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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-17
How Funston Was Elected.

At the time the Democrats in con-
vention at Olathe, nominated Chap
man for congress, we stated in the
Times that that move of the Demo-
cratic party insured Funston of his
usual majority. The first convention
was held by the Peoples party. at
Ottawa, and they put in nomination
A. F. Allen, who was strong man,
and would have beaten Funston had
it not been triangular fight. We
will always believe, until Convinced,
that Chapman would make as much
out of the past campaign, by being
defeated, as Funston would by being
elected. The Democratic leaders
knew they could not win. So why
did they make nomination In our
mind, Funston is The weakest man
that was in the 5ist congress, from
Kansas-and then, TO come out and
elect him again! We hope to see him
shelved two years hence Westpha-
Tia Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-17
FARMERS OF AMERICA!

The better future of this country is
now within your grasp. If you let this
opportunity pass, it will never come
again except on rivers of blood. You
have the right to administer upon the
land you own. The country is its soil
and the owners of its soil. For years
you have been blind, stupefed, dazed to
your best interests. For years you have
been as mules standing to be harnessd
and kept apart by the pole of prejudice,
while your clearinghouse drivers have
lashed you on to poverty and their ele-
Walton.
There are enough Of you to accom-
plish greater result than has ever been
accomplished in this country.
The liberation of yourselves and fam
lilies from bondage.
The making OF republic to be gov
erned By the owners of the land. To
put down the wandering tribe Of finan-
cial Arabs, who, with their stolen gold
as basis for money, give their notes,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-17
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, PIainfield, ILL.,.
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled OIL her lungs: she
was treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was hopeless victim of con-
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption !;
she bought bottle and to her delight
found herself benefited from first dose.
She continued its use and after taking
ten bottles. found herself sound and
well, now does her own homework and
is as well as she ever was.-Free trial
bottles of this great discovery at La
then's drugstore, large bottles soc. and
$1.00.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-17

Farmer Funston, from the Second
district of Kansas, is the only Repub-
lIcan congressman elected.-King-
fisher Journal.
Great god! is it possible! To what
tremendous depths has the Republican
party fallen.--OkldhOmd Journal (R.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-17
Oh. the great banking system
Has about had its day:

Oh. the great banking system
Has about had its day;
1t will soon be Of the past,
With Ingalls,, John j.
And Mckinley's high tariff,
'Tis quite plain to me,
Will soon 60 up the tlume
With the g. o. p.
For the going out party
Is going to the wall,
And over the fence
It sue will fall,
For its leaders don't know what
to do
10 save its bacon i'm 49,.
RURAL POET.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-17
From POmerOy's Advance Thought.

The twin relics of barbarism are
prejudice and ignorance; Of these two
evils the people have too large stock
on hand. A man living in ignorar>e
and moving in prejudice is pitiful
sight, Ignorance begets crime. Preju-
dice makes man the slave of another
instead of his own sovereign. Through
ignorance the people elect bad men to
office. Through prejudice they keep
them there, anxious only that their OPP
pOnents suffer, when the wise man seeks
universal happiness rather than univer-
sal misery. The government consists of
the ones who are lifted upon the wheel
to work the grain out from the sheaves.
The sheayes are the the people. The
grain is devOured by the ones on the
wheel. The farmer eats the straw as
the prodigal son ate husks till he came
to his senses, arose out of prejudice,
fear and ignorance, and returned to his
father, meaning return to reason
based on common sense, or sense that
should be common.
x*x
Such slathers of fun! The Varuna
Boat Club occupies at Bay Ridge, Long
Island side Of New York bay. j. w.
Priest, w. H. Strusse, Otto r. Sielken,
Edward II, Glatzmayer, Miss Lizzie
Ocker, Miss Lille Mundy, and another
lady, guests of the boat club. the men
full of beer and whisky, started out Sat-
urday night for a boat ride. The seven
got into long, narrow boat, not large
enough to safely carry four persons, and
after an hour of rowing and singing,
Priest, the drunkest of the party, upset
the boat, following his threat to do so,
and he and Miss Ocker were drowned.
The rest barely escaped. But they had
real nice time, following the habit of
filling up with beer and whisky and
having a real jolly, Independent all-gO-
the .devil-together of time. Whis-
key is steadily reducing the good sense
and the surplus of population, thanks to
its all-pOwerful name and influence in
church, state, dOggery and grOggery.
Nv
While one old party has the constitu-
tional privilege to wallOp the other old
party, the people have the sovereign
right to do up both the old parties, and
nail their skins on the barn door that
those who pass along the road may see
how farmers serve the foxes, cOOns and
skunks that have so long fattened on
chickens, corn and eggs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-12
Y06al-

