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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22

A brilliant indication of Mckinley
prosperity comes from San Bernar-
dino in the reduction of the mort
gage Indebtedness of the county, with
in few days, of half million of
dollars-by foreclosure!-San Fran
cisco Stnr.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22
SPEAKING OF PROSPERITY.

Some goldite organs in the northwest
have of late been publishing numerous
items calling attention to the high
price of cotton and the consequent
prosperity of the southern farmers I'M
der the rule of Hanna. The idea,
doubtless, is to inculcate the belief that
the wheat farmer is not the only man
in luck, and that prosperity is general.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22

Meanwhile money grows scarccr.
Farm products go down in price. Es-
pecially in the !-Upson (Ga.)
Pilot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22

The fact Is that cotton has never
been lower, for any length of time,
than at present. Cotton planters ore
glum and disconnected, and the wages
of cotton pickers have of necessity
fallen lower than ever before.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22

We call the gold dollar . thieying
dollar because 1t has doubled the for
tunes of those who own 1t and own
bonds payable in dollars, and has con-
fiscated the property Of the masses.
It's value as compared with property
has changed every day, always in one
direction, ever since silver was de-
monetized. - Silver Knight-Watch-
man.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

Money that is just in its parchas-
ing power is to civilization what light
is to Observation-Disclosures Trades
Review.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22

Congressman Clayton of Alabama
says that prosperity has not struck the
south. Wheat is good for the west, but
cotton at a cent less per pound thac
this time last year with all the planter
has to buy at an increased price, the
prospects are not very brilliant for the
southern people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22

Klondike gold may relieve, in some
measure, the financial stringency
but under our present financial sys-
tenn it will not prevent the stock gam
blers from making another stringency
when they find it will be profitable
to them to do so.-Equity.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-22

What do you think Of giving to rail-
roads more than 179,000,000 acres OF
the public lands-enough to make a
dozen states-besides guaranteeing
$100, 100000 of railroad bonds? What
is crowding this country-immigra-
ton or land stealing?vCincinnati
Common Cause.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

A tender story is told of a French
girl only ~ years old, who succeeded
in saving her little brother from
wolves.
1t was during a severe winter, in n
remote village of France, and wolves
were constantly seen prowling about.
One day wolf with five little ones
burst into the cottage, attracted by
the smell of the bread which the girl
had been baking.
BY means of heavy stick, the
brave girl had almost succeeded in
driving the mother wolf off, when,
seeing one of the cubs about to attack
her brother, she seized the boy,
thrust him into IA cupboard, and but
toned the door. That gave the wolf
time to fly at her, and in moment
she was the prey of the savage beasts.
Her brother remained quite safe,
and was released from the cupboard
by some neighbors.
He lived to be an old man, cherish
ing the memory of the sister who had
died to save him.-Sunday School
Visitor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

Harper's Weekly gives this extract
from private letter of ex-Postmaster-
General Wilson, which tells why he
accepted the presidency of Washington
and Lee university: 81 was influenced,
may say captivated, by the possibili.
ties of making this institution great
centre of sound learning and sound
citizenship, power to reproduce in
the South some of that high thinking
that made her leadership in past gen.
erations 50 conservative yet national.
am sure the seed has not run out.
But it needs strong and wholesome
culture. All the rest of the country
is interested in this as much as Vir-
ginia and the South"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
TRADES THAT KILL,
Occupations That Destroy the Lives Of
Men Engaged In Them.

