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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18
The Coming of the Italians.

The women in several of the prov
tnces of Italy are sorrowful because SO
many of the men born in those prov
nces are rushing to America. In some
places about the only men found are
those too old to 60 away. A large quota
Of the young men are taken for the
army, and their brothers are far from
home The sisters and the mothers in
these provinces are forsaken.
In the twelve months that ended with
June the Italians who landed at this
port numbered 10, TIC, of whom less than
One-fourth, or only 12,S29 were women.
There is heavy rush of Italians to Bra
I'll as we'll as 70 this country, and there,
also, more than three-fourths OF the
new corners from Italy are labOring
men.
The local authorities in some of the
Italian provinces are disturbed by the
exodus of the male population, and are
striving to find some way to put stop
to it. One proposition, which has met
with favor, is that the government shall
establish agricultural colonies in these
regions of Italy, such as the islands OF
Sicily and Sardinia, where there is yet
much uncultivated land, and shall thus
do something to relieve the distress
that exists among the rural population.
The main obstacle in the way OF this
project is that much money would be
needed to carry it out, and the Italian
government Is very hard up for money.
New York Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18
The Truth VIII Live.

Kill the sub-treasury and it will yet
live; grind it in the dust, pulverize it,
powder it, stamp it with mud, dream
about it. forget it, and still it shall live,
because truth comes to men as by reve-
lation, and though unappreciated by
the corruption it exposes, fought by
evil, resisted by manners and customs
and wiseacres in things past, it only
serves to remove the dross, and bright
en- the better, pure and simple from the
test, it shall. like the author, live to
bless those who absorb it, and condemn
to infamy and discredit those who re-
fuse to abide its neutrality-suspicious.
Advocate. Louisville, Tenn.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18
Attacked by q Devil Fish.

Three young ladies were bathing in
the surf, not far from Dublin, when the
attention of persons on the bank was at
tracted by succession of piercing
screams from the bathers. One of the
young ladies' was struggling in the grip
of very large devil fish, which she
vas unable to shake off. Fortunately
ANOTHER lady siezed stick which was
on tho shore, and, dashing into the wa
ter, engaged in combat with the tena
eious inyertebrate. A desperate strug-
gle ensued, but the courage exhibited
By the gallant rescuer finally secured
the, safety of her companion, the animal
saecumbing To, the repeated stabs OF the
stick. The elder lady was severely
stung and remains in precarious con-
dition. The devil fish measured 9 feet
in the length of its tentacles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18
ALITrLE QUEEN
The Way the Ruler of the Netherlands
is Preparing for Her Duties.

The Way the Ruler of the Netherlands
is Preparing for Her Duties.
Wilhelmina, queen of the Neither
lands. was born at the Hague on August
81, 1880, and received the full name Of
Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie.
The monarchy of the Netherlands in
cludes, not only Holland, but its colon
ial dependencies in South America and
the East and West Indies. These COL
onies are both rich aud extensive, COW
aring an area OF 100000 square miles
and containing population of more
than q, 900, 900 six times that OF Holland
ITSELF
The youthful Dutch Queen is the
daughter of William I'LL, who died on
November %, 1890, and of Emma Adel-
aide Wilhelmia, Princess Of Waldeck-
Pyrmont. Her father was the last de-
scendant in the direct line of one of the
most famous families of Europe, the
house of Orange-Nassau, which has
given to history three splendid figures:
WILLIAM the Silent, the first Stadthold-
or of the Dutch republic; his son Maur-
ice, and William ILL.,, who became also
King of England.
From her early childhood Princess
Wilhelmina has been trained to prepare
for her royal duties. She has been
carefully educated under an English
governess, having been required to
master the English and French Ian
guages as we'll as the Dutch, and great
attention has been given to her diet,
exercise and all that could cOntri butte
10 herlhealth. She has also received
the constant supervision of her mother,
q woman of amiable character and ex-
oellent judgement, who is greatly and
deservedly beloved in Holland and who
acts as queen regent during her daugh-
ter's minority. AS princess, Wilhel-
nina is dressed plainly, wearing simple
white gowns, and having as her only
ornament turquoise or pearl necklace.
She will not take up the full duties
of queen for six or seven years to come,
and probably there will be no great
change in her habits and privileges in
the interval.
The people of Holland have welcomed
her to the throne with feelings of ten
der pride and interest akin to those
with which more than half century
ago Great Britain greeted the accession
Of their ''Bonny English Rose" the
Princess Victoria then a girl still in
her teens. That Queen Wilhelmina has
already won the love of the Dutch has
been shown by the fact that even dur
ing her fathers life her birthday, al
though not regular fete, was usually
celebrated with public rejOicings by the
peOple.-St Nicholas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18