r,ro S. JOAN, u s.. Joaa.s-oves Inheid-
cr-the- Il ndson. who wanted
"a wife said the stout man, with
twinktfnx eves Il thought so seen
his carriage 30 BY half an hour ago. with
pretty iit.!a black erred woman in
cherry cosored ribbons and -
'-And Bob Rns plaid polonaise: al
most SCREAMED Miss Maroon And .
black parasol lined with scarlet:
Some sort Of ris OF that descrip-
ton" said the stout man.
~The bid. pert. unfemiuine thing!
said Miss sfaraos. veilsInentiy tanning
herself. five seen her, this long time,
walking up asd down the piazza. She's
the very one that came down in the
stare with me. And here she has
whissed OF with the advertising man.
and left ne ali alone aud deserted.
shes got tho clear start of you. II
seems sail the stout man. as he rose
up and looked around for his hat
well. If you don't ike the idee OK my
situationr-
Il decline it, most certainly, said Miss
Maroon. preCipitatelF. i-sHiaiaas
at would not lie such a bad idea.
coaxed the stout man. eff
'sLandlady.- repeated Miss Maroon,
more energetically than ever. And the
stout man went out, thrusting his hands
into his pockets as he did so. The land
lady hustled in.
"a carriage, please, to the railway
depot" said Miss Maroon.
Wont you wait for the stage, ma'am!
said the landiady It'll be along in half
en- hour
II wouldn't stay here another five min
utes for all the gold Of Golconda, said
Miss Maroon.
So the ricke,y one horse chaise Of the
establishment was geared up, and Miss
Maroon. shedding secret tears Of vexa-
ton and disappointment behind her veil.
went back. And when her nephews and
nieces asked about her sudden journey
20 Infield on the Hudson, she told them
that she had been to look for summer
board
And weren' you suited, auntie, dears
said the youngest and pretriest Of the
uieces, who had seen The Morning Pa
triot. with the printed slip missing from
the list of advertisements, and could put
two and two together as well as any one.
And Miss Maroon answered. sharply
that she was not suited at all.-Henrietta
Gregory in The New York Ledger.
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ORIGIN OF MATHEMATICAL SIGNS.

The radical sign was derived from the init
ial letter of the word ''radix''
The sign Of equality was first used in 1857
by q sharp mathematician, who substituted it
to avoid repeating equal to-"
The multiplication sign was obtained by
changing the plus sign into the letter K This
was done because multiplication is but Q
shorter form Of addition
Division was formerly indicated by placing
the dividend above q horizontal line and the
divisor below. In order to save space In
printing the dividend was placed to the left
and the divisor to the right, with simple dot
in place Of each.
The sign Of subtraction was derived from
the word minus" The word was first con-
tracted into IA $, with . horizontal line
above to indicate the contraction, then At
last the letters were omitted altogether, lsav-
ing the short line =
The sign Of addition d derived from the
initial letter Of the word "plus" In making
the capital letter it WAS made more and more
carelessly until the top part Of the was
placed near the center. hence the plus agn
was finally reached st. Louis Republic
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-12
THE LATEST POSTAGE STAMPS.

On the thirty cent stamp y profile bust
Of Thomas jefferson. after CorAcchi: color
black.
The one cent stamp contains profile bust,
after Rubricht. Of Benjamin Franklin, print
ID in ultramarine blue.
The s,x cent denomination has . portrait q
James A. Garfield, after photograph from
life, three-quarters face.
The three cent stamp contains . profile
bust, after Powers, Of Andrew Jackson, on
an oval disc, printed in purple.
The fifteen cent denomination has . por-
trait Of Henry Clay, after . daguerreotyPs
from life Tie color Is deep blue.
The ninety cent denomination contains .
profile bust Of Commodore .. H. Perry. after
Walcotts statue The color 10 orange.
On the two cent stamp Is profile bust,
after Houdon, Of George Warrington, look
ing to the left. on an oval disc, printed in
carmine.
On the five cent s. amp is . portrait OF Gen.
Grant, after photograph from life, three
quarters face. looking 10 the right: color
light brown.
The ten cen, stamp CONTAINS 4 portrait OF
Daniel Webster, after . daguerreotyps from
life, three-quarters face, looking to the left;
color Inilori green. il.
The four cent stamp contains a portrait Of
Abraham Lincoln, after . photograph from
life, three-quarters face, looking 70 the right
The color is Observation-Disclosures Free
Press
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RULES FOR FIRES.

