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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The fruit. vegetable and grain grow
ers of the West are rea lizin g that con-
tinued cropping of Their land is lessen
ing it's producing powers, and in the
past year or two have commenced to
use Commercial fert lizers with results
so gratifying that the use of fertilizers
are asst growing in the states of Mis-
souri, ana Kansas
Within the past two years Castor
Pomace has been tried for fruit trees,
vegetables, corn and wheat. In Hi
II i the Fruit & overs asso ia len at
Anna have used it every S ring for the
past several years. In Franklin county,
ILL.,, last seas IN Castor Pomace was
tried on young orchard vita wonder
full returns. On an or hard near by on
which NJ fertilizer was used the yield
of apples was mucl less and o. an in
ferior quality. Castor PoI ace has been
tried for wheat in Southern Misso lri in
q mixture with dissolved bone, which
produ ed increased yieli o wlea5.
In recent communication from
Orchard, Ark, the writer sta es result
o. use of Castor Pomace last season.
"You ask how use Castor Bean Ferii-
lizer for corn. Icaeckcd the, corn fed
three and one-hal feet each way. to
each check few inches f ON the seed
put one lacge S oonful of the Castor
Pomace Meal, or about enc hundred
and fifty pounds per acre. The result
was very gratifying, no such yield on
any osher field in the ne ighborhood.
Chemical analysis of Castor Pomace
shows that it contains seven per cent OF
ammonia, and one per cent OF potash,
and some phosphoric acid but not
enough of the latter to make it avail
able, and the balance SPLENDID filler
which remains in the land. 1t is finely
ground in meal form and in fine shape
for applying to land. Compared with
Chemical fertilizers it costs much less
in price There are many other points
in favor of Castor Bean Fertilizer over
manufactured Commercial fertilizers.
1t is vegetable compound returning
to the soil what was taken from it in
crop.
1t frees the land of insects and bugs.
No chinch bugs are found where Castor
Pomace meal is applied. 1t isa product
of the Castor Bean, which crop is we'll
known by the farming community,
enriches impoverished soil which has
been run down by continued cropping.
AS the Farmers of the West are
awakening to the fact that something
must be returned to the soil if con-
tinued good crops are to be raised and
farms made to pay, it will be to their
interest to look into the value OF Castor
Pomace for use as fertilizer.
As q destroyer of wire worms in
potato ground, cut worms, and peach
and apple tree borers, it has no equal;
being a vegetable substance it is per-
fectly harmless to body of trees, but
sure death to all ground worms and
bugs. Farmers and fruit growers
should use it literally.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
Editors and Offices.

1t is hardly true, as regards the edi-
tors of this city, that the editorial
chair is but makeshift. Yet 1t is a
fact, during the past forty years, not
few of them have sought public office.
Mr.. Raymond was acknowledgements
and booked for a higher place; Mr..
Webb was minister to Brazil; Mr..
Greeley was candidate for the Nesi-
dency; Mr.. Dana was assistant secre-
tary of war; Mr.. Reid has been q
candidate for the vice-presidency,
minister to France and special am
bassador to Queen Victoria; Mr.. Hal
stead was a candidate for the German
mission; Mr.. Pulitzer was once mern-
Der of congress, and other New York
editors have held minor offices. l
should say, in cautious manner, that
such experiences as these may some
times be advantageous to green edi-
tors.-John Swinton in the Independ-
emit
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

