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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
Disposing of Government Lands.


There is a strong growing sentiment
in many sections in favor of allowing
the Western states to have control of
the public lands situated within their
borders and lease them to stockmen,
using the rental money for state i'm
provements, such as building irriga-
ton works, improving land, etc. The
prejudice against allowing the govern
ment to cede the public lands to the
states is so fixed that those who have
favored this policy have reached the
conclusion that they will never attain
their end; but the rental proposition
is comparatively new idea, and meets
with very general favor. Some of the
new states have very small settled
areas, and it is claimed that it is IN
fair that they should be imposed with
the burden of policing in some cases
as much as 80 per cent of the state,
which is government land, and from
which the state derives no visible ben
eft. If, however, this land should be
leased for a nominal sum, it would do
away with the range problem, which
is becoming a serious matter in the
West, now that there is not room
enough for all the stockmen, and it
would bring in a considerable revenue
to the states and territories. Legis-
latures of new states are prone some
times to do very foolish things, but it
is argued that whatever they did with
the money derived from the leases
they could only squander the incomes
while the title to the land would still
remain with the general government
until needed for actual settlement
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
Says OIL. Is Inoompetsnt

VICTORIA, B. c.. Aug. loom
mander St John of the British cruiser
Peacock. who arrived here from Ma-
Mia by the Empress, en- route homo,
declares that General Otis IS utterly
ignorant OF the necessities or respon-
sibilities Of a campaign in the tropics
He has 5000 dead to his account, the
British officer declares. and his hczi-
ration has already shown his forces
that he has no grasp On the situation.
Otis field transport serTice is declared
to be wretchedly insufficient and mis-
hospital corps a farce, and his plan OF
campaign calculated to advance the
enemy's interests as no other could
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-so-Date Hints About Gull
;ivation OF the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures ViticuIture and
Horticulture.


B. 7. Galloway: This disease &C
ours in many parts of the South, and
In addition to attacking the potato, IS
found to seriously injure eggplants and
tomatoes In the case Of the potato
the leaves, stems, and tubers are al
fected. The disease usually manifests
Itself by a sudden whiting of the foliage
and soon the whole plant may become
affected, the leaves and stems shr1Vel-
Ing and then turning brown or
black. The disease reaches the tu-
bers through the stems, producing
brown or black discoloration OF the
tissues and ultimately a complete
breaking down or rotting Of all the
parts. Brown rot is caused by bac1l-
ius, minute organism, which multi
plies in the tissues and through its
action produces the effects mentioned.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
Bean Culture.

The small white varieties Of beans
are the most easily raised and most
prolific, ripening better and harder.
They bear distant shipping or long
voyages better than the narrow or
roundish sorts, or the long or kidney
beans, but the latter sell much higher
IN market. The navy beans average
twenty bushels per acre; all kinds
vary in production according to the
season. The narrow are considered by
some the most uncertain, but in other
respects the most desirable.
In growing Deans, it is more an OBJ
feet to obtain seed than vines; to sue
coed requires judgment as well as a
favorable season. Too rich land in
clines the vines to run too much to
blossom after the first pods have
r1pened. Growers have succeeded best
upon sod plowed down swallow; the
second year yielding the best, with a
light cast of manure sowed broadcast.
They should not be worked while the
dew is on, less they become rusty. The
vines have longer root than the po-
tato.-Up-to-Date Farming.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

nfshed at the top Of one side with
heavy hooks, by which it can be hung
onto the top of the bin boards. At the
bottom of the box are other hooks that
hold the bag. The grain can then be
shoveled into the bags with ease and
without a second person to "hold the
bag"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

Rotation OF Crops IIlIstrated.-Ths
value OF rotation CT crops in prevent
ing plant diseases has been 5triking1y
shown in some experiments with egg
plants One plat of ground had been
grown with this crop for three sue
cessive years, when the crop was COM
pared with that Of another plat on
which elephants had not been pre-
viously grown. Rot was prevalent on
the old patch. There we're i've times
as many sound fruits upon the new as
upon the old land. The percentages Of
decayed fruits were only is per cent
against 81 per cent
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
Dub,,... Two Ancient cathedrals.

Dublin has two ancient cathedrals-
ST Patrfck's and Christ church, the for
mer of which was restored by brewer
and the latter by a distiller.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
A Convenient Device.

The accompanying illustration will
give a good idea of how box can be
constructed that will greatly facilitate
the filing of grain sacks. It is fur
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

Gluten is the name given to one OF
the most important Of the nitrogen
Gus substances classed together under
the general term protein" Wheat
gum" obtained by carefully chewing
wheat, is a familiar example. It Is
the gluten of Hour that gives consist
eney 20 dough.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

Coal Ashes.-CoaI ashes should be
used freely about the poultry houses,
and they can not be put to better use.
Wood ashes. are Objectionable for. two
reasons they contain the actual pot
ash and injure the droppings by lib
Grating ammonia. Because they ars
caustic they cause the feet and legs
Of the fowl to become sore, especially
in damp weather; they will be much
more servieeable if scattered upon the
grass pIot.-Ex.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
Hint to Housekeepers.

