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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

The theory that the great whirlpool.
off the coast of Norway is subter-
raneously connected with the Gulf OF
Bothnia has found many believers,
among them the celebrated kirchner,
who prepared the architectural plans
of what the Tower of Babel was like.
Yearning for something definite as to
this mystery of nature, however, the
French government has nominated a
scientific commission to study the
celebrated whirlpool, to Investigate It's
suggested connections with the Gulf
Stream, and to rectify existing charts
of its currents.
All the poetry of Scandinavia CEN
ters around the terrible gulf which ex-
presses the supreme horror of nature.
But we live in a moe positive age.
The whirlpool is in tbs vicinity of the
widest, rock-bound coast of Norway,
the black cliffs of which have been
called 'the ramparts of the world"
Still there are times when the pool
is so calm that a small boat can sail
across it's presumed mouth No ship
has ever been sucked down-mariners
know the currents by their charts
Poe, so full of "creepiness," and where
the vessel is converted into match
wood. OF it's crew one alone was
rescued; a youth of %, who, after
some corkscrew tossing in the funnel,
was thrown upon beach some miles
away, his hair having become as white
as snow and he himself a wizened old
man.
During the periods of storm the
maelstrom is said to resemble a fun
mel, the water whirlng inside ring
of foam; but the eye can see the de-
scending liquid wall to be all jet
black water. Trunks of trees have been
thrown up so split that the natives
say they have become "mermaids'
hair" OF course there are legends of
whales having been drawn into the
great race, and that their cries have
been heard above the storm.
WUdL Will accrue u science from
the result of the French commission
is naturally impossible to predict. AS
was evidenced by the late expedition
of Frenchman to the depths of the
Red Sea to recover traces of Pharaoh's
lost hosts, the Gauls of today have
decided fondness for peering into mat
tiers the investigation of which seems
to be contrary to the DEGREES of both
time and nature.
But an outside observer might plaus-
IDLY allege that descent into a vol
cano to ascertain whence came the
fiery scoria, as we'll as observations as
to the effect of the elected molten lava
upon the circumjacent air, would be
quite as easy and of equal advantage
to the world of science as the proposed
effort to fathom the mysteries Of the
maelstrom. The fascination for div
ing into the unknown is, however, so
great that as long as mysteries shall |
exist somebody will be found to spend |
time, valuable life, and valu
able means upon their solution.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
Labor Notes.

The Pennsylvania State Labor
League will meet in Harrisburg jan
uary II, and remain in session three
days.
The coal miners of Illinois want an
increase of ten per cent in wages. AL
ready the movement to secure this ad-
vance has begun.
Denmark exports cauliflower seed to
Austria, France, Great Britain, Ger
many, Russia, South America and the
United States.
Judge Meyers, of Bloomington, ILL.,,
has decided that the union labor on
ly" clause in contracts has no standing
before the court.
. The Boston (Mass.l city council has
ordered all departments to advance
the wage of laborers in the city en-
,ploy to $2.25 per day.
Our exports of domestic merchan-
disc in 1898 will amount to over ST.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
Death Mask" Makers.

There are at least two men in Lon
don who hold something like an ar
tistic monopoly in the taking of death
masks-casts in plaster or wax-from
the faces of dead people Of Importance,
and one of these has over one hundred
such casts, all relating to celebrities
alone. The usual fee for performing
this gruesome duty is twenty guineas,
and the artist usually retains the
original cast, or sells it to one of half
a dozen morbid persons who give
goodly sums for additions to their col
lections of death masks" The public
would be surprised to know what a
great number of these casts are now
adays taken amongst the wealthy and
notable, for, of course, they are Of
some Importance, and use afterwards
to sculptors and painters who nay
have commissions to represent the
dead persons. The biggest English
private collection of death masks, in
GLIDING those of criminals, is that Of
a Bristol ship owner.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

M. Tissot, the French painter Of the
remarkable pictures of the life OF
Christ, now on exhibition in this coun-
try, was so years old when he under
took his real life work. Leaving Paris,
where he was famous as a painter Of
fashionable life, he spent ten years in
Palestine, where he studied every as
pect of ruin, nature and humanity,
that he might catch the spirit and the
environment Of Him he wished to
trace. His success emphasizes Capt.
Mahan's ironical remark that mans
opportunities are hardly over at 80.
Lord Dufferin, at the age of 70, has
recently set about the acquisition Of
the Persian language, thereby rivaling
his queen, who at the same age
began to study Hindoostanese.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
One Difficulty Right on.

