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the red glow and send Aeir arrows to-
ward it, and living on uncooked food
by day, with anxious eyes constantly
on the alert for treacharous foes, the
journey was accomplished In safety.
Maud Miller grew from healthy
babyhood to girlhood out Of doors, I'M
trammeled by conventional training,
and free as the air itself. Her moth
er's brother. Judge Dyer. owned i'm
mense tracts Of land, and had been
very kind to the Indians throughout
the Oregon country. Therefore neither
he nor his family had any cause to
fear them. OF Maud they we're espe-
cially fond, calling her Pretty Pap
poose," and naming a canoe after her.
She learned to stick to horses back,
for all the world like a funny little
bur, when most babies are clutching
with dimpled fists at chairs and ia
bles in efforts to toddle. A few years
later and not an Indian pony was
there in the whole Of Oregon so feet Of
foot that Maud could not mount It and
ride from sight like the wind.
She danced instinctively for sheer
love Of the exercise. and no one taught
her the quaint steps and wild abandon
OF movement that charmed all those
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13
DOMESTIC TROUBLE CAUSED
HER SUICIDE,

Mrs. George Meadows, the wife oil
A. ]. Meadows, a collector and COM
mission agent, died at the Receiving
hospital. San Francisco, the other aft
ernoon from the effects OF carbolic acid
poisoning taken with suicidal intent.
She had been residing at the Hotel
Vendome, Is Turk street, and had been
sick and respondent for some time.
Up to four months ago she and her
husband occupied a fiat on Steiner
street. A few weeks ago she went to
Wheatland, Yolo county. to visit rela-
tives. Upon her return she found that
the furniture had been taken away
and her husband could not be found
Later she met him and a quarrel Ell.
sued, which resulted In separation
Since that time she had been despond-
ent and limited several times to her
friends that she no longer cared to
live. Her sister, Mrs. Mcfarland, who
occupies apartments at the Vendome
heard means coming from Mrs. Mea-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

who saw. She knew the flowers an(
trees as a student knows his books
She had never attended school, receiv
ing instruction at home. And so
when she was dozen years old, hel
father decided to transplant his wild
blossom for cultivation.
Maud was now slim, 1.-THE girl with
a tawny tangle Of hair which fell about
a sunburned. laughing face lit by @
pair Of big violet eyes. She was much
attached to her parents, from whom
she had been frequently separated, liv-
ing with relatives. An estrangement
had come about. years before, in the
Miller home. 1t was the beginning OF
the end Of this story.
In the early days of Oregon. Joaquin
Miller was editor of a paper. Among
it's contributors was one who signed
her poems and sketches Minnie Myr-
tle." They pleased the editor and he
wrote and told her so. A meeting was
followed by brief courtship. and mar
riage. Joaquin was handsome man;
his bride beautiful woman Of medium
height and rounded figure, with hair
like the ravens wing-"blue- black, 4"
say those who remember its glossy
thickness-and hazel eyes heavily
fringed with black lashes.
Their temperaments were too SIM
liar for them to dwell together in that
well-ordered groove Of placidity which
marks the successful marriage.
Scarcely had the wedding bells chimed
ere they were out Of tune. Each was
highly imaginative. over-sensitive, i'm
patient Of restraint, proud, quick to
resent an evil action, slow to acknowl-
edge error. In each the desire to
achieve was predominant, the domestic
instinct almost wholly lacking Both
were young, untried, dreamy, poetical,
impractical. The result was sad but
inevitable.
After repeated efforts to make each
other happy, and failing utterly,
though still loving with a passion
destined never to be duplicated in the
after life Of either, Joaquin and Minnie
Myrtle separated. The world con-
cerned itself in their affairs and par
celed out it's judgment accordingly.
1t was a simple, yet tragic tale OF
Wutual misunderstanding; the abso-
lutte incompatibility of nature whose
wills were constantly opposed, but the
world, as usual, was too stupid to read
the truth between the lines.
Minnie Myrtle came to San Francisco
and wrote for local journals. She also
delivered lectures mainly on Oregon
and Western themes. throughout the
East. Maud had been placed by her
father in tho Convent of Loretto, On
tario, Canada. Joaquin went to Ion
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham.

Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit of other wo-
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 25s Merrimac
st., Lowell, Mass, writes:
at affords me great pleasure to tell
all suffering women of the benefit have
received from taking Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Icanhard
ly find words to expressmyg gratitude for
what she has done for me. My trouble
was liberation Of the womb. Twas un-
der the doctors care Upon examina-
ton he found fifteen very large ulcers,
but he failed to do me good. Itook sew.
eral bottles Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, also used the Sanative
Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine saved my life, and I would
recommend it to all suffering women"
Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh
Ctr, N. Y. writes:
~ took cold at the time my baby
was born, causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks. Doctors did me no good. I
surely thought would die. I was al
so troubled with falling of the womb.
could not eat, had faint spells as
often as ten times day. One day
lady came to see me and told me Of the
benefit she had derived from taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's medicine, and ad.
vised me to try it. did SO, and bad
taken only half q bottle before was
able to sit in q chair. After taking
three bottles could do my own work.
am now in perfect health"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13
PATENTS,

Higdon, Fisher and Thorpe, (Regis-
tration No. 2o37), Patent Lawyers, Dia-
mond Building, Junction Main and Del
aware Sts., Kansas City, Mo-, report
the following list of patents for the
week ending Dec. 81, 1893, to inventors
living in Missouri, Kansas and Me-
braska Tel. 1912.
MISSOURI
Lucas w. Arnold, Blackburn; rein
support.
Alkaline Birkicht, st. Louis; de-
Hector for stoves
John 4. Fordyce, St. Louis; baling-
press.
John R. Fordyce, St. Louis; roller
compress.
William P. Colabert and L. G. Nell
son, Sweet Springs; buckle and loop.
Thomas J. Hitson, Hermitage; sus-
pension bridge.
James G. Lawler, St. Charles; car
door track.
Robert ]. Mcdaniel and S. v. Graves,
McFall; spring draft attachment.
Rein E. Mcdaniel, Vinita; hay
stacker.
William c. Meyer, Emma; corn
planter attachment.
Charles E. Meats, Kansas City; grav-
ity latch and lock.
Francis NJ. Sayers, assignor of one
half to C. A. Draper and j. 5. Calfee,
Windsor; railway signaling device.
Nicholas Rossi and f. Ghiggeri,
Kansas City; motor.
George N. King, Kansas City; as
signor of one-fourth to A. j. Prudot,
Hermann; design for combination toy.
William Hass, Lyndon; stovepipe
shelf.
Robert Fl. and w. Lanyon, lola; hol-
low arch supporting standard or buck
stay for zinc smelling furnaces.
Robert H. and w. Lanyon, lola; zinc
smelling furnaces.
Frank A. ]. Lundquist and c. J..
Erickson, Lindsborg; automatic tele-
phone exchange.
Stephen A. Robinson, Logan; fast
ener for end gates
NEBRASKA
Adam Cartner, Lincoln; barment.
Jacob Goehring, Barnstein; rotory
engine.
Simon R. Patten, Omaha; mail bag
catcher and crane.
Arthur A. Learner, Lincoln; paper
or bi II file.
Total issue of Dec. 81, 1898.
fatents. ................... 429
Designs. .................... 81
Trade Marks. %
Labels. ................. y
PrlntS. .................. l
Iotal. ..... ............ 5i7
Acopy of any patent in the above list
will be furnished on application for 25
cents.
Send for price list and catalogue free.
Please mention this paper.
The way of the transgressor is often
times the shortest road to Canada.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13
SAD WAS HER LOT.
MAUD MILLER WAS A WILFUL
LITTLE GIRL,
Crossed Hor Father In Her Love Affair
and Lived to Regret Her ca"tce-
Came Home In Rags Praying for For
giveness.

This is the true. strange, dramatic
story Of father, mother and child.
1t began years ago In an Oregon light
house. over baby's cradle. Its scenes
change from the purple mountains and
painless valleys of the great North
west to a convent amid the SHOWS Of
Canada; to the brilliant throng Of O
Partisan boulevard; to lonely grave
the gateway Of peace eternal for a
woman's troubled soul; to town and
hamlet and city throughout these
United States where young girl. pos
sessed of ambitions feverish unrest,
sought fame and fortune; to the palace
Of princess Of the blood royal; to the
garnet Of pitiful poverty, and finally,
to home on a California hilltop,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13
Too Realistic a Villain.

