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Scotch Simplicity.

The Scotch are fond of telling sto-
ries which illustrate the peculiar SIM
plicity of mind OF their country peo-
pie. This simplicity at least saves them
from wicked guile. One of these sto-
ries relates that an honest mason once
had a contract to build small house
OF stone. He came early and began
from the inside to lay the stone, work.
ing very fast. At noon his young son
brought him his dinner, peeping over
the wall as he handed the basket to his
father. With honest pride in his eye,
the mason looked over to the boy.
"Weel, Jock, hoo dye think I'm get
ting on?" he asked. "Ye're getting on
famous, feyther," answered Jock, look
ing at the solid wall, in which there
was no break but hoo dye get oot?"
The mason looked around. 1t was true.
He had provided the house with no
door at all, and he was on the inside
He looked kindly and very admiringly
at the boy. Mon, Jock, we've a great
held on vel" he exclaimed. "Ye'll be
an architect yet, as sure as yer fey
theirs mason!" Another story shows
how unsuccessful as thief the rustic
Scot may be. Two young plowmen
went into garden at night to steal
gooseberries. The bushes surrounded a
plot of potatoes, and as one Of the lads
CROPPED about he got handful of po-
tato plums, which he quickly put into
his mouth. Then he gasped to his
comrade: ooh, Jock, I'm poisoned!
For ony sake, shove me through the
hedge again, for l waudna like to des
i the auld mans garden!"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

the steps have been swept or cleaned
in all this length of time.
The reporter who called at the Poor
house was granted permission to visit
Andersen upon assuming the RESPONSE
bility himself. AS he approached the
house there was no sign of the So
called leper, and ascending the steps
he opened the door. AS he did so he
was greeted with a gust of air which
for foulness beggars description. En-
tering the room, which was in semi
darkness, he opened shutter to admit
the light, and the scene that met his
gaze was more revolving than the air
that met his nostrils. The room was
unoccupied. The floor was greasy, COW
cred with dirt and filth. In one corner
of the room an old comfortable stuffed
with cotton, almost torn into shreds,
marked the place where the leper
spent his nights. The crude wooden
table. on which we're some rust-cov-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
A Thirty-EIght Team.

Without capable man in control,
1t would hardly be possible to use the
big reaper that, according to the San
Francisco Chronicle, was employed
last summer on a ranch near Corn
ing, Cal. Thirty-eight mules fur
nished the power for handling nearly a
million pounds OF wheat. The grain
was cut from the stalks, the chaff
threshed out and the residue in sacks,
which were sewed and piled ready for
the mill-all by the huge machine.
which acts with almost human intel
ligence. AS for Frank Johnson, the
driver Of the team, his fame as an
animal trainer" went far and wide.
He controlled the two leaders with the
lines in his hands, and taught the
others to move with them. An eight
eenfoot lash assisted him in the di-
rection of the nearly two score mules.
On one occasion bee, busy as usual,
came near causing a serious accident
to the team. They were descending
the side of a very steep hill, when a
mule in the center of the string be-
came provoked by the bee, which lit
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
Rhodes Had to Wait.

1t is said that little German clerk
in the government Office at Johannes
burg once got the better Of Cecil
Rhodes. The latter had to stand in the
line and didn't like it. He had not
been used to standing in line in South
Africa, or anywhere else. please at
tend to me at once" he said; Il can't
wait" When your turn comes,
mister" mumbled the clerk. Con
found you, sir Don't you know who
am? I'm Rhodes" ooh, yes, l knew
that, but that doesn't worry me-" was
the unruffled reply. "If you were in
Cape Town I'd have you discharged in
a minute" roared Mr.. Rhodes. Eyes,
have heard that they discharged peo-
pie in Cape Town for doing their
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The Indian is improvident, but he is
keen enough at bargain. An anec-
dote told of Joseph Rolette, famous
trader Of Prairie du Chen, we'll illus.
trates the point. The story is told in
Leading Events in Wisconsin His
tory" A lady who visited Prairie du
Chen in the early days of the terri
tory remarked to Mr.. Rolette: 20 Mr.
Rolette, / would not be engaged in
the Indian trade; 1t seems to me a sys-
tenn of cheating the poor savages. u
Let me tell you, madame" replied
he, with great naivete, 1T is not SO
easy to cheat the Indians as you i'm
agine. have tried it these twenty
years, and have never succeeded"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

