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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19

SENATOR PETER introduced bill
granting suffrage to the women of
the Cherokee Strip. The vote stood
9 for and 40 against. Every Popu-
list member voted for the bill. SEN
ator PETER is the first and only man
who ever introduced a bill in the
United States senate for the aboli-
ton of the liquor traffic in in the
District of Columbia
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19

CHICKAMAUGA, TENN, Oct. 9Th, 1898.
Ed. KANSAS AGITATOR:-COuld you
put me in communication with some
farmer, of Swedish extraction, who
has been cleaned out by Shylock,
and who desires to get on his feet
again /? have farm of 60 acres,
tolerably stocked, and want a family
to help me work it with the prospect
of inheriting it upon my death. l
am now Sc years old, and have
probably not long to stay. None
but red hot Populist need apply.
Please give an early ay answer
Yours truly,
JOHN Holm.
If any Populist knows of such a
person, he should communicate with
Bro. Holm at once. -ED'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19
DARE YOU READ TIP

OAIO6 w 1O191l - l.
"You dare not publish that story"
said a prominent Board of Trade
man to the author of
W.ASHTNGTOW BROWN
FARMER.
II dare publish it if the people
dare read it," said the author, qui-
city.
1t is the Farmers Gospel.
WASHINGTON Brown, FARMER, by
Leroy Armstrong, author of An
Indiana Man, has just been publish
ed by Charles H. Kerr & Company,
of Chicago. By special arrange
ment with the publishers, we can
supply the book to any of our read
ers promptly by mail on receipt OF
price, so cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19

Our jolly old friend, Capt. j
w. Thompson, of Northcott, paid
us CHEEKY visit, Saturday.
The soldiers reunion was an
nounced to be non-partisan affair
but the TRADE of Billingsgate got of
by that old whited sepulchre, Rev.
Barney Kelley, gave the lie to the
claim of non. craftsmanship. Kelley
wants to be governor of Kansas, but
whenever he opens his filthy old
mouth, he puts his foot in it, and he
will never be governor of Kansas.
Jesse Foster, of Garrett, and
Miss Wenona Bissel, Of Central
CITY, were married at the home OF
the BRIDES parents, Wednesday
evening.
Miss Minnie Hunt, of this city,
who has been an invalid for five OF
six years, died, Wednesday, and was
buried, to-day.
Fred Trigg is down fran Kan
sas City.
Mrs. Devoe will speak at
Greeley on the evening OF Novem-
Der 3rd, on Equal Suffrage
Edward Lamb, who has been
an inmate of the county poorhouse
for some time, was tried by a jury on
the charge of lunacy. The jury
decided that he is not insane,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19

The effort to deny the charge that
Ernst Seyd bribed the Unired States
Congress to demonetize silver will
not succeed. The record is too
strong to be successfully refuted.
The "Plutes' are on the run!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19

EGet our cash club offer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19

A Texas Ponulist who was former
ly Democrat writes US as follows:
"heep after the 'pie-counter' Demo-
Gratis, / admire your style"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-10-19

Robert Schilling has sent us
documentary and Sworn Evidence
that Honest John Sherman betray-
ed his country for Bridish Gold"-
one of the darkest deeds of treason
in the country's history. Let each
and every voter send 3 cents and get
a copy, or send 81 and get 100
copies Address Mr.. Schilllng at
Milwaukee, Wis.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
Women Can Sharpen Pencils,

A Western woman takes up cudgels
on behalf of her sisters, regarding pen
Gil sharpening. as follows: 1t is an oft
repeated libel against a woman that
she can't sharpen a pencil properly.
Now this is all nonsense. One reason
IL man does it better is because he gen.
orally has better knife. A boy re-.
CARDS knife as a necessity, and he
is generally furnished with a fresh one
every Christmas He has dozen uses
for his knife and when he grows up
the habit is fixed, and he keeps him
self provided with good one. But q
woman's knife is half the time toy
affair, and when its first edge is worn
off it's about fit to cut cheese. That's
one reason. Then a man has lofty
disregard of the carpet. He cuts freely
and let's the chips fly about the room
and take care OF themselves Ditto
with the powdered lead that he scrapes
off. Sometimes he makes platform
of his thumb, which of course is the
best way if it didn't get so dirty. But
woman has a housewifely instinct
that leads her to lay down paper and
cramp her operations, yet in spite of
these advantages woman can make
truly beautiful points, which are an
inspiration when she comes to write.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
MIR. Jones' Persistent Hen.

