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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Care In DRESSING Animals.

In the dressing of any animal 1t Ia
always well to consider that possibly
it may be affected with tuberculosis
or some other contagious disease
There is little danger of infection II
there is no wound on the hands that
can come into contact with the meat
A good many cases are on record
where men have lost their lives BY
carelessness in this regard. Butchers
are perhaps .oftener the subject Of
such accidents than any others; and
the amateur butcher is as certainly
in danger as the professional. A Chi
cago man reports as follows to the
United States Bureau of Animal In
dustry:
G. f. w., Pole; age, "a; weight, ITO
pounds; healthy looking man; butcher
by occupation. Family history mega
tive. Father of three healthy chill
dren. Has no recollection of having
been previously sick. On May 3, 1893,
while cleaning cattle viscera, he fell
and a stationary meat hook upon
which the hearts and lungs are hung
penetrated through the right hand be
tween the second and third metacarpal
bones. A tendo vaginitis resulted
with some lymphangitis of the arm
He received the usual treatment fol
an infected wound and apparently
made good recovery, with, however
some limited motion Of the fingers
and a sensitive scar at the site Of
puncture. Four months afterwards an
abscess formed in the axilla, which
was cleaned out and tubercle bacilli
were demonstrated in the broken
down gland tissue. At this time
there was no soreness in the arm
lymphatics or elbow gland, but he
complained that there had been. In
three months afterwards. or seven
months from the original accident, he
died from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Indian Court of Justice.

A full-blooded Indian court Of three
justices sits every Saturday at White
Eagle, I. r., to hear misdemeanor
cases and punish offending members
of the Ponca and Otoe tribes. The
court is authorized by the Indian de-
partment. Little Soldier is chief JUS
tice and he is assisted by Justice
Big Goose and Justice Rough Face.
They never speak English while on
the bench and they have high idea
of the dignity which belongs to their
position. Each is paid $40 a month.
1t is their unvarying practice to pun
ish offenders by the heaviest admis-
sable fines.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Live Stock Industry Working South

Live stock Industry working SOUTH
Gradually our live stock interests
are working southwark though they
have not as yet reached in very con-
siderable degree even the more SOUTH
erly limits Of what we are pleased to
call the Northern States. We have
noticed this gradual movement In ILL
nois during the last ten years. AT
the present time a traveller in South
ern Illinois is struck by the compare
lively few cattle to be met with there,
yet he will also notice that the num-
Der is much larger than it was a few
years ago. Here and there stock
farms have been established that are
being looked up to by the farmers OF
the vicinity, most Of whom have no
stock to speak of. In the very south
ern part of the state the writer passed
one farm on which was fine herd
of Herefords. A man of the neigh
borhood said: Eyes, Judge - is
beginning to get something from his
stock farm now, though for some
years he put two dollars into 1t Tor
every one he took out. But he was
all the time bringing up his land. Now
it Is in fine condition. But then he
was judge and his salary helped run
the farm"
This points double lesson. First
that the belief must be inculcated into
the farmers of those sections that live
stock is a good thing, and, second
that it takes capital to tide over the
time when the live stock farm is be
ing established, il all things are to
be done at once and on large scale
The southern parts Of Illinois and In
diana have a climate and soil well
adapted to the growing of live stock
The location is not far enough south
to endanger the animals from Texas
fever and is not so far north thai
beef cattle need much protection II
winter. The growing or not growing
of live stock is the difference between
constructive and destructive farming
The presence of live stock helps Il
build up the land. It's absence FIRE
quently results in depreciating It
though this is not absolutely neces
sary. It is, however, the usual result
and is likely to be for some genera
tons to come.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
BACK LICK
Settled the Case With Her.

Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things better
than gold mines have been found In
this way. for example when even the
accidental discovery that coffee Is the
real cause of ones sickness proves OF
most tremendous value because 1t To-
Gates the cause and the person has
then a chance to get well.
For over rs years." says Missouri
woman, II suffered untold agonies in
my stomach and even the best ply.
sicians disagreed as to the cause with
out giving me any permanent help.
different ones saying 1t was gastritis,
Indigestion, neuralgia, etc., SO
dragged along from year to year. al
ways half sick, until finally l gave up
all hopes of ever being well again.
when taking dinner with friend
one day she said she had a new drink
which turned out to be Postum and
liked ID so we'll l told her | thought
would stop coffee for awhile and use
it, which I did.
$50 for three months we had Pos
tum in place of coffee without ever
having one of my old spells but was
always healthy and vigorous.
Husband kept saying he was con.
vinced it was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then l wouldn't be-
lieve 1t until one day we got out on
Postum and rs we lived two miles
from town I thought to use the coffee
we had m the house.
"The result of q weeks use OF cof-
fee again WAS that had another ter
rible spell OF agony and distress. prov
ing that It was the coffee and nothing
else. That settled it and said good
bye to Coffee forever and since then
Postum alone has been our hot meal
time drink.
my friends all say I am looking
worlds better and my complexion Is
much improved. All the other MEM
bers of our family have been benefit
ed, too, by Postum in place of the old
drink, coffee" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum in place OF
coffee or tea is the wise thing for
every coffee drinker. Such a trial
tells the exact truth often where cof-
fee is not suspected.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
NttRoA book. "The Road to WelIvtlla
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Sultan Is Too Progressive.

The sultan OF Morocco, though only
2o years old, is already quite portly.
Notwithstanding the opposition of his
subjects, he persists in his quasi
Japanese preference for everything
that is foreign and ultramodern. He
has formed band of over 100 must
clans and has a piano, which had to
be transported from Larrash to Fee
on the back of camel. He even
prefers, it is said, the members OF his
harem imported from Constantinople
to the native beauties. His attempts
to persuade his wives to wear corsets
and Partisan gowns have, however, SO
far failed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
RICHER THAN HETTY GREEN.
Mary G. Pinkney, spinster, Of New
York, Has Much Money.

Mary G. Pinkney, Spinster, Of New
York, Has Much Money.
The richest spinster in New York
city is Mary G. Pinkney. She is said
to have more money than Hetty
Green and certainly more than Helen
Gould. The reason that her name has
never been connected with matrimo-
NAL gossip is that she is 81 years old.
Miss Pinkney lives in New York in
the winter time, having fine apart
ments in the Hotel Buckingham, and
in the summer she goes to her farm
up in the Bronx. This farm is worth
about 100000. She raises garden
truck and flowers, and is said to be
an excellent farmer. She does not go
in much for charity, but she is not
eccentric, nor parsimonious. Nearly
all her relatives of the younger gener-
alton are socially prominent. Like
Russell Sage, she finds her chief pleas
ure in work.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

of collecting the eggs from the farm
ers and bringing them to the circle
centers is borne by the circles them
selves. This work is done by a col
lector selected by the circle board.
The collector is usually paid so much
per pound of eggs collected. The ex'
pense of this collection is very low
perhaps on an average not more than
one-half cent per dozen. The total
cost to the farmer from the time the
eggs leave the nests until they are on
board steamer is therefore one and
one-half cent per dozen.-Unlted
States Consular Report.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Count castelIane Growing Fat.

Anna Goulds husband, Count Bonl
De Castellane, has come into the
limelight again, and this time FOR
most embarrassing cause. For a
good while foreign correspondents
resident in Paris have let him alone
having been too busy with other and
perhaps more important lights to no
tice the little man. but now he sud-
denly bobs into view again. The
count has grown quite stout. In
deed, he is fat, and his tailor is in
despair. The deplorable fact is COM
ing in for gleeful comment among
Partisan writer's.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
A Few Sheep.