Occupations That Destroy the Lives Of
Men Engaged In Them.
People are afraid 10 travel by land
or sea, and take out all sorts of acci-
dent policies, but there nre many le-
gitimate occupations or trades that kill
rs certainly and steadily as the most
ill-regulated steam engine. An old
writer said that human life was the
cheapest thing on earth Strange to
say, says an English trade journal, you
cannot frighten the workmen who
know how dangerous is their trade,
and not even higher wages will tempt
them from such death traps. Lead,
in the form Of bullets and shot, is o
deadly, dangerous thing, but it is also
death-dealing to all who use it in their
work, as house-painters, giders, calico
printers, type-founders, potters and
braziers.
Mercury is n foe to life. Those who
make mirrors, barometers or thermom-
eters, who etch or color wool or felt,
will soon feel the effect of the nitrate
of mercury in teeth, gums and the tis-
sues of the body. Silver kills those
who handle it, and photographers,
makers of hair-dyes and ink and other
preparations ere long turn gray, while
deadly weakneas subdues them, and
soon they succumb. Copper enters
into the composition of many articles
of everyday life, and too soon those
who work in bronzing and similar
decorative processes lose teeth and
eyesight and finally life. Makers of
wallpaper grow pale and sick from the
arsenic in its coloring, and match
makers lose strength and vitality from
the excess of phosphorus used in their
business.
Nitric acid is used by engravers, by
etchers in copper, by makers of gun
cotton and those who supply our
homes with lovely picture frames. Its
fumes are poison to the human lungs
and soon destroy them completely.
Ammonia kills the soap-makers; work
ers in guano grow deaf; hydrocyanic
acid deals death to gilders, photogra-
pliers and picture fnishers, while zinc
is II fatal foe to calico-printers, makers
of optical glasses and meerschaum
pipes.
Mankind is by nature brave, and
very few are deferred from action be-
cause of supposed danger. If the
great builders and engineers of the
world would stop and ask, Chow
many lives will this undertaking cost?"
it is probable that the world would be
without some of the greatest triumphs
of modern thought. Everyday life
and common occupations are full of
silent courage, and all around are
workers who die in the harness and
are true heroes without knowing it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
A White Red SuuIrreI.

DIR. Emily q. Hunt, in st. Nicholas,
describes the following interesting
pet. 1t is white red squirrel.
You have all seen red squirrels
"chickarees" they call them, from the
sounds of their chattering and scold-
ing, as they drop nutshells on your
head, or run down tree trunk by fits
and starts, giving n little "chick" with
each forward rush, while they watch
You sharply.
Our little pet is like one of these in
every way, except that he is so snowy
white that the cleanest tabe-cloth
looks dingy compared to him.
He was born in cranberry bog.
Some men cutting brush there saw
two strange little animals, one white,
the other cream-colored. They caught
this white one by throwing coat over
him, but the creamy squirrel ran
away.
When the captive was brought home
all admired him greatly, for he was, ,as
you may imagine, very beautiful lit
tie creature, with his long bushy tail
and bright woodland tricks.
But there is really one strange thing
about him, his eyes are not red or
pink, as are those of most white ami
mails, but they are as black as any
squirrels could he. Sony girl cousins
call him "Beads."
When an animal belonging to
species commonly dark in color is
born white instead, it is called an
''albino." You have all seen albino
rabbits and rats and mice. Their
eyes are pink. So that Beads is
really n most uncommon fellow, u
snowy squirrel with jet-black eyes.
Albino or not, he is at any rate
most winning little pet, and there is
no end to his pretty ways. As a cat
and kitten live with the same family,
he has to be kept in a squirrel-cage; !;
but he is let ont long time each day.
Then Beads is quite happy. He
climbs up the back of the chair, and
nibbles the hair of the person seated
in it, gnaws the flowers in the window
sill, rushes up the stems of the callas.
and scratches in the earth until it flies
on all sides. He will rub his head
and face and all his body in the earth,
until his clean white dress is a sight to
behold. After that he hops to the
floor, and rubs his face carefully upon
the carpet.
He loves to retire to corner or I'M
der a piece Of furniture for his toilet,
going in gray and coming out white.
If you peep and watch him, it is great
fun, for he scrubs and combs himself
with his paws in the neatest way,
washes his face just as cat does, and
then takes his big tail in his paws and
uses it for towel One often hears
people wonder why squirrels have
such big tails. All know that they are
useful as balancing poles and blankets,
and are charming as ornaments, but
not many are in Beads secret Of their
usefulness as towels.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Tobolisk, Russia, is the Oldest in
habited place in the world
Football was crime in England
during the reign of Henry VIII.
The first printing press in America
was established Mt Cambridge, Mass,
in 1G39
A man in balloon four miles above
the earth can plainly hear the barking
of dog.
There are two business men in an
English town named l. Came and II.
l.. Went.
G. A. Barber of Salem, Ohio, claims
to have violin that was made in 1414.
and believes it to he the oldest in the
world.
The latest project in Switzerland is
that of n mountain railway to the sum
nit of the Breithorn, next to the Mat
terhorn.
Teapots were the invention of either
the Indians or the Chinese, and are of
uncertain antiquity. They came to
Europe with tea in 1910.
An inhabitant of Arendskerke, in
Holland, has notified to the municipal
registrar the birth of his twenty-frst
son, all the others being alive and in
the enjoyment of good health.
About ten million cattle are now to
be found in the Argentine Republic.
They are said to be all descendants of
eight cows and one bull, which were
brought to Brazil in the middle of the
sixteenth century.
Small diamonds have been discov-
cred in the sand taken from lake
formed by the crater of an extinct
volcano in the Witzies Hoek mountains
of Natal, which are beyond the hitherto
known diamond fields.
In Germany the bridal wreath is
usually formed of myrtle branches in
Switzerland and Italy of white roses /;
in Spain of red roses and pinks in
the United States, France and Eng
land, of orange blossoms.
The French minister of war lately
offered prize for the swiftest bird in
flight from PeriguouX to Paris--310
miles. There were 2746 entries and
the winner did the distance in seven
hours and thirty-four minutes.
The first public library in England
was founded by the corporation of
London some 300 years before the Brit
ish Museum was established. Crom-
we'll borrowed books from this institu-
ton and ''fOrgot to return them"
While praying in church at Tirzah,
s. c., on recent Sunday, Jonah
Crosby, colored, found a big pistol in
his hip pocket uncomfortable. In re-
moving it the weapon was discharged,
wounding him seriously and causing
stampede of the congregation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
EGsabibdE' 'e11'SlG GSoDUgQU2{

