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The herald., 1897-07-11
CROSSED THE CoBBLEsToNEs
Five-Year-Old Alexander, Alone on a
Tricycle., Explored Twelve Hours

Tricycle., Explored Twelve Hours
Alexander, years old, whom the god
protect, son of Francis Kirkwood, VIII,
never Travelled, because, as he says, "Al
| travellers agree in his opinion that tn,
| pleasure of going away is in comins
back" has had an Odyssey of twely,
hours
Alexanders mother was at work in tn,
Kitchen one morning, little before the
lunch hour. He asked if he might ge
out OF doors on his tricycle.. Yes" sht
said, but don't go beyond the cobble.
stones" for the cobble stones are the pil.
lars Of Hercules of the children who liyt
on the transverse streets paved with
asphalt. Don't go beyond the cobble.
stones" means Don't cross the ay.
enues."
Alexander's face was washed, his hair
was brushed, his ruffied shirt was white
What comes after the cobblestones
mamma?" he asked. Gable cars. carts
bad boys, great deal Of HARM" Mrs
Kirkwood replied, and she kissed on the
forehead her little son Alexander, who
was always obedient II want Iona
ride, mamma" he said. Yes in front
of the house, up and down, until 1 cal
you, she replied, with smile.
He went out Of the house, and when he
had ridden a minute or less Third av,
enue stopped him. "Cobblestones, he
said to himself, and he rode back. ooh
what short ride" he said. What
comes after the cobblestone?" A littIs
boy who knew him replied, mo mors
cobblestones." 60
Tenderly, little Alexander, dismount.
ing. rolled his tricycle., over the scobb,e-
stones, the tracks of the cable cars, and
finding asphalt on the other side of tbs
avenue he rode again. He rode by Ora
mercy park, the trees Of which amazed
him; passed by Irving place without d
desire to explore it, and reached Fourth
avenue, wher he dismounted because of
the cobblestones. He crossed this ay-
enue as he had crossed the other, but
there he saw an ocean of cobblestones :,
"Now I must go back he thought.
But he saw going up West Gramercy
park several persons on bicycles and he
followed them. He turned to the west,
and as long as there was asphalt, inter-
rupted only by crossings of cobblestones
he rode with all the enthusiasm of his
little mind absorbing a multitude of new
Impressions
He stopped at Broadway to look at the
land of the cobblestones
When darkness came he rode to the
light. Eighth avenue, with it's long line
Of brilliant windows, charmed him. He
rode up and down the block wildly, joy
fully, as unconscious of hunger and IA
tigue as feather in whrlwind. A
policeman watched him with interest
for an hour, at the end of which he said
to himself, That child should be in bed"
What is your name?" he asked of the
child. "Allie Kirkwood," the child re-
piled. Where do you live?" The child
did not know. The policeman took Allie
to the station, where there was an alarm
from police headquarters for child OH
a tricycle.. 1t was midnight. In anhour
Alexander was in his mothers arms,
happy to see her, to eat and to go to bed.
New York Journal.
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7 one stating that the bridegroom is read,
to begin and the other from the brid,
saying that all is over and that the
change of name has been successfully
accomplished. Then the bride has awed
ding breakfast, at which the proxy, whC
is really the best man, assists her. Aftel
that the young wife goes aboard the
steamer and sets sail for the land upo1
which her husband treads.
| In this instance the wedding brea kfas
at Amsterdam was an exceedingly elab
| crate affair, and the dinner given by the
| bridegroom in Praetoria was one of tht
| most notable events of the sort that has
| occurred here in many long day. Bott
| events were rendered more Joyful by the
constant interchange of cablegrams. Ir
this way a regular conversation was
kept up, messages of congra tulation re.
ceived and sent, and words that We're
relative to future bliss were Whispered
into the ears of groom and bride through
the medium of electricity.
The practice of marriage by proxy
dates back to the old Dutch colonia
Gays, lar back of the time when the
flylhg Dutchman first began to scoul
the seas. In those times it was quite q
lasnlon Tor the young colonist to go to q
far-aWay land to found a home, ano
then, when he had laid that foundation
to send back to the old country for the
fraulein who had promised to be his be.
fore he left his native soil.
Now there were several drawbacks
to this method of uniting eweethearts.
In the first place, it often happene ed tha I
when the young woman had been told
it was time for her to start, she bega
to think of what leaving home meant,
Incidentally came thoughts of the young 9
men whom she would also leave. The
chances were that she was favorablv
inclined towards some of. them. Then.
too, these young men were on the grour d
and the prospective groom was several
thousand miles away. Therefore the
young man at home had much better
chance than the young man with the
claim far away. So it happened that
instead of leaving home to get married,
the sweetheart would get married and
stay at home.
On other occasions the lady would
obey the summons of her lover to the
extent of taking passage and actually
sailing on some good ship In the old
colonial days the voyages were long.
There were quite number Of passen-
gers and generally numbered among
them were attractive members Of both
sexes. The sweetheart, being woman;
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could no more avoid taking an inventory
of the attractions of the young male
passengers than the average woman of
today can pass drug store without Ge-
string ice cream coda. 1t is one of the
inevitable features of n long voyage
that the passengers aboard the vessel
become exceedingly well acquainted.
The limitations of the ship are small and
! the passengers must necessarily see very
much of one another. Therefore it is
not surprising, inasmuch as ircon-
stancy is said to be another name for
woman, that the sweetheart en- route to
| her promised husband finds the COM
panionship of a handsome prospective
colonist so fascinating that before .he
voyage ends she has decided, to enjoy
| it to the fullness thereof as long as life
exists
! The instances of the sort quoted hap
pened so often that something had to
| be done about it. The list of the broken
| hearted was growing at such a tremen-
