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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26

room, II 1t is stale and Old is as apt TO
cause sickness as overripe fruit. When
at the summons of sudden shower -
the night dew a host Of mushrooms
spring out Of the sod, they are little
round knobs, for the cap or umbrella Of
each is bent down and held against the
stem by thin white skin as fine as the
silken lining of an egg. In few hours
1t stretches and cracks, and soon it
tears all the way around. and the UNI
brella opens wide. 1t Is then that the
gills art pinkest and the flesh firmest,
and that it is at its best. There is no
more delicious way Of cooking the
field mushroom than by cutting off the
stems and frying the caps In sweet
butter, or by. broiling them over hot
Goals and seasoning them with butter
and pepper and salt Mushroom grow
ing has been a fad for some time in
England as we'll as in this country.
Beds can be started in an ordinary cell
lar by having the manure well turned
and prepared out Of doors. then banked
up anu oPdWucu. N COAIiAuOuo 6cALA0
warmth, a watering pot every other
day, and couple of months Of patient
faith are said to produce fine crop
of mushrooms. only" as one lady
said who tried 1t in a city cellar, ut
is cheaper to buy your mushrooms at
81 pound" But any one who has
access to barnyard, and who can get
a man to turn the manure every day forI
a couple Of weeks, according to direc-I
tons, can dig up corner Of the garden
or waste bit of meadow and start
bed. The spawn comes In pressed
cakes from the nursery man. 1t has to-
be broken up and soaked in warm wat-'
er, and then stuck down into the ma
nure bed. The whole must then be
covered with straw or leaves to keep 1t
moist and warm. and II started in the
early spring or early summer, 1t should
bear steady crop in the fall till the
frost comes.-New York Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26

to finish the sentence. And when hs
pondered upon what he had been about
to say, In his rashness and surprise. he
WAS rather glad that she had left be-
fore he compelled her to refuse him
again es she had once years ago.
The orchestra, in gale Of melody,
had ended the dance with a nelodious
cash, and Mile. Reville stood, with
her head bent, waiting for the decision
of the audience. A breathless moment
passed, and then-two or three per-
functory claps from different parts OF
the house, the gallery principally, and
that was all. She had failed! Inc
manager frowned and cursed himself
for having engaged card" that would
not draw even one night, but MISS
Gordon did not see him as she fastened
to her dressing-room, blinded by tears
and crushed in spirit as she had never
been before. She did not hear the
manager sharply reprimand Joe for ap-
plauding behind the scenes. In fact,
she heard nothing but the sobs that
shook her own small body, and once IN
side her dressing-room flung herself IN
all her flnery of tights and fluffy skirts
upon her trunk, there to let the tears
she had held back SO long come as they
would. -
A moment later there came soft
knock outside, and she turned quickly
that her head might be In the shadow
ere she said, Come I'M" The door
swung open and Joe stepped quickly
inside, letting 1t close again behind
him. Even before she could see him.
through the mist of tears In her blue
eyes, the dancer knew 1t was he, Tor
one trembling word. full Of love and
longing and comfort, escaped his lips:
"Mamiew
And in her heart-breaking disap-
pointment, when all her courage anu
hope had left her, the knowledge that
poor Joe's love was as deep and aDid-
ing as ever brought strange happi-
ness to her soul. He held out his arms
to her, the big. plainly dressed shifter
Of scenes, and for a moment only sne
hesitated.
IT love you," he said. more than
ever now! want you, and will always
want you-even II they don't. VIII
you refuse me again"
She stood up. and the pretty cheeks
were redder than the face-paint war
ranted. Mile. Reville had danced foT
the last time in public-M. ]. Crane IN
Buffalo News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26

