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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08


Three tours of the beautiful island
Of Puerto Rico are scheduled to leave
Chicago December 27, January rs and
February Is. Special Pullman Sleep
ers and dining cars will convey the
party to New York, thence on board
the splendid new steamships Ponce
and San Juan, through and around the
island by rail, automobile, carriage
and boat. Tickets include all ox-
penses everywhere. These select lin
tied parties will be under the special
escort of Mr.. Walter Boyd Townsend,
under the management of The Ameri-
can Tourist Association, Reau Camp
bell general manager, 1923 Marquette
building, Chicago. Itineraries, maps
and tickets can he had on application
to the agents of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Ry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08
Fattening Show Babies.

London Lancet: In the next session
o. the Paris municipal council atten-
ton will be given to baby shows and
prize competition for infants. Dr..
Dufonrnier and DR.. Vallin have in
formed the council that in order to en-
able the infants to win medals the
nurses feed them in manner which is
not conducive to their health. The in
fants, in fact, are greatly overfed, and
at later stage after their undue
nlumpness they suffer from serious dis
orders of digestion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08
American Iisrses.

Few of the million passengers or
more who make their journey in a
London bus know that nearly all the
horses which draw them hail from
America or Canada. Great Britain, the
"horsiest" country in the world, buys
more than 10000 horses from the
United States every year. Nearly all
these are heavy draft horses. The truth
is, since the coaching era came to an
end, the British farmer has neglected
the harness horse in favor of the hunt
e., and still prefers to rear something
that can yallop and jump"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Ask your grocer today to show you n
package of GRAIN-o, the new food
drink that takes the place Of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury as we'll as the adult. All who try
it, like 1t. GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java. but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress.
One-fourth the price of coffee. 15c.
and Csc. per package. Sold by all
groCera.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Early this fall the management OF
the B. G. o. R. R. decided that the uni
formed force should be provided WIN
service stripes, and on the winter UNI,
forms each man has one or more goiu
stripes on his right sleeve If he mas
been in the service for five or more
years. The gold stripe stands Tor hve
years continuous employment by the
company and a glance over the iist
develops an interesting and instructive
condition of affairs.
The ordinary man, in peaceful ana
uneventful vocation, is seldom in con-
tinuous service for forty years, yet on
the B. & o. r. r. there is a hale and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

hearty old man, with keen, undimmed
eyes, and springy step that has been
IN the continuous employ of the COM
pany for so years and is still better
than many men half his age.
w. II. Green is his name, but every
body on the line calls him Captain
Harry" and he has record that any
man, in any station in life, would DE
more than proud OF.
Captain Green is probably the Old
est passenger conductor in the world.
If he is not he has the best record, for
not once has he been suspended from
duty for any cause whatever. Ana
then too, he has never been injured.
Green was born on September Il, 1871,
in Cockeysville, Baltimore county, Md,
and entered the B. & o. service March
| 3, 1850, as a freight brakeman. He was
promoted in two years to freight con-
ductor and in 1857 was given pas
senger train and has served in that
capacity ever since. He is now run
ming through trains between Baltimore
and Cumberland, Md, and wears ten
service stripes on his right arm.
| For many years B. & o. train en-
ployes have had an enviable reputa-
ton for politeness to passengers and
attention to duty, and the adoption Of
the service stripe system will give the
travelling public an opportunity to rec
| ognize long and faithful service.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

1t is often difficult to select an ar
ticle for a Christmas present that will
be acceptable and inexpensive. The
John M. Smyth Co. have solved this
problem by offering for sale 5000
guitars at $265 each, thus bringing
them within the reach of everyone.
The firm is thoroughly reliable. Sea
lad" in another part of this paper. Get
their mammoth catalogue.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08
STATE OF ONTO. CITY OF TOLEDO, &C
-l,nIrNTX 80

LUtJAS OOUNT1,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is inc
senior partner OF the firm of f. ]. Cheney q Go.
doing business in the City OF Toledo, County
and State Aforesaid and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use'of Hall Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December. A. D. 1886
[SEALl Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly On the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials. free.
F..J. CHENEY & CO. Toledf.'o
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H. II. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column of this paper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08
The Unusual Way.

Stern Father-So you want to marry
my daughter, do you? Young Man
(nervously)-Yes, sir. Stern Father
Thanks; have a cigar.-Chicago News
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

II is not generally known that clip
pings from masculine heads OF hair are
used fer making strainers through
which syrups are clarified.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08
I.,oIxing After Her Little Boy.

