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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21

The Transvaal is a strip Of territory
500 by 400 miles, with an area of 120, 900
square miles. It is rich in diamond
and gold fields, coal, iron and copper
mines, and timber of great value. The
Beers have never done anything toward
the development Of the mineral re-
sources of the country, preferring the
raising of cattle to digging for pre-
cious ores. Foreigners of all national
tiles naturally gravitated toward this
new Eldorado, and powerful companies
invested fortunes in smelling plants
and mining machinery, so that the pop
ulation increased quickly to $50, 200, Of
whom less than $4,000 are Beers. In or
der to prevent their absorption by new
corners, the founders of the South AZ
rican republic drilled every citizen in
military tactics and organized a sys-
TEN of government which virtually dis
franchises all foreigners, or uitlanders.
In 1878 the Beers passed a law, or rath-
er reafflrmed an old law, to the effect
that the people will admit of no equal
ity of persons of color with the white
inhabitants, either in state or church.
In the same year a war with rebellious
natives had emptied the Boer treasury;
and England felt called upon to inter-
vene Gin the name of humanity" and
Sir Theophilus Shepstone on April IL,
1877, annexed the Transvaal. More than
three years afterward, the impov-
erished Beers began an active war for
independence. They had chosen new
provisional government, with Paul Kru-
ger, M. w. Pretorius and p. ]. Joubert
at it's head. Sir G. Pomeroy Colley, lieu
tenant governor of Natal, refused recog-
milton to the Kruger administration
and led a punitive expedition against
the Beers. In January, 1881, his troops
came to Laing's Neck, where they met
Gen. Joubert's forces, and in less than
five minutes 169 English soldiers had
been killed. A few days later the troops
met again on the banks of the Ingogo,
where Colley lost another Is men. On
February q occurred the famous bat
tie of Majuba Hill, in which Colley and
the flower of his army bit the dust.
Shortly afterward England recognized
the independence of the Transvaal, was
given a resident agent at Pretoria, was
permitted to establish fictional suzer-
ainty, and in it's turn granted all the de.
mands of the Beers. Kruger has re-,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21
Test of Good Farmtnr.

81 believe that no man can claim to be
good farmer who does not maintain
the fertility of the soil" says Waldo F.
Brown, land that to do this the best
way is to keep as much stock as will
consume most of the grain and rough
food produced on the farm. To get the
best results in winter feeding, some sue
culent bulky food is needed, and so
silos have multiplied. But the small
farmer often thinks he cannot afford to
build one, and have found that by the
use of beets and sorghum the silo is not
necessary. To get the most fertility
from our stock, we must save all the
liquid manure, and so have adopted
cement floors in all of my stables and
have found them very satisfactory"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21
CONVENIENT PIG HOUSE.
Adapted to Suit the Sise and
Condition of Any Herd.

Concerning modern up-to-date hog
house costing 5000 or more, large
enough to accommodate 40 or so, would
say that in building pigpens, like every
thing else, the best is always cheapest.
The plan shown herewith needs but lit
tie explanation, as it can be construct
ed according to the means at the build
er's command and it can be made to
suit the size of ones herd. You could
easily construct four-room feeding
house on this plan out of good dressed
lumber for less than 5000, especially
if you are able to do your own car
penter work. When as many as 40 or
so hogs are to be kept they always do
better if kept in different pens accord
ing to size and age. It is also necesi
sary that different aged animals be
fed different ration for best and most
satisfactory results, and this can only
be done when we have our hogs prop
erly graded and separated. One thing
we would have in making hog house
and that is concrete floor. Any other
floor is Objectionable in some way. All
kinds of wooden floors make bad rat
harbors unless they are built up high
off the ground, and in most cases they
soon begin to decay and make pens un-
healthy. By letting the concrete extend
out to the walls all round no rats can do
any damage and you can scrape or
wash out your house as clean as a jug
at any time. The cost of concrete
floor may be a little more than wood
to start with, but it is cheapest in the
end.
Let the sleeping rooms be made like
lean-to, roof sloping just one way
and facing the south if possible. In
these we would have no floor. They
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21
PACKING BOX COOP.

