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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

JUDGING from the hullaballoo made by Re-
publican papers over the fact that the examin-
els of insurance companies which have been
sent out by Webb McNall have charged SIS per
day for their services, one would suppose that
the people are having to foot the bill Indeed,
these papers are trying to make is SO appear,
though their editors know it is untrue. The in
surance companies "pay the freight" These
same papers have nothing to say about the big
fees charged by A. H. Horton and other attor-
neys for defending the insurance companies
against the state. That is all right, you know.
Trust the Republican party to defend the cor
porations, every time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

EVERYBODY who has 'read up'' on the silver
question knows that General Warner has been
at the head of the silver movement for years
The other day, at Omaha, in the discussion of
the money question: which discussion has at
tracted wide attention, General Warner declar
ed for an issue Of irredeemable paper currency.
He gave as his reasons that If value as money
can be legisated into silver, it can just as we'll
be legisated into paper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21
REPRESENTATIVE.

The Republicans are making desperate eff
fort to get control of the next Legislature, and
already they are offering to trade everything
else on their county tickets for votes for repre-
sentative. The people cannot afford to turn
the legislature over to their enemy, unless they
want to see many of the good laws passed by
the Populists repealed. No true Populst or
Democrat will trade single vote.
Hon. J. D. Stevens stood by the people, and
voted for every measure that tended to save
money to the Taxpayers, Anderson county
never had a member in the Legislature who was
more careful in watching the peoples interests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

THE mine owners of Virden, H., have APP
peaed to the federal court to restrain Governor
Tanner and the militia from interfering with
the importation of co.ored miners from the
South. The Chicago g. Alton railroad COM
pany will go after the Governor, too, for stop
ping its trains Republicans called Governor
Altgeld all anarchist because he was friendly
toward the strikers. What they will do to
Tanner remains to be seen. Possibly they will
read him out of the party. The Topeka State
Journal truthfully remarks that if Altgeld had
had done what Tanner has done, a yell OF
"Anarchy!" would have been heard all over
the country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

GOVERNOR CLoUGH, of Minnesota, is mad.
The go, eminent at Washington put the Four
teenth Minnesota volunteers at St. Paul and
Duluth under his orders, aud the Governor had
arranged to send them to protect the settlers
from the Indians. Then the authorities at
Washington revoked their first order Then
the Governor got mad, and said he should pay
no further attention to the War department,
but, if necessary, would call for volunteers and
arm them with such guns as he could find, and
"let the government 60 to the Devil" He
says he is tired of doing business with Wash
ington--there is too much red tape about it.
If Governor Clough were Populist, what a
howl would 60 up from the Republicans.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

ATTORNEYS for the Western Coal and Min
ing Company, operating the Missouri Pacific
coal mines, filed an injunction suit in the Unit
ed States court at Fl. Scott, asking that Attor-
uev.General Boyle, his assistant, and County
Attorney Wildly, of Crawford county, be
perpetually lnjoined from attempting to en-
force the scrip and screen law. The Repub-
,cau papers express great delight. Republic
ans don't want laws against monopolies enforce
ed, and they rejoice over every apparent vic
torv of the monopolies.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that there IS
plenty of good wood in the vicinity of Santi-
ago, wood has been shipped to that point from
the United States, for the use of the military
establishment, at a cost of $12 per cord. 1t is
not stated whether it was or was not furnished
by Alger, who has 'wood to burn''-wood
stolen from Uncle Sam.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

lust after the election in Georgia, it was
claimed that the Democratic majority in the
state was 70, 900; that the many former Popu-
list strongholds had gone back to Democracy.
1t was learned, later, however, that the major
ity was barely I 1000, and that only about one
fourth of the vote was cast. The Populists
did not vote
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

10 TURN down ]. D. Stevens and elect J. G..
Reese to the Legislature means to defeat good
mana member who always worked for his
constitueuts-an elect man who, some years
ago, when member OF the legislature, helped
to vote away the school lands of the state, Civ
Ing them to The railroads. Don't forget that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