In his speech in New York the pres
ident said: ut is not possible that
seventy-tive millions of American free
men are unable to establish liberty and
Justice and good government in our
new possessions" Mr.. Mckinley IS
right; but he has made it impossible
for those "seventy-ive millions OF
American freemen" to do 1T without
evicting him from the White house.
AS matters now stand, our new posses
sions are destined to go without liber-
ty. justice or good government while
any one of those stands in the way
of the oil, sugar, tobacco and rum
trusts. Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

marks a dark and insidious conspiracy
for his overthrow. They point to the
fact that Mr.. German, a member OF
the Democratic national committee,
was actually guilty of the suspicious
action of making a three-minute ad-
dress before that body; that while ex-
Senator Hill will say nothing himself
as to his friendliness or uneriendliness,
people who have seen him have come
away displcased; that Mr. Bryan al
lowed himself to be allured into the
gorgeous precincts of Mr.. Cookers
Democratic club, which some months
ago was VIGOROUSLY the home OF anti
Organism, and they say that these
forces, if permitted to select their own
delegates to the national convention,
might rally enough strength to emas-
culate the platform and to defeat Mr..
Bryan.
Half of that might be true. From
a wide correspondence and wide ac-
quaintance with active men in Demo-
cratic national politics | am convinced,
however, that none of it is true. or
course, bare one-third in the conven-
ton would block nomination If 1t
were sufficiently determined and the
others sufficiently vacillating. But the
gentlemen in the east, upon whom this
unjust if not perhaps wholly unde-
served suspicion rests, could only mar
shall one-third of the convention by
combining with certain western and
southern Democrats against whose
record there is no stain. Presumably,
if Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Carter Harri-
son of Illinois, for example, should
pool their issues, formidable nucleus
would be formed, but one cannot be
asking a Democrat to reasseverate his
loyalty to Democratic principles every
hour, and Mr.. Harrison has unques-
tionably done so with great vigor and
effect many times since '96.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
McKinley's "Open" Mind.

1t is easy to imagine our amiable,
but readily influenced, chief magistrate
as granting free trade in Puerto Rico
sugar on a Monday, only to be waylaid
on the following Tuesday by delega-
ton of perspiringly indignant sugar
producers of Louisiana or New York,
insisting that the sacred cause of high
protection for the saccharine products
of the United States must be main
tanned. We can readily fancy Mr.. Nc
Kinley, the day following, in the act
of writing decree that Is per cent,
20 per cent, 40 per cent-depending on
the personality and vigor of the remon-
strance-should be imposed forthwith
on exports of Puerto Rico sugar to
these shores. Picture, if one can, the
consequences to the hapless planters.
And, of course, what would be trHe re-
gardng Puerto Rico's sugar produc-
ton would be equally true regarding its
production of tobacco, or, indeed, OF
any other industry, coffee excepted
Boston Globe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
Touching Little Story.

went into one house (writes a
corporal with the Northamptons at
Modder River, and found nice, COM
Portable house completely shattered.
Evidently well-to-do people had lived
here. One room in particular took my
eye, and that was what had evidently
been little child's room. There were
a lot of toys and small cups and saul
GERS, dolls, etc, and l found an envel-
ope with this on it-"This is my dear
grandmamma's hair" and inside there
was a lock of hair, now trodden under
foot. All these things, thought, were
a trifle touching. In the front room
was a dead Boer stretched out on the
table.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Sergt. Wilson, of the Howitzer Bat
terry, writes from Modder river to his
parents at Northampton: I'VE bathe
now every day and wash our own
clothes Like the poor ledger Dickens
wrote about, we go half naked while
we swill our shirts. This would be a
paradise for washerwomen with the
sun shining and wind blowing nearly
every day. Our things are dry to put
on a few minutes after they are
washed. That is the one remarkable
thing about the climate. You may get
soaked to the skin and go to sleep
in the open air all night, but in the
morning you wake up as fresh as a
daisy"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Mexico stands fifth among the gold
producing countries Of the world Al
RIGA, Australasia, United States. Rus
STA. Canada lead in the order named.
Mexico produced last year about $4,000
ounces more than the year before.
Mexico still continues to lead the world
in the production of silver, followed
by the United States, Australasia and
Bolivia in the order named. The pro-
duction was close to 100000 ounces
more of the white metal last year than
the year before.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Work has been begun at Kiel on
new vessel for the proposed German
Antarctic expedition. Its outline Will
be somewhat rounder than that OF
Nansen's Fran. It will be built or
wood, that being regarded as the only
material at the same time strong
enough and elastic enough to with
stand the terrible pressure of the polar
ice. It will carry about thirty men,
with provisions for three years. The
vessel is to be fitted out not later than
the end of August, 1901.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Says a soldiers letter from the Phil
ippines: we moved them down like
grass. The artillery then opened up
On them from the rear. | saw one
eight-pound shrapnel strike in bunch
of nearly forty, insurgents, and when
the shell exploded, bodies blew in all
directions" This is certainly interest
ing reading for humane Americans,
who supposed. when we began hostili-
ties with Spain, that we were under
taking a war for liberty and humanity.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Picking, March 11.-An imperial
edict, just issued, directs the imprison-
ment for life of WI Shin Chiu for as
sisting the Peking syndicate to get the
Ho-Nan railway concession. The Brit
ish minister, Sir Claude Mcdonald, has
sought in vain to mitigate the SEN
tence. The case is regarded as calling
for energetic action, because it is bound
to produce a bad effect upon all bust
ness between Chinese and foreigners.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

