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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

A reporter, in describing the celebra-
ton of her hundredth birthday BY an
old lady, naively says. "She talked ~.
day without showing the least sign Of
fatigue"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

The percentage Of consumptives who
first get their germs from the milk at
diseased cows is large-larger in fact
than statistics can point out.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

Some Of the busiest steel pens Of the
$500. 900 said to be daily used all over
the world are welded by the fictionists.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

uO lCEO ~ VI ~ ~ " AVO
is Headquarters for Boots and Shoes.
Fred. Lanter of Grenola, was Wis
ting friends here Sunday.
Frank Brown and wife have son
"a late arrival.
E. Wing and wife have returned
from an extended visit in Missouri.
"Sherm" Hannum is in Topeka,
painting Joe Groll's new house.
A new line of BOYS SUITS at
RED STAR STORE.
Samuel Row, father of r. l..
Row, Of this city, died at his home
in Circleville, Ohio, few days
since. His age was SO years.
Republican tin horns are now Of
fered at greatly.reduced prices.
y. Norman, OF Lone Elm, paid us
welcome visit to-day Thursday.
Oliver Crocker, aged Sc, died at
his home in Sugar Valley. Tuesday.
ladies and Misses Union Suits
at the RED ST.AR STORE.
Col. Bouck, of Greeley, and Wes-
ley Spindler. Of Sugar Valley, were
callers, Monday.
Ed. Groll returned from Califor-
MIA, Monday. He looks well.
Martin Woods was down from
Kansas City the first of the week.
Mrs. Frank Pattie left for Chicago,
Wednesday, instead Of last week.
Miss May Figley was up from
awatomie the first of the week.
She said she came home to vote.
Maj Chas. McCrum met with a
painful accident last Saturday:
caught his right hand in the smut
ter, in the mill, tearing the hand
pretty badly.
The night operator at the Santa
Fe depot was "held up' Sunday
morning. The fellows who did the
job got $40.
Amos Decker was over from Lee
Roy, Monday, on business. While
here he paid the AelrAroR welcome
visit.
II. K. Herbert was up from Osa-
watomie over Sunday, visiting with
his brother Frank and family
Miss Ivy Boucher was up from
Osawatomie, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, visiting with Miss Kate Mitch
ell.
c. n. Freeman will sell at public
sale, at his farm, IA miles north
east OF Bush City, on Monday, Nov.
l4Jh, horses, mares, cows, heiters,
calves, hogs, farm implements, wag-
ons, harness, household furniture,
hay, etc. Crazy Ike will furnish
the chin music and Louie Steinbach-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10
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HAVE YOU A BOY

HAVE YOU A BOY
Who wants a Business education ?
Write us about him, and We'll tell
you how he can get scholarship in
leading Business College. 1t
won't cost you Tor him a dollar in
cash. Better write NOW.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-10

READ our offer on 18th page.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26
Mai. washington md the Colonel.

Washington Irving says that Gen. Wash
ington had a serious passion at Is for some
unknown beauty which made him really UNI
happy for time. The son OF President
Tyler, who Is distantly related 10 tho WASH
ington family, tells me that the general tried
20 win the daughter OF Col Cary, Of DENLY,
Warwick county, Va. Col Cary was very
wealthy, and Washington, who paid atten-
tion 10 none but prospective heincsses, was
much attracted by one of his daughters. He
was poor major then. and he rode ON horse
back to Warwick county and called upon
Col. Cary. Cary, stiff old gentleman with
. rufiied shirt and much dignity, asked Maj
Washington, as he alighted from his horse;
May inquire, sir, what has caused you to
honor me with visit al this timer
Maj. Washington blushingly replied that he
had come TO ask permission TO pay his ad-
dresses TO Miss Cary wi b view 10 marrying
her.
swell, sir" responded the stately colonel, II
would have you understand that my daughter
rides In her own carriage; and IL that be your
business you may as well mount your horse,
sir. and return
Miss Cary afterwards married man named
Amber, q member Of one Of the noted fami-
lies Of Virginia. She was present at tho
celebration which took place after the sur
render at Yorktown, and il is said TINT when
she saw Washington so highly honored she
tainted away In the realization Of the great
mistake she had made in not marrying him.
Frank q. Carpenter, in Iippincotts
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

