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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
WINE IN POWDER FORM.
French Method for Obtaining Bev.
eraue In Concentrated Form.

French Method for Obtaining Bev'
erage In Concentrated Form.
The liquid part Of wine contains
light others, ethylic alcohol, heavy al
cohol and oils, and substances such as
furfurol and aldehyde. All these prod
ucts are poisonous. The solids of
wine are coloring matter, fixed organic
acids, and mineral salts, all Of which
are harmless, with the exception OF
the lime and potash, the lime being
very bad for the equity.
Now, wine which is deprived Of tho
heavy alcohol, oils, lime and potash
should contain no injurious elements.
According to ILLUSTRATION, 1t seems
that DR.. Garrigou of Toulouse has
been able to obtain this result by con-
centrating wine in vacuum, this pro-
cess taking away the cooked taste
which ordinary heat produces. In this
way wine may be reduced to a dry
powder, and if then the powder be
placed In water or ethylic alcohol, all
the properties Of the wine are recov-
cred, with the exception Of the pois-
onous elements. BY this process there
is obtained perfectly harmless wine,
which may be kept indefinitely, and
which is handled readily.-Philadel
phia Record.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
STEEL TRUSTPROFITS
FIGURES SHOW VALUE OF THE
TARIFF SHELTER.
AZ Proper capitalization the oiv''
dends Paid by This Highly Favored
Corporation Would be Enormous
Good Object Lesson.

The report to the stockholders OF
the big steel trust for the fiscal year
1902, is of kind which might help
unload a lot of common stock but for
one thing. It is prosperity report up
to the end Of last year, and we have
the assurance Of Mr.. Morgan that
prosperity is still with us and to stay.
According to the report, after max
ing all deductions from the gross in
come there was a net profit of over
800, 100000 for the year. Out OF this
over 100000 was paid in dividends
tof Z per cent on the preferred stock
and $2O,333, 900 in dividends Of 4 per
cent on common stock, leaving undi-
vided profits or surplus Of $34. 1000.
1t will be noticed that II Z per cent
instead Of 4 had been paid on common
stock the same as on preferred there
would still have been over $4,000, 900
of undivided profits or surplus.
Perhaps such liberal dividends to
the common stockholders, who prob
ably are to large extent identical
with the holders of preferred stock,
would have been more effective than
any number Of prosperity bulletins In
unloading the common stock upon the
public. After that the Importance OF
a surplus might have been discovered
and dividends on common stock re-
duced.
Mr.. Morgan's prosperity bulletin
may have been designed to cover the
period since the first of January and
the future, but it's issuance in advance
of the report was calculated to excite
a suspicion that things might have
changed since the beginning of the
year, or at least that somebody was
pretty anxious to unload good bunch
of Steel common.
The significance of the report to the
general public as distinguished from
the stock-buying public lies in the ad-
mission which It makes that the great
tariff-sheltered trust is making big
profits on the cost value of the prop
critics represented.
Al very moueidto CS.ilho'o oho
half of the stock of the great combine
is water. A fair capitalization prob
ably would be considerably under
$5OO,O0O,OOO. 1t would be very liberal
to call it 100000. Upon that CAPT
talization the charges would be much
less and the net income corresponding
ly greater, or, say, $10S,OOO,O0O for
the year, or IS per cent clear profit,
after allowing for depreciation of
plants and every other item.
Such is the value of the tariff shell
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
ORGAN USED BY sANKEY.
instrument Accompanied Great Evan
qeist on His Travels.

instrument Accompanied Great Evan
geIist on His Travels.
Ira D. Sankey's little cabinet organ,
of which this is picture, began its
long public career in Chicago in 1870.
shortly after the singing evangelist
met Dwight L. Moody. The organ was
taken to Europe with Moody and San.
key in 1878, and there it really started
on its famous career.
On this organ Mr.. Sankey played
the songs Of Philip Phillips, the first
singing evangelist, and p. P. Bliss. On
the instrument he composed nearly all
of the 500 songs and hymns Of his
own. He had it carted about and used
it at thousands of meetings through.
out the world.
About 100000 copies Of Mr.. San.
keys hymns have been put in circula,
ton, yet the evangelist never kept q
cent Of the royalties for himself, al
though the returns have amounted ia
over 100000. These great revenues
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Knox viii Not Go Too Far.

