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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Steel Trusts Foreign Policy.

The New York Commercial said re-
Gently:
1.-The United States Steel Corpora
ton and its competitors have in
structed their foreign agents to look
for a market for light finished steel
products. The production of sheets,
tin plate, steel wire products, ETC.,
is greater than domestic consump-
tion Rather than close the mills,
and thus be compelled to reduce. the
price to home consumers, the surplus
will be sent abroad at price below
that quoted in the home market"
The Commercial said that "this
policy has frequently been resorted
to. Among concerns that benefited
largely by this method in the past
were all the corporations that are now
under the domination of the United
States Steel Corporation"
On Nov 2S, it was announced that
the Steel trust had cut both its do
nestle and foreign prices on wire,
wire nails, tin plate, wrought iron pipe,
etc., S. per ton.
During the recent campaign the Re-
publicars were denying strenuously
that our exports were sold cheaper to
foreigners than at home and were
positively that the Tin Plate trust was
not selling abroad. AS matter OF
fact it began this nefarious business
more than three years ago. Foreign
ers have all along been getting our
steel goods at from Is 70 80 per cent
less than we are compelled - pay for
them. If the foreigners pay our taxes
it is only fair that they should get t"E
goods cheaper. If we pay the tariff
taxes we should be the preferred Gus
toners of the protected trusts. Con-
gress should investigate to learn who
pays these taxes. If, perchance it
should find that we pay them 1t might
discuss the propriety of taking them
off
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
In Favor of Sheep.

Sheep have way Of utilizing by.
products which no other animals seem
to have, says publication of the
Iowa Agricultural College. OF the
four or five hundred different plants
which may be found in any locality,
sheep will eat all but a very small
percentage, while cattle and other
stock will touch only little over one
half. Even If sheep are turned into
an ideal pasture they will now and
then nibble at the weeds; extermina-
ton Of the weeds results. When the
grain is harvested and taken from
the field the place for the sheep Is
in the stubble. Rose bushes, wild
buckwheat and the weeds and grasses
to be found in the fence corners and
fence rows fall victims to them and
furnish fall feed, thereby fulfilling
two-fold purpose for their owners;
that Of destroying these pests and
converting these waste products into
good mutton and wool. The lamb
crop may be fattened and developed in
the corn fields in the fall. If at the
last cultivation of the corn Dwarf
Essex rape is planted between the
rows in the moist soil 1t will make
very rapid growth and by weaving
time it will be ready for the lambs.
Old sheep cannot be turned in this
way because they will pull down the
corn; lambs, however, will do no dam
age, but on the other hand they will
eat much of the pigeon grass and
other weeds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19

situated on the island Of Montreal,
thirty miles long, ten miles wide; and
rising up out of this level island Is
a very bold and rugged and even pre-
cipitous ledge Of rock, tree covered
a noble mountain, with the name
Mount Royal, or in the musical
French, Mont Real.
1t is royal mount, and between
this and the river is the great city,
many of its residences and public
buildings climbing far up the foothills,
giving them charming location. For
example, McGill university and some
Of the hospitals. Here also along the
base of the mountain are the magnlfl'
cent homes, many of them.
Churches-many and the best, but
of native gray limestone-rather
dark-but hard and durable. The
general style is Gothic-with magnifi-
cent spires which rise out of their
large, square, solid bases with ma
jestic grace far up with the sunlight,
high over all. 1t costs money, but
there is nothing in architecture so
grand and graceful as the GOTHIC
church spire. The Catholic, the An
glican and the Protestant, all have
noble church buildings here.
st. Peters of Rome-a smaller one.
Citizens will tell you it is one-seventh,
one-third of the size of the great
Basilica.
But you must always look out for
the citizens! The man at home often
knows the least about the sights Of
his own town. | succeeded by 60
ing down into the basement-in I'M
earthing the janitor, and through him
an old yellow descriptive circular
in French giving all the dimensions
Of the building. 1t is one-half of the
length; onehalf the width, one-half
the height-and, therefore, just one
eighth the size of st. Peters in Rome!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19

