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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31
VERDICT FOR HEARNE.
San Francisco Chronicle Mulcted for
$4,000.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 27-The jury
in the Hearne libel case returned a
verdict for the plaintiff, assessing
damages at $4,000 The action had
been tried once before. the jury fail
ing to agree. The plaintiff in the
case is DR.. j. c. Hearne of this city
The defendants are NJ. Fl. DeYoung,
proprietor of the San Francisco Chron-
icle, and j. +. Blunt, formerly that
papers San Diego correspondent
The article which formed the basis
of the suit was sent from this city in
August, 1894. 1t was construed by
DR.. Hearne and some of his friends as
duplicating the doctor in the murder
of Amos J. Stillwell, at Hannibal,
Mo, in December, 1858. Subsequent
to the publication of this article
Hearne was indicted for the murder,
tried and acquitted.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31

Two men in English, Ind, having
been blessed with an increase to their
families, have named their unoffend-
ing offspring Abraham Lincoln Ulysses
Grant William Mckinley and Thomas
Jefferson Andrew Jackson James Mon
roe William Jennings Bryan. Now let
some Kansan arise in his might and
name a daughter Mary Ellen Ninety
Nine-Year Bloomer Lease.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31

A man eighty-one years old COM
mitted suicide in Maine lately because
.he selectmen would not repair the road
leading up to his farm. He probably
intended to mend his ways.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31
Hoke Stuith to Resign.

New York. July 2,.-A Washington
dispatch says Hoke Smith, secretary
of the interior, and proprietor OF
what was formerly the administra-
TONS most potent organ in the South,
will resign from the cabinet within
the next week.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31

In raising prices the diamond trust
strikes wanton and cruel blow at the
municipal representatives Of every city
in this country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31

Now that some one has set the exam
pie, the world may expect to witness
another era of mountaineering and
shooting at the rulers of Europe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31
fully half the Jokes that arc made
have a foundation Of earnes.ness II
things turn around right.
The indications are that Chicago al
dermen make more money than the
highwaymen, and at less risk.

People who conceal thoughts that
would please or improve other people
come dangerously near to criminal
practices.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31

Direct Legislation.
1--WE favor a system of direct legislation
| through The initiative and referendum under
prope., constitutional safeguards
General Propositions.
II. Wo demand the election of President
Vice President and United States senator's by
| direct vote of the pc ,ple.
| ~ We tender to the patriotic people of
Cuba our deepest sympathy in their heroic
struggle for politi, al fr, lom and indepsnd-
cncc, aud We believe til, tim1 has come when
| tn, United States, the great republic of the
world, should recogniz, that Cuba is and OF
right ought to be, fire., and independent
state
"a We favor home rule IN the Territories,
and the District of Columbia and the early
admission of the Territories As States
g., All public salaries should be made to
| correspond to the price OF labor and its prod
ucts ry
Is. In times of great industrial depre on
| idle labor should be employed Oh public works
as far as practicable
80. The arbitrary course of the courts in as
sumiug to imprison citizens for indirect con-
tempt and ruling them by injun ction, should
be prevon ted by p; oper legislation.
~ We favor just pensions for our disabled
-. believing that th5 elective franchise and
untramme ed ballot are essential to a govern
ment of, for and by the people the People spa ty
| con dennis tho wholesale system OF disfranchise-
mcnt adopted in some of tho states as I'm. Re-
| publican and un-Democratic and we declare
| it to be the duty Of the several State leRsia-
lures to take such ction as well as SC ure
full free and fair ballot and honest count. >.
80. While the foregoing propositi ms consti-
tute the platform upon which our party stands,
and for the vindcation of which its organiza-
tion will be maintained, we recognize that the
q eat and pressing issue of tho pending cam,
paign, upon which the present PRESIDENTIAL
election will turn, is the financial question,
and upon this great and specific ISIS 'e, between
the parties we cordially invite the aid and CO.
operation Of all organizations and citizens
agreeing with us upon this vital question"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-31

The convention had little or no
trouble in agreeing upon a platform.
Several amendments were offered to
the report by the resolutions commit
tee, but they were whirled out OF
sight by practically unanimous vote,
and the report went through in all OF
its middle-of- the-road glory. Dele
gate j. II. Vallette of Rhode Island,
presented the Declaration of indie
pendence, with just enough change in
it's wording to include the Populist
idea of finance, as minority re-
port. 1t was partially read. when,
by an overwhelming vote, further
reading was dispensed with. But this
did not suit Vallette. He mounted
the speakers stand and demanded the
further reading of his creed. Chair
man Allen argued with him for
while without avail, and then ordered
him off the platform. He refused to
90. A lieutenant of the city police
laid hand on the obstreperous dele
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
Breed a Good Horse.