ing, and is the surest and safest security
on earth. Hence the Ocala platform of
more money for the people, and that is
sued by the government and loaned to
the people upon lands and staple crops,
the much abused and little understood
sub-treasury plan is the one great rem
edy for all our financial ills.-Southern
Alliance Farmer, Atlanta, Ga.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18

For two hundred and fifty years we
have been trying to develope great
races OF horses, cattle, sheep and swine.
We have succeeded. In the next two
hundred and fifty years we will seek to
develope great race of men and wo-
men, and we viii succeed. The true
patriot hereafter, will live to ennoble his
countfyman in all that graces and pro-
longs Nfe- Who would net i've a life
10 b01n,x - n ..e = To. full -coginG Rfvdt III
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18

The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
Kentucky was the last state to cling to
the viva voce system OF voting, and the
adoption of the new constitution
ab,lishes it in that commonwealth. I'm
der the old regime this scheme did not,
perhaps, infiict any especial hardship
on the citizen. but it was entirely UNI
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18

Texas has Fat Mans association,
the initiation fee of which is a cent 9
pound. Men who weigh less than 25e
pounds are ineligible to membership.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Oct. Goth /

In my three years experience as Cement In
spector in City Engineers Departemnt
found that Fort Scott Cement would increase
in tesile strength more rapidly after the
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
All-a-R Right.

She was just little clerk in a store, a
novice at the work, but very willing to be
taught, courteous and obliging to every
body, and with one phrase that seemed &c
fill all places and conditions. When she
made one of those tritiing mistakes which
the new clerk always makes, and was rep
rimaaded for it by the general manager
she would listen carefully, and when he
had finished would nod her head and an
swer pleasantly, "AlI-a-right."
Not knowing our speech well she was
chary Of using it, and although she smiled
on all her fellow clerks she had little to
say TO them. They liked her, and were al
pains to tell her the rules of the house. and
she would listen, and in the sweetest way
imaginable utter soft tank you"
For the crowds Of shopping women who
handled her goods, and kept her taking
down bales and bales of them for their in.
spectioR, she had always the one happy
phrase, even when they told her they did
not want the goods, "All-a-right."
One day there was an accident. Going
home at the noon hour the girls stepped
under scaffolding that came crashing
down upon them, Only one was hurt. The
ambulance was soon there, and loving
hands prepared to lift her tenderly into il.
although all knew that her hurt was NOR
tai But she, brave little woman, looked
with wide open, far seeing eyes into the
blue noon sky, and as her whitening lps
moved, and "A smile settled on her face
they heard the quaint old phrase, her last
words on earth, "All-a-right."-De
Free Press
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04

1t is very excellent thing to be friendly
and sympathetic, but unwise to be OBJ
trusiyely and impertinently So lady,
getting upon train early one morning,
took seat near woman, who began to
eye her curiously.
The first lady was naturally very pale in
complexion, and had sometimes been an
noyed by sympathetic interest in this pc
culiarity
Presently the second lady addressed her.
Poor creeturp she exclaimed. How
pale you be-"
The lady simply raised her eyelids a
trihe
Now there must be something the mat
ter with you" the other went on. do
tell me what you've been ADDING"
II have been totally unconscious for eight
hours" the first lady remarked.
Gracious! How did that happenp
81 was asleep. "-Youth's COMPANION.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04