unknown, untold horror lay in his eyes,
his lips trembled with uncomfortable
emotion. Hildred-pale, terrified, won
dering-gazed at him like one fasci-
mated.
what is ~" she gasped.
.You guilty woman" roried the earl
-"you cruel, guilty, jealous woman!'
She shrank back as though he had
struck her, her lips parted as though
she would speak, but all sound died
away on them.
You guilty woman" repeated the
earl, Gown the truth! You followed
Lady Hamilton and me here to watch,
to listen. Speak,"
MAY Heaven pardon me, I did,"
she moaned.
Here you must remain. I shall
come back. l shall know where to
find you, crouching at the end Of the
alder-trees, where you hid yourself to
listen to your husband and his guest.
Great Heaven, that spy should bear
my name! Stay here until return. If
you attempt to escape / will send the
whole county after you. And was be-
ginning to care for you-to think you
a noble woman"
She shrank covering from him. His
angry face, the anger that shone in
his eyes, the stern voice frightened
her. She shrank lower and lower
until she fell on her knees, sobbing as
though her heart would break.
Stir at your peril" he said, and
then he left her.
For some few minutes afterward she
heard sounds on the borders of the
lake; murmured sounds, as of intense
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
FOR THE WHEELING WORLD.

On tour, a leaky- valve may cause
much inconvenience. Press 1t all
around with a piece Of damp clay, or II
that be unobtainable, damp soap will
answer
In outlying districts 1t Is often diff
cult to procure a cord for relacing a
gear case, in which case it is worth re-
membering that couple of long boot
laces Joined together will answer
equally WELL
The Gretna Green race carried out
at recent bicycle tournament consist
ed of lady and a gentleman riding
hand-in-hand to a given point dis
mounting and signing their names and
addresses in a register, remounting
and riding back hand-in-hand.
According to London newspaper.
a young widow Of Rio de Janelro, who,
was introduced to her late husband
while out wheeling, ordered a sculptor
to depict the meeting. bicycles and all,
on the marble gravestone In relief. The
effect is described as more novel than
artistic, especially as the lady is CHS
eled as attired in bloomer costume. In
the inscription, which Is in Spanish, Is
a sentence which may be translated:
my dear soul had the tire OF his life
prematurely punctured."
Gladstonean anecdotes are Begin
ming to pail, but one fact related OF the
late statesman Is worth repeating as
a possible suggestion to other owners
of extensive lands-namely, the kind
" feeling which prompted him to
throw open the grounds of Hawarden
to cyclists on Sunday. Local folk wers
not included in the privilege, as their
opportunities were legion, but those
wanderers who came awheel from a
distance found Hawarden q delightful,
PLACE for restful stroll.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26

Stealing red-hot stove has hereto
fore been supposed to be feat i'm
possible TO the boldest burglar. It.
wsuld probably, however, present but
small difficulty to the Pennsylvania
Yankee. as he has taken to hauling
melted iron around the country to save
the expense of melting 1t twice for his
purpose. "A mechanical and econom-
ical triumph reported from Pennsyl-i
vania," 1t is noted, sis the daily ship
ment Of tons Of molten iron by railway.
from the blast furnaces at Duquesne to
the Homestead steel works. This re-
markable service was instituted on
June 1, and is now an ordinary daily
routine. The molten iron, as 1t Is
tapped from the furnace, runs into an
immense mixing ladle, having capa-
city of $50 tons, and from this 1t is
poured into the cotton ladle cars, the
ladies' being made of sheet steel or
iron, with lining Of refractory mate
rial. The cars are then hauled by a
locomotive to the steel works, where
the direct conversion Of the molten
iron into open hearth steel is made,
avoiding all the expense Of casting the
metal into pigs and cooling, handling,
reloading, relocating and remelting the
pig metal 1t Is stated in the Iron Age
that between 700 and 800 tons Of iron
are transported daily from the Du-
uuesne furnaces in this manner.-Char-
lesion News and Courier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
QUEEN ROSE.
As Rule Her Truost Interpreters b
Art Are tho Women Painters.

Art Are tho Women Painters.
About the last literary work COM
pleted by the late Cora Stuart Wheeler
was a beautiful tribute to Some Court
Painters to Queen Rose published in
the Woman's Home Companion, in
which she says: Gas a rule women
make the best flower painters. The
men who excel in this branch Of art
are comparatively few. even when we
consider the small number Of artists
Of both sexes who have acquired repu-
tation in the picturing Of flowers. The
reason is not difficult to see. The av-
erage woman has fondness for flow
ers which brings her into the closest
sympathy with them, and enables her
to appreciate and understand them as
men seldom do. In the Interpretation
of certain subtle phases of floral life
her sensitive temperament and the Pc
culiarly sympathetic feeling that she is
apt to bring to her labor of love espe-
cially qualify her for engaging in this
department of picture making. In
point of technical ability some marvel
ously clever work has been done by ar
lists of the gentler sex in the reproduce
ton Of flowers and in the treatment Of
difficult subjects"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
Helping Bankrupts to Begin Afresh.

