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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
QUARTERS WERE SCARCE.

The average householder who pro-
tests twelve months out Of each year
that his gas meter Ia out Of order and
Is trying to make a race with time to
bankrupt him. when the end OF the
month comes around will be interested
in the fate that sometimes overtakes
the individual who resorts to the drop
a-quarter-in-the-slot meter for relief.
One OF the champions Of the latter
system gave n party to n number OF
friends the other evening at his nat,
and the merriment was at Its height
when suddenly the place was shrouded
In darkness. When the alarm, occa-
stoned by the suddenness OF the trans
formation had subsidized, the voice OF
the anxious housewife was heard an
%nouncing that the 25-cent allowance ut
gas had been exhausted and that h
had not a piece OF money OF hat de-
nomination in the house. In vain the
guests gathered under the gaslight In
the hall, fed from another meter, and
searched their pockets for a silver 20
cent DlCCt. lHcIc Wdb piSuly VI
money in the crowd, but no quarters.
and the situation had grown distress
ing when volunteers offered to go forth
and try to secure the coveted piece Of
silver.
Until one has tried It, the difficulty
| OF securing a specific coin Ia hard to
realize. especially In the evening when
the stores are closed. After making q
canvass of the neighborhood without
result an expedition was formed and
two or three OF the men made their
way to the nearest street-car line.
where they boarded a car and secured
a stock of quarters from the conductor.
Then they returned to the gathering
OF guests In the hallway and, after
feeding the hungry slot, succeeded in
securing light for the balance OF the
evening. But the popularity Of the
ever-present slot device had SUM.
twenty points in as many minutes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Benighted Superstition.

Mrs. slimdiet-Well, that fellow
Longhead. who talked about taking
board here, is just about the most SUI
perstitious man | ever did hear of.
He's actually afraid OF ghosts. Maid
Ghosts, Is It? Mrs. Slimdiet-Yes. He
writes that he has changed his mind
about coming because he's been told
that half a dozen people have starved
TO death here.-Ncw York Weekly
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
K1TTY'S HUSBAND
BY Author Of "Hetty," Etc.

and only one, had taken possession OF
my mind. John had had business mat
tiers to talk Of with Madame Arnaud!
1t was business that had taken him
there so often-business that they
talked about in such lowered, conf
Dental voices! My spirits had sud
denly grown buoyant, my voice almost
gay.
Meg, stay here for a little WHILE
I pleaded eagerly. II want to see Jonn
all alone"
IAN uncommon wlsh!" laughed Meg;
but the soft little glance with which
she looked back at me robbed the
hooking speech OF all its sting.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
some Cant.

Miss Daintee--What al awful occu-
patton! To be employed in a place
where they tin meats. Mr.. E~dgemore-
Well, 1t argues a certain ability. Misr
Daintee-Ability? Mr.. Edgemore>
Certainly. They only employ those
who can.-New York World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
Ask Them About IL.

Half the men you meet are carrying
the watches they gave their wives be-
fore marriage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08

For the last ten years there has been
an increase Of 1000 annually In the
number OF Great Britain's insane.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08

Australian Opal Mining.
Opal mining is n OF the greatest
Australian mineral industries.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
Becoming q Citizen.

The man who wants to become a
citizen of the United States is put
through trying ordeal nowadays. 1t
isn't as easy as 1t used to be, when
all he had to day was to take the oath
Of allegiance and get the ward boss
to vouch for him, says the Philadelphia
Record. Things have changed, and
have gone to the opposite extreme
Now applicants have to pass civil
service examination Of considerable
pretensions. Many Of the questions
would worry the lawyers who accom-
pany the applicants. For instance, a
question asked recently was Where
must revenue bills originate, and
why?" II the man answers: I'm
congress-" he is lost; but II he replies:
"In the house Of representatives, be-
cause the people cannot be taxed ex-
cept by their representatives" he will
be passed with honors. Irish wit has
more than once saved an applicant.
A Judge asked a man a few weeks ago:
what does the president have to do
with the bills sent to him by con-
gress?" The man meditated for mo-
mcnt, and then replied: "Pay them,
like any other honest man."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
How to Brew Tea.

