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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

AdoIph Brinkmeyer, native OF
northern Minnesota, went to live in
st. Louis. When the Missouri climate
began to- get in its deadly work on
Mr.. Brinkmeyer he was driven to in
venting and the result is a shower
bath bicycle. It consists of an ordi-
nary bicycle; with the wheels removed.
Attached to the rear sprocket is little
pump which connects with an up-run-
ming pipe terminating in a'spray ar.
rangemeut like that on sprtnkling-
can. BY placing the machine9in bath
tub partially filled with water and
pedaling a la wheeIman all the delights
OF "a COOL spin in the park can be COM
bined with the exhilarating joys Of a
shower-bath.
Only small amount Of water is
needed, none being wasted.
MIR. Bfinkmeyer expects that his In
vention will prove boon to the sub
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
MINING BY YDpEDuCwsl..
New Methods IN oMotssans' ito" unsrsa's.

New Methods In '"Motstans' to" unsreass'
tho Placcr, Prodsot tou."
Montana is experiencing revival III
placer mining. Many new" diggings
have been opened, and placer grounds
abandoned years ago have attracted
men with capital enough to work.them
on a scale that makes them profitable.
There is every promise that the placer
production Of. gold in that. state will
in. few years reach an, enormous fig--
ure, this year. will. greatly exceed last,
and there are. reasons why this. branch
Of Montana's greatest industry should
steadily increase in. Importance. The
greatest impetus to placer mining, ao-
cording to a Helena dispatch to- the
Minneapolis Journal, has come through
the application. of the steam .dredge to-
difficult bars. and creek beds that
could noto be. mined in. the ordinary
way. At the present time. the largest
steam dredge ever used in placer min
ing is earning $500 day in thee bed
of Grasshopper Creek. in .Beaverhead
county! 1t can handle from A, 900 to-
5000 yards of dirt every twenty-four
hours. A larger dredge Is being built
in Milwaukee, for the same company
There is perhaps no place in Montana
where the dredge can be used with so
much success as in Grasshopper giilch:
For many years, in fact, from the
earliest placer mining in the Terri
he. Md nf ha prQpk has haf-
fled all ordinary methods Of working.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
The. Handling of Sewage

London is most admirably equipped
with machinery and a plant for taking
care Of the sewage from the" largest
city area in the land. On either side
Of the Thames there are pumping sta
lions which are constantly at work re-
lieving the sewers Of their contents.
The stations can pump 5o0,OOO,O 900 gal
Ions in day. There are settling tanks
and all necessary appliances for puri-
flying the sewerage, which amounts in
dry weather to- about zoe, 900, 900 gallons
daily. The sludge is loaded upon
steamers and thrown into the open
sea, at a distance of about fifty miles
from the works. In addition to the
regular pumping apparatus, there are
storm stations with a capacity OF $780,
900 900 gallons per day. These are used
in rain storms, the object of them being
to prevent flooding in the lower quar-
ters OF the city.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
NoA-Iufsa nmable Fabrics.

The recent disaster at Paris has
called the attention. Of the public to
the importance of making articles OF
decoration or Of wearing apparel Nom
inAammahle. and experiments have
proven that even wood may be made
capable of resisting an ordinary flame
Textiles are very easily made fire proof
One of the dangers of exhibitions is the
presence of celluloid and the attention
'of scientists is being turned toward
some treatment of celluloid which will
decrease its dangerous qualities, Gel
luloid is being used in thousand ways
for every day purposes, and the fierce
ness of the fame when it takes fire
makes it an exceedingly dangerous
thing in careless hands. 1t, therefore,
ought to be made in some way less in
fammable.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

