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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31

usual, made OF good white wax. There
will be only four directly, because I
am going to light my cigar with one
of them. Where did you get them?"
> Practically, did buy them. l pay
my club subscription every year, and
surely I have right"
"You have no more right to take
away the club matches than you have
to pocket the club spoons, and you
know it. What about this match? 1t
has been carried loose in pocket and
is dirty. 1t has pink head. 1t is
evidently very cheap kind. should
say it saved the smoker SO per cent.
Where did you get it?"
Look here" he said. irritably, Il
won't submit to these questions. Give
me my box back at once. He made a
grab at it, but eluded him.
you'll have to submit to these ques-
tions and to answer them truly, unless
you want to be shown up. Ever heard
of the public prosecutor? Theft is
theft. and it's serious. Once more,
where did you get this wretched little
match? 1t looks like some poor mans
eve lamb"
''If you want to know, got IT. from
a railway porter" he said sulkily.
'He gave 20 you on the under
stanulng that you wished to use it at
once. You deceived him and sneaked
it-a poor mans solitary match. My
word, but you've fallen low, very
low"
"You don't know that it was his
only match"
cts probable, and you don't know
that 1t wasn't. What about this one
the very short one with the mud on
IT."
81 came by it perfectly fairly. A
small boy in the street dropped 1t. He
looked for it for some time. but he
couldn't see where it had gone. I saw
It. l waited about, pretending to look
in a shop window until the boy had
gone. and then l picked it up. These
small boys ought not to smoke cigar
cites. It's perfectly scandalous.
It -"
$50 you cheat children as well, do
you? Do you know what the law is
with regard to property found in the
street? Have you no relics of moral
sense?"
In my enthusiasm I had allowed my
cigar to go out 1 relit it with the
railway porter's match, without paying
the least attention to the millionaire
protests
"And now" I said. what OF these
three blue headed matches?" =
They're all right. They're refresh
ment room matches They don't mind
your taking one or -"
"How do you know they don't mind
Do you ask them? Or do you sneak be-
hind the bun stand and steal them
when you think nobody is looking?
And these two with the dark brown
heads?"
81 had to see my solicitors about an
investment OF mine. was shown into
the senior partners room. The BUSH
ness was mere bagatelle-a matter
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
QUEEN WILHELMINA.

also a Dutch princess. was the sister
of King William II. Prince Harold
of Denmark, whose maternal grand
mother, the late Queen Louise OF
Sweden and Norway, was a daughter
of Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands
by his marriage with the Princess
Louise of Prussia, daughter of Fried
rich wilhelm III, was also thought to
have a fair chance of success, and IN
fact most of the young Protestant
princes of suitable age have been In
turn spoken of as the future prince.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
Wos q Greaf SCULPTOR.

Carl Rohl-Smith, the sculptor OF
Washington, died at Copenhagen last
week of Bright's disease.
Mr.. Rohl-Smith was born in Den
mark and came to America in the
early sos. A notable piece of art
executed under the direction of the
sculptor stands in a city park at Des
Moines. la.
To Carl Rohl-Smith had also been
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31

prison in England
the other day.
Mrs. Maybrick is
indignant at the at
lacks made by the
Liverpool Post on
the late chief JUS
tice Of England,
Lord Russell Of
Killowen, former
counsel for the
prisoner. "The on
ly person up to the
present who ever
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31

less than making
possible a trip
from Paris via
Berlin, Moscow and
st. Petersburg to
New York city by
rail. To do this
Boring strait will
be bridged, which
at it's narrowest
point is about
twenty miles wide.
The preliminary
Investigation for
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
To Recoup Fortune.

When Miss Dorothy Studebaker.
granddaughter Of the South Bend (Ind.)
wagon manufacturer. married Scott
McKeown, several years ago, he was
worth million dollars, which he had
inherited from his father, Pennsyl-
vania oil magnate. Now, through the
husbands prodigality. his patrimony
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31

Aston Chanler, con-
gresham, explorer
and soldier, and a
lineal descendant
of the original
John Jacob Astor.
Three years ago
Miss Chanler re-
linquished t h e
pleasures of society
to become a men,
Der Of the Red
Cross society. She
Iana~ -
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31

hours, higher wages. improved shop
conditions, etc.
This is another reason why don't
like to see any steps taken that might
result in overthrowing the st. Louis
agreement.-Frank J. Sunderman In
Pennsylvania Grit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
4 X x * !: x X x * * x x :ssss;
Will Be Her Third War.