Matthew Lyons, naturalized 1rishman,
when representative In congress from Yer
mont, was fined 81 900 and imprisoned four
months for publishing letter calculating 60
bring President John Adams sinto contempt
He was strongly opposed 10 everything that
was royal or sovereign; and when national
coinage was discussed he objected 10 tho
eagle being put on, because he was the king
of birds and therefore inappropriate TO Re
publican emblem Judge Thatcher. OF Mas
sachusetts, who was always characterized by
good natured mirthfulness, replied that per.
haps 1t would he well ~ take the goose for
our emblem, for that bird had nothing ma
jestic in her department, nor could her hum
BILE rank among the feathered tribe give
offcnse 10 the most fastidious Republican
Moreover CONTINUED the judgel goslings
would be a very convenient stamp for the
tenpenny pieces and fippenny bits.
This caused great deal OF mirth among
the members, excepting Lyon, -sho was 50
offended by it that he challenged the face
tious judge TO duel What arrangements
win sou make inquired tho man who car.
ried tho challenge. "None at all, !" replied the
judge AWhy, are sen willing 10 be called q
cownrdf @Yes, because am a coward. and
he knew It very well, or he never would have
challenged me- This turned the laugh upon
Lyon, who wisely concluded there was no use
IN trying 90 tight with man who fired moth.
ing but Jokes. Ben; Perley Poorc.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

after year and half OF service. and a
few days later returned TO his old home In
Marion, Ind. The reason given for his
resignation was that private business In
terests demanded his attention in the east
He has since been elected president and
general manager Of the large krtIpp gun
plant recently established in Marion.
II Is generally believed, however. that
Governor Steele has further political as
pirations, and IL Is regarded 10y his friehds
rs reasonably certain that he has been
promised the pension commissionershiI in
the event OF the resignation Of General
Raum.
Abraham J. Seay, the new governor Of
Oklahoma, Is fifty years old, stoutly built,
and six footer Though born In Vir-
ginia, his life since early youth has been
spent Ia southern Missouri. and he IN a
typical westerner. When he attained his
majority he started out for himself,
equipped with good health, the ability TO
read and write and a well developed am
bitlon. by daily labor he earned the
money to pay his way through the academy
at Steelville, Mo-, and also to pay his ex-
penses while reading law in the same town
Soon after his admission to the bar news
came OF the firing ON Fort Sumter. and all
thoughts of his profession were driver
from his mind. Most Of his neighbors and
relatives sided with the Confederacy. but
young Seay joined the Union army. Hor
four years be fought valiantly on many
battleiields, marched with Sherman to the
sen, and was mustered out a colonel.
He returned to Steelville and began dhe
practice of law, winning in his profess lon
the same success he had achieved In the
army. He was successfully county at-
torncy and circuit attorney, and from 1915
to 1857 he was circuit Judge
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26
A onrcr 10 Cent PIeos.

@There Is a counterfeit 10 cent piece with
history said a jackson street man yesterday,
as he fondled a greasy looking coin dangling
from his watchchain. When the Federal
troops were before fredericksburg a New
York volunteer got out of his trench one
morning. and, after attracting the attention
Of "A johnny who could he seen inside ths
fortiiirafions raised flask Of whisky to his
lips. which were puekered FOR a long pull
THE volunteer had taken, perhaps, thres
swallows Of the liquor when we saw puff OF
smoke and a flash from the fortifications,
followed a second later 10y the collapse OF
the whisky flask and the fall Of the volun-
teer. The bottle, which had been struck by
n mimic bal, was shiveretl, and the man who
had held it lay bleeding at our feet His
upper jaw had been shattered by the bullet,
which had also taken away seven OF his front
teeth and buried itself high up in his right
cheek II was one OF the prettiest shots saw
during the whole war. and the volunteer al.
though seriously wounded, seemed 10 think IL
about the finest piece of work il had ever been
his pleasure TO witness.
The bullet was cut out 10y a surgeon, aud
as soon rs the patient recovered from the
shock which he experienced we melted the
piece of lead and cast four OF these dimes.
Ine volunteer Kept one. another went 70 his
brother, the surgeon kept the third, and
was 80 fortunate as to become tho possessor Of
the other. So you see this little piece OF rebel
lead broke a whisky bottle and human jaw,
knocked out seven teeth, and travelled over
GOO yards 10 hathe itself In liquor and gore.
Six months after this incident we learned
that the bullet was fired by n cross eyed man
in South Carolina regiment Chicago
Herald
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