Mr.. Jones is of Lynn. After
months of thought he went into the
hen industry on small scale. He
secured batch of "chicks" from Mr..
Smith. then asked the ages of the
rar GUS members of his new family.
Smith admitted that one of them was
peculiarly old.
Il bought her three years ago, he
said, land she was old then"
Jones kept hens until he was tired.
The most venerable of the lot was al
ways too old to kill" but never an
egg did she release. Jones sold his
brood, the venerable one and all, to Mr..
Alley.
Jones wife wanted fowl the other
day for fricasse. The butcher was
appealed to. He didn't have fowl,
but he would get one. He did. Jones'
wife boiled it four hours, but it was
not eatable. Jones suggested that she
reboil it the same afternoon, and she
did, but the fowl was still far from ten.
der. The next day she boiled it some
more, and it remained unpalatable. 1t
had to be thrown away.
Where did you get that fowl?" ask
cd Jones of the butcher.
Bought it from Alley" answered
The man of meat. He said he would
give me fresh one."
Il thought so, said Jones, who had
reached the conclusion-and was right
that he had paid dollar for the in.
firm hen that he had been glad to sell to
Alley for 25 cents.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
Prince George and the Bluejacket.


When Prince George, Duke Of York,
had the independent command Of the
Thrush, on the West Indian station, it
fell to his lot to have to convey, as
prisoner, young bluejacket belonging
to another ship, who had been hitherto
constant offender and continually on
the blacklist. The man came on board
the Thrush merely as q prisoner for
conveyance from one part of the station
to another under sentence of punish
ment. From his demeanor, however,
and by close observation of him, Prince
George came to the conclusion that
there were many seeds of good in the
man, and the making of better career.
When the term of punishment was full
filled, and the time came for him to re-
join his own ship, the prince deter
mined to try and give him the chance
of new start in life. On arriving in
port, after calling upon the mans cap
tain, who naturally was only too glad to
be rid of him, he went to the admiral
and asked permission to transfer him to
the Thrush. The admiral, astonished
at the proposition, gave his consent.
Prince George went back to his own
ship, had the man brought aft before
him on the quarterback and spoke to
him as probably he had never been
spoken to before. He told him that he
was henceforth transferred to the
Thrush that, as commanding officer,
he put him in the first class for leave
and gave him O clean sheet as regarded
past offences.
Il do not ask you to make me any
promise as to your future behavior. l
trust to your honor and good feeling
alone. But remember that, by the
rules Of the service, if you offend again
in any way, or break your leave, have
no option, but am bound to put you
straight back to that class from which
I now remove you. Your future is in
your own hands. You have had no
leave for twelve months. Go ashore
now with the other special leave men.
Your pay has been stopped and no
money is due you. Here is sovereign.
trust to you not to misspend it. You
know as we'll as do what you may do.
God help you to do the right and keep
you from wrong"
The man was completely overcome.
He of course answered nothing, but
saluted and was then marched forward
again. His commanding officers con-
fidence was not misplaced. During the
rest of the Thrush's commission he was
never once an offender. but showed
himself as active, willing and smart
hand as any in the ship, and after work.
ing hours he was the life of the fore
castle. In the ship in which he subse-
quently served he maintained his good
conduct and attained petty officers
rating.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
A Surprise Party.