front, we nail strip four inches wide
down the center and tack fine wire net
ting. f, over one side. A second strip
is put over the first to cover the edge
of the netting, and to leave room for a
groove for the sliding door, G, on the
other side. This may be either of wood
or skeleton frame made and covered
with netting. A groove must be made
in the box for the other side of the
slide. Nearly all the boxes come with
well-stayed corners, so this is not diff
ficult.
Paint the outside, roof and all, to
prevent the cracks from spreading. Or
the roof may be covered with roofing
paper or cheaper still with tarred pa
per, which will last a season or two.
These boxes vary somewhat in size,
but they will hold from Is to Is chick
ems till they are pretty well grown,
and as they are strong and well built
they will last many years. - Orange
Judd Farmer.
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Raising Quail ON Farms.

A Missouri young man, C. Gross, Of
Morgan county, says an exchange, has
built up large business in tame quail,
which he claims are more easily raised
than chickens and far more profitable,
selling alive at four dollars per dozen
for meat, or when tame at five dollars
per pair as pets. The eggs hatch well,
either under quail or common hens.
The care and food are much like that
for chickens and the birds prove very
hardy and free from disease. The
coops are only foot high, covered over
the top and are movable.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21

promised to afford a permanent home
to the settlers who had created it.
But three years later Lord Napier,
then governor of the Cape Colony, is
sued proclamation denying the right
Of the Beers to form an independent
colony anywhere in Africa. The Beers
paid very little attention to this pro-
nunciamento, and nothing would have
come of it had not the agents of the
various chartered companies in London
discovered rich gold and diamond de-
posits in Natal. In 1912 British troops
were sent to invade the Boer strong
aolds and Natal became British col
ony. The Beers then began their Sec
ond trek" or move, and crossed the
klipp river, fighting the Zulus all the
way, with the intention of occupying
the fertile tract lying between the
Klipp and Buffalo rivers. When the
British government became aware of
this intention, it proclaimed the Buffa
10 river as the northern boundary of
Natal
For the third time the Beers moved
this time into the country bounded on
the east by the Drakensberg, on the,
north by the Vaal, on the south by the
Orage and on the west by the Wall
and established the Orange Free State.
England, its eyes ever on the main
chance-annexed the Orange Free State
in 1s4s; and the patient Beers began
their fourth move-across the Vaal
river, northward into what is now
known as the Transvaal.
The patience of the people was thor
oughly exhausted; and on June II, 1S4S,
the burghers stopped at Bloemfontein,
the capital of the Orange Free State,
and routed the British regulars. On
August 20, of the same year, the Beers
were defeated by their enemies at
Boomplats, but only after a stubborn
tight. The exodus to the Transvaal
continued, but $4,000 Beers remained
in the Orange Free State to harass the
British soldiers and miners.
In 1850 the Kaffir war broke out. The
English forces were too weak to cope
with this rebellion, and in order to pla-
cate the Beers. who were inclined to
side with the natives, the British gov
eminent acknowledged the 3 independ-.
ence of the Orange Free State. But
this did not help the settlers in the
Transvaal whose political organization
was recognized only after severe strug-
giles.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21
TROUBLE IN AFRICA.
Great Britain's Misunderstanding
with the Boer Government
Events Which Led Up to the Strained
Relations Of the Present Day
EngIand's Part Was Not
Noble One.
Especial Correspondence