ACCORDING to New York dispatch in last
Tuesdays Kansas City Star, an Apglo-Amerl:
can syndicate has been organized to purchase
the Cuban bonds, and the syndicate has given
Spaiu cause to think the United States will as
sumo their payment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

JUDGING by the number of fights occurring
in Topeka, reported in the papers of that city,
the city administration is not much i'll the
ioint-closing business. 1t is claimed, on good
authority that there are two fine large saloons
there running in full blast.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

NINE Boston banks will consolidate Banks
of other cities will do likewise. In few years
nearly every small bank will be closed by the
larger ones.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

A BIG furniture trust was organized at Chi
cage few days ago. company will be
formed with capital Of a5ooo, ooo head.
quarters at Chicago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21

THE Kansas City Times very aptly remarks:
"Whle in the West, Mckinley might stop at
Vrden long enough to explain how prosperous
the country Is under his administration.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-21
At Graves Drug Store
YOU CAN BUY

$l.OO bottle of Sarsaparilla for Csc &
Copperas, per pound SC Z
Resin, per pound Sc 81
Sulphur, per pound Sc Is
Salts, per pound, SC 81
Wizard Oil, $l.OO bottle 75c. N
Wine of Cardui, $l.OO bottle 75c M
SIoans Liniment, $l.OO bottle 75c -
Pink Pills, 5O=Cent bottle 4OC VA
One Minute Cough Cure, Scot bottle 4Oc -
Kings Discovery, 5o-cent bottle 4Oc u
BuCklen's ArniCa Salve, 25-C't box zoe Ne
25=Cent bottles or boxes Pills 10 to zoe SS
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seen my Dorothy, and wanted me oua
of the way, and he got me outl
OF the way, and my darling-but no, mo-
II will believe nothing nothing until
I have seen her.
AS soon as Lord Skevversleigh re-
turned to the house Dick sent to ask
If he could see him, and to him he ex-
planned something of the position Of
affairs, ending with, II must go
home, if 1t costs me all I have in the
world"
Now, 1t happened that Lord Skew.
versleigh, though he liked Dick very,
well, had particularly wished to make
Marston his literary secretary, and had
he been able to refuse his old friend
Aylmer he would certainly have done
so. There were, however, certain pages.
of past history which practically pre-
cluded this possibility, but they did not
preclude him from allowing Dick tor
throw up his appointment and betake
himself home as soon as he liked; and
with the very next steamer Dick said
good-by to India and to Government
House and set sail for his native coun-
try, hurrying off the boat at Brindisi
and journeying homeward overland
like an avenging spirit with whom the
wicked old man who was the head of
his house would have very hard reck-
oning and but scant quarter.
For always in his heart there was
that piteous appeal This long sic
lence is killing me-for Gods sake put
me out of suspense, one way or the
other"
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WHAT &C. S. H." MEANT.
CabalIstIc Letters on an Egg Finally In
terpreted Rightly.

Caballstic Letters on an Egg Finally In
terpreted Rightly.
The Portland Express is responsible
for this story: A lady on Pearl street
purchased a dozen eggs at Wilson's
grocery store the other day. On one
Of the eggs she found the cabalistic
letters, G. S. H. The event was noised
among the neighbors, and it created a
great deal of excitement.
All the women assembled at the
house of the lady who found the egg,
and held consultation. It was unan-
imously agreed that the letters were
prophetic of something, but what?
One lady suggested that 1t meant "Give
Sinners Help" Another suggested that
1t meant God Sends Help" Still an
other said it meant that God Saves
Heathens Another declared that it
meant that "God Sends Harmony" A
certain old lady, who is we'll known
for her religious devotion, had not
taken part in the discussion, but sat
intently listening to her sisters, who
were becoming quite animated.
Suddenly this good old lady jumped
to her feet, and in tones Of exultation
declared that she had figured out what
the letters on the egg stood for. With
the fire of righteous Indignation spark
ling in her eyes, she declared that the
letters meant "Give Spain He'll" All
present at once unanimously agreed
that the Interpretation was right
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-05-19

