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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

emily, but they were all marked one
dollar and half, and l have only
twenty five cent pieces in my bank"
Bring me the bank" said his moth
er. opening her pocketbook.
In another moment Archie stood be-
fore his mother rafting the coins in
the small tin box.
If l give you ten more five-cent
pieces" said his mother, smiling, "how
much will you have them"
Zone hundred and fifty cents" cried
Archie, laughing aloud. MAY l go and
buy the sleigh now?"
"Yes,' said his mother, "but want
some Of those lovely red berries l saw
In the wood yesterday. They would
look so nice among the evergreens.
And besides, grandma and your aunts
love them So"
I'll bring you a lot" said Archie.
In few moments he was running
down the road toward Mr. Dunkirk's
store.
AS he passed tiny cottage on the
way very small boy pushed open the
window and shouted:
Santa Claus is going to bring me
sleigh tonight"
How do you know, Dick?" asked
Archie.
ELLEN told me So" said Dick.
Archie had never seen the little fell
lows face look 80 bright and happy.
He knew that Dick lived alone with
his sister, who, though only Is years
old, worked hard all day long in the
big silk factory to support herself and
her brother. And as Archie walked
toward Mr.. Dunkirk's store he thought
great deal of Dicks happy face.
Archie took long time choosing his
sleigh, SO when his selection was
made and he started off penniless but
happy, dragging a wonderful red and
green sleigh after him, it was almost
dark.
AS he turned a corner suddenly he
ran against girl standing in the road.
1t was Dicks sister, and she was cry
ing.
what is the matter?" asked Archie.
"Why don't you go homer"
IL can't bear to see Dick. prom
ised him sleigh and l spoiled lot
Of silk today and have been dismissed
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
Will Connect Baltic and Black Seas-Of
Immense Commercial Value.

Americans is in the fact that this ship
canal will open a cheap and quick route
OF transportation to the wheat growers
and petroleum producers Of Russia.
They can reach the Baltic and the Med
iterranean with equal facility and
economy, and thus supply Asia and
Europe and Africa more quickly and
economically than can the Americans.
The canal passes through the best
petroleum territory.
Russia expects that the facility of
intercourse which the canal will fur
nish will give great impetus to many
industries which are prosecuted at
present only for home purposes and
which could be extended enormously
when the markets Of the entire world
are open to them. What this means
can be estimated from the figures that
show the wonderful growth of the pop
ulation Of some of the cities which will
be ports on the canal when it is I'm
ished.
There is Ekaterinoslaf. near Kher-
son, for instance, which has doubled
its population and size in less than
twenty years. Odessa, with 404, 1000 in
habitants, and Lodz, with $4,000, have
grown with a rapidity that would be
remarked even in the United States,
the country Of rapid urban growth
Riga has $4,000 inhabitants and is
growing at a rate which promises to
double this number in ten years. Kief
has 100000 inhabitants. All these
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Harkl those strains, SO sweetly falling.
IN that facial mOrnf

Harki those strains, SO sweetly falling.
On that festal morn!
To our hearts are they recalling,
Christ, our King, was born.
He has come to give blessing
To the poor, the sad;
He has come with kind caressing,
Making children glad.
Chorus:
Hark! those strains so sweetly falling,
On that festal morn;
To our heart they are recalling,
Christ, our King, was born.
HE we to the lowly manger,
At the village inn;
Let us greet the wondrous stranger
Saving all from sin;
Let us bring royal treasure.
Like the wise Of old;
Love sincere and without measure,
Better far than gold.
Chorus.-Hark, etc.
What though wintry winds are blow
Ing
Leaves from oft the tree;
And no more the flecks are lowing,
On the upland lea;
Christ each little lamb Is tending,
Folding it with care;
From the storms of life defending,
From its chilling air.
Chorus.-Hark, ell
May those angels, at the dawning.
Singing in the sky,
Ever with kindly warning
Bid the tempter fly.
When no more on earth is given
Joy like this today,
May such messengers Of heaven
Bear our souls away.
Chorus.-Hark, etc
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