Philander Chase Knox quickly de-
cided that the facts did not justify q
criminal prosecution in the Tyner
case. It may be remembered that
Philander quickly came to the same
conclusion in the Porto Rican Snug
Cling cases and that he reached the
same decision in the Manila custom
house scandal. Philander, in short, is
becoming wary. The Northern Securi
ties merger decision demonstrated
that even a federal court may unex'
pectedly take a purely perfunctory
prosecution seriously, and Philander
is not going to take chances OF SINH
lar unfortunate results. To be on the
safe side he will not institute am
prosecution at all.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

Jamaica. selected the other route
for the very good reason that all
places on the Boston boats were taken
far in advance when l was ready to
engage my passage. But, as an Eng
lish friend expressed it, that line did
for us very WELL" and we had no fault
to find.
AS Jamaica is becoming yearly more
and more the Mecca for tourists, 1t Is
as we'll to state the plain facts, which
really need no coloring.
There is more to be seen and en-
joyed for month or more in Jamaica,
it seems to me, than at any other
place so conveniently reached from
our part of the world during the OBJ
jectionable months that precede
spring. The thinnest summer clothing
is required, and no one Is more un-
comfortable than the Northern tourist
who tries to get about in a black
derby, dark clothes and black shoes.
The best way Is to wear as much
white as possible, from the canvas
helmet, do little walking in the sun
in the middle Of the day and preserve
an even disposition.
Those of us who were bound to
South America. or, as some were, on
the entire round trip from New York
to New York, arranged to take the
prettiest long drive on the island that
can be done in one day-that to the
famous Castle Gardens, the govern.
ment reservation, where nearly every
tree, shrub and plant that can be
found in the tropics has been gath
cred.
1t was a day that everybody en-
joyed hugely, including forty miles Of
drive over hill and dale, by the side
of purling streams, past plantations of
sugar cane, cocoanuts, bananas and
coffee, through negro villages and
groves of gigantic cotton trees. AS 1t
was on Friday, country people were
constantly being met in little parties,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
FROM THE BLEAK NORTH
INTO THE BALMY SOUTH
Delights Of Trip to the Island Of Jamaica, with Its
Many Charms to the Tourist Seeking Rest-Points
Of Interest in the Republic Of Colombia.

Especial Correspondence.)

The pleasure Of going from the
North to the tropics in midwinter Is
always much enhanced by a particu'
larly cold and bleak day for the de-
parture. This was denied those OF US
who sailed, for New York wore an air
of almost summer mildness, and only
the lightest of overcoats were needed
as we steamed out into the bay.
On the sixth day the waving palms
of Jamaica gladdened the eye, and two
days were allowed the South Ameri-
can passengers to make what excur-
sions they could inland.
Tourists sailing from Boston land at
Port Antonio, which Is on the opposite
side Of the island from Kingston, and
one of the most charming spots in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
viii Not Keep Up the Fight.

