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be candidate for representative it
might complicate matters and de-
prive US of the senator, as it is
not reasonable to suppose that
Mobiles county can have both Offices.
Mr.. Wilson cannot afford to sacrifice
himself or the party's interest to
any scheme Of these pin-head
politicians, and we trust he will not
be a party to any such DEAL
Dundee Advocate. }:
Yes it would be too bad for MOBILES
county to lose the senatorship. They
have hogged the whole thing from
Murray county since the organize
ton of the district thirty years ago
and if Shell and his clique would do
the right thing they would stay out
of the race.-Laks Shetek Courier.
"Hogged the whole thing'' is
good! The once truthful Millard
must have'taken an extra pull at
Nh. Grass'pocket flask before indit-
ing such stuff as that. Has not
Murray had Bart Low, Holman and
Grass-Low two terms, Holman
three and Grass two. During the
past ten years has not Murray had
five representative terms and MOBILES
three representative and one. sena-
torial2 What is there in this for
Bro. Willard and Attorney Grass to
gnash their teeth over? Five-ninths
of the people in this district live in
Mobiles and four-ninths in Murray.
If we must pirate about division let
us tell the truth-that Mobiles has
not had her due. But all this divis.
ion talk is. more clap trap! Shell
and Grass equally represent both
counties. It will be Shell and Morse
next year Adrian Guardian.
That from the Advocate andG Guard
ian is about the situation with the
exception of the caliber of Mr.. Will
sons friends, there is no reason for
clubbing them as politicians below
the standard and the A d v @
does not approve Of any such reflect
ions upon any one, nor do we be-
lieve the cause Of any candidate can
be espoused with success by any
such epithets. As to Mr.. Wilson s
candidacy it appears to many to have
been ill advised account of the situa-
ton. He is a most able man and
one that would reflect credit upon
the people of any locality, in the.
legislative halls. He has scores of
warm friends, who have heretofore
refused to support him, that would
be glad to support him now but
owing to the political situation, in
their wisdom, hesitate to commit
themelves at this time but await
further developments. Of course,
if he is nominated Mobiles County
must turn out every republican vote
and elect him at all hazards. :
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, July 9.-Wheat-July,
78hc; Sept, 72c. On Track-No.
hard, Sic; No. Northern, 79c; No. 2
Northern, 74Ac.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, July 9.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $7.75@8.7O; poor to me
dunn, 34:50@7.50; stockers. and feed
sers, 32.5005.00; cows and heifers
$1.50@6.00; Texas steers, 34.00@6.65
Hogs-Mfxed and butchers, $1,000
sos; good to choice heavy, 5000
$40; rough heavy, $7.10@7.76; light,
$7.0O@7.90; bulk of sales, $7.50@S.05.
.Sheep-Good to choice, $3.4OQ3.9oi
lambs, $3.OO@66O. .a
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Duluth Grain.

Duluth, July 9.-Wheat-Cash, No.
hard, :7sAc; No. Northern, 76Nc;
No. 2 Northern, 74Ac; No. spring,
72%c. To Arrive-No. hard, 78Ac;
No. Northern, 76Ac; July, 76Ac;
Sept, 1880. Flax-Cash, $1.56.
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, July 9.-Cattle-Choics
butcher steers, $7.00@7.50; choics
butcher cows and heifers, $5.50@6.00;
good to choice veals, $4.5O@5.36.
Hogs-$7.4O@7.75. Sheep-Good to
choice, $3.75@425; lambs, $5.25@6.00.
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Sioux City Live Stock

Sioux City, Ia, July 9.-Cattle-
Beeves, s5.5o@7.so; cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.5O@5.50; stockers and feed.
ers, $2.75@4.50; yearlings and calves
$2.5O@4.OO. Hogs-$7.50@7.90.
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ary adjuncts to the successful and
rapid progress Mankato has made
in it's various character and develop
ment of it's resources.
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Cedar Rapids.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08
skinnino Pearls.