imagination! The fast z. and o. boat
seemed to be standing still, the pas
sage through the Suez Canal was mad-
dening, although they went straight
through, which was as lucky as un-
usual. Then there were the seemingly
endless delays in getting off the steam
er and into the train at Brindisi, and
when at last they were fairly off the
train seemed to crawl along no faster
than the boat. Yet, in spite of all this
impatient and vexatious anxiety, Dick
made an unusually quick journey home,
and in fifteen days from touching at
Bombay, he found himself walking
along the platform of the Victoria sta
ton.
It was hard on the time Of Christ
mas-crowds of people were hurrying
to and fro, most of them with that
busy and impatient look upon their
faces which even the dullest persons
generally assume at the approach Of
the festive season. But Dick did not
trouble himself much about them. He
had very little luggage to impede
hin, all his heavy baggage having been
left in the steamer to come by sea-
in fact, he had only his ordinary port
manteau and his hat-box, a couple of
rugs and his stick; all of these he had
with him in the carriage, so that he
was almost the first passenger to get
his luggage passed.
Cab, sir?" asked his porter.
Yes, hansom," Dick answered.
The man shouldered the portman-
teau and went off to the cab rank, Dick
following; but he was not destined to
reach it without interruption, for as
he crossed the less crowded part of the
platform he heard an exclamation Of
surprise and found himself face 10 face
with Lady Aylmer.
"Dick, Dick, is it your" she cried,
staring at him.
Dick put out his hands to her. Eyes,
Lady Aylmer," he said; Give come
back. I'm in trouble-horrid troubled"
my dear boy, how?" she cried.
Dick looked about him; he was anX-
ious not to waste a moment in getting
to Palace Mansions. "You are going
away" he said, uneasily. "I am keep
ing you. 1t is a long story, and am
anxious to get home to my wife"
(To be Continued.)
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CHAPTER XXI.

" N q Yeranda of the
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-05-19
CHAPTER (COptinued.)

CHAPTER XXXI.-(Continued.)
Tell me-" he said persuasively.
"No-not now-some day, perhaps"
she answered.
you shall tell me now" said Lord
Aylmer, steadily.
He ,looked so handsome and so de-
termined that possibly in another mo-
ment Dorothy would have given in and
the mischief would have been out, but
fortunately at that moment Esther
Brand came in.
ooh! is that you, Lord Aylmer?" she
said pleasantly.
Lord Aylmer dropped Dorothy's
hands with an inward curse; but he
turned to greet Miss Brand with his
blandest smile and most amicable
voice. So the opportunity was lost for
that dav.
May I join you in your driver, he
said, after a few minutes.
why, surely; it is your carriage"
answered Dorothy.
Whenever you care to use 1t, it is
yours" said Lord Aylmer CALAMITY.
So it happened that the two ladies
and Lord Aylmer went for drive to-
gether And whilst they were driving
along Kensington Gore, young man
who was walking with lady and a
little girl recognized Lord Aylmer, and
lifted his hat. Lord Aylmer looked
annoyed, but he had no other choice
than to raise his hat in return.
who is that?" asked Esther.
ooh, some young man or other-I
really cannot tell you" he answered.
And Dorothy sat back in the carriage
not feeling sorry that the young man
had recognized Lord Aylmer, because
in the lady walking beside him she
recognized the lady with the cold,
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nossihlel" Dick burst out.

old uncle, Lord Aylmer.
"Impossiblep Dick burst out.
mot impossible at all, my dear
chap" said Marston coolly. II saw
her driving with him myself, and jolly
wretched she looked over 1t. l must
say 1 pitied the poor devil out here;
but dare say he is having very good
time all the same. Eli? What?" he
asked of a native servant, who had
nolselessly approached him.
my lady wishes to speak to you,
sir" said the man, who spoke very
good English.
"Oh, all right, I'll come" and Mar
ston went in, leaving poor Dick to fight
his battle of pain alone.
So that was it, after all. No, he
wouldn't believe It, and yet-yet-how
could he help believing it? Marston
had told him the plain, unvarnishsd
facts, not knowing that Dick AylnRr
and Mrs. Harris husband were one and
the same man. So this was why his
uncle had suddenly taken guiding
hand in his fortunes-this was why he
shipped him of to India, at what might
be called a moments notice. He had
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-05-19