Whatever may be their resentment
at the Northern Securities decision, 1t
lis safe to say that Messrs. Morgan
and Hill, and the financiers associated
with them are not going to adopt the
course which they are charged with
contemplating.
That is to say, they are not going to
2 keep up the fight against the anti
trust laws If the Supreme Court af-
firms those laws. They are not going
to devise new methods Of multiplying
the law when the law itself is upheld
by the courts. They are too thrifty to
do anything of the kind.
The consideration which will influ-
ence them to give up the fight is pure
ly selfish. 1t Is found in the fact that
so long as a corporation is under fire
in the courts nobody wants its stock.
If the Northern Securities combina-
tion seeks to evade the spirit of the
law 1t is certain that Attorney Gen.
eral Knox, flushed with his initial vic
tory, will promptly institute fresh pro-
ceedings.
That will mean that the stock of the
constituent railroad companies will
steadily decline in price because no
investor, speculative or otherwise, will
buy securities whose value Is contin-
gent upon the holding Of court.
What is true of the Northern Secur-
tiles concern is equally true of the
other railroad combines which have
been formed during the last three
years. These trusts will have to obey
the rulings Of the court or else see
their stocks and bonds decline to a
point which will mean bankruptcy to
their holders. Self-preservation will
impel the railroad combinations to
obey the law. The same sentiment will
influence the industrial trusts to yield
obedience If they, too. are held to be
unlawful by the Supreme court.
Selfishness, not respect for the law,
will bring the financial kings to COM
pliance with the law. They cannot af-
ford to enter upon either covert or
open rebellion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

Why is it that Postmaster General
Payne refuses to heed the suggestion
of Gen. Bristow to suspend certain
officials pending the investigation of
their bureaus? Has the sensational
exploit of Mrs. Tyner taught him a
lesson? Does he really think that
under present conditions officials I'M
der investigation will refuse to avail
themselves of the opportunity to mutt
late or destroy discriminating papers,
If such exist? Does he wish to be
understood as throwing obstacles in
the path of Gen. Bristow. and does he
imagine, in short, that "dark-lantern"
methods will deceive the people? Or
does he think that the man lives who
can fool all the people all the timer"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Exorbitant Freight Rates.

The coal trust succeeded in keeping
the question of freight rates out OF the
strike hearing, although 1t was the
key to the whole subject of the in
quiry, and now the power of the inter-
state commerce commission and the
courts to compel disclosure OF the
terms of the conspiracy to strange
competition and plumber the public
will be resisted and defied to the very
limit. Unfortunately the case against
the coal trust is being heard by a
body lacking the power to enforce its
orders by summary commitment for
contempt.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
NaturaI course of Commerce.

Talk about building UP trade with
South America or any other territory
Trade is not built up; foreign trade is
not different from other trade. 1t Is
a matter of bargaining by the traders,
not by the nation or warships or
treaty. It will go where 1t is needed
or wanted and will find or make Its
own facilities when it pays unless
hindered or INSTRUCTED by fool leg1s-
lation or force. Trade will extend as
fast as it will pay and protect itself
IL the law will leave 1t at liberty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
PAPER AND TALLOW BULLETS.
Experiments Have Proved Them ia
Be FearfuIly Destructive.

It is generally supposed that moth
ing save metal bullet could com
mend itself for the purpose Of man
killing in war. That such missile 10
more powerful for long-range shoot
ing may be true enough, says the
Regiment" but for destructive pur
poses at short distance bullet OF
paper or tallow has greater effect
During some recent experiments In
this direction it was proved beyond
doubt that, whereas metal bullet
penetrated deal plank an inch In
thickness and left neat hole, paste
board bullet had far greater destruc
tive effect upon the target. A paper
bullet passing through six pieces OF
tin placed at distance Of foot apart
buckled them up so as to be OF no
further use, whereas a metal bullet
merely left small round hole and In
no other way disfgured the tin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

ping place a native woman asked ore
Of the excursionists how he liked the
country, and he said it was too warm.
well try to have 1t cooler the next
time you come, master" she answered
Every man had either master" cap
tain" or doctor" given him by each
native who spoke, the latter appella.
ton seeming a favorite one.
Starting out Of Kingston harbor
again. those of us who were bound
farther south had breezy trip across
the waters that intervene between
that point and the first important port
Of South America, at which our steam
er called-that OF Savanilla, in the re-
public of Colombia, which we reached
in about forty hours.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
LoNo TRIP ON MOTORCYCLES
Adventurous Men Plan Journey Of
$500 Miles.

