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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
wires with ring which slides around
the candle. but only touches 1t ut four
equi-dlstant indented points.
Not Flattcrinw.
SHADE FOR 4 CANDLE.

Not Flattcrinw.
"Whcn l grow up" said little Jack to
his father, I'm going to be just like
you, papa"
"GoOd boy to say so," said his father.
swell, mean it," said Jack. "What
a jolly time you do have with mamma
always about to wait on yOu!-An-
swers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16

One-sixth of the total wage pay
ments in the United States goes to rail-
road employees.
A large firm in London shares profits
and presents $500 to every woman en-
ploye who leaves to get married.
The four unions of carpenters in In
dianapolis and the suburban town OF
Haughville have consolidated, and the
new union will be No. PSI. The new
union has upward of $50 members and
is one of the largest in Indiana.
Chicago trades unionists have sent
two of their members to ascertain ana
report on the industrial condition OF
silver-using Mexico, and the Denver
trades unionists have sent two mem
beers to see that the Chicago men are
not corrupted.
The Cambria steel works at Johns
town, Pa, after a shutdown OF nine
days, resumed work last Tuesday, CIV
ing employment to 5000 men. Other
reports during the week announced the
opening of industries to the extent that
total of $4,000 men, previously idle,
were given employment.
The Indianapolis Sentinel says: at
is understood that William G. Pom
eroy, Of Chicago, secretary and vice
president of the hotel and restaurant
employees national alliance, will be one
of Samuel Gompers strongest Compel
itors in the coming fight for the presi-
dency of the American Federation of
Labor" If by any chance Pomeroy
should become Gompers' successor, the
Federation of Labor would soon go to
ruin. No more Powderlys, please.
President Gompers has gone to Dali
las, Tex, on mission that may result
in an amalgamation of the national or
der of railway engineers with the
American Federation of Labor. With
the engineers in the federation, Mr..
Gompers is confident long step will
have been taken in the fusion of all
other railway orders.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
What Mrs. Harris brought to the from.


after several of our bloody engage
ments is exemplified in one Of her let
tiers from the Peninsula-a letter writ
ten in June, 1862, just after the battle
of Fair Oaks. / speak feelingly. for I
was myself recorded among the wound
ed. The steamer Vanderbilt, lying at
the dock, was about to take the dis
abled from the white House Land
ing" Va, Mrs. Harris writes: when
we went aboard the first cry we met
was for tea and bread. For Gods sake
give us bread came from wounded
soldiers. Others, shot in the face or
neck, begged for liquid food. With
feelings of mixed character, shame,
indignation and sorrow blending, we
turned away to see what resources we
could muster to meet the demand. A
box of tea, barrel of cornmeal, sun
dry parcels Of dried fruits, few crack
ers, ginger cakes, dried rusk and jars
of jellies and pickles were seized upon.
Soldiers and contrabands were i'm
pressed into service. All the cooking
arrangements of three families were
appropriated (by permission), and soon
three pounds of tea were boiling, and
many gallons Of cruel blubbering. In
the meantime, twenty-five loaves OF
bread-all we could buy-were cut into
slices and jellied; pickles were put in
readiness, and in an incredibly short
time we went back to our poor suf-
ferers."
The graphic account of the way the
wounded men received the relief thus
speedily brought would fill a chapter
Many had been several days without
particle of nourishment. In delirium
some took Mrs. Harris for mother, for
sister, or other precious friend, and
died in the happy thought that their
own sweet home had actually come to
them-and indeed the spirit of home
was there.
From my own state, Mrs. S. S. Samp-
son, the wife of the ieutenant-colonel
of my regiment, went out with her hus-
band in the beginning of the war. What
Mrs. Harris did for the ladies of Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Sampson did for the lad
les of Maine. She devoted her whole
time and talents to the interests Of our
soldiers. At first she aided the sick
and the overworked by writing letters
for them, and after the first battle by
assiduous labors, night and day, in
hospitals. She was a swift and CHEEKY
worker; the faces of the men in field
hospital, or in the rooms Of a house
appropriated for the sick and wound
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16

