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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

visits term is supposed to be the rule.
Perhaps it holds good VITA some of the
Vassar girls. But there are many more
from whose minds the ways of the
free and Independent West have not
yet faded, who scorn the trammels of
eastern rules and "effete convention
atty" and take the law in their own
hands. When fancy dictates and there
IS a hop or concert on at the Point,
"then's the time for disappearing" and
they bob up serenely" at the govern
ment dock with gripsack or brown
paper parcel containing festive raj
nent; also box of candy for the loved.
cadet When accommodations are
scanty sometimes dozen or so of girls
club together and take one room, and
also one trunk, much to the detriment
of their voluminous skirts.
At any rate, or any how, and on any
train they come, and the stage which
runs up from the landing on such &C.
casions is temporarily their own. They
take entire possession of the bus and
quite fill it up with themselves and
their impediments. Vassar songs and
class calls, stock jokes and personal
remarks about the sweet creatures"
they are going to see enliven the pro-
gress up the hill, and woe to the out
slider who creeps into this truant COM
pany.
No false ideas of conventions and
priety damp their ardent spirits If
they have to come without chaperon
They come just the same, and matron.
ize one another by numbers. Ten of
these fair undergraduates were claimed
by one elderly man as his daughters,
his good nature not being proof against
their appeals for so-called protection.
Not having a chaperon does not trouble
them much at the hotel, for they are
not there except to sleep and eat. 1t
is no place for fun-that quiet and re-
spectacle parlor. There are much bet
ter chances at other places. The hop
or concert which alternate on Saturday
nights, with ispection Saturday after
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
WISDOM.

l want to help you grow as beautiful
as God meant you to be when he
thought of you first.-George MacDon-
aid.
Blessed is the hand that prepares a
pleasure for child. for there is no
saying when and where it may bloom
forth.-Jerrold.
A life Of real virtue, of nobleness, OF
true greatness, is not an accident. 1t
comes, if it comes at all, from lofty
aspirations, from incorruptible mo-
tives, long cherished and held sacred
as life itself.-John Learned.
Not only to the God that is above us,
but to the God that is in us, let us d.
rect our prayer; and to that God let our
importantly be such that, like the man
of the parable crying for bread at mid
night, it cannot, will not, be Denied
John Chadwick.
Much of life is only fragments-un-
finished things, broken sentences, in
terrupted efforts, pictures left uncom-
pleted, sculptures only half hewn, let
tiers only partly written, songs only
begun and choked in tears. But not
one of these fragments is lost if it has
loves blessed life in i'll. R. Miller.
In our keen look at the strong out
ward probabilities of life, do not let
us forget it's inmost secret of power;
that all noble thoughts, all noble pos
sibilities of life, spring out of this Love,
or touch their finest meaning in it;
that there is no factor like it in the
makeup of the world.-Brooke Her
ford.
To be religious is not to be a seer
of visions and dreamer of dreams. It
is not to be a dweller on the Mount of
TRANSPORTATION. 1t is not to be rapt
in sweet and serene meditation. 1t is
to be yourself, and being yourself, to
take the nature which God has given
you and use 1t in his service by using
it for your fellow men.-Lyman Abbot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
May Abbott In Japan.

Annie May Abbott, the Georgia "elec-
trio magnet" whose feats of strength
created sensation in this country
some years ago, is amusing herself now
with the strong men of China and
Japan. The Japanese wrestlers, whose
physical strength is celebrated the
world over, were unable to raise Miss
Abbott from the floor, while with the
tips of her fingers she neutralized their
most strenuous efforts to lift even light
objects, such as a cane from a table.
The Japanese papers say this is hypno-
tism, while the Chinese journals accuse
her of being in league with the powers
of evil.-Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

