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A BOYS IDEA.
Would Use a Seal in a Tank
Drama and Save the Heroine.

In FEW Sundays since father and son
}HnAg: were at the Cliff House for the first
4SAy time. The son was not more than
years of age; but he was precocious more
over, he was an interrogation point on legs.
He drew his father into the following con-
versation, and advanced an original idea
later on:
What are those things over on those
rocks?"
"Those are SEALS"
"They must be awful warm lying there
in the sun with such thick skins on ?''
They don't mind that, they are adapted
to the climate"
''Are those the animals that raise seal
skins for women %
Then mamma must be adapted to the
climate, too, for she wears her sealskin
when the weather is awful hot"
Certainly. All women who can afford
it are adapted TO a sealskin climate"
y" On, look at that little fellow. Is that a
sealette?"
What are you, talking about? OF course
not; that is a little SEAL"
That's Just what / said Mamma told
me that brooklet was little brook, and
OF course seaette is a little SEAL"
Ii your mother was to tell you that an
inlet was little inn, you'd be foolish
enough to think that billet was a little
VIII IL 81 buiuS lllLio JUST say SO, anu
don't let your mother stuff you tulI of non
sense"
Say, papa, wouldn't theater man like
to have one of those seals, thought"
What for?"
well. you see. be could train the seal to
act in tank, and when the ugly villain
would grab the pretty, innocent girl and
say, Marry me or your doom is sealed
she would say, Never; I'll perish first
and jump into the tank. Then the
seal would swim to her and she
would climb on its back and
ride to pile of rocks in the
middle of the tank, just about the same
time that the fellow she loves drops with
parachute on the same island. Then the
curtain would go down, while the girl
would be sitting on a big rock patting the
seals head as it nestled in the lace on her
lap, and her lover would stand with one
hand raised skyward and the other resting
on the girls wet hair and say, Heaven,
be Used for this sleek delivererp"
my boy, my boyP
where are you going, papa?'
Come home with me, my son. Pll write
play and buy a seal. But, my boy, the
principal part I'll give to you-you furnish
the gas for the imitation of the balloon
which carries up the parachute"
J. E. ToTHFRoH
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When a number of lepers are collected at
kalihi the receiving station, they are sent
ny one OF the little interisland steamers to
the settlement on Molokai. 1t Is sorry
sight when the little steamer shcves off
from the wharf. The air is filled with the
cries of friends and relatives separated.
Often the husband of leper wife or the
wife of leper husband is allowed to 90
along to the settlement to remain there.
The mother or father sometimes goes with
the child or children. A person once de-
clared leper loses all his rights of citizen
ship except protection from the Govern
ment. The separation from either husband
or wife implies divorce if either wishes to
regard it so.
The land on which the settlement is To-
Gated Is particularly adapted for such a
use. Surrounded on the north, east and
west sides by the sea- and ON the south by
tile almost insurmountable pail it is
thoroughly isolated. The whole area COM
prlses about eight square miles. 1t is to-
tally devoid Of trees except at the foot of
the pail or in some Of the yards where they
have been cultivated. The ground is COW
cred with rich grass.
On the eastern side, close to the pail, Is
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SPORTING WITH
THE ECHOES.
Jokes Guides Play on Visitors to
the Capitol.
Mysterious Voices That Awed a Group Of
Englishmen-An Evolutionary Echo.
Soaring a Swell Darby,

