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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25
Total cost ................
Cost per acre, $40.

In this estimate $50 pieces or forty
rods of tile are required to the acre,
the drains being SC feet apart. the tile
costing $40 per acre. 1t is also esti-
mated that $40 will pay for the digging
and laying Of the tile and complete the
work. We are aware Of the fact that
in some localities the construction OF
the drains will cost more money and
in other localities less. We think the
sum named fairly represents the aver
age cost of laying drain tile in this
state (Illinois) and in many localities
in other states.
The work of draining the forty acres
being completed "a" has an invest
ment Of $40 per acre, or $500 in the for
ty acre field. After completing the
work "a" cannot reasonably expect to
grow as large a crop the first year af-
ter draining the land as will be real
ICED the third or succeeding years. A
year or two Is required to make the
soil open and porous between the
drains, especially midway between the
drains So we take period OF ten
years and take an average crop as the
basis Of calculation.
II the crop grown is corn we may
reasonably expect a yield Of forty
bushels per acre, or an increased yield
of Is per cent. The land will require
25 per cent less labor to break and pre-
pare it for planting. If the blowing is
done in good season the soil will turn
over so thoroughly pulverized that
single narrowing is all that will be re-
oufred to make the seed bed as good
as can we'll be desired (if the soil has
not been tramped with stock. In some
instances we have known the soil so
fine and mellow when broke that the
planter followed close to the breaking,
and the better condition of the soil
facilitates the work of cultivating the
corn. The work Of cultivation may
20 on in few hours after a heavy
| rainfall, when the land is well under
| drained. We might claim credit OF
So per acre in the less labor required
| to plant and cultivate the crop, but
| will not include this very satisfactory
credit. We will estimate an average
| increased yield of ten bushels per acre
which, at 20 cents per bushel, makes
| the sum of 50, which would be 10 pei
cent interest on the money invested II
| drainage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

was magnificent, autumn flowers were
blooming. autumn tints were over the
land. The day had been unusually
warm and sunny. Lord Caraven had
invited some friends to dinner; as they
lived at some little distance, and they
could not remain for the night, din
ner was ordered earlier than usual.
It was only twilight when the guests
drove away, and Lord Caraven, having
no one to play billiards with him,
sauntered restlessly through the
rooms, thinking to himself how fool
ish he had been not to provide him
self with a companion for that most
interesting of all games.
II must not let this happen again"
he said. ITO live here alone requires
more strength of mind than I am pos
sessed Of"
1t did not occur to him that he was
not alone-that he had fair young
wife near him. He never thought OF
her at all. He would not have remem-
bered her existence but that, wander
ing aimlessly along the terrace, he saw
her in the drawing-room.
Seeing her, he thought 1t was pos
sible she understood something oil
billiards, although women never
know anything useful" She saw him
and, fancying from his manner that
he wished to speak to her, she opened
the window and went out to him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25
ABSENT MINDED HISTORIAN.
Cans Cell His Own Sons Nsne, but 10
PunctIlious rs to pimA

Can's Cell His Own Sons NSme, but 10
BunctIlious rs to rimA
A personal friend" of Prof. Theo-
dore Mommsen, the German historian
and scientist, who celebrated his 80th
birthday on Nov. 80 last, In writing OF
him in the London Telegraph, says that
until quite lately he was up at o'clock
to work on cup of cold coffee put
ready for him over night. In his per-
sonal requirements he is the most mod
est Of men, and by no means a house
tyrant; at he comes down to break
fast with his wife and five daughters
still at home, and he likes everybody
to be there. One young lady who was
staying in the house was not infre-
quently not Cup to time" This neg
lect did not escape his notice. Its
pity you can't serve your year in the
army" he remarked; you would learn
the difference between 8 and half-past."
He can be very cutting in his remarks
sometimes, but they are always tenn
pered to the shorn lamb, though the
full-grown sheep must weather the
storm as best he can. The Berliners,
who dearly love their little Jokes, tell
many story of his absent mindedness,
and he has even been crdited with not
having recognized his own little son.
and with having asked him his name
preparatory to requesting him not to
make quite so much noise in public
tramcar in which he was going to town
| from his home in Charlottenburg; and
it is authentic that he put his first
baby into the waste paper basket one
day and covered it up because 1t cried.
He is, all the same, most devoted to
children, and has had plenty OF oppor-
tunity for indulging this taste, as he
has still twelve living children, and a
younger generation is rising.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