Should the farmer breed foal that
promises well for the turf he may sell
It at a good profit, but the moment he
undertakes to develop 1t and profit by
its racing qualities, he makes de-
post against which his checks will
not be honored. But the farmer may
breed high class roadster, a coach
horse, or a draft horse, and II the
mating Of the sire and dam is done
intelligently, and proper care is given
the foal, he will be assured OF success.
But the quality cannot be neglected.
The sire and dam must represent what
YOU want in the foal. Should the sire
and dam not possess breeding, but
are the result Of accident, you are not
assured that they will reproduce them
selves, The cheapness Of the services
of a cross roads stallion should not
recommend him. Look first for con-
tinued breeding in the line you desire
then individuality, and the reasonable
ness of the price may be considered
afterward. But you should remember
that the services of we'll bred ami
NAL with good individuality are worth
more and can not be offered for the
price of the scrub. The produce OF
the one promises a profit on your in
vestment, while the other will prove
deceptive and in all probability bring
YOU in debt. Horses demanded by the
present and future markets can not be
grown in herds on the western ranches
like cattle. Free grass" will not make
the massive draft animal, the high
stepping coacher, or the stylish, shape
" driver. Herd life will not contrib
ute to that desirable disposition which
adds so much to the value Of an ami
NAL when called upon for service
| ], r. Rippey.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
DIphtherla In Fowls.

This disease is common in the fall
months, says Farm Journal We have
already had several inquiries indicat-
ing that it has come to the aocks OF
our readers. The first symptom usu-
ally noticed is heavy, difficult breath
ing and stretching up Of the neck.
After awhile the comb turns purple
and the bird suffocates. We do not
know of any "sure cure for this very
troublesome complaint, but recon-
mend a trial of the following: Take
large, long shoe box and make par
tition a foot from the small end and
cover the bottom Of this small apart
ment with coal ashes. Mix table,
spoonful each of pine tar, turpen-
tine and sulphur, adding a few drops
of carbolic acid and pinch OF gum
camphor. Heat brick very hot ana
lay 1t on the ashes. Now put the bird
or birds in the large apartment, drop
a spoonful Of the mixture on the hot
brick and cover with cloth. Watch
carefully and be ready to remove the
patients at once after two or three
minutes exposure to the fumes. 1t Is
easy to kill them by sufiocation. An
examination will show whitish mem
brane. forming in the throat. The for
nation Of this may sometimes be
checked by spraying the throat with
peroxide of hydrogen or with this
formula: / ounce glycerine, 8 drops
nitric acid, gill water. All affected
birds should be separated from the
general flock, and care should be exer-
cised in handling them, as it is thought
the contagion may be communicated
to human beings. Those who use
homeopathic remedies should give
Mercurius Iodatum every two hours.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
Using the Separator.

In running a separator do not have
the milk needlessly warm, says Amerl-
can Dairyman. Mr.. Wagner. instruc-
tor in butter-making at Cornell UniVer-
sity, teaches that 80 degrees is better
than higher temperature. He believes
that probably the most important point
in running separator is the thickness
of the cream, and says: Adjust your
separator so that your cream Will be as
thick asyou can churn. BY this / mean as
thick as can be and yet fall from end to
end of a revolving churn and not STICK
to the sides when churning. Sucn
cream will generally contain 50 to 10
per cent Of fat. consider this a very
important point. Cream containing 40
per cent of fat will churn more quick
Nv and leave less fat in the buttermilk
at 55 degrees than will cream contain
ing IS to 20 per cent at 60 degrees. The
secret of quick churning at the very
low temperature-52 to 55 degrees,
which we know to be the best-is to
have your cream very rich. This is an
advantage you cannot secure from cold
settings, it being difficult to obtain
cream of this class with much over IL
to 20 per cent Of fat. The second point
of great importance is to cool the cream
at once to a low temperature-at least
IS degrees-and hold it there for 4
few hours before warming 1t up to ripen.
Whenever, in summer time. we are
troubled with cream that coagulates
before 1t gets much acid, or with diff
ferent Cummings, which some Of us
have, 1 feel sure that chilling the cream
directly from the separator will help
greatly. We shall get better grain,
tetter flavor, and more satisfactory re-
suits in every way. believe that this
n after Of careless handling of cream
after 1t is separated is the rock upon
which many butter-makers split.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
Size and Speed of waves.

