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Mildred was alone with her husband
at last. Now surely he would say
something to her-speak to her of that
love that he must feel for her; he
would not keep up the same indiffcr-
ence now she was his wife. The words
that she thirsted for, that she longed
to hear, he would surely utter; sure
Yy he would bend over her and say
something, were it only the two words
my wife,"
What were his first words? She
had thought of many things that he
might say to her-sweet, tender words
the reality was far different. He
leaned back with an air of utter weari-
ness.
II never remember to have found
time pass so slowly in my life," he
said. "The sun is very warm-would
you like the carriage-hood raised?"
She made no answer. He did not
even seem to notice it.
81 WISH" he said, some one would
bring in bill for the abolition of we'd
ding breakfasts"
Her face flushed with anger.
He was so far from understanding
her that he laughed. The pain in her
face did not reach him.
do you like being on the sea at
night" he inquired, after long
pause.
II hardly know my own likes and
dislikes yet" she replied. why do
you ask?"
Because the boat leaves Dover for
Calais about eleven, and thought We
would take it,"
"As you please" she replied
Her face was quite pale, her lips
were white and pressed firmly togeth-
er. In her heart was a sense of DESC
lation that words could not describe.
He wondered at her silence, her grav-
ity. 1t was the height of the season
at Dover, and the band was playing on
the pier. He sat with his wife in the
dining-room of the Lord Warden, when
he saw her suddenly start as though
she were frightened. She covered her
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

her. 1T was her wedding day, and
abe was about to marry the handsome,
indifferent earl, who stood by her side.
All that had passed before seemed like
. dream. The sunshine had awakened
her There came confused vision of
maids in waiting, of silk and lace,
Jewels and flowers. She had heard her
own maid Amice say:
"Poor young lady, it is hard to have
neither mother nor sister,"
Lady Richie had swept into the room,
and had admired the beautiful we'd
ding dress. The only sensation that
Hildred had had was one of cold, sick
faintness. When she was dressed her
father had kissed her and said:
"You will make a beautiful countess,
Mildred"
She had thought the morning might
bring her some token of her lover-a
note or present-something to remind
her of him; but it did not, and her
heart misgave her sorely. Then, after
a long drive, she found herself in the
fashionable church Of st. Georges,
Hanover Square. There was a string
of carriages outside; the church was
crowded with spectators.
Amidst the throng, the odor OF
flowers, the rustic Of silk, the gleam-
ing of satins, the shining of rare gems,
with the white-robed minister before
her and the handsome earl by her
aide. she realized the fact that it was
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
POETRY AND SCIENCE.
Blank Verse Description of the Subtle
Find.

Blank Verse Description of the Subtle
Fluid.
Philosophers and physicists are COM
monty supposed to be too deeply on
crossed in dry facts and figures to have
time for the poetical Interpretation OF
science, but the definition of electricity
given to an inquiring young woman
by the late Calico Ferrars is direct
contradiction of this. To her question
he answered:
"Since Maxwell has demonstrated
that the vibrations Of light might con-
sist of periodical changes of electro
magnetic forces, and as Hertz has CIV
en- Maxwell's theory an experimental
basis with his proof Of the similarity
existing between electromagnetic
waves and light waves, the belief be-
comes more and more firmly estab-
lished that this light-conveying ether
and the medium in which the electric
and magnetic forces act are Identical.
Therefore I may we'll reply to the
question, o studious and charming
maiden, What is electricity that 1t
is not only the fearful agent which at
times lights up the heavens suddenly
and startles the soul with its loud
clapping of thunder, but also the life
giving and life-awakening cause which
as light and heat, brings forth the
magic color and the breath of life,
which transmits to thy heart the pull
sations of the universe and awakens
in thy soul the charm of glance and
SMILES"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
ARE YOU CRAZY?