dous rate that it actually affected the
prosperity of the colonies. So the civil
and the clerical dignitaries put their
heads together and arranged plan foc
marriage by proxy In those days there
We're no ocean cables and all messages
had to be transmitted by letter. 1t was
arranged by mail, weeks and weeks in
advance, that at a certain time-differ-
ence in time being allowed for-the
proxy marriage should take place, and
Immediately thereafter the bride should
set sail for the colony that contained
her husband.
Wives are not always above flirta-
tions, and of course fiirtations can be
carried to a great distance. But one
thing became certain--the chance of the
wouldbe husband of obtaining his wits
at once became a hundred per cent bet
tier. Though the wife sometimes was
distressed to part from her fellow-voy
ager, she was in no position to refuse
to do so, and therefore the husband got
a bride, if not always willing one.
There was TO occasion for any such
fear in this instance. Mr.. Van Trotsen-
burg had expected to return to Holland
to be marriad at certain time, but
business events transpired which rem
dered such journey an impossibility.
He was in despair until someone sug-
gested the proxy marriage. and then the
way seemed smooth. So it is that Mr.
Van Trotsenburg has his cake and has
eaten it too He has not neglected his
business, but he has wife who will
probably be with him before these words
are printed.
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Observation-Disclosures
BEYOND THE PAVEMENT
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The overcrowding of our cities and
the depopulation of the country is now
a common theme and generally recog-
nized as the danger line of the republic.
But while all admit it, few will do any
thing to remedy it as long as the idea
is kept up that the man in the city is
having picnic of existence and the man
in the country Is simply doing a duty to
the world by producing instead oN con-
suming. Although this idea is not di-
rectly taught, it is generally assumed,
and the whole drift of thought and ex-
presslon with too many speakers, writers
and teachers tends to spread the belief
that on the pavement is life and be-
yond it only existence. The economic
rent distinction, the single tax and many
other economic ideas. that contain much
OF value If applied by the intelligence
and not by the ignorance of the land.
tacitly assume that the man who draws
rent from big building is necessarily
In luck, while he who draws a living
by work from piece of land is not. Many
articles might as we'll say straight out
that the theater, the nickel-in- the-slot
machine, the dazzling confusion of the
shop windows, the rush of ten thousand d
jackasses you never saw before and
never expect to see again, the gilded
bar and the quiet little back room where
some gentlemen always play a fair game,
with other little diversions of the city,
are about all now worth living for and
that the quiet and ease of the country,
the good appetite, sound Digestion and
solid sleep, with the attractions of ma
ture and freedom from the slavery of
''the billed shirt and other nonsense,
would do well enough for our old fogy
fathers who knew nothing Of progress.
Does 'old glory" represent merely the
ability to eat up Mexico walk over
Canada, and scare England into arbi-
trations? Or does it represent stabil-
ity, without which freedom can never
be anything but a name? If the
latter, then every man who loves it should
resent the idea that happiness is found
only along the pavement. for there can be
but one end to a country that carries
that idea too far. 1t is the turbulent
element Of the big cities that makes
monarchy necessary and increase of the
population of the cities with those that
should be in the country increases the
dangerous element. l have spent about
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been good. But the farmers have suf-
fered less than any one. The last CEN
us showed some 72 per cent of the farms
Of the country free from mortgage. As
nearly all the indebtedness of a farmer
that can hurt him very much is in the
shape of a mortgage, it is pretty safe
to say that so per cent of the farmers
of the land were practically out of debt
at the commencement of the hard times.
Where is there another line of business
that can show such percentage? There
81 not one merchant or manufacturer out
OF twenty who can run his bushes with
out borrowing heavily, and even those
who are the most wealthy and sound
borrow as much as any. 1t Is much the
same in all lines of business not profess
sional. The farmer rarely has to bor-
row except to harvest his crops. Even
that is not much and the crop is in sight
before he borrows. The crop of the
merchant or manufacturer is far more
distant and is often clear out of sight,
while the amount he has to borrow is
often half the value of his whole plant
or stock. Is man with 100000 worth
or average property and $4,000 Of debts
worth $4,000? Or is he merely living
oi SoiiiSpooy else iIlOHey, out OIL WHICH,,
If the times are good and he is smart
enough, he can secure a comfortable
profit for his time and energy and get
out?
The great majority of the business
men of the country are of this kind,
especially the railroad manipulators and
others. Meanwhile the demands of wife
and children, and often the mans own
silly pride, are for high style, which all
comes out of the top and not out of the
base. At the first turn of the time he
may find the margin gone and the debt
remaining in lusty life. The majority
of those supposed rich are of this class
In the shooting which is to take place
in the near future according to the pre-
diction of some friends, let us commence
on those who envy these alleged happy
mortals and use special charge of nitro
powder for those who try to ape their
airs at the expense of those who pay
their debts first and buy luxuries af-
terward. When the land is free Of these
the truly rich will not bother us, for the
great majority of them are not Bradley
Martins or anything resembling them
1t is much the same with other resi-
dents of the country. There is
more actual comfort in - the
country town or village in pro-
portion to the number of inhabitants
than in the large city. The only differ
ence is in what is called ''life." Life,
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pecial Correspondence to The Herald

