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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-16

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plications are unraveled.
With the army at Matow. II is felt that
any one OF several conditions might be
presented In the near future. Chinese on
Gals concurred In the belief expressed by
the Chinese minister af London. that
and peace within the next few weeks On
the other hand. Baron Won Sternberg re-
CARDS Tungchow. midway between Ma
tow and Peking, as the real battle ground
and Secretary Root is inclined to accept
this view
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And goods. sE. 900.
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CRISIS N CHM
Is NEAR At HAND.
Serious Battle May Be Fought
at Tungchow.
is A VERY STRONG PLACE.
If the Chinese Make q Stand It
Will Be There.

Baron Won sternberG. the German
Charge. EnIightens Secretary
Root concerning the Route Yet to
Ne Traversed by the Interna-
tsonsr Forces--Gen. Chaaee's Ar
rival ut Matow Announced In =
CnbIesram From Admiral Remey
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cssy--Ne nepIy FROM dr. csnger.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-16
DISASTROUS HAIL STORM.
Forty Thousand Acres Of North Da-
kOfA Grain Deafr0xed

ST. THOMAS. N, D., Aug ia severe
hail storm last night destroyed 1000 acres
of the finest grain In North Dakota this
year. even that cut and in the shock
being destroyed
Many OF the hail stones were from three
TO four inches in diameter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
Why He Ran.

The latest story from a Scotch shoot
ing box is that reported by the New
York Telegraph, which says that a
young lady much admired by young
man staying at the same house, was
kissed by him one day. greatly to her
Indignation. IF you dare to kiss me
again." she said, Il must tell my ia
Their" Kiss her again the ardent lover
did. Upon this she fled to her fathers
room, where she happened to find him
examining a gun. "Oh, papa" she ex-
claimed, do run downstairs and show
Mr.. H your new gun. He is so in
terested in guns" Very WELL dear"
was the good-natured reply, and down
went the unsuspecting father. At the
sight of the girls parent armed with
his gun the young man fled precipitate-
ly. That girl must have had sense of
humor, there is no doubt.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
The Cultured West.

1t Is far cry from the horsehair
furniture Of New England to the sp,en-
did palaces of the west. The west may
rolls its RS and like checked suits and
breezy ways, but when it comes to Elm
teriors" the east must hire its cul-
tured head. plain living and high
thinking" are not the ideals that en-
courage the art Of draping doorways.
of combining colors, or making few
bargains from the china shop look like
ancestral blue" The western girl who
comes to New York to study makes
her hall bedroom to blossom like the
rose. Give her plaster cast, a bit
Of cotton for drapery, photograph or
two, and sofa pillow, and she will.
in her colorful, wild and willy way.
transform her barren lodging into q
sembance of beauty and comfort
which the average sophisticated east
erner seldom achieves in her well-or-
dered and permanent home.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

An in, estigation into the compare
tive cos. of living at the various Eu-
ropean aapi ais resulted in the follow
ing fac's: At Vienna the prices OF
most ticle. of food are lowest; at
Madrid they are dearer than in any
other ca ,ital, and such things as bread,
meat, sugar and coal are very expen-
sive indeed At st. Petersburg, also,
the price OF bread Is still considered
a luxury above the means Of the work.
ing classes. Next to Vienna, Brussels
Is an inexpensive city; Paris is a little
higher in the scale, while London is
still more expensive. An American
spends on an average $50 year for
food, Freedman s4S, German $45,
Spanlard s33, an Italian $24, and q
Russian, $40. OF meats the American
Eats 100 pounds year, the Frenchman
81 pounds, the German GA pounds, the
italian 2s pounds, and the Russian 81
pounds. or bread the american con-
sumes $50 pounds, tn sfssehman $40
pounds, tss ;lsira7 esq pounds, the
Bpaniard -. .-'sHS. .'vs italian 400
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
Turkegtan Alfalfa.

