brain can well work
tremendously together for the eleva-
ton of mankind, SO that, if our oppo-
nents will be patient, they viii see that
we are not their enemies, but their
best friends.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12

Some merchants make ugly faces
when Patrons speak of dispensing with
middlemen, and yet they would not
hesitate moment to discharge sales
man, book-keeper, OF a porter, if they
found their business could be managed
without them.-E En-.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12

We have noticed several very fine
fields of Hungarian grass already har-
vested. The yield was heavy, and we
have no doubt this viii prove profit
able crop to raise. But we doubt
whether il viii pay as well to sow
Hungarian every year, as it viii TO
raise Alfalfa clover, timothy and other
nerepnial grasses
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
Hints About Work,

Field labor can hardly be subject to
the same rules as indoor work. The
more quickly the crops can be harvest
ed and housed. the safer they will be.
Extra hours can scarcely be avoided
when the rush of work comes, and rea-
sonablc men viii not object to it if the
work is fairly compensated. In many
years of farm work, we have always
finished up at O'Clock on Saturdays,
and never worked on a Sunday, yet
never lost a pound of hay or of grain
by observing these rules.
Bathing is not only great preserv-
alive Of the health, but it greatly pro-
notes comfort If there is no conve-
nient she'd or out-building, wnere a
tub of water can be used for this pur-
pose every evening, arrange a portion
of the barn for bathing. Take a wash
tub with two or three pals of cold
water, large sponge or piece of fan
mel, and a piece of CASTLE soap. Dash
few spongefuls of water over the
whole body, then wash with soap and
water, rinse off, and rub dry with
coarse towel. This is a part of the
daily training of the professional ath-
lete, as it hardens the muscles, induces
healthful and not facilitating perspir-
alton, and sound, restful sleep. Induce
the hired men to battle every night
they will work all the better.
Horses should have every attention
that can ease their labors. 1t is not
humane to turn a horse that has
worked ali day in the reaper, into q
poor pasture to pick his feed during
the whole night, or lie and rest with a
half filled stomach. If horses are
turned out at night, they should first
be well fed. Wash the legs with car
bolic soap suds. Give drink frequent
ly. Fresh cold water from the well is
highly injurious, the water should be
as warm as the air, and a handful of
finely ground meal should be stirred
in each drink.-Aaerican Agrtcultur-
iSt.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
PATRONS IN sEDGwIcK COUNTY

"kansas State Grange Business officers,
NJ. +. Hudson, Master, Mapleton,
z. Il. Maxson, Secretary, Emporia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
CONNECTIONS

CONNECTIONS
At Atchison, with the trains Of seven railroads
centering there, for all points east, west, north
and south. Direct connections to and from Chi
csgo, Quincy and st. Louis
Daily stages run in connection with trains on
this road as follows:
From Emporia, for Eureka and Howard; from
Florence. for Marion Center, Chelsea, Augusta,
Douglas and Eldorado; from Wichita, for Angus
tn, Douglas. Winfield, Arkansas City, Yelling
ton and Caldwell; from Hutchinson, for Castle
ton, Sun City and Medicine Lodge.
From Granada, for Las Animas, Trinidad and
Pueblo, Colorado, and Lzs Tsgas. Santa
Fe. and eli tie principal points
in NeU Nerico.
The whole equipment Of this road Is new and
first class. Passenger trains fitted out with
Miller's Safety Platform, and Westinghouse Air
Brakes.
5000, 900 acres Of the best farming and agric ~
tural lands in America, situated in and near the
beautiful Cottonwood and great Arkansas val
leyS, the garden Of the West on eleven years.
per cent. discount for improvements. Fare Re-
map, giving full information, sent free. Address
A. 3. Johnson, Acting Land Commissioner, To-
20 Be sure your ticket reads via Atchison, and
axe other. M. l.. SARGENT,
General Freight and Ticket Agent, Topeka, Kan.
G. +, MORSE, Superintendent.
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il ALWAYS al bay :

IT. VI :" y ~ U"l
To farmers all who read this sheet
send them now new receipt.
IL they chicken cholera find.
They will do well to bear in mind.
That charcoal mixed with onions well,
Will clear the flock of choiera's spell
For forty hens chop well four gu arts
or onions line, and turn them out
just where the flock win surely go.
And pure. clean water give them too.
Take Goals on fire and drown them out.
Then on the ground spread them about,
Put oats on top. feed once a week,
And free from cholera you viii keep,
The onions heal the sick and sore,
And oats and coal forbid it evermsre.
HISS s. Il. II. IN Indiana Farmer.
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Knowing how annoying il is to farm
ers to lose their chickens with cholera,
/ send you a recipe which | have
proved to certainty and am sure will
entirely eradicate the disease aud keep
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12
GRANGE DEPARTMENT.

NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OFFICERS
DUDLEY W. ADAMS, Master, Wauikon, Iowa.
o. III. KELLY, Sec'y, Georgetown, ID. c
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-12

GIL A z ED s ASH J
And complete assortment OF
Best Finished and Seasoned Doors
OFFICE AND YARD:
NORTH SIDE OF DOUGLAS AVENUE,
| NEAR DEPOT,
w ICHITA.
IN * W DR. UG STORE!
CHI AS. w. HILL,
DRUGGIST AND PHARMAeEUTIsT
1st door North 1st National Bank,
WICHITA, KANSAS.
The Target and Beat &s,ks f
Pure Drugs and Medicines
IN THE SOUTHWEST
Toilet Articles Perfumsry. Patent Medicines, Etc.
Agent for the
ATERIL CLINICAL PAIHE
n Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded
nd Liquors for medicinal purposes. je2l-n
MISSOURI VALLEY
Life Insurance Company|
LEAvENWoRTH, KAs.
Cash Income, 1872, $3i8,2N 48 |
Paid Policy-Holdsrs in 1872, So,2s7 40
zntsras Receipts for 1872, $4,000 in .<es.s of
Losses By Death.
Examine our plans and rates before insuring |
elsewhere. The most popular and advantages |
forms and favorable terms for insurance pre-
sented.
All policies non-forfeitable after the second |
annual payment. Dividends are declared .nnu-
y as cash in payment of premium.
Contracts direct with the company will be made |
in all parts of the country with efficient and re-
liable men who propose to canvass personally for
i've insurance.
Executive Committee:
s. E. HOFFMAN, H. L. NEWMAN,
I. A. HURD.
N .,1r Finance c0mTift e p,cuApns
. ALLY ). L. HUNTING II 6 AAA
D. NJ. ssw yvaS!,,. il AR Der S4..IaY...
Acting Secretary. Treasurer.
". E. HARVEY, st. Louis, T. A. HURD.
-ly Consulting Aetuarv. Attorney.
HARRIS & CO.,
SODA WATER MANUFACTU RERS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
I @ HI
Iaving doubled their facilities for supplying the
ity and surrounding country with the above arti-
les, will run their wagons regularly to
COLORADO,
AUGUSTA,
WINFIELD,
OXFORD,
WELLINGTON,
BELLE PLAIN,
SEDGWICK
and NEWTON.
D-An orders promptly attended to. Address
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Possessing .n,,. f.s.,.... for tn. ,av..,.s..,
!
Vice Pre,ident A NJ CTApK
49, 49,
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DISTRICT GRANGE p. Of H-wichIta,
A. NJ. Durand, Master.
e. A. Dorsey, Sec.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-28
Who Got the Swag.

On Thursday last Richard II. Irwin
appeared before the Ways and Means
Committee, investigating the Pacific
Mail; Subsidy business, and told to
whom he paid the money. In regard
TO the amounts, he said he might not
be exactly accurate, but nearly so. =
The following is the list: ,.-.fl ,f.
Charles Albert, $1,000; o. j. Aver
iil, $1,000; j. q. Derrctt, $1,000; Il
Ill. Cormick, does not rccollect, but
thinks $1,000 or 5000; Amos B Cor
win, So, TO; l.. l.. Chitten den, $1,000
B. III. Cheever, $1,000; Hamilton q
FAINT, $1,000; john w. Foruey, S25.
600; Samuel Hatch, about $40, 900; 5.
II. in;haul. $1,000; WIN. Moran, do
not recollcct; Alexander w. Randall
$4,000; JOHN ID. Rice, $500; VIM.
Il. Shaw. Sl5, 200; Charles II. Sheriff.,
5000; John u. Schumacher, $500, zoo
A. IL. Whitney, $1O0,O00. A,l.sIt h..
Witness said the above list conpris.
ed the names of all persons employed
by him, and he knew OF the employ
ment OF only two William )
King, to whom he paid $4,000, and
lsicbard e. Parsons, who was Stock.
we'll s personal attorney. Witness paid
Parsons $4,000 OH Stockwcll's nc
count. He gave Schumacher tS27O,O0C
in New York, and sent S25,0OO more
from California. Hersey and Boyd,
Assistant Doorkecpers of the House,
were not employed ny him. The
amounts paid were gratuities, which
the witness had overlooked in his for.
mer statement. Witness at this point
was excused till tomorrow OIL account
of i'll health! -.-...-f.- -....a --Haif
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-28
BURIED ALIVE.