then rather lonely, having been denud-
ed by the devastations of war of all
out-houses, fences and shrubbery. 1t
was usually called the Lacey House"
1 think we may denominate 1t at this
time as a reserve hospital, for here
were to be found many articles of food
and medicine that the excellently or
ganized field hospital could not fur
nish. Here was that already famous
little woman, Mrs. John Harris, with
her assistants, Mrs. Mary w. Lee and
Mrs. Beck. Mrs. Harris was officially
recognized in the medical branch as the
secretary and agent of the Ladies AID
Society of Philadelphia; but to us IN
the army she was known as mother
ly woman OF exhaustless sympathy and
wonderful resources. On Sundays,
think usually in the forenoon, and
weekday evenings, she gathered many
soldiers into one of her large rooms
for prayer and worship. AS often as
possible, when she by note or verbal
message commanded me, I went thith-
err to participate in the exercises; and
she honored me by calling the oft re-
current assembly Gen. Towards
prayer meeting" But it was really
hers, and she should have named it, in
Presbyterian nomenclature, 1.-THE Har-
ris Assembly" A little before this,
when Mrs. Harris, then at Washington
resting after her tireless labors among
the sick and wounded on the peninsula,
heard of our dreadful defeat at Fred
ericksburg, she fastened to the front
to do all that lay in her power for the
hundreds of poor fellows that were too
badly hurt or too ill to be carried away.
Her favorite field of labor was in the
field hospitals of the Sixth Corps. To
the suffering there she carried constant
sheer and welcome-reliefs of every
sort. sent by the generous women of
Philadelphia. Her beaming face was
a blessing and benediction to every
lonely and despairing heart in the hos
pital she visited.
One of the ablest Presbyterian
clergymen now in ordination was a
private soldier, believe in Maryland
regiment. He was then rather a rois-
tering young fellow. A soldier COM
rade of pronounced piety and correct
life strongly urged him to go to Mrs.
Harris meetings. The result was his
conversion; and as soon as the war
ceased he studied for the ministry.
Thus Mrs. Harris leaven WAS in
creased.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
UnfriendIy to Wheels.

A number of detectives are endeavor-
ing to discover the miscreant who
placed tacks ON Glenmore avenue in
Brooklyn on Sunday morning, and if
they find him they will be rewarded
from a private subscription. The Pc
quod wheelmen not only raised the
money to offer the reward, but sent
out men to sweep up all the tacks.
which had punctured more than 200
tires. The men found a trail of gal
vanized iron lacks extending at least
a dozen blocks along the avenue, which
has been popular with the bicyclists
since it was repaved, and from the
amount gathered it is believed that at
least twenty pounds were used. The
tacks were placed on both sides Of the
street.-New York Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16

appears as a remarkable exception to
his rule. In no war of recent times,
probably, were more important steps
taken in the direction of greater hui
manity-especially in the treatment OF
the wounded, both friend and foe. And
why? How was it possible that strug-
gle SO bitter should bring about q re-
suit so unexpected? l believe that it
was chiefly due to the efforts of noble
and self-sacrificing women, whose in
fluence was felt through the whole
army. Men could not become altogeth-
er ruthless with these ministering an
gels in their midst, enduring all hard
ships with gentle patience, meeting all
dangers with quiet courage, ever seek
ing to heal what war was seeking to
inf1ict.
l knew personally few Of the 800
brave women who stepped out of the
family circle and took more or less
public part in providing for the wants
of the wounded and dying soldiers.
Some gathered up the contributions
from homes far and near, and carried
them to the vicinity Of the battle fields.
Some went as matrons or attendants;
many as the agents Of some society;
others simply to do what was possible
with two skillful hands to alleviate a
little of the suffering with which they
met.
During the winter of 1928, I COM
manded the second division of the Sec
end Corps at Falmouth. In front of
my division, near the Rappahannock
River stood a large house which was
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16