which brings the observer aeSrer Id
secs the same gray-coated sentimental.
list standing sedately apart.
A little poem in the "Howitzer" some
months ago showed how a maiden made
the "retort Gscourteous" to the ad-
van:es of the o7erbold young SOLDIER
She was merry Vassar girl,
A West Point spoonoid he;
They sat and watched cle waters swirl.
About the Point of Geo..
He to his heart would press The maid.
Alas! she held aloof;
And when his arm around her stra, ID,
Thus harshly gave reproof:--
Young soldier, you cannot, I'm sure,
Protect 'gainst wars alarms
Your nation and its flag If you're
So careless of your arms!
Was she really and truly Vassar
maiden? Echo answers not.
When the Hundred Nights" play
Poughkeepsie students to get an invi-
tation, and sad and devious are the
ways to which some of them have to
resort.
1.-THE play is going to be fine this year;
you ought to see me in girrs Clothes"
wrote an unwary "yearling," and his
inamorata wrote back by next mail,
Thanks awfully, old boy. I'll be there
for the play. l hoped you were going
to ask me-" Whereat the trapped one
tore his hair and thought longingly
OF the fem" for whom he had really
meant to use that invitation.
IF you will promise to refuse. ia
ask you to the Hundredth Night play"
a wiser man, who had been bitten"
wrote frankly to his second best girl
"Then you'll have the fun of saying
you were invited, and I can ask some
one else"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
She Wanted Her Gloves,

The returned Californian sat in the
front parlor awaiting the coming
down of his old sweetheart, who was
upstairs dressing to go out when he
called.
When she descended she advanced
eagerly TO meet him while the color
began to RISE
After shaking hands with him she
said to girl who was busy about the
room:
"Mollie, I've left my kids upstairs,
please go and fetch them"
"Great heavensw exclaimed the re-
turned lover, II didn't know you were
even married, Johanna, let alone hav-
ng kids" Boston Courier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Men and women, boys and girls:
readers of this paper If you neg
lected to send in your answer
10 the advertisement of the Pres
idential Puzzle in last weeks is
sue of this paper, do not neglect to
do so now. Do not put it of. Get
your copy of last weeks paper,
Cut Tho Advertisement Out
It gives all the particulars which en-
ables you to get the best 500 Racycle;
which, with the discount allowed by
working the puzzle, makes 1t the
cheapest as we'll as the best. We want
at once a few Racycles in your locality
as dvertisements-now is your oppor-
tunity. Send us your solution Of pug
zle, your name and address, model
wanted and height Of frame.
Miami Cycle and Mfg. Co.,
Middletown, Ohio.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
CATARRH

Is systematic disease and can only be
cured by systematic medicine. One or
two bottles Of Red Cross Constitutional
Medicine is guaranteed to cure any case Of
Catarrh. Price reduced from So to 81 per
bottles bottles for 50; sent postpaid on
receipt of price. Address RED Cross Con-
sTITUTIoNAL MEDICINE Co., ABB East 18th
st., Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Are not won. y more religious than
men? Even at the time of Christ
women displayed more religious fervor
than men; they were the last in at,
tendance at the crucifxion.-Rev.D D. Nj,
Kirkpatrick.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

and he takes 1.-The goods the gods pro-
vide" and is thankful. He considers the
Vassar girl fair sport and splendid
field for practice spins" in filtration
and the two-step. He has small regard
for her feelings. physical or mental; he
tramples on her toes and her feelings
Unfortunately, for is she not there for
the purpose, and he knows that his eie-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Grandfather, awaking after nap
/ do believe that my right arm is still
asleep.
Little Esther - Yes, grandpa, but
your nose hasn't slept a wink; it has
seen making an awful noise all tho
time. Gagssnyheter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Dude, to his tailor-I will never
give You an order again, you charged
me three times too much for my last
suit. found it ont when 1 pawned
it to-day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
FLIRTING AT VASSAR.
GIRLS OFTEN GROW WEARY OF
BOOKS AND TEACHERS.
West Point Military Academy Is Near
by and the Students Manag. to Take
Occasional stroils Thitherward-The
Brother q Boon.
Vassar Letter.