Many different answers have been
given to the question How high are
the greatest ocean waves?" M. DibOs,
a marine engineer and laureate of the
Institute of France, has lately made
some personal observations on this sub
ject He describes waves encountered
in the North Atlantic which had a
height of at least forty-fve feet.
Driven before heavy wind waves may
advance at the rate of from thirty-five
to forty miles an hour, and such I'M
dulations of the ocean may travel more
than 500 miles from the point where
the wind created them, without being
accompanied by any disturbance in the
atmosphere.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19

1t is not interfered with. 1t will even
at times seek safety in flight rather
than in fight.
But should the bear be emb0ldened
by hunger, or engraged beyond endur-
ance, 1t will often turn on its pursuers
and attack them most desperately.
Then the hunter frequently becomes
the hunted, with occasionally far from
satisfactory results to him. Europeans
carrying firearms are. Of course. in
comparatively little danger, but with
young and Impractical Eskimo, the
case is very different If he succeeds in
doubling ON the bear and plunglng his
lance into the vital spot-the left side
below the shoulder-well and good. But
sometimes the thrust does not go quite
home and the hunter has to leave the
spear in the bears side and run for his
life. Then, unless he Is well aided by
his dogs, his position becomes perllous
in the extreme. He cannot expect to
escape by superior speed ON level
ground, for the polar bear, in spite OF
its apparent unwieldiness, can run at
least as fast as any ordinary man.
His only hope, therefore, is to scram-
BILE down among the icebergs to places
where his pursuer cannot follow. We
can we'll imagine the perlls Of that
climb. Sliding, stumbling, falling from
one slippery ledge to another, grasping
desperately at each projection to
steady himself, with the knowledge
that to lose his footing means certain
death, and with the grim Visage of his
foe above him to hasten his move
ments, the young hunter has need OF
all his GOODNESS and nerve.
Should he be caught, his chances OF
escape from the bears teeth-for the
Polar bear, unlike the grizzly, does not
hug, but bites--is slight indeed.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
A Gas Regulator.

Some of the gas companies in the
United States have adopted the slot ma
chine in regulating the supply Of gas
to kitchens for cooking. A twenty
flve-cent piece is dropped into the ma
chine attached to the meter. When
twenty-five cents worth of gas is used
no more can be obtained from the meter
until another twenty-five cents is
dropped in. This insures prompt pay
ment of bills, and prevents disputes as
to gas bills. This method was adopted
in London. The result has been to
arouse public protests from the chin
ney-sweeps; the small dealers in coal
and wood claim that their business Is
being destroyed. There are $4,000 gas
stoves connected with the slot ma
chine meters used in London.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
FeedInr Poultry on Farms.

The time has been when poultry
was not thought deserving any atten-
ton at all from the farmer. 1t was as
much out Of his line as baking bread
or sweeping the rooms Of the dwelling
house. The hens were allowed to go
anywhere on the farm in the winter;
but they remained near the cattle,
seeking food wherever they could find
q morsel. Sometimes the farmers
wife, with her sympathy for helpless
creatures, would laboriously wend her
way through the snow to give her pets
a mess Of corn; but so far as the far
mer himself was concerned, he didn't
consider them worthy Of notice. But
the present day the farmer is more
prone to make his mistakes in over
doing the work and in using little
judgment in feeding. He feeds llber-
ally but depends too much on grain.
"a slight change in the food will some
times accomplish much. When the
hens have been given corn exclusively
they require something that is radi-
cally different. Lean meat or a ration
composed Of bran or linseed meal may
start the hens to laying, simply because
such food is Just what they require.
Grain is deficient in mineral matter,
and also abounds largely in starch.
Foods that contain less starch and
more mineral matter and nitrogen will
be change that will cheaper the cost
Of the food, because more eggs will be
the result. Corn is not favored as a
summer food, because it is too heat
ing and too fattening; but there is an
advantage in feeding corn to fowls
that are intended for market. Do not
attempt to fatten fowls on nothing but
corn, as they suffer from indigestion.
Let the fowls receive three meals a
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
Digging for Jewelry.