The lapidary was SHINING pearl
He had on gloves of very delicate
sort of kid, and the glasses that he
wore had lenses OF such great magni-
flying power that his eyes, through
them. looked as big as saucers.
wear Gloves he said because the
hands perspire freely in this work,
and perspiration has often been
known to discolor pearls This stone
was injured by the accidental drop
ping on it of some acid. The disaster
discolored it, you see. With this very
delicate little tool l am removing its
outer skin. and if find that the acid
has filtered through and disco1ored
the inner skin also, l may remove
that as we'll A pearl, you see, is COM
posed of concentric layers, or skins,
and you can, if you are clever work
man, peel it down and down until it
disappears. That operation, indeed, is
often done by the apprentices of the
lapidary trade. They work on spoiled,
worthless pearls, and the experience
is very good for them 1t teaches
them a great deal about the pearls
anatomy, and it gives wonderful
cunning to their hand. The pearl is
the only precious stone that can be
skinned To skin it is often the only
way to restore its milky color"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08
no SETTLE LIBERIA
MANY AMERICAN NEGROES PRO-
POSE TO EMiGRATE.
Well Organized Movement for Colo
nization of That Country on Foot
Thorough Investigation of PossibiIi-
ties Being Made

Some new ideas relating to the
transplanting of American negroes in
Liberia have been introduced by Rev.
p J. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. J. H
Green, three Mississippi negroes of
intelligence and business capacity.
who expect to reside permanently in
Liberia, and give all their time to the
interests of the emigration of their
race to that country These agents
before any negroes are invited TO go
to Liberia are to make a thorough
study of various parts of the country
to ascertain what locations in elevated
and healthful sections of the republic,
away from the coast. are desirable as
homes for Americans. The effort will
be made to build up vigorous and self
supporting settlements, whose chances
for success will be greatly improved
by the fact that favorable conditions
are to be found before Americans are
invited to go to the new regions
Mr. Green reports that about l 900
negroes, substantial farmers. artisans
skilled in various trades and other
persons who Will make desirable col
onists are ready to start for Liberia as
soon as they are informed that suit
able regions have been secured. No No
STCeS except l1OSe WHO are Qudi1iiS0
to do good and skillful work will be
permitted to emigrate to the proposed
settlements. The information obtained
by the agents in Liberia will be circu-
lated among the members of the At
rlcan league, as the emigration COM
pany is called, so that at all stages of
progress everyone interested may
know just what is being done to start
them off successfully and just what
conditions they will meet in the new
country.
Liberians are very DESTROYS to en-
courage immigration from America.
There is no doubt of the large agricul-
tural resources of the country and of
the fact that American negroes can
make comfortable homes there, but
the conditions in the republic are diff
ferent from those in this country. A
great deal of the emigration thus far
has been haphazard and badly planned
and on the whole the various coloniz-
ing enterprises have not been very
successful 1t remains to be seen
what measures of success will be at
tanned by this better organized and
apparently well-planned movement to
provide suitable opportunities to a
large number of black Americans to
return to the land of their fathers.
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Wanted Something Simpler.

Marriage might easily become more
terrifying than it is to timid man
if it were to be guarded by such con-
ventionalities as those which alarmed
the young man in the Southwest, of
whom the New York Evening Post
tells.
Not long ago a large clothing house
in New York received letter from
the remote Southwest. to this effect ::
What is the proper dress for a groom
in the afternoon
The clerk who opened the mail re-
ferred the inquiry to the livery de
partment, and the head of that de
partment dictated a brief reply:
'sBottle-green coat, fawn-colored
trousers, with top boots, silk hat with
cockade We can make you prices as
follows:"
In about a week came a plaintive
note: Il always knew it was expensive
to get married, but can't you suggest
something a little less elaborate?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08
New Substitute for Coal.