HE happy leap year
privileges which
1896 brings may be
great novelties to
some girls, but it
is leap year all the
year round and
every year with the
Vassar girl. The
"strict" rules of the
college on the hill
back of Pough-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
: e,eI

ing is positive proof OF thin, weak, inn
pure blood; for, If the blood is rich, red,
vitalized and vigorous, it imparts life and
OF the body. The necessity Of taking
Hoods SarsapariIla for that tired feeling
is, therefore, apparent to every one, and
the good it will do you is equally beyond
question. Remember that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
TREATMENT OF ORCHIDS.

How Our Grandfathers Slowly Discover
ed Their Disposition.
The essential cultural requirements
of orchids were not known till long az
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Blue-eyed cats are always deaf The
psychologists have in vain attempted
to explain this curious circumstance.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

inspector of Prisons-In providing
you with work your former occupation
shall be taken into account What
were you?
Convict-An Anarchist.
Inspector-Um, uh, we can put him
to road blasting Neue Fliegende
BlatteS
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house.-D. q.
Albright, Mifilnborg, Pa, Dec. II, '9S.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

A cat which rides to fires is one Of
the members of engine company Noe,
Toledo
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
hat

Extremetired feeling afflicts nearly every.
body at this season. The hustlers cease to
push, the tireless grow weary, the ener-
getic become enervated. You know just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
iired

Feeling by great force OF will. But this
is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system, which will not long stand
such strain. Too many people "work on
their nerves." and the result is seen in un-
fortunate wrecks marked "nervous pros
tration," in every direction. That tired
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Satan has no letters that can bind
q singing saint.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

The first newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1852.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
TYPE OF VASSAR GIRL.

TYPE Ot' NAoSAR GlltL.
noon and chapel Sunday morning, keep
them on the go. After chapel there is
m hour, chance for parade, inform
nj. of course, when each cadet has his
fem" If there are enough to go
around.
The damsels ere also in demand Sun
day afternoons. No matter what the
reason, no matter what the weather.
put they go to haunts Of Irritation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31

From very early times one of the die
tinguishing marks OF a slave, both i'm
GrseCs anil orisntal countries generally,
was the lsck OF any covering for the
head. Accordingly the cap came co be
considered the insignia Of liberty, and
when slaves were given their freedom
they were presented with cap as an
emblem CT il. In Sparta tine helots wore
N cap Of dogskin and this was reckoned
a badge Of servitude. but upon gaining
their freedom this was replaced by O
cap of q different material, Of another
shape and ornamented with flowers A
similar custom was observed in Rome,
where the presentation of the pileus or
cap was always part Of the ceremony
of manumitting a slave; hence arose
the proverb, ''Servos ad pileum vo-
care - Also ON medals the cap is the
symbol of liberty and is usually repre-
sented as being held in the right hand
by the point When cap was exposed
10 the peoples view ON the top OF a
spear, as in the case of the conspiracy
against Caesar, it was intended as a
public invitation TO them to embrace
the liberty that was offered them. The
Goddess Of Liberty ON Mount Aventine
was represented as holding a cap in her
hand as a symbol Of freedom. The Jac-
obins wore a red cap during the French
revolution, and in England blue cap
with q white border is used as a symbol
of liberty. The custom which prevails
among university students of wearing q
cap is said to have had its origin in a
wish TO signify that the wearers had &C
quired full liberty and were no longer
subject to the rod of their superiors. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31
Indian Rlanketm,

Blanket collecting is one of the diver
sions Of the officers wives who follow
their husbands fortunes to western
forts. In New Mexico among the Nava-
joes these blankets are curious products.
The designs are original with each
worker and are interesting imprints OF
individual impressions. One displayed
by an army woman, lately returned from
a considerable stay at fort near Santa
Fe, has black trains of cars wandering
over it's red ground. The Indian who
made it evidently admired the sweep Of
a railroad train and reproduced it so far
as possible in the blanket. Another in
the same collection has a queer mixed
border Of scrolls and figures without ap-
parent relation and still jumbled to.
gether in a sort of harmony. This, the
present owner relates, was admired by
a friend of hers, and in consequence q
request to duplicate it was made of its
maker. But the old squaw promptly re-
fused. A papoose of hers had died while
the blanket was being wrought, and in
her simple reasoning the two facts were
effect and cause. The pattern had be-
witched the baby, and no inducement
could coax repetition of the work.
New York Post.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31
A Judge of English on the Bench.