At recent meeting of the Geological
society in London photograph was
exhibited, showing a pair of remark
ably large tusks which had belonged to
an African elephant. Measured along
the outer curve, each tusk was ten
feet and four inches long, but they
differed little in weight, one weigh
ing 225 and the other 235 pounds, or
a total of AGO pounds, which the ele-
plant had carried about without the
least inconvenience.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

A London magistrate has sentenced
a street news-vender to week in jail
for crying false war news, and the gen.
eral verdict is, SERVED him right
But no punishment has yet been meted
out to those much greater Offenders
the journalists or correspondents who
every day manufacture sensational re-
ports, or travesty facts and rumors, IN
order to justify pyrotechnic head
lines.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

English technical journals, which
were very sore over the award to an
American firm of the Atbara bridge
contract, are now Dragging over the
performance of Wednesday, COM
pany, in getting the material for the
new Tugela bridge ready for shipment
within a month Of receiving the con-
tract. The bridge is 105 feet long and
required $50 tons of material.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The pine needles Of south Oregon are
being utilized. The needles are first
boiled and then run between horizon
tai wooden rollers, which extract tho
Juice. This is called pine needle oil,
which is supposed to possess medical
properties. The pulp is used as a
medicated material for upholstering,
and is also said to BIT good substi-
tute for horsehair. 1t is said that in
sect pests will not live in furniture
that has been upholstered with pine
needles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The native music of aboriginal tribes
is regarded as Of great Importance in
anthropology, and the recent British
Cambridge expedition to the Torres
straits and New Guinea carried along
monographs to record the songs OF
the savages. Some of the songs thus
recorded on Murray island are already
obsolete, and will, it is believed, die
out with the old men of the tribes
"In savage life," says one of the mem
bers Of the expedition, the songs OF
a tribe are its chief heritage"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
END OF ANTl-BRr an CON-
SPIRACY.

Writes Willis ]. Abbott in mis- week.
IL letter: Some things which were ex-
pressed in different newspapers of the
country by enthusiastic western Demo-
Gratis who have recently been eaSt in
attendance on the national committee,
have led certain apprehensive persons
to think that the apparent growing
ersondliness ia the latter quarter for
Mr.. Bryan and his principles only
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