ut is amusing 70 me-" said a member OF
a large wholesale dry goods firm, ito read
the stories occasionally published about
commercial travellers and the variety of
ways in which they Try TO make their EN-
ployers pay expenses other than those le-
Ultimately incurred in business These
yarns make good reading aud there is con
siderable truth in them, but when the
question arises as to how much the EN-
pioyers are deceived by the clever schemes
of their representatives il should be re-
membered that, as a rule, most of the
members Of business firms have been
drummers themselves in their earlier years
when was younger man was ON the
road for several years, and was thorough
iy familiar with all the tricks for adding
TO my income. II is "A rule TO allow drum
mer so much a day for his expenses, and
the allowance is usually a liberal one BY
patroniziRg cheap boarding houses instead
of first class hotels, and by occasional at
tacks of illness which necessitated a rest
for several days, was enabled to save con-
siderable out Of the expense allowance.
There were also always a number of extra
expenses which were apparently unavoida-
bic that ! generally succeeded in getting
paid for.
"A clever man can make himself SO use
ful to hotel keepers on his route by sending
customers to them that his expenses for
board and lodging while on the road will
be cut down to a comparatively trifiing
sum. We find that these tricky fellows are
the most successful statesmen, and as long
as they don't impose upon us too much we
shut our eyes TO their little game. New
York Telegram.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
He Laughed Last.

To my own knowledge three of the great
est greeuhorns on earth made the richest
finds l have ever seen, stumbling upon
them by sheer good luck. When | was
first out with a party of prospectors in
Idaho an old Yankee came up TO our camp
one sultry afternoon and asked, Say, can
yeouw tell me where there is good place
to mine" We thought we would have
some sport at the fellows expense, and so
pointing up the hill to where lone tree
stood said: Right under the shade Of that
tree you will find lots of gold Dig down
about ten feet, and when you get tired rest
in the shade of the tree"
He went up there and set to work at a
place that showed no indications of gold,
and which we had passed by. We thought
we had Gagged a sucker. He worked for
two days very industriously, and then in
the evening came strolling into our camp.
much obliged, stranger" he said; I'VE
gave me good advice, and I'll make it
squar' with you. I've run across a whole
basketful of these little Jumps of gold. I"
He exhibited a dozen nuggets as big as
marbles, and later on, when the mine was
developed it turned out wondrously rich.
We all felt little weak when we saw the
extent of his hnd.-St Louis Globe Demo
crat
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
The Revenge of a ,iailied chinaman.

A couple Of meek eyed Cinnamon got on
a street car in Jersey City the other day,
| and one of them, who had big Jade brace
let on his yellow wrist, paid the fare for
both. The car became crowded, the day
was hot and the conductor evidently lost
I his temper and bis reckoning BOTH for he
! counted his passengers again aud again.
| with a scowl on his face that deepened ev
/ cry time that he looked at his register.
I There were more people IN the car than
| there were fares rung up, that was certain
| But who had not paidi That was the diff
[ icdity His eye wandered up and down
the seats, but he saw no sign which led him
to suspect any one in particular Finally
the meekness Of the Cinnamon seemed 70
attract and tempt him.
Fare, Johnp he said peremptorily,
striding up in front of them aud thrusting
out his hand.
II pay face when getta on" chartered
John in "A scared way.
mo, you didn't, replied the conductor.
with a snarl. "You can't come no heather
Chinee tricks over me. Pay your fares, or
out you go, and mighty quick tooW
The Cinnamon looked about for assist
ance, but seeing no hope of any from the
occupants of the car, and reading only dis
aster following resistance to the burly and
angry looking conductor, paid their fares
over again grudgingly, drew their heads
down into their i'll fitting sacks and their
long nailed fingers up into their ample
sleeves, subsiding and shrinking without
a word, like turtles into their shells.
The car had not gone very far before an
obstruction ahead stopped further progress
and the conductor ran forward to see what
was the matter This was the Chinamen's
opportunity. Hopping up, one of them
seized the register strap and quickly rang
up half dozen fares.
When dat dog conductor makee him I
those square with de company he won't be /
muchee ahead of Chin Chom," he chirped |
out. Then they both shuffled off the car
and disappeared around the corner into a I
laundry.-New York Tribune.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04