Lovers of tea will tell you, with
wise shake of the head. that tea should
never be allowed to steep for any
length of time, and should never be
used a second time. The latter rule
is particularly insisted upon, yet the
Chinese, who must certainly be looked
upon as good authorities on the tea
question, say to the contrary. The
Chinese put tea into their little tea
bowls, let 1t steep very short time.
pour off the liquid and drink it, and
then add more water to the leaves.
The tea from this second brewing
is the better, they say. 1t has not the
roughness Of taste of the first brew.
Good tea, taken in moderation and
properly prepared, is pronounced by
doctors to be a stimulant to the nerv-
ous system.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

The press reports say that the Fill
ipinos did great execution with bows
and arrows against American rapid
firing guns. That is the kind Of people
Americans propose to civilize. Amer
lea proposed to civilize the Indians
here at home. Was one ever civilized?
OF course not. They lie around the
reservations and eat government ra-
lions and drink surreptitious whisky
and die of scrofula. The indian schools
do no good. The graduates go back
to the blanket.
Civilization can no more be decreed
by teaching than 1t can be by procla-
nation. 1t is a matter of heredity.
The Filipinos will be a burden on
America. They will have to be muir
dered off just as the Indians were.
The most humane solution of the Phil
ippine question, now that we have
them on our hands, is to give them
lots of American whisky and let them
drink themselves to speedy and
hilarious death. If that is not done,
we will be shooting them from mouths
of cannons inside of five years, as our
brethren, the English, shot the ma
tives in India during the Sepoy re-
bellion.
The question which now faces the
American people is not how to civil
ize the Filipinos. That cannot be
done. The question is what is the
most humane way-to murder them or
to reduce them to docile slavery. This
is brutal talk; but 1t is based on hui
man experience with savages. We
have taken up "The white mans bur-
den." Now the question is, shall we
lubricate it with whisk and scrofula,
or rapid-firing guns and the blood Of
our young men?-Emporia Gazette
Rep.).
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
THE PARsEEs IN BOMBAY.
They Are the None makers of the
East.

To the nervelessness of the Bombay
native one race furnishes an excep-
tion-the Parsee, says G. w. Stevens
in the London Mail. The Parsee, as
his name tells you, comes from Per-
sia,whence he was prosecuted for wor-
Shipping fire. Prosecuted races devel-
op their own virtues and their own
faculties; and now, under British
peace, the Parsee fourishes exceeding
ly. He is the Jew of the east; leaves
other people to make commodities
while he makes money. Banking
agency, commission, brokerage, mid
dleman's profits are the Parsee's COL
conda. He has perceived the advan-
tages wherewith European education
equips him for these pursuits, and he
has sedulously educated himself into
the most European Of all Asiatics.
When a young Parsee speaks Of "go-
ing home" he means not Persia
where he would hardly be received
with enthusiastically England. You
can see 1t in the dress of two genera
tions. The elderly Parsee wears his
shirt outside his cerise trousers and
on his head a weird plum-colored
structure like a Siamese twin Of a
hat that you can put on either way
up. The young Parsee wears, as a
rule, short frock coat buttoned over
white duck trousers and on his head
q linoleum arrangement something be-
tween a Prussian grenadier and fly
paper man. He is shocked at our de-
NAL of representative institutions to
India, conceiving that II they were
granted he would be representative
and forgetting that the Mussulmans
would straightway push him into tho
sea and take his rupees unto them
selves. For the Parsee's rupees are
very many. Sir Jamshidji Jijibhoy,
the richest, Is worth about 100000
pounds. There are many others. So
greenly flourish the Parsees that they
have nearly filled UP all the eligible
sites on the ridge, the best part of
Bombay, and soon there will be no
place for the Briton. While the rich
Parsee lives in an airy bungalow, Eng
lish women have to hire land and live
in tents. 1t must be said that il the
Parsee knows how to get he also
knows how to give. Every Parsee ed
ucational institution or charity, for
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

men or women, is endowed beyond the
dreams of London hospitals. One cot
ton-spinner is said to have given $780,
900 pounds to the University of Bonn
bay; many others are hardly less mu-
nificent To them, to the Bagdad-
Jewish Sassoons, and-last, but after
all essential to the prosperity OF the
others-the British government, Bonn
bay owes the stately public buildings,
the spacious open places that give her
the grand air above almost every city
of the west.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
cAMELs CARRIED THE rAvoRs.
But the Monkey Quite Forgot to Dis
tribute Them.

