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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
The voice came from the churchyard

The voice came from the churchyard
without.
Good Cdr cried the old man, re-
membering the further duty that
awaited him. Ibid really fall
asleep?"
He seized the bell ropes and pulled
them with skillful hand.
Far below the people swarmed from
the church, as ants swarm from the ant
hill. Golden standards reared them
selves in the air of the unborn Easter
morning. Forming as a cross, the pro-
cession began to move around the
church, amid joyful cries of Christ
has risen from the dead"
The words went to the old bellring-
er's heart, and glancing out he was
exalted in spirit. 1t seemed to him that
the waxen candles that the people bore
blazed with suddenly increased bril-
lance In the gray darkness, that tn"
throng moved more and more swiftly,
that the standards waved the more JOY
ously, and that the awakening wind
lifted up the joyful chorus from below
and turned it to the bells brazen peals
with sweetness superhuman.
Never did Micheich ring the bells
with such Joy and spirit.
It seemed as If his old heart had been
welded into the dead copper OF those
bells, which laughed and sang and wept
at the enhancing melody that rose 10
the stars above. And the stars seemed
to fairly blaze with Joy OF 1t as the
music poured upward into heaven ana
fell backward to caress the earth.
What a hymn of joy it was those bells
pealed forth. The great bass deafened
the sky with the grand brazen cry Of
Christ has risen." And the tenors'
struck to their hearts. shouted sonor-
ously, Christ has risen" while the
changing sopranos. as though tearing
their lesser voices should be lost to the
grand chorus, hurriedly. like ,gleeful
children trying to outstrip each other
screamed thousand times, Christ has
risenw
And that sad old heart forgot Its
cares, its sorrows. and its insults.
The gray bellringer heard only the
brazen music. now singing, now weep
irg, now floating to the starry sky, now
sinking to the wretched earth; ana II
seemed to him that he was surrounded
by his children and his grandchildren
and that these were their happy voices
the voices of old and young To-
gether pouring out in one grand chorus
a hymn of JOY and rapture.
So the old bellringer pulled the ropes
with strong, nervous arms while tears
poured down his cheeks and his heart
ran fairly over with a happiness he
had never known before. And below
the people listened. and they said to
each other that Micheich had never
rung so wonderfully before.
Then suddenly the great bass bell
hesitated-and was silent. For mo-
ment the others sang an unfinished, I'M
certain harmony. Then they. too
ceased, and there was silence save tor
the low, sad, trembling droning OF theii
stilled but still resonant threats.
The gray bellringer had fallen help
lessly on the bench beside the ropes
and two tears silently rolled over MS
pale cheeks.
Send a substitute! The old DELI
ringer has rung himself out.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

HE SEIZED THE BELL ROPES.
formula. and his old eyes gazed into
the deep sky above. burning with its
millions upon millions of stars.
"Micheich! Oh, Micheich!"
The voice came from below. 1t was
the old sexton, who had come from the
church into the graveyard beneath the
tower and who was gazing upward. with
his hands shading his blinking. tear
moistened eyes in vain effort to make
out the form of the bellringer in the
darkness overhead.
what do you want?" answered old
Micheich. bending over the railing. Il
am here. Can't you see me?"
II do not see." cried the sexton. "Is
1t not time to ring? What do you
think"
Both gazed upon the stars. Thou
sands of Gods lanterns were blinking
at them from the armament. The night
was waning. Micheich thought.
mo. not yet" he said. wait awhile.
I know when"
But 1t was time to salute the Easter
morning. Old Micheich gazed at the
stars once more. and then arose. He
removed mis- hat. crossed himself and
gathered up the bell ropes. A moment
more and the night air shivered under
the first resounding stroke. Then came
the second. the third, the fourth. The
lightly sleeping Easter air quivered
with the joyous music of the shouting,
singing bells.
Then the bells ceased. The solemn
service began in the church below.
In bygone years Micheich had always
gone down to the service and stood in
corner near the door, praying and lis
tening to the music. But 1t was hard
for him to do this now. He felt tired.
So he sat down on the bench beneath
the copper bells and listened to their
waning resonance.
He thought About what? Micheich
himself could hardly answer the ques-
ton. His glimmering lantern scarcely
lit up the belfry. He could not make
out the droning bells. They were lost
in darkness. From the church below
his old ears caught the singing now
and then. The old mans gray head
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
Nothing but Habit.