In looking over some reports OF
sheep on farms we are struck with
the fact that in some of our states
not one half of the good-sized farms
carry any sheep. In the old days 1t
was assumed that every farmer had
at least few sheep. We believe that
to-day it would be better for the
farms and better for the whole popu-
lation of the country If every farm
had a small flock of sheep. 1t ap-
pears to us that small flock Of sheep
could be kept in the summer time
at least at almost no cost and with
great benefit to the arabic portions
of the farms. The husbandman works
to get the weeds out of lis l.l.avle
fields, but the whole length OF the
pasture fence is mass of weeds on
the side of the pasture and from their
tops blow millions of weed seeds
every year. The sheep would keep
most of these weeds down and thus
destroy the source from which the
fields get their annual supply Of weed
seeds. One reason why farmers do
not keep more sheep is that dogs are
destructive to the flocks; but as these
ravages occur generally in the night
the trouble is obviated by penning the
sheep at night. The matter of fences
is another cause that deters some,
but fence that is hog proof and
horse proof is generally sheep proof
During the last few years there has
been steady decline in the sheep
growing industry in every state ex.
cept one east of the Mississippi. This
condition Of affairs is profitable Meth
er to the nation nor the farmer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
More Trophies for College Boys.

The Union Stock Yards and Tran
sit Company of Chicago has decided
to offer two new trophies to take the
place of the Spoor trophy. won per-
manently by the Iowa State College.
One of these new trophies will be Of
fered for excellence in judging cattle,
hogs and sheep, and the other will be
awarded for judging horses. These
trophies will be offered as prizes to
students representing the various ag-
ricultural colleges of the United
States and Canada at the coming In.
ternational Live Stock Exposition in
Chicago the first week in December,
and, in addition, it is expected that
liberal cash prizes will be offered.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
MORE LAND FOR SETTLEMENT
| Thousands of Acres in South Dakota
to Be Made Productive.

Thousands of Acres In South Dakota
to Be Made Productive.
Three hundred and eighty-two thou
sand acres of the choicest of Uncle
Sans unallotted lands are thrown
open for settlement of American cit
liens on the 28th of July. This vast
acreage comprises very large part
OF the Rosebud Indian reservation in
southeastern South Dakota. The
land has been apportioned in 100
acre tracts, practically 2,40O quarter
sections in all Each successful
drawer will have one of these tracts
turned over to him, to be his without
condition at the expiration of five
years, if he meets all of the national
governments requirements.
70 be more accurate in the matter
OF location, the Rosebud reservation
lies in Gregory county, between the
Missouri and Niobrara rivers. 1t adj
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
(POULTRY]
Sjt22M|E::$|'N4!DS$
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The Incubator on the Farm.

The incubator and brooder are the
modern allies Of the poultry raiser.
Originally the fowl laid but few more
eggs than she could hatch. 1t is diff
ferent now. We have developed our
hen to lay $50 eggs year, and she
can at most hatch not more than
thirty of them. To keep the Matching
ability up to the laying ability we
have had to invent the incubator and
brooder. These machines are espe-
cially adapted to the use Of people
that are making a business Of poultry
raising, but they are also adapted in
lesser degree to the use Of our farm
ers that keep fiocks Of hundred or
more fowls. On some Of our large
farms from 200 to 500 fowls are raised
annually. Yet in a good many in
stances the only means of Matching is
from hens. The operation drags along
through the summer, with the result
that in the fall the farmer has good
many kinds and sizes Of fowls for
sale, some OF them marketable and
some not. On farm such as we have
mentioned it will certainly pay TO buy
and use an incubator and brooder or
breeders.
In the first place there is uniformity
in the flock, both as to age and size.
The birds can be raised by the hum
dreds in March and April, at which
time eggs are readily obtainable, and
ruhnn 10 70 birds that
be disposed OF will be all OF size
and well grown. They will then bring
a better price than otherwise, if the
seller knows his business. This will
be true whether the birds are sent to
some commission house or are dis.
posed OF to the private trade.
Another advantage in using an in
cubator is the increased certainty Of
having chicks at all. There are some
years, as all of our poultry raisers
know, when the hens show little in
clination to be broody and more than
once the poultry raiser has found him
self at the beginning OF summer with
only half the number of chicks he ex-
lpected to have. The number to be
Matched is controllable by the ma
chimes, but not otherwise. A man can
start the machines in February or
March and hatch till he has secured
the number he wants for raising.
Then he can stop. II the first matches
prove disappointment he can con-
tinue to use his machine a little long
or. Not so the hen. She will often
disappoint one and then make no sec.
ond attempt to make good her prom
Uses to bring forth brood.
Then, too, the brooder removes the
necessity OF making nests for the sit
ting hens. This is large task where
hundreds of birds are to be raised.
Frequently the nests Of the sitters in
terfere with the placing Of nests for
laying purposes. The care Of the hens
is certainly as great as is the care OF
the incubator, and after one becomes
expert with the incubator the care
is less. The care OF an incubator
lessons in proportion as we get &C.
Quainted with 1t, which can scarcely
be said of the hen. We have referred
only to the use of the incubator in the
spring, as the fall use relates to the
production of broilers, which is a
business almost of itself. The incu.
bator also makes it possible to get
the birds out of the shell in time to
develop into winter layers before the
snow flies.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Packing and Shipping Eggs in Den
mark.


