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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
LARGEST BRANDY STILL.

, California Boasts an Establishment
| Turning Out $4,000 Gallons Daily.
The largest brandy still in the world
/ IS at Ell Pinal vineyard in San Joaquin
county, not far from Stockton, says the
/ San Francisco Call. Part Of 1t has been
built about four years and the other
part was finished only short time ago.
AS is well known, the Ell Pinal vineyard
has always made specially of brandy
and sweet wines. 1t was the intention
Of the proprietors to do this when they
went into business, and for that reason
they had the largest still built that was
ever put up. That was, as has been
stated, about four years ago, and even
then it was ahead of anything in exist
ence. 1t could produce more brandy In
twenty-four hours than any other still
IN the world, and 1t has not been sur
passed since. But even that was not
enough to supply all the alcohol needed
in their business, so another still was
| built and made to work in connection
with the original one. The two are
really one still as they are used and
have about three times the capacity OF
any other still in the world. This enor-
| nous machine is located in a building
by Itself and part of the year Is kept
| running day and night. 1t is very COM
plicated in it's workings, so that de-
scription of that part of it cannot be at
tempted here. 1t will be sufficient to
state that the grape juice or wine Is
pumped from watts to tank on top Of
the hill. From there it simply passes
through series of heated chambers in
the form of vapor and comes out in
the shape of brandy. 1t can be tested in
the different chambers and the change
noted. In the first chamber it is little
more than warm wine, and it gradually
gets stronger and stronger until it Is
leaves the tank until it comes out as
grape brandy only ten minutes is 0ccu-
pied. In the old method of distilling it
used to take about three hours. In ap-
pearance the largest brandy still in the
world is simply conglomeration of
tanks, pipes and boilers. The capacity
of this still is enough to make per-
son wonder what becomes of all its
products. When running full time 1t
can convert $4,000 gallons of wine into
brandy in day. This will make about
1000 gallons every twentyfour hours,
or enough to keep about 10000 men in
state of intoxication during that time.
In month there would be enough
OF brandy on hand to intoxicate 1,700,-
900 men, or about the entire population
of New York. But, as it happens, very
little of this brandy is sold as brandy.
1t is used to fortify sweet wines so that
they will be in condition to keep until
ready to send to market. The alcohol
acts as preservative Of the grape juice
the same as it would Of anything else.
1t keeps it from turning sour.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
SORRY TO BOTHER HIM.

Regretted That He Had to Call = SEQ
ond Time for Stamps.
He was not the countryman OF the
comic papers, says the New York Jour-
nal. His hat was commonplace derby
that fitted him very well; his hair had
been cut during the month and seemed
destitute of hay germs, and his clothes
were not any funnier than they were
fashionable. And yet he was undoubt-
eddy from the country, and when he
spoke he used valuable magazine dia-
lect
He stood near the stamp window on
the Park Row side of the postoffice ana
looked as il he were trying to make up
his mind to do something disagreeable
to him. At last, after watching people
buy stamps for at least twenty minutes,
he hesitatingly approached the window
and said meekly.
Hate to trouble We agin."
''Whatchuwant?"
"You remember was here yis'day?"
80? Whatyvit? Whatchuwant?'
why, we see, l bought some stamps
an thought they'd be all I'd need till
l went back ter Fitch Holler, but l
wrote a letter to Marthy, an sent
her a calendar an 1t took every stamp
l he'd, an so I'm frad I'll hev to trouble
you for some more"
"H'many?"
always read Their warn't no profit
in stamps, an feel reel mad at m'self
t didn't get 'nough yis'day SOS not to
bother we twice."
"H'many?"
well, we might let me hev two"
-Four cents
There it's. Guess they'll do me.
Sorry to hev troubled ye."
"Tha swhatmeerfor.
The crowd that had been impat0ntly
waiting to buy stamps now pushed the
citizen of Fitch Hollow to one side and
proceeded to trouble" the stamp seller
without any compunctions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
What's In a Name.