The bill which became a law In the
closing hours Of Congress was a COM
promise on the Nelson bill in the SEN
ate, and the Torrey bill in the House.
It is the result Of an agitation among
business men Of more than fifteen
years duration. The bill is quite lib
eral in its provisions, especially on the
terms Of discharge. 1t is confidently
believed that this legislation will en-
able from 100000 to 100000 bankrupts
to fully re-establish themselves.
Furthermore, it will enable manufac-
turers and merchants to secure fair
division of their debtors property, and
go long way toward preventing en-
bezzlement, fraud, and useless waste
Of valuable property. 1t will be Of
great assistance to the bankrupt who.
though honest, has been forced to the
wall.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26


pity and compassion, followed by the
tramp of many footsteps, and then all
was still.
The ground was covered with dead
and dying leaves Lady Caraven flung
herself down upon them. and as she
lay there the old words came to her
LET me diew Death would have been
a mercy.
The golden stars came out q the sky.
Was it really herself, or was she
dreaming? Was she Hildred, :he beau
tiful, popular Countess Of Caraven,
lying there in all the abandonment of
her misery, her husbands angry voice
in her ears, the marks of his angry
grasp on her arm? Outcast, wretched,
despairing, there was only one friend
for her in the world, and that was Sir
Raoul; IL she could but see him, If
she could but tell him! The pitiless
night hid her from all eyes. Surely
there had never been night so full of
pain.
How long she had been lying there
she never knew. Time was all ended
for her. She was conscious only Of
infinite misery. She did not even feel
the chill breath of the wind as 1t
passed over her.
Then, after what seemed to her an
age of suspense and agony, she heard
footsteps amid the brushwood, and
Lord Caraven calling her by name.
II am here" she said.
In the thick growing darkness it was
with difficulty that he discovered her.
He saw her at length lying with her
face hidden among the dead leaves.
you may rise and thank Heaven"
he said, in stern voice, that you
have not succeeded: the evil is not so
great as 1t might have BEEN"
She rose and stood before him. the
same dazed look on her facA
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
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The QSOkERN DAUGHTER.
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAEME.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.

fore. She turned to fly; not fer any
thing that could be given would she
be caught there. She wanted to has
ten, but she could not: it was as
though great weights Of lead were fas-
tened to her feet. Her brain was dizzy;
the unusual excitement, the frenzy Of
love and jealousy. had been too much
for her; her tall, graceful figure swayed
for minute like a leaf in the wind, q
low moan came from her lips, and
then, as in a dream, the white. angry
face of her husband was looking into
hers. and he grasped her arm In q
hard, cruel grasp.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26

boards she danced upon. and at whose
affection she had smiled, despite its ap-
parent earnestness. Poor Joe, the shift
ter Of scenes-big, quiet. even hand
some at times. She wondered dimly
what had become of him; she hoped
honestly enough that life had treated
him better than 1t had her. And even
as she said these words to herself he
stood before her.
"Mamie" he cried involuntarily, and
then remembering himself, he added in
confusion, II beg your pardon, Miss
Gordon. IL didn't mean to-" With
his well-worn cap in hand he bowed
his curly head and stepped aside to let
her pass. But on the impulse of the
moment she did not do so. In fact.
a strange, hot little wave of something
indefinable swept over her heart and
was reflected in her face. She put ont
her thin hand and he closed his big
brawny one over 1t.
"Joe" she said. Dear old Joe! /
did not know you were here. am go
ing to dance tonight-on trial, and af-
ter I have done my turn we will talk
over old times. l do not think they
will want me, do your"
He saw the truth in her eyes as she
spoke. and sudden rage at the world
that dared not want her, and always
want her-as he did-seized upon him.
"If they do turn you down." said he
between his teeth. "they are crazy
Miss Gordon smiled little sadly
and shook her head. IF they do, Joe,
you will do nothing about it. Good-by
until tonight l am lonely nowadays,
and l want you to see me dance to-
night and applaud me, even II the 9TH
ers do not. Will your"
Twill II" he exclaimed, coming clos
er and looking down into her eyes with
a tenderness that his fellow-workers
would have been dumbstruck to see. D.
ny darl--"
But she was gone before he had time
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THE LAST DANCE.