An exciting scene occurred during
the performance in the theater at Ar
magh, Ireland, tho other evening. A
cattle dealer named McKenna, whose
feelings had become overweight by
the incidents of the play, suddenly
seized a chair, leaped upon the stage,
drove off the villain and his confed-
crates, and rescued the heroine from
the guillotine. The audience became
panic stricken and several women
tainted. The curtain was rung down
and the police finally subdued and ar :.
rested McKenna, who was completely
exhausted by tho violence Of bis frenzy
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

her baby, was their refuge for several
weeks. In this interim the tiny trav-
eler was christened Maud. Her father
,yove basket from native rushes,
which he fastened securely to the horn
Of his wife's saddle. BY and by, when
the little cavalcade started eastward,
there was queer but very precious
bundle in the basket woven from rush
es. Sometimes the bundle cried-a
faint, muffled, eerie wall, lost in the
depths of the vast forest or the breadth
Of the green valley. Then the mother
refined in her sure-footed pony and
comforted her treasure Sometimes
the bundle cooed and had you not
known that baby was so near you
would have thought it only the echo Of
a doves note.
Brit though continued under many
difficulties, including camping by night
without fire, lest Indians should see
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13


that his own country had failed to give
him. While the world was awaking te
his genius, he, Prentice Milford and
Charlie" Stoddard fought fate In
cheap lodgings on 30 cents apiece pei
day. Returning to California and anz
ing the West and the East still bVof; =
ing in literary pastures where -
Songs of the Sierras" were not, kN S.-
quired land on the Alameda hills aEA
made his hands do what his brain has
not-lay the foundation Of fortune.
One Of the brightest graduates Of the
Convent OF Loretto was Maud Miller.
She could chatter French as easily as
she could ride Western broncos bare
back. The tall young girl with the
tawny hair could still dance like q
fairy, but she could translate dead
languages as we'll. She had captured
prizes in the way Of the Marquis Of
Lorne's gold medal for literature and
a gold medal for Christian doctrine.
And she had been left motherless when
scarcely in her teens.
From the convent, after graduation,
Joaquin Miller took his daughter down
the st. Lawrence river for a promised
visit to the Princess Louise and Mar
quis Of Lorne at Quebec. Then, chap
eroned by Mrs. Hotchkiss. whose hus-
band had invented revolving cannon
not quite good enough for Uncle Sam,
but acceptable to France, Maud went
to Paris. Here she met number Of
notable people who had known her
fathers songs by heart while America
was trying to commit his name to
memory as a verse writer from some
where or other in the untamed West.
At the age of sixteen Maud Miller
went on the stage. AS a child she had
known Ada Rehan and Rose Eytinge,
and six years previously had made her
debut with the latter at the Baldwin
theater. Her one ambition after meet
ing Miss Rehan was to become an
actress. She joined one Of Days trav-
cling companies, managed by Arthur
Rehan.
Then she met Loudon Mccormack.
He was an actor. starring in her
fathers plays; tall, handsome, fas-
cinating; a man of the world with the
face of a Greek god. He dazzled the
young girls romantic fancy. She
thought it would be $50 nice to appear
with him in papa's plays" Contrary
to her fathers wishes, she married the
actor, who was considerably her senior
and as improvident as he was good
looking. In 1.-THE Danites" and Forty
Nine" she made hits as Billy Piper and
Carrots. Her honeymoon waning al
most before 1t had really risen in the
domestic sky, she separated from Nc
Cormack, who. by the by, belonged to
an old Virginia family.
A few days ago the last scene was
enacted. Pale-faced, haggard and PEN
niless, Maud Miller came to her faith
er's ranch and sought his forgiveness.
He took her In like he would an I'M
fortunate, not his daughter. What
comfort she takes out Of life from now
on will be Swallowed by the sad remem-
brance that she once brought sorrow to
the heart Of one of the worlds noble
men and her own father.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

Now" said the attorney for the de-
Tense, "let us take up the bill present
ed by the plaintiff in this case for al
legged services rendered to my client.
say alleged services, gentlemen OF
the jury, because these figures show
every indication of having been doc
tored."
Would it not be better to say law
yered?" asked an indignant physician,
who was serving as one of the jurors.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13
A Double Crop of APPLES.