After being buried seven years from
the eyes of the world, consigned to a
dungeon in solitary confinement, fed
from a trough into which his meals
were dumped, and seldom spoken to by
a human being, John Andersen, the
leper of Lima, is at last to be given
his freedom. 1t has taken seven years
to discover that the so-called leper was
not suffering from that dread scourge,
and the grand jury, after investigating
the case, has recommended that An
dersen be sent back to his home in
Sweden.
While the hearts of all Americans
have been wrung with sympathy for
the barbarous treatment Of Dreyfus
and his isolation on DEVILS Island,
there has been within few miles of
Philadelphia human being deprived
of his liberty, of association with his
fellow-men, treated like a wild beast,
and buried in living tomb. In all
these years he has not touched the hand
Of human being nor heard voice
save the occasional shout of the per-
son passing his prison. As conse-
quence Of his isolation he has grown
to be more of savage than a human
being and, strange to say, the thoughts
of his liberty have awakened no feel
ing of joy.
Andersen, who is about 40 years Of
age, is mechanic. For years he was
employed in Roach's shipyard, at
Chester. About seven years ago he
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
TIE
lLEPEP

was taken iii in his boarding house
with peculiar malady, which the at
tendant physician was at loss to
diagnose. Another physician was
called in, who in turn summoned
others, and after consultation pro-
nounced Andersen a leper. The au-
thorities were notified and immediate
steps taken to place him in solitary
confinement. He was taken to Me-
dia, consigned to the care Of the au-
thorities of the poorhouse, and house
was erected for his safe keeping. Sit
uated in the center of a fenced-in
field, the nearest building to 1t being
the barn of this poorhouse a half
mile away, with big bare room the
furniture of which consists of rude
couch, an old stove, and trough into
which his meals are dumped, Ander-
sen for seven long years has lived
alone.
Since the day Andersen took up his
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

on his ear, and left its sting therein.
The sufferer reared and kicked his
follower, who retaliated on his tail
mate, and so the kick was passed
along until it became the turn of the
last five to assert their strength. This
they all did together, to the discom-
future Of Johnson. whose reins became
entangled, so that the mules and ma
chine began to roll down the slope
Through the drivers presence of mind
no damage was done. He leaped of
and ran to the heads of the leaders,
whom he subdued in a minute.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

piled the afflicted man in Respondent
tones. For years have been hound
ed and prosecuted like wild beast. /
was taken forcibly from my home,
brought here, chained to the floor.
became convinced there was no hope,
no future-nothing but death before
me. For seven years | have lived here
alone, until the sight of man, the sound
of the human voice and the customs of
the people with whom l was formerly
associated are SO entirely unfamiliar
to me now that it would be like begin
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
Release After Seven Years ISOLATION Taken
From His Home on the Belief that He Had
Leprosy- Story Of His Unique Career.

cred tin dishes; an old chair, and an
old iron barrel stove completed the
furniJhing of the room. An inspection
of the other rooms disclosed that they
were unfinished and unoccupied. A
small room in a corner of the house
which had been passed unnoticed by
the reporter was entered, and as the
sound of his footsteps broke the
silence of the room he heard a startled
movement in the far end, and the next
minute voice exclaimed: go away,
in Gods name. What do you want
with me? Leave me alone to die"
Assured that no harm was to come to
him, Andersen was persuaded to come
into the next room, where the reporter
had an opportunity to study him. He
is little man, not over five feet five
inches in height, and in appearance
would not attract attention. Aside
from a pallor acquired by long con-
f1nement there is no unusual discolor-
ing Of the skin. There were no blotch-
es or scales, which are the pronounced
symptoms of leprosy, on his hands,
face or neck so far as the human eye
could see, nor were the finger nails
discoored or decayed. When informed
that the grand jury had decided that
he was not victim of leprosy and
that the state contemplated sending
him back to Sweden, Andersen evinced
no surprise. In fact, he made no COM
ment other than that if he was doomed
to a life of confinement and it was
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

abode in this house no other human
being has crossed its threshold. Even
the pathway that formerly ran by the
door has disappeared from lack of use,
and no one goes inside the fence, save
the keepers, who carry the pail of food
and dump it into the trough. The
house is desolation itself. Its shutters
for the most part are shut, the grass
around 1t grows high and the small
tree at the foot of the steps leading
to the main door spreads out its
branches as If in token of warning to
keep away. The front door is never
open. Whenever the alleged leper has
had occasion to seek the fresh air he
has gone out by the rear door, which
is reached by nine high steps, at the
top of which is a small porch, the ia
vorite spot Of Andersen.
1t is beneath this porch that the
trough from which Andersen is fed is
erected. 1t is a crude affair, resem
bling kitchen sink supported by
wooden legs. Into this receptacle food
is placed by keeper in utensils, which
after having been used by Andersen
are thrown away. So fearful have the
authorities and attendants been of the
dreaded disease that the ashes from
the stove created by the fuel burned by
Andersen have never been moved from
alongside the house in the seven years
he has been under their charge, and
today form a mound many feet high.
Neither the house nor the porch nor
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
John Anderson, the Lima Leper.

