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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
ALLIGATOR FARM.
First Attempt to Grow the Saurians for
Commercial PURPOSES.

Commercial Purposes.
The first alligator farm thus far
known has been newly established
near the town of Seven Bridges in
Georgia, with a stock of thirty-seven
breeding saurians. Three hundred
acres of swamp land have been Sc
cured and are being fenced in by the
owner, who expects to make a quick
fortune by the enterprise, owing to the
growing scarcity of these reptiles and
the steady market demand for them.
Indeed, under such conditions as those
described it ought to be practicable to
breed alligators in large numbers,
wading birds and other enemies being
says the Saturday Evening Post. Big
turtles and large fishes are likewise
deadly foes of the baby saurians and
their depredations must be guarded
against. Unfortunately, the alligator
is very slow grower. 1t is about six
inches long when Matched, and only
twice that size at the end OF it's first
year. Fifteen years yare required to
reach length of two feet and ten
footer may reasonably be supposed to
be fully sixty years of age. Hence it
is apparent that the enterprising Geor-
gia gentleman is not likely to earn a
fortune by the production of alligator
hides. The best he can hope to do is
to rear baby alligators for which, as
curiosities, there is good market.
They bring about fifty cents apiece.
The female alligator builds her nest
near the waters edge, of series of
layers Of mud and grass, between
which she places her eggs. Decompo-
sition of the vegetable material gener
ates the heat and helps the sun to
hatch out the young ones, which i'm
mediately start for the water Inas-
much as such nests are not incon-
spicuous objects, they are constantly
robbed by professional hunters, who
sell the eggs. This is one rl.sson why
alligators are becoming scarce. their
practical determination in Florida be-
ing, apparently, not far distant. The
business of slaughtering alligators has
been carried on with much eagerness
for many years in that state, an aver
age hide being worth 65 cents, teeth
from 81 to 81 pound and the animals
of large size So a foot. The Georgia
alligator farmer. if he deems it wise
will find no difficulty in Matching his
eggs by simple incubator process
exposing them to the sun in boxes Of
sand. Wher they are Matched, he r--y
consign the infant reptiles to suitable
ponds, where they VIII be in no danger
from enemies.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
Grandeur in sutherland.

AS the Matterhorn is the grandest
object to be seen in Switzerland, so
also are the glaciers above Zermatt the
most magnificent. In the Ober!and and
at Chamonix the glaciers are frozen
rivers. and /, cataracts., From the Cor
neri Graf the glaciers are vast seas OF
ice, with lodges Of rocky beach over
which the frozen breakers are beating.
The Aletsch and the Rhone glaciers
are grand, frozen torrents OF immense
volume, and the ice fields of the Mont
Blanc range are of vast extent; but it
is from the Corner Graf. where the
spectator is surrounded by frozen seas,
out Of which the snow peaks rise like
islands, that the imagination is over
powered by stupendous, glacial effects.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

1t has been suggested that the dories
of the codfishermen who ply their in
dustry on the Newfoundland banks in
the path of trans Atlantic steamers,
and who are frequently lost in fogs
or run down by vessels, should be fur
nished with a telephone apparatus Tor
detecting the approach of steamers In
time to give warning signal. Sound
is transmitted very distinctly under
water, and advantage is taken of this
fact in the suggested appliance. 1t
consists of a sensitive microphone,
which is submerged in the water, and
a telephone and battery connected with
lit. By this instrument the thrashing
and futtering of steamers screw can
be heard about three miles, thus giving
time enough for the boatman to make
the usual signals.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
Industrial Union Dissnnds.