When Representative Gibson OF Ten
nessee was speaking in congress one
dav recently, it was observed that
member sitting in neighboring chair
was fast asleep. This occurrence was
not unusual, but for a man who speaks
as loud as Mr.. Gibson to have sleep
ing neighbor seemed to his political
opponents a good joke. So one OF them
interrupted Mr.. Gibson to report that
somebody near him was sleeping ana
to suggest that he should speak little
louder. Gibson, who is a member
of the pension committee. promptly
retorted, as he turned toward his sleep
ing colleague, "If he cannot hear me
he ought to have a pension for deal
ness"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The former speaker of the house oc-
casionally goes cunning, and hits the
mark, as in the following opinion: The
attempt to make three-quarter citizens
out of the Puerto Ricans is certainly
original"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The empress dowager of China. who
is a woman of remarkable energy, &C.
sires the presence at Peking OF the
famous Chinese statesman and refor-
mer, Wang. She offers a reward OF
$4,000 to any one who will deliver
him. dead or alive, into her hands.
The offer is large enough to constitute
Mr.. Wang what the insurance compan-
les call an extra hazardous risk The
offering of rewards for the heads OF
offending subjects is not a common
practice among sovereigns nowadays.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Ex-President Harrison is not alone
among Indiana Republicans who OPP
pose the administration proposed in
Justice to loyal Puerto Rico. One In
diana Republican has even withdrawn
his name as a delegate to the Phlla-
delphia convention, believing that o
"grievous mistake" has been made in
our colonial policy.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The constitution doesn't follow the
flag. and Mr.. Mckinley doesn't follow
the constitution.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The reason is because Mr.. Mckinley
is following the flag that is not fol-
lowed by the constitution.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The leader of the reunited Irish par
ty in the house of commons stands for
the principle that home rule cannot be
worked out through political alliances
with English parties. This was Mr..
Parnell's policy. Mr. Redmond, his
most faithful follower, has chung te-
naciously to it and has forced his
Irish associates to adopt it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
,ruon,a nrixa One to Drink.

Fretful Child-"I want to look at the
moon" Weary Father-"Well, why
don't you? 1t is right up there in the
sky. Look at 1t as much as you please"
Fretful Child-"Aw, want to look at
the other side of the moon nowl"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The young king of Spain always in
sists on having his pockets filled with
coppers before going for drive, and
scatters the coins among the many
beggars who crowd round his carriage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The Irish members of parliament
want it distinctly understood that
their brethren in South Africa are not
the only ones who can fight.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Civil government has been estab-
lished in the towns Of Luzon, but the
uncivil natives still hold the rural dis
tricts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

Mr.. ]. NJ. Bacon, the Englishman
who, with his daughter, made lofty
balloon ascent to observe the meteor
shower last November, tells some In
teresting things about the sounds that
reached their ears. At the height OF
s 600 feet the ringing of horses feet on
a hard road could be heard. At 4,ooo
feet the splashing sound made by
ducks in a pond was audible. me
barking of dogs and the Growing or
cocks could be heard at 1000 or 5000
feet. These sounds penetrated through
a white floor Of cloud which hid tho
earth from sight. In the perfect ST.
lence of the air around the balloon
they were startled by what seemed
stealthy footsteps close at hand. In
vestigation showed that this sound
was caused by the stretching OF the
ropes and the yielding OF the SILK as
the balloon continued to expand.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
KANSAS.

1t looks as II Kruger and Roberts
intended to stand off for few weeks
and issue procamations at each other
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06

The use of Khaki" uniforms Is ike
the act of the savage who greases his
body and smears it with sand ana
earth, so that it takes the hue OF the
ground ON which he lies, and Is there
fore not easily visible. That, In turn,
Is a mere development of the gift OF
color granted by nature to many
beasts, birds and insects, by wnich
thew are enabled to harmonic them
selves with their surroundings, either
for protection or for ambush inc
principles of successful warfare are
the rudimentary principles OF savage
ana brutal strategy and force.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
Biz Profits For Small Investments,

Can be made by investing in the new Zinc and
Lead field in WRIGHT COUNTY, MISSOURI.
The Twentioth Century Lead and Zinc Mining
Company have just acquired leases on about
1900 acres OF the best mining lands in this
County, and offer for sale some OF its Treasury
Stock in order to develope their properties.
For full particulars write to r. A. HORN
BECK Secretary, Cor. 7th and Wyandotte SITS.
Kansas city, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-06
courage.