There are. upon the face af the ba-
saltic rocks in Lake county, Ore, a.
large number of pictures Of Indians,
animals, birds and reptiles Of various
sorts. They have evidemtly been cut
with some sharp instrument, and the
work is very creditable, some Of the
drawings, being excellent. The figures
and pindures are arranged in rows and
groups. 1t is thought that the pic
lures resemble those found in Central
America and Mexico. Students of ar
chaeology are of the opinion that they
may indicate the existence OF civil-
ization which hong ago passed from
the memory; and knowledge of man. -,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

navy of antiQuated, leaky craft, laden to
the scuppers with horde OF dauntless
Adventures, burning to reach the prec-
ious places of the Upper Frazer. These
upper regions are wild enough even to-
day; forty years ago they were in the
heart of an untrodden wilderness. CIV
iization had not penetrated further
than the guns OF the British cruisers
could reach; even the log forts OF the
Hudson Bay Company were not to be
found in the remoter parts of that re-
'gion, so aptly described years after
wards by Lord Dufferin as "A Sea OF
Mountains" Gold was known to exist;
inland tribes bartered 1t with others
nearer the coast for powder and lead,
or blankets, and it eventually made its
way to Victoria; but where 1t was
found, or in what quantities, no white
man knew. unless indeed 1t was the
head factors of the company, and 1t
was part of their duty to withhold all
such matters from the world, that they
might keep the great northwest a
breeding ground for the fur bearing
animals for all time. But one day
certain Jim Barker found his way up
stream. dug gold dust from the bars by
the spade full, and then dozen Hud-
son Bay Companies could not have kept
back the adventures. The rush had
begun.
There were no woods, or even trails,
save those made by the grizzly and
the blacktail; the Frazer and Thomp-
son were cruel streams ice cold and
full of terrible rapids and eddies. But
when did danger deter the gold seek
err The army of red-shirted, big
booted dare-devils pressed on until
Caribou and it's rich placers had been
reached. Hundreds died on the way;
disease and privation played sad havoc
with the survivors; but the rewards
were in a few cases beyond the dreams
OF ayarice, and the logged fellows con-
E tinued toywork like heroes all through
the short northern summer with rocker
and long Tom, ravishing the rich bars
of the wealth they had accumulated
during the lapse of aeons. Wages were
$25 a day, paid in gold dust. 1t was
barely living pittance. Everything
had to be carried over 400 miles of
rough trail on mems shoulders, as the
country produced nothing, after the
game had been driven away, except
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

DEAD BEAT AND HALF FROZEN.
gold dust-but of that there was great
store. Potatoes cost $50 a bushel flour
SO a pound. pair of gum boots sold
for $50; drinks were paid for in pinches
of the precious husband some OF the
'barkeepers had thumbs broader than
ever miller possessed. A few men made
fortunes, many managed to pay ex-
penses. but the majority went dead
broke.
Then the awful winter was upon
them. The mercury disappeared in the
bulb; the river froze almost to the bot
tom in the still reaches; deep snow
covered the land, and buried the shan
ties and tents of the pioneers. Men
4sickened and died like sheep with a
murrain. One historian met 1000 min
ers returning on the Bakerfield trail,
destitute, barefooted, and despairing.
When the ice thawed in the spring the
canyon of the Frazer was charnel-
house. strewn with the bodies OF the
red-shirted gold seekers who had net
their fate in its waters.
few CT the most hardy struggled
through to the great bend of the Co.
'lumbia river, and sailing down its
broad bosom eventually found their
.ysy back to Oregon. They wintered
ynrar the Arrow lakes and with indom-
TABLE resolution continued prospecting
during the succeeding summer. Traces
of their operations are occasionally
found, but though they were in a coun-
try far richer than Caribou, they knew
If not. Placers there were none, and
the my steries of true assure veins snd
smelting ores were beyond their ken
They required gold in its native pur'
ityAsomething they could wash ou'
with ban and rocker and exchange FOL
accessories without further trouble. L
was not there, so they passed on.
Yet there were superior men among
them. One pioneer at least must hav'
.;ound rich float on Red Mountain, OF
tie very site of what is now the LIE Ro
mine. and evidently followed 1t up tt
the outcrop of gossan. or "iron-hat,
that lay exposed for hundreds OF feet
IN a half-hearted way, as if he doubted
the wisdom Of wasting precious encrg.
on a quartz lead. he drove SHALLOW
tria, shaft but after going down rev
feet became discouraged and move
away back to the dance halls aha run
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