The current report that an American
publisher paid Kipling twelve thousand
dollars for the serial rights of his new
est story, tale Of Gloucester fisher
men, is interesting, both as showing
the present market value of his work
and its contrast with his meagre sal
AIRY as sub-editor in Lahore not many
years ago. The story will afford
Americans an excellent test of Kip
lings realism, which in India, in the
matter of sport and military affairs, ex-
cited the amazement of experts for its
accuracy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

What is that high counter that is
SO noticeable in the background of
so many of the newspaper pictures of
delegates?" she asked.
"Oh-ah-yes," he said, taken lit
tie off his guard. "That's probably
nothing but little detail of the fur
niture of the place where the artist
made his sketch. What did you think
it WASP"
"Why, thought, perhaps. it was
intended to represent one end Of the
Democratic PLATFORM" she answered
innocently. Chicago Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
It Wasn't n Scoop.

At Red Creek the stage stopped fer
half an hour for the passengers to get
dinner and the driver to change horses
AS We drove up in front of the shanty
hotel from the west an army paymaster
in an ambulance drove up from the
south. With him was a guard Of six
cavalrymen, and while the paymaster
the soldiers ate their bacon and hard
tack in the shade of the stables. We
had been eating for about ten minutes
when there was sudden hurrah out
doors, followed by a dozen rife shots.
Five men ON horseback and sixth in a
blackboard drawn by a mule dashed out
of the thicket quarter Of a mile away,
and, sweeping down on the paymasters
rig, had transferred the safe to the
blackboard before one of us reached tie
door. One outlaw had been killed by
the fire of the soldiers and two soldiers
had been wounded by the fire of the
outlaws. The fellows were off at full
gallop and the score Of shots fired after
LHtlu Ouly LHclT Spteu. H0
paymaster was the last one to leave the
table, and as he came out an excited
stage passenger called to him:
There they go, major"
Eyes, see EN-" quietly replied the
officer.
"And they've got your safe?"
Eyes, expect So"
"Great Scott, man, but are you going
to let 'em git away with all that
money!" shouted the half frantic pas
senger.
"All of what money!"
"Why, in the safe!'
"There isn't shilling in it," said
the major as he returned to the dinner
table. Zone Of the door hinges was out
of order and so l was carrying the
money in this carpet bag"
He reached down and lifted up the
bag and opened it to show us $4,000
in crisp greenbacks, and as he snapped
the lock he sighed and said
Sorry for the fellow out there and
his gang, but perhaps they'll have bet
ter luck next timer
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
THE MONUMENT.

erous. and a commission was given to
the eminent sculptor, Daniel Chester
French, to design and execute the work
The memorial, as completed, was for
mally dedicated recently in Boston,
with appropriate ceremonies, and the
Judgment of critical authority was that
the architectural composition was one
of startling artistic effect. In the domi-
mating group of the three heroic bronze
figures - Erin" patriotism" and
"Poetry"-we find an unalloyed sweet
ness of spirit, so invincibly charming
as to soften the edge Of whatever ad-
verse judgment may be visited upon the
outlines, the masses, proportions and
color of the entire structure; and one
critical writer has said that It is the
loveliest group American sculpture has
yet produced.
That such a monument should be
erected in Boston is significant when 1t
is considered that OReilly arrived
there in tatters and penniless, a fugi-
tive from a penal colony, whittier he
had been sent as an outlaw and Irish
agitator of very dangerous type. 1t
shows, moreover, that there was some
thing fascinating in the intellect and
personality of the man who became
a prime favorite with the highest New
England literary circle, and left behind
him an appreciative following such as
has. not survived the death Of any
freshman who has come to our shores
from misery and exile and from daring
escape, during the present century.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
His OYense Overlooked.