Necessity often does the work of
courage.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-20
STEADY ADVANCE
is BEING MADE
----e.
Buffers Forces Now Within II
Miles Of Ladysmith.
HIS GUNS CAN BE HEARD
Boers Using Pick and Spade Prepar-
in0 for q Strenuous Assault
Which Will Be Made.
his GUNS CAN BE HEARD

LONDON. Jan. 20. 4:30 a. m.-Eyery
hour that General Butler delays his
combined attack makes his position
stronger.
Transports continue 20 arrive az Dur
han and fresh troops are being sent up
the line to reinforce those In from, OF
Colenso. II appears that General Bull
ors troops north OF the Tugela num-
her at least 1900 and possibly 5000.
with ffty guns His totai forces, form
ing a great outer curve south and
west Of Ladysmith. probably number
10000,
While General Buffers forward Oper-
ations, which began January 10. devel-
oped rather leisurely. the Beers appear
10 be fully aware that they must make
tremendous assault. Balloon observers
have roughly estimated that 10000
Roers are using the spade and pick.
STRENGTHENING their positions.
Military critics Ia touch with the war
oficc think that news that general
hgtting has begun may be expected at
any hour. II Is not thought that one
days lighting viii settle the fate Of
Iadysmith. hut rather that there will
be two or three days continuous fight
ing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-20
BULLER WILL STRIKE.
His Plans Are Laid so as to Crush the
Boers Between Two Forces.

NEW YORK, Jan. ia dispatch to
the Herald from London says: The
Morning Posts war critic says;
There can be no question of SUR
prislng the Beers who have had a
week In which to entrench their main
position and two or three days notice
of a possible attack upon their right
flank.
The plan is that Lyttleton's brigade
shall engage the enemy in front while
Warren's division tries to attack the
right nank. II Butler should succeed
H. heating the Beers and joining hands
with White, the Boer army which must
retreat across the Kip river between
L.adysmith and Coleuso, will be in a
perilous position, for Sir Redvers will
be as near Glencoe on the railway to
Newcastle as the Beers themselves.
Having chosen the most effective
direction and one which offers the best
prospects OF success, General Butler
has decided to strike with all his
might"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-20
Senator Hale's Misrepresentation
of American Sentiment.
NINE-TENTHs OPPOSED TO IT
Remarkable Tirade Coming From a
Progressive Statesman and
Republican Leader.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-A speech.
sensational in its interest and interna-
tioual in It's character. was delivered
in the senate today by Hale Gep.). Of
Maine.
The occasion OF the utterance was
the simple question whether a resolu-
tlon introduced by Allen (pop). OF Ne
braska, calling for information as to
the recognition by this country Of a
diplomatic representation Of the Trans
vaal government. should be directed to
the president or to the secretary Of
state.
Hale declared that nine-tenths Of
the American people sympathized with
the Beers in their gallant struggle for
liberty against one OF the greatest
powers in the world He declared that
the war which Great Britain is now
waging is the most fatal blow at hu-
man liberty that has been struck in q
century.
The resolution directed to the presl-
dent passed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-20
SEEKING RECOGNITION.
agent OF the Boer Government Wants
Diplomatic Standing.

NEW YORK, Jan. ia special to
the Herald from Washington say:
II is stated in an authoritative man
ner that il Montague White is equip
ped with the proper credentials from
the Transvaal government, he will be
received as its representative by the
administration. General o'Bierne's re-
lection was ostensibly dpe to his Amer
lean citizenship. but there is no doubt
that the authorities would have pre-
ferred that the matter Of the Trans
vaal representation be left undeter-
mined
However, when Mr.. White calls at
the state department Secretary Hay
Will see him and his status will then
be determined. There is every reason
to believe that if his mission is to Sc
cure an expression Of sympathy from
the president in behalf of his govern
ment or the intervention of that Off
cial, it will fail. as it is reiterated that
the administration will not interfere
unless Great Britain should intimate
her willingness to have this govern
ment act.