Col. Glazier, horticulturist OF the
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment
Station. writes: That too many fail
ures have occurred with our truck
growers in raising onions from seed
will not be disputed by those who have
given some attention to this depart
ment of vegetable gardening Perhaps
in mo other country should this new
method be more seriously considered
than in our territory. First the seeds
must be placed in the ground very
early in order to insure satisfactory
crop, all will agree. The seed onion,
is a very slow grower, will hardly keep
pace with the weeds, thus we find too
often the case that the onion bed Is
given over to the weeds Good onion
ground should be highly fertilized, and
the ground deeply plowed the fall be-
fore. The. onion seed should be sowed
In hot beds prepared the same as a
bed for cabbage, or tomato plants, per-
nit the onions, to grow to the size Of
pencil, or even larger il you please.
Then replow your ground about the
first of May, pillow the weeds under,
making an onion bed in fact, furrow
your ground lightly eighteen inches
anart for the rows; a small child may
drop the plants so that they may be
set four inches apart in the rows; the
coyerer follows closely and presses
about one inch of well pulverized soil
firmly about the roots; the main por-
ton of the labor has been performed
when properly set; your onions are
ahead Of the weeds, and with but little
work can be kept there. There is no
thinning out to be done, while the set
ting out is but half Of the labor of
thinning out. There is a saving of
about one-half of the seed, and what
| is still better, your onions thus treated
will reach the market nearly one
month earlier than the old method,
thus insuring larger remuneration
for your labor, besides much labor is
saved in cultivation.
| A Good Poultry House.-It costs no
more to build we'll regulated poultry
house than a poorly regulated one.
Crawling and twisting through little
doors, working at disadvantage
with nests and feed boxes. opening
stubborn windows and other unpleas-
ant things to grapple with, is enough
to try the patience of any one, and al
most lead them to say there is time
when patience ceases to be virtue.
with the best arrangements there Is
always enough to try the attendant
without unnecessary hindraDces. LEX.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

wife Of his, this money-lendar's daugh-
ter, was presuming to be satirical with
him. They walked down the terrace
until they reached the rustic garden
seat, and with an air of utter exhaus-
ton the earl sat down. Hildred took
her seat unasked by his side.
The night wind was sweeping round
them, bending the tall ohrysanthe-
NUNS, stirring the dying leaves-a
sweet fresh wind that was, as odorous
as palm. The twilight was fast fad
ing, the birds had long since ceased to
sing, there was a pleasant brooding
sense of nest and of freshness.
(To be continually
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

{ CHAPTER XI.-(Continued.)
81 will care MORE" she said, making
q desperate effort to rouse herself.
what am l to do?"
Amice was all animation. she
brought out beautiful dinner dress,
q dress that looked like a soft black
cloud tinged with golden light.
amber and black" said Lady Car
aven- "Surely l am dark enough
Amice? Lord Caraven likes every
ching about him bright and fair; !
should wear something lighter II
mean to please him.
you promised, my lady, that !
should dress you as liked to-day"
1T does not matter" she said, indlr-
ferently; and so the amber and black
was worn. tF
Nothing could have suited her better.
The low dinner-dress showed the ex-
Quisitely nodded neck and shoulders,
the rounded arms; it displayed the
beautiful contour Of figure tall anu
graceful. The mass of dark waving
hair was arranged in thick shining
coils fastened with a diamond arrow;
enc dark crimson flower lay In their
depths A pearl necklace was clasped
round the graceful throat, a bracelet
round one of the dimpled arms
Amice's pride was great; there might
be a thousand ladies present-none
could be so beautiful as hers.
Lady Courtenay looked up in wonder
rEs her lovely young hostess entered
the <drawing-room. She turned to tho
earl, with whom she was most inti-
;mate-they had played together when
children.
How falsely people speak!' she
said. II heard that you had married
q great heiress, but that she was quite
a plain little schoolgirl. l must con-
graduate you on the rare beauty OF
your wife," -
Little she certainly is not" re-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25
Use of the Weeder.