cording to this account there Is car
ried on in small village in France and
also in small place near Philadelphia
the unique industry Of growing spiders
for market. These creatures are raised
with view to stocking the cellars OF
wine merchants in order that they
may weave cobwebs over the wine bot
ties. These spiders are sold at the rate
of ten dollars per hundred, and the
people engaged in this industry are do
ing a fourishing business. The value
Of cobweb covered bottle is likely to
be sadly diminished as soon as the
facts about this new branch OF trade
become known.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

The Los Angeles papers say that In
the month of April the heaviest con-
.signment of ostrich plumes ever ship
ped from California was sent to Paris.
The industry is no longer an expert
sment in the long Pacific state. AL
ready the business has an investment
of 5000, 900, which is likely to be aug
mented by third during the coming
season. The sales Of plumage this year
from the ostrich farms at Fallbrook,
Coronado, A1aheim, Pasadena, Po-
mona and Santa Monica foot up to
$4,000. The percentage Of profit on
the amount invested is large enough to
make the business profitable.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
HowvHe Explained 1t.

Hunkfns-"See here, doctor, you tola
my wife she couldn't run her sewing
machine. didn't you?"
DR.. Pilgarhek-"Yes."
Hunkins-"ARd yet You said she
might ride 1.-The bicycle
DR.. Pilgarlick-"Yes."
Hunkipsv-"Well, I'dd hike to know,
how you reason it out"
DR.. Pilgarlick-"I don't reason 1t out
a. ALL There isn't any room for rear
son in your wife's- case."-ClevelRpd
Leader
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

It has been generally accepted idea
that salt water could not be success
fully used in boilers. The fact that 1t
can be so used has recently been DEM
onstrated and will prove most valu-
able discovery. The Yarrow boilers
in England, which are made with tubes
tx inches in diameter, have been tested
with salt water and favorable results
are reported. 1t seems that there is
no incrustation and no trouble about
the printing, two obstacles in the way
of the use Of salt water that have been
universally supposed to exist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

Mrs. Bradley Martin looked UP from
the huge hamper Of visiting cards that
the footman had Just brought up. "Vic-
toria Regina" she unused. 'What an
odd name! Where have heard it be-
fore? The card has crest, though.
and I may look her up some time"
She turned again to her task with the
remark that she wished people
wouldn't be in such INDIGENOUS haste to
meet her.-New York Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
Right on the Leather.

Il wonder If Queen Victoria has
sampled that old Tokay which the En-
peror of Austria sent herr"
"They say Tokay has the flavor OF
old leather"
"That so? Well, may get the To-
kay flavor tonight"
"How so?''
"I'm going to ask old Bullion for his
daughter. He's a kicker, you know"
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

Landlord Murphy proprietor OF the
Beach, "Hotel" and trifle, nearsighted)
-Casey, if yss don't attind t husiless
better DILL how t. discharge ye. That
man Ia the surf has bean signalin' fer
ten beers for the last fifteen minutes
an ia yez don't look sharp some wan
else. IL be film tn order.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
Her Sole Qualification.

Mrs. Bagrox-"Tell me, Professor,
will my daughter ever become great
pianist?"
Herr vogleschnitzle-'T cannot dell"
But, has she none Of the qualifica-
lions necessary for good musician"
Zach! Yah. matam; she has two
handts. PUCK.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

and five OF zinc, and Of bell metals the
"karakane" is made of ten parts of ,.opy
per, four of tin, one-half iron, one and
one-half zinc. the copper being melted
first, and the other metals added in tina
above ordcr.-New York Ledger.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
SCIENTIFIC nc, TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
cry AND INVENTION.
Buttonhole Cutter Ono or tho Lwtest
Conveniences for the Womsnfolk-A
Delightful Shower Bath - Growing
Spiders for Market.


