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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

Among the gems Of general knowl-
edge which sometimes serve to flu
mine the dull routine Of elementary
education the following Essay on st.
Stephen" copy of which reaches us
from the vicinity Of Church of Eng
land school in Surrey, is worthy Of a
place. The author appears to have de-
rived his misinformation from both lay
and ecclesiastical sources, and he
writes: 1--WE have heard that St.
Stephen was the first one to find out
how to make the steam engin. He
first made the puffin-Billy and many
others, and he went on maxim EN-, and
some he made better than all the 9TH
ers, and these be the ones you see in
the stashuns." This is pretty good, but
our admiration is boundless when,
with infinite gravity and brevity, our
youthful essayist concludes Lay
not this thing to my charge said he,
when he was a-dyin Of bein stoned
Literature.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
Blasphemy Condemned.


Manager Pulliam wants to give Capt
Clarke to understand that blasphemy
is out of order on any league grounds,
but especially in Philadelphia, where
a class Of people patronize base ball
that will not stand for it. The local
patrons of the game will not tolerate
a home player to use language such as
Clarke used recently in yelling to KEEL
ley from left field, and much less will
it put up with a visiting player doing
it. If the Louisville club Is not pat
ronized at home by it's best people, the
fault can probably be traced to the
fact that the management permits Its
players to use language on the field
such as Clarke used recently, and for
which respectable people cannot stand.
Anyhow, why don't the umpires en-
force the rules and put players of the
field whenever they use insulting or
blasphemous language? They are there
as representatives of the league to pro-
tect the good name'of the game against
players who ought to know better than
by word or action to injure 1t, but who
do not know better.--Philadelphia
Ledger. ~a'4e~ =
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
SHE WAS A BRAVE GIRL.
Kept Her Presence Of Mind When At.
tackled by an Alligator.


Some days ago little girl, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Fields, living on Lake Glib
son, near Lakeland, Fla, jumped Off
the wharf on the lake to take a swim.
She is an expert swimmer, but had
hardly touched the water before she
was seized by the leg, between the
knee and ankle, by an alligator. She
was pulled under the water by the saul
rian, but managed to break away and
started hastily toward the shore, only
few yards distant. The gator again
came to the attack, this time Selling
her in the fleshy part of the side, be-
tween the ribs and hip. The little one
was plucky, however, and managed to
again break away from the cruel jaws,
this time reaching the shore, the ga
tor following until she was on dry
land; then he disappeared from view.
The girl never lost her presence Of
mind, which probably was the reason
of her escaping alive. She gives very
graphic description of che dangerous
encounter, and has two very ugly
wounds to vouch for her story. She
says she could not see the entire length
of the beast, but from what she could
see would judge 1T to have been only
about five feet Tonga small gator to
attack a person. The girl is IA years
of age.-Baltimore Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
BASE BALL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES
OF THE GAME.
Tho Record of the Past Season Shows
That II Interest In National Game Is
to He Maintained the Twelve Club
Circuit Must BE Abandoned.

Never before in the history of the
tcrest attached to the finish Of the sea-
son as was evident this year. A fea-
, tureless finish is one of the drawbacks
of an unwieldly twelve-club league
with one-half of its teams outclassing
the others. The tail-enders of this sea-
son, the transferred Browns, have not
finished higher than ninth in one of
the eight races, including the one now
on, of the National league and Ameri-
can association of professional base
ball clubs. Louisville has the same
disgraceful record. and three times the
Colonies were tail-enders. The Sen
ators we're seventh in 1897, ninth in
1898, tenth in 1892 and 1895, eleventh
in 1894 and 1898 and last in 1893. The
Chicago club has occupied first-divi
sion berth in three races, being fourth
in 1895 and 1898 and fifth in 1896. Pitts
burg was second in 1898, sixth in 1892
and 1896, and among the also rams in
the other years. New York, the larg
est center of population in the county,
was second in 1894, third in 1897, fifth
in 1893 and nearer the tail-end than
the top of the column in other seasons.
Boston has won four of the pennants
and Baltimore the other three, and
Brooklyn, with the pick of the Orioles
as nucleus for its team, will fly the
eighth. What better proof of the
innate love of the national game can
be produced than the survival of the
game under such discouraging disap-
pointment as has befallen its patrons
in ten of the National league cities for
eight consecutive years?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
Ruskin's Gift.