Speaking OF theatricals, n couple OF friends
Of Inina went to see Mime. Bernhardt as Frou
Frou. Their neighbor was a grave gentle
man, evidently Of German origin, who
watched the performance with puzzled face.
In the middle of the second act. when the
star and her leading woman were ON together,
he remarked with elaborate politeness, to one
OF my friends, a lady:
'Conld you please tell me, madam, which Ia
EarahF'
Sarah was pointed out to him, and be said
with sigh:
~The worst about this performance Is that
you cannot understand word Of 1t. But she
Is quite lively, isn't shefs
His neighbor agreed with him, and he re.
marked fuF ar: aShc has got nice dresses,
too" AftA while, when Frou Frou sluab-
bled with her husband, he observed: "Now
she has troubles and became much inter
ested When the curtain fell no said it was
.'very nice. /" and went away rubbing his head
es u trying 10 decipher out what 1t was all
about
wonder how many people there are In
Mime. Bernhnrdt's audiences who have tho
same sentiments and experiences, though
most OF them are wise enough TO keep them
90 themselves-Alfred Trumble In New
York News.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

Princeton college has long had a gridy.
ance. The campus Is noted for its beauty
and there are splendidly equipped IaboTa-
tories and classrooms, hut there Is ho
commencement hail, and the importah liz
ceremonies OF that day for which all other
college days ara made have to be held In
one of the churches of the town.
Mrs. Charles II. Alexander, Of New York
city, has come to the rescue and donated
the cash for a magnificent commencement
hall. Work is In rapid progress. and the
architect promises that this will be the
handsomest structure OF the kind in the
world. The general style is gothic ard
the plan semicircular. The main front Is
fianked by two circular towers, and arour ID
the structure extends cloister from
which there are seven entrances into the
auditorium. The seats In the latter are
ranged somewhat ~ they were In Gresk
or Roman theater, and with the gallery
there will be seats for 800 persons
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

Three were shot dead and many badly
wounded. Including Miss Belle Mckenzie.
A child OF seven years, but sltghtly
wounded, was thrown into the flames and
literally roasted TO death. The people rose
as one man and besieged the cabin OF bob
Sims. He and his gang defended It with
Spartan heroism. shouting defiance. sing
ing their peculiar songs and even playing
the flute In the intervals OF the hattie. A
six-pounder cannon was brought, however
aud they had 10 yield; and then the hang
ing followed Bob Sims. VIII Savage and
Tyree Savage were hanged first, ON she
same oak tree with the rope from Neil
Sims well. Then general hunt for tho
others began.
Neil Sims a negro outlaw named Hur-
ton and few Others had got into the
woods. but few were captured. The de-
tails are not given-they disappeared"
Then a neighbor who had witnessed the
night attack at McMillan's made oath thar
he had seeu Laura and Beatrice Sims in the
attacking party cheering on the men. and
their fate was sealed. isynching Of women
Is such revolving matter that denial
has been published. and il IL even claimed
now that one of the Sims men. Bob's broth
er Neil, escaped
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26
A YOUNG AMERICANS EXPERIENCE.
Tn - Hotri at Niee Daring the Recent
Northumberland Women.

Tn n uotet at Nice During the Recent !
Northumberland Women.
II was fearful sensation The first in
stant, when barely awake, | concluded II was
nm Indian bandit who had adopted the origi-
nal nleti,od of getting under bis victims bed.
OF shaking tins wits out of him, aud leaving
him Ia such a state OF exhaustion that he
might plumber tue place ut his leisure. On
the strength If the first thought, being per-
son who never waits for that desirable but
belatezl article second thought, / naturally
enough called out with a truly American 40
cent, the only ono at my disposal, Quit
thatT The sound OF my own voice brought
me TO n full realization. and instantly knew
that 1t must be an earthquake. Some say IL
was a matter of twenty seconds. some gcner-
ally concytie 1t 10 have been matter of forty
seconds, while the ambitious newspaper cor
respondents have boldly made II fraction
short OF minute am told that, If 1t had
lasted rs long sixty seconds. none Of us
would have been left TO tell the tale, and that
every house Ia Nice would have fallen TO the
ground like pack of cards from the hands OF
an awkward dealer.
At all events II SEEMED long time. To lie
In a little iron bcslstead and have IL rocked
/ by great, unseen power; TO see the walls
moving about YOU and the roof cracking
women; 20 hav the awful apprehension that
/ your next moment will be your last moment,
Is moi n pretty or pleasant picture, and
when il is an actual reality IL is something
| beyond human description something which,
1 once felt leaves a horrible recollection. Yet
now that the danger is over ain glad to
! have been here. aud to have what was really
1 a thrilling experience. Born with a some
times unfortunately keen sense Of the ridicu-
Ious. |, even in the midst Of danger, fear and
distress, unconsciously alb orbe,l the amusing
features of the stuntion-for, as Is often the
case, there were many. Above that awful
rumble Of the earths interior / heard the
shrill cry Of a woman: let me outi Break
| open tho doorl' Ali, these women; they are
first in war, leaee or earthquake.
! Clad in "a distrcssingly small number oi
mans accustomed garments, ] dashed oui
into the hall, where was instantly con
fronted by two excited females and that same
voice: "You are a man. You must know,
Oh, do tell US What is itF Without wait
ing an answer-wbere is the woman who
ever does--she turned upon me and said: AOh
you stupid man; il is an earthquake, and yos
i know IL Is an earthquake. but yeu stant
there dumb and stupid. You are fool
Next ran against tough looking English
man, who actually grabbed me and startet
thus: "When was in India in 81 there wa
an earth"-- hut had escaped. had som.
aristocratic and wealthy friends who coule
afford the luxury of "A beautiful, costly suit o.
apartments on the first floor. When reacheS
their door il had been Just about seven min
u.es since the first shock; then came the sec
ond, strong but more brief.-Nice Cor. Cour
Ter. Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