Frank Kelsey is without doubt the
dude of the clerical department at the
Four Courts, and it is admitted by the
members of the force that there are
none among them who can stand in the
same class with him. In the room next
to that occupied by Kelsey sits Tim
Kavanagh, the star stenographer of the
building. who Is also something on
dress, and it often happens that he has
a small bottle of perfume upon his
desk. in order to kill the odor arising
from the cells in the basement be-
meath. On yesterday morning Kavan-
agh purchased a small bottle of clear
machine oil. 1t was a pretty affair,
and the bottle resembled those in
which perfumes are usually kept. Kav-
anagh opened the bottle, used the oil
and then placed it upon his desk,
where it would be in plain sight of
everyone who passed through the
room. The first one to pass was KEEL
sey, rugged up to kill, and wearing a
new silk vest. When he spied the bot
tie on Kavanagh's desk he paused for
a minute, and looked about him to see
that no one was in sight. He smelled
of the oil, but unfortunately for him
he was troubled with a cold in the
head. Then he turned the bottle up
side down, and rubbed a goodly share
of the contents upon his beloved vest.
He discovered the mistake a few min
utes later, and the vest has been
stored in a dark closet for the remain
der of the season.-St. Louis Republic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
A Farmers Wife.

Jane Ann wants to know If a farmers
wife has such hard life OF 1t as some
persons try to make out She is inter-
ested because there Is young and
thriving farmer in her neighborhood
who looks sideways at her, and tries to
be friendly. He has very good farm
and some means, and she thinks she
could be joint owner in that and other
of the young mans possessions II she
only signified her willingness. But
she has been told such narrowing stor-
les of the tolls and hardships OF farm
ers' wives that she is almost afraid to
smile and make herself agreeable. she
wants advice Answer: Many women
find a farm life very hard and I'M
pleasant one. Just how hard depends
often on the man of the house. In
stead of using a few dollars to make
things comfortable about the house,
he turns all of his resources into farm-
ing and equipments and let's the women
folks go without all Of the conveniences
OF life. OF course, this is discouraging
and uphill work, and no wonder many
young women leave the farm at the
very first opportunity. But If matters
were properly arranged, half OF the
hard work might be saved. There
should be big cisterns with pumps,
good wells, good drainage. plenty OF
storage room and a moderately conve-
nient house. If the men on the farm
had to work at such odds as the women,
they would quit the business in disgust
1t pays for man to provide easy ways
to work. and the practical necessaries
of life for his household. 1t pays IN
keeping his girls at home and happy.
They ought also to have some way 10
make little money, either by fruit,
flowers or poultry. Almost any estap-
lished farmer could spare little room
for such investments. 1t would pay IN
the long run in more ways than one.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
SPONGES ARE RISING.
The Cuban War Drew the Fishermen
Into tho Navy.

Into tho Navy.
One effect of the war in Cuba has
been to diminish the export of Cuban
sponges by fully one-half The Cuban
sponge fishermen get license to fish
in Cuban waters only upon condition
that they shall serve in the navy If re-
quired; and so many have been called
upon for this service that the harvest
Of sponges has been materially reduced.
Cuba furnishes less than third Of the
sponges used abroad, but the curtail-
ment of that supply helps to put up
prices that have been advancing for
years. The supply Of sponges comes
from Florida, Cuba, Nassau, Mexico,
and the Mediterranean. Ordinarily
about two-thirds Of the supply in val
ue, comes from American waters.
The demand for sponges has in
creased naturally, while the worlds
supply has not kept pace with 1t. 1t
has within recent years actually d.
minished, owing to careless methods
Of fishing and to everlasting to supply
the increased demand. The sponge Is
Of slow growth; it takes two or three
years for it to attain a commercial
size. In all countries in whose waters
sponges grow there are Laws against
the pulling Of little sponges until they
have reached certain growth, just
as there are laws against the taking Of
Holsters and of some fishes under spec
flied sizes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16