But the Monkey Quito Forgot to Dis.
tribute Them.
The grand ball at Shepherds hotel
came off on the night Of Feb. 1, says
Cairo correspondent Of the New
York Herald. This is a function OF
annual occurrence, and is one of CAL
ro's greatest social events. 1t was a
very handsome affair and the Moor
ish restaurant-probably one Of the
richest in point Of decoration in the
world, opening into spacious dining
room, which was used for the ball
room, and opening in its turn on the
hall conducting to the suite of fine
salons furnished in the oriental style.
with palms and exotics everywhere,
making setting Of dark green to the
many beautiful dresses-resembled
wing of a palace during court ball.
It was not only the ball of the sea-
son at Shepherds, but the dinner of
the season as we'll. At nearly every
table was a dinner party, everybody In
full dress, the ladies decollete and
wearing their ball dresses. The coup
d'oeil" was beautiful, the Moorish
lamps lighted by multi-colored electric
bulbs, which increased the sparkle Of
many a gemmed necklace and agrafe.
Mr. Baehle, the popular manager Of
Shepherds hotel, had the dining
room cleared by a large corps Of
Arabs, and the restaurant converted
into beautiful and immense salon.
with a marble fountain In the middle.
from the basins Of which water ran
down over a thick apron Of roses.
Divans and valuable oriental carpets
were everywhere.
The cotillon, which was led by
Comte de Zogheb and Fakhry Bey, was
exceedingly spirited and was danced
with much entrain, the "clou" OF 1t
and that of the hall being the camel
and donkey figure. when two young
live camels, followed by sleek little
dun-colored donkey, with large side
baskets filled with flowers, were led
into the room by Arabs in pink and
lavender silk costumes. The pictur-
esque procession made the tour Of the
room. The live monkey, which mount
ed one of the camels, looked to the
right and left, grinning and enjoying
the sensation he was making, but sad
ly neglecting his duty Of distributing
the flowers to the ladies', leaving that
to the descendants Of his race, accord
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

My Lords and Gentlemen-To levy
direct tax Of per cent Is a dangerous
experiment in free country, and may
incite to revolt; but there is method
by which you can tax the last rag
from the back and the last bite from
the mouth without causing murmur
against high taxes-and that Is to tax
a great many articles Of daily use and
necessity 80 Indirectly that the people
will pay them and not know IT.; their
grumbling then will be of hard times,
but they will not know that the hard
times are caused by taxation.-Wil-
liam Pitt, in the House OF Lords, Eng
land.
P. S.-The Britishers had not yet
discovered how neatly the whole job
could be done by the adoption of the
gold standard.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
WOlcOtt.


Fear is expressed in some quarters
that Wolcott owing to his domestic
difficulties, will fail Of reelection in
190I-2. We don't consider such fears
we'll grounded. Wasn't 1t lady repre-
sentative, Hon. Susan Somebody, of
Somewhere down in the southern part
of the state, who got up and seconded
the nomination Of Wolcott the last
time he was elected; and referred to
him as zone Of the cleanest men
morally" the state ever produced? II
Wolcott will turn "Womens Rights"
with a vengeance the ladies will for
get his opposition to the equal suf-
frage scheme some years ago. We
would advise Ed to 60 into a scheme
10 elect nothing but women to the leg
fsIature in 1902. II he could not
catch q dose of senatorial hay fever
from an aggregation Of alfalfa widows
in sympathy with his own grass wild
overs state we then fail to understand
humanity Alright. Eddie, old boy, we
don't charge cent for that hint
Denver Republican.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