TN the sheet of paper in her hand. Il
never did. But if papa still persists
In opposing our marriage, l will leave
my home and go out into the world,
hand in hand with George"
Just as this revolutionary thought
passed through her mind, the door
creaked on its hinges. A heavy, we'll
known footstep sounded on the thresh-
hold.
Its papa" cried Mary.
In her CONSERVATION our poor little
heroine could not find the entrance to
her pocket in the multitudinous folds
of her dress. For second she was in
imminent danger of detection; then she
hurriedly thrust the incendiary docu-
ment into the yawning mouth of a pa
per bag of choice seed-corn which hung
by the kitchen window. And the next
instant Squire Bergamot was in the
room.
Mary" said he, Ego upstairs to the
lefthand corner of my middle bureau
drawer and get me clean pocket
handkerchief"
Ard Mary went out with dubious
glance at the nail on which the bag of
Early Sugar Corn" hung.
When she returned the room was
empty. And Squire Bergamot was
Just climbing up into his lumber-box
wagon in front of the picket fence.
Bring it out here" said the squire.
I'm going over to Miss Polly Peppers
to get my empty cider cask. She
might had the sense to return it her.
self"
He slowed the pocket handkerchief
away in his pocket and was just taking
up the reins, when Mary rushed out
again, crimson to the very roots of her
hair.
Father, that bag Of seed corn"
20, it's all right-it's all right" said
the squire. placidly. Il promised
little to Miss Polly Pepper. and this is
already shelled"
But, father" gasped 2oo- Mary,
"let me tie it up first"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
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The QSUKEKS DAUGHTER.
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAEf1E.
INTERNATIONAL PREss ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER VI.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER VI.-(Continued.)
No laughing young sisters came tc
Salk over the great event with her
NO gentle, loving mother folded her in
her arms and prayed heaven to bless
her In her new life; no laughing
bright, fond school friends were there
as companions; she was quite alone,
her heart aching and burning with a
new sense of desolation and loneli-
ness. Her wedding day! Her toilet
table was laden with jewels; her
fance had been lavish in his presents;
no duchess had more elegant or costly
5urroundings-yet she would have
given all, she thought, for some one
to love and comfort her. Her wedding
da0N Yet he had not been; he had sent
no note with the flowers, only his card
and his compliments; there was no
promise of the love that was to come
after marriage, not one kindly word
to allay her doubts or her fears.
There could be no picture more touch
Ing than this of the lonely girl with
the flowers in her hand. She had
turned to them as she would have
surned to living creature; her lover,
who on the morrow was to be her hus-
band, had not been near, but he had
sent the flowers, and in her forlorn
fashion she had fancied she should
get some comfort from them.
But they revealed nothing to her.
The costly blossoms lay cold, fragrant,
without meaning. AS she stood hold
ing them there came into her mind
story she had read of young girl on
her wedding eve-a girl who had stolen
out in the sweet, soft starlight to meet
her lover by the garden gate. She
remembered that the story told how
the gallant young lover had kissed his
bride-kissed her lips and her hands,
calling her by every sweet name a
lover could invent-how they had
stood under the starlight amongst the
trees and the flowers-how full of
hope and happiness the young lover
went away and was never seen again.
She thought of this story now. Her
face flushed; her heart beat She
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

dreamed how she would have liked to
steal out under the stars and hear her
handsome lover whisper sweet words
to her.
She was desolate and lonely. The
stars were shining, the wind was whis-
pering low-but no lover was near.
She held the flowers to her face.
"Teli me, pretty blossoms" she said,
"have you no message from him?
None? Then if in all this world one
sentiment is more false than another,
it must surely be this:
"'Theres nothing half so sweet in life
AS Loves young DREAM"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

"The worst possible thing for a man
to do when cares Cypress him." said
Mr.. Gratebar, "is to NOPE; to sit down
and think it over If there is any
thing on earth that will mildew a man
and make him good for nothing, that's
it. What he wants is activity; to keep
moving. If he can't work, or thinks
he can't, let him get out andftake a
walk, and start his circulation. It's
amazing what little fresh air and ex-
ercise will do for a man. Keep NOV
ing. and the first thing you know you'll
find yourself whistling, or humming a
tune, and then you laugh to yourself a
little and 60 back and go to work."
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senses.