In Launceston, Tasmania, mother
of 80 years brought her son of 70 to
the benevolent asylum to be looked
after.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

New Bombardo Combination Reversible Paro'
wanted. W caldwell & Co, iG1 Supertor-st Chicago
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Women are now employed as sign
painters in Berlin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

The number Of Buddists is computed
TO be over 45u, 000,0op.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Africa has nearly 700 languages and
this fact presents great difficulties to
missionary effort.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
q God-send to MELVIN. Is. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. II, 1895.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

France receives 1910, 600 a year from
taxes on bicycles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08
Eyes and Lunacy.

Most of the patients in lunatic asyl.
ums have brown or black eyes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Hawaii is complaining of heavy
influx of Chinese.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

English people drink twice as much
Scotch as Irish whisky.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Temperance in French Army.
Temperance has been promoted in
the French army by controlling the
canteen and substituting coffee, tea
and cocoa for intoxicating drinks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08
THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe, b. W.
Groves signature is on vaS-- ccE &c.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

Morocco has an army OF 40 900 men
fairly we'll trained.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-08

London has 100, 600 students in its
night schools.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28
CHAPTER XXXIII.

! Meanwhile Sweetwater had been wit
ness to a series of pantomime action:
that interested him more than Amaber.
conduct, under the final examination
Frederick, who had evidently some re.
quest to make or direction to give. haC
sent a written line to the coroner. who
on reading it had passed it over &c
Knapp, who few minutes later was tc
be seen in conference with Agnes Hall
day. AS result the latter rose and left
the room, followed by the detective
She was gone a half hour, then stimuli
| taneously with her appearance, Sweet
water saw Knapp hand a bundle of let
tiers to the coroner, who, upon opening
them, chose out several which he pro-
ceeded to read to the jury. They were
the letters referred to by Frederick as
having been given to him by his moth
er. The first was dated thirty-five years
previously and was in the handwriting
of Agatha herself. 1t was directed to
James label and was read amid a pro-
found hush.
Dear james, know / have a tenn
per, a wicked temper. and now you
know it, too. When it is aroused I for
get love, gratitude, and everything
else that should restrain me- and utter
words l am astonished at myself. But
1 do not get aroused often, and when
all is over / am not averse to apollo
giving or even to begging forgiveness.
My father says my temper will undo
me, but l am much more afraid of my
heart than / am of my temper. For
instance, here | am writing to you
again, just because / raised my riding
whip and said-but you know what
said, and I am not fond of recalling
that moment, for l cannot do so with
out seeing your look of surprise and
contrasting it with that of Philemon's
Yours had judgment in it, while Phil
emon's held only indulgence, yet
liked yours best, or should have liked
it best were ii not for the insufferable
pride which is a part of my being.
Temper such as mine ought to surprise
you. Yet, would l be Agatha Gilchrist
without it? 1 very much fear not, and
not being Agatha Gilchrist, should 1
have your love? Again 1 fear not
James, forgive me, When 1 am hap
pier, when 1 know my own heart, 1
will have less Drovocation. Then if
that heart turns your way, you will
find a great and bountiful serenity
where now there are lowering skies
and thunderous tempests. Philemon
said last night that he would be con-
tent to have my fierce word o. morn
ings if only I would give him one drop
out of the honey of my better nature
when the sun went down and twilight
brought reflection and love. But / did
not like him any better for saying this.
You would not halve the day so. The
cup must hold no bitter that would
give you refreshment. Will it not, then,
have to be proffered by other hands
than those of AGATHA?
Mr.. Philemon Webb:
Respected Sir-You are persistent. I
am willing to tell you, though l shall
never confide so much to another, that
it will take a stronger nature than
yours, and one that loves me less to
hold me faithfully, and make me the
happy, devoted wife which L must be
if / would not be a demon. l cannot,
dare not marry where 1 am not held in
a passionate, self-forgetful subsection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28

more searching now than before? She
could not even decide in her own mind.
She must let impulse have its way.
Happily, she took the right stand al
first. She did not endeavor to make
any corrections in her former testi-
mony, only acknowledged that the
flower whose presence on the scene OF
death had been such a mystery, had
fallen from her hair at the ball and
that she had seen Frederick pick it UP
and put it in his buttonhole Beyond
this, and the differences it afterward
awakened in her mind, she would not
go. thought many present, and among
them Frederick, felt confident that her
attitude had been one of suspicion from
the first. and that it was to follow him
rather than to supply the wants of the
old men, label, she had left the ball and
found her way TO Agatha Webb's cot
tage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28
CHAPTER XXI.
impossible! Incredible!

