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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

worth. IN the rough, about s3e 100000. Of
which The De Beers mine furnishes %
per cent. The cost
Of cutting. which is DIAMONDS OF
done principally n
Amsterdam, and the THE WORLD.
profits Of the English
syndicate bring the value Of the diamonds
UP 70 81 ,cco0oo. The United States takes
nearly half the worlds diamonds. with a
o per cent duty added 70 their cost
A remarkable gain for safety In coast
wise navigation is predicted as the result
OF a new system Of submarine bell Sig
mailing from dan
FOR SOUNDING eerous points on
the shore 0
DANGER At SEA. ships. Electrical
transmitters. -
pecIany sensitive 70 sounds passing
through water. are placed IN suitable
boxes close 10 the outer skin" Of ships
inside the hold. one on the port side and
the other on the starboarG- some cis-
lance back from the bow These sound
transrultt.rs are wired 70 a telephone
switchboard IN the vheeIhoGse. whore
there are two receivers There the cap
tain can compare the volume q The
sounds coming over TIE wires without
knowing IN advance 70 which TRANSLATOR
he IL listening IL ne desires 70 avoid any
possible mental bias b. swinging ire
ship 4 little. arst 20 one side and tfcn
tire other. he can make ire test al TIE
better. InS.s manner. Il is eiaiTn>d.
ship can move along q dangerous coast.
II the thickezt fog. without greatsr risk
than would b r7sz - clear wsath~-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

throughout houses the germs Of
disease which may be brought in
from the streets. Another point made
is that the inside of a shoe is never
cleaned In time OF cholera epidemics
it is claimed, the mortality has been IN
usually high among bootblacks. and from
that fact the inference is drawn that
the microscopic seeds of death must be
uncommonly numerous on shoes and
other covering for the feet.
The commonwealth of Massachusetts,
is making great efforts to reclaim sand
dunes and sandy wastes on Cape Cod by
sowing them
with grasses RECLAIMiNG SAND
which grow
readily in DUNES AND WASTES.
sand d
bind it together with their tough
wiry roots When the grass has
made a good beginning in the work
OF keeping formerly loose and drifting
sands in place. trees can BE- set out and
made to flourish, il they are selected wiki
discretion and given some measure ot
care when newly planted In Europe SCI
enti7cs forestry has made large areas.
formerly worthless. quite valuable for THE
supply OF timber which they yield.
The Augustus B Wolvin. the largest
vessel ever built OF the lakes and the
larzes. exclusively freight steamer IA the
world. was launched a;
HUGE LAKE the yards OF the Aneri-
can shlphuadEng Com
STEAMSHIP. psny = Lovafn. o. q
Saturday. The general
dimensions o. the Wclvin are. Length.
- feet: brsadrh. = feet. and dsppth. ?.
feet Forty-hve hundred tons q steel
we're used n her coaStruct;oD. exclusive
Of machinery and other fittings She all
oarrv between I0e9a and Il DC ;oas % cTe.
which i s.0sa more than tire carving ca
pacity - the largest vessel O. TIE Great
Lakes az the present tine. The ship ALL
be loaded through thirty -shTse hascbes.
and b means ~ improved unloading raa-
chsnerT Il Is expected TIE EnEaesse czrgo
can Be discharged IN SIX hours.
TIE annual production * dssnsoE6s Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01
EXPLODING THE
NICOTINE THEORY

largely than nicotine the cause OF treno-
ling OF limbs and hands. the feeble pulse.
the dizziness. and other disturbance Of
the nerve centers, which have beer re-
sardea IS symptoms OF nicotine poison
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

ing in cases of obvious injury by the
excessive use of tobacco. This is inter
esting from the point of view of pure
science but the effect upon the victim of
the immoderate use OF tobacco is not in
the least altered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

\ stan writer Of the Lancet. the IA
nous medical journal OF London, makes
strong argument 10 support his belief
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