| NSOulIlUuItu ny d lIduOi ih6 A'A"A'I
When Governor Tanner said that he
took the course at Virden that he did
because he believed that under the cir
cumstances his official judgment die
tated the same to him as the best, he
| gave probably the strongest defense OF
his action-one that is not likely to be
| successfully assailed; certainly not by
| Mathematician proceeding, on calm
err thought, appearing to be evidently
the wrong way to take the governor to
account.
But when Mr. Tanner approaches
the most difficult task of suggesting
what laws shall be framed to prevent
the recurrence of such conditions as
made Virden possible, he is not so hap
Ply in his selection, measured by the
standard of feasibility. A few days
ago he said:
1--WE have in Illinois $4,000 miners
and 10000 railroad men. The late
labor trouble in my state was not
fight against negro laborers as it has
been reported, but was simply a fight
against the principle of men invading
our state from other states under arm
ed protection. | believe the laws Of
immigration should apply as between
the states as well as between different
countries"
Application of federal immigration
laws to removal from one state into
another is the suggestion. Letting
aside discussion of the merits or de-
merits of such rule, it is pertinent to
note just what must be done to make
such application possible. The four
teenth amendment to the constitution
Of the United States, which went in
to effect July 20, 1868, provides that:
'All persons born or naturalized in
the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States, and of the state where
in they reside. No state shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of citi-
zens of the United States"
What are the privileges or immun-
tiles of citizens of the United States?"
Part l of section of article w of the
federal constitution defines some of
them as follows:
THE citizens of each state shall be
entitled to all privileges and immuni-
ties of citizens in the several states"
Very short. 1t means that any cit
izen of Alabama has exactly the same
standing in Illinois as has native of
Illinois who has never been outside
the boundaries of Illinois. The amend
ment first quoted was adopted after
the civil war for the specific purpose
of extending to citizens of color the
same right enjoyed by whites under
the part of article Nv quoted
1t follows that revision of the
fundamental law of the nation would
be necessary to accomplish even SO
apparently easy thing as Gov. Tan
ner's suggestion
Considerations such as this show,
not that no change should ever be at
tempted, but that whenever changes
are proposed that go to the founda-
lions Of things, careful study of the
ton of the scope of the proposed al
teration in its application to the man
fold and ramified affairs of men, and
the support of a great majority of the
people are requisite, if the effort is to
be successful in the first place, and
productive Of good when accomplish
ed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, who found
his wife on this side of the water,
knows "a hundred reasons why Eng
land and America should be friends,
and none why they should be other
wise" Why may not the same formu-
la apply to all the nations of the
earth? Unless there has been false
ring in our Christmas songs and a
note of insincerity in every prayer
that the Kingdom may come, we must
desire the universal reign Of peace
and goodwill"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

According to Washington corre-
pondents 1t will be the policy of the
United States government to take care
of all of the soldiers in the Cuban
army. If they want wages they will
be given employment upon the public
works. If they prefer to remain In
the army they will be organized into
rural police, the intention being to
keep them together and prevent them
from scattering idly like tramps
throughout the country. Wherever
they are willing to accept outside en-
ployment they will be encouraged to
do so, and it is believed the revival Of
industry will cause an increase in the
price of labor that will tempt mary of
them to return to the farms and fac
tories. In each Of the provinces, how
ever. there will be an organization of
rural police similar to that in Mexico,
to keep order in the country, suppress
outlawry and relieve the military gar
risons as much as possible. This is
not entirely necessary, but 1t is con-
sidered expedient, because it will neu
tralize the influence of the agitators
and reconcile the rank and file of the
Cuban army to the new order Of
things.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

c. w. Walters, Popuist member OF
the Kansas legislature, has just de-
clared that he will. for the second
time, attempt to have the whole Ten
Commandments enacted as the statu-
tory law of the State.-Ex.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
There IL Class of People

Who are injured by the use Of cohe2
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made Of pure grains.
that takes the place of coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives 1t without
distress, and but few can tell 1t from
coffee. 1t does not cost over one-fourtn
as much. Children may drink 1t with
great benefit. Is cents and 25 cents
per package. Try 1t. Ask for GRAIN-0
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

II the acquisition Of new national
interests in the Pacific is responsible
for the efforts now being made by the
postoffice department to shorten the
running time between New York and
San Francisco the victory in Manila
bay becomes most important factor
in our future commercial development.
Indeed, the guns of Dewey's fleet may
be said to have already brought the
business men of the Atlantic coast cit
les twelve hours nearer to the business
men of the Pacific, and hence that
much nearer the great markets Of the
Orient.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, T.,

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Il ths
senior partner OF the firm Of F. J. Cheney Cor
doing business in the City Of Toledo. County
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Tor
each and every case OF Cntdrrh that cannot %
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In mp
presence this 9th day Of December, A. D. l6eo
(SEAL) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. ana
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system Send for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo. v
Sold by Druggists. TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Yabsley--Do you believe that heaven
is place Of eternal rest? Nudge
don't know anything about 1t. ]
know, though. that eternal work
would be--wouldn't be heaven."-In-
diannpols Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
Popular Low-Kate California E.curs,op,