A ST. Louis man, says the Globe
Democrat, claims to have hit upon q
substitute for anthracite coal. which
will render sections contiguous to
bituminous coal fields forever indie
pendent of strikers and similar dis
turbances in Pennsylvania. West Vir
GINA, and the hard coal regions.
Tests conducted scientifically and
under all variety of conditions have
demonstrated. it is claimed, that bri-
quotes manufactured from soft coal
slack, first subjected to a cleaning
process, then nodded into bricks by
the use of patent binder under high
pressure have all of the good qualities
of hard coal Briquettes are manufac-
tured from slack, or, rather. the
refuse which comes from bituminous
coal mines, and can be produced at
about $3.50 a ton. Scientists have
been trying for years to discover q
process by which this product could
be made.
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The Lonoinq for savaqery.

The white pariah is one of the most
difficult problems by which the great
powers owning colonial dependencies
in Asia and in Africa are confronted
1t is a problem that has come home
to the United States since the latter
has added the Philippine islands to its
possessions. For now and then the
American authorities in the Orient
find themselves called upon to deal
with some white man who has allied
himself to the Philippine insurgents
In almost every instance. when cap
tured. deserters have given the same
explanation of their conduct, namely.
that they had yielded to the tempta-
ton held out to them of a life where
they would be free to follow every in
stinct of their nature, without any re-
gard for the restrictions. the preju-
dices and the laws of civilized society.
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Farms and Farm Products.

Census bulletin No. 237 treats or
farms, acres, crops and values.
A farm, as defined by the twelfth
census, includes all the land under one
management used for raising crops
and pasturing live stock, with the
wood lots, swamps, meadows, etc., con-
nected Herewith. 1t also includes the
house in which the farmer resides,
and all other buildings used by him
in connection with his farming opera
tons.
The farms of the United States,
June 1, 1910, numbered 5,739.657-
These farmc occupied S41, POI ,546
acres, Ala ,703 ,191 acres being improved
and 426, 4OS. 1855 acres unimproved.
They were valued at 16,674, 690,2
Machinery and farm implements were
valued at s761, 261. $50, and live stock
at s3,07S, 050.041. these values, added
to that of the farms, gives $20,514 ,001.-
S3S as the amount of capital invested
in farms in this country.
The total value of farm products for
the year 1899 was s4,739, 11S,752, of
which amount $1,718 $780, 21, or 36-3
per cent, represents the value of ami
NAL products and 5000, 12S,5 31, or
63.7 per cent, the value of crops, In
Guiding forest products cut or pro-
duced on farms. The total value of
farm products for 1899 exceeds that
reported for 1889 by $2,279,0 oil ,298, or
92.6 per cent. This large increase is
partly due to a more complete and
detailed enumeration in 1900 than in
1890.
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The coniuqal Paradox

We don't seem to be really one
Bella. !" complained the young hus-
band You insist on having your own
way and your own notions about
things. just as you did before we were
married"
Don't you know. dear, aaid the
young wife, leaning over the back Of
his chair and smoothing the hair over
his temples with her soft hand. shat
the more distinctive1y we are Two the
more completely we are one
And she crooned to him till he was
almost convinced Chicago Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08
REPRINTED OF HER BARGAIN.
6oarder's Appetite Too Great for
Landlady's Pocketbook.

There can be no mistake about it,
for the mistress of the house is
woman of verify, and she vouches
for the truth of the story. She keeps
a large boarding house. and not long
ago a man came and engaged table
board for four persons. He was man
of good appearance, his credentials
were everything that could be desired
and she agreed to take the party. But
upon the day set for their arrival the
man came alone.
When will the others Gomez" she
asked him.
ITO tell you the TRUTH he replied,
'I am the only one; but 1 have
somewhat unusual appetite. and l pay
the rates for four people for myself"
To say that the woman was aston
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08