ed, would always brighten as they saw
her come, with a kind word and SYM
pathizing tear, with sunshine behind it,
and just the needed soup, tea, bread OF
socks or other requisite garments in
her hands! Her entrance was home
reminder, Joy, blessing. She could
write and get off more letters in
given time than a stenographer, and
so linked hundreds of soldiers with
their cherished homes. No gallant Of
ficer from Maine closed up the four
years service with better record than
Sadie Sampson. After the war, now a
widow, she put in operation and kept
I'D as long as needed an asylum for the
orphans of soldiers near her home in
Bath. She commanded universal love
and respect among all classes where
she labored. After a time she became
the soldiers efficient friend at the great
pension office in Washington. There
was no official there who could more
promptly get wrong righted than this
unselfish, intelligent, ardent worker.
Her usefulness has been so great that
she has been kept in the office, in spite
of radical changes Of administration.
When I organized my brigade at
Camp California, the winter of 1S61-62,
pitched about four miles in front Alex
andria. my own headquarter tents were
near the Sixty-first New York Regi-
ment. Francis C. Barlow, then appa-
rently but youth. was the lieutenant
colonel. Very soon after we went into
camp his wife took room at Mr.. Rich
ards house, situated near my brigade.
Mrs. Barlow was woman OF culture
and full of patriotic sentiment. She
at first gave informal receptions to the
friends of her husband, and added
much to the social life of that winter
in camp, whilst Mcclellan and john
ston. many miles asunder, were watch
ing each other and waiting for the
spring and more passable roads. Mrs.
Barlow was truly brave woman. She
kept always near the front and was
quickly on hand to nurse her gallant
husband, who, soon promoted to gen.
eral. was pretty sure to be wounded
in every engagement.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
some Gems of Thought.

There is no right without parallel
duty, no liberty without the suprem-
acy of the law, no high destiny with
out earnest perseverance, no greatness
without lf-denial.-Lieber.
AS in men, so in books, the soul is
all with which our souls must deal;
and the soul of the book is whatsoever
beautiful, and true, and noble we can
find in it.-Charles Kingsley
The honest heart that's free frae a.
Intended fraud or guile,
However fortune kick the ba'
Has aye some cause to smile.
Robert Burns.
The wise man will make the best of
what he has, and throw away no les
son because the book is somewhat torn
and soiled.-Charles Kingsley.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
The Australian Method.
Lowell.

Anxious inquiries are made at the
newspaper offices and elsewhere by
workingmen, who want to be absolute
ly assured that the Australian ballot
law protects them in the rights OF
citizenship. To all such 1t may be said
that it does. The law is plain and en-
phatic. The voter goes into secluded
booth and there fixes his ballot, alone,
and to suit himself. He folds 1t and
hands it to the judges of election near
by, and stands there to see that 1t Is
Immediately dropped into ballot box,
the seal of which cannot be broken for
the purpose of betrayng him In any
way. The ballots are numbered, and
when counted the judges and clerks of
election of both political parties are
present. They take out the ballots and
ascertain their contents, but no man
who does so knows who cast any one
of the votes so counted, nor could he
know 1t without being permitted to
take out a ballot, fish around for the
registry list, compare the number with
the name, or otherwise tamper with
the returns, a proceeding which could
not be done in presence of the judges
of both parties who are in charge.
The law is explicit and protects the
voter. He has the shield of absolute
safety thrown around him. The stat
ute says that it shall be the duty of the
officers in charge to provide "a suffi-
cient number of booths, which shall be
provided with such supplies and con-
veniences as will enable the voter to
prepare his ballot for voting, and in
which voters may prepare their ballots
screened from all observation as to the
manner in which they do SO, and a
guard rail shall be so constructed and
placed that only such persons as are in
side the rail can approach within SIX
feet of the ballot box of such voting
booths" The law also provides that
there shall be curtain at the entrance
of the booth which shall be closed
while the voter is preparing his ballot
and again, mo persons other than the
election officers and the challengers al
lowed by law and those, admitted for
the purpose of voting as hereinafter
provided, shall be permitted within the
guard rail-"
From all this and great deal more
that might be adduced to the same ef-
feet. it may be said that every safe
guard is thrown around the voter to
guarantee him absolute liberty In cast
ing his ballot. There is no possibility
of anyone discovering how he votes,
unless he himself tells it. The Austria
Ian ballot law means that the individ-
ual is free to vote for whom he sees
fit, with the full assurance that no mat
ter who may be interested in control
ling his ballot, he alone can deliver the
goods, and deliver them to the party
or candidates of his choice, without the
slightest danger or fear Of conse-
auences.-Peoria Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16