in tin vessel, not too fast; half u
pound in pint, or n quarter of n
pound in half pint of water. preserv-
ing the same proportions whatever the
quantities employed may he. Keep
stirring the solution with n piece Of
wood until the process is complete.
Remove the liquid from the fire, and,
placing piece of wood across deep,
glazed, earthen jar, suspend the wire
basket, or other articles in it, from the
stick with piece of stout thread.
When the alum solution is about the
warmth of new milk, pour il into the
jar, and leave your subjects suspend
ed in it for about twenty-four hours;
after which remove the same to dry in
the shade. 70 obtain colored crystals
it is only necessary to put some dying
material into the alum solution--tur-
meric gives the transparent yellow
crystals; logwood, purple, etc.
As can he readily imagined. there is
literally no end to the pretty and at
tractive ornaments that can be made
from these fairy-like crystals, and the
only difficulty is to curb the energy of
the devotee of alum work. Farm,
Field and Fireside
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

On more than one occasion I liave
drawn attention in these pages to the
influence of mans civilization on Mild
animals. For the past month | have
noticed that common species of the
small bat, probably the pipistelle,
which frequents the towns in southern,
France, congregates in the evenings
about those cafes where it is the GUS
tom to have outdoor music. This does
not seem to apply to any particular
town, as they are to be seen fitting
about in the crowded streets among all
the traffic in Marseilles, Cannes, Nice,
and Monte Carlo. so tame are some
individuals that they hawk about for
flies under the awning which covers
the chairs placed on the footpaths 1t
may be said they come for the flies
attracted by the electric lights, but the
bats are far more numerous near those
cafes where there is music than around
the ordinary arc lights in streets or
before shops. The inference appears
to be that they find pleasure in the
presence of music. Science Gossip.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
A Few Words Ahomt Tnnds.

A toad's eyes are the only things in
nature which could not he represented
without using gold.
As to toads being poisonous, as the
French peasants say,or making warts,
as some old people tell us, that is pure
nonsense. Their tongues are as curl
ous as their eyes are beautiful. The
root of the tongue is just behind the
under lip and folds backward. When
Mr.. Toad sees a fly, he darts his long
and active tongue ont so quickly that
it is hard to see him do it. and jerks
the fly alive down his wide gullet. .-
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
Crystallizing With Alum.