In the recent developments along the
line of agriculture, there Is no branch
Of the industry which has received
more careful attention than has been
given to the Improvement of agricul-
tural implements, says Country Gen
tleman. We now have special imple-
ments for special purposes, and of all
these improved farm tools there are
none destined to prove Of more value in
Their line than the weeder. 1t is a
principle in practical agriculture, as
we'll as in morals, that weeds. like bad
habits, can best be checked and de-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAEr1E.
INTERNATIONAL mess ASSOCIATION.

| 1t was a pleasant evening. The earl
found out another accomplishment OF
his wife's-she was an almost perfect
musician, she sang like on inspired.
The love, the passion, the tenderness,
that found no vent in her ordinary life
| found vent ln song. The rich, low
contralto voice was more beautiful
than anything he had ever heard. She
sant like one whose whole soul Is
turned to song. She had set to sweet
sad music the poets passionate
words
"'Oh, cruel love-she changed her
tone g ~
oh, cruel love, whose end is scorn!
Is this the end, to be left alone,
To live forgotten, and die forlorn?' !"
She sang them with such sweet
pathos 1t was of herself she was
thinking. Who was more forlorn than
she-who more neglected?
ooh, cruel love, whose end is scorn"
What charming music!" said Lady
Courtenay. Whose is it? 1 do not
remember to have heard it before, and
am familiar with most modern songs
whose is it,"
my own" replied Hildred. when
ever words please me very much, they
always set themselves to music in my
own mind"
"The words are so sad-'To live for
gotten and die forlorn?' How can
they please one so young as your"
at is the fate of many" said Hill
dred, slowly.
1T may be, but 1t will never be yours
you, Countess of Caraven, young,
gifted, beloved"
There are many ways of dying"
said Hildred. at is more bitter than
death to some to live without love; yet
many live without it."
"You have strange thoughts for one
of your age. should have imagined
that dresses and jewels, balls and
dances, would have been in your
thoughts rather than sad ideas Of life
and love-" r.r....
Should you? like balls and dances
very much" said Hildred, trying to
speak lightly-she had no great desire
to reveal to stranger the secrets Of
her life and heart. "a HSst .e+f.t
you never told me- said Lord
Caraven to his wife, "that you could
sing so beautifully"
did I not? Perhaps you never
asked me if 1 could sing at all"
II do not remember doing So" he
said. Have you any more SURPRISES"
She looked up at him brightly.
"You seemed haIf-horrified when I
told you that l could speak German"
she said. II was afraid that you con-
sidered accomplishments something to
be concealed. l shall never tell you Of
any of NINE"
With a glance, half laughing, half
naughty, she took up the sheet OF mu-
sic and crossed the room. Lady
Courtenay looked curiosly into the face
of the earl.
HAD you never heard your wife
sing, really?" she asked.
"No, 1 had not, indeed" he replied.
"If l were a man, and had wooed
so sweet songtress, should have
spent long hours over the piano." she
said. 81 thought you always liked
music so much"
so do l do. But I did not even
know my wife could sing; she makes
no parade of her talent"
mo-" said Lady Courtenay to her
SELF NOR do I think that you have
made any great parade of your love-"
But she said no more-the subject was
evidently not pleasing to the earl.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25
CHAPTER XII.

