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MARL AS A MANURE.
It Forms . Very Valuable Addition 70
Our List of Natural
Fertilizers.

A bulletin of the Virginia experiment
station says: MARI is the name which
is applied to a variety of earthly depos-
its of varying composition containing
considerable per cent. of carbonate OF
lime. It forms a very valuable addition
to our list of natural fertilizers. While
its fertilizing value is increased very
largely by the percentage of phosphate
of lime, and of potash. its chief con-
stituent is carbonate of lime. which
gives to it its main value. When APP
piled to the soil lime affects it in differ
ent ways and there are several points
to be considered in its use. 1t may be
regarded somewhat as a direct plant
food. as we'll as chemical agent acting
upon the organic matter of the soil and
various mineral constituents of which
the soil is composed. Another impor-
tant property is the mechanical action
which it exerts upon the soil. If APP
piled to a light sandy soil it makes it
less porous and less inclined to part
with its moisture, while on the other
hand, when applied to wet, clayey
soil it tends to make it more porous and
more easily worked. Notwithstanding
the fact that large quantities OF lime
are consumed by plants it is not usually
regarded as a fertilizer to be added to
the soil, for the reason that the soil is
usually abundantly supplied with it.
It, however, has the power of making
available the compounds of potash and
soda from their insoluble combinations
The former of these substances is GER
tain1y of great Importance in the
growth of plants. Lime also decom-
poses organic matter in the soil and
| renders it available for plant food.
Organic acids, such as humic, ETC., tend
| to be formed in lands which are very
| rich in vegetable matter and these acids
in concentrated form are poisonous to
the growth of plants. The application
of lime to such soil not only corrects
this acidity but liberates large amount
Vt plant food. By lime is usually meant
, the burnt limestone. Limestone and
mari contain calcium carbonate, which
is easily changed by burning to quick
lime or calcium oxide by the loss of
carbon dioXide gas. Is is, however, not
always best to do this for agricultural
purposes, as much labor and expense
are involved in the process.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

A COW that can fill the milk pail is all
right provided the milk pail is big
enough.
1t takes all kinds of people to make q
world, but it does not take all kinds Of
COWS to make up a dairy. Good dairy.
men select the best.
The man who believes in sheltering
pigs, calves and poultry in the same
stable with his cows is only one step in
advance of the peasant, who keeps his
live stock in a section of his dwelling
house.
The term "good milk" signifies great
deal. 1t means that 1t comes from
healthy cows and healthy, nourishing
feed, and that it is not contaminated BY
the hands Of the mixer. or from other
sources after it leaves the udder
If you have cow that coughs, and
tends towards emaciation on good feed.
regard her with suspicion, and at once
isolate her from the rest of the herd till
she can be tested for tuberculosis
American CultivatoI.
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steps, he crept along the veranda ano
peeped into the room which Kimberly
had exchanged for his sea-swept cabin
was strewn inches high with papers.
reports and charts. He was writing in
his shirt sleeves, and on the chair be-
side him lay his richly embroidered coat
and gold-laced cap. At another table
two men were also writing; at another
a single man was nibbling pen as he
stared at the paper before him. 1t re-
minded Amatua of the pastors school
Half a dozen officers stood grouped in
one corner, who were whispering to
one another, their hands resting on
church, and nothing could be heard but
the scratch of pens as they raced across
the paper. Suddenly a frowning off
Ger noticed Amatua at the door. "Or.
Derby" he cried, drive away that
boys" and Amatua was ANONYMOUSLY
seized, led down stairs and thrown
roughly into the street.
Amatua cried as though his little
heart would break. He sat on the front
porch of the house, careless of the
swarming folk about him, and took a
melancholy pleasure in being jostled
and trampled on. Oh, it was a miser
able world! Bill was gone, and anyone
could cuff little boy who wasn't big
enough to hit back. He wished that he,
too, lay numbered in that pallid row
which he had so lately passed, asking
nothing, wishing nothing, but a few
spadefuls of kindly earth. More than
one sailor patted his curly head and
lifted him in the air and kissed him; but
Amatua was too sore to care for such
attentions Cruel it was to think that
the one man alone in Samoa who knew
where to find Bill, the great chief-cap-
tain upstairs, was absolutely beyond
his power to reach. This thought was
unbearable to the'little boy. He nerved
himself to try again; he recalled the
admiral's grim face, which was not un.
kindly, though sad and stern. After
all, nothing worse could befall him
than beating. Again he lodged up the
stairs like cat. Again he gazed into
that still room and listened to the ever
lasting pens. This time he was discov.
cred in an instant; the orderly bounced
at him, and Amatua. with his heart in
his mouth, rushed toward the admiral
threw himself on his knees beside him.
The old man put a protecting arm
around his neck, and the orderly, foiled
in the chase, could do nothing else than
salute.
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THE FATHER FISH.