.sThe Sims gang IN wiped out. eur1 ~
the tenor OF the latest dispatches Hpm
Choctaw county. Ala, and the ~itkp<u9
section OF Mississippi. All are Epuf< tn4
details run. Fourl0r five were ahu< te~ry
nine or ten were hanged. inciue{nE ~ -
account Laura and Beatrice, daughters q
Bob Sims. and all OF Bots sons and bruth-
er~, and n few others Disappeared" In
ways not related Take II AL 10 all, Il -
the most dramatic, horrible. Incredible.
and altogether unexpIaipabIe u resent
American tragedies.
Il began soon after the civil war with
the expulsion Of old Bob Sims. a brave yet-
eran % the Confederate army. from the
Methodist church for general recklesxuep
OF speech and demeanor. He was u ruNEed
and muscular backwoodsman. an orphan
reared no one knows how, with a deal a
native sh.ewdness and wonderful ''Kift
OF gab," but OF a wild, unbalanced lnleiiect
He preached a compound OF Mormoui<m,
communism and anarchisra. and soosi had
some sixty followers--a terror "a the whole
community
All who Offended him had 10 suffer. He
cut out the tongues Of cattle. cut OH their
hoofs shot horses and avenged himnelf In
many other ways. lie manufactured
moonshine whisky and 10 the federal au-
thorities got after him. His gang rUsc on
the officers. killed one and badly wounded
another, but one Of the SiDscs was killed
In the fray. The daughters, Laura and
Beatrice. went to the governor and tried to
make terms for their father. but threatened
vengeance on all their enemies. The eui-
mination came one night when several
neighbors were gathered at McMiilan's
house and store.
The Simses went with wild hand OF
fanatics, set the house on fire by throwing
burning balls Of cotton and turpeutine,
and ~ the inmates fed for their lives men.
women and children were indiscriminateiy
shot down. The details are horrible. .lohn
Mcmillan leaped the fence with child In
his arms and was shot through the body.
Old John Kennedy, with his grandchiId In
} his arms. reached the woods and there was
shot through the heart Josephine McMil.
} Ian, with baby brother In her arms wss
, shot down IN the road and beat the Rrsus
, and weeds around her in her death strug
giles, while the baby lay screaming by with
three buckshot in his leg. All around the
burning building murder WIS In progrrss,
/; murder such as only savage Indians have
(; heretofore done in America, and NIL THU
); time the Sims gang yelled and blasphensed
!, In language too horrible for Publication.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26
rxpenss Of Pigeon Shooting.

A great rivalry exists between the Country
club aud the Tuxedo club rs to which shall
attract the most pigeon shooters. II has be-
come the most fashionable sport Of the day.
But as gentleman who lad just been shot
out OF a sl 900 match remarked to me: ~Nexf
20 horse racing it's the most expensive sport
In the world. rya kept Close account of my
expenses for year, and / ind IL Gusts mo
about e every time pull trigger My bill
for cartridges alone was S6o0. Birds are
Thirty cents apiece. II you make matches or
shoot sweeps you've got TO practice q lot, and
you can't live at Tuxedo or the Country club
for iove.r-New York Star.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26
EFFECT OF MUSIC ON els'4.
A Theory Held by Fish Commissioners
BartIett--A Demonstration.