In the Sat valley, which drains the south
ern face of the Rskaposhi mountain, in
Gilgit, there are three immense glaciers
one Of which has an island covered with
pine trees and bushes on its surface, and
higher up a lake or tarn of deep blue green
water. Pinnacles, wedges, blocks and
needles OF ice, some supporting great bowl
ders, add to the weird beauty of the glacier.
Colonel II. c. Tanner found the snow line
OF the Himalayas to vary in altitude, and
recommends that explorers, in ascertaining
this limit, should measure the altitude Of
those fiat open spaces on which the snow
lies where it falls, and not go by snow
fields which may be drifts or in the shade.
London Globe
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
Ffsding "A Mares Nest.p

The origin Of the expression ito find a
mares nest" has been traced to the days of
the early Saxons What we call a night
mare was by our forefathers supposed to
be the Saxon demon Mara or Mare. kind
OF vampire, which caused the incubus by
sitting on the sieeper's chest. The Mare
vampires were said to be the guardians of
hidden treasures, over which they were
supposed to brood, as hens do over their
eggs, and the place where they sat was
termed their neidus or nest. Hence, when
any one announced that he had made an
extraordinary discovery, some one accused
him of finding Mares nest, or the place
where the vampire kept guard over her
hypothetical treasures.-St Louis Repub-
lie
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
SUMMONS

State OF Washington, county of Whatcom. sc
In the superior court Of the state OF Wash.
/ ington, for the County of Whatcom hold.
terms at New Whalcom
] A. NJ. LouX and j. s. Holland. co-partners
doing business under the firm name and
style OF LouN and Holland. plaintiffs,
j. II. Wilmot. defendant
Action brought in the Superior Court for the
County Of Wbatconl holding terms at New
Nhntcom, ana complaint filed in the Office
June, 1891.
The state Of Washington to the above-named
defendant; j. II. Wilmot. Greeting:
You are hereby notified that Loux & Hol-
land. plaintiffs, have filed a Complaint
against you in the Superior court of the stare
OF Washington. for the County OF Whatcom.
holding terms at New Whatcom, which Will
come ON TO be heard sixty days afi er the first
puDllcatlOn OF this summons. to-wit: Sixty
days after the thirteenth day of June lS0i
ana unless you appear and answer the same
on or before the twelfth day Of August, 1891.
the same VIII be taken as confessed and the
prayer OF said complaint granted.
Ihe OBJECT ana prayer of said complaint Is
10 OBTAIN decree Of this court, foreclusing "A
June 9th, 1891, executed by defendant. j. III
Wiimot 20, plaintiffs herein, upon ali
the personal property of the said J. II
Wllmot now In and a part of the "Royal
Bodega saloon" ana in that certain frame
building situate on lot three OF block thirty
Two in the CITY of FaiFhaven, Whatcom
county, Washington, and for such other and
further relief as TO the court NAV seem iust
and equitable; and for further partt,uiars
reference Is made to the complaint on ale
herein as aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said
Superior court, affixed this twelfth day Of
June, A. D.. 1891.
c. G. HIxoN.
County Clerk and Clerk OF superior Court
BY q. II. HURLBUT,
Deputy Clerk.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
Uses of Hot Water.

Hot water is one OF the best among sim
pie remedies. For instance, headache al
most always yields to the simultaneoai
application OF hot water to the feet anC
back Of the neck.
\ towel folded several times and dipped
in hot water, and quickly wrung out ant
applied over the toothache or neuralgia
will general. afford prompt relief
stripof flannel or napkin folded length
wise and dipped in hot water and wruna
out, and then applied round the neck of d
child that has the Group, will sometimes
bring relief in ten minutes.
Hot water taken freely half an hour be
fore bed time is helpful In the case Of con
supation, aud has a most soothing effect
upon the stomach.
A goblet OF hot water taken Just after
rising, before breakfast, has cured thou
sands OF indigestion, and no simple remedy
is more widely recommended by physicians
to dyspeptics. Home Journal.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
Rare Confederate Silver Coins.