The Industrial Trades union, at Chi
cago, organized last spring at the in
stigation of the contractors to help
them in their fight against the Build
ing Trades council, passed out of ex-
istence recently A meeting was held
at 205 Fifth avenue, at which Presi-
dent Symms explained the situation
to the mem bers as he saw it, and they
voted to adjourn sine die. President
Symms said: after nine months
experience with the building contrac-
tors of Chicago we have learned that
the position taken by the unions affili-
ated with the Building Trades counci i
was just TO maintain the Industrial
union would be barrier to organized
labor and to individual prosperity"
The officials Of the regular unions re-
gard the dismemb erment of the in
dependent union as a victory for them
over the contractors, but the contrac-
tors attach little Importance to the
occurrence. The last act of the In
dustrial union before disbanding was
to wipe eff the debt against the late
j. H. Smith, who absconded with some
of the finds. and adopt resolutions of
condoleIce and sympathy to be sent
to the Widow Smith was accidentally
killed BIZ a train in Bloomington the
other by.-Chicago Record
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
SOBBED OVER PHONE.
Mother and Daughter, Far Apart, Enjoy
Sweet Moment.

Sweet Moment.
The mystery of the telephone is yet
but imperfectly understood by many,
yet two women, with no scientific
knowledge whatever, were made to
feel how great boon to humanity it
is. Only a few days ago a man in
Chicago decided to give his wife a
novel surprise on her birthday ami
versary He arranged that at GER
tain moment her mother, whom she
had not seen for years, should be at
the long distance telephone Office in
Philadelphia and should call up the
daughter in Chicago. There was tele-
phone in the Chicago house and the
husband answered the prearrang5d.
call. Turning from the instrument he
mother on the wire in Philadelphia.
The wife seated herself at the instru-
ment and heard the familiar voice of
her mother. 1t uttered one word:
Daughter" 81
Suddenly the young matron in Chit
cago gripped the instrument and pour
ed out her heart in the response: "Oh,
mother, mother!" Then, as she heard
the sob that came over the wire from
her aged mother, she answered in
kind, still keeping the receiver at her
ear. Speaking literally, those two
women cried to each other until the
tolls Amounted Tn S15 ater thew hnth
said that it was the sweetest expert
ence they had known since their long
separation began! Nothing could
more effectively demonstrate the SYM
pathetic possibilities of the telephone
or better illustrate the vital point of
realizing the personality behind the
voice "
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

have time and again presented to
the best of my ability. ar gument and
fact to show that workingmen need to
stand together-to organize-if they
would prosper as they gould, Gays
Frank ]. Sunderman in Pennsylvania
Grit. propose to keep right on do
ing this as long as there Is need Of It
and l have opportunity. Recently
there was published a statement of
fact that shows just what strength
there Is in union. refer to the finan-
cial report of the United Mine Work.
ers Of America for the Quarter ending
Sept 80 last. There were 10000 paid
up members at that date (now there
are many thousands nhore); the in
come for the quarter was $S5,61S.36;
the expenditure s72,564.53. OF this
expenditure $50,152 took form of
donations to miners on ST.. -e-$32, 627
to district No. 81, with headquarters
at Fort Smith, Ark; 5000 to dis
trict with headquarters at Pittsbulg.
Kan; $1,000 to the Maryland region.
and various smaller sums to other
places. Salaries and expenses of Of
ficers, organizers etc., aggregated $16,-
524.69, a sum not large when divided
among the IS persons engaged, most
of them being under extraordinary
heavy expense in the anthracite re-
gions of Pennsylvania, when the big
strike was at its height. And to cap
1t, the organization entered the cur
rent quarter with ISL, 910.85 cash in
bank above all liabilities. Good show
ing, isn't it? Quite q snug sum, bound
to command respect for the body own
ing it. But of course, If man chooses
to stand altogether alone, and without
backing, it's his American privilege to
do So
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
FIGHT WITH LION.
Three Cowboys in Wrestling Match
with Huge Beast

with q Huge Beast.
Three Tonic basin cowboys had a
wrestling contest with the largest
mountain lion ever killed in Arizona
n few days ago. The men, George
Hubbard, Hardy Schell, and A. c.
Harer, were riding the range near Sa-
lone creek. Schell had the only fire.
arm in the party, rifle, and had only
one cartridge for it. The cowboys
routed the lion out of some rocks and
rode after it to rope it if possible.
Schell tried 200-yard shot and
knocked the lion over, apparently kill
ing it, with a bullet through its neck.
The three then rode up and dismount-
ed, to find that the lion had only been
stunned by the shot. AS they APP
preached it jumped to its feet and
leaped at Schell, who knocked it aside
with blow from the butt of the rifle.
The enormous cat then jumped upon
Hubbard crunching the mans left arm
and badly decorating his body with its
claws But Hubbard. who is possess
ed of exceptional strength, caught the
beast by the throat and front foot.
6chell, at the same time seized the hind
feet, while Harer ran in and cut the
lions throat with small knife. The
lion undoubtedly had been weakened
by the bullet wound, and the men con-
slider themselves fortunate to have es-
capped with their lives. The skin meas
ures feet 10 inches from tip to tip.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
Thev Feel ,Eheir Power.