Whether or not the disarmament
proposal Of the car was so intended,
| the fact remains that 1t came at time
which aided in keeping secret pro-
lect Of immense Importance. But for
the proposal public attention would
Inevitably have been directed to the
great internal waterway now under
consideration at st. Petersburg. This
scheme Is to unite the Baltic and
Black seas by q canal crossing the
empire. Such a ship canal II COM
pleted would work revolution In the
naval operations Of the powers and
might we'll work a similar revolution
In commerce.
The plan involves the construction
Of a canal which will have sufficient
depth Of water to admit of the pass
age of the heaviest battle ship. This,
Of course, would also admit OF the
passage of the heaviest freight steam
or, so that Russia would be able to
receive and discharge an enormous
amount Of commerce. When one con-
siders the immensely OF the trade Of
the land Of the Romanoffs with other
countries, enforced now because of the
lack Of natural facilities for transpor-
tation, the possibilities Of such q canal
can be appreciated.
Great as the plan is, it is so simple
In its engineering aspects and also
from financial view point that the
only wonder is that the work has not
been done long ago. Though the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

waterway will be ten times as long as
the Suez canal, the territorial rondi-
tions are so favorable and the exist
ing waterways are so large and deep
and convenient in their natural direc-
ton that only about $50 miles OF the
1000 miles will need to be dug, and
comparatively little dredging will be
required to complete the availability
of the natural waterways.
The least width of this great ship
canal is to be little more than 213
feet at water level and ia feet at the
bottom. The depth will be 291s feet
uniformly. The Baltic sea terminus
of the canal is to be the port of Riga.
Riga is on the mouth of the Dvina
river, which is navigable for many
miles from it's mouth. The channel Of
the Dvina river will be used for the
canal as far as Dunaburg, where an
artificial canal will branch off across
the Lepel watershed and into the
Beresina river, a continent Of the
Dnieper, the third largest river in Eu-
rope. Here there is little work except
dredging necessary and the canal
builders will utilize the course Of the
Bereslna to the Dnieper, meeting the
latter stream somewhere near Loief.
Then the Dnieper channel will be fol-
lowed to its mouth on the Black sea,
where the port of Kherson now is.
The typographical conditions are so
favorable that the canal needs only
two locks, one at each terminus, and
the soil of almost the whole territory
through which the canal will pass is
of the best possible character, being
clay of exceptional consistency and of
such good quality that the bricks and
much other necessary material can be
manufactured as the work proceeds
from the earth which is dug up.
Five years is the time which it is
calculated will be necessary to COM
plete the work and open the canal
for shipping. The cost is estimated at
only 200 900 600 rubles ($154, 400, 0OO), or
about one-half that at the recent valu-
ation In American gold of the fucuat-
ing ruble.
Besides the two terminal ports If
teen inland ports are to be created
from cities that are almost isolated at |
present. The canal will practically |
give them the Importance Of coast |
cities, for in each it is planned to con-
struct harbor facilities in which the
largest ocean-going vessels can lie at
anchor and take and discharge cargo |
without interfering with the COM
MERGE of the canal.
The engineers who have been plan
ming this great Russian waterway es-
innate that the largest ships can
steam through it at the rate Of six
knots an hour and thus go from the
Black sea to the Baltic in little less
than. seven days. The branches Of the
Dnieper, most of which are deep and
wide, can be opened as feeding canals,
and thus an immense inland territory
of Russia will be opened to the outer
world.
Perhaps the most direct interest for
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

cities and half dozen other with
more than 100000 inhabitants each,
will be in easy communication by wa
ter, the cheapest OF routes, with the
markets of Europe and America.
In the efforts to drive the American
petroleum out of the Russian markets
the Russian producers always have
brought all possible influence on the
government for reduction of freight
rates, because they saw that only in
this way could they fight the petroleum
from the United States refiners. The
government helped them several times,
and the rate now is only about IL
cents a gallon, throwing heavy bur-
den on the roads, without, apparently,
any great corresponding benefit to the
shippers. The ship canal will be the
one thing that they need.
The Russian navy will gain immeas-
urably in effectiveness from the new
canal. Its fleets are separated hope
lessly now. The Black sea fleet is shut
in by the Dardanelles and could not
make connection with the Mediter-
ranean feet except by breaking
through. Even If the two did manage
to combine in that way they would be
penned in a sea both exits of which
are held by Great Britain, Gibraltar
commanding one and the Suez canal
the other.
With the canal the entire question
in time of war would resolve itself into
question of commanding the Darda-
nelles, with an immense advantage on
the side Of the Russians, owing to the
facilities with which they could send
ships. ammunition and men to the
scene. Should the Black sea feet, on
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
Chr,stmas-The Little Children.