Excellent authorities agree that in a
thunderstom-and notwithstanding the
cold and backward spring, violent cleo
trio disturbances
SAFE PLACES IN may come at any
time-the middle
THIJNDE OF room is
much the safest
place in a house. \ carpeted floor, or
one covered with a thick rug, Is better
to stand on than bare wood. 1t is well
to keep away from chimneys and out Of
cellars. In the open air. tall trees are
dangerous. \ person sheltered under q
low tree or shrub. thirty or forty feet
from large and lofty tree, is quite safe.
If lightning strikes in the immediate
vicinity It will hit the high tree, as a
rule. with few exceptions. Water Is a
very good conductor. and it was TO avoid
the banks Of streams in a violent thun-
dsrstorm-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

An eminent Russian physician says
that rocking is a good means OF inducing
sleep because IL is monotoa0us motion
and also be-
cause +; tends SCIENCE OF ROCKING
10 withdraw
I h 3 % A BABY TO SLEEP.
m the
IL tends 70 withdraw blood from the
head II is used in many lands. perhaps
in all. as method OF Quieting infants,
and the effect seems 10 be the same with
adults.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

A leading medical journal argues that
anticeptic cleansing OF boots and shoes Is
needed as a hygfen}c measure L IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

known as car
bon mOnONiGe
is more often
ard ~ -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01
RECtAIMiNG SAND
DUNES AND WASTES,

The Augustus B wolvin. the largest
vessel ever built OF the lakes and the
Iarzes. exclusively freight steamer IA the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

r. Tous points on
the shore { .
ships Electrical
trausm1tterE. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

The commonwealth of ssachusetts
is making great efforts to reclaim sand
dunes and sandy wastes on Cape Cod by
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

world. was launched at
the yards OF the Amsri-
can shlpbuii6lng Com
psny n Lorafn. o. on
Saturday. The general
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

seutable is well calculated to spread
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
Biz improvements in siaht.

A recent dispatch from the national
capital says the national board of
trade has adopted resolutions declar-
ing that the timber and stone act,
the desert land act and the commuta-
ton clause of the homestead act
should be forthwith repealed and in
future all agricultural and irrigable
land reserved exclusively for actual
settlers under the homestead act, and
that in future the government should
reserve the title to forest lands, sell
ing only the stumpage of matured tim
Der, and also that the forestry work of
the government should be consolidated
in the bureau Of forestry of the depart
ment Of agriculture; that government
irrigation works to save from waste
and utilize for irrigation the waters
of our large western rivers should be
built as rapidly as the lands will be
taken and utilized by farmers in farms
of 100 acres or less in area and the
entire cost of construction repaid to
the government through charge i'm
posed on the lands reclaimed.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
The Elqin Factory.

This is the largest watch factory in
the world. The daily output is 1000
watches, and 102 different kinds are
manufactured. The watches go to ev-
cry part of the world, and are sold
even in Geneva, Switzerland.
The different parts of a watch are
manufactured in different departments
by different people, who have devoted
their lives to that particular kind of
work and have been trained to deli
cacy and exactness which is more i'm
portant in matchmaking than in any
other mechanical industry. These
parts are then assembled as they are
needed in another department, where
they are put together by experts, who
handle them as easily and almost as
unconsciously as great pianist will
strike the keys of his piano. The
completed watch is tested and timed,
and then, strange to say, is put into
a refrigerator with the temperature
below freezing point and kept there
for number of days to cool off. Aft
er it has been frozen the watch is
taken to furnace, where it is allowed
to lie for several days more in tenn
perature of 95 degrees. This particu-
lar treatment is to adjust the mechan-
ism to stand extremes of heat and
cold.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
Wheat and Flour Exports.

A summary of the wheat exports
from the United States for a period
of eleven months ending December
LIST, according to the Oregonian, shows
in round numbers a decrease from
121 100000 bushels last year to g.
100000 bushels for the same period
this year. This is a situation that is
subject to different interpretations.
The course of the foreign market
would indicate the buyers across the
water had satisfied themselves that
because we have not exported as much
wheat as We shipped a year ago, we
still have it to ship. In this belief
they are encouraged by a misleading
government report, which has overes-
timated the crop anywhere from So
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
THE DEVON BREEDERS.