Ex-D. C. Commissioners want the
best room you have. Do you know who
I amp" Arizona Clerk-"Wall, don't
know ez do, partner" Ex-D. c. Com
missioner (pompously)-"Sir. was
once a commissioner Of the District Of
Columbia" Arizona Clerk-"Oh, that's
all right, tenderfoot. We never bring
up a mans past ag'in' him here."--
Washington Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

Of cottages for inebriate women pa
TENTS
The scheme is sensible and practi-
cable one. Though l do not entirely
agree with Lady Somerset in all her
schemes, which she intends for good,
this new work of hers is a noble one,
and will result in many benefits. Every
State in the Union should adopt her
plan, and have rural settlement,
where patients suffering from the habit
Of intemperance could be under judi
cious and intelligent medical care, and
be given plenty of work to do in the
open air. There Is nothing like send
ing man to bed real tired to help his
recovery from the disease of alcohol
ism. Lady Somersets attention was
called, some years ago. to wretched
woman who had been arrested for
drunkenness about a hundred times.
She tried to reform her by sending her
to home in the country, and, though
she failed in this case, she made up her
mind that the plan would be good one
for drunken women generally. So she
put her thoughts into action.
When Lady Somerset determined
upon her special work for inebriate
women, she looked about for suitable
site, far from the presence of spirituous
liquors, and where there were good
sanitary conditions. She finally Sc
lected one hundred and eighty acres Of
land in the town of Duxhurst, high
ground, with excellent drainage, and a
good water supply, and there laid out
her village.
1t has been plotted in an irregular
fashion. with winding. streets and lanes,
laid at varying angles, with open places
ana public grounds at frequent inter-
walls, which will, in accordance with
the projected plans, receive ornamental
tion In the way of trees, shrubbery and
fountains.
On this tract Of land she is erecting
scattered cottages for her patients.
They are very simple in construction.
following primitive lines, and being
matched according to the ancient rural
fashion. Each cottage will accommo-
date six patients, and will be surround
ed by a small garden for the raising of
vegetables and the cultivation of flow
ers. The inmates Of each cottage will
keep house and attend to the garden
work.
These inmates will not be treated as
outcasts or criminals, but as patients
suffering from disease to cure which
Is the purpose Of the resident physi-
clans Of the village.
Besides the cottage homes, the vii
lage will contain a hospital, a chapel,
building for public meetings, an office
building, and general laundry. All of
these will be well and neatly con-
structed, but without any attempt at
display.
Exercise for mind and muscle, with
plenty of out of door life, and absence
OF temptation to drink, is the best med
icine for an inebriate," says Lady
Somerset Believing this, and being
firmly convinced that nothing could be
worse for habitual drunkards than the
sedentary employment usually assigned
10 them in reformatory homes, she has
planned for plenty of outdoor work,
with employment and entertainment
for the mind.
Provision is being made for light ag-
ricultural work, directed principally in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
HARVEST EXCURSIONS TO GREAT
SOUTHWEsT,


On August 18th, September list, 18th,
Goth and October 9Th and Goth the
Santa Fo route will run . series Of
cheap Homeseekers' Excursions to
points in Central and Western Kansas,
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas,
Western Colorado, Utah and Arizona
The ticket rate will be one fare for the
round trip, plus $500, with liberal
limits and stop-over privileges. These
Santa Fe route excursions will enable
you to take a fall outing and see a
country where the biggest crops of a
decade are being harvested.
For particulars address Geo. w.
Hagenbuch, p. G. I. A. Santa Fe route
Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

Many old houses in Holland have 9
special door. which is never open save
on two occasions, when there is mar
riage or q death in the family. Tho
bride and groom enter by this door; 1t
nailed or barred up until a death oc-
ours, when 1T is opened and the body
Is removed by this exit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
A Plea for Discrimination.