Turkestan alfalfa promises to be-
come one of our most important
plants, as it seems specially adapted
to stand great variations of heat and
cold. The first importations were
brought to this country by special
agent of the Department of Agricul-
ture, who followed the northward
growth of alfalfa in Asia till he
reached lands where it was every win
ter subject to cold as severe as 40 de-
grees below zero. AS the same coun-
try Is subject to intense drouth, 1t
follows that this plant must have rare
staying powers to endure such changes.
The variety of alfalfa now being
grown in this country Qucerne) came
originally from Central Asia, having
been first heard of in Media. 1t was
taken to Greece in the times of Darius
and was afterward cultivated along
the shores OF the Mediterranean by the
Romans, French and Spanish. Thus
for al least 1000 years before being
imported into this country 1t was
grown in warm countries and mas
largely become warm country plant.
Very likely in it's origin it occupied o
region south of that now called Turke-
stan alfalfa. This would account for
its freezing out so badly last winter
in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and
Wyoming. One years experience with
Turkestan alfalfa indicates great
hardness. Last winter was one of the
coolest ones we have ever experienced,
but Turkestan alfalfa was uinjured in
the very states where lucerne froze out
badly. At the Wyoming Experiment
Station plat of Turkestan alfalfa was
exposed for two weeks without injury
to a daily temperature of 80 degrees
below zero, and on some Of the days
the temperature went as low as As
degrees below. In California 1t was
subjected without damage to drouth
that seriously injured ordinary alfalfa
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

In this cell the larva passes thu winter.
We illustrate the mature and larval
form Of the insect. The beetle Is
bronze in color. There are only two
methods Of control known at pres
ent. One Is to use such clean
cultural methods that the insects will
find no harboring places. Prof. Chit
tenden believes that the trees cannot
be saved after being once attacked, and
that the only safe thing to do is to
cut down and burn infested trees. This
work should be done before the beetles
emerge In May and June. Unattached
trees may be protected by using va
rious mixtures as washes. among them
being a mixture of linseed oil and
resin. Some have even recommended
whitewash poisoned with a small
quantity of some arsenite such as ar
semitic of lead. There is danger in the
application Of strong arsenites to
young trees, but old trees will not be
injured.
A measure Of utmost value for the
protection of trees from the attacks OF
borers consists in keeping them in the
best possible condition, free from
fungi, moss, or abnormal growth, from
loose bark, and keeping the trunks as
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
Soil Surveys.

A new department is being very
ment stations, that Of soil surveys. We
have long felt the need Of knowing
more about the soils of our farms. For
some years the eyes of scientists have
been on Maryland, where this work
has been carried on more extensively
perhaps than in any other state. All
the soil of the state has been mapped,
showing just what kind Of soil is found
In each township. To do good work
In farming it Is absolutely necessary
to find out what is already in the soil.
Our farmers hitherto have had to take
their farms as unknown quantities.
They have been limited in their
knowledge of the soils, even when the
owners have been graduates of agri-
cultural colleges. 1t was comparative
ly easy to say that such a soil Is
sandy, or clayey, but that meant but
little. Its composition other than the
sand or clay could be determined only
by experience with numerous crops.
This necessary experimentation has
proved very costly to the people that
have been forced to carry it on. 1t Is
good thing that science has taken 1t
up. The work is so vast that 1t will
take years to plat the states and ter
ritories, but we expect to see the work
carried on steadily. In few years
hence 1t may be easy for a man, in
tending to invest in agricultural lands,
to sit down and study out from these
soil maps the question for himself, ac-
cording to the crop he desires to
raise. Such maps will contain many
surprises. They will show some of the
now supposedly poor land to be Of
great value for certain crops, its value
simply never before having been learn
ed because the crops that would have
done best were never planted. Every
year much of our area of certain crops
has been on land entirely unified to
growing them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
TAGGED FOR RECOGNITION.
How Relatives Who Have Never Met
Pick Each Other Out In a Crowd.