That Great Britain is preparing to
conquer the republic of South Africa,
of which the famous Paul Kruger is
president, is evident; that the task will
be heavy one il equally apparent to
anyone familiar with the character,
warlike disposition and religious fer
vor of the Beers.
Viewed from a purely ethical stand
point the English government is in the
wrong when it seeks to destroy the po-
titical independence of the Beers. who
were the original settlers in South
Africa and whose valor and industry
prepared safe landing places for the
English traders and soldiers who ar
rived years afterward.
The Boers-the Dutch name for
"peasants'-left Holland in the seven
.teenth century and took possession of
what is now Cape Colony, after a long
and bloody struggle with the Zulus, the
dominant tribe of natives. They were
eft in undisturbed control of the coun-
try for years, until the beginning of the
present century in fact, when the dis
sovery of vast gold and diamond fields
aroused the cupidity of English adven-
:urers and capitalists. In 1914 the Boer
serritory, which had been existing I'M
Ter crude form of republican govern
nent, was formally annexed to Great
Britain. Rather than become subjects
# any European prince or power, the
gnorant, yet liberty-loving, Beers
moved and wrested the Natal country
rom the still powerful Zulus. By tradi-
lion and training they were cattlemen
and farmers, and in the newly-con-
auered region they found fat pastures
for their stock and rich virgin soil for
their crops. In 1887 Natal was a Boer
state to all intents and purposes, and
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21
STANDARD VARIETIES.
why Farmers Should Select Thei1
Poultry from Breeds known
to BE Satisfactory.

Il. F. McGraw, in the Reliable Poultry
journal, sounds the note of alarm by
asking this pertinent question: "Will
we ever perfect few good varieties, or
will we continue to drift into new"
This is, indeed, a serious question and
one of vital Importance to practical
poultry breeders everywhere, COM
ments the Southwestern Farmer. The
question plainly stated is, will we re-
tain the practical features of poultry
culture or drift into exclusive fancy?
In the past decade there have been
many new varieties introduced, and
among them all there are none with
more good qualities, or that have
proven more profitable to the practical
breeders than those we had before. If
all the effort and money spent booming
new breeds had been directed toward
the improvement of the old varieties it
might not be necessary now for breed
ers to want to remove color and other
disqualifications from the standard.
They practically admit they cannot
breed them true and want authority to
conform the standard to their flock.
1t is true that many who are merely
"fanciers" have made money from new
varieties, but there are none who have
succeeded in bringing more desirable
points than existed in the old breeds.
Brown Leghorns are superior in every
way to the buff, but there has been
thousands invested in this variety, and
I may add, there are hundreds of disap-
pointed breeders, also. The same may
be said of nearly any of the new ones.
Farmers, especially, will find it to
their interest to make their selection OF
breeds from the old standard varieties
and thus avoid the trouble that will
surely follow in attempting to breed
any of the new additions to anywhere
near the standard requirements.
Let us perfect a few varieties first,
increase their laying qualities and
size, and greater profits will be realized
than from any other course.
We are now neglecting breeds which
have merit and looking for something
new and of uncertain value, from 9
practical standpoint. =
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21
Lease of Six Inche. of Land.

A lease of six inches of ground at III
Franklin street, Chicago, for 81 years
and one month, from May 1, 1899, was
recorded the other day. 1t runs from
George L. Barber to Hiram B. Peabody,
and is for an annual rental of $45. The
property has depth of 81 feet, and
comprises the party wall between 1T
and us Franklin street.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21

Have a grass catcher on the lawn
mower, NOW often and feed clippings
to shut-in chicks and fowls. If you have
a surplus dry in the shade, and save for
winter feeding.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21

Sick Passenger ION the voyage OYER
self of this seasiskness?
Old Sea Dog (nonchalantly)EGive it
up.-Philadelphia North American.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21

Hatch ducks for laying late in sea-
son. Keep early ones for breeding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-05