Everything in the world depends
upon habit, my, boy" said the old
gentleman in his oracular way. "We
are all creatures of habit"
~ know it," responded the boy.
Habits make us what we are" con-
tinued the old man. "For instance, l
got up early in the morning and
walked to my work for SO many years
that / do it still. although l am now
able to sleep late and ride"
Same principle with me-" returned
the boy.
with you!" exclaimed the old gem
tleman. Why, you lazy, good-for-
nothing" -.
Habit, merely habit" interrupted
the boy. 1t bears out all that you
say. I've slept late and ridden in
your carriage SO long that l can't give
It up, and, with your knowledge OF
the hold that habit gets upon fell
low, you ought not to kick" Chicago
Times-Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
CompetitIon Was Aroused.

Usually when two little girls are
thrown in each others company 1t
does not take them long to get ac-
quainted. The other day, however,
two young maidens Of Allegheny who
were left in the same room together
experienced much difficulty in getting
the conversation started. At last
bright thought struck one of the girls,
and she remarked cheerfully:
my feet are bigger than yours.
That broke the ice. Pittsburg Chron-
Gle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.

The Best Way to Get There Is Over
the Santa Fe Route.
The fabulously rich gold mining district
of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is attracting
hundreds of people. By spring the rush
BIDS fair to DO enormous. That there is an
abundance of gold there is demonstrated
beyond doubt. Fortunes ars being rapidly
made.
To reach Cripple Creek, take the Sal,.a Fe
Route, the only standard guage line direct to
the camp. Through Pullman sleepers and
chair cars. The Santa Fc lands you right
In the heart of Cripple Creek.
Inquire of the nearest ticket agent, or ad-
dress G.. Il. Nicholson. G. =. A., A. I. d S.
+. R'y, Monadnock Block, Chicago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
Precious Metals.

The great mining camps Of Cripple Creek,
Colo. and Mercur, Utah, as well as those
of wyoming, Idaho and Montana, are best
reached via the UNION PACIFIC.
The fast time and through car service on
.sThe Overland Route" are features appre-
ciated by all. For information regarding
the above camps address your nearest
agent, or L: l.. LOMAA, ~.
Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

ows on the fields beside it. All was
silent. The village slumbered.
Hours passed. and long before the
night was gone its still charm was
broken. Lights began to glimmer IN
the windows of cottages whose wretch-
edness was disguised in the bewitcnlng
springtime gloom Of night. A gaze
creaked. The tread of foot was heard
here and there. Moving figures, darkly
outlined, emerged from the shades OF
the wood. A dog barked. and then an
other and another.
Then a horseman clattered along the
village street. A passing cart groaned
and creaked under its early morning
burden. The darkly outlined figures
increased in number. The villagers be-
gan to gather in their church to bid
welcome to the spring holiday.
1t was quaint little church. 1t stood
upon a hillock in the middle of the vii
lage. All at once its windows glowed
dimly among the shadows. Then their
brightness increased. The church was
all alight.
High into the darkness overhead
reached the old belfry tower. Its top
was lost in the azure gloom.
Then the rickety belfry stairs began
to creak. Old Micheich, the bellringer,
was clambering aloft. Soon his lantern
hung in the bell window. shining like
a new star in the sky.
.,,oz horJ for ho old mo En- olir, \
those steep and crooked stairs. His
old eyes no longer served him, and he,
like they, was worn out.
AS he climbed, he pondered. It was
time indeed. he thought, that he should
rest. But God would not send him death.
He had seen his children buried. He
had stood by the open graves Of his
grandchildren. He had followed the
old to their last resting place. He had
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