The Santa Fe daily excursions to
California in tourist sleeping cars arr
deservedly popular. Cars are of newest
pattern and very comfortabl, having
every necessary convenience.
These excursions are accompanied by
Pullman conductors and porters, and
are patronized by many of the best PEG
pie. Low ticket rates.
The Santa Fe California line is re
markably picturesque. Its middle
course across the continent avoids en-
tremes of heat or cold.
For descriptive literature addres,
Geo. w. Hagenbuch, p. e T. A., A. T..
& S. F., Ry., Kansas City, Mo-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
PATENTS,

Higdon, Fisher and Thorpe. (Regis-
tration No. oo37), Patent Lawyers, Dia
mond Building, Junction Main and Del.
aware Sts., Kansas City, Mo-, report
the following list of patents for the
week ending Jan. 10, 1899, to inventors
living in Missouri, Kansas and Ne
braska Tel. 1912.
MISSOURI
Robert L. Alexander, Stoutland
corn cultivator.
Henry Baetz st. Louis; hot air
blower furnace.
Ernest Eggert, St. Louis; eyeglan
guard.
James d. Farmer, assignor to r. L
Hill, st. Louis, and W. W. Stall Bos
ton. Mass, protecting casing for bicy.
Gle drive chains.
William 2. Gelabert, Sweet Springs
sash lock.
John L. Glazier, Savannah; motor
vehicle.
Anton Kast and W. Rabich, St
Louis; whitfitree coupling.
Jacob M. Kinsey and f. p w. Y0ung,
assignors of one-fourth to o. M. Kin.
William ID. Legg, Clinton; oil filter
pcOiSC ~. CcSSiSy, doSiS hcf VA ohu
half to A. Koppitz, Pacific; automati,
regulator.
Frank G. Koehler, assignor to La
clede Car Co., st. Louis; car truck
Edward 2. Waterhouse, St Louis
toy.
Daniel S. Long, Maysville; threshins
machine.
Gustave A. Zeiser, st. Louis; window
slide protector.
George p Plant Milling Co., St.
Louis; trademark for wheat fiour.
Jacob Dold Packing Co. Kansas City,
trade mark for certain named meat
packers products.
Triangle Chemical Co., st. Louis;
label for "venerina" flor an antiseptie
remedy.)
John Keepers, assignor of two
thirds to M V. r. Parker and j. C
Keepers, Olathe; tire tightener.
Henry w. Roby, assignor of 0ne-bali
to L. L. Roby, Topeka; bicycle sup.
port or rest.
NEBRASKA.
George H. Drake, Omaha; supporting
leg for boilers.
Henry E. Koch, Harrington; grain.
dislodging device.
Harley j. Totten, Dixon; pig for
ceps.
Total issue of Jan. 10, 1893
PatentS. ........... .............-.. 3y2
Designs. ................... Al
Trade Marks. a
Labels. ........ ..............--..
PrlntS. ...... ......... j
Reissues .................
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Send for price list and catalogue free.
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Electricity travels 10000 miles per
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

The woman who goes upon the lee
ture platform to air her rights usually
leaves husband at home nursing his
wrongs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

Socialists Lose by Five to Ons-Governor
Tanner Proposes Remedy for Situ-
ations Like That at Virden-Generai
Labor Notes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20
IN THE. ODD CORNER.
QUEER. AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Tho Secret OF the Maefstrom-An Ex-
traOrdinary Profession-street WASH
cd for Dismonds-AriEona's PetrifeG
Forests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

One idea of a chump is man who
asks another man where he bought his
umbrella.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

No man has right to be idle il he
can get work to do, even if he be as
rich as Croesus.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Cold weather contracts ice bills ant
expands coal bills.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

The man who SHORES in a sleeping
car is apt to wake and find himself ia
nous.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

A black eye indicates a revengefu'
nature-on the part of the other fel
low.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

The scarcity Of religion in prisons is
probably due to the fact that saliva
ton is free.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

The moonshiners natural selection
for solitude came out the other day
when an illicit distillery was disco~
cred in Philadelphia.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Balzac: Marriage has its unknown
great men, as war has it's Napoleon,
poetry it's Cheniers, and philosophy ita
Describes"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

There's a pleasure in being cranky
that only a crank can know.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Manners carry the world for a mo
ment. character for all time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Great riches are as hard to lose as
= good uame-and just as easy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

> TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY -
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
druggists refund the money II it fails TO cura
a5c. The genuine has L. b Q. on each table6
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Men will do almost anything fol
money-some will even work.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Seeing isn't always believing; We
zee lots OF people we can't believe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