Dixon. Dixon ml.), Sun. Hear
them at the First NJ. E. church to-
morrow evening.
All mem bers of St.-Paul, 10Y, lodge
K. of p are requested to meet at Carse'-
hall. at 1 O'Clock sharp Thursday
afternoon, July 6. to attend the funeral
of Brother August Heuesing. J. r.
Davis. c. c. s. r. Wright. X. of p.
q. s.
The annual picnic of the Orange
men of Presumption and Reynolds will
be held at Titles grove, near Preem-
tion, July II. There viii be n parade
and the usual attractions. Prepare
tions have been made for a large
crowd Addresses are to be made by
Rev. j. w. Frizzelle and Rev. C.. o.
McCulloch, of this CITY, and Rev. o.
NJ. Dunlevy and R. p. Eubanks, of
Reynolds.
Membe of the joint committee of
the Rock Island council and Rock ISL
and Club on petitioning the navy de-
partmeEt to name one of the future
warships of the navy after Rock ISL
and, have received personal letters of
acknowledgement from Secretary Long
of the joint communication sent to
the department on the subject re-
Gently and offering the assurance that
the same has been placed on file for
future consideration by the depart
ment in the naming of vessels.
The Terminal company is laying
tracks on Davenport's levee east of
Brady street and is crossing over con-
demned property formerly belonging
to the Diamond 10 company, which has
refused to accept the figure allowed it
by the city for the condemned land.
which was acquired for the purpose
of improving the river front, and has
carried the case to the higher courts.
But so long as the Diamond 10 boats
are landing in Davenport we may take
it as evidence that the company will
not adopt any plans of changing
the course of the Mississippi to get
around this particular jog in the
river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-05
Moofimen Chips.

Here is n story of how the Wood
men got the worst of il by admitting
a man to membership who was
afflicted with cancer, yet who told the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth in his application. Ulysis q.
Kinsey made application to join Camp
233, Mclean, ILL.,, Nov. Il. 1897. His
application showed he had not con-
suited a physician for seven years,
except Just before he made applica-
ton he consulted n doctor about "a
little wart on his lip Application
further stated that his father died of
cancer, at the age of 65 years, but in
all other respects the prospective
member was gilt edge risk. He was
accepted and adopted and a month
after adoption the little wart on his
lip" developed into a malignant can
GER. from which he died April %,
1899. As the neighbor did not mis-
represent his family history or per-
sonal condition in any particular, the
board of directors could do nothing
but order the claim paid or go into
court with it aud be defeated. Con-
sequently it was ordered paid. The
proofs were filed in the mortuary de-
partment here in May. and the claim
was paid in full May %. The benefi-
Charles of Neighbor Kinsey received
S. 600, for which he paid total of
$19.05.
During the month of May. accord
ing to the head clerks records. IA
claims were filed, aggregating 1852
600. This made four and eight-tenths
claims per day, and the average
amount of claim was 81 ,S12 so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-05
INFORMATION IS SOUGHT
Rock Island Arsenal MachInists Take
Action.

Rock Island machinists, at meet
ing Monday evening. delegated f. c.
Berry to act under pay of the ma
chinists in ascertaining certain facts
and gaining certain information of
| interest to the machinists, to the
| community and to the arsenal. Mr..
Berry. in speaking of the course that
had been decided upon, said this
morning: First of all, this is no
move against Maj. Blunt. We lost
our strike, and it is the circum stances
of the outcome we are interested in,
and not so much the result, which is
past. What we want to ascertain is,
what influence was responsible for a
of the force, and what is
more important to the men and to
the entire community whether Grand
Master Machinist O'Connell has car
ried out his threat in the event of the
machinists losing and brought an in
iluence to bear to have the essential
allotment of the ordnance department
appropriations properly belonging to
the greatest and most important ar
senal, diverted from it. If such is the
case we want the citizens of the three
cities to cooperate with us in getting
the money which should be spent for
labor here brought back. and if any
one, be it our own general master ma
chinist or any one else, has brought
a discriminating influence against this
arsenal the fact should be ascertained
and the wrong rectified."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-05
Police Points.

Grant Hart was arrested for assault
ing Mrs. Louisa Holmes. his mother
in-law.
George. John and Maggie Ditch were
each fined 81 and costs for assault
and battery.
Harry French and Henry Layton
were fined So and costs apiece for dis
turbing the peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-05
raInter- ana pecoratorr. attentIon.

All members of Painters and Decor
ators union 1s1 are requested to meet
at the Industrial Home building
Thursday evening at O'Clock to con-
slider matters of Importance. and the
attendance of every member is there
fore urgently requested
FRED A SMITH, President.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-05
The weather We May Have.

