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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
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Ellsworth Trigg and wife have
been visiting relatives at llolton
this week.
Miss Laura Gregg left, Mon
day, on months lecture tour in
southern Kansas.
i, 900 Turkeys wanted by
Stewart, the Leader.
Geo. DeWolf has rented the
old frame building formerly occu-
pied by Anderson & Miller, and
has opened furniture factory.
Cheapest Flour in the county,
at Stewards, The Leader.
Andrew Bumgarner and wife,
of IIolton, cousins of DR.. Schoon-
over, have been here this week, on
a visit.
Dudley Watson, of Illinois,
arrived here, Wednesday, on visit
to his uncle, Hon. j. d, Stevens.
w. D. Campbell of Lyndon,
Usage county, was in the city,
Wednesday, on business.
-Chas. Harris and his brother
in law, Mr.. Wood, took lot of
horses to the Kansas City market
this week.
JAS. Pierce, of Central City,
died, Tuesday morning, after an
illness of two or three days.
Don't fail to 60 to Stewards,
the Leader, for Flour.
The fire bell aroused the peo-
,ple of Garnet about 4 o'clock,
Tuesday morning, and the house
occupied by j. II. Rudrow and
family, on Second avenue, was dis
covered ablaze. Most of the con-
tents of the house were saved, and
the fire company put out the fire
before the house was totally de-
stroyed. The property belongs to
Mrs. Gilbert. Mr.. Rudrow and
wife had been absent week, and
returned home Monday evening.
They made no fire in the house, but
simply lit lamp in order to retire
for the night. The light was then
extinguished. Therefore, the ORR
gin of the fire is mystery. Mr..
Rudrow thinks it was the work of
an incedentaLy.
II. G. Hudson, of Washington
township, was called TO Chase
county last week by the death of
his father, Sam'l D. Hudson, but he
did not receive the intelligence in
time to reach his destination until
after his father was buried. De-
ceased was in his 10th year when
he died. lie was an old soldier,
and was ruptured during service,
from which he suffered until death
relieved him. lie was native OF
Delaware, but moved to Ohio when
but child. During his boyhood
days. he and DR.. Lingo, of Glen.
lock, were playmates. The sorrow.
ing ones have our sincere sympathy
in their bereavement.
Miss Alice McMurray, who
was here on visit to her brother,
w. j. McMurray, was called home
by a telegram received on Wednes-
day. stating that her father died on
Tuesday. This is certainly a sad
blow to the family, who have our
sincere sympathy.
"A. A. Graham, of Eskridge,
was in the city, the first of the
week, visi ing his friend A. J.
Smith, and transacting business.
&C. A. Lowry, of Washington
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

well filled library in lawyers Of
fee tells that he must be success
fuT to thus provide himself with
ammunition, and proves as well
that he must be Ruch student .Ol
his profession that confidence is In
deed without the effort of personal
solicitation. In the medical pro-
lession all said holds true why it is
even more truthful.
The days of the dingy doctors
Office is passed, for nature has in
voked along science to cure. and
while medicine gives the remedies
nature furnishes the environments
of fresh air, beautiful flowers and
landscapes to interest and divert
the mind from self, while the med.
icinc does its own work. So true
is this that hospitals nowadays are
made clean, well ventilated and at
tractive, and infirmaries and con-
sulting rooms are adorned, beauti-
fed so AS to divert the patients or
visitors thoughts from his all
ments. DR.. G. b Mcclellan,
"Diamond Dick" has this idea, and
has crystalized in most superb
and artistically decorated infirmary
in this city. lie has been with us
for two years and has received To-
cal patronage that has spread his
fare over the state and demanded
his presence in various states. But
80 great has become his local, or Of
fee practice that as much as the le-
lieved may advertise him and cause
other patrons outside of Leaven-
worth to seek his services, he has
about concluded to attend to home
folks, abandon his tours through
the state }; and those seckind his in
tnitive gift of curing and acquired
skill in ef1ectins cures must seek
him hereafter at his in1rmary. 1t
is located at the corner of Delaware
and Fifth streets, and is BEAUTIFUL
ly appointed suite of rooms, where
rare good taste in furniture, paint
ings and general ornamentation has
been displayed. The Ladies Par
Tor is a gem in all its appointments;
the office is neat and tastefully
equipped and the laboratory is
equipped with every chemical con-
trivance to compound the medi-
icines for which "Diamond Dick"
has become famous and the secret
of whose combination he alone
knows A man endowed with the
gift of healing, DR. Mcclellan spares
no money in his research through
the literature of medicine to tortiiy
his wonderful prescience OF intui-
tive diagnosis Of an attractive
figure, erect in person, a notable
man in any crowd, Dr. Mcclellan
wins favor wherever he goes but
even with such an indncement he
finds his assistants at the infirmary
UNEQUAL to the task Of attending to
the patients when he is abroad in
the state. SO he hereafter invites his
patients and all the afflicted in this
community to visit him at mis- head
and prays that the afflicted
abroad may communicate with him
or visit him here, to the sure end OF
being relieved of pain, cured OF
diseases and be made again as God
designed, after His own image, a
wholesome and healthful creature.
--Leavcnworth Times, June, 1887.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
DIAMOND DICKS INFiRMARY.
A Bower r. Beauty Where Res
rotation to Health Reigns Su-
preme.