ming life anew. / have been branded
as leper, whom all my fellow-beings
have been warned to shun. My name
has become a by-word, my alleged
affection so we'll known that 1t would
be impossible to cultivate acquaintance
anew. II were given my liberty
would be without home, without
friends and unable to secure employ
ment. It is best that / stay where I
am until my end comes"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The new British battleship Implaca-
BILE is to cost over $5,000,00O and will
be the greatest warship ever built.
Such an item would make Frenchmen
feel uncomfortable were 1t not that the
new rapid-fre field gun with which
their army is now being supplied dis
charges twenty shells minute, each
shell containing $50 bullets. 1t is
claimed that at Chalons it demonstrate
ed that a single gun can destroy a
regiment in one minute.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Tagged In the Wrong Place.
Something more than good inten-
lions goes to the successful handling OF
a bicycle. At party near Liverpool,
England, to which many guests rode
on their wheels, the hostess made
elaborate arrangements for the care OF
the machines, and system Of ticket
ing. similar to that in use at hotel
cloak-rooms, was adopted, each cyclist
being provided with check ticket.
The housekeeper was intrusted with
the care Of the bicycles and the issue
of the tickets, and as they arrived the
machines were carefully stored and
labeled, so that there would be no
difficulty when they were required
again. But the housekeeper was not
a cyclist anu did not understand the
mysteries of the pneumatic tire. She
pinned the tickets OF he front tires OF
the machines where they could be best
seen, taking good care that the pins
were stuck we'll into the tires-and the
cyclists, one and all, walked home.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
He Was Wise.

She-There! bought this hat at the
first store came to. You said wom-
an could not do anything of the kind.
He-That is. you came back after you
had been to all the other stores. Isn't
that the way of it? "Ye-es. IN
..ianapolis Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

1t will be unfortunate if the sequel
of our war with Spain ends in our
fighting and defeating those whom
Spanish tyranny drove into insurrec-
ton, and yet present conditions are
such that, if this alternative is pre-
scented, we must courageously face it,
even though we may regret that some
other means of adjusting difficulties
has not been presented.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The aim of the office of Road Inquiry
is to cooperate with people Of the sew
eral states in making the best possible
use of material within their reach in
road making, says the secretary Of
agriculture Large areas in many of
the states have no gravel, rock, or
other hard material with which to
make roads. have had experiments
made during the present year with
steel as extensively as our means would
permit. An experiment of this kind
is being conducted at Cleveland, Ohio.
A section of 500 feet of steel track has
been laid on a street in the suburbs
where the traffic is heavy, and its value
is already generally acknowledged. A
sample steel road $40 feet long has
been laid upon the grounds of the ex-
position at Omaha. 1t is proposed to
make traction tests upon this track
to show how much less power Is re-
quired to move load over such road.
The steel road is not excessively costly
by comparison with other roads and
will last much longer with less repair,
and Is probably the most economic
road for localities where material is
not obtainable for matchmaking.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

A Chicago waiter was arrested and
locked up for stealing two apples. We
shudder to think of what his fate
would be had he stolen three apples.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Subject Avoided by POots.
Sweet, clinging curls, that round her
fair brows Irvine,
Inspirers Of hundred tender songs!
Yet WHO is there with intuition fine
Has sung their cause.-the useful
curling tcags?
Brooklyn Life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

''The police. of this city," says the
Philadelphia American, must wake
up" 1t seems cruel, but in a large viii
lage like Philadelphia somebody ought
to be awake.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Mr.. Yerkes says no other city has
such street car facilities as Chicago.
The people of Chicago feel bad enough
about it without having it continually
thrown in their faces.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

When sheep are pastured in the
parks of Chicago the city at least will
have no difficulty in supplying its shep-
herds with crooks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

It seems like carrying joke little
too far when some one sends "hold-
yourwheat" circular to Col. Joseph
Letter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The city of Stockholm has $4,000
telephones, or one for every twenty
citizens, q higher average than can be
found anywhere else in the world. The
first word visiting foreigner learns
when he gets there is the Spanish for
"Hello!'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
Ono Thing They Can Do.

"They say the prison brass band
started off we'll" Yes. you see most
OF the convicts have correct idea nj
time. York Ledger
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Aguinaldo becomes unruly at most
inopportune time. Mr.. Sherman had
just given him fine notice next to
pure reading matter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

If Mr.. Choate takes the ambassador
ship there'll be no Pike county ballad
ghost to haunt his waking hours
abroad.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
or Course 1t Is.