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
PRAETORIA, South Africa, June "a
The oldest marriage in the history o.
South Africa has just taken place here
and in Holland. The bride and groom
were the trhe of six thousand miles
apart, and yet all the clergy of the worl6
could not make the tie between them
more strong than 1t is today.
The circumstances surrounding the
case make it almost an international
marriage. The groom was Ernest Var
Trotsenburg, the head of the state tel
egraphic department. The bride was
Miss e. H. MorSman a resident of AM
sterdam, Holland. 1t was in fact mar
riage by proxy with the aid of the cable
The circumstances were so odd that they
are well worth reciting in detail.
All arrangements for the marriage had
been made by letter and cable, the time
having been agreed upon, the difference
in time between Praetoria and Amster-
dam being allowed for and each party
knew at a certain moment just exactly
where the other was and what it was
prepared to do. In the Hotel Kruger
the bridegroom and his friends sat. A
wire from the cable had been run to
lhe room and the arrangement had been
perfected whereby it was possible to Sc
cure direct connection with Amsterdam,
and therefore 1t was almost as easy for
the bride and groom to speak to one an
other as If they had been in adjoining
rooms with the door open.
There were ten friends accompanying
the bridegroom, who sat beside the little
table of the cable operator and when the
proper moment came sent a message
saying that he was all ready and anxious
70 become the husband of the Young
woman. Mr.. Van Trotse nburg knew tba :
in her pleasant home in Amsterdam m
Miss Morsman and her friends were
awaiting the cable from him to begin
the ceremony. The bridegroom had given
friend of his in Amsterdam power of
attorney to act as his proxy at the we'd
ding, This proxy made the responses
for the bridegroom and grasped one end
OF glove belonging to the bridegroom
while the bride took hold of the other
end.
1t is this feature of the marriage by
proxy which gives it it's name, "the glove
marriage" One of the numerous tech
nicalities of the Dutch maria ge law REM
ders the holding of the glove an abso-
lutte necessity. If this action Is omitted.
the marriage is not legal. Only two
caplegrams are necessary nowadays,
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according to our modern ideas. Is a COM
pound of rustic and hustle. tinsel and
gilt, a grand "hurrah, boys. here we
go, pull her wide open, we are, Ameri-
cans. we are! OF course the wretched
slave OF the effete monarchies of Eu-
rope can't do these things as we can.
Pull the throttle wide open, tear your
self to pieces to get more coal to shove
under the boiler to overcome the extra.
friction, but by all means let's get there
and get there quick with both feet"
The effort is too often like that of a
decapitated rooster-futter, dust and
racket, ending in dinner-for some one
else. T. S, VAN DYKE
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MarksberQ's Slide for Life