was the SterH Ola Cltduel. his COLI
mands the city and the rivera fort.
ress built many years ago and costing
millions of pounds. The one unique
thing about Quebec is the great Duff
fern terrace, named after that dis
tinguished governor general.
What is the Dufferin terrace? II
is a massive wall, forty to fifty feet
built up on the steep side of the ledge,
and on this wall is magnificent prom
enade; you look down upon this sheer
ledge, $50 to 200 feet below on the
old French houses, and off upon the
majestic st. Lawrence, miles away In
either direction, up or down the
stream, while across the river far re
moved are the Laurentian mountains
of geologic centuries, snOw-cOvered
in the winter, waving their banners Of
green in the summer This terraced
promenade extends fully mile or
more around and in front of the upper
city and the citadel. 1t Is one of the
most spacious promenades in the
world, with room for thousands, and
room for all, more spacious even than
the grand piazza of Venice.
At the city end of this great terrace,
and high on the very crest of the rock,
is an ideal location for a hotel, and
here there is a hotel indeed! The
Chateau Frontenac! l have seen
photos Of it, and read descriptions,
but the location must ne seen. 1t is
grand. The building itself is an arch.
itectural charm-circular, or rather
oval shaped-with great central
open court, full of sunlight and OF
green, but from the outside rooms, on
the terrace overlooking the old French
house far beneath, and the majestic st.
Lawrence alive with many steamers
coming and going, and the country
miles beyond the river, make view
almost unparalleled in this country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Galloway Show and Sale.

The preliminary catalogue is out
showing the classifications and premi-
ums of the Galloway Breeders Asso.
citation relative to the show at Kan
sas City October 10 to "a, and at
Chicago Nov. % to Dec. 9Th, 1908. At
Kansas City five premiums are to be
given in each class of breeding stock
and numbered from first to fifth run
$50, rs, $40. SIS, $40, total of 500.
At the Chicago show, in the same
classes, four premiums will be award
ed, and, numbered from one to four,
run $50, $25, SIS and IS, total of
SIS. The Chicago International will
duplicate this classification. Every
Galloway breeder should send for a
copy of this catalogue, which may be
had Of R. w. Park, secretary, II Elk
change avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
The Roosevelt Dynasty.

From the frantic manner in which
Republican politicians repudiate the
possibility of any one save Col. Roose-
welt being the Republican nominee
next year it looks as though the
Roosevelt incumbency were now dyn-
astic rather than electoral. Such 10y
atty to the throne and reigning sover-
eign is not exceeded even in coun-
tries enjoying monarchical form Of
government
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Irritation In Humid States.

Irrigation In Humid States.
A circular of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture says: The
rise in prices of agricultural lands In
the last few years has made 1t neces'
sary that farmers should get the
largest possible return from their
lands, and has created a general In.
terest in whatever will help to that
end. One Of the aids now being con-
sldered is irrigation. In the East it
Is not, as in the West, absolutely
necessary for the raising Of any crops,
but, like fertilizing or thorough Guilt
walton, Is means of increasing the
returns from land. The whole Ques.
ton is whether 1t will pay. The re-
port Of irrigation investigations of the
Department Of Agriculture for the
year 1901, carried on under the direc.
ton OF Elwood Mead, gives some val.
liable data on this question. The re-
port covers experiments in Missouri,
Wisconsin and New Jersey. A series
Of experiments extending over sew.
eral years at the Wisconsin Expert
ment Station at Madison show a
marked increase in yields of farm
crops. The average increase in the
yield Of clover hay on irrigated land
over that from unirrigated land has
been 25 tons per acre; the average
increase in yield of corn has been
26.95 bushels per acre; and potatoes
show gain of 1873 bushels per acre.
The annual cost Of irrigation at Mad
ison has been $6.6S per acre, not in.
Guiding any interest on the invest.
ment, but including all extra labor.
At current prices this leaves a net
profit from irrigation of about $40 per
acre on hay, $11 per acre on corn,
and $73 per acre on potatoes. The
conditions of soil and climate at Mad
ison do not differ from those of the
Middle West generally, and the re.
suits given above show that where
water can be obtained without too
large an outlay irrigation as a part
of intensive farming is very profitable.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Machen Not Alarmed.