The work of grading and testing is
done mostly by women, who become
very expert The eggs are graded &C.
cording to weight. There are six rec
ognized classes, ranging from 6A to
Kilograms per 12O eggs (1.43 to 2
pounds per dozen eggs). The expert
graders work behind a long table,
upon which they have six wooden egg
racks, or frames, each frame with ten
dozen holes in which the eggs are
placed. The graders can tell at a
glance to which grade an egg belongs,
and they distribute them very deity.
When a frame is filled with ten dozen
eggs (Which are taken directly from
the boxes received from the circles),
the frames are taken by man and
weighed. If the 120 eggs weigh too
much or too little for the grade for
which they are intended, eggs are
taken out and substituted with larger
or smaller ones, as the case may be.
The frame of 120 eggs Is taken into a
small, tightly closed room and set on
top Of hopper-shaped box, which is
about two feet deep, the sides of
which are lined with looking-glass.
The bottom of this hopper-shaped box
is about eight by thirty inches. Four
sixteen-candlepower electric lights
stand up from the bottom, equal dis
tances apart. The eggs, as above in
dicated, are placed over these lights
and looking-glasses, thick ends up.
THE tester looks carefully at and
Through each egg, and if any be I'M
sound they are rejected.
The eggs are then carefully and
snugly packed, side by side, with
nothing between them, in four layers,
in pine boxes % by u inches, nine
inches deep. Between each two lay
ers of eggs is substantial layer of
straight, clean rye straw; on the top
layer of eggs another layer Of straw.
The thin boards are securely nailed
on. the boxes are properly marked
with the company's trademark, the
number of eggs and the grade indi-
Gated, and they are sent to the ship.
All eggs are sold by the pound. The
cooperative company pays all ex-
Denses from the time the eggs leave
the circles until they are placed on
hoard ship. The average expense Is
about one cent per dozen. The cost
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Well Answered.

whats that you have In your
hand, Henry" asked Mrs. Pry, as he
brought home a roll of manuscript.
Brains, my DEAR" replied Mr.. Pry.
pompously. Are you surprised at the
fact?" mot in the least" she re-
torted; 81 knew you didn't carry them
In your head"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
IN CHARGE OF LIFE WORK.

Rev. Bjork Reelected President OF
Swedish Evangelical Mission Gov.
enant.
Rev. DR.. C. A. Bjork, who has been
reelected president of the Swedish
Evangelical Mission Covenant OF
America, at it's twentieth annual con-
vention at Paxton, ILL.,, is noted
churchman and missionary worker.
He organized the Covenant in 1885.
with few hundred members; now 1t
has &c, 900 members and 1870 churches.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Catarrb Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease Catnrrh is blood or const
disease and in order to It you must take
Internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In.
ternally and acts directly the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Ia not quack med.
cine TWAS prescribed by Of the best physicians
In this country for years and Is regular prescription
1t IL composed Of the best tonics known combined
with the best blood purifiers. acting directly the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination Of the
two ngredientsis what produces such wonderful re-
,u:ss In curing catrh. Send for testimonials, free.
FIJI. CHENEY CO., Props, Toledo, o
SOLD by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation. ..
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

Floating Theater the Latest.
A floating theater, with restaurant.
refreshment bars and seats for 1000
persons, is being built In Amsterdam.
It will be towed up the Rhine and Ital-
Ian operas performed in 1t at riverside
towns.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

1.-THE men who are training tho
horses must be strict, and, at the
same time, kind to them, and under
no circumstances must they be played
with. 1t is also not advisable to en-
courage the horses with sugar. car
rots, etc." Is an order issued to the
London Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Make Yourself Felt.