James Lane Allen of the Chicago bar
is one of the most polished of men. A
public reader, an author of charming
sketches, lover of books, he has color
of titles to position in the ranks of the
literati. One time he was arguing a
case before Judge Gary previous to that
jurist's elevation to the appellate bench
and came to point which turned on
the construction of sentence. Mr.. Allen
was satisfied his reading of the sentence
was right and was amazed when Judge
Gary held against him. The suavest of
men, he said, But, if the court please
and paused, puzzled for a fitting state
ment. Then his temper got the better Of
him, and he wenton, "If the court please,
it may be the court knows more law
than do, but i really think / am the
better judge of English language. 4"
THAT may be, said Judge Gary mild
ly, "but I do not see what bearing it
has on this case. am on the bench and
you ar9 not "
And the courts English stood. Chi
cago Post.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31

The opinion has prevailed among
scientists that the viper which resists
inoculations of its own venom was ex-
empt because it was accustomed to the
poison. They have found that the blood
contains the same poisonous qualities as
the venom itself and from this drew
the conclusion. But it has been discov-
cred that in addition to the poison the
blood contains another substance that
neutralizes the toxic principle. To as
certain the effects of heat upon the poi
son portion of viper's blood was heat
ed to 588 G. and maintained at this
temperature for quarter of an hour.
Guinea pigs inoculated with this blood
not only did not die, but were proof
against inoculations of fresh blood,
which would, if at first employed, cause
instant death.-New York Ledger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31

Few people fully appreciate the great
size of the Chesapeake bay. It is the
largest indentation on the Atlantic
coast, and it has often been called the
Mediterranean of America. On its bos-
om the navies of the world could easily
float. Ii is 200 miles long, and in some
places it is 40 miles broad. Il has an
area of over 1900 square miles, and IL
shoots off into great rivers with an ag-
gregate length of thousands of miles. -
Baltimore American.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31
Dime Museum Fun.

"Oh, that could find the key to your
obdnrate heartl" sighed the living skel-
eton, gazing fondly at the fat lady.
"I'n tell you right now that it amt
no skeleton key said the fat lady in
scorn, and the two headed girl perform
ed laughing duet in minor. Indian
apolis Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31

Many plants close their petals during
rain or at the approach of night Some
never reopen, while others expand on
the following morning or after the
shower has passed and remain in bloom
for several days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-31

In California so pounds make bushel
of barley; Georgia, Kentucky and
Pennsylvania, AZ; in all the rest, Is.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-30
TRIED TO KIN Hfs WIRE.
Sensational Shooting ARRAY in n Hotel in
Hartford Yesterday.

Hartford, April ga sensational
shooting occurred at Heublein's this
afternoon at $50 O'Clock. Miss Dallas
Tyler, who is playing in the William
II. Crane company at Parsons theater
and whose real name is Gertrude Ash
lin, is the wife of Edwin Bethel, a lead
ing member of the "Hoodman Blind"
company, which has been playing at
the Grand opera house in Boston. The
couple were married two and half
years ago in New York. They lived
together until last winter, when they
separated on account of domestic trou-
BILE
This afternoon Bethel came to this
city and took rooms at Heublein's, s,
where his wife was staying. She was
at that time in her chamber dressing.
Bethel rushed in and said to her ex-
citedly, Now I am going to shoot you
She saw that he intended to carry out
his threat and dashed out the door past
the unwelcome visitor, Bethel started
after his wife, and as she ran down the
stairs as fast as possible he fired four
shots after her. None of them took eff
feet
At the foot of the stairs Bethel fell
and was seized and held by the at
tendants till the police were summon
ed. He was arrested, charged with as
sault with intent to kill. On his way
to the station Bethel said that the
trouble between him and his wife is too
much mother -in-law. He says that his
wifes mother has come between him
and his wife, and that she has alienat-
ed the latter's affection.
The actress says that it is a case of
jealousy without grounds Bethel is
apparently crazy and wears a troubled
look. He is thirty-fve years old and
an Englishman. She is nineteen and
handsome.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-30
Railroad Men Dine,