Environments are always sym.
bolical of success. aud in every
business or profession they invite
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

taker to the cemetery be reduced
fifty per cent?
Death would not visit us so early
nor yea so frequent if not invited.
All who disobey certain laws OF
health assist in devastating the pop
ulation of the nation.
None are 80 bin az those who
will not see.
Yet is it no: as plain as the noon
day sun what sad havoc OF LIE IS
caused by abuse of the digestive
organs through indulgence in eat
ing, drinking and unnecessary ex'
posture by very great majority OF
the young and middle aged. That
orr countenance, in few years
becomes white as the driven snow,
with marble like appearance, ought
not to surprise anyone of a thought
full mind with the simple methods
by which health can be preserved
by those who were born with health
by obeying certain laws, and the
weak and feeble to great extent
restored.
Therefore it should not be forgot
ten that for every of1ense against
the laws of health nature will short
ly bring us into Judgment.
That however gracious God may
deal with the l.eart of man, all eX-
perience proves that He never par
dons the Stomach, Lungs or Brains.
The human being cannot eat or
drink to excess and when overtaken
with disease lay all the blame upon
Divine Providence without the
greatest blasphemy
The injurious consequences arts
ing from neglect to study and obey
the organic laws, may be seen in
the frequency of premature death.
How many there are to-day, or
at the present time, who live to at
tain the age of three score and ten.
The statistics of our country
show that more than one-fourtn OF
those born annually die before they
reach the age of one year, and more
than one-half before they reach the
age of eight, Now, surely, the
allwise and benevolent Creator
never desired that this mortality
should be the fate of man.
That more than one.half His
children should die before they be-
come of age, or years when they
can understand and appreciate their
own immortal nature and high des.
tiny. The injurious consequences
which res 1t from our neglect to
study and obey the natural laws OF
the human constitution may like
wise be seen from the fact that one
fourth in our large cities labor un'
der the influence of some ache or
plant Rheumatism, Neuralgia
Dyspepsia, N ervous Debility, etc..
which embtters life and destroys
the pleasures of existence. 1t we
wish to pro long our own existence
and that of of our children, and in
crease our happiness and the gen
erations to come, we must study
the nature of ourselves aud rela
tions to external objects. This is
duty which is equally incumbent
upon the healthy and robust who
would prolong life, and the weak
and feeble who wish to regain
health
How often we meet the victims OF
disease who were born with vigor-
GUS constitutions but who for a
number of years have violated
every law of health to obtain riches
or to stimulate their immoral ap
petites and passions, with tears
trickling down their cheeks, with
countenance marked with lines OF
despair, inquiring if there is no
hope for relief-no possibility OF
escape from the impending penal
ties as a punishment for the DISC
bedience of the organic laws OF hu-
man constitution that they so long
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Geo. Stein made a business
trip to Chanute, Wednesday.
Gilbert Hocpler, of Colony,
has our thanks for some fine pota.
toes of his own raising.
Diamond Axle Grease, 3 boxes
for l0c. at Stewards, the Leader.
Get the New York journal, the
great silver daily, at Judd's book
store, north of the Oak Leaf hotel.
sorghum, only % cts, at Stew
arts, the Leader.
Mrs. Josie Wcbber Newman
took the train here, Wednesday,
for Dingus, West Virginia. Her
parents came up from Lone Elm
with her.
Mrs. Helen Johns, of Moberly,
Mo, who has been visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. j. w. Stephens, lett, We'd
nesday, on her return home.
81 90 bottle patent medicine