Certain startling figures have been
made public to show the increasing fire.
quency with which strikes occur in
Germany. Incident tally they destroy
the prestige of thu United States as a
strike center. Dul|ing one year, for in
stance-the year 1881. 297 strikes
took place in Germany. The year be-
fore there had been only 1856, which
indicates the rapidly growing strength
of organized labor and perhaps also
the multiplication of causes of dis
content. At all events it was hard
year for employers as well as for
strikers, as 1920 establishments were
obliged to shut down completely at
different times during this one year.
1t is plain from this that the German
workman has not only acquired weap-
ons of self-proteetion, but uses them.
AS for the number of workmen con-
cerned in the STRIKES of 1899, the same
interesting statistics fl: it at 100,779,
while the entire number Of establish
ments affected was 7,113, OF these all
not obliged to shut down altogether
were seriously disabled Further indi
cations of the serious character of the
labor-capital war in Germany lie in
the fact that the total number OF
strikes extend led over 1876 weeks and
cost $625,254. OF the total number 542
had an offensive and 420 defensive
character. The least gratifying feature
to the friends OF organized labor Is
that only $50 strikes were completely
successful; sp5, however, altogether
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
DOlby's Sad Fall.

Some years ago, writes correspond
ent of the Daily Chronicle, Mr.. Dolby,
who was Charles Dickens manager,
and has just died miserable and pen
niless," in Fulham inflrmary, was in q
quite respectable position, but was
fast drifting into a reckless, vagrant
life. He was fond of recalling his as
ISOLATION with the novelist, but never
told any anecdotes about him. He
accompanied Dickens on his reading
tours, and his services were greatly
appreciated. On one occasion Dickens
wrote from Liverpool, Dolby would
do anything to tighten the work, and
does everything" In another letter
from Glasgow, he described him as
IAN agreeable companion. an excellent
manager, and good fellow Dolby
wrote book entitled Charles Dick.
ems as l Knew Him." which Miss Dick
ems considered "the best and truest
picture of her father yet written
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
The Working NAV.

The working NAV.
He lays his hand upon the stubborn
soil
And, 10! a mighty miracle is done;
1t CLOVIS. responsive to his touch OF
toll,
Fruitful and fair beneath the golden
sun.
He is no brother to the dull, dumb OK,
That plods the field in chatting har-
ness triced;
No kinship holds he with the sense
less fiocks.
For he is brother to the Man-God
Christ.
AT his behest the prairie is trans
formed;
He digs the desert and it disappears;
Before his plow the wilderness is
stormed,
And leagues Of corn lift up their
splendid spears.
Amid his sheaves he stands happy
man,
Nor seeks to solve the things be-
yond his ken.
Content with the All-wise eternal
plan
OF Him who shapes the destinies of
men.
The sky that bends above him shows
no stars
At noon and yet he knows the Pow
err Divine
That shaped the Pleiades and fash
Toned Mars,
In their appointed time will bid
them shine.
John L. Barrett.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