A rich young American girl has gone
to China to assist in caring for the
soldiers Of Uncle Sam and the other
countries who are battling with the
Chinese hordes. She is Miss Margaret
Livingston Chanler, sister Of William
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
Mrs. Moybrick IL Hopeful.

For the first time since her life SEN
tence was imposed eleven years ago
Mrs. Florence Maybrick had a private
interview with her counsel, DR.. Clark
Bell of New York, at the Aylesbury
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
The MiIIi0ndire'S
Match Box.

He had pressed upon me one Of his
own high-priced cigars.
Thanks" said. "Match?"
Haven't you got one Of your own?"
mo. Come on. Hurry"
My friend the millionaire looked per-
turbed for a moment. Then his coun-
tenance cleared I'VE shall be at Wa
terloo in twenty minutes" he said.
land then we can get light at the
refreshment room. They never mind
your taking match or two"
mo good" said. 81 want to smoke
now. Hand over your box"
With great reluctance he handed me
his gold matchbox with his monogram
on 1t in emeralds-a pretty, unostenta-
tious little toy. He shut both the car
riage windows so that no draught
should necessitate the use Of more
than one match.
opened the box and examined the
contents with care. He did not like
the examination. He WINGED under 1t.
He grew nervous
Come, come" he said, Eight up and
give me the box back"
HAS this been going on long" l
asked.
What do you mean?"
"You know perfectly well what
mean. There are several different
kinds of wax matches in this box"
well, there's nothing in that. Some
times / buy one kind and sometimes
another"
But you don't buy six different
kinds at once, and then put some OF
each in your box. l am sorry to say
that you are a thief. a match-thief.
You probably are liar also, for
doubt If you have ever bought matches
at any rate, in recent years. repeat
my question-has this been going on
long"
"They don't mind you taking one or
two" he said, feebly.
"But how about five or six? There
are five matches here of special quail
ity, long in the shank, thicker than
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
Creof Railroad Plan.

A great scheme is now being serl-
ously discussed by company Oh fran
co-American capitalists. 1t is nothing
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31
CARL ROHL-SMITH.

given the honor and distinction Of
erecting the granite and bronze statue
of General William Tecumseh Sher-
man, now in course Of construction
at the south front of the treasury.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-08-31

Carl Rohl-Smith had also been
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
An Interesting Discovery.

AT Interesting discovery has reward cd the researches of officials at Hamp- ton Court palace, London. There has always lurked suspicion that ths walls of the famous Queen Anne.s drawing room, which Is in the center of the east wing of Wren's famous building, contained more than the sec ond rate portraits Of the Georges. Never however, was it supposed than an im- portant work by that once famous dec- oratfye artist, Verrio. had been con- eealed from the public eye since 1735, owing to a stupendous act Of yandals ism, which, 1t is presumed was ear- ried out by Queen Caroline in 1735, probably to prevent the apothesis of Queen Anne from meeting her eyes in her drawing room when she became queen. The date is known by the ex. traordinary act of the paper hanger of that time, who, in covering up Verrio's work, scratched on his name and the date of the paper hanging. In taking down some of the portraits of the Georges, which were intended for Keu- sington palace. it was noticed by an official that the top right hand corner closed 10 the ceiling seemed abruptly cut off from the general scheme of tha beautiful ceiling. which everyone had seen and admired, and which repre- sented Queen Anne in the chariot of Justice. dressed in purple lined with ermine. Over her head Is a crown, held by Neptune and Britannia, while surrounding and floating in the clouds are various aIlegorical figures repre- senting Peace and Plenty, etc. The discovery now made shows that the whole of the walls were originally painted by Verrio in the same manner, the subject being Queen Anne'a apotheosis as Queen of the Sea in the tour great quarters of the glote.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
THE BICYCLE TRADE.
Combination Cannot Keep Up the Price
 of Wheels