They are talking down in Washing
ton of sending Mr. Machen to the
penitentiary, but that gentleman is
long way from the barred doors and
his collection of pulls" has not even
been given an. exercise gallop yet.
Messrs. Rathbone and Nicely will
smile at the notion of anything seri-
GUS happening to Mr.. Machen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
CAPITAL OF LOWER CANADA
BOTH FORTRESS AND CITY
Quebec Declared by Henry Ward Beecher the
Ouaintest Spot in All America "-Foundations Of the
Old Place Date Back to the Year $685.

Especial Correspondence

impregnable in the early days of war.
Its heights were scaled, tits true, but
that by stealth, and not by storm.
Ehrenbreitstein, the Gibraltar of the
Rhine-an unassailable sheer ledge of
rock-seems to me no stronger than
this strong old fortress citadel on the
heights above the river. 1t was
natural fortress, impregnable as beet.
ling cliff.
But the great guardian of the city
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19

Three great cities of Canada East
are Montreal, Quebec and we will say
Ottawa, although it be just across the
Ottawa river in Ontario. These three
cities would be great anywhere in the
world.
Montreal is of course the first and
chief city of all Canada. 1t is most
emphatically the largest in population,
but it is great in other respects. 1t
has beautiful name. The city is
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Suspicious,

'T'm afraid my husband doesn't love
me any MORE" said the bride of six
months, witt an overgrown sigh.
when did you discover the
changer"
when discovered that he had quit
leaving any change in his pockets"
replied the young wife, sadly.-Ex.
change.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Republican "Harmony."

Mr.. Foraker's smile as he occupies
a front seat on the Roosevelt band
wagon is all the more bland and happy
as he reflects that Uncle Hanna is
hanging on to the vehicle by some
what slight and precarious grip on the
tail board.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Lost His Identify.

$50 you want to get married."
eyes, suh-I'm resigned ter It,"
Ever been marrlc4 before?"
Two or three times, subj"
Don't you know for certain"
"No, sub; after de third one got me
1 never knowed who l wuz, or how
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
Unreasonable Sister.

Mamma-Why, Herbert, what in the
world Is the matter with sister?
Herbert-Aw, we was just a-playin'
haunted house, an she was the ghost.
an l give her the little chain to swal-
Ter SOS she would clank every time
she moved, an now she's a-cryin' an
says she don't want to be the ghost.
any more!-Magazine of Humor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
|llUNl0l(|
|OF THED AY1
The Tyrant Of the Household.

mo, am sorry can't be with you
this evening. I'm obliged to stay at
home"
Expecting company"
mo, our 14-year-old daughter is 60
ing to party this evening""
Does that keep you at homer"
"Of course 1t does. Sne has to have
the latchkey."
But, couldn't you 60 out and stay
II you wanted to-"
Il suppose could, but daughter Oh.
5ects to having us out so late"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
She Received the Invitation.

She Received the Invitation.
"And when you marry" she softly
said, II hope you'll remember to invite
me to the ceremony"
He looked thoughtful
ut will be awIully crowded, no
doubt" he said, "but think can ring
you in somehow"
And moment or two later she de-
clared the ring an astonishingly good
fit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
A Fellow Eeeijnu.

In his present tribulations Mr..
Payne will undoubtedly command the
sympathy of Mr.. Root, who knows
from painful experience what it ia to
have a scandal blow up under him
every two or three weeks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
ANY Present SURPRISING.

Mr.. Krochett-I'm going to surprise
you on your birthday.
Mrs. Krotchett cOidly)-Indeed?
Mr.. Krotchett-Yes; can't you guess
what it is?
Mrs Krotchett-If you really mean
to surprise me I suppose you're going
to give me some sort Of present.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
In Boston.

Judge-What do you know about
the case?
Witness-I seen him bring the stun
upstairs and
Judge-That will do; step down.
cannot listen to such an abuse of Ian
guage. Discharge the prisoner.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19

Some folks would find fault wild
heaven-ef Providence wuzN'e wise
erNugh ter keep EN- out
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19
The Cut Direct.

The Fork-What would you do II q
man should eat with you?
The Knife should feel inclined to
cut him.--Philadelphi Record.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-06-19

"Do you think your father would &C.
cept me al a son-in-law?"
"Why not? Papa is often of very
different opinion from me.'-Dorf-
barber.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01
A VIII and Three Weddings.