In eAcaping from a fire creep or crawl with
your tece to the door
Avoid all confusion Admit no one but
Grenen policemen. friend or neighbor.
Acqsaint Yourself with the best means Of
exit, both at Tie bottom and topof the house
II bed or curtain Is on fire beat on the
flames with wooden garment till extin
guisbed
II iadys dress is on fire she should en-
deavor to roll herself IN a rug. carpet or
wooden garment.
Avoid leaving the doors and windows Of
the roorn on fire open, as the current Of air
increases tue force of the flames
Do NOT ~ into an apartment where there
Is dense smoke, If you can help it, without
a saturated sf.nge or wet handkerchief.
IL Won can neither make your way upward
or downward get into a front room. if there
Is family. Sre that they are all collected
nere and Feep the door closed much as
possible. renetnber that snOse always fol-
lo.ys a d~aft and fire always PUSHES after
smoke
There Is always from eight to ten inches
- pure air close a. tine ground: il you can
DOT, therefore, walk upright through the
smoke, drop on your hands and knees and
thus progress: IA .et handkerchief or piece
Of flannel. or worstt,i stocking drawn on
the face. permits breathing and to a great
extent excludes the smoke
II tine staircase be burning 50 as To cut of
ali communication, endeavor to escape from
th. window. ii bo assistance is at hand and
YOU are IN ext eu'ty, tie the sheets together,
and. having Fastened one eni to some heavy
pieye of furniture, let down the women and
children one 10y one, bg tying the line Of
=, Is around the waist; you can easily let
sour>elt down When the helpless are saved. -
Washing ton Star
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stlarr,eo.

ASDRVscoGGIS-
In Livsrinore Falls, March ,. Frank NJ camp
bell ond Miss Villa l.. st.tson.
CuMBssIASp.
In Portland, Abraham Norwood of Biddeford
and Nj Fannie ;. LIBBY OF Portland.
In Bridgton, March LIST, Bennstr p strout and
Miss Sal All T.. Wentworth. both Of Bridyton.
KNOX.
In North Haven. Fec. =, Fred .. staple. and
Lottie 4, henderson.
In Union. March !, Sarael E. kaLer and Miss
Amy E. Pay .ou. both OF Union.
OXFORD.
In West Paris, March 4. Daniel d. Small and
Mise Eta u. pow. both Of Sumner.
!. Ner.sy, Fse ., Andrrw hi,l and Mr.: Aa
". Austin and sasie Richardson.
PKxoBscor.
In orrfng,ou. March I'd, Arthur L. Little and
Misc Nina b. Baker ,o0th Of Orrington.
In Bangor, March ssa, John McCosh OF Newcas
tie, n. b., aAd Miss Mary Mari Of bangor, March
b, J. Frank Granville Of Bangor. and Miss Ara
L. Macon Of Wccdstoct. N. B.
P1scArAors.
In Dover, March LIST, Nathaniel French and Mrs.
Mary F. withee, both Of Dover, Feb. lsfa. Frank
IA. whittier Of Foxcroft, and Miss Flora A.
Iompkius Of Dover, FEB. 70. Herbert h. Chandler
and MISS minnie v. Neei both OF foxcrof,; Mar.
I'd. Bella A kunnels AND Ars. Emma L. Howard,
Ia Foxeroft. March Is,, wm H. Cross and Miss
Fannie 4. Gilman. both Of Foxcroft.
SA0ApAHoC.
In Eath, March 4. Chas. r. Ridley Of Bruno
wick. and Mics lara {. aston Of b til; March s.
Ntltnn l. Hogan. ESQ. and Miss EStelle kells,t.
SoNE1sRf.
In Anson. Feb. "a, samuel B. Daggett Of d id
River Plantation. and Miss Viola ruben Of Ansen
wAsHfxoroS.
IL Prineeton. Feb. -, Warren A. Noyss Of Tops-
~, and Aiss Eta L. james Of Princstoa
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NJ Pam he. .psns esno. 100 On ~ pa.s
= Walss,
E1la Wheeler WILSON says . man hks .
voman Who de- NOT scoid him for anoklnG.
md h< Is never r~fermsd BY O. Who dosA
The fra Swedish female pAysician % -
,.re in regular practice Is DR.. Carolina W.
ierssrom. who recently opened m once m
Stockholm
The s.DucheS,- who's novels are % ~
known in America, lives in Cork, lrslAnd
She Il a han.isnne woman Of 20, althengh ~
u,rtr~its repre-ent her as heing IN ysAss
younger.
Mr. n. Z y. Southwurth receives -
income from her bo.ks that = estimated -
am nm . year. -.Ishn,ael' b her favoriss
novel and The Hidden Hand" her most soc
cs.<ful voiame.
Tns laxiiss IL Bermuda have started rfns
club, Of which the govsrnors wife Is presa
dent. They have . range Of their own, wnefS
they practice at 100 yards With aV-cahoer
y eapous, and are said to make remarkably
good scores There are seventy msmoerS
Hyster.cal French women are going into
dt. over Gabrielle Bompard, the sccompllcs
Of Eyrau,t in the murdsr Of Marshal Goune.
rhey s,.nd ber nowsrs and other presents with
sympsthizing letter., and rscsntly, when she
-, being taken from Paris 10 Lyons, they
crowded about her at the railroad station,
and some Of them even ki8sd Der banda
Ma Henry Gladstone, nss Rsndsl, The nsv
daughter in law Of the Grand Old Nan, u a
accomplished musician, with an especial abb
isy with the violin, to which she % devoted
| She il described, besides, - handsoms and
Young, with Q soft, smiling FACE and ripping
| dark hair, and ANAL but well carried nSurA
She Is an attractive talker also, and IN ardent
reader, and dresses in admirable tastA
Puudita RAmabai, that accomplished Hin
doc lady who is 80 well remembered In New
York and Boston, has formed . club Of
Kings Daughters among her pupils In
India, and says that she already sses the enec,
Of it In the steadying and strengthening Of
character in these irresponsible aud uudsvsl
oped maisieus She has translated into Mar
arti the four notices Of the Wordswortk
| clubs: Look up, and not down." Look for
| ward, and not back, ""Look out, and not IN,
| and ..I end n hand "
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A MANS TEMPTATIONS.