apia becomes greatly swollen and
pulled out of all semblance to his
former self. He cannot begin to close
his mouth, and presents most extra
ordinary appearance.
To accommodate and protect the
growing family, the fish submits to the
greatest inconvenience, and only per-
mits them to escape when it is phys
ical impossibility to hold them any
longer. At this time the father will I'M
dergo severe treatment rather than re-
linquish his progeny. He has been
thrown out upon the beach, but still
clings to his charge, even during the
death struggles. Many of the young
remain in this singular cradle until
they are four inches in length
The male seahorse has little pouch
in it's ventral surface, into which, in
some manner, it places the eggs of its
mate. When they are Matched and be-
come too numerous and large to con-
troll, the seahorse presses the pouch
against stone and gently urges them
to take their departure. At this time
they are almost invisible to the naked
eye, but in a strong beam of sunlight
have seen them moving through the
water like myriads of minute balloons.
They grow rapidly, and are preyed upon
by myriads of fishes.-Cincinnati Com
mercial-Tribune.
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Sea Trip on Dry Land.

One of the attractions of the Paris ex-
hibition is to be the Mareorama, de-
vised and painted by NJ. Hugo d'Alesi,
the well-known poster artist. After
duly paying his fees the visitor will
pass gangway and find himself on the
deck of first-class passenger steamer.
with captain, crew, rigging, smoking
tunnels, and every other detail COM
plete. Around stretches blue and
sparkling sea, while behind may be
seen the port of Marseilles fading away
on the horizon. Machinery imparts a
pleasant, rocking motion to the ficti-
tious vessel, and a concealed fan makes
a breeze as the traveller skins past
LIE Frioul and the Chateau diff. The
sun sets and rises to reveal Naples and
Vesuvius, and having safely passed
between Scylla and Chary bdis, the
good ship reaches in few minutes the
harbor of Sfas in Tunis. Venice viii be
the next hating place, and finally the
passengers glide up the Bosporus to
Constantinople, but a storm must first
be faced The illusion throughout is
said to be marvelous.-London Chron-
icle
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FAITHFUL TO BILL.
Find an American Sailor Who
Was His Friend.

"Amatua's Sailor" in Mr.. Lloyd o.
bourne's story in st. Nicholas, is an
American sailor named Bill, and this is
the way the young native boy Amatua
tried to find him after the great storm
at Apia, Samoa, in 1889:
When ne came back from German
town he found band playing in front
of Mr.. Moore's store, and noticed sem
tries about the place, and Important
looking officers, with swords and pis-
tolls. He was told that the admiral was
upstairs, and that Mr.. Moores' house
was now the headquarters of the Amer
lean forces. A great resolution welled
up in Amatua's heart. If there was one
man on earth that ought to know about
Bill, it was the admiral. Amatua
lodged sentry, and, running up the
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
Made the Lawyer Vince,

This is a lawyers story of his first
trial, in which farmer accused a neigh
Dor of stealing his ducks. The lawyer
was employed by the accused to con-
vince the jury that such was not the
case. The plaintiff was positive that his
neighbor was guilty of the offense
charged, because he had seen his ducks
in the defendants yard. How do you
know they were your ducks ?" asked the
lawyer. 81 should know my ducks any.
where" replied the farmer, giving de-
scription of their various peculiarities
whereby he could distinguish them
"Pshaw!" said the lawyer. "these ducks
cannot be of such rare breed. l have
seen some just like them in my own
yard" THAT is not at all unlikely
admitted the farmer, "for they are not
the only ducks L have had stolen
lately"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
HOW TO EXPLORE.
Some of the Little Things That Tell
the GeOl0Eist the History of
the Country.