In Warsaw banker died and left his
entire fortune to whichever Of his
three nieces-d daughters Of three differ
ent brothers and sisters-married first
The parties interested in this provision
were present when the will was read,
and all of them took immediate steps
to secure the prize. By procuring spe-
cial licenses and taking other unusual
measures it was found that the earliest
possible time for wedding to take
place was ut 8 o'clock on the morning
Of the tenth day after the will had
been read Before noon on that day all
three nieces appeared at the notary's
office with certificates showing that
they had all become wives between
and SIS o'clock that morning, though
not one Of them had even been engaged
when the will was read All three
claimed the fortune, and the courts
solved the difficulty by dividing it into
equal parts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01
HOLLANDALE AND VICINITY.

| From the Review.
Ole Swenson lost horse from lung
fever Saturday.
A killing frost came Friday morn
ing, the 18th. Ice formed as thick as
window pane.
A man in Spring Green was shot
and perhaps fatally wounded one
night last week while helping him
self to neighbours potatoes. Some
people won't learn that they have no
business on other peoples property
until they get dose of that kind
truly an expensive way to learn.
Some of the local papers are pub
fishing articles to the effect that all
children between the ages of and II
years must attend some school for s
months each year. This is not strict
ly correct. Chapter 1879, laws of 1908,
repeals the old law requiring an at
tendance Of twelve weeks, and enacts
In its stead that in cities the attend
ance shall be eight months and in
towns, villages and districts five (5)
months. The publisher of this paper
is not IA lawyer, but this is the law.
This week Martin Jones and two
helpers put up another telephone
wire between here and Davenville,
one line not being enough to take
care Of the business.
We hear talk of a new hotel being
bnilt
A stack OF hay belonging to Albert
Gather took fire from spark from a
traction engine the first of the week.
John Leavitt arrived home from
Burnett county Monday. He reports
that the damage from frost in that
part of the state was slight compared
with the damage done here-that
while they had had frost, it was so
light that tender plants like toma-
toes had not been seriously injured.
We could name twenty or thirty
young men in this vicinity who have
been earning from S25 to $50 month
(and board) during the entire sum.
mer Each of them should by this
time have saved at least $l25, and
each should be able to add to that
amount from Sl5 to S25 month.
Those who are saving their earnings
will not long be obliged to work for
others; they will soon be solid prop
erty owners, respected by all the peo-
pie whose respect is worth having.
II. Williams of Jonesdale bought a
house in Mineral Point, where, we
understand, he intends to move.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01

An English physician of high stand
ing recently made an address before
the Manchester and Stafford Sanitary
association in which he said:
II have spoken Of light as purifying
our atmospheric environment and as
freeing us from certain superficial
parasitic distempers and l wish to re-
mind you that it has still more deep
and intimate human relations of a
sanitary nature, for light is n necessary
condition Of mental and bodily well
being. Its tonic physical effects are
everywhere recognized.
Essential for all purposes of life.
light is universal stimulus. Falling
on the eye 1t sets up In the brain func-
tional activities associated with intel
lectual and emotional states, and at
tempts have been made to discriminate
the physical effects Of its different ele-
ments. Whatever the therapeutic
value of the different rays of light
may be, white light, heavens own mix
ture, is the normal physical atmos-
phere, and variations in It's intensity
have probably widely diffused consti-
tutional effects
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01
MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY, OCT. /, 1903.
FROM THE COUNTY SEAT.
Special correspondence,