On Long Island farm is an apple
tree which bore two crops Of fruit the
past year, aud the farmers are taking
unusual interest in this popularity Of
nature. just as much interest Is being
shown in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which cures dyspepsia, indigestion,
constipation and blood disorders when
other remedies fail to benefit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13
Hawaiian Pencil, FAetorIes.

Bavaria can boast Of 28 pencil fac
tories. which employ 10000 people, in.
Guiding men, women and children
Together they produce no fewer than
100000 black and 1000 colored pen
ellis per week. The total output last
year reached the enormous quantity OF
23o, 100000 pencils. in the manufacture
Of which over 1900 acres Of cedar were
used.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

By local applications as they cannot reacn tne
diseased portion Of the ear. There IS only ons
tut{onai remedies Deafness Is caused by e
inflamed condition Of tho mucus lining OF TN
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is infancy
mo and when IL Is entirely closed deafness 10
The result, and unless the Inflammation can os
taken out aud this tube restored TO It's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed Iorever'
which is nothing but an infiamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces
we will give One Hundred Dollars ior any case
of Deafness (causcd by catarrh) that cannos
be cured by Halls Catnrrh Cure. Send Tor
circulars, free. co r,,aao n
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
knowledge is power only up to thu
point where person knows it all.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

Norway is liberal, but not exactly
tolerant to all. In that country all
Christian sects except Jesuits are toll
Grated, and are free to exercise their
religion within the limits prescribed
by the law Of public order
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

There are only three negro telegraph
operators in this country, but they
are all frstclass. Somehow. black peo-
pie do not take kindly to electricity.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

Chicago has an architect who is OF ly
80 years old, and though he plays the
piano, the violin, the guitar and the
banjo, bright future is predicted for
him in his profession.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

An Indiana woman was made to pay
damages to the extent of Sl26 for say
ing that her neighber's beauty was
artificial But it was probably worth
that to her.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

Lake waters Raised by StorinA
The tidelike effects Of gales on lakes
having no ordinary tides is very con-
siderable. In the Caspian a gale will
raise the water on either side six feet,
causing a total difference Of level OF
twelve feet, and in Lake Erie heavy
gales occasionally cause difference of
level OF more than fifteen feet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
Of all cough cures.-George w. Lotz,
Fabucher, La, August %, 1885.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

FITS PermanentlyCured. Motifs srvousu ess a te,
6rst days of Dr.. Kline Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
DR. r. h. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia Pa
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

Mrs. Winslow's so0tnlng syrup
Tor children tccthing softens tine gums reduces am
0aton. ailays pain cures wind collie IS cents bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

IA true word is more bitter than
poison" says a Turkish proverb.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure
&c. The genuine has L. b @. on each tablet
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-07
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

A woman is said to have confessed
that she murdered her stepson at Wi
mona. Mimi. in 1891.
Georgia has begun war on the oil
trust and will seize three fourths of the
illuminating oil in the state.
The war department has been advised
of the death at Santiago de Cuba of
Lieutenant Mclaughlin, volunteer sig
hal corps. Lieutenant Mclaughlin was
a victim Of yellow fever.
Company E of the engineer corps has
left Willetts Point. n. V, for Manila
via San Francisco. The company is one
OF the best in the service and has in it
many men who have served 20 or 20
years.
The Olympia, with Admiral Dewey
on board, will probably soon arrive at
ouez and proceed to the Dardanelles,
the United States minister having in.
vlted the admiral to spend a short time
with him Oh the Bosphorus.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-07
Charity.