for 65cts at Gus Graves.
"A. Il. Knauss went to Emporia,
Monday, to attend the normal
school.
ID. N. Simmons was over from
Emporia, Monday.
i. J. and S. F. Wright, of Lin
coin township, bought a car of cat
tie (feeders) at Kansas City last
week.
Geo. Harris is prepared to d,
your butchering. Call on him.
Mayor Wagstafl, Dan Moore
and Dave Cheek went to Kansas
City, Tuesday, on business.
Capt. Jno. r. Foster made a
business trip to Osawatomie, Tues
day.
Miss Esther Brown, daughter
of 0. B. Brown. of Lincoln town.
ship, left for Ohio (l6 miles south
of Toledo, Tuesday, where she
will spend the winter with friends.
-Patronize home industry. Ask
for only the best-thc Monroe Bak-
ing Powder.
--Ches Grow, of Lane, repre-.
seuting the Kansas City Times,
was in town. Monday. lie says
the Times is getting there in great
shape that since the election, in
stead of the subscription list being
reduced, as is customary with news
papers, it is growing right along
By the way, the Times is standing
by Kansas, instead Of abusing and
villifylng her, as do the Star and
journal.
--Patronize the Garnett Laundry
il you want good work,
Last Sunday, while Chas. E.
Wright, of Lincoln township, was
herding cattle, he saw some RABBITS,
and went to the house for his re-
volver. The "gnn" wouldn't work
right. and in trying to remedy the
defect, it was discharged, the
ball passing through his left hand,
making a painful, bnt not danger
Gus, wound.
Pure Linseed Oil for 45 cts per
gallon at Gus Graves.
We want some corn and pota-
toes on subscription.
j. N. Morris. of the Garnett
creamery, left for Abilene, Tues
day, to attend the annual meeting
of the State Dairymen's Associ-
alton.
Amos Decl err, the Bush City
merchant, was in town, Tuesday,
on business.
DIR. DeWoyten's sure cure for
the tobacco habit for sale by Gus
Graves.
Mid Shockey, the new editor
and proprietor of the Colony Free
Press, was in town, Tuesday, on
business He is after the ColOnv
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Gus Graves sells all standard
brands of Lead for So. so per cwt.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-11-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-ghe latest volumes In the Mac1nil-
ians' edition of Balzac are Cesar Birot-
seau' and Modesto Nfignon, !" both with
the usual prefaces by Prof. saintsbury.
The next volume will be ''T'he Country
Parson."
Stevenson last poems, edited by
his friend Sidney t''olvin, have appeared
under the title Songs Of Travel. Most
of the poems were written after the a1a-
thor's final departure from England in
1887.
Charlotte NJ. Yonge's latest story is
called sThe Release, or, Caroline's
French Kindred" It concerns itself
with the life and adventures Of an inn
petuous young English lady Of French
descena
Prot Skeat has prepared a avo1urae
TO besealled "A Student S PasAime, = conn
posed chiefly OF articles on English lit
eratureande etymolo written for Notes
and Queries during the last three dec
ades.. He also reviews the progress of
the study of the English language for
the last 30 years, as seen in the light Of
HIS t3tS1dIdLIUH g4l0EE UIic pEVQ QucbioH OI
the New English Dictionary"
Lord Rosebery's two addresses on
Burns have been published in book form
in London and have attracted much
praise for their frequent aphorisns and
brilliant passages. "The best poetry
says Lord Rosebery, SIS produced before
middle age, before the morning and its
illusions have faded, before the heavi-
ness of noon and the baleful cool of
evening"
Miss Francis Courtenay Baylor, au-
thor of ''On, Both Sides" and Behind
the Blue Ridge, hassuffered asevere loss
in the burning of her home near VIM
chester, Va. The notes for her colonial
novel, for which she has been reading
for nearly eight years, were burned, and
almost everything else that she
possessed. Miss Baylor says that the
large brick building burned to the
ground in 30 minutes. There was no
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NOT AS WISE AS sEEPENTs.