We have had inquiries from several
of our friends as to how to crystalline
with alum, and as it seems this is
again to be popular, we give directions
as We find them in late magazine:
You must form your basket, vase,
tree, grotto, or other object of wire,
taking due care to leave sufficient
room for the formation of the crystals,
SO that they may have their full effect.
Over the wire twist some worsted
thread so that it is completely covered
in every part. If, in grotto or other
similar object, fantastic forms are de-
sired, pieces of coke may be fastened
to the wire and covered in the same
way. This done, dissolve one pound
of alum in a quart of water by boiling
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

Among the miscellaneous articles in
the North Carolina Medical journal is
one stating that French chemist,
Linde, has invented a process for con-
densing air to such an extent that it
will contain 70 instead of twenty-five
per cent. of oxygen. 1t is proposed
to bottle mountain and sea air and
furnish il to invalids at their homes.
1t will lie recalled that years ago II
Vienna physician treated his patients
with the bottled air of mountainous
health resorts supplied at their homes.
1t is to be presumed that the physician
profits more than the patient from this
metbod of treatment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
The Latest Fish Story.

The latest fish story comes from
Philadelphia and is vouched for by the
Record. The tale runs that off the
Virginia coast the schooner NJ. A. Bos-
ton ran into a. immense school of
bluetish. The .~ew lowered eight
small boats and scattered among the
fish. The men used hook and line
and herring for bait, and the voracious
bluetsh swallowed the hooks as fast
as they were thrown among them. For
miles the school followed the schooner
and the boats, and the work of haul
ing the fish in only ceased when the
vessels hold would contain no more
of its glistening cargo. Nearly 5000 of
the fish were taken, and their average
weight was nearly seven pounds. The
vessel was Immediately headed for
Philadelphia and the catch disposed
of.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
A Method of Measurement.

"Tbere is such thing as becoming
too much devoted to the bicycle" said
the young woman, thoughtfully. II
was riding with friend of mine who
demonstrated that fact"
'.Did she talk constantly about the
wheel?"
"No. She didn't talk about any
thing until l asked her if she knew
what the hour was. She looked down
at her cyclometer and said we'd better
hurry home, as it was two miles and a
quarter past. dinner time. Washing
ton Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

Dogs and other pets are often keen
ly alive to praise and blame, and seem
to know infallibly whether they are
being well or i'll spoken Of The ex-
tremest case of which we ever read
was that of d, canary, which died from
grief at being harshly addressed by its
mistress.
Here is an anecdote which shows
that monkeys are not wanting in sem
sibility of the same interesting and
amiable sort. 1t is quoted from Mr..
Bates Naturalist on the Amazons.
He calls the creature ''most ridiculous
ly tame" and adds:
''It was an old female, which ac-
companied its owner, trader on the
river, in all his voyages. BY way of
giving me specimen of the intelli-
gence and feelings, its master set to
and rated it soundly, callingit it scamp,
heather, thief, and so forth, all through
the copious Portuguese vocabulary of
vituperation.
''The poor monkey, quietly seated
on the ground, seemed to be in sore
trouble. 1t looked reproachfully at
him, then it whined, and lastly rocked
its body to and fro with emotion, cry
ing piteously and passing its long,
gaunt arms continually over its fore
head; for this was its habit when ex-
cited
"At length the master altered his
tone.
"'It's all a lie, my old woman; your
an angel, flower, a good, affectionate
old creature.
Immediately, the poor monkey
ceased its wailing, and soon after came
over to where the man sat"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

After Moscow, Constantinople is
probably the most picturesquely beau
tiful city in the world. Like Moscow,
the chief city of Turkey combines
Oriental color with western method.
There is certainly no city in the
world more happily situated than Con.
stantinople. It's position between the
Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora, with
the Bosphorus for a gateway to the
former, and the Dardanelles effectually
blocking all access from the Mediter-
ranean, is as strong as it is beautiful.
Constantinople is quite Oriental in
respect to the iuxtaposition of the beau
tiful and the repulsive, the gorgeous
and the squalid but most of the Sui
tan's palaces, kiosks and villas have
been built with view of avoiding the
contiguity of poverty and unclean-
ness,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09