How Relatives Who Have Never Met
Pick Each Other Out In a Crowd.
A man with a piece of pasteooard
stuck in his hatband where It could
easily be seen attracted the attention
of a passenger in the PennsylYanil
railroad waiting room in Jersey Glty
on Saturday afternoon, and walking
over to Detective Peter MGR 10, az saiu
laughingly Look at that guy over
there with the price tag IN MS MAJ.
Detective Morris walked carelessly
around in front of the guy and wheh
he got back he told the passenger that
he had made mistake. That's not
price tag" said the detective. It's
a card the man is wearing Ill MS nat
for Identification. Wait a while ana
you'll know more about 1t" In rev
minutes the Southern express came
rolling into the big train shed, the
locomotive putting and snortiug. Inc
man with the tag stood in consplcu-
GUS place near the gate through which
the passengers pass on their way TO
the ferryboat, and closely watched Inc
passengers as they came along. FINAL
ly, his eye rested on pretty young
woman who wore a white satin DOW
conspicuously on her BOSOM She
caught sight of the tag at the same
moment and the two greeted each cther
cordially, exchanging few words ana
went toward the boat together
There" said Detectiya Morris to the
passenger who had discovered the tag
1--WE have that here every day. Those
two are probably relatives who have
never seen each other before. People
in the south and west often send their
Children to visit relatives in New York
who have never coen them; nor have
the relatives seen the children. In or
der that they may not go astray or fall
into tie wrong hands, the relative sent
to meet them wears something con-
spicuous like the tag in that mans
hat and the visitor wears a similarly
distinguishing mark like the satin bow
the young woman wore."-New York
Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
German Millet.

This millet is called, also, Southern
Millet, American Millet, Golden Millet,
Mammoth Millet, Bengal Grass, Da-
kota Millet. 1t grows to height Of
four or five feet, and has heads that
are to inches long and an inch
vide. This variety has been in gen.
eral cultivation in the South since the
early seventies, but was introduced
into the United States many years ear
lier. Prof. Crozier regards the East
Indies as the most probable source OF
its introduction into the United States,
and remarks that the name Bengal
Grass" by which 1t was first known
in this country, suggests such an ORR
gin. Flint, on the contrary, makes the
statement that it was first brought to
the United States from Europe. How
ever this may be, it seems that the
seed used in Tennessee, where this va
riety first came into real prominence,
was brought from France in the early
sixties, and since that time has been
the leading millet sown in the South.
German millet makes a heavy yield OF
forage under favorable conditions, but
does not stand drouth as well as the
smaller varieties, such as common mil
let and Hungarian. The hay is coarser
and less highly valued than that from
the smaller millets, but when the for
age can be fed in the green state this
will be found to be an excellent variety
to grow, on account Of the heavy yield.
German millet Is the latest of the
varieties commonly grown here, and is
exceedingly variable in its appearance
and habit of growth. 1t Is very sell
dom that one sees field that is uni.
form in character Many, perhaps
most, of the heads may be typical Of
the variety, but usually there will be
many others scarcely to be distin-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

ravages of this borer, all the birch
trees in the city will be destroyed.
One of our cuts herewith given
shows the work Of this borer. The
galleries run so closely together and
cross and recross in such confusion
that 1t is impossible to trace any in
dividual burrow.
Injury can be detected in the trunk
by reddish discoloration from one
quarter of an inch to one inch in
width, this being caused by the ex-
udation Of sap and the ejectment Of
excrement. Another indication of the
insects presence is the dying of the
trees at their tops. The insect appears
to attack the tree at first among the
larger branches at a considerable
height, causing the tree to die at the
top, while the remaining lower
branches keep green. Its presence is
also manifested by the uneven, wavy
appearance of the bark, which shows
more or less regular spiral ridges on
the smaller branches.
The larva, as rule, enters the wood
lin the fall Of the year and there con-
-structs a cavity, which probably serves
the purpose Of pupal cell, in which
= passes its ultimate transformations
q late spring or early summer. With
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
guished from common millet or other
standard varieties.