Its just like a woman" what
is?'' ITO buy something on her own
account and then have it charged to
her husbands. Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

If we were told We would have a
wish granted if we were to make it,
what would that one favored longing
be?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

When Admiral Dewey becomes pres
ident the star-eyed goddess will I'M
doubtedly be made postmistress at
Louisville.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

In the "a books written by Charles
Dickens there are l, 425 characters. All
of them are true to life with the ex-
ception of those whom the author
tried to make too good.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The liar who can repeat story ten
times without any alteration deserves
more credit than he gets.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

If there was any embalmed beef in
the army it should have been sent to
the dead-letter office.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Both parties should remember that
they are married for worse as well as
for better
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

1t is a vanity to persuade the world
one hath much learning by getting a
great library.-Fuller.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

A tobacco trust is about to invade
Cuba, buy up all the plantations on
which the best tobacco is grown and
thus control the product. The methods
of trusts are not so rude as those of
the Spanish, but in the end they will
amount practically to the same as
far as the Cuban planter is concerned.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

II the Cubans in Havana keep on
creating disturbances it may be neces-
sary for Uncle Sam to start little re.
concentrate business himself, with a
large Jail to assist in the sseoncentra.
doing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Sometimes woman's idea of friend
ship is getting thick with another
woman to fall out with her.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Mending ones ways, unfortunately,
Is no safeguard against breaking them
in new places.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
Experience teaches people lot OF
things they would rather not knew.

The standpoints of some airy theor-
lists are so high that they cannot see
the earth.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The better half of the family knows
quite as much about how the other half
lives as she would like to know.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Before custom can enter into a
contract both parties must have
knowledge of it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Piso's Cure for Consumption hts been
a God-send to MELVIN. Il. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. II, 1895.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The bigger bore a man is the more
he shoots Off his mouth.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Gods will he
was content.
Don't yo Il
want to return
to Swed e NJ"
he was asked.
81 have no
desire to go
anywhere" re-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

People who never get down to bust.
ness seldom get up in the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

duty" answered the clerk, "but we
amt in Cape Town; this is repub-
lic!"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

The bad language of the eyes is the
same the world over.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

Among the Egyptians embalming
ceased abont 700 A. u,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, All
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure.
sc. The genuine has L. H. c. on each tablet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27
PATENTS.

Higdon, Fisher and Thorpe, (Regis.
tration No. 2037), Patent Lawyers, Dia-
mond Building, Junction Mainland Del
aware Sts., Kansas City, Mo-, report
the following list of patents for the
week ending Jan. IL, 1899, toinventors
living in Missouri, Kansas and Ne
braska. Tel. 1912.
MISSOURI
Elmo G. Harris, Rollo, automatic
regulator for wind wheels.
Herbert A. Wagner, st. Lou is;
method of and means for deriving
Augustus NJ. Wood. st. Louis; COM
bined skirt support and shirt waist
holder.
st. Louis; design for mechanical jump
ing frogs.
Arthur Weigelt and W. Herms, ST.
Louis, scaffold for mechanical jump
ing frogs, design.
Charlds w. Parrish st Louis; trade
mark for medicine for neurotic dis
eases.
John w. Harshman. Globe; rein
holding attachment for harness sad
dies.
Charles Rozell, Hutchinson; design
for crown piece attachment.
NEBRASKA.
John A. Birchler. Fort Niobrara;
driving mechanism for bicycles.
Frederick j. Englen, assignor OF
one-half to D. Cameron and r. j. Rus
sell, Omaha; computing scale.
Total issue of Jan. II, 1890
Patents. .................... 343
designs. 10
Labels.
IOudl. .....'-'... II
A copy of any patent in the above list
will be furnished on application for IS
cents.
Send for price list and catalogue free.
Please mention this paper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

A Maine man who has studiedchurch
fairs pretty carefully thus defines
them: "A church fair is place where
we spend more money than we can af-
ford for things we do not want in or
der to please people whom we do not
like and to hep the heather who are
happier than we are"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-27

IU1tII . - . j. ~ II 7
A copy of any patent in the above list
will be furnished on application for IS
cents.
Send for price list and catalogue free.
Please mention this paper.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-27
THREE PROMINENT QUESTIONS.
Bryan Will Discuss Moneys, Trusts and
the Philippines.

Austin, Tex, Dec. CIV. J. Bryan's
attention was called to a dispatch
from Washington stating that he had
written Congressman DAILY Of New
Jersey that he would make several
speeches in the East, discussing trusts
and Imperialism, and he was asked as
to whether the report indicated an in
tention of abandoning the silver ques-
ton. He replied:
Congressman Daily has probably
been misquoted. l expect to make sew
eral speeches in the East, but I ex-
pect to discuss the money question
along with other questions. There are
three question now prominently before
the people, to-wit: the money ques-
ton, the trust question and the Phil
ippine question. Whenever | make a
speech l discuss all three questions
Ms. Bryan to-day received a letter
from Andrew Carnegie stating that he
would gladly furnish the money for the
erection of library building at Lin
coin, which it is estimated will cost
between $780, 900 and $4,000.