Skirts and dresses should always Be
starched IN hot starch g FaGifless Starch
xives the best results as it does not in5ure
the fabrics. An grocers sell it, 1Oc a package
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

Eternal Vigilance.-Any crumbs
from the table are valuable for young
chicks Change of diet is requisite.
Do not let the chicks get chilled, as
they are of no earthly use after that
1 hear people say, t'Oh. 1 can't bother
that way It is too much trouble"
Well, 1 go into poultry houses where
lice get onto me in moment. I say
those people have no business to have
chickens. Our chicks will show it and
It pays. Eternal vigilance is the price
OF chfcks-good ones, and would want
no others.-Mrs. Curry, in Pacific Poul-
tryman.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

Moles in the CONCENTRATIONS meth
DDS are adopted to destroy or drive
away moles. Some persons appear to
be able to use mole traps to good ad-
vantage, while other are not so sue
cessful with them, prbably because
they do not give the needed attention
1t is said that kerosene oil poured into
mole run, and then covered up, will
drive the creatures away. Bisulphide
Of carbon will kill them if it reaches
them; pour into the mole run about a
gill of carbon bisulphide and imme-
diately cover it over; the fumes will
penetrate the runs for some distance
and will kill the moles if present
Small bits of meat containing a very
little strychnine will kill the animals
if eaten by them. Grains of corn
soaked in strychnine and water and
placed in the runs are also said to be
destructive if eaten.-Vick's Magazine.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19
American Mheat fn Ma1ta-some o

American Wheat in Malta.-Some Of
our consuls are doing energetic work
in attempting to extend foreign mar
kets for American products. Consul
Grout at Malta states: ct realize that
Malta is but speck upon the map as
compared with other countries, but
there is a market here for our wheat
which, if small, will at least prove a
factor in the sum total of our trade.
Since sending in nay first report on the
subject am happy to say that already
one cargo Of wheat has been landed
here direct from New York, another is
on the way and a third has been prom
ised."
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

A blind woman never squanders any
money for mirrors.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

Germs in the Fore-Milk.-With re-
gard to the number of germs present
in the fore-milk, Prof. Harrison found
that in the first few strains Of milk
removed from the teats they varied
from $4,000 to 81, 900 per cubic cent?
meter; while the numbers present in
the remainder of the milk amounted
to only from $50 to 4,80O per cubic
centimeter. These figures clearly dem
onstrate how important it is that the
first few drops of milk from each teat
should be MIXED into separate re-
ceptacle and subsequently thrown
away, and should on no account be
mixed with the bulk of the milk--Ex.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

Rhode Island Lining Experiments
The Rhode Island Experiment Station
has issued a brief summary Of lining
experiments throughout the state. It
shows that there is much land sup
posed to be in fairly good condition
which can be largely benefited by
simple lining, and mentions inciden-
tally a fact Of general interest, name
Iy, that beets furnish an unusually
good crop for testing soils as TO their
lime requirements. The conclusion is
reached that if lining is to be done
for timothy, to obtain the best results
it should be accomplished before seed
ing.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-08-19

earn the salary paid and the pupil
reaps the reward. The S25 teacher
has no salary to earn and as conse-
quence does but little real work and
the pupil does not advance.
The Santa Fe is equipping it's line
with electric headlights, and will be
the first road in the United States to
equip its whole line with these head
lights. The Santa Fe originated in
Kansas and of course can't help being
enterprising.
Officials of Morris county and the
printers of Council Grove are billed
for base ball contest The county
officials will be beaten so badly that
they will be ashamed to enter the
print shops for the purpose of paying
subscriptions
Colorado and Nebraska are organic
ing to wage war on grasshoppers.
They want Kansas to join hands with
them The people of this state, low
ever, don't think it necessary to take
such precautions, as grasshoppers have
not been seen here since 1874.
| A southern Kansas stockman has
/ had hard luck Twice his home has
been blown down, and each time he
built finer residence. Last year his
house was blown down again by 3
cyclone and now he is erecting a resi-
dence which will cost him So. 600
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14