not know if the child had been born
O. not, if mother or child were living
or dead, If Dorothy, his dear little wife,
were false or true. He had heard from
her once after reaching India, when
she had written in good spirits and
with many words of love for him, and
in fondest anticipation of their meet
ing in a few months time.
While he was sitting there brooding
over his thoughts, young man dress
ed in white garments came through a
doorway behind him, and pulled up a
big chair a little nearer to Dicks, in
which he carefully disposed himself.
Really, Dick" he remarked, Il don't
call this half bad place. Not so jolly
as London, Of course, but still not half
bad"
81 hate IT," answered Dick, shortly.
The other, fresh from home, looked
at him with amused pity. Poor old
ehapi like town better. Yes, Of course.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-05-19

An ice war has been declared at
Wichita. An ice war is the proper
thing to have during the next three or
four months.
An Emporia woman has laid in gro
ceries for year. She is not going to
let a Spanish blockade of Lyon county
Inconvenience her.
If the war should be over next July
and the bread riots would cease at the
same time in Italy, wheat might drop
a whole dollar from S1.S5.
At Fort Scott recently large swarms
Of chinch bugs appeared and hunted
for something to devour. Not fading
it they lay down and died.
The cotton from the shade trees in
Kansas is now engaged in its great an.
nual task of closing up the screens SC
that breath of air may not penetrate
them.
The other day at lola man was ar
rested with sack full of beer. The
man was put in solitary confinement
and so was the beer, but in different
cells,
Strong City people are very proud OF
Jack Mckinley, the printer captain OF
the Emporia company. He is an old
Strong City boy, and it was there that
he commenced to learn his trade.
Chancellor Snow says that the rain
fall in Kansas for the first four months
of this year exceeds that of the CORE
spending period of any year on his
thirty years record. Wouldn't it be
funny if the people in 'drouthy Kan
sas" would finally begin to grow web
footed?
A little lad at Melvern was missing
the other evening. After several hours
of anxiety and careful search he was
found peacefully sleeping in house
from which the family had moved but
few days before, and by his side was
dead snake which he had been drag
ging around and playing with during
the day-just like boy.
Severe trouble is likely to occur in
colony of Wookson county settlers,
who recently squatted upon a large
tract of railroad lands upon the theory
that they were open to presumption.
The lands were colonized by Judge
Mcdonald. He claimed to have been
satisfied by the government officials
that the land was open for settlement
and the colonists paid him for legal
services in selecting claims. He spent
much money in making permanent
improvements and the railroad COM
panies have just ordered them off.
Some are tearing down their houses,
while others insist on staying. The
land is in rich district and is worth
S35 an acre, unimproved.
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serene eyes who occupied the fiat above
her own. But Esther, who had dumb
and indefnable sense of something
wrong, and had seen the look of in
tense annoyance on his face, chose that
moment, Of all others, to ask Lord Ayl-
mer the one question which, though
she did not know it, was the most awk-
ward of any that she could have asked
him.
as Lady Aylmer in town." she ask
ed abruptly.
Eyes" He was positively surprised
into making the admission.
"Oh! then I suppose she will be call
ing on my cousin before long?"
Esther scarcely put the remark in the
form of a question, and yet 1t was a
question. Lord Aylmer found himself
in the face of difficulty for which he
was not prepared. Yet he made haste
to answer, for Dorothy's cousin was
emphatically young woman who could
not be ignored. II do not think I can
answer for Lady Aylmer in that re-
spect," he said, with his most punctili-
Gus air. "She and l do not in any way
live the same life, do not visit in the
same society, except so much as is un-
avoidable at Aylmers Field. In fact,
we do not get on very we'll together
more is the pity-and she goes her way
and l 20 mine, without one in any
way trying to influence the other. 1t IS
Just possible that Lady Aylmer may
call on Mrs. Harris; but, again, it is
exceedingly probable that nothing
would induce her to do so. Really,
cannot answer for her one way or the
other"
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~ q vel 1uu6 VI IhO
Government House
at Madras, Dick
Aylmer sat smok-
ing-smoking and
brooding over the
inexplicable tangle
which we call life.
He had now been
three months with
out one word from
Dorothy. He did
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INTERNATIONAL PNEs9 AeaocIArloN.