BEAUTIFUL even
ing in October; it
W a s a s t h o u 6 h
s o m e o I t h e
warmth and sweet
ness of s u m m e r
had returned for
a while. The sky
was blue, the col
ors Of the sunset
were gorgeous, the
foliage of the trees
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

1T is said that less than 80 per cent
of the regular church-goers ever COM
plain Of the sermons being too short
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

Agricultural Outlook Good. - The
Farmers Review considers the outlook
for crops the coming season as good.
There was generally enough moisture
late in the fall to put the ground in
condition for the winter and early
spring. With exception Of the fall sown
wheat all prospects appear now Of the
best. The fruit trees did not overbeai
last year, but had enough moisture II
the early part of the summer to max
It possible for them to form new bus
and prepare for this years crops. Te
cattle are generally healthy, and beig
in small supply. will not increasen
sufficient numbers to bear the mart.
This is true of all kinds of st'k.
Therefore with the better financial 1T
look, with the increasing populaon.
with the decreased stocks of nearl all
kinds, and with crop conditions bod,
II does look as II the farmer you be
!, given a breathing spell and ONE
chance to recoup the losses OF thpast
few years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

Natural barnyard manure has al
ways held the lead as fertilizer for
the potato as for nearly all other
crops. It's liberal application will be
returned by the tubers in golden har-
vest. Whether the land be wet or dry,
and whether the season be wet or dry,
manure is, none the less needed. In
dry seasons the ground that has been
literally treated to barnyard manure
is particularly noticeable. We have
been even surprised to see how the
crops on such land stand up in the face
of the most whitening heat and pro-
tracted drouths. Last year we had
little dry weather. On one field most
of the vines weakened and withered
before the harvest But there was one
place where a wagon load of manure
had been dumped and good deal OF
it still remained on the ground. There
was not, however, enough of it to kill
out vegetation The vines on that spot
kept green and vigorous all through
the season. The reason doubtless was
that the manure enabled the plants to
make strong growth and send down
roots far into the moisture of the SUBJ
SOIL So when drouth came the plants
were able to keep themselves supplied
With moisture that their smaller COM
panlons could not reach.
Moisture is not added by the ma
nure, but the plant is enabled to. reach
moisture by the manure. MANFRED
land Is more friable. and is therefore
more easily worked. 1t is more easily
penetrated by the roots Of the plants
in search of food. There is yet another
reason why potato land should be well
manured. That is that the potatoes
may be smooth in form and devoid of
protuberances or buttons. These pro-
tuberances are supposed to be caused
/ by a check in growth, such as lack of
food supply would cause. With a
good supply of manure in the soil the
plants develop large feeding powers
and are thus able to give a constant
supply of food to the developing tu-
bers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25

Make the kitchen garden Of iport-
ance. that the family may he an
abundance Of good things all rough
the summer I, .as,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-25
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS
Some Up-to-Dato Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticulture and
Horticulture.
An Estimate on Land Drainage.

At the last convention OF the I'LL
nois Clay Workers Association ]. w.
Billingsley read a paper, part OF
which, as reported in the Drainage
Journal, was as follows:
We may claim that well-drained
soil will conserve the moisture in the
air by causing 1t to condense and ad-
here to the fine particles of soil in the
passage of the air down to the drain.
Besides, there are other benefits which
might be named TO advantage, but
with practical men the question will
be. will 1t pay as a money investment?
That is, will the money expended In
thorough drainage add so much to the
betterment Of the soil that the increas-
ed yield Of the crops grown bring IN
the market so much more money thah
The money invested in the drainage Oh
the land will pay a satisfactory inter-
est one year with another, other Things
being equal. For instance, II "A mas
forty acres of land from which he mas
had an average yield of thirty busneis
OF corn for the past ten years-some
J-rs more and some years less-l1 NE
underdrains the land thoroughly, Will
the increased yield Of his crops FOR the
next ten years, with good husband-like
care, bring enough more In cash 10
pay a satisfactory interest on the IN
vestment? This is the question which
we undertake to answer. 1t Is not
enough to say YES" The practical
business man wants the figures show
ing the cost and the returns. In solv-
ing the question suppose that we take
AS forty acres of land, which has been
in cultivation for the past twenty
years. 1t will be admitted that the
virgin richness of the soil has been to
some extent exhausted. The soil is
now Of average quality, the humus mas
been washed out until it is easily com
pacted, and breaks up cloddy after
day or two of drying weather; it often
requires repeated narrowing and roll
ing to make it fine and ready for
planting or sowing the seed. During
the season Of cultivating the corn crop
IL the weather Is rainy the soil Is sell
dom in condition to run the cultiva-
tors. If the season turns of dry then
the cultivation will be difficult, because
of the hardness and cloddy nature OF
the land, and II the dry weather IS
long continued the crop will be greatly
damaged. Exactly this condition has
prevailed for the past few years. Some
seasons the yield has been cut fully
fifty per cent, and then when the sea-
son was favorable the crop yield was
much above the average.
When "A" completed the tile drain
age of forty acres, the cost figured up
as follows:
Drain tile, 26,400 pieces, cost. .$4O0
Digging the drains and laying
the tile fuO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-04
IS ENTITLED TO RELEASE.
Unreasonable to Hold a Man With
out Ball.