Messrs. Roberts a. Collins, of Carriers
Vile, Ga, have, II they have not recently
disposed OF 1t, a coin in their possession
which is only thirty years old, but Is worth
more than thousand times it's face value
II bears the date Of 1861, and is pne OF fou,
pieces struck at the Confederate mint at
New Orleans before that Institution was
closed. The coin II a bali dollar, and has
the Goddess OF Liberty on one side and 9
stalk OF cane, stalk of cotton, and the
stars and bars OF the confederacy in coat
OF arms, with liberty pole through it and .
liberty cap on top on the other side, or the
four known specimens of this coin, one is 4 q
Meriwether county, Ga, one In Louisiana.
the Roberts-Collins piece, above described,
and one which cold for $500 in New Yori
city In lsSs.-St. Louis Republic.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
Power of the Press.

Tom-Poor Rsshleighl Ruined in mind
forever.
Jack-Heayensl What has he been do
ing2
Tom-Made a bet that he could read
every article in four Sunday papers, in.
Guiding supplements and advertisements,
in one hour.
Jack (breathlessly)-W
Tom-Won his bet, but collapsed, and
was taken to an asylum raving maniac
Pittsburg Bulletin.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
City Unemployment Office

p Harris street. p. o Box PIP.
WANTED
Five woodchoppers; ti.25 per cord
One laundress; s25 per month.
Chambermaidi s25 per month.
Girl for hotel; $40.
days job.
To buy sbort-time gilt-edge paper.
FOR SALE.
Acre tracts on Lummi and Orcas islands
In tracts to suit.
Two cottages OF 5 rooms, freshly painted
close to sidewalk, city water; f12 per month
IL you want TO buy, sell or borrow, call on
us. Advice given free.
CfrY EMPLOYMENT OvFIcr
1881 ~ Harris ct, p. o. Dor pa
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
A RUNNING BIRD.

Bird of the diamond wing
Poised on the air
Thou fair, ethereal thing,
None that can fly or sing
With thee compare.
To the old garden bowers
! saw thee ny,
And all its fairest flowers
Quivered like hearts Of ours
When love is nigh.
saw thee sip the dew
That buds distil
When morning, ever new,
Dswns on the empyreal blue
And gilds tine hill.
heard a thrilling sound
That was not song,
Telling that thou vert drowned
In JOY that floats around
When life is strong,
Oh, then saw thee start
And vanish free,
As Cuban frcfies dart,
Far from the city's mart,
BY field and sea
Julia Noyes Stickney in Boston Transcript
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04

Avice consul, writing from Danubian
port, notes that one curious, but steadily
recurrent article of import is waste paper
OF which there arrived a supply Of thirty.
eight tons during one yesr. IL makes its
appearance in the form of bundles of Lon
don daily journals, apparently untouched
from the time Of their issue from their re-
spcctive printing Offices.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
A Telephone CIock.

A telltale clock in connection with the
London-Paris telephone keeps the record of
seconds while the patron talks. When $50
beats have been counted bell rings and
the circuit is cut Off. Another three min
utes' talk may be secured on payment OF
the ordinary fee of 81, but no more than six
consecutive minutes are allowed to any one
person
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
Grants Comment.

Grant and sherman were discussing the
plans OF a campaign, when a third general
origadier, entered the tent--a good sol
der, but notorious for his carelcssness aS
TO his personal appearance.
The brigadier finished his errand and
vent oat. General Grant pulled upon bis
cigar for few minutes Ia silence, and then
said
ShcrmAn, 1 wonder whom that man
&sss 10 wear his shirts the hrst week. ~
Chicago Tribune
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04

The strength of spider silk is incredible.
Size for size it is considerably tougher tina u
. bar of steel. An ordinary spider thread
Is capable OF bearing weight of thres
grains, while y steel thread OF the same
thickness would support less than two.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04

1t has been concluded that for any con
slant volume the specific heat, whether at
constant volume or Mt constant pressure
decreases to limiting value with rise OF
temperature, and subsequently increases
and that the smaller the volume the more
rapid the change Of temperature.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04

Young George Vanderbilt, the most stu.
dious and retiring member Of the rich fam.
lily, is slender and stoop shouidered, with
black eyes and swArthy complexioa. He
cares nothing for society or for tho usual
advantages that great wealth confcrs.