the count, who did not imagine
that his bride would offer any
objection to the bargain. Half an
hour later the Boston girl was a count
ess. Next morning her husband sub
mitted to her the papers providing for
the cession of her fortune. But instead
of finding the meek little wife he ex-
pected, the count encountered an IN
dignant and stern young woman, VINO
not only refused to enter Into the ar
rangement stipulated, but further de-
clared that she would never live with
man who had SO basely deceived her
IT will never be the wife OF fortune
hunter" was her unalterable decision,
which father and husband tried in vain
to modify. The young countess left her
husband forthwith and went back to
her fathers house, where she remained,
however, only twenty-four hours. Then
she disappeared. Ten days went by in
a fruitless search. Then her father
was informed by cable dispatch from
Paris that his daughter had gone to
Europe and had decided to make her
own living. When. after hunting for
situations in Paris, London, Berlin and
Dresden, the countess at last arrived in
Vienna, she had just 10 forms
left OF the few hundred dollars she
had brought with her from the United
States. She went to an employment
agency and inscribed her name as an
English governess." She secured the
place mentioned none too early, for
her money was quite gone. The count
sss, who Is known at the house where
she is employed as Miss Marguerite. g."
likes her position and Is perfectly con-
tented with her surroundings. She
loves children and Is fond OF her work
as a teacher. She says she will never
forgive her father for entering into
disgraceful bargain in order to obtain
q noble son-in-law. Neither will she
return to her husband. who. she de-
elares, has dishonored her. The love
sho once felt for him has changed to
contempt.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
HAD ENOUGH COUNT.
DAY AFTER HER MARRIAGE
BOSTON GIRL LEFT HIM.
He Demanded Her TOrtune-Instead OF
Finding n Meek Little Wife He En-
countercd A Young Woman of Spirit
Now q Governess.

From Vienna comes the account Of a
Boston heiress who has taken service
there as governess in the family Of a
well-known nobleman and government
functionary, at the beggarly salary OF
Duo fiorins per year. Her reasons for
taking this step reflect little credit
upon either her father or her hus-
band-for she has been but lately mar
ried, says the New York Commercial
Advertiser. She is the only daughter
OF Boston merchant, and received an
excellent education. Her father is a
self-made man, who late in life be-
came millionaire by lucky specula-
lions. With his desire for money graf
flied, his next ambition was to acquire
social position for his child. Like
other rich Americans, he and his daugh-
ter spent much time in Paris. Here he
ran across a noble dame who eked
out livelihood by arranging matches
between heiresses and impecunious
members of the arlstocracy. This
woman promised him a son-in-law Of
the bluest blood-for consideration
and, after looking up the names sub
mitted to him In the French peerage,
he decided upon a certain Count de B.
as the most desirable on the list. He
paid the 10000 francs down, part of
which was to pay the counts expenses
on journey to America, the rest be-
ing for the services rendered by the
noble dame. Soon afterward the Bos-
tonians returned home, and some time
lated M. lie Comte visited them there.
He is dashing young fellow, has
charming manners and speaks English
with a delicious accent. No wonder
the Boston girl fell in love with him.
After short courtship the wedding
day was set, and the delighted father
gave orders to French agent to pre-
pare a charming nest for his children
in the Faubourg st. Germain-a band
box of house, furnished in the latest
style, with gardens and stables galore.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
Needed Exercise.

Eight American ladies bent the knee
to royalty at recent function in Buck
ingham palace. It is hoped they feel
better for it-a sort of Swedish move
ment cure, as 1t were; g. dressed-up
gymnastic to make the waist smaller,
perhaps. Nowadays vain woman will
do anything to timber her muscles, and
reduce her size, even to paying $500 or
$500 for making a genuflexion to the
daughters of the queen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
Wanted-a Partner.

Wanted-A flrst-class all round
shyster lawyer to take half interest in
this paper. We want one who appears
honest and genteel on the surface and
one who is not afraid to tackle any
sort of job. from robbing a smoke
house to shaking down q bonanza
king. We need money and have con-
Guided that the shortest cut to riches
I'm the newspaper business Is a law Of
fee in connection.
We have senatorial aspirations, we
have, and need money.-Georges
weekly, Denver.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

everything went
well up to the very
day of the wedding,
which took place in
Boston. Then, when
the guests had as
sembled and the
carriages for the
drive to the church
were standing In
front of the door,
the count sprung a
surprise on his
father-in-law elect
by submitting to
him a we'll anthem
ticated record Of
his debts, amount
ing to nearly 1,000,-
900 francs, which
he desired to have
paid before the GER
emory took place.
The father submit
ted to the demand
with the best grace
he could. This
made M. lie Comte
bold. "There is an
other little matter
to be arranged" he
said. 81 must have
absolute control of
my wife's fortune"
: Dreading a scan
dial, the father con-
sented to this also,
though on condi-
ton that his daugh-
ter should agree to
IL That satisfied
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
Reckoning from Hours.