An explorer In new country makes
most wonderful discoveries by observ-
ing very small facts.
He comes to the mouth of river. If
the water is milk-white he knows that
it comes from glacier direct, yet he
may see the airing mountains
and find the water quite clear. That
means that the river has lake in it's
course which has filtered the water and
taken out all the mud.
If the river is muddy red it comes
from a country of clay; if it is clear
brown it CONES from swamp or forest:
If the water is "hard" when he washes
his hand that means a country of lime
stone.
By the gravel he knows the exact
rocks which are drained by the river.
Speckled rocks, such as granite, tell
story of probable mountain ranges,
even if none are in sight; and by the
speckles the explorer can tell whether
the mountain is brand new and jagged
Or old and worn.
By the pebbles it is quite easy. with
a little practice, to read off the history
of country, to guess at its age. Flints
mean a chalk formation ironsand is
the best possible indication of gold;
lavas and basalts mean volcanic action.
Terraces along the coast mean that
it is rising by jumps, as may be seen in
Norway and Chilli.
Where the rivers cut deep between
sheer walls on their course from the
mountains to the sea, that means that
there is no rainfall. Modern shells on
top of high mountains mean that the
range has only recently been lifted out
of the sea.
Hummocky mountains or plains are
sure to be made of granite; caves are
nearly always in limestone; sink holes
mean water running beneath.-Stray
Stories.
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DAYS AND NIGHTS.

Z days were only twice as long,
'Twould be a splendid thing!
Cause don't you know, fore you're quite
-, dressed,
The breakfast-bell will ring;
And then it's time to go to school:
And then run home at noon.
And back to school: and four O'Clock
Most always comes real soon:
And then you just begin to play.
And then it's time for tea:
And then, in such little while,
Your bedtime comes. you seel
II nights were only twice as long.
'Twould be splendid thing!
Cause, don't you know. when you're
tucked up,
Sometimes your mother'll sing;
And first you lie and watch the stars.
Or maybe there's moon;
And then you get all nice and warm
And sleepy pretty soon;
And then, perhaps. you shut your eyes;
And then your mothern say:
'Have I little boy that means
To lie in bed all day."
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould. in Outlook
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Hats were first manufactured in Eng
land by Spaniards in 1910.
Great Britain and Ireland have an
richard area of 226, 059 acres.
A single grain of strychnine will en-
bitter 600, 600 grains of water.
Among stevedores cotton is regarded
SIS the hardest to stow, and railway iron
the easiest.
An experiment made in Boston shows
that the heating power of coal is little
affected by weather exposure.
Vaccination as a preventive of small
pox is said to have been practiced in
China 1000 b. C. 1t was introduced into
England by Lady Mary Wortley Mon
tagu in 1921.
"Our mean lifetime" writes DR.. Alt
haus in the Lancet, "is at present about
so years, but the complete cycle of
physiological life, to which we ought
all aspire, is a hundred"
Influenza, or the grip, is not, as many
people suppose, product of advanced
civilizations; it is referred to by Hip
pOcrates and other ancient medical
writer's and a formidable list of cpl.
denies in various parts of the world
between the years 1173 and 1875 is given
by Hirsch.
New York and Buffalo men have or
gained company for the purpose of
developing the great power of the
whirlpool rapids by means of canal
which shall be built inside or beneath
the tracks of the gorge road. This
canal will be $50 feet long and 100 feet
wide. 1t will be capable of furnishing
a5,00O-horse power at the whirlpool I'M
der As feet head. It is thought that
the cost will be about So ,OO0, 600.
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Doctor,. strange Fees.