He after the second act)-Well, II
you'll excuse Inc, 1 guess I'll go out
and get q breath OF fresh air.
Shelf its the same kind Of breath
that you went out for when l was
here with you before, I'd rather you
wouldn't bring it in with you. Boston
Courier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

Mother-"Mary, that young Spinners
has been paying great deal of atten,
ton to you Of late? Do you think he
means business?" Mary with fara-
way look)-"I am afraid he does, moth
er. He is the agent for a bicycle firm.
and he's done nothing but try to sell me
a bicycle ever since he has been COM
ing here. '-Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

In the spring the young mans fancy
Turns to Gladys, Nell or Nancy.
So the poet sings.
But tits summer when the maiden
Most with little loves is laden.
These she filings
Forth like hawks and bids them then
Strike the fiuttering hearts of men.
$500. ILLUSTRATED Bits.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

A small flannel bag with one end
left open is good receptacle for the
ends of toilet soap. When few have
been accumulated, sew up the open
ing and an excellent toilet bath bag IL
evolved. AS only pure soaps of re-
liable make should be used, it pays to
utilize every scrap
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
ANNA HELD

ing beauty Of the music hall stage in
England and France, where pretty wo-
men are put upon the stage and wor-
SHIPPED. Miss Held does not cling to
one style of costume, as does Yvette
Guilbert, but dazzles her admirers by
her varied wardrobe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
Tho Usual Way.

Nell-"Do you like the girl your
brother Tom is engaged to-"
Amy-"No, but Tom likes her well
enough for the whole family, so what
earthly difference does it make? "-New
York Weekly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

"What do you admire most in my
new dress?" she asked Of those who
were praising it.
Gust what's in it now, answered the
veteran beau of forty gay seasons, as
he blew her a kiss.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
Anantas.

She-"Dearest, am the first girl you
ever loved?"
He-"Little sweetheart, the man who
could look into those trusting blue eyes
and tell falsehood is not fit to live.
So prepare yourself to hear the truth.
You are."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
(LondOn letter.
NEW departure in

NEW departure In
temperance work
has been entered
upon by Lady
H e nry Somerset,
who Is almost as
we'll known in
America as in Eng
land. This work
consists Of the con-
struction and main
AA~--- 80 ~ r,tII-@
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
A Baseball Town.

"This is a great base ball town, isn't
it?"
81 should say so. A fellow can't even
get off to go to his grandfather's fun
eral without showing a Doctors GER
tificate. Buffalo News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

While seeking full and graceful
effects for thin summer gowns, be
sure to have sufficient stiff white or
silk skirts under them, as slinky,
thin gown is an abomination.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
Tho Bird of Paradise.

The bird of Paradise is one of the
newest trimmings for hats. 1t is COM
bined with stiff wings or flowers and
forms a most dressy headgear.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
A drunk" VILLAGE.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET TO
RESCUE INEBRIATE.

4 Town ID Being Laid Out for tho
Treatment Of Female Patlents-Not
to he Treated ~ Outcasts-Outdoor
Work for Thorn.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

Most Of the canal barges in the soutl
Of England are worked BY womep.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28


mating $4,000 was raised almost con-
temporaneously with the great memoir
ial meeting at the Metropolitan Opera
House, when a demonstration without
parallel to the memory Of literary
man took place, with all the dramatic
features of music, poetry, rhetoric ard
the enthusiasm of the densely packed
house. The Sixty-ninth regiment at
tended in full regimentals and gave
martial ardor to the proceedings; the
harp was played by the most gifted
artist on that instrument then in Amer
lea; Joseph /. c. Clarke read the poem
his own composition-and eloquent
addresses were made by Gov. David
b. Hill, Governor Leon Albeit OF New
Jersey, Roger A. Pryor and General
Daniel E. Sickles. 1t was this and
similar commemorative movements
over the Union which gave a strong
stimulus to the well-directed enter
prise to produce a suitable memorial
in the highest school Of the plastic art.
The response was immediate and gen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28
GENIUS AND PATRIOT.
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY'S MONU.
MENT IN BOSTON,.
Dedicated Recently with Great Core
mony-Coming 10 Boston In Tatters
He Became tho City's Most Honored
CItizen-His Exile.