During the proceedings of the re-
cent conference of the Library asso-
citation in England characteristic
story of John Ruskin was told in con-
nection with the subject OF village IL
braries. A library for the laborers OF
lake country village had been estab-
lished, and just before the opening Mr..
Ruskin was asked to inspect it. He
cordially consented, and uIon leaving
expressed his admiration of the ar
rangements, and promised to send a
present, which came in the form Of a
sumptuous set Of SCOTS novels. The
wife of the founder thought the edi-
ton much too splendid for the purpose
and at the earliest opportunity told
the donor so. Madam" said Ruskin,
IF the money the books cost had been
spent in floral decorations or wines
for dinner, nothing would have been
said against 1t, but because 1t has been
laid out for the enjoyment Of the
simple villagers it is thought extrava-
CANT"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
How Mrs. Pinkham
HELPED MRS. 0OODEN.
rLrrrIR TO MRS. rrNKHxx NO. Is,7ssl

CLETTxR TO MRS. PiNkHAH NO. Is,733J 4
81 am very grateful to you for your
kindness and the interest you have
taken in me, and truly believe your
nedicines and advice are worth moro
to woman than all the doctors in tho
world. For years had female troubles
and did nothing for them. OF course
became no better and finally broke
down entirely. My troubles began
with inflammation and hemorrhages
from the kidneys, then inflammation,
congestion and falling of the womb
and inflammation of ovarics.
81 underwent local treatment every
day for some time; then after nearly
two months the doctor gave me permits
sion to 60 back to work. l went back,
but in less than a week was COM
PEELED to give up and go to bed. On
breaking down the second time, I de-
cided to let doctors and their medicine
alone and try your remedies. Before
the first bottle was gone 1 felt the eff
fects of it. Three bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and q
package of her Sanative Wash did me
more good than all the doctors treat
ments and medicine.
"The first remark that greets mo
now is How much better you look! and
you may be sure never hesitate to tell
the cause of my health. "-MRs. Z. ].
GooDEN, ACKLEY, Ia.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
Tho Case of Catcher Crlger.

The player who assaults an umpire
during or after a game commits a
grievous offense for which he should
be severely punished. The previous
reputation of the player, the capacity
of the umpire and the circumstances Of
each case should be taken into consid-
Grafton in fixing the penalty, but the
offense should not be condoned. If on
investigation it is found that the UNI
pire is unfit for his position, that he
provoked the assault by the use Of
abusive and opprobrious language, he
should be dropped from the staff for
all time. The umpire is the represent
alive of the league, appointed presum-
ably on account of his fitness for the
position. He is invested with eXtraor-
binary authority over the players in
order to compel their obedience to his
cooperation Of the players of each club
in making every game sportsmanlike
contest. He should decide the points
of play as he sees them without fear or
favor, and should alone be answerable
to the National league, which he rep
resents, for the manner in which he
discharges his duties. How can an
umpire, who is in dread of being as
saulted after game by player whom
he has disciplined for violation OF
the rules, be expected to prove impair
tial? If Catcher Criger is allowed to
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
RINEHARr'S INDIAN PICTURES.

In the summer of 1898 the Govern
ment Indian Bureau invited all tribes
of Indians in this country to send dele
gates to an Indian Congress, and they
gathered from far and near with their
ponies and tepees and gaudiest trap
pings in the Exposition Grounds at
Omaha. Never before had there been
and never again will there be such a
gathering. There were about five hun
! dred of them, some partly civilized, but
!. the greater portion picturesque in
original savagery. Strange as it may
seem at this late day many of the In
dams declared that before coming to
Omaha they had no idea what multi
tudes of white men there were or how
hopeless it was to try to stand against
them. This was probably the last time
that so complete and spectacular a
view of the North American Indian
will be possible and those who had the
privilege of witnessing it are to be
counted fortunate. At the time of the
Indian Congress prominent pho
tographer obtained permission to take
the photographs of the most noted
chiefs present and succeeded in obtain
luS a COilcChlOh WilCH ucNOI Will Do
equaled. Mr.. Rinehart, the photograph
er, copyrighted all these pictures and
placed in few art stores some hand
colored proofs which, Notwithstanding
their high price, sold at once, and these
Indian pictures have become the fad Of
the year. The Chicago Great Western
Railway has succeeded at large expense
in obtaining from Mr.. Rinehart the
privilege of reproducing the best four
of these pictures, Chiefs wolf Robe"
"Louison," Hollow Horn Bear" and
"Hattie Tom" and have incorporated
them in an art calendar for 1900, which
is pronounced The most artistic produce
ton yet attempted. The heads are
6xS inches, one on sheet, wonderfully
reproduced in all their original colors,
and when framed make most striking
and effective pictures, particularly
suited for holiday gifts. Owing to the
expense but very small edition has
been issued. They will be sent, how
ever, while the supply lasts to any per-
son sending 25 cents in stamps or silver
to cover the royalty charges and the
expense of packing and mailing to F.
H. Lord General Passenger & Ticket
Agent, 113 Adams street, Chicago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
&c. so SENT FPEE.