Impossible. lncredibIe.
Like a wave suddenly lifted the whole
assemblage rose in surprise. if not in
protest. But there was no outburst
The very depth of the feelings evoked
made all ebullition impossible. and as
one sees the billow pause ere it breaks
ana gradually subside, so this crowd
yielded to the awe within them ana
one by one sank back into their seats
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-06
REMEDY THE PRESENT EVIL

The entering of an appeal by the city
attorney from the decision of the district
court on the subject of teachers salaries
does not help to simplify the situation as
to our schools. That decision might we'll
have been permitted to stand as represent
ing the law of the question as to the OBJ
legation of the city comptroller to audit
school board pay rolls. The principle in
volved is of purely. local application
While it would not be fair to the city au-
thorities to say that it is mere litigious
disposition which dictates that appeal,
it would be quite as well for the clty's
interests were the decision acquiesced in,
as was generally believed would be the
case. The subject necessarily remains
open under the operation of the appeal
practically until the question has adjusted
itself with reference to the existing
school year.
1t would have been quite as We'll in
stead Of busying themselves with going
to the appellate court on this mere ad
ministrative question, if our city officials
would address themselves to the under
taking to make some temporary provision
financially which will prevent the closing
of our public schools before the regular
school period has expired Whatever
the decision of the supreme court may be-
this question Of the schools Is upon us
The city owes it to its people that they
shall exhaust all public resources to keen
them open, without imposing the burden
Of doing so directly on the individual CIT
liens
The board Of school inspectors may
safely be left to handle the details of
school administration. What may happen
next year in case the people do not adopt
a charter which will make the necessary
provision in regard to the school tax levy
is matter which may safely be left to
next year to decide. Mr.. McCardy's views
as to the relative powers Of himself and
the school board have already been test
ed to as full an extent as their impor-
lance warrants. What Mr.. McCardy and
the school board and the city attorney
should now seriously concern themselves
about is the devising of ways and means
whereby the schools of the city NAV run
during the entire school year. and the
teachers in those schools receive their paw
for their services when due
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-06
AN IMPORTANT DECISION

The questions at issue in the case of
The United States VS.. The Addison
Steel Company, which has just been de-
cided by the supreme court have already
been fully outlined In. these columns.
The decision is adverse to the trusts. and
will have a very serious bearing on the
future Of these organizations.
How far the opinion of Justice Peck
ham goes In the direction of defining the
essential attributes of trusts which rem
der their character or operations vio-
lative of the requirement Of freedom of
trade cannot be understood from the
brief outline Of the decision furnished
through the press dispatches on the SUBJ
ject. The offending organizations in this
case maintained their separate existence
and their union was one designed merely
to control the trade in the product which
they manufactured. 1t does not appear
that their combination involved Joint
ownership of the properties represented
by them. But the essential principle of
Industrial combination for the purpose
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-06
A PLEA For FRESH AIR.

The attention of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company is respectfully drawn to
the unsanitary condition Of the fnterur-
ban cars. During the cold weather Of
the past few days these cars have been
kept closed almost Theoretically except
as passengers passed through the doors
getting on or off. The ventilators at the,
forward end of the ears are. rarely open,
and the rear end ventilators-where such
exist-never. The atmosphere In the cars
during the buster hours of the day is foul
with a foulness indescribable, and the i'm.
mediate effect upon passengers of this
condensed fetidity is manifested by
drowsiness in the strong and faintness
and nausea in the weak -
Women seem to be peculiarly the suf-
ferers from this infection, and many
actually dread to ride on the interurban
cars because they are so much worse
in this respect than the cars on other
lines.
OF course it is almost impossible to
satisfy all the passengers in the mat
IOA VI 'CIlIA1aIAollJ SOIIIS OOJeCllHS SlTenu-
ously to "draughts" and others being i'm
pervious to them; but the lob e would
venture to suggest to the Twin City
Rapid Transit pany-respectfuIly suTg-
gest, of course-that. when the interurban
cars are standing at the waiting station
in st. Paul, the conductors be in
structed to open the doors at both
ends OF the cars, and all the ventiIa-
tors. so that the air within may be com
pletely renovated and the foul reek dis
sipated for time at least. When the
car starts, the doors and ventilators at
the front Of the car might be closed, as
they are at present. The cars would then
be endurable for at least a portion of
the time. This suggestion is made by
the G o e in the interests Of the suf-
fering womankind who are compelled to
use the University interurban cars, and,
as the company is, as is we'll known,
ever prompt and willing to meet the
wants Of the public, and always ready to
receive friendly hints as to how it may
improve its service, a much needed i'm
provement in this condition will no doubt
be noted within the next forty-eight
hours.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-06