George Randall, of Duluth, who is
held in Jail on a charge of attempting
to bride witness to stay away from
a trial, secured a decision in his favor
from the supreme court yesterday,
which tribunal holds that he Is en-
titled to bring habeas corpu proceed
ings against the magistrate committing
him. 1t is claimed the defendant tried
to bride man to stay away from the
prosecution Of a Duluth gambling
rouse. The syllabus Is as follows:
State. eK rel. Howard Thurston, appellant.
VS.. William c. Sargent and George Randall,
respondents.
1. The accused bribe or appeared to bride
witness to absent himself from a trial to
which he had been duly subpoenaed as a
witness.
Held, the accused cannot be convicted under
Sec $3.50, q. S. 1894, that section applies
only to ceses where the witness was bribed
or attempted to be bribed to give false test
mony, or under sec. 63S6 and $40 for aiding
and abetting the receiver Of brlbs, and can
only be convicted under sec. $3.50 of a mis-
demeanor Of which a justice of the peace
has jurisdiction.
2. Held. CHI lee. G. S. 1894, which provides
for preliminary examinations OF persons &C
cused of crime authorizes the committing
magistrate to hold the accused to the grand
jury in ceses where the evidence does not
show that any higher crime has been com
mitted than one Of which a justice OF the
peace has Jurisdiction II the grand jury has
power to indict for the same; but the con-
stitution guarantees the accused a speedy
trial, and unless the grand jury IS In se3sion
at the time the accused is committed or will
meet shortly afterward it Is an abuse CT the
powers Of the committing ma sistrate to hold
the accused to await the action OF the grand
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-04
WOOD AND COAL YARD.
New Cooperative Scheme Begins It's
Work Today.

The cooperative venture of the I'M
employed in the wood and coal bust
ness will be put into operation today.
Arrangements for a practical test OF
the cooperative plan were made at a
meeting Of a committee having the
perfection of matters in charge at the
st. Paul commons yesterday The
wood yard will be at Eighth and Jack
son streets, while the office will be at
AGA Jackson street The committee dis
cussed two plans for the operation of
the business, one contemplating the
sale of stock at 81 a share and a diyid-
ed proportionate to the investment, the
other to make the amount Of labor fur
nished by those interested in the plan
the basis for a division of the proceeds.
No decision was reached as to methods,
but it is likely that the first plan will
be adopted
The business will be conducted in a
manner to furnish employment and a
division Of the profits, if any, to men,
bers. AS men apply for work they
will be given employment in the wood
yard or at soliciting. Arrangements
are complete for securing supplies from
wholesale dealers In fuel and orders re-
ceived at the Jackson street office will
be filled at once. When warm weather
renders the fuel business inadequate
for the employment the cooperative
members, small contracts in carpenter
ing, bricklaying and stone masonry
will be taken.
Owing to sickness in his family, Mr..
ST. George, who was to have been
treasurer of the organization, was I'M
able to qualify and J. M. Hanson was
yesterday elected to the Office of treas
nrer.