A high hat and short coat.
The wearing OF outing apparel in town.
The wearing Of the crush hat before 9 p. m.
A colored collar on q white shirt, or vic<
versa.
A study of the fashion plates for novel
effects
purposeful display Of the diamond collar
button
Ultra styles in anything-more particu-
larly collars
ANY other tile than a high silk hat, with
the swallowtail coat.
A white silk, or satin or embroidered, era
vat or bow with evening dress.
The wearing of finger rings, conspicuous
watch chain, scarfpin, etc, to impart .
sporty" impression.
To revel in fancy hAndkerchiefs, and proud
OF possession, display the decorative features
we'll outside the pocket
A scarfpin in q teck scarf or in any made
up style Of neckwear where it has no mani
fest utility providing reason for its exhibit
besides that Of mere decoration. -ClothisF
and Furnisher
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In the early days of this town doctor
had occasion to employ a neighbor, Q
lawyer. TO take charge Of case. Some
how the case never got ahead any. At
the close Of each term Of court the doctor
would asked the lawyer about it, only to
receive the answer. 1T is continued; the
other side got it continued" AS the costs
also continued-to increase-the doctor
got uneasy, but bided his time. In the
course Of years the lawyer called in the
doctor to cure q sore finger. which failed
to heal and remained source Of annoy
ance At last the lawyer. while away
from home, called in another doctor, who
happened to hit the case just right, and
when he returned home the finger wa
well. As soon as he saw his old client,
the doctor. he told him what the Other
doctor had done for him, winding up with
the question, Doctor, why didn't you
cure my finger as quick as the other doc
tory' The old physician, with merry
twinkle in his eye, suffered a prompa
reply: Squire. l was j-just c-c-con-con
tinuing it."-Camden Herald.
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THE CAREFUL MESSENGER