The bowels act tho part OF scavenger, mas
much as they remove much OF the debris, the
waste effete matter Of the systsm. When
they grow idle, neelectful Of duty, it is Of tae
PEELED to activity. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers effects this dosir ible object without grip
ing them like a drastic purgativo. Tho Bitters
is also efilcacious for malaria, bilious dyspop-
tic and kidney trouble
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
When Travelling,

Whether on pleasure bent. or business.
take on every trip bottle Of Syrup Of
Figs, as 1t acts most pleasantly and
effectually on the kidneys. liver and
bowels, preventing fevers. headaches,
and other forms Of sickness. For sale
in so cent and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists. Manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company only.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
Needs Feeding.

She, gazing at the dying embers-
That fire reminds me of man in love.
1t burns brightly at first, then grad
ually subsidies until nothing remains
but the ashes.
He-And yet it will be all right If
you feed it regularly. From the N. Z.
Homestead.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas

State Of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas
County-ss.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner Of the firm Of f.
J. Cheney G. Co.. doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum Of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case OF Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence this 9th day of December.
A. d. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists; 75c.
Halls Family Pills, Csc.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
Somewhat Similar.

Warwick - Sometimes l think it
would be a good idea if a man could
be treated like horse--shot when he
gets too old to work.
Yabsley--It is pretty near that way
now. When q man gets too old to
work he is fred. Indianapolis Jour-
narl.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

followed the young there, too. But
still he lived and lived. 1t was hard.
Many time had he welcomed the
Easter morning-so many times that he
could not recall them all. He had even
forgotten how often in later years he
had hoped for death in this same old
belfry, as now he hoped for it. And
vet this early morning God had brought
him there once more.
1t was not yet time for him to ring
the merry peals and the old man totter-
ed to the belfry window and leaned out
over the railing. Below him in the
darkness he could dimly see the neg
lscted graves. The white wooden cross
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
Under Considerat ton.

Mrs. Newlywed - Before we were
married you said my slightest wish
should be your law.
Mr.. Newlywed-Exactly, my love,
but you have so many vigorous aud
we'll developed wishes that am as yet
unable to decide as to which is the
slightest. Judge.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

Miss Bellefield-How on earth did
you come to get engaged to Willie Van
Braam?
Miss Point Breeze-Well, you see,
just at the time he proposed / didn't
happen to be engaged to any one
Pittsburg Chronicle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
Her Extravaganza.

Mrs Smith-Dcar me, am getting
q double chin.
Mr.. Smith-You ought to be ashamed
to have so much of anything these
hard times. Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

"There," said the mother, don't
you feel better?" And the little boy
whose trousers had just been patched
remarked as he sal down: II think
am on the mend" indianapolis Jour-
nal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

Betwixt and between-Saying pray
ers on Sunday and swears from Mon
day until Saturday inclusive.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

Leave Kansas City for St Louis until
e:2O every night by the Wabash rail-
road, the short fast line.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
THE EASTER CHIMES.
A Tale from the Russian of Kovolenko.

w AZ INV soAs
before the Easter
morning. The lit
tie village by the
murmuring creek
was half hidden IN
the mystical. va
pory. starry gloom
of a Russian night
in springtime. The
neighboring wood
flung blacklist shad-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

No greater thing can be done than
to love God and keep his command
ments.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

HAD FALLEN HELPLESSLY.
images on the altar frowned sternly
upon mans sorrows and mans injus-
tice.
But all this was long, long passed.
All this was far away in the old times.
And now all the wide world for him
was this dark tower where the wind
sighed gently among the swinging bell
ropes.
Let God judge you! God will Judge
you!" whispered the old man, thinking
of his enemy. Silent tears ran down
his cheeks.
"Micheich! All, Micheich! What is
the matter with you? Are you asleep?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03

l believe Piso's Cure is the only mrdi-
cine that will cure Consumption. = Anna
III. Ross, Willamsport, Pa. Nov. IL, 80.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-03
Going to Cripple Creek9