Adventurous Men Plan Journey Of
$500 Miles.
Weber Benton and William Rode
macher of st. Louis are about to start
on a trip of $500 miles on motor
cycle, the entire trip to be made in a
period of three months. The men will
ride their motorcycle to Kansas City,
and 60 from there to San Francisco by
train. Then the real trip will begin.
The machines they will ride weigh
ITS pounds each, and are guaranteed
to make a mile minute under favor
able circumstances. The machines are
gasoline motors Of the latest pattern.
The tourists are both men Of light
weight; Mr.. Benton tipping the scales
at 100 pounds and Mr.. Rodemacher at
145. They will, of course, carry no
more luggage than is absolutely neces-
sary, q camera being the most essen
tial part.
From Frisco the proposed route
will take them through the Yosemite
valley and among the big trees, on
down through the Mojave desert and
over the pass into semi-tropic Califor-
mia. All the side trips which tourists
usually make from Los Angeles will
be gone over and then the road down
the coast, through Escondido and La
Jolla, to San Diego, the Naples OF
America, will be taken.
The tracks will have to be doubled
back almost to Los Angeles and then
the trip will be through the citrus
belt, where the great orange and lem
on groves are located. When the
Sierra Madres are crossed and "Old
Badly" the big peak, fades from sight
the really serious part of the trip will
be before them, for the great Colorado
desert must be crossed. 1t was on
this desert that so many people per
ished in their attempt to reach the
"land of gold" in the early SOS.
The Grand canyon of the Colorado
will be visited, and then the sage
brush country will be crossed and the
Apache Indian villages in eastern Ari
iona will see the motor cycle for the
first time.
The great Pecos valley is the next
objective point and from that wonder
full country the riders will tour tc
San Antonio and other southern Texas
points. From here another double will
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Ever-Growinu Teeth,

Certain. animals have teeth which
grow all their lives. The rat and the
squirrel are examples Of this. Human
teeth are developed from pulps, which
are absorbed and disappear after the
teeth are grown; but in the case Of a
rat the tooth pulp is perpetual, and
is continually secreting material by
which it gains length. Therefore the
animal is obliged to gnaw all the time
to keep the tooth down to it's proper
length. 1t is commonly believed that
rats keep gnawing out of pure mis-,
chief, but such Is not the case.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
IN the Market for Gold Bricks.

Unofficial information comes from
Copenhagen via Washington that the
Danish government still hopes to dis
pose of st. Thomas and Santa Cruz
to the United States. The distinguish
ed success of Senior Sagasta in saving
off a revolution and bunch Of is
lands upon this country, and actu-
ally getting $2O,OOO,OOO into the bar
gain evidently has inspired our Danish
friends with similar ambition.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

II would seem that the present Is
a most opportune time for "tinkerins
with" the tariff. Even casual In
yestigation of the condition of our ex-
port trade, and the reasons for its fall
ure to grow to the proportions of its
advance some years ago will convince
any fair-minded person of the wisdom
of lowering the protection wall that
interferes with the natural course OF
trade and prevents our industries
from reaching that expansion that
under fairer conditions would be
theirs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Less Talk All Around.

The president is said to have tosd
his admirals and generals that he
would like them to talk less about i'm
pending war. Now, If Mr.. Roosevelt
will say less about our need of great
navy and omit remarks about the
necessity of our carrying big stick.
likewise a chip on our shoulders, the
dove of peace will have some chance
to brood She is likely to fly away II
the eagle shall scream all the time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
An Administration Error.

It must now appear to Elihu that a
tactical error was made in allowing
Gen. Miles to snoop around the Phil
ippine Islands, even though it was ad-
visable to get him out Of the country
during the campaign last fall. Wis
dom would have suggested the expo
dent of putting Miles in the guard
house, bucked and gagged, for two or
three months, as Elihu now undoubt-
eddy realizes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Running Down the RascaIs.