At Santa Monica, from top of tower, North
Beach bath house, into the ocean today.
II 90 a. M, 200 p. M Los Angeles Military
band concert on the bluff at 2:OOp. m. Fish
ing at Port Los Angeles excellent. Num-
berless attractions. Take Southern Pacific;
fast time; no dust; seats for everybody.
Trains leave Arcade depot. 500. 900, 1000,
cents &r..-
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large force of men will be put to work Val Verde
portion Of onf property which showing p splene
For the past ten days efforts have been concentrated on
has proved much richer than at first anticipated and nov
will prove a bonanza to the companys shareholders
: SC3 90 Der fona
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To the East at Cheap Rates

Best service of first-class and tourist
sleepers for Kansas City, Chicago, St.
Louis, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Atlanta,
Cincinnati, Washington and New York is
via the Ell Paso route. Rates as low as. the
lowest. Tickets sold July 18th to Ath, July
26th, 29th, Aug. I'd, 5th. 9th. Make your
reservations now at general ticket office,
Southern Pacific company, 229 South Spring
street.
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Photos OF 6ryan

Taken at Fiesta park are on sale at Star
tons, room s, 20512 South Main street.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
Deafness Connot be Cured

by local applications as they can.
not reach the Diseased portion OF
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by con-
situtional remedies. Deafness is
caused 10y an inllamed condition of
the mucous lining ofthe Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inhamed
you have runbling sound or i'm.
perfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely cIoseb, Deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored t.
it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inhamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness Caused
by catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure, Send for cir.
culais; free.
+. j. CHENEY & Co Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
Good Time at Centennial.

Last week, the patrons of Cen
tennial sceool district made raid
on the school 1t occurred about
noon, and they came armed with
well filled baskets, and soon led the
teacher and children captives to the
dinner table. After an enjoyable
hour the tables were turned and cap.
tives became captors and furnished
the entertainment, consisting of rec
itations, interspersed with singing.
Prof. Brinckley then addressed a few
we'll chosen words of advice and
farewell to his pupils, after which
all wendell their way homeward,
feeling that it was good to have
been there, and hoping the Profess
sor would be spared Tor many years
yet to "train the young idea how
to shoot"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
Uld People.

Old people who require medicine
to regulate theiI bowels and kid
neys will find the true remedy in
Electric Bilters. This medicine
does not stimulate and contains no
whiskey nor other intoxicant, but
acts as a tonic and altrrative. 1t
acts mildly on the stomach and bow
els, adding strength and giving
tone to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance of the
functions. Electric Bilters is an
eqcellent appetizer and aids diges-
ton. Old People find it just exact
ly what they need. Price fifty
cetnts and $l.oo per bottle at Gus
Graves the Druggist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
West Lincoln Items.