Observation-Disclosures quick re-
Spouse is desired, as in market gar
dening and in the case of spring grains,
the undissolved phosphates must give
place to superphosphate unless the soil
has been previously we'll stocked with
the former for several years. The i'm
mediate good results from bone are
usually due more to the nitrogen than
to the phosphoric acid. This nitrogen
Is, however, quite ineffective as COM
pared with that known as nitrate Of
soda; for this reason at the present
high price of bone, 1t is we'll to con-
slider If floats (finely ground mineral
phosphate) cannot economically re-
place 1t.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
God Needs Mothers.

THE grave mistake of depressing
children" writes Barbetta Brown in
the December Ladies Home Journal,
sis caused by the mothers failure to
be keen enough to see where she may
touch child's life and where she may
not; where it is for her to guide, to
help, to encourage, and where the
child-life is sacred to itself alone. That
the child is another individual never
occurs to some mothers, nor that he
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

has his t~n possibilities for growth,
not to be tempered with; his own prz-
vacies, not to be invaded; his own
holy of holies,' to be held hoi7. The
power that is working in the vast life
of this universe is working IN your
son or daughter as part of III and Il
has its own purpose in regarl 20 each
child-life as surely as for earh planet
in its orbit. God needs mitch help
from mothers. Cooperate, tneE. with
the power working through your chill
dren, mothers. Do not make the great
mistake of attempting to compete with
it."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

In report of the Division of En-
tomology of the Department of Agri-
culture, Prof F. H. Chittenden, regard
ing the birch tree borer, Agrilus
anxius, says it was noticed that the
birch trees in Buffalo we're being de-
stroyed, and an Investigation showed
that the above named borer was tun-
neling under the bark of the trees.
The belief is expressed that unless
something is done at once to stop the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

Tho Grain Farmer and Sheep Feeder.
A bulletin Of the South Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station says: 1t is de-
plorable fact, and one that does not
speak we'll for the enterprise or in
telligence of either our sheep-raisers
or our farmers, that of the small num-
Der of sheep which are annually raised
- large percentage is shipped east in
an unfinished" condition. At the
same time hundreds of thousands Of
bushels of grain are annually sold at
a price that entails an actual loss to
the producer. In the past, and to
large extent at present, our cheap
range sheep and our cheap grains are
freighted east at great expense ana
there fed at a handsome profit. We
are glad to note, however, that some
of the more progressive farmers in this
state are availing themselves of these
favorable conditions and are thereby
realizing handsome profits. We would
not be understood as advising all sheep
men to go to raising grain, nor that
all grain farmers should go ink the
sheep business. Neither do we believe
that all the successful sheop-raisers
are fitted by taste, experience, enVl-
ronment or business ability to become
successful feeders. But we do believe
that many of them are so lifted anu
that there are a sufficient number OF
such in every neighborhood to reed
a,,;c only mnnv SleeD
as are now produced annually, put
enough more to consume all OF the
coarse grains and fodder produced.
We believe that all coarse grains ana
fodder produced should be fed wltnin
our state, and that no feeders" should
be shipped out until all such 1000
stuffs are consumed We believe that
the farmers and the sheep men are
"too far apart" not only geograph-
ically, but also in their way OF looking
at this important problem. Geograph-
ically they might be brought much
closer together If all the rough, stony,
billy or unoccupied lands, OF which
every country has more or less, were
utilized for sheep ranges.
On many farms both grain farming
and sheep raising can be prohtaoiy
conducted, but when this does not
seem advisable the two industries can
be carried on upon closely adjoining
lands, with mutual profit to both the
farmer and the sheep man. II the
grain farmer would take into consid-
Grafton tn, value he would derive from
having sheep man for neighoor'
who would buy and consume Els sur
plus grain product and also render
him an even greater service by keep
ing the stubble lands, fallow fields and
waste places free from weeds; and II
the sheep man would appreciate the
advantage of being able to buy cheap
grain OF his neighbor in order to hnish
his she, ,, we believe they would find
it mutually beneficial. In order to aid
in bringing about this order OF things
a seYies of feeding experiments was
begun during the past season, and 1t
is hoped that the work may be con-
tinued for some years to come.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
Over in England they have just been