Since the beginning Of May a new
system Of reckoning the hours has
been in force In Belgium. noon being
represented by IL and midnight BY "a
or 0, according to circumstances. A
train starting exactly at midnight Is
said to leave at'0 hour. and ono arriv-
ing at that time is considered due At
"a o'clock. The dials OF existing clocks
at railway stations have been adapted
TO the new system By placing the
numbers - TO ~ under the / - IA
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

sumptuous supper was served. the
long table forming three sides Of a
square and loaded with every mag
Unable Wand and delicacy, the center
and end pieces towering up several
feet, and, above all, in the middle was
a huge crescent and star, exquisitely
wrought in roses and violets and &C.
raniumS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
Celebrate ao..he.s B,r.hay.

In June next Germany will celebrate
the 160th anniversary of the birth Of
Goethe. According to German pa
per, the programme Of commemoration
will be an imposing one. 1t will last
three dayR
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
what George Said.

"Anyone willing to toll for the priv
aege of living on this earth should be
~fyeu the free use OF air. sunshine,
water and land-Nature's four COM
wCa b jfngs-as a means to secure
a. same.:-Henry George.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

and captains of the fleet unde his
command, generous-m minded pY H.
would have at once placed him ON the
list Of heroes along side Of Schley. and
he would have received as much ap-
plause.
But what did he do? Why his sor-
did greed for honors that were not his
impelled him to send in a report In
which he claimed all the credit of the
affair, Though he was not in 1t at all,
and he said not a word of Schley, who
was in command when the battle was
fought; not word Of the gallant cap
tain whose work on that day forms
such glorious chapter in the history
of our navy. And from that day to
this his course has been consistent
with the selfishness displayed in his
report of the battle.
In order to injure the reputation OF
Schley, he suppressed a dispatch or
dering him to remain at Cienfuegos,
and centured him for obeying the Or
der During the whole course of this
conspiracy Schley said not word in
defense Of himself until the secretary
of the navy, acting for Sampson,
charged Schley with "reprehensible
conduct" Then, obtaining permission
to defend himself, he wrote to the SEN
ate a courteous communication, In
which he gave the facts. He criticised
nobody; he made no complaints; he
simply showed that his "reprehensi-
Ole conduct" was the result OF obeying
AN order which Sampson had sup
pressed.
The senate, which had seen through
the conspiracy from the beginning,
showed its opinion of the conspirators
by its action. That action is fully
Endorsed by the American people, and
it will not be changed by any subse-
quent senate. Sampson will be given
more than justice under the circum-
stances, but his name will not be
ahead of that of Schley on the navy
lists, and it will be far, far below
Schley's in the estimation Of the pub
lie.
Should he be retired from the serv-
ice by the board of Simpsons partl.
sans, who are to be appointed for that
purpose, we think the administration
will hear from the people in a way
that will astonish it, and Sampson
will hear something drop in the SEN
ate. Such cabal as this which Secre-
tary Long has deliberately nourished
and fostered endangers the efficiency
Of our navy in a way calculated to
bring it into disgrace. II rewards are
to be won as cheaply as those which
the administration has conferred on
Sampson, the proper place to seek
them is not In the feet, but IN the
formation of an official cabal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
Jerusalem,s Faded Glory.

Jerusalem is now nothing but q
shadow of the magnificent city of an
cient times. It Is about three miles In
circumference and 1t Is situated OF q
rocky mountain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

In very clear water sunlight pene-
trates 10 depth Of over 1880 feet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
STORY OF A CRIME.

The Washington Post culls two
newspaper blossoms from the gardens
Of Its contemporaries, and the sweet
perfume which they exhale causes the
editor to shake with lusty laughter.
AS these lovely newsblossoms, taken
together, form rare posy. we present
them to our readers. Here is one which
grew In the window Of the Herald
bureau, corner Fifteenth and G streets,
N. w., Washington, d. c." 1t Is dated
Sunday"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07

and captains of the fleet undo. his
command, generous-minded pY VI
would have at once placed him on the
list Of heroes along side Of Schley. and
he would have received as much ap-
plause.