Digging for jewelry seems rather all
odd occupation, but in Central Ameri-
ca 1t has been carried on for long
time with success and profit. Along
the coast of Costa RIGA are vast ceme-
teries in which the original inhablt-
ants of long ago were buried. With
them were inferred great quantities Of
gold ornaments, that metal being
found abundantly in that region. Many
of the graves have been opened, and
from them gold has been taken to the
value of at least 100000. The first dis
coveries of this treasure trOve caused a
rush for the field of exploration which
promised to rival that of 1S49 to Cali
fornia. Thousands Of the graves still
remain, unopened, and it is common
practice for visitors in search of curiO
stiles to rob them.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
wnterinr Horses When Heated.


An English cavalry officer and vet
erinarian writes as follows in the Lon
don Live Stock Journal: Prejudice
dies hard. and the hardest Of all to die
in the minds Of grooms is that 1t is
Injurious to give a horse a drink Of
cold water when he is heated from ex-
ercise. Years ago, when used to train
horses for racing in India, grappled
with this prejudice, and chung to 1t
with such tenacity that / used con-
stantly to have my horses on their
feed after a strong gallop. One DAY l
returned to the mess-house very hot
and very tired after a long run, and
suddenly thought fit to mentally put
myself in the place Of a race horse.
Shall l have asked myself, "a better
appetite for breakfast if refrain from
drinking till have cooled down, or II
1 have drink right off? Knowing
that could not eat heartily unless l
had first Of all drink, I took 1t, and
thereupon felt so fit to eat, and went
so strong over a course Of beefsteaks,
ham and eggs, quail, mullins, etc., that
resolved to try the same treatment
on my horses. My lead was attended
with such success that nowadays all
the trainers in India give their race
horses about half bucket of cold
water to drink Immediately after a
gallop, and with the best results as re-
CARDS their appetite and health. I have
not alone never seen, but have never
even heard or read of any harm to a
horse from drinking cold water when
he was heated. l have, however. seen
hundreds of cases Of collie occur in
horses from drinking water after be-
ing fed, on occasions when they had,
previous to eating. been deprived Of
water for some time. Were all grooms
to follow my advice as to watering, 1
am afraid that many an honest and
hard working veterinary surgeon
would find his income from collie cases
seriously diminished"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
mlr Cholera in Indiana.

last year Indiana lost i've hundred
and eighty thousand, two hundred and
sixty hogs by disease, entailing prop
erty loss Of three and a quarter million
dollars. Nearly the entire loss was duS
to cholera and swine plague. 1t was
distributed as follows: In two hundred
and thirty-two townships the loss was
from ten to twenty per cent; in one
hundred and twenty-seven, from TWEEN
ty to thirty per cent; in ffty-nine,
from thirty to forty per cent; in fifty
three, from forty to fifty per cent; in
twenty -four, from fifty to sixty per
cent; in twelve, from sixty to seventy
per cent, and in one, seventy-seven per
cent, while the remainder lost less
than ten per cent Of all the hogs that
were produced. The disease is well
disseminated in the state this fall, and
the season Of greatest loss will soon
be upon us. Every effort should DO
made 20 lessen its ravages as much
as possible. An important factor IN
reducing the loss is to provide proper
shelter, as all hogs with only mild
attack, or having apparently made a
recovery, may take relapse If exposed
to cold rain or to q sudden change to
rough weather. There are thousands
Of hogs now in condition to become
affected with pneumonia, which would
escape If given little protection. ANY
shed which will keep off the rain and
break the wind is sufficient. The floor
should be dry, but little bedding if
needed, and that renewed frequently
Burn all litter and bedding once o
week. Keep the herd divided so that
crowding is impossible. Remember,
straw stack is the most unfaVoraDle
place that can be provided sick hogs
The essentials in prevention are good
food, pure water and clean, dry quar-
tiers. The station would be pleased tt
receive information from any source
as to the presence Of the disease and
of all successful ways Of checking it
Address A. w. Biting, Experiment
Station Veterinarian, Lafayette, Ind.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
A Peculiar Legacy.