THINNING { h e
good gifts of nature
Is an excellent
thing when proper
ly conducted, but
very few people
will appreciate that
form of utilization
which is described
in a bulletin of
the Division of En-
t ON o gy. Ac-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
OUR. BUDGET, OF. FUN.
SOME. GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED
No Opportunity ITO See tho Y0ot~-A
Sign Misunderstood and the Awful
Consequences-A Point on Interna.
tional Courtesy-HOw He Expisined


HERE was a. an
cient Greclan boy.
Who played upon the
fiddle.
Sometimes h ig h .
sometimes low"
Sometimes in ir the
middle;
And all day long be-
meath the shade
He lunc h e d on
prunes and MARINA
lade;
But what the tunes
were which he
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

"My dear sir, your books are in
frightful disorder. Don't you have to
make up deficit sometimes?"
"Oh, yes, sometimes. But then,
sometimes there's a surplus. Pile
gende Blaetter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

Three tigers. gaunt and ravenous,
Came from the gloomy wood,
Intent to STAY the fiddler,
But his music was too good:
So round about him once they filed.
Till, by the Melody beguiled,
They sat them softly down and smiled,
As only tigers could.
And thus beguled, those tigers smiled
Throughout the liveloHg day,
Until, at length. there was not left
Another tune to play.
What happened then 1 do not know,
was not there to see:
But when a man runs short on tunes,
Can tiger be appeased with prunes.
Or marmalade and silver spoons?
That's what perplexes me.
St. Nicholas
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
In Boston.

Burglars Wife-Halloa, Bill!
Burglar-Weli I'll be hangedl
Burglars Wife-What's up?
Burglar-Pm dashed If amt got
mixed up in these crooked streets an
went an broke inter my own housed
Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

Bridget-The door bell doesn't ring.
mum. Mistress-Have the man fix 1t
at once. BY the way, Bridget, if any
one does call, I'm not at home. r
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
A LhFE-AND A Deaf n.

From the Whitechapel district Of:
London a young Jew named Barney
Isaacs, who had been by turns a. cab
driver and peddler, went, twenty-five
years ago, to South Africa. In. 1S49,.
twenty-five years later hel returned to,
London-this time as. Barney Barnato,.
the 'Kafir King" 1t was said that he
was worth hundred million dollars.
and that the "Barnato CIRCLE" which.
included Cecil Rhodes, controlled the
richest gold and diamond mines in the
world.
Soon he began to organize:eompanies
to take over old mines or develop new
ones So skilfully we're they promoted
that conservative England went mad.
Everybody wanted Barnato's. stocks.
Shares that started at2twentg -ieetcentss
each rose to three hundred dollars.
Other shares that sold ,bn Wednesday
for five dollars commanded ona Friday
five hundred 1t has been estimated !.
that up to year ago, the British pub
lie had invested seven handreddand fit
ty million dollars I'M the Barnato'
schemes. When the 'cnaze owas at it's
height Barnato's income was asserted
\ to- be twenty-five million dollars a year,,
and his fortune was .placedd at three,
hundred millions.
The tide turned with lthe.sfailurea Of
the Jameson raid. Barrato spent vast
II H.. Avxto hyYt
public faith had been overstrained and !
| the stocks continued to fail Suddenly
Barnato went to South Africa-some
/ say, to rest, others that he might save
remnant of his fortune. Returning,
insane or desperate, he ended his -difeinl
| midocean-
The stories told of this modern Mon--
re Christie present a curious character.
Gossip dwelt impartially- upon his
champaign baths, his loud" toilets, his!
| lavish generosity to tramps and beg
CARS and the pet bull dog that shared
his breakfast. People laughed at hiss
social, ambitions when they recalled
that, for blackguardfsm,' he" had BEEN
expelled from two clubs. He gave
much money to charity, but that did
| not cause anybody tonforget that hiss
wealth was largely gained by the ruin
| of rochers. 1t was said OF him that,
| though he inhabited a palace in, Pfccae-
diffy. his soul sill lived in, WHITE
chapel.
The most unfriendly view recognized
\ tffat Barnato, had qualities Of leader
! strip. He was inventive, energetic
\ ia.rdacious, persevering, full Of resource.
,IYet he spent himself in erecting a
iInouse of cards. destined soon to faln.
iIdoubtless, now that tina jugglers' hand
has been Withdrawn.
And in the long run nobody will ben
eft. Initiation and development are not
SYNONYMOUS The frenzy of specala-
ton adds little or nothing to- a nations
wealth, and a successful specufator is
chiefly remembered in after times as
one who brought many to- beggary
'T know not how to form to myself a
greater idea of humane lffe,~ said Rich.
ard Steele, than in what is the prac~
ticer of some wealthy men whom Y
could name, that make no step to the
improvement Of their own fortunes.
wherein they do not also advssAes
those Of other men.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06
MISSED A FORTUNE.