L. V. McWhOrter e Sons, the North
Yakima breeders of North Devon cat
tie, write that the American Devon
Cattle Club is making big prepare
tons for creditable exhibit at the
forthcoming Louisiana Purchase fair.
They are now working with the OBJ
ject of uniting all the Devon breeders
in one large body for action and pur-
pose capturing all the prizes that may
be hung up and for which they are
eligible to compete. Messrs. McWhor-
ter also say they will send to all who
apply Devon Year Book, at no cost
to the applicant.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

and Mr.. Prior is tending them as care
fully as a mother would her babes,
and by pushing their growth with ex-
ira feeding hopes to have them ready
for market early in March, when they
ought to bring good price, as they
will certainly be the first of the sea-
son.
In addition to their mothers milk
the little fellows are now being fed
an allowance of a pound each day of
ground feed, and it is astonishing the
way they are Pumping up. While such
early lambing is to be deplored, the
weather has been SO fine in the valley
and the little creatures are doing SO
we'll that it can hardly be classed as
misfortune. AS soon as the lambs
are ready for market the ewes will be
turned back on the range.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
A B C. of Bee Culture.

There are left in the Office of The
Ranch very few copies of the above
favorite work for the apiarist. The
book contains 400 pages, with numer-
Gus illustrations, and is 6%x10 inches
in size, bound in heavy cloth, with
gilt lettering. Regular price is slips.
but to dispose of the few copies left
we will send them to any address at
rs cents per copy.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
School of Experience

This department is by and for the sub
scribers of The Ranch. Contributions of not
over 300 wards are asked of all who have
relate. No definite subject is named but it
is desired that what is written for this de-
partment be pertinent to farming conditions
in the Northwest. All are at liberty to
write and no restriction is placed on the
number of articles you send in. For each
accepted article credit will be given on our
books for 80 cents. to be taken out in either
subscription or advertising Write on one
side of the paper only, and always give your
full name and address, though not neces-
sarily for publication if not desired by the
correspondent.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

10000 to 125,000000 bushels. The
other view of the situation and the
one which seems to have been taken
by the American farmer is that the
crop is short more than the $4,000, 900
exports.
This view is corroborated by the
higher prices throughout the season,
and by the remarkably small proper
lions of the American visible supply
as compared with that of former years
at this rate. The American visible
was 34,398,000 bushels, an increase of
but 900 bushels, and we must go
back to 1898 to find so small an
amount at corresponding date. In
1898, the figures were 28,738,000 bush
els, but the contents of number of
elevators not included in the visible
in 1898 are now included. The for
eigners in refusing to bid up for our
wheat display some inconsistency in
taking increased quantities of flour at
the advanced rates warranted by a
strong situation in this country.
While wheat exports have declined
100000 bushels in the first eleven
months of the year, flour exports have
increased over 100000 barrels dur
ing the same period. The greater
part of this increase was from Pacific
Coast ports to the Orient, but the
European demand was also greater
than it was year ago.
If the breadstuff situation abroad is
so weak, it is strange that the Euro
peans do not grind more Of the cheap
wheat they are securing from Argen-
tina and Russia, and refuse to take
the flour that American millers are
grinding from wheat for which they
are paying prices far above the Liver
pool market parity. From time to
time this season reports have been
sent across from Liverpool to the eff
feet that the quality of the European
very poor This if true would &C.
count for the increased demand for
flour from the United States, but it
might also be expected to increase
the demand for American wheat
Until there is better demand for the
American surplus, even it's small pro-
portion will be too great to force
prices up much higher in this coun-
try and if Europe can drag along
with her poor wheat, and what flour
she can secure from the United States,
until well into the spring, the inf1u-
ence Of an approaching crop may pre-
vent prices reaching the higher fig
ures which many conditions seem to
warrant. One fact, however, stands
out before the American producer in
a manner that is gratifyingly distinct,
and that is that wheat today is selling
in all American markets at a figure
that makes it a very remunerative
crop for the grower.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
RAPE FOR HOGS.