Generally fair tonight probably show
ers and thunderstorms Tn ursday.
Today 3 temperature 81.
J. III. SHKRIER, Observer.
, 1899-08-03

Put your boy to work if he is not in
school. If there is nothing else for
him to do, put him to work whitewash-
ing the back fence, keep the lawn
moved and even cut the winters sup
ply of wood. Anything is better than
loafing about town Mt the rear end of
n cigarette learning all the evil habits
and contracting all the vices that are
ahoat to catch idlers. No honest labor
will hurt your boy. but til evil habits
he may contract on the streets may
kill his SOU and so corrupt his moral
nature as to make him a detriment
to the community in which ne lives
and bow down his gray haired parents
with sorrow. If the fathers and moth
ers of to-day would only learn the i'm
portance Of training their sons so as
to be Industrious and keep them Off
the streets the coming generation
would be lnestimably better for it
Mascoutah Herald.
, 1899-08-03

Another pretty little story has beer
spoiled n another tale of marvellous
fortune laid away on the same shelf a
the legends of unlimited gold finds t..
the Klondike. A young man who paid
81 for an old coat at a South Side auc.
ton. N who found $4,000 in bonds in
the inside pocket, has learned that his
bonds are worthless and that his profit
of s2.996 has vanished utterly. 1t is
just as well. That story would have
been quoted at every gathering of un-
lucky men for thirty years to come.
and would have shared honors with the
narrative of the farmer whose pillow
turned up an old brass kettle contain.
ing $43,597 in Spanish gold and a chart
locating the rest of Capt. Kidd's buried
treasures.
, 1899-08-03
NO MORE KINGS IN SAMOA.
Tripartite Commission Recommends q
Entire New Deal.

Tripartite Commission Recommends Al
Entire New Deal.
San Francisco, July 31.-The report
of the tripartite commission sent t
Samoa makes various recommendations
regarding the new form of government
decided upon by them as most suitable
for the islanders. These resolutions
are based upon the best features OF
the proposed new treaty, as amended
and modified by the commissioners.
The official report of the commission
ers, and the draft of the proposed
amended treaty are said to be now on
the way to the respective governments
The report of the commissioners is as
follows:
I'VE have the honor to submit here
with to the consideration of our three
governments the enclosed draft of n
modified and amended version of the
act of Berlin. In preparing these mod
itfcations and amendments, our meth
cd has been to consider first, what are
the evils which have caused the recent
troubles In Samon, and the general
condition of the islands, and secondly,
which are measures most likely to
remove or minimize those evils.
The chief evils may he, in our opin-
ion, grouped under four heads:
1. Those which appear to inevitably
attend the election of n king in Samoa
and his subsequent efforts to exert his
authority.
2. Those which are due to the rivalry
of the foreign na%tionalities between
themselves and to their decision TO
tax sides in the naval policies, and
thus Increase the Importance and bit
terness of the disputes which arise.
3. A third class of evils have their
origin in the fact that for many years
there has been no law or government
In Samoa other than native custom out
sid the limits of the municipality.
Murder and other serious crimes have
remained unpublished when committed
by persons of rank. and the supreme
court and the nominal government at
Mulinuu have been equally powerless
to exert any force.
4. The insufficient enforcement of
the customs regulations has allowed
Inscriptions traders to distribute
large number of arms among n native
population rent by political factions
and ready TO fight one another and
Europeans.
To meet the first of these evils. we
have temporarily abolished the king
ship, and recommend that it he per-
mancntly abolished. The action which
we have taken in the matter does not
appear to have nrOuscd any hostile
feeling among the natives.
No doubt many great chiefs regret
that. they will no longer have an OPP
portunity of gratifying their ambitions
and indulging thnt passion of rank and
ceremony which is innate in the breast
of every Samoan. But even the chiefs
Ia 81 va naBVVta4a--I To-
of the most important hsve stated
that they think it is for the good of
Samoa, and we believe that the popu-
lntion- unless worked upon by eXtran-
"ous Influences (Which is. unhappily.
impossible), will assent to the abo-
lltion without II murmur and without
regret.