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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10


persons who thought that the young
player would have to have more minor
league experience before he would be
able to hold his own in the major
league; but he fooled all those wise
acres by playing the fastest kind of
ball ever since he donned a Pittsburg
uniform. Although he played with the
Pittsburgs prior to June 26, his assign
ment to a regular place on their team
dates from that day. His batting, base
running and fielding have been fea-
ture of the teams work. He has
made homers, triple and double bag
gers, while he has gone far over the
century mark in singles. His best bat
ting performance in an one game oc-
Cured July %, at Pittsburg, in a game
with the Philadelphia, when he made
a safe hit each of the six times he
went to bat. He also made SIX runs.
On Aug. 6, at Philadelphia he made
five safe hits, including three triple
baggers and two-baser. Twice he
has made four safe hits to game, and
six times he made three safe hits to q
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
Gold has been discovered in Kan
chatka in promising quantities.s

The Baltimore and Ohio South
Western Rail Road placed in service
several months ago five large ten
wheel compound passenger engines for
use on fast trains between Cincinnati
and st. Louis. The performance of
these engines has been eminently sat-
isfactory and up to the highest expec-
tation. The same line has also in SER
vice so consolidation compound freight
engines which provide ample power
for the entire line in addition to what
was already in use. The compound
engines were an experiment but hard
service has proved that they are en-
tirely successful and show a saving Of
Is per cent in fuel as compared with
simple engines of the same type. Ex-
haustive tests were made with both
the simple and compound locomotives
before the order for the entire lot was
placed with the result vastly in favor
of the compound locomotives.
The successful sprlnter is seldom
successful in the long run.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

Andrew Freedman, The Jules Guern
of base ball, is but little concerned
about the past, present or future of the
game. He is not at all put out by the
poor patronage of his club at home,
and, so far as the public knows, will
not exert himself to strengthen his
team for the next race. He controls
a plant that, if properly managed,
should yield an annual profit of $780,
GOO. His club is managed by noted
trap shot. The minority stockholders
of the club are powerless to prevent
the sacrifice of their interests to the
spitework of the man who elects him
self its president at salary of $4,000
a year. So long as the New York club
pays it's players and lives up to the
letter of the National league constitu-
ton, it can retain it's franchise until
the expiration Of the ten-year agree
ment in 1901. Freedman, in a recent
interview, asserted that he will pay but
little attention to base ball until there
is a change of policy in the admins
tration of the National league affairs
He will not accept defeat by the Brush
faction in manly way, but resorts to
policy of inactivity and indifference
in operating the New York club to
force his opponents to come to his
terms, and refuses to accept a fair
price for his holdings and retire from
the game. With such man, a COM
promise is impossible, and there is no
likelihood than Mr.. Brush and his
tional fight among the National league
magnates, says Sporting News, has
done the game incalculable harm, and
its end is apparently as far off as on
the day when war was declared.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
TRAGEDIES OF HUNTING.
Don't Shoot Until You Know What You
Are Shooting At.

| Are Shooting At.
The deer hunting season in the
Adirondacks opened Aug. l. Feur days
later followed tragedy. Two broth
ers we're camping on the eighth lake
OF the Fulton chain. For the younger,
a youth of II years, 1t was the first
season of camp life, and, like all
youngsters in the woods in their mi
tlal experience, he was aglow with ar
dor to get his first deer About sun
down this younger brother left camp
alone and shortly after was followed
by the other. When the elder of the
| two came to the Durant road he saw
movement of the brush, such as is
caused by a deer On the instant he
raised his rifle, took quick aim at the
moving brush, fired, then rushed in to
see what he had shot, and found his
brother, who had been killed instantan.
eously by shot through the breast. A
human life cut short in the flower OF
youth. Another life clouded by the
anguish of the hour and by lifelong
regret and self-reproach. A home des-
olatod. And all as the fruit of one
foolish movement with a deadly weap-
on in the woods. II we did not read
the stories of such accidents year after
year, and from time to time meet the
bereaved fathers and mothers, and
wives and children of the victims, 1t
would be impossible to conceive that
grown men could be found to bring
this woe upon themselves and upon
their fellows. And yet season after
season the record grows. Now it is
farmer who shoots neighbor by mis-
take for ground hog; now Maine
moose hunter who kills his guide for
big game, and now the Adirondack
camper who does to death his brother
for a deer. Before the season shall be
over and the rifles put away we shall
hear probably of score of such TRACE
dies. And it is all so cruelty heart
rsnding because so unnecessary. The
observance Of the simple rule would
have saved the scores of lives sacri-
feed in the past-Don't shoot until you
know what you are shooting at--For-
est and Stream.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