ter out of her
senses.
But Mary Bergamot stood bravely
to the guns of her little citadel.
mo, father" said she. "Oh, how
can you ask me, father, when you
know 1 don't love him, and never
CAM"
Never is a long word" said the
squire.
Eyes, papa, know that" said Mary.
But, indeed indeed, l mean it."
"You mean it, do you," said the
squire, in slow and measured tones.
Now let me tell you what! 1t isn't
that you don't like Hawkins Jessup,
but that you've been goosey enough to
go and fall in love with that young
idiot, George Lake!"
Mary turned very red.
Papa"
There's no use minclng matters"
said the irate squire. "An artist, in
deed! Why don't he 60 into white
washing and kalsomining and earn a
decent living?"
But, papa"
Needn't attempt to argue with me,
Miss" said Squire Bergamot, sternly.
I'll have none of it, and so / tell you!
II George Lake comes into my house
he'll be put out of it pretty quick And
so you may tell him."
So saying, the squire strobe out Of
the house.
Mary looked after him with soft, sor-
rowful eyes. She was a delicate oval
faced girl. with sunny brown hair, and
straight features as unlike the rotund
and positive squire's as light to dark
ness. But as she put down the iron
with which she was doing up" her
fathers shirts-Squire Bergamot wo2ld
have thought it crying sin to employ
a laundress while his daughter enjoyed
her ordinary health-she leaned up
against the window where the arrowy
sunbeams came in through the tremu-
lous vail Of heart-shaped morning
glory leaves, and drew from her pocket
u note written in a strong, masculine
hand:
MY Dearest Mary: I love you. Will
you promise to be my wife, spite of all
opposition? VIII you tell me so with
your own lips? Ever yours, faithful
to death. George"
How her eyes glittered as she read
and reread the short and simple lines,
pressing them finally to her red lips.
II do love him! l will be his wife,"
she murmured. and l will tell him
so the very first opportunity 1 get.
Only papa!
A momentary cloud stole over her Sc
rene brow at this, but it was transient.
81 don't believe in elopements," said
Mary Bergamot, still riveting her eyes
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

Sniff-Those Kansas farmers make
me tired. Here they are continually
grumbling about hard times, and yet
only short time ago they had storm
in which the hailstones weighed over
pound.
Mrs. Sniff-Why, what's the hall
storm got to do with their prosperity?
Sniff-Why, think of it! Hailstones
weighing a pound scattered around
alike for rich and poor; and here we
have to hide the thermometer to keep
our lump of ice from melting before
we can get it in the refrigerator every
morning.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
A Discerning Maiden.

Old Gottrocks-What reason have
you for thinking this young man
doesn't want to marry you simply be-
cause l am rich?
Miss Observation-Disclosures 1t was not
until after 1 told him all your proper
ty was in mammals name that he pro-
posed to NE.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
A Tremendous Addition.

"The work of these spiritualistic me-
diums," said the Chicago official, "has
set me to thinking"
"Ah, their work has had one good
result at least But what was the ma
ture of the thoughts they inspired?"
"Well, I have been wondering If we
had not ought to include all these de-
parted spirits in our population sta
tistics. TO Date.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

Jimmy-An apple core got stuck In
me t'roat Yesterday, an it took two
doctors over tree hours ter git me ter
cough it up.
Johnny-I'll bet it'll take dem over
tree years ter git yer OF man ter
cough up der pay.-Up-to-Date.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

Cut glass which has grown dull can
be greatly frightened and will
look almost equal to new if washed
with diluted hydrochloric acid and af-
forwards rubbed with moistened chalk
of whiting. Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
A Remarkable Animal.

"You surely do not expect that dog
Of yours to win prize, Tenspot. It's
nothing but a mongrel."
That's just it, Gilgal; more breeds
of dogs are represented in that animal
than in any other in the entire show.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

The most ignorant man in America
lives in st. Louis. The other day he
asked his employer, who was read
ing a paper, Say, boss. which does you
read, the black or the white? "-Kansas
City Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

tAnd she said, "Me wants some can
dy!O
Dear little girly of fourteen years,
When your eyes have that longing
air
What are the wishes that bring the
tears
To maiden so sweet and fair?
(And she said, Il want bicycle!)
Dear little woman just come Of age
With mind on your hats and attire,
Pray let me read in your hearts first
page
What is your great desire?
(And she said, II want a husband!)
Say, my lady Of thirty-two
With the angry fire in your eyes,
And the firm set jaw, and the haii
askew
What is the wish you prize?
land she yelled, 81 want a divorce!1
Ellis Parker Butler.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
CHAPTER VII.
RAM
81 ILDRED

SOME did y not
seem to understand
either the day or
the event until she
stood before the al
tar in St. Georges
Church. Then, with
a cold shock and
a cold dull pain,
the FULL realization
of it all came to
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

Any one may do casual act of good
nature, but continuation of them
shows it is part of the temperament
Sterne.
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CLINGING AROUND HIM.