The Order of 81 held their second
annual banquet at the New Haven
house last night This society is COM
posed of some of the employees of the
N Y, N I'll. and H. railroad. The fol-
lowing members were present: F. B.
Bertine, A. w. Bowman, w. C. Brain
erd, H. A Bishop, a. P. Bristol, R.
Bragaw, w. S. Compton, Avery Clark,
f. C. CoIey, C. F. Conn, w. II. Elliott,
c. s. Fleetwood, f. Flower, F. w. Fur
naId, H. Tanning, d. M. Goodridge, E.
Hills, c. H. Hampstead, M. C. Hamil-
ton, H. F. Hosley, A. c. Heitman, w.
b. Keller, H NJ. Kochersperger, H. w.
Lupton, ]. Mackerille, A. Mackerille, A
S. May, George w. Mortimer, N w.
Merwin, j. G. Maynard, R. Martindell,
G. McKendrick, w. II. Oakley, T. NJ.
Prentice, H. H. Prime, F. F. P. Para
disc, George Pierce, A. H. Porter, H.
A. Relyea, W. H. Redfield, w. F. STAR
ley, George D. Shelton, w. H. Smith,
w. S. Tuttle. ]. M. Tomiinson, E. P.
Trowbridge, F. e. Vaughan,J. R. Whit
ten, F. Westervelt,W. H. White, Charles
Weber.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-30
ON tn IL BILL FIELD.
Results of the Games in the Big Leagu,
Yesterday.
AT Hartford-Hartford nc


At Hartford-Hartford nearly shut
the New Havens out to-day and won
the majority of the first series, The
score:
Hartford 100 5 / 0 l 81
New Haven 20 0 0 0 0 Ii
Batteries-Vickery and Bottenus;
Mackie and Hodge.
| At Brooklyn-The league season
opened here this afternoon. The score:
Washington % 2 1 0 0 0 0-6
Brooklyn 80 0 0 l 0 0 o.
Hits-Washington I, Brooklyn o. Err
rors-Washington 2, Brooklyn 8. Bat
teries-Mercer and McAuley; Gumbert,
Harper Daub and Grim.
! At Wilmington-Th game between
Wilmington and Paterson to-day was
well contested. The score:
Wilmington % 0 0 0 0 9 4 0-6
Paterson ..3 0 0 0 0 0 0 / O-4
Hits-Wilmington 5, Paterson g. Err
rors- Wilmington @ Paterson Q Bat
teries-Nops and Welch; McMackin
and Elton.
At Boston-Harvard was defeated by
Dartmouth to-day.
AT Philadelphia-For three innings
to-day it looked as though the New
Workers were going to win. The score:
New York IS l 0 0 0 0 o.
Phila .......3 0 6 0 1 2 *-12
Hits-New York II, Philadelphia Is.
Errors-New York 3, Philadelphia l.
Batteries-Clarke,D Doheney and Far
rell; McGill, Taylor and Boyle.
At Pittsburg-C Chamberlain pitched
good ball for Cleveland to-day until
the sixth inning. The score:
Cleveland ....2 0 0 0 0 0 0 o.
Pittsburg 80 1 0 0 2 / 5 *-9
Hits-Cleveland g. Pittsburg IA. Err
rors-Cleveland 3, Pittsburg 0. Bat
teries-Chamberlain and OConnor;
Killen and Sugden.
! At New York-Stupid playing at sec
ond base lost the game for the Metro
politans at the Polo Grounds to-day,
The score:
Newark ......2 4 9 l 0 0 0 0-e
Metropol ....3 0 0 0 2 0 0-F
Hits-Newark H. Metropolitans s.
Errors-Newarks s, Metropolitans g.
Batteries -Bristow and J. Rothfuss;
Lampe and Foster.