= IA y - 4z9ss4 :
Ia Number of Foolish Snakes That Had q
- Ls,t of Woris for Nothing.
Talking of snakes said man who
bad recently ARMED from the Wilds OF
Nicaragua, reminds me of an incident
i witnessed while was. in the interior
Iof the little republic. It was in the
section where the hills approach the
rivers. Happened to be padding down
the stream, and halted to escape the sun
Just 1Inlerwhich was some 80 feet above
the low ground, forming an abrupt de-
clivity. st5
while was leaning agai1at the
trunk of large trumpet tree near the
bank OF the river T happened to glanes
up at the edge Of the cliff and noticed
IL snake hanging head downward and
swinging in the open space. While ]
was wondering was more surprised at
seeing another reptile elinsh down the
body of the first and coil its fail about
| It's neck. Then there came anotAsr and
another, all doing tha same thing, until
There .Tas a rope of snakes reaching
~ithin about three Ffeetsof the ground.
lsall pursuing the same tactics as the
second Then j realized that the things
were trying to reach bottom in an orig
inal manner They did not reach low
enough, and directly the bottom ones
crawled to the top and shortly reap
peared, each with small bit of tWig
| in his mouth. When the first one with
the twig reached the end of the rope
the hanging one grasped the wood in
his mouth and the other hung aildown.
Then a second dropped down the rope,
coiled his tail about the tail of the 9TH
er and hung head down with the stick
in his mouth, and a third, climbing
+ the living coils, in his turn grasped the
other piece of twig and was suspended
tail down like the first. BY the aid
of the pieces of twig they heightened
the coil until the bottom snake touched
the ground ss5s,ss s..s.
"say," queried one of the interested
listeners, what became of the snakes
atthe top; did they drop?" &
tsThat was just the thing. " hen the
bottom snake was about to let go he
seemed to realize that the ones at the
/ top would be no nearer terra frma than
before, changed. his mind, and, crawling
up slowly, apparently informed the
others, and the links shortened as the
snakes crawled up, and the last saw
of he lot they were hunting for. a piece
of twist vine to make rope ladder. - -
N. O. .4Times-Demoerat. s @
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-11-07
CAUSES or NEGRO MORTALITY.
Efforts Being Made to Discovers h.. 9 Reason
= of he 1nsnAR. EsasE ix. k,ilaar.

Efforts Being Made to Discover t.. q Reason
Of the Large Death Rate In Cities
An unusually Interesting pamphlet
has been printed in Atlanta univer-
sity about the conference held there
last spring for the Investigation Of
City Problems The astonishing death
rate among the colored people--in some
of the southern cities it is twice that
of the whites-becomes less surprising
when one calmly reviews its causes.
The close crowding due to poverty, the
utter neglect of white landlords aad
the. complies ignorance of the laws of
health invite all sorts of disease. For
sickness there is small chance Of re-
eovery, without hospitals, dispensaries,
nurses and often without doctors.
There is no chance for fresh air in their
houses and alleys, and in some instances
parks are forbidden them; there are
neither gymnasia nor Fairgrounds for
the children. The wonder is that the
death rate is not greater.
With such physical conditions we may
rightly expect the criminal statistics
to be what they are. Clear conceptions
of right and wrong are hard to find
among such ignorance, poverty and dis
ease. While this accounts for, it does
i. ot excuse, the crime, but now that the
understand the cause,
they are. going 70 begin at the bottom
and try Ito better the physical condi-
tion of the people.
There must be health boards, hos
pitals, reformatories. dispensaries and
free clinics, Yet. the colored people
must-rely wholly upon themselves to
obtain them, without influence and
without money. tt may look diseour-#
aging, but they are not afraid. The
beginnings viii have to be small yet
it is amazing how much can be done
through voluntary associations. such as
building loan associations. mothers
meetings, mutual benefit associations,
home improvement societies and par
.ents' associations. A great deal of this
work is already being done among the
negroes, but itneedst to be svstematized
and extended.
The coming year viii be spent in
gathering statistics as to the manner of
life of the people, their resources, and
greatest needs. At the next confer
ence plans will be discussed for organ
ized work. Ere long a wide interest
must certainly be felt inthis movement,
which. means SO much to both ranes in
the south. The work is being done not
only for the negro, but for the public
good. To sameliorate their own conai-
ton is to elevate the standing. of the
city. mental, moral and physical. Il
the ity will not do it for them, they.
will do it for the city. And may they
prosper ia their undertaking.
Transcript.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-11-07
THOSE CURIOUS JAPs.