of controlling the market was present In
the case. as the decision shows
1t is against this principle that all ac-
ton, judicial and legislative must be di-
rected. No combination, however far
reaching, which does not possess this
character and does not substantially pre-
vent free competition, can ever be reach
ed by any legislation whatever. The
competition which appears possible. how
ever, must be real, not fictitious, as this
decision indicates.
Public sentiment hostile to the trusts
has much reason to be satisfied with the
defense thus far made by the federal
authorities of the principle of freedom
in trade transactions involving interstate
commerce. There has been shown by
the federal judiciary and by the federal
prosecuting officials a settled determina-
ton to conserve the public interests
against the operations of Illegal trust
combinations in the domain of interstate
commerce. 1t is not too much to say
that there has been no such disposition
and ability thus far shown In the same
direction by the officials of any state in
the Union.
The value Of this decision is quite
plain. Illegal combinations designed to
control market prices will evidently have
short shrift when they come within the
operation of the Interstate commerce
clause of the constitution giving congress
jurisdiction over interstate trade. Few,
If any, of such combinations are likely
to remain so contracted In their opera
lions that the territorial limits of such
operations will be confined to any one
particular state. The provisions Of the
federal antitrust law are found adequate
for all practical purposes. Legislation Of
the same scope and character enacted in
the several states, when enforced in the
same spirit, will doubtless be found eff
fective to the same end for state pur-
poses
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-06

Merchant marine, which he evidently has
to the purely political aspects Of the
Philippine question. he could have rem
dered his message a memorable one. He
could, too, have done the country a serv-
ice greater and more enduring than was
to him. 1t was at best but a nerveless
hand which wrote the few brief para
graphs of the presidential message which
treat of this subject of paramount i'm
portance. 1t is not information" in any
sense to congress or any other body that
the proportion of our foreign commerce
carried during the past year in American
bottoms was less than during any other
certainly furnishes a text on which the
president had he the full courage of his
convictions. could have brought home to
congress not merely their duty in the
premises but a knowledge of the ways
and means by which congress might eff
fectiVely put an end to a condition Of
things which even he regards as a seri-
Gus reflection on the American peoples
readiness to enter on the career of COM
nercial greatness abroad which he feels
free to predict for them. In this respect,
as we'll as in the lame and labored effort
which thu president makes to defend the
recent assaults made on the civil service
law by the politicians of the administra-
ton with his sanction, the message must
leave a painful impression on political
friend ard foe alike
To many it will be disappointing to
learn that the president does not see his
way clear to recommend to congress the
immediate organization in Porto Rico of
a territorial form of government. 1t is
none the less true, however, that the
general policy recommended with refer
ence to insular administration is worthy
of commentator, not only in Porto Rico,
but in the Philippines, in Samoa and in
Cuba. Until we have emerged from the
mere tentative condition of public opin-
Ion as to our true course in those ISL
outlined by the message are certainly
as good and as Iiberat as any that might
safely be adopted. The recommendation
that all duties be abolished on Porto
Rican exports and imports is entitled to
unqualified approval.
Save in the matter of our future policy
with reference to American trade with
China, most of the other subjects treated
in the presidential message will doubt
less be ultimately disposed Of according
to the prevailing party policy. In that
particular direction, however, the recon-
mendation that a commission be appoint
ed to investigate existing conditions in
the Orient affecting the possibilities of
American commerce is entitled at least
to respectful consideration.
While as a whole the presidents mes
sage must be regarded as disappointing
in matter as well as in manner, it is but
just to add that it fairly abounds In
sound and sensible suggestions which con-
gress may act on with substantial ad-
vantage to the national interests Of the
American people.