Fish Commissioner Bartlett, -of this state,
has long been under the impression that fish,
though they have no perceptible ears, have
the faculty OF feeling--that Is, the sense OF
touch--so strongly Developed Ms 10 bo able
not only to feel noises but 10 distinguish by
the differences In the variations OF tho sound
waves the difference between mere chaotic
noise and Rhythmic music. II was while
reading the story Of 0rpheus and Eurydice
that Col Bartlett formed this theory, for,
AS be said TO himself, and reasonably, too,
why should the fish OF the sea como up 10
hear orphvns' Tyre, though they had never
been known TO come up TO hear tho greater
sound OF battles fought on the seashore or
ON the seat For many years Col. Bartlett
has been quietly making experiments, and he
h now NO far advanced In knowledge OF tho
subject rs TO he able TO say, without fear Of
successful contradiction, that no music b
more thoroughly appreciated by fish than
that OF the human voice, nor are the louder
tones so attractive to the finny tribes as the
lower and sweeter ones. For the benefit of
News representative, who recently visited
Quincy for the purpose Of making inquiry
into this subject, Col Bartlett invited Mr.
David Wilcox, a very sweet singer of local
rcnown, To accompany them in a boat early
in the morning before the noise of the day
hau iegtin.
Vow" said Col Bartlett, handing TO ths
News Investigator the tube OF his aquaScope-
the wonderful instrument through which the
! commissioner views submarine scenes--snow
as Mr. Wilcox sings, you watch the actions ol
the fish,
) Mr.. Wilcox sang aportion OF that delightful
: old song, "tienevieve," and as the low sweo
a tones OF his melodious voice fioated down upo
= the water, tiny wayelets could be seen so pow
erful Is the aqunscopc) rippling in rhymeti
distances toward the bottom OF the bay; an
. as these waves passed over and among tn
bass, pickerel, pike. crappies, ETC., which wer
5 moving about in the water. the fish paused a
a OF IN listening attitudss and, after remaining
. each few seconds in utter motionlessness
Z; slowly and carefully turned, first upon thei
> sides, then broadly ON their hacks, and thu
: remained as long the singing continued
Col Bartlett explains this, saying that III
under side OF a fish, being soft and without III
= bony SCALES which protect the hack, is moi
O sensitive to the sound wave ~ Chicago New
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

The woodlands Of louisiana are fast passing
into the hands Of northern men FOnr years
ago number OF shrewd western capitalists
sent their agents down thers - examine the
southern pine, 10 see what l. lumber 10
would make, and the quais>j II the wood
lands. These agents made thorough
examination at a minimum cost, and sent
back the most favorable reports, urging tho
firms they represented 10 make purchases
The result has been that up 70 July l, 1856,
I, ,l50, ,5s2 acres, mainly of pine lands, has been
bought at 81 * an acre, about one-half Of all
the government land In the state, and nearly
one-quartei. OF the area covered by the long
leaf pine. This Is all picked land. and, though
only one fourth Of the area, contains half the
mcrehan;ahle long-lcaf pine timber In
Louisiana. Chicago Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26

dead or alive They were arrested, em-
capped and two days later Howard was
killed.
Moioc county rancher named Thomp-
son tracked Jones to the mountains and
made him prisoner. Thompson In n sriant
In size and no handy with gun" that he
can cut the spots out Of u playing card at
distance OF twenty rods. lie gave -innea
an exhibition OF his shooting and then re-
marked;
Now Mister Rnbber, I'm not going to
tie you up. I'll let you go anywhere within
nifty feet Of me, but As my aim Is a little un-
certain beyond that and might kill you TN
stead Of cutting off your ears, think you
had better be careful Of your distances"
IL u almost unnecessary TO aid that Abe
" now behind the bars and that, as Nv.
Thompson Is not a patient man, he was
promptly paid his share Of the reward.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26
rronunelalion Of Foreign Names.

The proper pronunciation Of foreign
names IN often a puzzling matter. Do
Maupassant. the French author, whose
FIRST name Is spelled Guy gave IL thh
sound Of Gwee before he lost his mind. H.
probably has forgotten 1t altogether now
Il Is said that there are about as mani
pronnnciations OF the title khedive. thu
most recent bearer OF which Ia dead. ak
that ruler Is entitled 10 wives-thcugh hb
really had only one spouse. But II seems
10 be admitted by the experts that tho
word should be pronounced khed-ee-ves.
with the accent on the first syllable.