He was comfortable looking, M; !.
dle-aged man searching for boar lins
place, and he struck one that WAS ju O.,
started, and was the first inspector &c
ascend the druggeted steps.
A neat maid answered his summons.
(This was surprise number one.
He was shown into cosey parlo.
where CRATE fire was burning.
This was surprise number two
There was an open piano on which
some classic music was displayed.
There were also some new books on
the centre table.
Crhis was surprise number three
In u moment the mistress of the
house entered. She was young, well
dressed, and did not greet the stranger
with commercial smile.
This was surprise number FOUR
The gentleman explained his wish
to become a boarder, and soon the
landlady showed him a room which
was comfortably and substantially fur
nished.
This was surprise number tive)
He remarked to the lady:
This room is not elegantly fur
nished.' 1t looks like home.
did I advertise elegantly furnished
rooms2" asked the lady an1iously.
No. That's why 1 came. think
now there is nothing but the meals.
May 1 ask if you have cabinet pudding
often?"
Never, sir. .,,.s..
Nor molasses pie?"
Il never heard of it,
CThis was surprise number six. 1t
was almost shock
Madam" said the new boarder, Il
am well-to.do and can give you good
references. I perceive by your dress
that you are widow. Let me be your
only boarder for life. 1 am single
man."
This was rather in the nature of
surprise to the widow, and she asked
time to think of it, but a wedding in
the near future is foregone conolu-
sion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
Even a Poet Has Rights.

81 have here" said the long haired
poet, entering newspaper office, ian
ode which will make about one column
in your paper. wish"
Don't want any poetry" growled
the editor, who was feeling savage and
dyspeptic. Get out of here"
Il was about to add" continued the
visitor, that the poem has reference to
a new kind of soap that my employer
has invented and I was going to ask you
to publish it as an advertisement at
twenty cents line.
Then he disappeared in the direction
of the rival newspaper office before
anything could be done toward inter-
cepting him or making overtures of
peace.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
The Secret of Fascination,

The secret of fascination is one
which many woman would sacrifice a
good deal to learn. To cultivate a
charming and attractive manner. .one
must begin at home, and surely bet
ter school could not be devised, for
the training is, in its way, perfection.
Here you are sure to find each day lit
tie rubs which must be soothed with
skilful touch; there is constant mind
friction going on among even the most
devoted members of the household. 1t
is painful fact, though none the less
true, that ones family acts as counter.
irritant. Now, steady effort to smooth
over the rough places, minister to
wounded hearts, and with deft touches
erase unpleasant memories is called for.
and the woman who obeys the sum-
mons is pretty sure to find herself fully
able to cope in the most agreeable
fashion with the outside world. Few
women, however, realize that fascina-
tion of manner is not born, but culti-
vated. 1t begins to bud in the nursery,
develops under the skilful training OF
painstaking instructors, aud blossoms
forth into complete beauty in the socie-
ty of well-bred women.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
Paying His Bills.

Look here, Winebiddle, I under
stand, you have been telling people !
don't pay my bills"
You've been misinformed, Glider
sleeve"
You didn't say that, them"
NO, I didn't; but since you have
mentioned the subject, will tell you
that l don't really believe you do.
What! You don't believe pay nay
bills!'
That's what 1 said"
I'D like to know what ground you
have for saying that. I'd have you
know that I don't owe a cent I eau not
pay, and that meet my obligations as
they come due, with strict punctual-
ity."
That only proves what said-that
you don't pay your bills"
What on earth do you mean ? Are
You crazy?
Not at all. My point is this 1t is
not your bills that you pay you pay
the men you owe the money to. Have
cigar o.
Thanks. So longr
Good morning"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
STRANGE NAME FOR A TOWN.


1t Was Obtained In a Very Romantic
Way.
can tell you little story, and it isa
true one, says correspondent of the
Savannah NerS.
Several years ago, in sparsely set
tied portion of the great state Of Geor-
gia, there was q little settlement of
thrifty farmers. One bright Spring ar-
ternoon, near the edge of the primcval
forest hard by, upon an immense pine
log, was seated buxom country lassie,
with rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes.
She was busily engaged arranging II
bouquet OF wild flowers
Now it so happened that q young az
tist from Boston was down in the neck
of the woods making sketches. When
he saw the pretty country maiden
seated upon the log he felt that if he
could get that picture upon canvas his
name us an artist would become fa-
nous A twig snapped beneath his foot
She turned, saw him, and sprang to her
feet as if to run. He advanced rapidly
towards her, hat in hand, and intro
duced himself. They sat down to.
gether side by side on the log. Soon
his arm stole around her waist. Quit,
mani she said, but as she did not
draw away he pressed her closer to his
manly bosom and began showering
kisses upon her ruby lips, she mean
while repeating the cry Quit, man,
between the smacks.
One of the boys from the settlement
journeyed that way on his return from
hunting and saw and heard. He quietly
retired. That was on Saturday. Next
day at Sunday school the boy told the
story. From that day every one spoke
OF the settlement as Quit Man settle
ment, and to day it is thriving town,
still bearing the name of Quitman. You
can find it on any of the maps of Geor-
gia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
EASTERN WIZARDS.
Some of Their Marvellous Fcats Tnld
hY a Traveller.