MSS ASSOCIATION
Why did you come out, then, Ell? You
got the post that was meant for. me"
lord Aylmer got the appointment,
and / had to come-I had no choice. /
shouldn't be here II had, you may be
sure" Dick answered.
"Ah! Lord Aylmer Queer old chap,
eh?"
awful old brute" said Dick, with a
sigh; but he happens for the present
to be the ruler of my fortunes, and a
thorough-going old martinez he is, toe"
"Ah! ] saw him the other day."
Dick looked up with some interest.
'Did you, though? In town."
EYES,"
Now, town to Dick meant where Dor
othy was, and for half an instant he
had wild idea that this man might be
able to give him news Of her. 1t died
almost in it's birth, however, and he
said, indifferently enough. Were you
in town long"
"a fortnight altogether. Ny sister
lives in town, you know"
''No, / didn't-didn't know you had
sister"
"0h, yes; she's a widow-had a lit
tie fat"
"a flat~ Dick pricked up his ears.
Eyes. Where?"
I'm Kensington. Palace Mansions
they're called"
"In Palace Mansions?" Dick man
aged to repeat.
The whole world seemed to be blot
ting out in a strange and insidious
fashion, and it was two or three
minutes before Dick came to his full
senses again.
81 don't think she ought to live
there" Marston went on, not looking
at Dick, but attending to his pipe. Civ
ing alone except for the child. You
never know what the other people are,
don't you know. Now, there's pretty
little woman living in the fiat below
her"
What number is your sister's?"
Dick asked in harsh, strained voice.
mo. g." Marston answered.
In the flash of an instant Dick had
made a wild calculation. Yes, he
meant Dorothy by "a pretty little wo-
man." "Well?" he said.
He felt sick and faint and cold; he
knew that now he was on the eve of
news, and Marston's tone had made
him dread to hear it.
Marston, all in ignorance, went on
speaking. "Such pretty girl. saw
her several times-fairish hair and
delicate-looking, almost like lady.
Well, she went to live in the fiat below
my sisters and was very quiet. Hus-
band came and went. My sister fan
cied it was a bit suspicious, and was
careful to get no acquaintance with
her. Well, for some months all went
smoothly and quietly enough, then she
heard, through her servants, l sup
pose, that Mrs. Harris husband had
gone off to India, and that she was
going out later when the child was
born"
"Was there a child?" Dick asked. He
was trembling so that he could scarce
ly force his lips to frame the words.
Marston noticed nothing, but went
on with the story. "a child. 1 don't
know II there was one ,then-there's
one now. I've seen it."
Dick sat still by mighty effort,
"Well," he said.
"Well, only few days after the poor
chap had gone my sister saw her hand
ed into a smart carriage by an old gen.
tleman-heard the footman call him
my lord'-pair Of housekeeping horses
all in grand style. And now that car
riage is always there, and who do you
think the old gentleman ISL"
How should l know" answered
Dick, who was going over and over the
postscript of his uncle's letter.
you'll know when I tell you" said
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CHAPTER XXXII1.

Y dint of hard
travelling day and,
night Dick accom-
plished his journey
home from India in
fl TT e en- days-a.
short time in which
to traverse such a.
distance; but oh,
how long it seemed
to Dicks anxious
heart and feverish
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"PrImpIn, Up."

'Rastus-"Pete, amt We through
primpin' TO- de cake walk y't?" Pete
mot quite; gotter git er lettle more
aige on de razah. New York Jour
nal.