his head doubtfully.
II don't know how our people will
take to such q back number as that,
my dear woman" said he, "for they
are devilish particular now, but you
may try 1t and see. II you get an
honest encore the first night l will en-
gage you for two weeks on my own
hook, but the Bijou isn't charitable
institution, you know, and l won't
promise anything"
The dancers lips trembled and for
a moment the handsome eyes were
dimmed with tears. But she fought
back these signs Of emotion as she
had fought them back every day for
the last two years, and answered brave
ly, though with a voice out Of WHICH
all hope had long since departed,
Thank you, Mr.. Rankin; that Is all
/ can ask"
Then she walked slowly from the
half-lighted stage to the dressing
room. with pain which nothing could
relieve tugging fiercely at her heart.
The manager looked thoughtfully after
her, as he cut the end off cigar and
turned up his coat collar again.
Poor GIRL" said he, half aloud,
"she's a has-been-no mistake. And
to think that three years ago she was
the cream of the lot. But that's the
way; some Of 'em has genius and some
talent. The ones with the genius learn
new tricks, when the public has got
enough of the old, the ones with only
talent cant do 1t, and so they 60 down.
| And that's all she's got-talent. I'm
sorry for her, but I amt the Creator
to give her what wasn't born In her.
With which sage reflection the man
ager lit his cigar and walked back
to his office.
The girl with talent only smiled a
wan smile as she got into her plain
street dress in the stuffy little dressing
room under the stage, and the cracked,
dusty mirror gave back to her uninter-
ested gaze the reflection Of that smilo'
In her heart Of hearts for long time
there had been the conviction that per-
haps her gift was not as strong as she
had first imagined. With pride born
Of necessity she had fought the thought
down day after day; but 1t would not
die, and now, in almost so many words
the manager had told her that her day
was past" Yet she was young.
Only three short years ago Mile. Re.
vile, the petite dancer, had been hall
ed by critic and audience alike as the
daintiest and most brilliant Of terpsi-
choreans seen for many years; and to-
day she was acknowledging FOL
work! Fortunes back had been early
turned upon the unhappy little woman
and the troubles which had assailed hel
had made their impress upon her usu'
ally pretty face. The eyes were tired,
looking now, and the cheeks pale anr
almost thin. The stage she had just
left brought back wildly her past II
this city, for had she not achieved hel
greatest triumph in this theater? Herr
the whole house had risen as one grea
being and showered bouquets, fans, and
even jewels about her golden head. An
yes, that was night long to be remem
bered-especially by hungry little
dancer who had so soon dropped to thu
level of commonplace in her profes
sion.
AS she picked her way toward thu
stage door, along the dark passages an
in and around ghost-like pieces O
scenery set or ready to be, she remem
bered, too, the honest, kind-heartet
stage hand who had worshiped hi
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
sol,diaed Petroleum a. Fuel.

A Californian, by special process,
has succeeded in solidlfying petroleum
into black, solid mass, which burns
like coal. with less smoke, and throws
out thrice the heat. It can be cast in
bricks, is clean and gives out little
petroleum odor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
Eunainr Ships for the Navy.

The naming of vessels of the United
States navy is regulated by law. Yes
sells Of the first-class are required to
be named after states, those of the
second after rivers, those of the third
after the principal cities and towns,
and those Of the fourth as the president
may direct.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26
CHAPTER XII.

EAR to the lake,
across which the
last red glimmer Of
the sunset had fad
ed, husband and
wife stood for one
m o m e mt beneath
the darkening sky,
looking at each
other. Lord Cara
ven's face was
CHASTITY white, an
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-26

Executive ability is the faculty Of
getting some one to do your worR
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-01
PEDDLERs IN MEXICO.