tatoes are far more valuable FOR plant
ing in the South than are potatoes
grown in the same latitude The pro-
lessor says that possibly the Northern
grown potato possesses more vitality
than does the Southern-grown potato,
even when the latter is produced and
kept In the most ideal manner, but
this remains to be demonstrated. He
suggests that other factors than the
vitality of the seed may be at the bot
tom of the wide difference in results.
The Northern-grown seed has been
matured more slowly and is kept in
a lower temperature than is the
Southern-grown seed When spring
comes it is taken out of it's cold stor-
age, of whatever kind, and is crisp
end fresh. All its vigor has been kept
over from the previous season, and it
goes to work to send up stalks and
form new tubers. On the other hand
the Southern potato grows quickly and
natures early in the season 1t is
taken out of the ground while the
weather is still warm and is not put
into cold storage 1t begins to evap-
crate moisture and to lose vigor- BY
mid-winter it is sprouting, and when
planted in the spring generally has
Missouri is too far north to permit of
using the second crop" potatoes,
which are used for seed further south.
1t is suggested that by planting pota-
toes in Missouri much later than they
do at present the crop might be
brought to maturity just before frost.
and these potatoes might be kept over
in good condition till spring. At the
present time the preponderance of
testimony seems to be in favor of the
Northern-grown seed. 1t would be an
interesting experiment to have potato
crops grown from both Northern
grown seed and seed from the sec
ond crop" at the South. The South
has never been able to grow white po-
tatoes in large quantities. 1t may yet
be found that the fault is in the con-
dition of the seed. If either from bet
ter-kept Southern seed or from seed
brought from the North, the South
can double the yield per acre of its
white potatoes, it may greatly stimu-
late the growing of this crop there
Farmers Review.
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annoyed by the staring and the wnis-
pering of the other women living in
the building.
One day she said to Mrs. Curran:
Your neighbors seem very curious to
know who and what / am, and the
nature of my business with you"
They do" acquiesced Mrs. Curran.
do they ask you about it?''
''Indade they do, a'am.''
And do you tell them?''
Faith, thin, an On do not
What do you tell them?''
..Oi just tell thim,' was the calm
reply. that you ere me dressmaker.
an let it go at that"
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Some potato Experiments.

At the Missouri Experiment Station
experiments have been carried ON to
determine the relative value of seed
potatoes raised in that locality and of
seed potatoes brought from the North.
In the agricultural museum, in tall
glass jars, are shown the results
They represent three distinct sets OF
experiments with three varieties OF
potatoes. The results are quite uni
FORM In each case the yield from the
Northern-grown tubers was double
that Of the yield from Southern-grown
tubers- This seems to prove the case.
but Prof Waters thinks that it does
not prove 1t. but that more expert
ments are necessary It does. how
ever. prove that with seed potatoes
- ordinarily handed the Northern %
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Nitrouen compounds.

Nitrogen is the bottled wine of the
vegetable feast. If the term stimulant
can be applied to any organization
nitrogen is the stimulant of plant life.
In any of its combined forms it gives
depth of color and exuberance of
growth to vegetable life, and when in
abundant supply it causes the plant
to break forth into riotous growth.
The great reservoir of nitrogen is the
air, but the leaves of plants though
constantly bathed in nitrogen cannot
drink in a particle. 1t is only nitrogen
in combination that can be appropri-
ated by the plant, and this enters the
plant by the roots and comes through
the soil A small amount is brought
to the soil by the rain, washing out
the ammonia and nitrates of the air,
but the amount is not large and en-
tirely inadequate to supply q crop. A
large amount of active nitrogen in the
form of nitrates is yearly formed in
every well cultivated field. and this is
the cheapest way of securing supply
of this costliest element of plant
growth. The raising of leguminous
crops, like the clovers, is the next
cheapest way of securing a supply
Combined nitrogen is purchased in
three forms: salts of ammonia, nitrate
of soda, and organic nitrogen in the
form of dried blood, f1sh scraps, cot
ton seed meal. etc.-Bulletin 202, Mich
igan Station
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Did Carlyle Have a Bad Temper2

Poor crochety old Thomas Carlyle
has been so much beIabored as a man
of violent temper that it is interesting
and just to note the words OF Mrs.
Broadfoot, his housemaid, in reference
to his temper The Cornhill Magazine
quotes the former maid as saying:
could have lived with him all my
days, and it always makes me angry
when I read. as sometimes do. that
he was bad tempered, and .gey i'll TO
get on with He was the very re
verse in my opinion I never would
have left him when did had / not
been going to get married.
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Irriaatins With steam pumps.