Their Ideas aisont Dis=nitaries Wiaoss
Pictures Areson Postage Stamps.
Private letters from Kiioto bear proof
that the Japanese have their own way
of doing things. They recently had a
neWsissue of postage stamp which bore
portraits of the the princes who died
in the recent war. Stamps of two and
of five sen were to be issued. IN the
United States one portrait would have
been on the two sea stamp and one on
the five sen stamp, but in Japan it was
thought that this would hesdiseriminat-
ing against the memory ef thezone pic
turedHon the lower denomination.
Thisis why philatelists find [ tha ttherei
are two newtWo sen and one nesT five
sen stamps each denomination having
one kind in memory of each prince. But
even this careful arrangement did not
prevent a new. trouble. Some con-
seryatiye japanese are conteRding that
it borders on disrespect to the imperial
family to. polIute their pictures with
saliva and then to bloten them with ink
in the process Of cancellation. sss )
~ -, :. -. 80
matter bearing these stamps. Some
- - - ~ st.sss
on the edge of the stamp, SO as to- avoid
defling the prineely faces! To old.
fashioned japanese it is specially dis
pleasing to see foreigners putting por-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-11-07
GAMBLING IN TULIPS.
A Strange Popular Craze IN Holland Two
Centuries Ago.

centuries Ago
Toward the middle of the Severn
teenth century one Of the ut ralg gest of
Popular follies took possession Of che
usually positive and hard headed DRteh.
At that period Holland had grown from
small beginnings into riches and lux
ury. With taste for vivid colors the
merchants of HARLEM began to center
their admiration upon tulips, Gardens
were laid out, new varieties sought,
spread over the people. New forms,
shades or combinations were intro
dueed into the market, and fortunes
were made and spent ON these loWly
flowers Bulbs reached fabulous prices,
and the only similar craze in more re-
cent times seems 10 lave been the etsale
of the famous peachbiaw vase in New
York city at the Morgan sale. This
latter, However was confined to d few
connoisseare, While the tulip craze
swept an entire slow gofI g. pr actieal
Dutch community. One bulb Of choice
variet. was equivalent to b competence
for an entire family, whereas in Haar-
lem living was cheap. n a contiguous
city for one plant WAS given two carts
Of grain, four carts Of barley, four oxen,
i2 sheep, two casks of wine, four casks
OF beer, 600 pounds of cheese, q COM
p1ete suit of fine clothing ard q silver
goblet. Another bulb was sold far 49,
600 forms, or about 5000 of our
rnoney Once there Wassyin Haarlem
left only two bulbs of a certain priced
variety. For one was offered and re-
fused the equivalent Id orr currency
of $3.50, besides q splendid coach and
pair with their strappings. Another
refusal was Of 12 acres Of valuable land.
On the registers Of another city to-day
can be seen the record of the sale of
f20 tulips for the benefit of an afpl1an-
age, which brough 7 in. the amazing sum
of--in our country 200. The
spread ef this craze is a study In pss.-
chology. Finally, when gambling in
tulips began, when brokers bought ard
sold sslong and short the govern
ment decreed that debts thus con-
tracted should be ayaeted ii the usual
manner. Soon thereafter prices sud-
denly fell ,sand the mania died aHatural
death Philadelphia Times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-11-07
The Tables.
RACED Pudding.

TO q pint Of grated apples, after peel
ing and cerlng, add about two ounces
Of butter, a quarter Of q pound Of granu-
lated sugar. and spice nutmeg, cloves
and cinnamon-to taste; also four eggs,
beating The whites and yolks separately
Line deep dish with paste, fill with the
mixture and bake until brown. ladies'
Home Journal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-11-07

And ensconeeEl mere I'm the
depths; III her 4 rIsa 3 Mrs, HssrrslSsn
smiled d kindly smile, and silently re-
sgarded the young people, who, for their;
part, looked at Que anatlhez. with looks
that do not deceiVe, and ii which the
old aunt read with Joy the hops of Il
sha ppy union San Francisco FsSsail-
iner. Il
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-11-07
Hcr Srx anf. Friend.

Miss Antique can't help wonders 8
ing who that old gentleman can be who
has been staring at me all this even
ing.
Miss Frankly Why, thas IS Prof.
Nuns, the NEST celebrated antiq qHariatas
sn the city.B Boston Globe.