CLINGING AROUND HIM.
face with her hands, and when she
looked up again her eyes were dim
with tears.
1t was all because the band was
playing Loves Young Dream"
(To be continued)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

Mamma-How did you get your
clothes so badly torn?
Willie-Tryin' t keep a little boy
from being licked.
Mamma-That was brave deed.
Who was the boy?
Willie e-Up-toDa
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

why" the member from Wayback
vas asked, do you think the measure
would bring calamity upon us?'
"Beca,se," ae replied, cit Was not
introduced by member of the party
to width l belong"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

The man who tells you he lie NO fool
may be only mistaken.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
THE LOVE-LETTER.

" yOu WOh = kAai y
Hawkins JCsssup,"
said Squire Berga-
mot, knitting his
black eyebrows to-
gether until they
formed an ominous
black bar across his
forehead and near
ly frightened h | S
bright-eyed daugh-
ter out of her
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

Nonsense" said the squire. ~ Jest
folded over the top and it'll go as snug
as thief in a mill, right a top Of my
bags of meal"
Away he ratified over the stony road
as he spoke and poor Mary ran back
into the kitchen to cry herself into a
second Niobe.
"Oh, my letter, my letter." sobbed
she; why was such an idiot as to put
it there?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
BONE GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
vemininity, q Satirlca1 POem-The Hard
est Task of All-Willie's HerOism-A
Discerning Maiden-Flotsam and 5es-
sam.
Eenininity.

EAR little maid
W / t h b | 6
brown eyes
What do you
t h ! n k all
day?
What are t h Q
longings that
most arise
When you rest
I r o m your
weary play?
uyontg onn,n onn
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-03-04

Miss Polly Pepper, gaunt spinster
of very uncertain age, and very GER
tain infirmity of temper, opened the
bag of seed corn as the squire drove
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-18

Those Southern farmers who
have struggled along in the wealth
er-beaten habits Of their ancestors,
and not only refuse to adapt them
selves to the changed conditions
that surround them, but ridicule
and even denounce those who pro-
pose a new adjustment of crops
should make an effort to see them
selves as others see them. The
Louisville Dispatch express aston
ishment that farmers in the cotton
b.'lt should refuse to adopt diver.
sifed farming when they have con-
spicuous examples in Kentucky
and Tennessee, which are now the
most prosperous states of the
South through the adoption Of d.
veraifcation, especially in that
most profitable Of all the rural
branches stock farming.--Texas
Farm & Ranch.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-18
A Stei, Backward.

The Loud bill to regulate second.
Glass mail matter, which is now
under consideration by Congress,
Is Il distinct step backward, and it
is to be hoped that no self-rcspect-
ing legislator will give his vote for
measure which is bound to work
detriment to the educational inter
ests Of the people. Mr.. Loud
proposes to make the Postal De-
partment seE-sustaining by raising
the rates of postage for all forms
OF complete books which now pass
through the mails at one cent per
pound, and to abolish the privilege
which publishers now have of
sending sample copies st the same
rate. The result of this will be
an increase in the price Of books,
which arc so cheap nowadays that
tho poorest workingmua may Sc
cure u nice littlo library of his fa-
vorlte works. A bill that raises
the price OF books, puts premi-
um ON illitcracy, and should not
he passed. There arc better WAYS |
OF making the Postal Department
self-sustaining. For instance, why
not make the railroads carry the |
mails as cheaply as they carry the
shipments OF the express conpa-
MES! 1t has been estimated that
this alone would accomplish the
object.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-18
Railroads.