There was once little maiden.
And she had n mirror bright
IL was trimmed about with silver;
Twas her pride and her delight.
But she found two fairy sisters
Lived within this pretty glass,
And very different faces showed,
To greet the little lass.
1f she was sweet and sunny,
Why, II was sure to be
The smiling sister who looked out
Her happy face to see.
Bat II everything went criss-cross,
And she wore n frown or pout,
Alas! Alas! within the glass
The frowning one looked out.
Now this little maiden loved so much
The smiling face to see,
Then she resolved with all her heart
A happy child to be.
To grow more sweet and loving,
She tried with might and main.
Till the frowning sister went away,
And ne'er came back again.
But II she's looking for home,
As doubtless IL the case.
She'll try to find little girl
Who has gloomy face.
SO be very, very careful,
IL you own a mirror too,
That the frowning sister doesn't come
And make her home with you.
Helen \. Perkins, in st. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

Fred Schaeffers fine five-acre or.
chard, near st. Louis, lately took a
notion to slide down the hillside and
over a precipice. The upper crust of
earth thirteen feet thick slid COM
pletely of, revealing, however, de-
posit of fire clay twenty feet thick,
which is far more valuable than the
recreant orchard. The moral of this
is that what appears at first to be a
misfortune is really blessing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

"Doctor, medicine and burial, 1Oc.
per week." is somewhat startling an.
nouncement on tin sign just beyond
the Bowery, on Third avenue. Burial
is placed SO elose to the doctor and
medicine that in the shock that at
tends first observation one may fail
to grasp the full importance of the
fact that all three may be had for ten
cents week. Thisis threefold and
deadly blow at the doctor, the drug.
store and the undertaken, shot com.
petition" in expressive Third avenue
phraseology.-New York Mail and Ex.
press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

The increase of urban populations
is one of the most important social
conditions brought out by successive
censuses. In England III per cent.
of the population were in urban dis.
tricts in 1891, an increase of 1873 per
cent. in decade, ms against an in.
crease of 3.4 per cent. in rural popu-
lation. The balance of civil power
has gone to the boroughs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

Schools of Michigan City, Ind, un.
der the inspiration of a member of the
board of education, Martin Krueger,
celebrate Bird day." when special
study of song birds is made and adj
dresses upon them are delivered. The
custom has spread to other towns of
northern Indiana and it is said to be
making its way into Illinois.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

The increase in the rural population
of Egypt from 1882 to 1897 was just a
shade under thirty per cent, or about
two per cent per annum. This is
about double the normal rate of in
crease in India.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

A French savnnt named Leveille,
writing in Cosmos, assures his read.
ers that the fakirs in India have indie
pendently discovered the art of max.
ing gold, the reported discovery of
which by an American chemist re-
Gently attracted some attention.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

New York shippers are greatly ex.
ercised to find that the corn shipments
from Baltimore for month were g.,
600, 900 bushels, while those from New
York were less than 1000, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

trimmings" is the term under
which alcoholic drinks are disguised
in the bills English ladies run mp at
the London department stores, ac-
cording to Salvation Army investi-
gators
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

Caleb Fall of the Worcester Mass. J
Spy, is one of the oldest men in jour
nalism. He recently celebrated his
sixtieth anniversary of his beginning
newspaper work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

From Paris the significant fact is
reported that part of the horse
market has been transformed into
bicycle market.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09
Her Nationality,

Beenaway-Why, hello, Hennypeckl
l hear that you are married. Bride
one of the village girls?
Hennypeck (meekly)-No; she is a
foreigner,
"Eh?"
"a tartar. Puck
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

Tn 1881 there were only five trades
aud professions open to women in
England. Today there are over $50.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-09

The present governor of Maryland
is the first one in many years who was
born outside Of the state.