A correspondent has sent us an ex-
tract from a letter received from his
brother, a medical missionary in Sech-
uan, one of the inland provinces of
China. 81 had" he writes, "a very dis
tinguished patient this afternoon. She
Is the wife of the Sao-tal of Tientsin, in
Chih-i province, man who governs
an area probably equal to half dozen
English counties. She brought her
fee with her; fowl. duck, 60 eggs,
two pounds of cakes and a leg of NUT
ton! Last time she came she brought
not quite so much, but since then she
has sent over eight stocks of beautiful
chrysanthemums." British Medical
Journal.
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ALL ARE INTERESTED.
Good Roads and Church Going Ably
Discussed by = Progressive
Religious Paper.

The Church Economist is eminently
practical paper, covering the entire
field of church life and interest. In its
latest number it has a word to say on
the gospel and good roads,"
Much has been said of "the gospel of
good roads" by good roads advocates,
but we do not remembe any discussion
Of the Importance of good roads to
church activity and success. The
Church Economist says:
1.-THE first proclamation of the gospel
was made by the herald angels who, us
ing as they did the airline, were not
embarrassed by street and road i'm
pediments. But ordinary evangelists
and worshipers who have to go about
ON foot or by team, find their church
going conditioned. to considerable
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
Great Waste of Labor.

The members of an archaeological so
eiety had gathering at the home of
one of their number. While they were
roaming about the house, the host
called the attention of his guests to
an old clock. He told his friends of
his great attachment to this timepiece,
and grew quite pathetic at certain
points in his remarks, which he brought
to a close by saying. in voice full of
emotion: Gentlemen. have wound up
that clock every night for 40 years"
He had evidently made an impression
on his auditors, when an old fellow,
who had been carefully examining the
clock. spoiled all the sentiment by
SAYING, dryly: "Well. always did think
YOU were something of an idiot. That's
an eight-day clockl"
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PROTECTING THE SPRING.

face,w clay "puddled" about the out
side, he will have as fine water supply
as one could desire. 1t is also posi-.
BILE to get sections of stone piping with
a diameter of about two feet, which
can be set into the spring in the same
way. In either case it will be found q
good idea to bank up all about the iron
or stone tubing with rocks. They will
hold the tubing firmly in place and will
prevent its injury if stock is watereS
at the spring.-N. Y. Tribune.
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.xtent, by the state of the highway.
This, of course, is true of the country
Far more than it is of the city.
"Good roads in the country would
lastly augment church attendance. It
s easy to sit in judgment on rural sim
,ers who stay at home rather than pillow
through a mile or so of mud and slush,
out the city critic himself, come a
stormy day in the country, is quite apt
o stick pretty closely to the hotel
seranda. Let the kings highway be
made straight, level and firm"
It is pretty difficult to find any inter-
est, good or bad, which would not be
benefited by good roads. Every class of
society, including saints and sinners.
especially in the rural districts, has to
dse the highways. The people who go
to q merry making, dance or a mar
rage, as we'll as those who have to at
tend a conference meeting, a conven-
ton or funeral, are compelled to ira
verse roads in this country which in
some seasons of the year are a sore
trial to their bones and nerves, not to
speak of their tempers. So good roads
have their social, their religious and
their political as we'll as their business
phases.
The good old lady who found so much
consolation in her doctrine of total de-
prayity has her doubles in the people
who cling to the old system of road
construction and repair.-Rochester
IN. " Democrat.
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TRAINING A BULL CALF.
How to Make the Young Creature
Become Accustomed to Control
and Being Controlled.

We hear very much of the uncertain
temper of Jersey bulls. No doubt this
is the inevitable result of bad training
change. The bull has never been SUBJ
iected to control. He does not acquire
the confidence of his keeper and feeder.
and from the first the natural dispo-
sition is never checked or turned in the
way it should go. By feeding by hand
from the first and afterwards tether-
ing in pasture when the first milk feed
ing has continued for two or three
months-and indeed. if the season adj
mits of it when it is a month old-the
calf becomes used to control and sub
mits without opposition to every wish
of the keeper. After grown to near
full age the training should be con-
tinued by giving him work to do, by
which subsection is fully confirmed.
Idleness is the parent of vice; and to
keep the young animal in this subject
i've state by work of some kind, if only
as an exercise, will confirm its DISPOSE
ton and prevent the resistance to con-
troll, which is the basis of savage and
unruly habit afterwards. Indeed. train
ing-by which I mean the teaching and
forming of the disposition by practice
and kindness, with firmness always and
at times with discipline-should be the
rule with every animal on the farm.
Even fowls will be more useful and
more easily managed by this training
when they are young, learning to be
handled and to lose all fear of their
keepers.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
HAS STRANGE HABITS.
A Fish Indigenous to Palestine That
Carries His Children in HIS
Big Mouth.