The Chicago Federation of Labor re-
Gently issued an appeal to the colored
workmen of the country, asking them
to join he,l with Tho white workers
through the trade unions, so that a.
Dor might be united in demanding bet
ter conditions. The appeal follows:
"The frequency with which unscru-
pulous employers CT labor are of late
supplanting white r1tudst their col
ored brethren in ,/ofp of industrial
trouble is a questiol. 20, the most seri-
-eds moment TO the va ~l<ac.s Of this
country. In calling attention to the
question it is not our intention to
arouse sentiment which might lead to
race prejudice, or race war, which
would be deplorable in its results. but
rather in friendly spirit lay before
our colored brothers statement of
facts which we hope may convince
them OF their error.
1--WE do not even condemn them, be-
lieving they arc more justly entitled
to our sympathy and support. In the
slavery days, now happily gone by,
when the traffic in human flesh and
blood remained a blot on our civiliza-
ton, the negro was unable to free
himself from the bondage. His white
brother rose In arm and declared the
slave should be free. Today the ne
gro is being used to hold the white man
in industrial slavery. The colored
man, more simple in his ways, with
fewer wants and these more easily
satisfied, is content to work under con-
ditions which are irksome to the white
workman, anl he is today, perhaps UNI
consciously, being used to try to drag
the white man down to level lower
th3d was the negros before he WIS
freed from slavery.
1T is to remedy this that we appeal
. to him, to wsycome him into our fold,
to elevate him to our standard and to
better his coalition as well as our
own. The tiades union movement
knows no race pr color. It's aims are
the lettering Il the conditions of the
wage-earner, whatever his color or
creed. In this spirit we appeal to the
colored workman to join with us in
our work Cone into our trades
unions, give us your assistance and in
return receive our support. so that
race hatred may be forever buried and
the workers of tie country united In
solid phalanx to demand what we are
Justly entitled to-a fair share OF the
fruits of our own industry. Chicago
Record.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
stage Fright OF Notahles

After public career of thirty years
duration, the late Senator Davis was
unable to dlspel the nervous apprehen-
sion that took possession of him when
he was on the point of making a
speech. Other veterans of public life
have been similarly affected. Joseph
Jefferson tells an interested audience
every year that he invariably suffers
from stage fright and John B. Cough
used to say that whenever he faced an
audience his knees knocked together
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

There will be no seasickness, be-
cause in submerged boat there is
absolutely no motion. There will be
no smells to create nausea, for the
boats will be propelled by electric pow
er taken from storage batteries, which
will be charged at either end The Of
fensive odor that causes so much dis
comfort in surface boats is due to the
heated oil on the bearings and to the
escaping steam. There will be no
steam on these submerged channel
boats, and the little machinery neces-
sary to drive them will be confined
within an air tight chamber There
will be no collisions, because the boats
going will travel at different depths"
John p. Holland in North American
Review.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

least, it seems so to me, and | have
been in good many. BY old men l
mean from so to 80. They are not de-
crepit old men. who hug the fireside,
but are quite lively old fellows" How
do you account bishop, for this large
proportion of old men in Mississippi"
asked someone. well" said the 5ish-
op, there Is no chance to become rich
in Mississippi. Everybody knows it
and does not worry himself into an
early grave trying to-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

Ice yachtsmen are making ready for
lively winter season in the north
ern lakes, where there are plenty of
sufficiently large stretches of water
practically unaffected by winds, that
can always be depended upon to fur
nish ice smooth enough for the most
satisfactory yachting. Yachts are
built upon the shores of many of these
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

gales. the racers are often dashed to-
gether and smashed into splinters. or
perhaps they strike a stick protruding
above the surface Of the ice and meet
with an equally serious mishap. But
the genuine ice sportsmen say that
yachting without racing would be like
Thanksgiving dinner without the
turkey, and that the racing is the only
feature of the sport worthy of any con-
sideration whatever.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
81 & : !|a|l|| q

community kitchen and cooked, Of
course, by the colonists. Socialists do
not employ servants. When cooked the
food is served in the community din
ing-room, where tables are set for 300
persons. Vegetables are the chief
article Of the Rusklnite diet, and as
they are raised by the community it.
self they are abundant and cheap. In
seasons when fewer vegetables are
produced the daily cost Of living is in
creased from 5 to cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
ice BOATING in NORTHERN LAKES

swiftness of bird.
1t is one of the most exciting and
exhilarating sports known and it's pop
ularity and the enthusiasm of its de-
voices are easily understood even by
those who have never become inocu-
lated with the craze for these spins
over the ice. The danger of serious
disaster increases the excitement. and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