HAy1ASHINGT0N, April 22.-In Septem-
HINEg9 Der. 1887, an international convention
NSsE39N OF physicians and surgeons was held
in this city. Eminent practitioners
from all parts of the world were present.
Among them were several noted Englishmen
who were great pedestrians. One hot day two
OF them walked from the Arlington Hotel to the
Capitol. They were arrayed IN white duck suits
and wore cork helmet hats 1t was their first
visit to the immense marble edifce. After shud-
dering at GreenOuglfs statue of Washington and
admring the magnificent marble group OF Per-
slco illustrating the dangers of the early settlers
they climbed the broad brownstone steps lead
ing TO the main entrance to the Capitol.
Finding the rotunda somewhat crowded they
drtfted into statutary hail. The hall is semi
circular-shaped like a clean-cut half-moOn. The
massive columns supporting the ceiling are of
Potomac marbles, better known as calico
rock" The statue stands between these col
umns. The tesselated pavement is of marble.
black rocks alternating with white ones. A
small dome surmOunls the hall. Its ceiling has
the properties of a soundlng-board. An elliptic
arch spans the base of the half moon, facing the
House wing of the building.
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of wounds. He impressed ME as clever.
industrious man.
To Mrite of the lepers of Molokai and saw
nothing Of Father Damien would seem like
| an omission. So much of his history has
already been published it is unneces-
sary to give more than an outline here. He
! was born in Lourain, Belgium, on January
3, 1871. In 1868 he came to Honolulu, where
he was atterward ordained. He worked
several years among the natives in Hawaii
In 1879 he went to Molokai, where he re-
manned.
For all the good that has been done no
person or organization is more worthy of
praise than the Board of Health backed up
by the Government The Government is
generous and grants what the board asks
Last year over 100000 was expended by
the Board of Health and not a penny mis-
appropriated. This year sum far greater
and equal to tenth of the entire Income of
the nation is being used. On the lst of
March last 1905 lererS were at the settle
ment.
Sister Rose Gertrude, who arrived on the
steamer Australia March 7th, has made
visit to the leper colony and has published
letter describing her visit. For the pres
ent the Board of Health has placed her at
the receiving station at Kalihi on the out
skirts of Honolulu. AS a beginning she
can do more good there than if she should
go to the settlement at once.
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the village of Kalawao. 1t was the first
one established. Here are two churches.
the hospital, the home for orphan boys, the
homes of Father Cenrardy and Mr.. Button
or Brother Joseph, as he is called; the
store, the guest house. resident physicians
home, dispenSary and homes of the lepers
On the west side and not so close TO the pail
IS kalaupapa. Here are two churches, the
home of Father Wendelen, the Bishop
home, where the six Franciscan nuns live {;
the nome of the resident agent and a large
storehouSe. A roadway connects the two
places, and Gotta geS of the lepers are dis
tributed along tn is at ranging intervals.
1t Is not barren place. The grass grows
luXuriantly, and in places, sheltered from
the tradewlnds, trees of all kinds are cult
waited. Two or three valleys open into the
pail. They are nearly a mile in length and
terminate as abruptly as the face of the pail
Itself. They contain hundreds of acres of
very fertile lands. In these valleys and
along the base of the cliff the natives raise
sweet potatoes. onions, Sugar-cane, taro,
bananas, pineapples, figs and papaias.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
fFroH The Sea-

Calm, Indifferent OF Fate,
Queen city of the Golden Gate
Upon thy hills, when day is done,
Still slant the banners OF the SUM-
Thou seest the white waves strike their tents.
keeper of both continents.
Thou seest the white ships as they pass
Beneath the guns OF Alcatraz.
And silently speed on their way,
Beyond the waters of the bay
They round the point and fade from view
Upon the vast expanse of blue;
Whilst slowly, softly over all
The evening shades begin to fall.
Family sounding. far away
Over San Francisco Bay,
Comes the sweet and solemn knelI
OF st. Roses vesper bell.
Then upon the evening air
Arise the holy words of prayer.
Softly breathes each kneeling nun:
cave Maria" blessed onel
Gently fades the dying light,
Into somber shades of night:
It'll over city and convent wall
Night has spread her sable pail.
Yet. proudly as Queen in state
Thou sittest at the Golden Gate,
LOUISE FRANcISE wELcKEB
Forest Hill, Nay z, 1890.
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tatves. The elevation is about a foot higher
than the pavement OF the hall. You as well as
myself were facing north. When l addressed
you In a low and distinct tone OF voice the words
seemed 10 come to you from the gallery above
the clock. A few minutes afterward you stepped
upon that block near the statue OF Fulton. /
moved to point about forty feet away from you
near the statue of Cass. My words then seemed
TO come from beneath the stone upon which you
stood. You then moved into the center Of the
hail. where you got the same echoes that an
nOyed many a statesman In the olden time"
The Britnns were at first disposed to resent the
young mans familiarity. The man was Capitol
guide, who gradually thawed the Englishmen
and secured a sovereign by his attentions to
them.
The blocks In the pavement of the Hall of
Statues, where these remarkable echoes are
heard. are known as the whispering stoues. Cap
tain Kennedy, the guide who attended the En-
gllshmen, says that thus far seven have been dis
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1t is fortunate that this disease is nearly
entirely painless. 1t is only an occasional
patient that complains of any discomfort.
Que morning while at the dispensary with
Dr. Swift looking over cases that came for
treatment l saw woman with two enor-
nous ulcers, one on each foot. They were
as big as the sole of the foot would allow.
She was barefooted. and when she raised
up one foot at time to show us the sores
we could see them raw, bloody and matted
with the dirt and grass on which she had
walked Her journey tn the dispensary
had caused her no pain. The doctor took n
probe and seraped its point against the
bone at the bottom Of the ulcer. she only
looked amused. Then, after cutting away
some OF the bad parts, he applied tuning
nitric acid. 1t szzled and sputtered. Even
then she did not vince, but held the foot
In her lap and looked at it for several min
utes, much interested. She then went home
unshod as she had come, the raw flesh at
every step pressing against the grass or
rough earth of the roadway
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- s=szzEs=.s..