IMMEDIATELY af-
t er t h e euddeu
death of the gifted
poet and patriot at
his home in Boston
it was resolved to
put up in that city
a suitable memorial
to the genius and
manhood Of John
Boyle O'Reilly. An
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-08-28

Tunnels of Gibraltar.
There are over 70 miles of tunnels
cut in the solid rock Of Gibraltar.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06

upon their far-.ight-ine.s. for the In
Justices OF which they first complained
were many times repeated and as often
effectively overcome by the seamen's
ataunch fidelity 10 the cooperative system
they had founded.
In 1851 the printers recognized tbs sd-
vaBta9es derived from 1nsontsrn and or
ganlzed body OF their own. which Is tho
ancestor Of the great typographical organ
ization which holds such u prominent
place In the labor world OF today.
The Beginning Of the strikes.
The active protests OF labor against the
methods Of the employing class began very
early IN the nineteenth century. Strange
10 say. one OF the most important OF the
Early strikes was brought about by girl
operatives in certain New England fac
tories. Better air and better facilities for
plying their trade were among the things
demanded The records OF the time shoH
that the strike caused investigation,
with the result that the protest WAS dis
covered 10 be- well founded. and the de-
mands we're acceded TO-
The various strlkes mat have occurred
since that time have proaIcsi various re-
suits. They have not always been success
ful. but the net result OF all labor agita-
ton up TO date is a large balance OF ben
eft to the Industrial classes. One OF the
greatest victories Of labor Was the abolish
mant OF imprisonment for debt. The undue
power OF a creditor 10 control or take away
the liberties OF a debtor constituted a
serious menace 10 ihs general happiness
and prosperity Of the people. ana II was
largely due to the influence Of organized
labor that this dangerous 4buse 81 privl-
lege was cut short
The greatest and most Thoroughly ap-
preciated achievement OF organized labor
has been the reduction OF the hours of
labor. There Vas a time when fourteen
or fifteen hours OF labor constituted
days work. Worse aslil. this moral and
ply steal imposition was for long tiFSe
suffered without "A Ecmoustrance or even
serious resentment II may also be said,
too. IN justice TO the employers or that
day that they themselves hardly realized
what unwarrhnted inroads upon the health
and the lives OF tho overHorked operatives
-nesa long terms OF nnrem.tting toll were
making But when unions began 70
ppring up here and there and Nttle clusters
OF bent workman took 20 talking over tho
sad situation. something came OF the talk.
put % the chaos OF speculation, protest
md suggesfio came determine ton and tho
plan for a great crusade against long
hours. The struggle has been hard ana
long and IS even not yet finished bat the
fourteea n hour dav was reduced tos twelve
htur day, ard that was cut down to a
icG~ hour day. and 80 many states working
,nen have secured a stlll more reasonable
working day OF eight hours.
Resi1es these specific benefits which or
Eanlxef labor has worked ont for Itself
are other ana l@rker advantages which
have accrued go e hy reason OF the sturdy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06

"aca was The case Furthermore "a
Emancipation OF labor. even now far frsssr,
eDhfpas1e, paa % particularly slow syr-sa~r+,
~ fnc@e early yearz. Indeed. there ses-ssI.
= ns ample ground for ss@gevfnz ia.
from sas slime fse tafIoss o~ganiz@-t thr~e
~as period 81 about thirteen years ia
alcA tbs cause OF LABOR made afsie or
10 progress.
blowing his reFsoS % Inactivity. IN
- Ire Essfs@re. wlo haf commenced 70,
Ie@i ssse need % ceu1blnes effort IN ne ia,
t@rest OF the wage @a-FnerE. ORGANIZED /.
union and formulated plans for the Boz
ferfne1r of their coadst8
lse1 IN 10 fhe saip Nrights ans caIk-
efs assng the At}aztbe ses ooars. eA~5gnr
That they we're being snssffscsertlv -Asro-
bsrs~i for their labor. banded Themselves
together and made demand Tor better nav
Although Htth much reSuetarsce- *se5r or.
ps0ysFs g. tnis time acsesie1t 70 their re-
quests. Inc organization was ken. ~
thereafter. and the cslxers rave often
haa reason 20 cor gratglats thsrrsel ives