The fashion wears out more 40.
plre! th~a the man.-Shakespeare.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

An hour-glass is the kind some me-
prefer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Electricity travels 10000 miles per
second. The time is lost by the mes
senger boys.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-20

Acopy of any patent in the above list
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07

venerable father of our present Arch
bishop Ireland
Does anyone detect the moral in these
Illustrations? Is it not clear that we can
never win friends by ignoring other peos
pies manners and customs, or insulting
their beliefs? The Roman empire never
spread its influence over the world by
these means. No conquering nation since
the dawn of Christianity has ever sue
ceeded by these means. How different
were the effects on another historical &C.
casion.
up the street came the rebel tread,
Stonewall Jackson riding ahead.
Under his Slouched hat left and right
He glanced; the old flag met his sight
.Haltn.-the dust brown ranks stood fast.
Fire!-out blazed the rifle blast.
1t shivered the window pane and sash
It rent the banner with seam and CASH
Quick, as 1t fell from the broken staff
Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf.
And shook it forth with a royal will
Shoot, If you must this old gray head,
But spare your country,s flag she said.
A shade of sadness, blush of shame,
Over the face of the leader came;
The nobler nature within him stirred
To life at that woman'S deed and word.
Who touches hair of yon gray head
Dies like dog! March onH he said"
In this case victorious army respected
the faith of feeble foe
Are we respecting the faith of our new
colonies? Are we paying the slightest
heed to their manners and customs of
centuries? We have complained that Gu
bans and Filipinos have failed to recog-
nize the Red Cross; but the Red Cross Is
an organization of modern times, possibly
never heard of before In Cuba or the
Philippines. On the other hand the right
of sanctuary" is older than Christianity,
having been recognized for centuries by
the Jews, so that the worst criminal was
safe from pursuit could he but reach the
shelter of q sanctuary before capture.
How have we respected this time hon
ored rightR Is 1t not a conspicuous fact
that the churches have been targets for
our artillery whenever found and though
crowded with women and children who
vainly sought safety within their walls
We have discharged machine guns full
In the ranks of naked warriors. armed
with shields and bows and arrows. and
boasted that we had taught them O les
son. Is this civilizing them? This Is an
initiating them. Yes, we have taught the
survivors of such murderous attacks the
| only lesson that intelligent human beings
could learn, namely not to fight machine
guns with bows and arrows, but to trust
to cunning and strategy, something which
no man-made bullets of lead or brass can
penetrate. Consequently we have to
mourn the recent loss of a boats crew
of fifteen men from the Yorktown In the
Bahr river.
When Spain subdued the vast hordes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07

simple little story, just risque enough to
be piquant. Its first act humorously out
lines the comic compiled lions, the second
provides the most sensational ana re-
alistic of recent stage episodes, and the
third is fuTiOusly furry in it's absurd far
cicality. The comedy instead is steadily
cumulative, and one of the drolieSt situ-
atlpns Immediately precrdes the final fail
OF the curtain. The Endorsement for six
months by representative New York audi
ences at the leading Broadway theater,
is enough to Gispel any fear that 1.-The
Turtle" is in any sense vulgar. It has q
certain frankness of expression, to be
sure, but without the coarseness of the
untranslatable French. It's most daring
scene-that of the nuptial chamber-is the
logical development of a story, and it is
said to be managed with such dizziness
and daintiness by Miss Isabelle Evesson
that 1t becomes only poetic and artistic.
It is this artistic atmosphere pervading
the entire production that has made it
so immensely popular during its New
York run, which has far exceeded any
other current attraction. The Turtle
comes with q notable organization of
players, all enjoying personal distinction.
Among them are Isabelle Evesson, Jen-
ME Reiffarth, Ada Deaves, Marion Bal
lou, Lillian Coleman, Signor Perugini,
George Holland Louis Imhaus, Hudson
Liston, Uric E. Collins and Charles SIN
clair. 1t is really an extraordinary cast
and the people have been very carefully
selected with regard to their Individual
fitness for the strongly accentuated char
acters which they impersonate. In the
presentation of 1.-The Turtle everything
has been regarded from purely artistic
standpoint. The stage establishment is
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New York singled it out as an object of
special interest which must be seen at all
hazards. The result is matter of his
tory. The merry and ptGuant farce, so
cleverly adapted into the English by Jo-
seph V. Herbert, had such a firm grip
upon the fancy of the New York play
goers that it played week after week to
OVERLOOKING houses and attained run
of over o0G performances. There is moth
ing offensive or salacicus in the theme
of 1.-THE Turtle 1t has no betrayed
husbands CT deceiving wives, after the
manner of the average French farces, but
its personages are all self-respecting peo-
pie, who become involved in hurlyburly
of confusion and an ENHANCEMENT In the
most natural way possible 1t has a