Some of Their Marvellous Fcats T,ld
by Traveller.
\ traveller who made tour of he
Orient and who, by the way, is some
thing of magician himself. tells the
following wonderful story of his ex-
peiience with some of the wizards OF
tho far East, says the st. Louis Rep~bE".
"One of these was begun by the larg-
est men in the group, who threw II great
coil of ribbons far towards the sky
As it uucoiled in mid air small hawk
seemed to be liberated from it. He
circlel around few times, seized the
end OF the ribbons in his beak and then
made off towards small white cloud,
which apparently formed before our
eyes. From this cloud there now Slid
10 tae ground a snake, frog and Il
smiling native baby, which one of the
wizards wives caught in her arms and
held out for the wondering crowd to
inspect. Next, all of the magicians save
the larger IA perfect giant in stature)
now left the place. The giant then
sat down upon the ground. He then
spread large colored umbrella in such
. manner as to wholly conceal himself
from our party. Calling me to his
eide, he exacted a promise from me to
remove the umbrella after the expira-
tion of five minutes by the watch [
did as he directed. and was unspeak,
ably surprised to find that the giant
had disappeared, though the earth
where he had been sitting was perfect
ly solid. Returning to the hotel, we
found our miracle-working giant sitting
sercnely on the porch. When / hand
ed him his umbrella he opened it with
a quick jerk, disclosing my watch and
chain hanging in slip-noose from ope
OF the ribs"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
The Apple in Legend and Fable,

There are few myths which play so
conspicuous role in fable and story
as the apple. 1t shone golden in the
garden of the Hesperides. Aphrodite,
like Eve, held it in her hand, and tho
serpent and the dragon mounted guard
over it. Solomon sang its.praises, and
in Arab story it is the fruit of healing.
Odyasseus yearned for it in the garden
of Alkinoos, and Tantalus strove vanly
to reach it in Hades and the Edda
tells us that Idursa, the Goddess Of
Virtue, treasured apples, the gifts OF
the gods, of such wondrous virtue that,
as age approached, she had only to taste
them to renew her youth. Thus she
secured perpetual youth, until Ray
noroks proclaimed universal annihila.
ton. In many a northern story the
golden bird seeks the golden apple in
the kings garden, and when the tree is
reached and found bare of fruit, does
not Frau Bertha tell her love that it
was because of mouse that gnawed at
the roots d? In the mythology of the
north, the apple is ofttimes the tempter,
and occasionally makes the nose grow
so prodigiously that nothing but pear
will suffice to bring it once more into
presentable shape.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
A Matter of History,

Strange to say, the muff did not orig.
mate in some cold northern land, but
in sunny Venice, toward the close OF
the fifteenth century. In France no
mention of such an article is to be found
until nearly a century later, while in
England its appearance is generally
thought to have been still further de.
layed. An old picture which dates
from the time of Elizabeth, however, is
said to exist, in which muff is de.
picted. But this is solitary instance.
an no allusion to one occurs in any
British writer previous to the reign of
Charles, when the wearing of muffs
suddenly became the fashion, not only
with women, but with men as we'll.
The earliest Continental muffs were
usually concocted of silk or velvet, but
the large Stuart mauchOn was invariably
OF fur, tied round the middle with a
brocaded or embroidered ribbon. In
the reign of William Ill. muffs de-
creased in size, but were still carried
by both sexes. Toward the close of
the eighteenth century they assumed
larger dimensions, and were made of
fur. Sir Joshua Reynolds has immor-
talized one of these models in his beau
tiful picture of the Girl with the
Muff;" and in Gainsboroughs fine por-
trait of Mrs. Siddons, the actress is
toying with fur muff lying on her
lap. In 1886, muffs made from the
fur of the Siberian wolf were fashion
able in London, and two years later
.hey reached Paris. About the same
date goats beard muffs, very long and
shaggy, were also the mode. With
the dawn of the nineteenth century
they grew larger and ever larger. But
Dame Fashion turned her wheel again
before the century was half run, and
muffs were once more cut down. \
few specimens of extravagant dimen-
sions fingered long in remote country
districts; but with the advent of erin,
olines, even those last vanished, and
muffs everywhere grew small by de-
grees and beautifully less, and have
thus continued up to the present date.
The man with plenty of fat mort.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27
SOME FACTS ABOUT COINS.
Very Rare Specimens to BE Found In the
Philadelphia Collection.