Why an Old Woman Wouldn't Sell ALI
Her Honey at One Time.
While travelling in Mexico a few
years ago / had a funny experience
with Mexican vender which goes to
show what little business ability the
lower classes have" said e. F. Guig-
non of ST. Louis. II was en- route to
look at some mines away up in the
mountains. At the station where we
left the train to take the stage l saw
an old woman selling some honey. She
did not have more than ten pounds OF
1t altogether and as it looked so good
wanted to buy it all to take along with
lis. I asked our interpreter to buy it.
Much to my surprise the old woman
would sell him but two boxes, claim
ing that if she sold it all to him she
would have nothing to sell to other
people, neither would she have any
thing else to do during the remainder
of the day!'
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-01
FADS IN FLOWERS.
Florists shops abroad are much diff

Florists shops abroad are much diff
ferent from the ones in this
country. In London, for ex-
ample, funeral freaths and en-
blems are displayed in the windows,
with their prices attached. Some are
attractive, others very hideous. Lichen
is fashionable there for crosses and
wreaths, and from this grisly-gray
background Gala lilies and white roses
peer.
Set pieces, the gates ajar," broken
columns and floral pillows, are always
painful, for, in the first place, the nat
ural grace and beauty of the flowers is
destroyed, and in the next there is no
excuse for the emblems Flowers for
the dead should be scattered in care
less handfuls-then only are they com
forters, with their graceful beauty un-
impaired. The modern custom of add
ing to death notice the words.
Friends will please omit flowers. may
be traced to the reluctance of the sur
vivors to be confronted with those
CHASTITY set pieces which have ragged 80
long.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-01

her to leave alone on so
dangerous journey, soon af-
ter she departed, and he Immediately
dispatched one of the servants on horse
back to escort her. The man was we'll
mounted and he overlook her a few
miles on her way and they rode to-
gether until the evening of the oath,
when she dismissed him. She preferred
to go on alone She halted until after
set forth. She had seventy-five miles to
ride before ten in the morning.
Between the hours of ten and two!
The fearful words of the sentence
rang constantly in her ears. What if
she were not in time? o, what if she
were not? The thought was agony. She
urged on her jaded horse by every
means in her power. Ten miles from
Portlea, it seemed as if the animal was
about spent. He trembled, staggered
and was about to fall, but Agnes sprang
of and soothed and encouraged him
with voice and hand, and then by-and-
by mounted again and went on. o, how
heavy her heart was! Despair had al
most seized her. If Jove gave out, then
all was over. She seemed, even then.
to hear the jeers of the cruel crowd,
the hooking shouts, the heartless
laughter.
Still her horse staggered on, but his
breath came hot and thick, and the
foam stood upon his TANKS like newly
fallen snow.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-01
Father RYAN.

No American poet has given clearer
proof of the possession of poetic genius
of rarer order than Father Ryan.
Certainly no poet has achieved more
enduring fame and secured warmer
place in the hearts of the people of the
south than the poet priest" He Is
distinctively known as the poet Of the
Lost Cause'-as the bard whose harp
sings so sweetly and so pathetically
the requiem of brace and proud
people, over the grave wherein their
hopes and aspirations have been buried
by the mysterious dispensation OF IN
almighty and all-wise Providence. This
fact puts Father Ryan in a unique
place separated from any other Ameri-
can poet of his time. AS to the hlgh
intrinsic literary value of the major
ity of his poems, of the genuineness Oh
his poetic faculty, and the excellence Oh
his gift of song, there can be no man
ner of doubt.-The Alkahest.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-01
ITO BE CONTINUED
The sultan,s Troubles.

AS if the sultan's cup of bitterness
were not full to overfiowing, with the
spirit of revolt stalking through Ar
menia and Macedonia, and even in the
shadow of his palace at Constantinople,
now comes petition from Crete re-
questing the powers to intervene in the
affairs of the island and put an end to
anarchy, accompanied by murder and
rapine, of which the Cretans are the VIC
TINS. In little while it may no
longer be necessary to partition Tur-
key; the empire of the Ottomans will
fall asunder through sheer rottenness