VEN the wild rush
TO California in '49
hardly equalled
that to Caribou ten
years later. Surely
there never has
been such a fren-
zied scramble for
gold as that which
filled the harbor OF
Victoria, Vancou-
yer Island, with a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

ct know not how to form to myself a
greater idea of humane life said Rich.
ard Steele, than in what is the prac~
tice, of some wealthy men whom L
coulsi name, that make no step to the
Improvement Of their own fortunes
wherein they do not also advsAes
those OF other men.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

The most unftiendly view recognized
that Barnato, had qualities Of leader
strip. He was inventive, energetic.
a,rdacious, persevering, full Of resource
Yet he spent himself in erecting a
house of cards. destined soon to faln.
doubtless, now that tina. juggler's hand
has been Withdrawn.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-06

And in the long run nobody will ben
eft. Initiation and development are not
synonymous. The frenzy of specula
ton adds little or nothing to- nations
wealth, and a successful specufator is
chiefly remembered in after times as
one who brought many tor beggary
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-01-30
KEEP 1T QUIET.
Women Who Smoke Cigarettes at HON

Women Who Smoke Cigarettes at Home
Try to Destroy Signs.
1T is one of the secrets of the trade.
but don't mind telling you confden
TALLY that more women in this town
smoke cigarettes than you ever
dreamed Of" said the dapper little
French manicure operator who has a
fashionable place in State street.
''Lots of them come here to have the
stains of the smoke removed from
their fingers. This has become reg
ular part of our custom, and fully as
many women with smoke-stained fin
gers come to us as do those who show
Ito sign of the habit.
when a woman once gets the Gig
arctic habit, she is obliged to smoke at
home, and it doesn't take long to STAN
her fingers TO such an extent that she
cannot conceal the evidence of her
folly from :.cr husband and friends, and
She is obliged to go to manicure to
have the yellow tinge removed
eat first they are satisfied with a
dainty, perfumed cigarette that is So
rnild that it does not stain the fingers,
but they soon want something stronger
and resort TO the cheaper but more III
toxicating grades. The smell of Gig
arctic smoke upon the breath may be
destroyed by a liberal Use of hot water
and certain chemicals listerine being
the best known disinfec nt-but soan
and water will not remove stains from
the fingers.
"What will do it? o, that is one Of
the secrets Of the trade.''
The operator went on to say her or
servaticn taught her that men were
generally proud Of their cigarette fin
gers, and seldom requested that specia,
effort be made to cleanse them. Women
also conceal the evidence of the per-
r1cious habit more from desire to
keep it from their friends than from
pride in the appearance of their hands.
The confirmed cigarette smoker, man
OF woman, becomes Indifferent as the
senses become dulled by the poisonous
ingredients of the cigarette, and were
it not for q sense of shame, we would
see as many smoke-stained fingers on
the hands of women as on men.-Chi-
cago Tribune.