In the Nile there is a singular fish
that has been known from early Bible
times. It is dedicated to the Apostle
Simon or Peter, and is known as Til
apia Simonis, and is especially common
in. Palestine and the sea or lake OF
Tiberius.
Nearly all these fishes have singu-
lar method of caring for their young.
At the time of spawning the mother
fish forms a little nest among the
reeds and rushes, in which she depos-
Its perhaps 200 green eggs, about the
size of shot, which she Immediately
deserts. Curiously enough. in all the
thousand fishes, but three or four in
stances are known where the mother
displays any affection for her young
of remains by them.
The father stations himself by the
nest and presently appears to be dining
upon the eggs; but if he is carefully
watched it will be seen that he is TAX
ing them into his mouth with the great
est care, and not, swallowing them
They are lodged in what corresponds
to the cheeks, and held there.
The eggs soon hatch, the little fishes
grow. and the countenance of Mr.. Til
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
IMPROVING A SPRING.
What Can BE Done by an InEeniOuS
Man with a Section OF
Boiler Tubing.

It is difficult to keep spring clean
and pure. especially il visited by stock.
unless one attempts to Improve" lit
tie upon nature, difficult as that might
seem. If one can get section of iron
boiler tubing some two and half feet
in diameter and set it in the spring, the
lower edge well down beneath the sur
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james, in what way can you justify
the use of the expression. AN itch for
notoriety?"
AWell, when man gets an itch for
notoriety he begins to scratch around
for it."-Chicago Tribune.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24
Few Golden Weadings.

Only one out of every thousand mar
fied people live to celebrate their gold
en- wedding day.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-24

All incubators require strict atten-
ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-18

as trademark If the common use of | the nag Is to abate our veneration for
 IL, why did our Solons pass law mak-
 ing 1t compulsory upon those in charge
 to fly the national emblem from the nagstaH of every school house? Will
 the sight of the flag floating from the flagstaff enkindle patriotism in he breasts of the school children, and quench such emotions when it's picture is seen on the covers of their books? If the common use of an emblem is to detract from the reverence we entertain for that which it represents, why is the emblem of Christianity made so conspicuous in the beautiful regalia of the Knight Templars and the artistic decorations and ornamentation of church edifices? And why are millions of flags carried and why used for deco rations on the Fourth of July and other national holidays? It is no evidence of intention to disgrace the flag for busi- ness men to adopt it's picture or litho- graph as a trademark The men who to-day are being prosecuted under this law would tomorrow leave home and kindred and rush to the front to defend the honor and glory of the dear old flag.
 We need no flag law in the state of Illinois to make men patriotic. to pre- vent men from descerating the flag. Every man in all this land vies with his neighbor in showing devotion, loyal- ty and reverence to the flag, and it is reflection upon the loyalty of the people of Illinois to have enacted such law.
 Without further discussing the ques- tion, I simply declare that this law, be- cause of the provision respecting in- formers, is contrary to the scope and spirit of our Constitution, and therefore void. That inasmuch as case has al ready reached our supreme court in volving the validity of the law, no par ticular harm can accrue to the inform CTS by postponing prosecutions and thereby cutting off this source of their revenue. The public will not suffer, as am informed that no part of the mon ey exacted from the enforcement of the law has reached the public treasury. The order is that the relator be dis charged.
 w. J. Calhoun of Pam, Calhoun & Glennon, and G. H. Peaks of Gam & Peaks, for relator.
 F. l.. Barnett, assistant states at torney, for respondent.