We love little children. They are
the future. No period of life is more
full Of interest than that of childhood.
We watch the expanding mind of q
fine boy as we do the unfolding of a
flower. Childhood is the primrose sea-
son of life; and when we see clus-
ter of little innocent urchins around
the hearth, if our wishes could be re-
allied all their after days should be
those of sunshine and happiness. We
like children and sympathize, in all
their little griefs and share in al, their
hilarious and boisterous' merriment. In
this season of festivity they should
never be forgotten. Send them early
to bed on Christmas con good terms
with themselves and all the rest of the
world, and then fill their suspended
stockings for the bounties of st. Mich
olas with trinkets and toys, and give
them good and useful articles of the
season. Oh, the pleasures of these Of
fees! None but a parent ever did or
ever can conceive them. Look at their
bright and shining faces in the morn
ing and read your reward in their as
constituent and gratitude. Parents,
neglect not your little folks at this
season of the year. You purchase a
large amount of happiness at trihing
cost. Never be unmindful Of your
duty in this respect. Please your chill
dren on proper occasions and they will
please you in after life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
A LEGAL QUIBBLE.
Parnell's Apology" to Henry james
Gladstone and Salisbury.

Parnell's Apology" to Henry james
Gladstone and Salisbury.
Mr.. Parnell on the 18th of April.
1878, characterized statement made
by Mr.. Henry James as "a legal quib-
BILE" worthy Of the honorable and
learned member from whom it pro-
ceeded, says the New York Times. II
must inform the honorable member"
said the speaker, that an expression
Of that kind is unwarrantable and must
be withdrawn" Mr.. Parnell apologize
ed for having used the expression. Il
will say" he added, that the state
ment was more worthy CT the ingenui-
ty Of petty sessions attorney than Of
a lawyer Of the ability Of the honor
able and learned gentleman" This
anecdote recalls the famous retraction
by Lord Salisbury OF a comparison he
had instituted between Mr.. Gladstone
and an attorney, which is told in The
Nineteenth Century. During the de-
bate on Mr.. Gladstone's historic bud
get Of 1861-the budget which abolish
ed the stamp duties on newspapers and
thereby led to the establishment OF
the penny daily press-Lord Robert
Cecil (the present Lord Salisbury said
the tactics Of the chancellor Of the 2x-
chequer (Mr. Gladstone) were worthy
rather Of an attorney than Of states
man. The remark was not ruled out
Of order by the chair, but 1t was receiv-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
Youthful Hopes Unified.

Eddie, aged 4, had just returned
home after his first morning at the
kindergarten. ''Well, Eddie" asked
his mother, chow did you like it2"
Didn't like it at ALL" he replied. THE
woman put me on chair and told me
to sit there for the present" WELL"
interrupted the mother, wasn't that
all right?" But" continued Eddie,
"she never gave me any present.
cago News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
RUSSIA TO CUT A GREAT CANAL.

the other hand. be menaced by VIC
torious enemy, the canal would save
1t. for where the ships now would be
locked up. with the canal they could
steam into the Baltic in a week.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
MADE TWOsHAPPY.

from the works without my weeks
pay"
She gave one look at Archie's new
sleigh and hid her face on the fence
rail-
The tears were in Archie's eyes as
he went on his way. When he reach
ed the little cottage he stood still be-
hind great bush outside of the gate.
Little Dick was still peeping out. Ar
chic watched the eager face for several
moments, then, when the child left the
window. he stole solely through the
little garden and up the rickety steps.
Then, fastening the rope Of his beauti-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
PLAYING SANTA CLAUS.

OTHER, will Santa
Claus bring ME a
sleigh tomorrow? l
would rather have
a sleigh than any
thing else in the
world.
When / passed
Mr.. Dunkirk's store
last night it was
full of sleighs,"
said Archie Dres-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
JOY and Expense.

Uncle Theodore, what is the Christ
has spir.t?"
1T is that genial joy you feel when
you discover that you have money
enough to go round"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
A Phenomenon.

When Christmas comes with merr
pace
The small boy Is peach;
His stomach is the resting place
OF everything In reach.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

I've longed and waited many years
I've watched the speechless sea,
But somewhere in the distance SAIL
the Seagull far from me;
Each Christmastide l set his chair be-
fore the chestnut fire,
And wait for footsteps at the door tc
bring me my desire.
The rose has faded on the mead, and
winter crowns the void,
And in the village Christmas bells
ring out the story old,
But dear to all the world, how in the
soft and scented hay,
In Judah's land beloved by all, the
gentle Christ-child lay.
stir the fire and wait for Joe, for
something uneXpressed
Tells me that l shall feel again the
hand so often blessed,
That from the tropics far away, or
from the lands of snow
The missing ship will bring the boy
who left me long ago.
The gulls are screaming where the
waves in fury lash the shore,
And Christmas finds me all alone with
sorrow at my door,
Yet in my heart there blooms flowr
both delicate and fair
The rope of Hope which angel hands
have sweetly planted there.
Was that the storm king at my door?
Or did l hear hand?
Who comes to wish me we'll today DER
snowy sea and land?
This Christmas l would wait alone
within my little home
For Joe, who told me with kiss that
some day he would come.
1t was knock, I ope the door. What
stranger guest Is this?
Unlike the tall and gallant youth
whose cherishe| voice l miss.
What! back at last? it cannot be, yet
tbs his smile, know,
And Christmas brings my darling
home despite the swirling SNOWY
Aye, thro' the tempest and the sea
he comes to keep his word,
And now l know that far above the
widows prayer was heard;
There steals into my little room light
lilo that which foil
Upon the plains of Bethlehem when
watched the shepherds well.
] place him at the table and look in
to his face,
The while the village bells ring out
their hymns Of peace and grace;
And Joe gives back the same old smile
so full Of love and joy,
The smile that made me happy when
he was little boy.
/ read of Christmastides within the
palaces of old,
Where kings and princes merry make
beneath cloth of gold;
But would rather sit today within
our little home,
And bless the God who brought me Joe
across the crested foam.
II. c. Harbaugh.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