of servitude that centuries of emanci-
patton find il hard TO wipe out.
To a certain extent care of the hands
will eradicate hereditary traits IL is
not possible to change the shape of the
hands, but il is possible TO modify the
quality OF the texture of the skin. OF
course the original youthful hand is
what l have been referring to. not as
modified by the owners individual toll.
The disfgured hand of a baseball play
er. of course, is no indication of the
character OF the owner or his forbears.
Many men and women otherwise re-
gardful of their appearance are alto
gether negligent about their hands.
There is nothing that so surely indi-
Gates a lack of innate refinement as
black trimmed, i'll kept nails and soiled
/ hands.
shapely hand is the gift of nature,
but an unshapeIy one is as often as not
the result of careleSsness. Red and
puffy ones result from wearing gloves
which are too tight. The best gloves
to wear are those OF kid. buckskin. doe
skin and the like. If a comfortable
glove is not selected. the blood Will not
circulate.
Excessive bicycle practice. lifting
heavy objects and constantly wearing
rings that are too small will inevitably
result in Disagreement. Bracelets worn
so tight as to affect the circulation or
so loose as to rub the wrist joint will
prove injurious.
Violent handshaking is injurious and
for this reason is avoided by many peo-
pie IN public life.
Partisan women bestow much care on
their hands and have acquired a repu-
tation for the beauty of their appear
ance.
Hard water is sure 10 injure any skin,
hand or face. Great care must be taken
in the selection OF soap. Ill made creams,
too, iujure and redden the skin and pro-
duce a leathery appearance. Pure soap
is white in color, and its best odor is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14
Photograph. Bnnishrd.

Photographs seem % have almost ha0
their day. 20 Judge from the well fur
nished dra wing rooms and sitting room
one enters nowadays. No longer is thf
piano a sort Of stall such as one sees
at charity bazaars. simply covered and
Uttered with photographs and frames of
every description but in their place ono
sees a delicate water color ora asa easel
"A rare piece OF china or some other OH
ject Of art And the reason for tEs
change is not far 90 seek. for although
il is true that a photograph may poaFi
bly, De an object of art. yet the majority
can hardly come under that der snatiau
50. though we may atin ake photo
graphs Of those We love. g. recall their
features % our memory, scr they are
now generally % be found shut ur in aa
ornamental box ready % De- eh4HH ~ Ben
asked for. or else we keep them In aur
own especial sanctum for aer eyes oniJ
or for those o. our iutiuat. friends SHE
trespass there.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14

Few women outside OF royal person
ages ever popped the question" 10 q
man, and perhaps only ne has had The
experience Of being rejested by man
without having proposed 10 him. That
there was one is evident from the pub
lished memoir Of Dr. Jowett OF oxford.
The master Of Baliors personality was
potent and penetrating. and good wom-
en- felt its fascination. An undergrad
uate was III in the college, and his sis
ter, coming 20 oxford to nurse him. was
invited by Dr. Jovett Ia stay at his
house. She received from him the ut
most kindness and attention and when
leaving said. with much hesitation, that
she would venture 90 ask very great
favor. She again hesitated The mas
ter grew uneasy and looked interrnEa-
tive
"win you marry me?" st last she
asked.
He paced up and down. blushed deep
~ and replied:
THAT would not be good either for
you or me-"
"Oh, ON" exclaimed the young wom-
an. blushlng even more deeply 7 meant
to say l am going u be married. and
would you perform the service2"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14

source of great misunderstanding and
jealousy Where the pupils elect one
of their number to represent them
popularity or skiI1ful electioneering,
in which the members of the faculty
are often as active as Students de-
cides the selection. Where speakers
are selected by the faculty expedien-
cy more than ability often influences
results. Those pupils with useful So
cial position, family connections,
wealth or political influence are most
frequently brought forward on the
platform, SNUG and self satisfied, while
real worth sits unnoticed in a corner.
The graduating exercises are general
ly planned with an eye to final pictur-
esque effects. In some schools those
Of great personal beauty or grace and
able to dress the part we'll are given
prominent positions. Where the dis
tribution of honors is graded accord
ing to class work the greatest salts
faction results, but this course is sell
dom taken, as good students are often
poor in composition and elocution.
Even when that plan of selection is
nominalIy followed the difficulty of
getting rid of incompetents is often
overcome by other means.
When flowers are allowed to be sent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14
Topics of
Interest to
Wor1lankind.
such Is woman.

In every known country in the world
woman is regarded from a di6eren,
standpoint. Her status has been graph
ically and terseiy defined by Nine. &c
Lambert. who expresses herself thus 10
her compatriotS:
The one most indefnahle being in the
world is woman. Carry your thoughts
over the different nations OF this globe
and you VIII scarcely find two women
alike in their ideas on that subject
In Africa woman is a slave, cringing
under a savage master.
In India and China she is an animat-
ed machine. wound up simply TO min
lister 10 the pleasure OF some ugly bah
oonish man.
In Turkey she is q pretty, 5eweled
pIaything generally bought in the mar
ket). easy TO lose and therefore has 20
be kept strictly guarded under lock and
key.
In Spain she Is somewhat Of dan
gerous enemy. whom il IS advisable 10
shut 10 now ana then.
In Russia she IS a sad. misera Bile
companion. whom Il is considered good
10 beat from time to time.
In Poland she commands.
In America she tyrannizes.
In France she Is adored as divinity
when she is not set TO work N the fields
or 10 sweep the streets.
In England she is generally on a sub
missive equality-esteemed admired.
loved.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14
How to Care
For the Hands,