Over in England they have just been
celebrating the eighty-third anniver-
sary of the death of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. A short life and merry
one-that was this great dramatists
lot, for he died in his fifty-fifth year.
on his death-bed dunned by creditors
and with bailiffs fighting among them
selves for the remains. Sheridan was
born in Dublin in 1851, went to Lon
don when but nineteen and when only
two years older bolted from Bath with
the beautiful and far-famed Miss Lin
ley, fighting two duels and going
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

Capt. Baron Won Luttwitz, who is the
military attache in London for the
government of the kaiser, is the gall
liant officer who is at present the guest
of Gen. Butler and his staff in South
Africa. Baron Won Luttwitz accepted
a very generous invitation to go to the
front to study the British plan of cam
paign and to report on the same to his
home government, being one OF the
many foreign tacticians who are re-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
Agricultural Notes.

With proper amount of stock on
the ranges the grasses would not have
been pulled out; for the root systems
would have been so deep that the hold
Of the soil would have been complete.
Permitting the top of the grass plant
to be kept always short results in
evitably in shortening the grass roots.
The latter finally become shortened till
little more than the base Of the plant
remains in the SOIL and in that condi-
ton the plant is easily pulled out by
any grazing animal that comes along.
Not only are these plants pulled out
by animals but the frost is constantly
heaving them out, which would not be
possible with we'll developed grasses.
The American farmer needs to be i'm
pressed with the necessity of protect
Ing his grass lands. Keep the pas
lures in good shape and 1t will not be
necessary to pasture them. The short
conditions Of the pastures is what too
often influences the farmer to turn the
stock into his meadows. Under a
proper system our pastures would pro-
duce four times the amount of forage
they do at the present time. Thus on
many Of our pastures the feed per acre
for the entire feeding season would
not equal half ton If dried. The full
crop obtained from the feeding ground
should equal two tons, If dried. 1t ap-
pears plain that the grazing problem
is one Of the most serious Of all the
problems confronting us.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
billings BraCcr.

From the Weekly Telegraph: Mrs
Billings (aside)-Goodnes me! Here
comes Mrs. Spruce with her smart
looking husband, and here John goes
along by my side stopping and shut
fling. What shall l do to brace him
up? All! know (Aloud) John!
John! Did you see that handsome girl
looking at you? Mr.. Billings with
alacrity)-No! Where? Where?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

through two marriage ceremonies be-
fore his wife was finally acknowl-
edged as his own personal property. In
ITS THE Rivals" was produced at
Covent Garden and was a failure,
though later version made a great
enough hit. Sheridans London houss
is shown in the accompanying picture.
This was not the house which Sheri-
dan calmly watched burn down, ana
when reproved for his unseemly jocu-
larity on such an occasion gravely re-
marked that one ought to have right
to be happy beside ones own fire.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19
Apr ropriate.

Hardacre-Going to build wash
house in the yard, Zeke; what kind Of
stone would be the best for founda-
ton? Crawfoot-Did you say wash
house, Zeke? Well, it seems to me
soapstone would be as good as any
Chicago News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

]. H. Monrad says that the average
COW is the curse of dairying. II that
Is so, what about the cow that falls a
good way below the average COW and
that helps to make the average COW
possiblei
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

Iron and alumina tRedonda) phos-
plate in its raw or natural condition,
even when finely ground, is generally
considered of little agricultural value,
and is looked upoh in Europe as a dan
gerous adulterant Of other phosphates.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

Here is one of the most attractive
of the representative private houses
of johannesburg which during the war
has been forsaken by its British res
idents and is now being used as
hospital for wounded Beers. The hos
pital Of johannesburg has long been
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-19

pounds and the Russian 655 pounds.
Outside of Europe, in times of peace,
Manila is cheaper to live in than any
other city in the world.