Molokai is some sixty miles southeast of
Honolulu. Its coast outline forms shape
not unlike slipper. the sole resting on the
twenty-frst degree parallel of north lati-
tnde, and the one hundred and fifty-seventh
degree parallel of west longitude passing
through the instep. 1t is about fifty miles
long and averages eight miles in width
Molokai is far from being barren and I'M
inhabitable. Great herds of cattle Craze on
the hills throughout the year, thousands of
deer live in the forests on the tops of the
mountains. wild goats thrive in great num-
bers on the sides of the pail, while curlew,
plover, pheasants and quail are seen on
every hand.
1t took me three-quarters of an hour to
ascend the pail, writes the correspondent.
When close to the bottom | saw a man
among the trees cutting wood. That l
might see his face l shouted 'Alohaw
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tumbled. He sauntered around the hall for ten
minutes, OvercOat on his arm and both ewes
peeled. At the end OF that time, in Bowery
phrase0logy, he " got on to The game" A guide
entered with bride aud groom. He scattered
them around upon the whispering stones, and
tile Boston drummer caught on" The mystery
was explained. He engaged the guide himself.
and within two hours got SIS worth of informa-
tlon for 90 cents. AMOS j. CUMMINGS,
CODUffghI, 1850
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A DREAM.

dreamed that you were dying, dearest love,
And ere thy lips grew dumb and white
You whispered. dearest one, goodnight
This slumber angels will dispel aboyen
"Good-night" CRIED and kissed your closing eyes;
Whenever my eyes that bIissful sluniber creeps-
When watchers whisper, "See, he gently sleeps,n
oh, then return and guide me to the skIesl
j. Z. ToTHERoH.
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ISLE OF hOL0EAI
The LEPERS' HOME.
Graphic Description of the Settle
ment and Its Stricken In
habitants.
a SORRY SIGHT AT KALIPL
How the Government Cares for the
Affiicted-Their Homes and Sur
rOundings-The Guest House.
Fondness for Music - Father
Damien-The Bishop Home.

sEsAHE leper settlement at Molokai has
Ss become known far and wide by vivid
5ESS descriptions of the horrors of the
place and the remarkable self-sacrifice of
Father Damien. Indeed, the Indebtedness
Of the unfortunate lepers has aroused the
sympathy of the entire world. A CORE
sPondent of the New York Herald, who re-
Gently visited the place, thus wildly de-
scribes the homes of the lepers and their
picturesque surroundings;
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WI TENS SUITS.

III e w LIES
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-29
had Els Growl. but Paid His Fare.

When the March blizzard of 1883 was
in full swing u night car was stopped at
the corner Of Ninth and Sanso,n streets,
and for hours and hours the one solitary
passenger was kept waiting. Finally he
grew tired and bunked for the night at a
neighboring store. But he has never
forgotten that ride for which he had
paid ten cents was cut short. On We'd
nesday night opportunity was offered
this gentleman to get even with the com
pany. He awaited the night car at that
same corner where he left her more than
two years ago. He boarded her. recog-
nized the driver rs the man who collect
ed his fare on the morning Of the biz
yard. He reminded him of the fact and
demanded that he be allowed to finish
the ride. but the driver couldn't see it
and compelled him to drop another dime.
This he did, but devoted the forty-fve
minutes of his ride to wrangling over
that dime.-Philadelphia Record
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Little ReprObateS.