No; I've been there. Am going to get
O ticket back to Ohio over the Wabash.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08

The Ohio Association of College
Presidents has set upon a plan to regu-
late foot ball playing and keep the
game within wholesome limits. No
member of the college is allowed to
take part in any games until he can
obtain special recommendations for
scholarship. 1t is further stipulated
that the use of profanity cor any OBJ
scenity by any member of a team shall
be strictly forbidden by the managers
and captains of such teams. Where any
member of a team fails in the work
the preceding term, or has charged
against him any conditions, such stu
dent shall not be allowed to play in any
intercollegiate game until his con-
ditions have been made good" If this
course is carried out strictly, it will NOT
only purify foot ball. but general ath-
letics as well, and have a good effect
upon the student body generally With
good scholarship and purity of language
as a basis to work upon, the athletic
teams of Ohio will be made up of a
class of men of whom any college or
State may well be proud.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08

When Thomas E. Watson, the Popu-
list candidate for Vice President, was a
member of the United States House of
Representatives he created a scene
which called forth the expression from
Speaker Reed that he had never real
lied the full force of the Biblical refer
ence to the colt Of a wild ass" until
he witnessed some of Watson's pranks.
Watson charged Representative with
being drunk, and it was the furore over
this charge that resulted in the investi-
cation of the famous expression, MIR.
Speaker, where am | att" During the
meeting of the committee the chairman
and Mr.. Watson held a spirited CONVEX
sation which in former days would
doubtless have ended in duel Watson
seems to be a wild-eyed orator of the
true PopuIist stamp, and has enough of
the socialist about him to catch the
ready ear of an unthinking public.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08

To the Press Bureau inaugurated by
Inspector General Townsend this pa
per is indebted for the full reports of
the doings of the summer school. The
chief of this bureau is Osmer Abbott,
who knows how to select the features
of principal Importance to teachers. We
gladly give space to the proceedings
of this school for teachers, and trust
that the review of the leading features
of the course will impress the pilots of
the young Hawaiian idea with the i'm
portance of attending this institution
for advanced scholars. The attendance
at the school has been very satisfactory
this year. The number should increase
next year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08

One of the practical lines on which
the sound money campaign is TO be
carried out this year is given in the fol-
lowing, written by a New York bull
lion dealer: We have a great many
inquiries, principally from the South
and West, for new Mexican dollars.
The purpose of the would-be buyers
is to give the workingmen in their en-
pIoy a practical demonstration of the
fallacy of the free silver theory.
These dollars cost the purchasers SOC.
each. They are paid to the working
man in double the quantity of American
dollars due him. When he pToffers these
dollars to the tradespeople from whom
he wishes to buy goods, he is surprised
to find that they are accepted at only
soc each -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08
RUM DID 1T.

In the story of Friday mornings
shooting affray as told by the partici-
pants the fact that the whole trouble
was due to an over indulgence in liquor
stands out with terrible prominence
The men had differences at the drill
shed, but it was not until after they
had adjourned to the saloon and ad.
died their brains with numerous friend.
~ drinks that the danger of possible
murder entered into the affair Rum
did il" is written all over the disgrace
full row from start to finish.
This gives not only an opportunity
for the temperance advocate to point a
moral, but also food for thought for
these two men had not been armed
they would doubtless have settled their
differences in the usual manner of in
ebriates, gone home, slept off the eff
fects of the liquor and walked up the
next morning friends once more. There
seems to have been nothing in the
career of either of the men to show
that they were naturally bad or given
to using powder and bullet TO settle
discussions. There is also nothing to
show that there was bad blood between
them.
Now, then, what assurance have our
military officers that other privates will
not go into the saloons after drill and
wind up the evening with even more
serious results than were realized Fri
day morning. Naturally the reply will
come that this will be lesson, that the
members of the volunteer corps are
not such fools as to allow liquor to set
them shooting crazy. This argument
does for the general run of men, but
it is the exceptions to the rule which
must be guarded against. A man half
drunk doesn't know what he is doing.
and there is no telling how many inno-
cent lives he may put in jeopardy, to
say nothing of the one against whom he
may have a temporary grievance. Rum,
rife and forty rounds of ammunition
is a dangerous combination.
In view of the recent happening, the
only thing for the officers of the Ma |
tional Guard to do is to make a ruling I
against rifles being taken into saloons /
1t ought to be misdeTleauor for an |
officer or PR .s.te. 20 enter saloon in
uniform, but this might be considered I
too arbitrary for those who see no
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08