The election held in Wards 3 and
4 last Tuesday, for 5-miIl tax in
aid of the Shreveport and Red
River Valley railway, Eden
bornes) resulted in an overwhelm-
ing majority for the tax in both
wards. This shows a progressive
spirit OF our people, and indicates
that they are determined to keep
up with the worlds progress and
development, even IL they have to
pay something for the advantages
such development will bring. We
hope that same spirit will be mani
tested by tho people of wards /
and 4 next Wednesday, to secure
the Monroe and Natchitoches rail-
road, which promises so much for
our parish and city.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-18
MOnkeys for the gklonGiLe

Two dozen monkeys, equipped
with all the paraphernaiia of gold
minors, are now on their way to
the frozen treasure fields on the
Yukon, under the care of one of
the wealthiest mino-owners in the
British empire. The name of this
millionaire, who is going to star
tie the klondikers is Captain Ed
ward Moss, a well-known clubman
IN London, who is one of the most
important operators Of gold fields
IN South Africa. This corps of
twenty-four monkeys is intended
by Captain Moss to be but the van
guard OF an army of these ami
mails. AS soon as tho first INSTALL
ment is put to work successfully
on the claims his syndicate con-
trolls, he promises to have more
monkeys rcady to do manual la
Dor.
While the idea of having mon
keys act the part of miners is
startling in America, Captain Moss
says that he has them working
right along on his claims in the
Iransvaal ! for the last four years.
In an interview Captain Moss
said:
''The advantage to a mine-owner
OF having his ckims worked by
, rather than by human
laborers arc many. Monkeys do
n, not know enough to be dishonest.
They will not hide any of othe pre-
clous metal that they find, for
even IT they were to steal it they
would not have any possible use
for it."
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-18
A CoWal'dly Act.
The Cruiser Maine Blown En- ssy
q Torpedo.
The Most Intense Excitement in
New York.
A War Feeling Sweeping the
Country.

The latest news received to-da,
at noon is by special from the New
Orleans Picavune and is to the CT.
feet that the Maine was blown u,
by a torpedo. 1t is reported tha,
a few seconds before the explosion
a fash signal was visible from the
Spanish shore.
The excitement in New York
City is intense and indescribable.
Men in the pits of the exchanges
are wild.
In all the cities of the United
States the excitement is ut fever
heat and war is the cry.
In " ashington the feeling arous-
ed is equal to that which respond
ed to the firing of the first gun on
Fort Sumpter.
The officials are reticent, but it
is evident that neither Mckinley
or Reed can control Congress. All
party lines are swept away and the
honor of the United States being
at stake, invite all Americans on a
policy OF aggression and defense.
While the torpedo which blew
up the Maine. may not have been
designed by Spanish authority, it
is clear that it was the work of
Spaniards, for whose act, Spain
must be responsible.
1t is generally credited that the
DeLome incident has aggravated
the cordiality, which on the sur.
face indicated the smiability exist.
ing between the two nations, but
a war from the con.
strained conditions of the two GOV
which seems inevitable,
it has been projected to blow up
.he Maine one of the best vessels
If the United States of it's class,
Spain may plead responsibility
:or such an act, and may be pro-
use in apologies, but the temper
II the people Of the United States
will be satisfied with no excuse or
pology, and will insist on redress
through the most active and deter {
mined action of war.-Caucasian. {
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-18

ing, ne has concluded that the cure
is permanent. H. Cox was trou-
oled with catarrh of head and
bowels, Six bottles of Pc-ru-pa
cured him, after fourteen years of
enforced idlcness.
A 52-page pamphlet containing
several hundred testimonials, ac-
companiei by apen portrait of the
writer, covering cures of cutarrh
IN all Il, forms and stages by Peru.
na' Will be sent free to any who
desire it by The Pc-ru-na Drug
Manufacturing n, Company, Colum-
bus, Ohio.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-18

Five cent cotton under Demo
cratic CIeveland! Five cent cot
ton under Republican Mckinley!
And yet many poor fellows who
raise it persist in remaining poor
enough in brain to whoop. "I'm a
Dem.," or ''I'm o Rep" Suppose
these poor fellows should yell,
'I'm a fool" a time or two! They
would be surprised at tho velocity
with which their conscience would
say, "You told the truth once. y
The Caucasian.