Let your education be 30 broad and
thorough that, whether you paint pic
lures, write books. sell merchandise,
make contracts. or cultivate land, you
will make yourself felt in your COM
munity as an all-round man Of broad
Ideas and general culture.-Success.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Leprosy Among Fish Eaters.

Statistics are quoted showing that
while in India the average occurrence
of leprosy is three or four cases per
10000 of population, in the island OF
Minicoy, in the Indian ocean, whose
inhabitants are devoted to fishing. 1t
rises to $50, and at Kaligoan. fish
curing center, it amounts to $780,
Harper's Weekly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
BEFORE THE
PUBLIC EYE
MEXICO AGAIN HoNORs DlAZ.

Veteran Statesman Reelected Presi-
dent Without Opposition.
Porfirio Diaz was, on July l, for
mally elected President of the re-
public of Mexico. The formal cleo
ton of Ramon Corral as vice presi-
dent of the republic was also an
nounced by the electors.
The election took place two weeks
ago, and it remained simply to an
nounce that the returns as to the two
candidates were unOpposed. The
day following the election the Presi'
dent announced in proclamation
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Calumet
Baking
Powder
Police to Rescue Of peq.
Perfect In qualify.
Moderate In price.

Police to Rescue Of Deg.
Some malicious person threw
dog, worth about $25, into disused
coalpit, 120 feet deep, at Sparrow's
Forge, Wednesday,, England. 1t was
rescued by the police, who lowered o
basket to the animal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

The orchard that is not looked after
will be failure. We have seen or.
chards that have been planted by
proxy by city men who evidently ex.
pected to make great fortune out OF
them. But their end came as a result
Of being overrun by grass. caterpillars
and scales
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22
Is II Not Worth While

II you travel, on business or pleasure,
to get the best service for the lowest
rates? Ask the Erie Railroad Com
pany, 555 Railway Exchange, Chicago.
for full information. Booklets free de-
scribing Summer Tours and the Beau
tjful Chautauqua Lake Region; also
Cambridge Springs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

sonia, New York. 1t is feared that
he cannot recover. He has been i'll
for eleven days and his condition is
such that the two physicians in at
tendance fear he cannot be brought
through the crisis.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

Why don't these rising people get to
the top? = ,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

Bare-faced fibs are apt to grow up
and become bald-headed lies.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-01

ieli upon his bosom; he babbled to
hlmse'f, and when his servant enter.
ed' alarmed by noise lie had heard.
ne found his master stretched upon
the carpet, the vital spark extinct
me last dinner over, the last member
OF the club passed awsy forever.
My comrades, that story epito-
m'zes the hietory and the destiny of
the United Confederate Veteran. No
new recruits can ever be enlisted in
our ranks, and the thin gray line ia
steadily growing thinner. Every year
tae burrows are ploughed deeper:
every year the snowfakes fall thicker
and fsster. Tae battle with the years
10 drawing to close and the Confed-
crate soldier is fastening to the eter.
nal camping ground,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-01

but the truer life draws higher
Every year,
And its morning stars climbs b;pha.
Every year;
Earth's hold on us grows sliehter
And the burden grows lighter.
And the dawn im ortal briqht,r
Every year.
"And when the lssN Confedera,o
soldier shall have crossed the silens
river study Of his life and oharsote.
will set the seal Of eternal truth Fl,
all generations on that sentiment fo,.
mulated By the Irish poet:
"'Ths aword may pierce the bearer.
Stonewaiis in aime mey sever;
IT'S heart alone, worth eteel and atene.
That keeps men free forever.'p
- What a'good many ohuroh.goe,s
need 10 g praying machine than viii
wind itself. "'u