game. lie has made an unprecedented
record. A little over year ago he was
practically unknown in the baseball
world. Then, with only part Of sea-
son in nrst-class minor organization,
he jumped into the major league, and
from the start held his own with the
best OF them. This is the best evil
dence that the country is full Of young
a2d a:@btious players, who would
prove themselves worthy of every con-
sideration if only given a fair trial to
demonstrate what is in them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
FREE
GOVERN M EMIT
LANDS.

There are still thousands OF acres OF gov
eminent lands in the states OF Washington
and Oregon. also prairie and timber lands
near railroad and water communication thax
can be bought for $500 per acre; and there
are no cyclones billiards., long winters or
real hot summers, no failure Of crops, but
always good markets.
If you wish to raise grain, principally, or
fruit, or the finest stock on earth, you can
find locations in these two states where you
can do this to perfection. IL you are looking
for employment and wish to secure steady
work at good wages, can help you to do this.
have no land for SALE but II you want in
formation about this write me at 1919 e.
Third ST.. St. Paul. Mimi.
R. e. workman. &
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

Omaha World Herald: Papa Gruff--
"That young softleigh asked me for
your hand today" Ethyl Grufr-"And
what did you say to him. papa, dear!"
Papa Gruff-"I told him your mother
needed 'em both in the dishwater. but
compromised BY giving him my root I"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
Beaumont's Rapid Gait.

Clarence Beaumont is one of the few
men who have jumped with a bound
from very brief minor league en-
gagement into the National league and
American association. He was appar-
emily unknown when the Pittsburg
club drafted him last fall from Mil
waukee, and there were some skeptical
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

We will pay Sa.u0 per week and expenses for
man with rig to introduce our Poultry Mixture
and Insect Destroyer in the country Address,
with stamp, EXCELSIOR Mig. Co., Parsons,
Kan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10


Cross
Chain Starch
package of Red Cross starch
beautiful Shakespeare
unable
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

Settlement In This Broad Land
Which afford such opportunities to
the homeseeker and investor as that
along the line of the Port Arthur
Route"
EXCURSION RATES TWICE EACH
MONTH.
Shortest and best line to Joplin,
Hot Springs, Ft. Smith, Houston and
GA weston.
Only line to Port Arthur.
II. c. ORR, Genl Pass. Agt.,
KANSAS City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10
G1E PER WEEK

If all flesh is grass n mummy must
be a load of hay.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-11-10

The successful sprlnter is seldom
successful in the long run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-15
DUNcANsoNlBRos.. Auc1oNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE Or TWO sTORY FRAME
DWELLING. IN TE3NALLYToWN, D. G.
By virtue of two deeds of trust. recorded,
specively In Liber 2I22, sat foiios 217 ct seq and
221 ct seq, Of the aapd pecords Of the District of
Columbia, I'VE Will ssl in front of the premises,
on TUESDAY, THE.4 TWENTIETH DAY OF, JUNE,
AID. 1899. AT HALF=PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P. M,
all that certain piece parcel Of land and prem
Uses. situate aud being in the county Of Washing
ton. District of Columbia, and known and distir-
guished as and being lot numbered 20. in block 2.
in John NJ. Barry's subdivision of parts Of tracts
of land known us Friendship end mt. Airy"
per plat in Book County No. g. page 1928 of the
records of the Office of the surveyor OF the Dis
trict of Columbia with all buildings and improve
ments thereon, together with the rights, ease
ments, privileges and appurtenances to the same
belonging or in any wise appertaining.
Terms: $500 cash. Of which 500 must be paid
at time of sale, the balance in J. 2 and years. at
so per annum. secured by deed of trust the
property sold, all cash. at the option of the
purchaser: Conveyancing revenue stamps &C.. at
purchaser cost. Terms to be complied with in
Is days from day Of sale, otherwise trustees
serve the right to resell the property at the risk
and cost of defaultng purchaser. after i've days
advertisement of such resale in some newspaper
published in Washington, D. @.
WILLIAM F. QUICKSALL
UPTON II. RIDENoUR. Jr.,
VrDs