The sheep men were the first to
take up with rape in the dryer sections
of the country, and with them it is no
longer considered an experiment. The
successful flock master figures as much
on his rape crop as on any other feed,
the tendency to cause bloat being the
only phase of the question that he is
now considering The swine breeder
will doubtless be the next to appro-
pirate this succulent plant to his use.
Some are placing considerable Deepen
dence in it now, and more will, as
rape becomes better understood. The
experiment station of Wisconsin has
recently made a thorough test as COM
pared with other feeds, and summar
ICES the results as follows:
1. That with pigs from four to ten
months old, representing the various
breeds of swine, an acre of rape, when
properly grown, has a eding value,
when combined with a ration of corn
and shorts, equivalent to 2,435 pounds
of a mixture of these grain feeds and
money value of $1949 per acre.
2. That rape is better green feed
for growing pigs than good clover pas
ture, the pigs fed upon the rape having
made on the average 100 pounds of
gain on 1875 pounds less grain than
was required by the pigs fed upon
clover pasture.
3. That pigs are more thrifty, have
better appetites and make correspond
ingly greater gains when supplied
with rape pasture in conjunction with
their grain feed than when fed on
grain alone.
4. That plat of Dwarf Essex for.
age rape, when planted in drills thirty
inches apart, early in May, will yield
three good crops of pasture forage in
favorable season.
5. That rape is the most satisfac-
tory and cheapest green feed for
swine that we have fed.
6. That every feeder of hogs in the
state should plant each spring a small
field of rape adjoining his yard, and
provide himself with a few rods Of
movable fence, to properly feed the
rape to brood sows and young pigs.
7. That rape should be sown for
this purpose in drills thirty inches
apart to facilitate the stirring of the
ground and cultivation after each sue
cessive growth has been eaten off.
8. The hogs should not be surned
upon a rape pasture until the plants
are at least twelve to fourteen inches
high, and that they should he pre-
vented from roofing while in the rape
field.
8. That rape is not satisfactory
feed when fed alone, when it is de-
sired to have any live weigh. gain
made in hogs, though it has been
found that they will just about main-
tain themselves without loss of weight
on this feed alone.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
Lambs Came Early.

AT North Yakima the firm of Prior
q Son have a large bunch of lambs
that came during December and Janu-
airy. This firm leased the Goodman
band of $500 ewes, and among them
were 80 that would have lambs very
early-in fact, at time when it was
not desirable to have them on ones
hands, owing to the inclemency of the
weather. These ewes were cut out of
the band and put in pens near the city.
There are now 3e4 lambs in the pens
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

The Annual Catalog and Seed Plant
ers' Guide just issued by the Portland
Seed Company is very handsome
publication. 1t will be mailed free to
any address upon request.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

Cholera germs remain in the soil for
years. Never put swine on land where
other swine have died of the disease.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