A lady patient of Manchester sur
geon repaid his professional attention
by bequeathing him f25,OOO, the liberal
legacy being clogged with the condition
that he should have her body en-
balmed in the most perfect manner
possible; and that once a year he
should look upon her face in the pres
ence OF two witnesses. The surgeon
accepted the legacy and the condition,
embalmed his whimsical benetactress,
and put her for safe keeping in an or
binary glass-faced English clock-case.
Upon his death, his representatives
considered there was an end to one
side of the bargain, and the lady is
suspected to have figured long after
ward as a mummy in the Manchester
museum.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
Sound Distances.

The whistle of a locomotive is heard
$500 yards through the air; the noise
of a railway train, $500 yards; the re-
port of a musket and the bark Of a
dog, 1900 yards; an orchestra or the
roll Of a drum, 1000 yards; the human
voice reaches to a distance Of 1000
yards; the croaking of frogs, 900 yards;
the chipping of crickets, 800 yards. Dis
tinct speaking is heard in the air from
below to the distance Of 500 yards;
from above 1t is only understood to
have a range Of 100 yards downwards,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19

wewere informed that the sales amount
ed to hundreds of pounds weekly, ana
brought in no inconsiderable revenue
as a by-product of a not distant cream
cry. This cheese is nothing but milk
allowed to thicken and then Is cooked
and "wheyed OFF, and simply prepared
not even pressed into cakes. Here was
a hint, says correspondent Oh the
Practical Farmer, that might have been
made Of service to many. Numbers
of farms have a few cows, and there
seems only one way to dispose Oh the
milk, that of making butter. why
should not these women who spenu
hours a day in making butter to eX-
change for groceries at eight cents
pound make the milk into cottage
cheese, and have it sold at some fam-
lily supply house, or even nnu
a few customers and furnish as
they would butter. There Is no
great margin Of profit as there
once was in butter and cheese
making, and If the by-products OF the
dairy room could be better utlllAeu' Vi
the milk itself turned into new chan
nels, and made into some of what are
known as the fancies, or even dam
ties, It would seem that II would be the
more profitable way. NV that TINS
country is to consume all OF its butter
and cheese, it would suggest itself as
a business proposition that the meth
DDS Of manufacture take on WIDER
range, and instead of just butter and
cheese, we should have variety OF the
cheeses, and put up in its many fancy
forms. Last year, as low as was the
price Of cheese, this country imported
q million and half dollars worth OF
fancy cheese from Europe. Why not
make this variety at home?
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
Water Cycles.

There seems to be a probability that
cycles may become as popular on the
rivers as they are on the roads. AT
Kingston on-Thames, Eng, machine
OF this kind has this season been at
tracing much atteEtlon both on ac-
count Of the high rate OF speed which
it attalns and the ease with which 1t
can be propelled, costing no more
strain in the muscles, it is said, than
an ordinary bicycle. 1t is propelled by
three men, who manipulate it with the
greatest ease; it makes no appreciable
wash" and seems to be perfectly safe
in use.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-19
Fell In Love with a Portrait.

There is Il curious and romantic his
tory of one of the earliest exhibits OF
Mr.. G. F. Watts, R. A. The picture
was a portrait of Miss Virginia Pattle,
the lovely daughter Of one Of the d.
rectors Of the Old East India Company,
and it attracted great attention at Bur
lington House. Among those who were
struck with its beauty was Earl Som
ers, at that time Vlscount Eastnor. He
is reported to have exclaimed aloud
in the gallery, II must know that
woman BY the mcrest accident the
two met on the following day and a
few months later were married. One
Of their daughters is Lady Henry Som
Tset-