Very Rare Specimens to BE Found In the
Philadelphia Collection.
The Philadelphia mint has a very
wonderful collection of coins, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. Among other
curlosities it includes what is believed
to he the Oldest piece of metal money
ever made, which was minted in Aegina
about 700 b. G. The design is in high
relief. representing tortoise crawling
across the face of the coin. 1t has no
date.
Dates on coins were unknown up to
400 years ago. The very early coins
bore designs only on the face. Of all
coius that ever have existed, the small
est in value Was the mite, such as the
widow of the Bible dropped through
the slot of the poor box.
The most valuable coin in the collec-
ton described is Chinese piece worth
1920. 1t is simply rectangular chunk
of gold, stamped with Chinese charac.
tors Lumps of gold are commonly
used in China for currency of large de.
nominations. A9coin minted in Egypt
bears the head of Queen Arisnoe, who
was Cleopatra's great great great great
great great grandmother. Queerest of
all the coins are those of Siam-irregu-
lar, roundish Jumps of silver, from the
bigness of walnut to that of half q
buckshot.
Modern coins, though the mechanical
processes for producing them have
been SO highly improved, are far in
ferior artistically to those of the ancient
times. In Babylon of old, gold and
silver were weighed out with scales for
use as money. The earliest form of
money is still in use in southern Asia,
in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and
parts of Africa, where cowrie shells are
the favorite negotiable medium. They
are usually quoted at about 100 for =
cents. Many of them are obtained
from the Maldive and Laccadive islands,
in the Arabian Sea.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27

Doesn't it beat all how that woman.
married four times, still attracts men @
"Oh, no. The widows might, you
know"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27

Nearly 100 different machines have
been invented for boring rock.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27

The Paris sewers are the largest and
most complete in the world.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27

A servant girl puzzled Philadelphia
druggists clerk for moment by ask
ing for dozen Queen Ann pills.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27

*On theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station Cum
berlaud
Nos: 2, 3 and 4daily except Sunday. Nos. 5
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
l.. NJ. HAMI LTON,
Nov - Superintcndcnt
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-27

The man with plenty of fat mort.
cages lives on the lien of the land. e,
Holland has women dentists. 1
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-12
TEXAS sIFTrNCs.


There are nineteen prisoners in the Milan
coany Jail.
Kcreus has shipped ten chr loads OF cot
ION sgd to date.
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Mated at BeeyIlle.
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~. haro,n, ,r,ia5ny ,nsone
''''' ~ b.,
49,, '' ,.i,, ., 49, ",o D ,on, ~. '''
Ml'nnm los''n vi 'au -"iSe'o' ''V VI
FrelerekSoufg' has neel deciateu 'nShie'
a brick plant with a capacity OF 4o'ooo
dally VIII soon De IN opefa'lon az La
for'e'
Work on Van zandt county's new jail
at Canton VIII soon begin Ihe pu'iu'hs
VIII cost Sls'o'"
Jack Sullivan, employed In Brown & Har-
dcc's saw mill nj Burke. was caught In
the roller and cut to pieces.
\ iaycar.old son OF John Trchalk OF
Caldwell was thrown from his horse, break
Ing his right arm aud collar bone.
a. sicllcr. an old resident Of Kerr coun.
~ "a doad n,e1 "a year, Mr. ste,Icr
was one Of the founders OF the town OF
Comfort
A big pirnlr was held Inv the eolored
neonle Of Kgrens last Saturday. tho object
being to raise money for The Co,ored Or.
pbaus' home,
A blg r,infou In 1rvlde county Inns
brcn worry hcneo,sai % moe section All
tbe water holes are oiea mn and nas,nraec
much ,mnrovod ~ w '
80 ~
Vapt o. w. FOOL ot Phelps recently