Some of the farmers are re-plant
ing their corn, the ground being
too cold, and the first planting rot.
ted.
J. A. Neil and wife spent Sunday
at Squire MitchelPs.
n. N. Wilson says prosperity has
struck him. His sorrel mare has
twin colts.
Springfield school will close, Fri
day. with an entertainment at night.
Joseph Geddis and wife visited al
Wilson's, Sunday.
O. j. Mitchell, of Centerville,
Linn county, visited his brother,
Geo Mitchell, Of this township,
Monday. .. j. is a gold.standard
Republicans; George is free silver
Popuist, l6 to l, every day in the
week.
Joseph Geddis marketed his hogs
this week at prosperity PRICES
$40 per hundred.
We hear they had scrap at Bush
City, Saturday night. Look out,
boys; you'll get to pay out some
cash in the shape Of fines and costs.
REPORTER.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
Another Apology.

We feel that it is due to our
readers to apologize for the large
number ofclro. s--misspelied words,
etc. that appear ia ihis issue of the
AGITAToR. Owing to the absence OF
the editor and an unusual amount
of work in the office, considerable
portion OF the matter was put into
the "forms" without "proof read
ing" But don't be too hard on
the "kids"-they are Industrious
and faithful.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07

Maj. Boyd, of the Bellvillc Free
man and assistant acknowledgement,
was in the city, yesterday, check ing
up state property at the hcadquar'
ters Of Go. &, ana he fynnd IL Jugs
in such good order that il took
him only forty minutes to do the
work. He was the guest Of Gen
eral McCrum.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
/. You cannot miss getting

tart from these fine chickens.
fou needn't ask what paper Mr.
Rogers takes; it's the AGITAToR.
| drove along by the county farm
lit looked so nice from the highway
that | could not keep from going
over and looking around and
through the big hotel run by the
taxpayers of Anderson county.
Mr.. j. G, Sutherland is the general
manager and superintendent, and
he is the right man in the right
place. At the present time there
are but four inmates. The farm is
fine, and generally self'supporting.
The full capacity of the farm will
accommodate as many as so people.
The taxpayers, who maintain this
institution, can rest assured that the
unfortunates are humanely cared
for under all conditions. Every
thing about the house is kept clean
and tidy, cozy and pleasant for the
inmates.
In politics, the superintendent
owes me a little "bill" since last
fall's election--just ride around
the square in wheelbarrow is all
| | guess III forgive the debit !
haven't already.
John M. Lytle, a farmer who rents
the Stevens place. has out 40 acres
of corn--all up in good shape.
bespeak for Mr.. Lyle an abundant
harvest to meet that "wave"-
when it comes.
N. S. Risdon, one of Anderson
| county's best farmers, has moved
to his new home, IL miles north
east of Garnet. He has one of the
prettiest l60 acres 20 be found any
where in eastern Kansas Includ
ing his crop land on the Waggoner
farm, Mr.. Risdon will have more
than 100 acres in corn this year.
Prof. j. A. Mahuren is one of the
best educators in Anderson county.
He has been principal of the Greeley
school for four years past; has just
closed his fourth term with seven
graducations. The Professor has
been asked to continue his labors in
the Greeley schools, and has had
some hattering propositions from
abroad, but has accepted none as
yet. He intends to go south in a
few days to look at the country and
get some needed recreation, after
which he, more than likely, will re-
turn to old Anderson county.
J. w. Thorp is newcomer
among us. He owns so acres of
land, with fair Improvements, A l 2
miles northeast Of Garnet. He has
set out five thousand blackberry
bushes and thousand raspberry
bushes, and large number of plum
and cherry trees; in fact, all kinds
of small fruits, including strawber'
ries. He will give good portion
of his time to poultry-raising--all Of
which will pay good money in An
derson county. In politics, Mr.
Thorpe is a free-silver Republican
and takes the AGITAToR.
j. L. Turner is also a new mar
in Anderson county. He lives just
across the way from the well-knowr
Gilbert place, and is farming hii
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07

w. K. Kellerman and wife were
in from Westphalia township, yes
terday. They had made Il wager
on tho amount of land in certain
field and Mrs. Kellcrman won the
wager. The wager was to the Ell
feet that if Mrs Kellerman won,
she was to have the finest chain to
be found in any jewelry store in the
CITY,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07

The seveteenth anntal commence
ment of the Garnett high school
will be held at the Grand Opera
House, May 2lth. The graduates
are Ruby Bacon, Grace Cary, Char
ley Cook, Charley Garrison, Fanny
KiIlough, Jesse Thornton and Edna
Wardell.