Some very important experiments
in irrigating by means of pumps have
been recently made at the Arizona
station. The water was pumped from
a well six inches in diameter and 4S
feet deep. A communication from the
station says:
One six-inch well 48 feet deep, with
a slotted strainer located in a 12-foot
gravel stratum, furnished over 500
gallons of water per minute, or some
thing over 6,400 cubic feet per hour.
During this run 6 $40 acres of alfalfa
were irrigated in % hours and As
minutes at cost of about $1.30 an
acre for fuel. Since at this season
of the year alfalfa is usually irrigated
once in from fourteen to twenty-one
days, it is quite probable that twice
the quantity of water was required
for this irrigation that would
have been required under nor
NAL conditions. Taking this as
probably true, the cost of irrigating
alfalfa would amount to about IS
cents per acre under normal condi-
tons of dryness and frequency The
following figures are based on cost
of about $2-25 cord for wood.
Computations from the data OBJ
tanned from the tests that have been
made will no doubt be of interest,
though Incomplete, and are given be-
low.
Cost of fuel for irrigating alfalfa,
covering the surface of the ground:
One inch deep, 10 1-2c per acre; 2
inches deep, 39c per acre; inches
deep, So 1-2c per acre; 6 inches deep,
s1-17 an acre.
Area that could be irrigated in "a
hours, covering the surface of the
ground:
One inch deep, AZ acres; inches
deep, 81 acres; inches deep, IA
acres; inches deep, acres.
Size of farm that could be irrigated
by running "a hours each day if an
irrigation be given to the successive
fields every fourteen days, covering
the surface of the ground:
Two inches deep, 294 acres; 3
inches deep, 196 acres; 6 inches deep.
80 acres.
Size of farm that could be irrigated
| by running 10 hours each day if an
irrigation be given to the successive
fields every IA days. covering the sur
face of the ground:
Two inches deep, 122 IL acres; 3
| inches deep, 81 2-3 acres: inches
| deep, 40 As acres. J. Vernon
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THE CHURCH HE FAVORED.
Philadelphia Gives Reasons for His
Religious Leanings-

Philadelphian Gives Reasons for His
Religious Leanings.
1t is told of the late Senator Matt
Carpenter that one day while chat
ting with friends in a committee room
the conversation turned on the rela-
tive merits of religious sects. Nearly
every member of the party belonged
to some church. and there had been
an animated discussion, Senator Car
penter pacing up and down. listening
intently enough. but saying not a
word.
What church do you belong to, Car
penter?' asked one.
Il don't belong 10 any
why don't you join one?"
Il don't want to. None exactly
suits my views
What one would you join if you
were to feel forced to choice?"
The Catholic, by all means"
And why the Catholic?'
Because they have purgatory, and
that's motion for a new trial"-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
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Let Ii Go at1hat.

A Boston lady who is a district
visitor became much interested in a
very poor but apparently respectable
Irish family named Curran, living on
the top floor of a great building in a
slum district of her parish Every
time she visited the Currans she was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08
Dakota vetoh.

Herewith we illustrate Dakota Vetch
(LotuS Americanus). This is plant
native to Dakota, Kansas and other
states of the Northwest. 1t is one of
the valuable forage plants of the
ranges. The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has made a thor
ough investigation of this plant and
recommends it for cultivation. In
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ished would be mild expression, but
it seemed a fair arrangement. partlcu-
larry for her side of the bargain That
was until the man had been boarding
with her for a week. and then she was
Obliged to ask him to leave, for she
said he not only ate enough for four
people. but for boarding house full.
and she could not afford to keep him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08

some parts of the West it grows in
vast quantities, and the seed could
be easily gathered and start made
in it's cultivation. 1t is bushy-branched,
about a foot high, with small, yellow
ish flowers, and slender pods about an
inch long.
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Some Luminous plants.

Several species of moss. lily, a
Poppy, and a nasturtium are luminous
at night
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-08

1t pays to keep the barns in good
condition A farm can BE- kept mp
only by constant attention a little
work must be done year by year.