Nine juvenile prisoners. whose ages do
not aggregate 100 years. were in Chi
cago court the other day charged with
raising a riot. Six of them were girls
A large woman, with big lunch basket
on her arm, was the accuser. She owns
a vacant cottage which was invaded by
dozen children who proceeded to "play
house." She drove the crowd out with
'shoe." and refused to give them their
playthings. She overturned her basket
On the courts desk and out rolled Il large
collection of pebbles. decayed lemons
and old shoes. which she said had been
flung at her cottage. She could not
point ont the exact infant who did the
throwing. however, and so the court
discharged them. They trooped out of
the dock with suppressed giggles. -Phila-
delphia Times.
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action is intended to influence the farm
ers to defeat the denomination and re-
election of the men who voted against
the farmers pet measure. The threat to
do this was freely made previous to the
vote. and notice was served individually
upon the supposed opponents Of the bill
that the granger element would take
cognizance of their opposition. The
threat is being carried out, and kilograms
and letters are being sent into the dis
tricts Of the offenders. Washington Cor.
New York Herald
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-29

This is simply repetition of the game
played on farmers every year: the big
dailies, getting their support from the
middlemen. publish all sorts of lies and
crooked reports about crops to induce
farmers to rush produce to market at
low figures. which do not reimburse pro-
duction. The speculator holds the prod
uce for natural prices. and gets the profit
which rightfully belongs tothe producer;
then the speculator pays his big ''adver-
Using" bill to the city daily. and every
thing is lovely. And the farmer contin-
ues to rely upon the big weekly" re-
hashed from the big daily" for his in
formation. Texas Farmer
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Found a Hundred Pounds.

A waiter in the smoking room of a
well known London restaurant one night
noticed a packet of papers lying on the
floor after two customers had left the
room. On picking these up he was sur
prised to find himself in possession of
e100 in $40 bank of England notes. The
careless diner who throws his money
aboutin this fashion may consider himself
more fortunate than he deserves to be if
he learns from this intimation that his
money is in the hands of an honest man,
who, on finding the money. counted it
in the presence Of witnesses and put it
away till called for.-London News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-29
"A Little Fellows Reasoning.

There is wee fellow in one of the
suburban towns who combines in his
small frame a sense Of justice and a
fund of humor quite sufficient for man
Of much larger growth. A few days
ago he had severe pain in that part of
his anatomy especially devoted to in
fantile aches, and in this case as in many
others the stern visitation resulting from
an unlicensed indulgence in green fruit.
Mamma" asked the inquiring young
ster in one of the intervals in which he
had leisure to indulge in abstract specu-
lation. mamma. who gave me this pain.
God?'
.'Yes. frankie: God did"
"Why. mammal"
ITO punish You for being bad little
boy, frankie, who disobeyed his mamma
and ate green apples"
"But YOU just whipped me for that.
Then followed few moments of pain,
during which there was generated the
resentment which broke ont in the fol-
lowing: af
well. mamma, I'd just thank God to
let fellow alone that's got his mother
to punish him. and save his pun;shinents
for orphans and children that haven't
got anybody else to SEQ that they get
punished for being bal. New York
Evening Sun.
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Well, old clod-hopper, what have
you to saying about the following
statement, and what are you going to
do about it? The Tax-colcctor comes
along to the whisky manufactures and
says, Il want your tax" The manu-
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mittee of the State Grange of Georgia is
notifying various state oranges through
out the country of the stand taken by
certain members of the house in opposi-
ton to the passage of the lard bill. This
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The members of the Farmers Mutual
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Illinois make certain demands Of candi-
dates for Office as conditions for their
support
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PAY the bondholders interest i'm adj
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the program of the present Republic
an administration.-Fdir Play.
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Some one signing himself Granger"
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Castle Garden to hire workmen for his
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neighbors. who are idle at his own
homer"
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The Farmers and Laborers unions of
Jackson county. Mo-. in convention as
sembled declared that they are non-par-
tisan and will have nothing to do with
third party.
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The Texas federation of. labor at its
recent convention adopted the following
resolutions: THAT the first bale of cotton
of each farmer produced annually be ex-
empt from forced sale"
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The New York Sun speaks of the
farmers movement as frenzy" and
delights in calling the agricultural agi-
tators "hayseed socialists"
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