Special correspondence
The following have gone 10 Chica-
90 to attend the centennial colebra-
ton: Mr.. and Mrs. Thos Rogers Mr.
and Mrs. w. p. Peters, Mrs. Osborne
and daughter, Mesdames A. jerks,
now.
Mrs. Albert Thomas and children
of Cobb, are visiting at the home OF
Judge jerks.
Charles Gaylord, of Lacrosse, an
old soldier and member of Co. c. 8lst
Wis., passed through here Saturday
on his way home.
j, II. Cartwright returned Friday
from his trip to Kansas.
Mr.. Chas Helm and wife, of Madi-
son are visiting at the home of Mrs.
Helms parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Webster.
Rev. Peter Gray Evans and family
leave here for Pennsylvania, where
he has accepted Il charge. They
will be missed by numerous friends.
Word has been received here that
Patrick Grant, former register of
deeds, died at Madison.
Arthur Jones left for Madison to
attend business College.
Circuit court convened on Monday.
Ten jurymen were excused, and the
Judge ordered the clerk to draw ten
additional names to fill the number.
The case of State VS.. George
Brandt, who recently shot his wife
and mother-in-law, is set for next
Monday. He will be tried on the
plea of insanity.
The case of State VS.. Martie Larson
has been heard before the Judge, who
pronounced him insane and commit
ed him to the hospital at Mendoza.
The case of Joseph LaBounty VS.
City Of Dodgeville is now on trial.
Marriage license;
Melvin Christopher Highland.
Esther Anderson "
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01

Two hundred persons. waiting for a
train, intently watched an old man
driving six inch spikes with an iron
maui. Now, there Is nothing unusual
or extraordinary about driving spikes
with a maui, even though the head OF
n spike is only three-eighths of an inch
square and that of the maui only three
quarters. But there was a fascina-
ton In this old mans work. His genius
for driving spikes was manifest. He
never missed blow. He never needed
more than three blows to send a spike
home with its head buried In the
planking. He always gave three There
was a rhythmic harmony in his task
that appealed to all. In his particular
line he eXcelled. That is the genius of
labor.-New York Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01

to the Lower Magnesium. They have
"a strong range. and we believe they
will strike ore in large quantities.
Mr.. Thomas Hicks is to be the new
superintendent OF the Mason Mining
& Milling Company. A number
man for thepace.
Messrs. Smith aud Rule are now
drilling prospect hole for the Mil
waukee Company down in the little
neigh borhood southeast of the viii
lage.
Mrs. VIM. Williams, Jr,, wife and
children of Iron Belt, Wisconsin, are
here visiting his parents and Mrs.
Williams mother, Mrs. Poad, and
other relatives.
We were agreeably surprised to
have John b. Spenslev, now of stacy
Vile. Iowa, but formerly Of Linden,
drop in on Us one day the last
week Except that he is thinner, he
remains the same kindly, CHEEKY fell
low as when he was one of us. lie
makes more money out there but he
admits that there are times when he
thinks "Shakerag" and the Greek
more or less lougingly.
Congressman Babcock, accompan-
led by Mr.. Casson, Sergeant at Arms
Of the House Of Representatives, made
his first trip to Linden on Monday OF
this week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01
Low Rates to California.

Why not go in October, when the
rates are low? Only $4,000 from
Mineral Point to san Francisco or
Los Angeles and return, October to
II. via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway. Excellent train SER
vice, Tickets good on the Overland
Limited or two other fast daily trains
via this line. Complete information
on request. e. A, MILLER, general
al passenger agent, Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-01
TRAGEDY OF AN INSECT.
The sand Fly Lives but Day After
Coraing into the Light.

The Sn1d Fly Lives but Day After
Coraing into the Light.
HIRE is The tragic story of the sand
ny:
1t lias but n dry TO live In the light
In order to earn the right to that day
of life 1t lives from one to three years
In darkness, down in the mud at the
bottom of lakes or rivers. Moreover,
the sand fly Is perfectly harmless, 1t
does not bite 1t has no sting. 1t can
not even eat. All 1t can do is to fit
light of day or the glare of an electric
lamp.
The sand fly is known to scientists
Familiarity as the May fly. In scientific
terms 1t is called ephemerida. This
name Is taken from the Greek word
ephemeros, which means lasting only
for day. To the scientists the sand
fly is one of the most interesting and
beautiful of insects.
The fly lives but day at most, but
before it sees the light It has lived for
from one to three years under the wa
ter in the form of what the scientists
call nymph. This nymph can both
walk and swim. AS 1t grows it molts,
and after about the ninth mott tiny
wings appear on It's thoraX. These
grow larger until the insect comes forth
from the water sand fly. 1t then has
but one duty-to lay its eggs. This
done, the sand fly zigzags through the
air until Its brief life is ended.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.