Baltimore railroading has changed
considerably in the last rs years. said
a veteran engineer Of the Baltimore &
Ohio to a reporter of the American.
"Why, remember time when pass
ing along through the mountain region
between here and Wheeling hardly
mile of the road would be passed with
out encountering a few wild deer on
the tracks. They used to jump along
the tracks before the train as playfully
as kittens. Talking of deer, remem-
Der a peculiar incident that happened
one day near Willets Run, beyond
Hancock. I was firing for an engineer
named Dave Dillon. There used to be
two firemen to an engine at the time,
and we had a funny, frolicsome little
Irishman with us named Jimmy Give
ney. The old Winans engines used to
have an enormous footboard. On the
day to which l allude Dillon was driv-
ing an express train east and we were
making top speed, being long overdue.
Just as we came around bend near
Willet's Run, young deer, pursued by
two dogs, rushed down the embank-
ment and leaped, landing on the foot
board of the engine. Jimmy Giveney
leaned out of the cab and grabbed the
deer, holding on to the terror-stricken
animal, even at the risk of being pulled
off the train. OF course, the hungry
dogs were left far behind and missed
the feast which they hoped to enjoy.
Jimmy Giveney brought his prize to
Baltimore and sold it for handsome
sum. In those days all along the Bal
imore G. Ohio Southwestern was alive
with game of all species. We used to
encounter flocks Of wild turkeys and
all sorts of fowls at every bend along
the line."-American,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In Denmark an "old maids insur-
ance company pays regular weekly
benefits.
A London physician has announced
the discovery that hard cider Is sure
cure for rheumatism.
More than 200 Germans have settled
at Missler, Ca, and they are making
great success of the cultivation of small
farms.
More gold watches are worn by artl-
sans and laboring men in the ohiteu
States than in any two other countries
in the world.
MANY of the so-called vegetable
ivory" buttons used on dresses, cloaKs'
etc.. are made of potatoes treated Win
sulphuric acid.
To date the government has palu
nearly 100000 in premiums for speed
made by war vessels in excess OF tne
contract requirements.
The police quarters on Mulberry
street, New York, are overrun Win
white rats. The albino rodents are al
SO numerous IN Lne nei6hooAAN
Borchgrevink, the Antarctic expior-
er, has Just been married to young
Englishwoman and has abandoned Tor
a time his plans for reaching the south
pole.
The confirmation Of Queen Wilhel-
nina of the Netherlands has been den-
niteIy fixed for Oct. "a, and 1t Is I'M
derstood that the announcement OF her
betrothal will take place Immediately
afterward
The new woman seems to have made
her appearance in China. The daugn-
ter of a magistrate in Shantum acts
as treasurer in her fathers district,
keeps the books, pays the bills ana
stirs UP delinquent debtors'
An educatsd dog at Louisville almost
frustrated justice by allowing a bur-
glar to get out of the yard with bum
die of plumber and attaching himself
to the trousers of policeman who es-
sayed to jump the fence in pursuit
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16

Tho b,g battleships Of $4,000 tons OF
more that England is building iOlio y,
ona another into the water rapluiy ~
those DAYS. Only very short time ago
the Caesar was foated out OF the COCK
OF Portsmouth, and now the lllus'ri e,
hoe heen launched at Chatham. she
10 the last of the three built at .he
latter port, the Magnificent having a.
readv gone into service, while the VIC
torious recently had her trials making
an average of nearly II knots IN elsn \,
hours under natu-al and 1877 knots IN
fours hours under forced draft, whereas
The contract called for only loA anu
IN knots, respectively. 1t is true tnat
the 1877 knots were reached oniy Wy
loo which is much less accurate tnan
onr system Of the long, measured
course. Besides the four vessels men
t,oned England has, either built or
huilding. the Majestic, Mars, Jupiter
Hannibal. and Prince George. OF the
same heavy displacement.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16
A s,ngularly striking and objection

A singularly striking and ob,ection-
able example of the unequal rewards
of merit comes from California, wnere
a certain heir is about to receive $44o'-
600 merely for having kept SOBER ior
five years. That is $4,000 year. OF
$4,000 a month. There are plenty Oh
men who have achieved the same striA
ing extreme Of sobriety without having
got a cent for 1t.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-16

Death can never take wise man by
surprise; he is ever ready to depart
La Fontaine.
What finer object can be presented
to our sight than clear and serene
sky?-Sturm.
1t is better to be nobly remembered
than nobly born-Ruskin.