6dFDeu wire FenCe.-EV0Ty TduCn0T
has had more or less experience with
barbe wire fences-and much of it very
unsatisfactory. The present style of
fence is too destructive of livestock
and a danger to human life. A fence
built of smooth wire would be better,
but it does not always turn stock, es-
pecially hogs and large animals. 1
think fence as cheap and as effective
as the barb wire affair can be built
of smooth wire by any farmer, and at
the same time give him fence that
has it's bad features eliminated. There
are machines for building fences of
smooth twisted wire, with cross pieces
at such distances apart as may be de-
sired. My idea is to twist two wires
together for each strand, having ready
a large number of barb wire pieces of
the length necessary between the up
per and lower strands. Work these
in as you go along with the twisting,
putting them at such distance apart
as you may prefer. Above the upper
strand let the barbed lengths project
a short distance to serve as pickets,
so the stock will not put their necks
over the fence and bear down on it.
This gives you E. smooth wire fence
with barbed cross-pie ces, and when
barbed length gets loose it will not
be liable to catch the legs of stock
and entangle them, as is the case with
long loose barb strands, very likely
with one end securely fastened to a
pOSt..-W.
Fence Cause.-The lack of suitable
gates in wire fences is a great hind
rance. There should be gate at
every corner on the average farm, not
necessarily large enough for wagons
but wide enough for a horse to pass
through when necessary. Select the
fence corner in preference to the side,
as that is where you want to do most
of the bracing anyway. At the proper
distance from the corner post, along
one side, drive another post of same
dimensions 1t might be preferable to
have these posts tall, so as to put
braces at the top high enough for
horse to pass under. Brace the two
posts well and stretch the wires in
the usual way. Next construct suit
able gate and hinge it to swing both
ways, if preferred. The gate should
be a strong one, as stock often gather
in corners and might break down a
weaker gate. Provide strong lock
also. Now you have no further need
of climbing through or over your fence,
but can pass in and out at will
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

If you have anything to sell to the farm
ers let them know It through these columns
1t is cheap.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01
OPPORTUNITY FOR FARM BOYS

This is the dull season on the farm
and the boys have some time at their
disposal. Many of them would like
to utilize it in making a little money
for themselves. The publisher of The
Ranc> wants just such boys to write
the office and get our liberal terms
for securing subscriptions. boy
can, by little hustling, make from
$1.50 to $500 a day right among
his neighbors. 1t will cost you only
a two-cent stamp to get started.
Write today.
To The Girls
The above is addressed to the boys
on the farm, but it does not mean
that only boys can do the work or
soliciting subscriptions. The girls
are as capable and entirely at liberty
to write us. Indeed, some of the best
solicitors we have known were young
ladies. If you want some pin
money" write The Ranch, 36 Downs
Building, Seattle, at once, and we will
send full instructions and sample
copies free.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-23
a UNIQUE RECORD.
It Cannot Fail to Win Admiration in
Guthrie.


Kidneys sick
Cured in 1901.
No recurrence; well in 1903.
Many such cases in Guthrie.
The unique record
OF Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's e case in point
r. A. Kinnebrew, tinsmith in the
employ of the New York Hardware
Co, residing at 419 f. Perkins Ave,
says: Il just as willingly. emphatic.
ally and enthusiastically endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills today, and it is
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Guilty that ! could stoop or straighten
after STOPPING made a statement at
that time and allowed II to be pub
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at this date, If the cure had not been
permanent l would be the last person
to re-endorse the claims made for
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-23

neon this ship, with the exception Of
the fagpole, is covered by the tide
Al night there Is red light on all
sunken ships In the harbor now the
Jap ships and torpedo boats are all In
war colors. They say the Russian
feet has left Port Arthur snJ Is ex-
pected hero. We are under full
head Of steam, ready to moye out and
le them fight"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-23

Oklahoman: The Snowman killed
in this city Wednesday by w. L, Dur
ant, and whose name was given ou
as Joe German, it is now learned, was
travelling under an alias, his real name
being Jamcs Kizer. He has sister
residing at Decatur, H., who mas tele-
graphel a request for the body to be
shipped TO that city for interment
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-23
SUNNY SOUTH.

Tickets on safe daily until April 80.
1904, to the principal winter resorts of
Mississippi Georgia, Alabama. FlorL
da, Tennessee, South Carolina. Louis
lana and Texas. Return limit June /.
1904.
Full details on application
C. w. straizs
Div Pass. Agent. Wichita. KAs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-23
Amusements.

-Four nights commencing Thursday,
April IS. the Spedden & Paige Big
Comedy company From all indica-
lions the above attraction will be one
of the best of tf,a season. Aside from
the dramatic part of the show they
carry several big vaudeville acts, the
feature OF which is the Van Cooks in
their great novelty musical act en-.