Since the American League is con-
templating making a change in its con-
stitutiOn so as to allow all nationalities
to enter its ranks. we would suggest
that the members of the League also
take into consideration the advisability
of changing the name of the organiza-
ton An American League made up Of
all nationaIities would indeed be a pc
culiar combination. When the League
departs from the foundation principle
of nationality it should no longer allow
the stars and stripes to wave above it,
or the distinctive national name to be
attached to it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08
! THE DE LAVAL I
, CREAM SEPARAT0RS(

Save time and labor. Save
ice and water. Save 50 per
cent. in skimming. Save 10
per cent. in churning, and
increase butter value 50 per
cent.
The purpose of the CEN
trifugal Cream Separator is
the immediate separation of
cream from milk without
waiting on nature to accom-
pliSh this resultant with alb
SOlute cleanliness and prac-
ticability.
The Humming Bird" is
Suitablefor the hOuSeholdand
the dairy, having less than
ten COWS, its capacity being
100 pounds of milk per hour.
The next size, the Baby No.
3" has a capacity of $50 lbs.
of milk per hour and suitable
for diaries owning from fiji
teen to fifty cows. There
are now more than s., 900 De
Laval SeparatOrS in use; we
sold ours SO rapidly that we
ran out of stock, out expect
a NEW LOT on tn, w. H.
OimOnd. Which do YOU
prefer a Baby" or a Hum
ming Bird :"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08

harm in "a drink or two" At the same
time, it is quite proper that officers
should see to it that rifles and ammu-
milton are left at home when the bear
ers want TO go off on foot"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08
rStt

Last and all the time Hoods Sarsaparilla
has been advertised as blood purifier
The great cures by Hoods Sarsaparills
have been accomplished through purified
blood. Scrofula, salt rheum, eczema,
rheumatism, neuralgia, yield to Hoods
SsrsspariIla, because it eradicates the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08
AlWa

Strikes at the root of the disease, which
is in the blood. Thousands testify that
they have been absolutely cured of blood
diseases by Hoods Sarsaparilla, although
they had become discouraged by the fail
ure of other medicines to give any relief.
No other medicine has such a record of
cures as Hoods Sarsaparilla, because
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08
as

Vestige of those impurities which have
been developing, perhaps for years, in
the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
nervousness by feeding the nerves upon
pure, rich blood. 1t absolutely and per-
manently cures when all other medicines
fail, because Hoods Sarsaparilla
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-08

Situated on the Eva side of Nuuanu
Valley and above the junction of Liliha
and Wylie streets.
The location of these lots is the most
desirable in the suburbs of the city.
The site commands an extended view
of the city and the surrounding coun-
try.
AS residence location for those who
wish to escape the malarial atmosphere
of the low lands of the city, the stu
alton of these lots cannot be equaled.
AS a safe and paying investment,
parties will bear in mind the wonderful
appreciation in values of lands adjacent
to the city in the past few years.
The Government water main is laid
to the lots.
That these lots may be within the
reach of all, we offer the following I'M
paralleled terms:
First-Cash, with discount of 10
per cent.
Second-$25 cash, balance at SIS per
month.
Third-$1o cash, balance at $3.50 per
month.
DEEDS FREE.