had just seated myself at the table
IN the tearoom Of a down town dry
goods store the other day when a well
dressed man came in With three little
children, two girls and a boy. Motto.
ing carelessly hat the children were
not dressed quite so we'll as the man
who had charge Of them, l wondered a
little. | observed they took places near
the table where l was seated.
"Now be sure You all behave proper
~ and eat enough" the man said, land
don't talk"
Then he ordered all sorts of things
tor them. and very hungry they SEEM
ed, too, eating a most elaborate lunch
con, while the man tasted nothing.
Along about ice cream time l heard
him say, "Sit quiet a minute, and 1 will
come back" Then he slipped ont in the
crowd near the railing and went down
the elevator. In a short time the head
waiter came up to the table and asked
anxiously Of the happy trio:
"When is your papa coming back?'
"Oh, he isn't our papa" chorused
the joyous three. Eve don't know who
be is. He just asked US when we were
looking in the windows if we wanted a
good dinner. and We said yes, and he
said, Come along, then and brought
us up here" Then the children went
down the elevator and the house charged
something to the off side of the ac.
counts. Chicago Times-Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-07

Omaha World Herald, ): If there is
anything 10 precedent Russell A. Alger
Will be elected TO the senate from
Michigan. The list Of republican sena-
tors elected during the las, six or eight
years shows that .Aiger is Just the kind
OF a man to appeal to the republican
party. He is in the same class with Matt
Quay, Steve Dorsey, Mark Hanna and
several other senators who were elected
to the senate by reason Of the fact that
they received the united support of cor
poratiors deeply interested in matters
pending IN the national legislature. It
would be in keeping with the recent
record OF the republican party to elect
-Alger, the trust stock specializing, pro-
tected lumber consolidating, EN- bslmed
beef issuing and fever camp locating
republican to a seat in the senate along
side Mark Hanna, the slush fund ex.
pending, fat frying, labor i%ntimidstinq
senator from Ohio and Matt Quay, the
state fund %speculator of PENNSYLVANIA.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-07
TALKED With M'KINLEY.
General Henderson Sees tn" fre''o0"''
Expects No Extra Session..

Expects No Extra session.
WASHINGTON. July 7.-General hen
derson of Iowa, the prospective speaker
Of the house, had a conference with tne
president during the day, but az Tue
conclusion of his call stated that no gen.
eral questions had been discussed.
II have simply been looking alte J,
matters pertaining to my own district
he said. When asked as to the pros
reefs of all extra session OF congress- nc
said: .,.
For myself l have never though.
that congress would be called together
in advance of the regular time, Tor l
have never thought that there was any
occasion for an extra session. -,
Regarding the prospect OF hnahclal
legislation General Henderson said that
was being taken care Of at Narasansett
Pier.
Moreover" he added, there IS no
financial bill. No bill has ever been
formulated as the result OF our caucus
committee work at Atlantic City.
What was published was not authorized
and was not correct. The whole SUBJ
iect is therefore in embryonic shape.
and there is nothing to say III connec'
ton with it..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-07

The Fourth Of July casualties this
week run up as numerously as ever not
withstsnding the fact that celebrations
seem to have been fewer than usual.
Warren Chase of Parker shot at a bird
aud hit a crowd Of people. A. w. Full
getter got two drops of shot in the leg,
Roy Moody some in his body and Her.
man Wagner eight drops Of lead 10 the
PIT Of his stomach. At Lead, Walter
Eastman lost a finger and thumb from
a"giant tirecracker.' Frank Fellows Of
the came place had his house worth 81.
600 destroyed by tire started by fire
crackers. At Pierre. Dr.. V. s.. Rubie
had bis wrist broken by being thrown
from his horse frightened BY a gianttire.
cracker. NJ. +. Roots hand was torn by
ID cannon cracker, a boys eyes We're in.
!ured by a powder explosion and a girls
eye were I'M cred by a tire-cracker. 4.
s!X-year o.d boy Charles Bell Of Sioux
Falls had a foot severely cut by q piece
o. rock hurled against It by Il powder ex-
p.osiou. |, l. Summers of the same
Place had the palm Of Lis hand split
open ~ d cannon cracker exploding too
quickly as he was showlCg Il crowd Of
Boys now 10 Go it, Chief Iatmau of
that city also, had bis eyes and face
badly buried fooliug with a big cracker,
Reuben Thompson dropped a lighted
match into a can Of powder and burned
his face aud the hair off his head, Roy
Montgomery had a quantity of fireworks
which 'sccideutaljy" caught fire and his
face, when the bandages are taken off
appears like a target peppered with shot.
4 playmate lighted a bunch OF fire.
crackers III the pocket OF Ray Schatfer
OF Aberdeen and be is now laid up with
a badly burned leg and body.