Queen Elizabeth, the royal coquette,
was very proud of her soft, white hands,
and they were never forgotten by the
courtier who wanted TO pay a more than
usually acceptable compliment to the
queen. Whenever Elizabeth wished par
ticularly TO captivate q favorite court
Ter he was permitted to kiss the royal
hand. Indeed there was a great deal of
hand kissing in the days of Queen Eliz-
beth. and gloves were not then part of
court dress. Gloves came in with a
queen of less lovely hands.
Now it IS not so easy to have a beau
tiful white hand as one might suppose.
The perfect hand is thought TO be an
indicator of good breeding. No woman
behind whom is a line of peasant an
cestors is likely to have a perfectly
shaped hand, blue veined, taper fin
gered and covered with soft, thin, white
skin The thin, beautifully shaped nails
help to tell the story of gentle birth.
The peasant type of hand is broad, with
short, thick fingers, badly proportional
as a rule and finished off with nails that
no amount of manicuring will cause to
look clear and thin. The skin, too, Will
be of thick, rather coarse texture and
the knuckles unduly prominent.
A small hand is net necessarily a
beautiful one. George Eliot, who had
lovely hands. had very large ones, but
they were beautifully shaped, and the
skins texture was fine. The idea that
the hand of an aristocrat should be
small is a mistake. During the middle
ages the monks in the converts were
the only ones who did not regularly do
manual labor, and even many of them
worked in the fields. Exercise viii in
crease the size of the hand, but labor
will deform it. The great mobiles were
accomplished in the use of the spear
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14

to graduates, each one is anxious that
she shall not be neglected, and her
friends often tax their resources Sc
verely at this time of the year to sup
ply half dozen fair girl friends with
appropriate floral tributes on the day
of graduation.
In this atmosphere there is little to
benefit the student, and those schools
in which the students take no part in
the public exercises at closing have
adopted a sensible plan
Fortunately at present the tendency
is to reform such wrongs. Commence
ment exercises are being made more
interesting to the majority of the
guests and the students themselves by
having distinguished persons instead
Of students make the addresses. The
graduates therefore have only to con-
slider what to wear, and apropos of
that it is interesting to know that the
fashion Of the present season COM
mands pure white garments, cream
or ecrU ones being not CONNIE il faut.
Thin, gauzy materials are the most
modish. Stirring, tucking, frilling and
applications Of lace and insertion
serve to make them as elaborate as
the purse will admit Silk and wool,
poplin, nuns yelling, chaIlie, bereges,
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as celebrated has long ago led me to
the conclusion that they are perni-
cious in their influence. 1t is an effort
on the schools part to challenge pub
lie attention by the show it makes in
the closing exercises. Outsiders who
do not know how commandments are
prepared in most schools. how teach
ers toll for weeks beforehand to make
the most of the pupils literary efforts.
even to entirely rewriting the COM
mencement thesis, essay. poem or ora
ton, would find admiration for these
.effusions considerably lessened if
they knew the truth. After the best
that can be done has been accom-
plished with the written part of the
work the commencement performer
goes through weeks OF the most ardu-
Gus drill under the eIocution teacher
Every position, every gesture, every
word and tone is studied until there
is no more originality in the students
work than in patchwork quilt. The
participants are supposed not to tell
that they had any help in their work
"a fine groundwork for the encour-
agement Of deceit.
The choosing Of the young women
VINO are to appear before the public
in most educational institutions is a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-14

Instrumental music y the cole prov
ince o. n0madie pr0fs siprals. but aH
Arab girls are laughs fe a.Hg. ard both
men and women alike Jose maaie AMI
poetry. Tn fact poetry. music ana
aaseeiraeats give occupation and smuso-
rnent 70 women ~ zoe Fell - DO clare.
Smoking b. INDUCED l8 ~ useu. s7n~n
and children ~ sN classes The po1siat
drink So sour mi}s. and tsa people i9Fs
10 feast eu ostrieh ssks. fhe rec hlrues
dates and the curfantiise massa telr.fF.
The most familiar farEa ~ arr
Ilfa 70 tke aveEaEe chilg sre rt.
and the camel. except. pfG fhr
hcrre. @hlch 81 Ft.f fHt ~ fae ars
creafleo In The eyes ~ ere Arse ~
vegetable life. THE aEe form utA aa.-h
every Arab chlid r. thars8gtiy fafali zE
fa fAn date