ever try electricity for your rheu-
matism, Uncle Josh?" Should say
did. l was struck by lightnin two
different times an my rheumatic
seemed to thrive under Tx.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

Fifty thousand Bank of England
notes are on the average made daily.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

H E A r the winds
that sweep the
moor, / know the
waves are high,
And far above the
stormy coast doth
b Q n d an 1 n X y
sky;
I'm waiting still to
greet my boy who
prom IS ed he
would come
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1898-08-16
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Ser Sub Sumitian's.

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nannt bat. Die Some ianf bereits
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ihmiifenoe broncsns Stutue bes Stta.
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erbobte nod bic melanholiihe Stille
in ben eileen oes in Der Ndbe bes Wau-
ioleums lieaenoen Dffsniliben parfes.
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befanb lih ein nit Warmor bele9ter
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Der GreiselaIene Somitian's. Bon
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SD TONNE i'm Namen aQer. bid
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SD uno meme @efdbrten iinb poll-
tommcn pcrbcreitet; BOD wiiyneu mir.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1898-08-16
6prteb II II a.
Son q. U. 6.

,,gBo ioQte i9 binQeben? SD babe
hsm armen &inoe ni4t einmnl elm Sbs
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teit oos Ssrs ieines 6reunoes. Irmer
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90ilIen bes erei'cn Senators. leBterer
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-02-18
w. G. HOOPER.
This Old.Timer's.. Stepson Now In
Prominence.

Ex-Mayor Sutro of San Francisco
has been declared by the Court, incom-
petent to manage his affairs. Mrs. En-
ma Sutro-M Merritt has been appointed
his guardian.
Col w. c. Little, the manager of the
Sutro properties in San Francisco, was
the step son of W. c. Hooper who re-
sided many years in Honolulu. He was
a member of the noted firm of Ladd &
Co. which obtained in the ''forties" i'm
mense concessions of land from the
Government, and nearly succeeded in
populating the Islands with Belgians.
Colonel Little, his step son, has been
Mayor Sutro's private secretary for
many years, and will probably continue
to manage the large estate, as the
agent of Mrs. Emma Sutro- Merritt.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-02-18
BICYCLE EXPERIENCE.
An Official Who Made a Slight
Mistake.

Col. R. Jay Greene, the caretaker of
the Executive Building had a bicycle
experience yesterday that is worth re-
Eating. He has long had an ambition
to bestride the silent speed. a hand
some wheel had stood in the big main
hallway for several hours. Colonel
Greene, with a small audience set
about to master the balancing feat.
In advance he gave it as his opinion
that any man should master the ma
chine in fifteen minutes. He lifted the
wheel from the wall, squared away be-
hind it in proper pose and showed off,
raising at the same time to make a
neat drop into the saddle. Instead OF
presenting the picture he had imagin-
ed, the veteran sent the wheel on the
mating while he stumbled to the wall
and stood looking at the recalcitrant
''beastie" He had failed to notice
that the back wheel of the apparatus
was chained to the frame. Finding
out about this impeachment, the Colo
mel regained his accustomed spirits al
once and remarked that be wouldn't
use that old-fashioned wheel anyhow
that he wanted a chainless up-to-date
or nothing. He may try on George
Ashley's safety.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-02-18
Expects Smooth Sailing.

According to the Herald, Represen-
tative Richards said to his Hilo con-
stituency just before embarking for
the capital: 'Hilo stands in very
different light before the Government
compared with its position during the
last session. We have had one or
two Cabinet officers to visit us and !
have no doubt they will be with us
in our efforts to secure appropriations
for the public good. Personally l dc
not believe we will experience much
difficulty in getting what we ask for. -