A mail carrier in Jeffersonville, Ind,
has been arrested on charge OF
stealing two cents collected over q
year ago on a postage-due stamp. An
investigation conducted by half a
dozen officials has been carried on for
months to bring the alleged culprit to
justice. Who said that the postofice
department scandals were not being
run down?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Mloht Prevent Many FaiIures.

The failure of shipbuilding con"
Germ is said to be due to the neglect Of
Congress to pass Mr.. Hanna's subsidy
bill. No doubt Uncle Sam could keep
a good many people from failing If he
would throw the doors of the treasury
open to them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

"Let no guilty man escape" was
good order from Washington to the
Porto Ricans until 1t began to involve
army and navy officials. Has 1t been
modified to Let no guilty Porto
Rica7 escape
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

on their way to the Saturday market
at Kingston, carrying, either on don
keys or more often on their heads.
quantities of vegetables and fruits to
be disposed of there.
The women seemed even more In
evidence than the men, and their
erect forms and square shoulders
showed the beneficial effect of the
lifelong habit of carrying burdens
upon the head. They were always
ready to respond to pleasantries, and
sometimes their repartee was rich
with unctuous humor. At one stsS-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
N.w Code Of Army Ethics.

It is really moving to read the re-
proofs and protests in regard to Gen.
Miles terrible indiscretion in publish
Ing some truths about outrages In the
Philippines. 1t is positively shocking,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Statistics Of the Blind.

In proportion to population, Spain,
Norway and Ireland have more blind
people than any other European coun-
tries. Spain has ZIG per 100000: Nor
way, POS; and Ireland, Ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
SNAKE THAT SWALLOWED A PIG

And His Remarkable GIuttony Cost
Him His Life.
A gentleman living in Java reports
that a big snake was recently shot in
a ricefield at the back of his bungalow
after it had just swallowed live pig.
The reptile was thick and long, meas.
uring eight feet from teeth to tail, but
even considering his size, the big
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
For TRANSPORTATION Of Milk.

BY dissolving little gelatin in milk
the milk can be carried in solid blocks
and would gain rather than lose nu-
TRENT value.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

meal must have caused him consider
able inconvenience, for when discov-
cred he was unable to make his es-
cape and he fell an easy victim to the
Bkin-hunting natives. Snakes in Java
are not killed because they are a
menace to human life, but simply be-
cause of the commercial value of their
skins.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

Unsanitary Houses In Glasgow.
Thirty-four houses in various parts
of Glasgow, Scotland, have in a single
day been closed as unfit for human
habitation. There were 11S persons
living in them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Ira D. Sankey's Organ.

went to trust fund for the benefit OF
the schools established by Moody.
Ira d. Sankey is now passing his
final years at his Brooklyn home,
blind. He is moderately rich, from in.
vestments and from money inherited.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Hiah and Low Death Rates.

Guatemala has the highest death
rate of any civilized country. It's
death rate is Al per 1000. At the
other end of the scale comes New Zea-
land, with II per 1000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22

Headquarters FOR Cheap Padlocks.
Most of the cheaper padlocks used
Ill the world over come from South
Staffordshire, England.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
Product of copper Mines.

More than a million dollars worth
is taken out of the copper mines at
Butte, Mont, every week.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-22
CycIist and Equipment.

be made back across the Texas plains,
through the Pecos valley and over the
mountains to Albuquerque.
The mountain trail will be followed
to Las Vegas and points Of interest
not on the railroad in New Mexico.
The Santa Fe will be followed through
Colorado and Kansas on the way to
Kansas City.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-06-06

all along the line, even if they
got no others Mr. Landry re-
ceived the highest vote and lie fell
short by one, while the vote in
support of Mayor Fishers candid
acy for reelection was nIne short.
This would Indicate that tle sig
ners of the nomination papers had
either refrained from voting or
experienced conversion of their
views and voted the other ticket.
The total vote cast in this cleo
ton was 32G-one of the smallest
votes cast by this town since its
very early days This was due to
the operation of the new election
law, under, which many had fail
ed to qualify.