in the cases of most yachtsmen adds
to rather than detracts from the
pleasure of the runs before the wind.
Time and again fatal accidents have
attended ice-boating, but these have
had no more effect in quenching the
eagerness for the boating than have
the killings in football affected the
popularity of that game.
At nearly every point where ice
yachting is indulged in at all there are
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

lakes, but the boats are so light they
can easily be built at any point and
conveyed without difficulty to any of
the favored resorts, for they are virtu-
ally only skeleton frames. with sails,
attached to steel runners. In a way
ice-yachting is skating without the
physical effort required by that sport.
The boaters have only to sit in the
little light seats of the skeleton affair
and the winds, filing the sails, carry
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

races between the various boats every
year, and rivalry between ice yachts
gets to be quite as keen as it does be-
tween the boats which cut the water.
Racing almost invariably increases the
danger of the sport, and during the
season there are usually many catas-
trophies resulting in serious and fatal
injuries to the boaters. While flying
over the ice driven by mile-a-minute
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
illinois oIeomargarine Industry.

Illinois is the largest manufacturer
of oleomargarine in the country, with
an annual output of $4,000 pounds, or
46 per cent of all that is made in the
United States. Pennsylvania comes
next with 100000 pounds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

Canada has established a bureau of
labor which publishes monthly la
Dor gazette, bearing the union label
the first time the Dominion govern
ment esps officially recognized organ
isad br
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04
An Easy-aoins state.

x Bishop Thompson ofsMississipm said
the other day: 81 suppose there is a
larger percentage Of old men in Mis-
,issippi than in any othe' state-at
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-04

II man does his duty to himself
he does his duty to all the world.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-27

l. CA 1855. Apana 2: thence North
SIS 81, West. true. e5-ss feet along
said L C. A SIS, Apana 4. TO corner
OF L c. A ESQ: thence North G5u %
East. true. Isl feet along said L G
A. ESQ 70 corner OF Konohfki: thence
South 3so AZ, East true. 1878 feet
along KonohikI: thence South 4sS IL,
West. true, so.s2 feet along Konohiki
and L. C. A 45ss. Ap9na 4; thence
South 3e5 81 East, true. $3.50 feet
along L C. A 1855. Apana 4; thence
South Sc 2e' West. true. 1890 feet
along L c. A. 31s1; thence NorJa $50
0s' West. true, 1850 feet along L c.
A. 1858, Apzna 2; thence South 4so
IL West. true, 40 feet along L C. A.
1858, Apana ?, TO point Of beginning,
containing an area Of 60-100 acres.
Subject TO lease expiring Septem
Der 30th, 1902. at a yearly rental Of
$50.
Fourth Those certain pieces or
parcels of land situated in Iii Of Kau-
maunapopo, Waialua, Island of Molo-
kai, in said Territory of Hawaii, being
Apana l, Taro. containing an area
Of one "a rood and twenty-eight (2s)
perches.
Apana 2, Taro, containing an area
Of one "a rood and twenty-one (2D
perches.
Apana 8, Kula. containing an area
of three 90 acres and being the same
premises awarded TO Ns'Nihale by
Land Commission Aware 10. 1897,
and that were conveyed to said Annie
G. Dowsett by Haona (w) by deed
dated July 1st, 1879, and recorded in
the Office of said Registrar in Liber
IS on Folios 342 and 343, and by the
said Annie G. Dowsett devised to the
parties plaintiff and defendant in said
cause, the said Gene-iev Dowsett,
Elizabeth j. Knight, formerly Eliza
beth ]. Parker, Rowena N. Turner and
Marion C. Dowsett, in equal shares as
tenants in common, by her said last
win and testament aforesaid
Terms of sale: cash. deed at ex-
pense of purchaser and said sale to be
made subject to confirmation by said
Court. Dated, Honolulu, April oath,
1901.
CHAS. p. GREENWOOD,
Commissioner.
JAMES. F. MORGAN,
Auctioneer.
W. AUSTIN WHITING,
w. J. ROBINSON,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
PAUL NEUMANN, ROBERTSON &
WILDER and ATKINSON & JUDD,
Attorneys for defendants.