psanA a - . De - tArsa
Ard . PCT II raspberry tam
Two eev hid eEgA doom pegA
Ard Q psyund a snai,ess d kam
IN ay s over FL the way.
And then I'm sure noe to forget
For z chance to bring things vruoG
Ny rnoaber gets In such PIT
A pound Of Tea q one ssd shree-
Ard pue Ut raspberry JAM
Two rev laad egxA dosen pegA
And pcsznd ot rashers Of ham
There, In the hay. the children Play.
They're having such Jolly fan;
III 20 there. too. thsts whAf IH da
As soon - my rrsasA - dooe.
A pound II tsa ss one a.d thrss.
4 poe of--0-nev laid JAM
Two raspberry egEs- with . dosea pswa
And . pound Of rAsners Of ham
There's T-idy White nytng his kite:
He thinks nimneif grand declare;
I'd Ike 70 Try 10 make IL ~. up sky high
Ever 20 much higher
Than the Old church spire.
And th~n-bzIt there
A pound Of THREE and one Il teA.
A POT Of new laid JAM
Two dozen egsA some raspberry pegA
And . pound Of rAsherS of ham
Nov here's the shop outa.ds III Hop,
And run my orders through again;
haven't forgot no. Ne er 1ot-
1t shows I'm pretty cute. that's plain
4 pound Of three o. ons and tsA
4 dozen Of raspberry ham
pot Of sggA With dossn pegs
And . raahsr Of nsv iAid Jam
-eunr1DA
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The swan is the longest lived bird, and
it is asserted that it has reached the age
of 100 years. Knauer, in his work emit.
tied ''Naturhistoriker. states that he has
seen falcon that was 1852 years old.
The following examples are cited as to
the longevity OF the eagle and vulture:
A sea eagle captured in l7l5. and already
several years Of age, died 104 years after.
wards, in 1919; white headed vulture.
captured in 1905, died in 1926 in one of
the aviaiies of Schoenbrunn Castle, near
Vienna, where it had passed lIs Years
in captivity. Paroquets and ravens reach
an age Of over 100 years. The life of sea
and marsh birds sometimes equals that
ofseverai human generations Like many
other birds. magpies live to be very old
in a state OF freedom. but do not reach
over 20 or 25 years in captivity. The
nightingale lives but 10 years in captiv-
ity, and the blackbird 10. Canary birds
reach an age of from ~ to Is years in
the cage. but those flying at liberty in
their native islands reach much more
adva i age. Detroit Free Press,
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Radical Improvements in hotel property
seem to be the order Of the day with the
popular bonitsces of our city. Our hotels
already rank as two of the best in the
State, but the com ny Improvements will
render tnem better enabled to successfully
cater to the public than ever before. The
additions and Improvements now making at
YOucg's have been already spoken IF. c.
II. Douglass of the Evans is also planning
radical improvements. A crew Of carpen-
tiers will commence work on the unfinished
upper story of the hotel and eight hand
some rooms will be added Immediately
This move is necessitated by the increasing
demand for sleeping apartments by those
arriving on the night trains. In addition
to this, Mr.. Douglass, in the coming spring.
will throw out new wisg to the rear to be
finished of into sleeping rooms on the
upper floors. with q fine billiard hall and
large sample room on the first fat. The
move is good one, and Mr.. Douglass,
who has had the house but a few mouths.
is to be congratulated in working up a
patronage which demands the addition of
these modern conveniepces
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Mechanics and storekeepers have the
largest savings bank accounts. Natu.
rally we do not have many professional
mer as customers, but among the com.
paratively few that patronize savings
banks doctors seem 10 lay up the most
monev. LAWYERS generally keep thei,
money in national banks, as the nature
OF their profession requires them to have
their funds where they can draw checks
upon them Many professional men,
though. keep money in a savings bank AZ
side Investment, upon which they can
draw for rainy day. Some classes Of
men. from the nature Of their employ.
ment. are unable TO accumulate much
money. Painters, for instance. and
actors, usually live through the summer
upon their winters earnings. = Inter-
view in Brooklyn Eagle.
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Avoid the Danger Of Fire.

Drafts, hues and the chimney should
be cleaned at least four times a year.
Consult your insurance policy; read care
fully and fulfill all the conditions. See
il your chimney 10 up to the required
standard, and that the stove is far enough
from the wall. Know that no sparks
can escape any place, especially where
the pipe enters the chimney. 1t will pay.
Have your fire safel Insurance money
is hard enough to get when all the con-
ditions have been justly complied with.
1t is terrible to burn out! II your stove
smokes, find out the reason and stop t.
Good Housekeeping.
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A shoemaker on upper Broadway says
that if men would adopt the English
fashion of keeping their boots on treel
they would get ten times the wear out
Of them. When the shoes are taken oh
they should be put on tree at once.
The leather is stretched to its full extent
then, and all the wrinkles smoothed
away. There is no chance for the leather
to crack, as it does if the wrinkles are
allowed to remain in one condition long.
New York Sun.