Terrible Destruction of Life in Utah and
Nevada by yAvalanches-Many Dead Bod.
les Recovered. and More Still Under the
SALT LAKE. January 2l.-Another
snow-slide occurred in Big Cotton
wood Canon yesterday afternoon, near
the Richmond mine. A party of m Ell,
with teams, were engaged in shaking
down ore in raw hides and were
caught by the slide. Six men-named
Thomas IL. Broderick, William Ritter,
Charles Dabble, James Breeze, Henry
Atkins, and Reuben Moore-were car
ried away, and their bodies have not
yetbeen recovered. ~ ffrt bH. 2. ID
George McUaulin and Thos. White
were carried away and covered with
snow, but were dug out afterw ard,
and their lives saved. The slide ex-
tended for about q distance Of one
mile, and was about two hundred
yards wide. .4a~ H.- "oi
Yesterday the bodies of the six per.
sons killed by the snow.slide, in the
city of Alta, were recovered. Many
more are supposed to have perished,
but their bodies are covered to great
depth by the snow. and probably will
not be found for some time. In one
demolished house was found the body
of Mrs. Carey, sitting in a rocking
chair, with an infant claspcd in her
arms. Near her, the husband and the
little girl all had been suffocated in
the snow. AT another house was dug
out one man alive. Another man, " no
had been sleeping beside him in the
bed, was dead. Still another dead
body was found in the viciniyt.
There is terror in these mining
camps, and most of those who can get
away will probably leave. But this is
a difficult and dangerous undertaking,
as parties will have to walk or run the
gauntlet of snow slides on their way
out of the canons.
! SAN FRANCIsCo, January 2l.-It is
reported that snow slide in the
mountains near Genoa, Nevada, buried
forty Cinnamon wood-cutters, and
twenty eight were killed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-28

The Democrats in Ohio have been
loud i'm their protests against military
interference with Louisiana affairs
Why do they not inform the people
who depend on their newspapers for
information, of the fact that the usurp.
ing Democratic speaker of the House,
WiItz, telegraphed to Gen. Grant, on
the 18th inst, asking the President to
direct the military to restore his party
the control of the Legislature These
over-anxious Democrats should sweep
clean before their own doors before
they can consistently condemn the
course OF Grant and Sheridan."-Wdr-
rem Chronicle. r-r..f aT-- -.-
This may be very ingenious but it
is far from being ingenious. The fact
is that Speaker Wiltz telegraphed to
Grant, that. inasmuch as he disclaimed
in his message having authorized Gen.
eral De Trobriand's interference in
breaking up the Louisiana Legislature
he should Withdraw the Federal troops
from the Louisiana State House and
permit the Legislature to assemble as
it was at the time the outrage was per-
petrated, Certainly the demand was
quite pertinent, and far from asking
federal interference. 80 2 sfa1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-01-28

THERE is a secret conspiracy among
the Black Leaguers at Washington, to
put bill through the present Con-
gress remanding the States OF Georgia.
North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas
and Florida, to the condition they
were in before reconstruction and to
! establish a provincial government in
Louisiana. There is proposition to
! expel six sovereign States from the
Union. Let them try it, if they dare,
The people will not permit the Union
to be broken up by either Northern OIL
Southern secessionists. They will be
punished as the eSouthernUnion break
ers were if they attempt it. No po-
litical party will be permitted to break
up the Union for partizan purposes.
The loyal millions forbid it.