 The reduction in the price of bicycles from S150 to less than third of that amount has weighed heavily upon the minds of the manufacturers who en- tered the wheel trust. The combina- tion was undoubtedly made with the purpose of advancing prices to point that would restore at least a part of the old fabulous profits, but it is douDtfui if it can be made success. Too many independent manufacturers are Tn ex" istence who are free to extend thelr trade by offering every possible induce ment in the way of price and quality, such as individual competition sug- gests. One of these has just issued a circular, in which he has the following to say: We have a thoroughly or gantzed and profitable business, ootb in firearms and bicycles, and there Is DO necessity for our joining any move ment to attempt to monopolize or manipulate the licyele trade, or to as sist some of the .top-heavy' firms to dispose Of their factories at fancy prices and thus avoid probable col lapse We are and shall remain per- fectly independent and free to act ac. eerding to our business judgment and our sense of justice and fairness to the agents who have assisted US in building up our present large business. No one
 I buy better material or build high
 ade bicycles cheaper than we can, and VIC have completed our plans and our new line Of bicycles much earlier than usual, SC &s to make this state ment frankly and squarely to our agents, and we announce our line and prices for the coming season as fol- lows: Medium grade roadster, s25; high grade roadster, s25; with coaster brake. s40; with cushion frame, $50; ehainless, $60." As these prices are a cut of SIS on each grade, and as the manufacturer is one of high repute in the trade. it is manifest that the trust will not be able to advance the cost of wheels next season. Besides, the day has passed when the wheelman could be persuaded that his machine, beautiful and delicate as it is, can be more costly than small steam engine. Louisville Courier-J Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
A DIVING BELL CRUSHED.
The Tremendous Pressure of Water at
 Great Depth.

The Tremendous Pressure of Water at
 Great Depth.
 \ crushed mass of iron in Pitts burg scrap yard demonstrates the tre- mendcus pressure of water at a great depth. says the Pittsburg Chronicle. It was constructed for a diving bell for use in Lake Michigan. As originally constructed it was about six feet square, and tapered slightly at both ends. The material was phosphor bronze, more than half an inch thick. Each plate was cast with a fiange and they were bolted together, the bolts being placed as closely as was consist ent with strength The side plates were further strengthened by iron ribs an inch thick and two inches wide. In fact, the entire structure was strong 1y braced The windows to be used as outlooks by the divers were three inches square, fortified with iron bars and set with glass plates an inch thick The weight of the bell was 23,000 pounds. When completed 1t was sent to Milwaukee and lowed out into she lake about twelve miles, where there was over 200 feet of water, and was sent down for a test The manu- facturer was so confident of the strength of the bell that he wanted to go down in it. He is glad now that he didn't When the bel reached the depth of about 100 feet strong timbers attached to it came to the surface in T splintered condition. Suspeeting ar accident. the bell was hauled up and found to be crushed into a shapeless mass. The ineh-thick plate-glass bull's-eyes were shattered. The pres sure that crushed this seemingly in- vulnerable structure amounted to to. sai of 1,723.54s pounds. or 1882 tons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
What n False Report piri.

J. NJ. Sinclair. high sheriff of Done gal. Ireland, committed suicide by shooting himself Aug. 28, on receipt of the announcement that his daughter, IS years old, had been drowned in another part of the county. The lat ter story now turns out to be false, and has caused an immense sensation in the county. where the family is most prominent. The author of the false hood, which caused the father to com init suicide. is unknown.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
Frauds In the Male.

The Kansas City Star tells of Kan- sas girl who sens s1 to New York "specialist' for "sure cure for freck- les, This is the recipe which she re- ceived: Remove the freekles care fully with a pocketknife; soak them over night in salt water; then hang up in the smokehouse in good, strong smoke made of sawdust and slippery elm bark for a week. Freckles thus treated never fail to be thoroughly cured ''
 Big Gambling Losses In England.
 Tn the latest history of gambling ln England, just published, there are some astonishing revelations as to the amount of money won and lost by men and women whose names were as fa- miliar as household words early in the present century. There are records of q, 100000 having been lost at a sit ting, and the loss of $250,000 appears to have been a very common occur renee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
Saee Advice.

It is not often that lawyer gives better advice, and asks no fee for 1t. than was once given by a certain Irish judge, who must have had both a sense of justice and a sense of humor. A turbulent peasant was witness in a trial before Chief Baron O'Grady The counsel, after pesterlng him for some time, put a question to him which re- fectea on the witness character If ye ax me that again, I'll give ye a ktekta was the answer. The counsel appealed to the court, stating that an answer was necessary to his clients case, and ending up with the query: What would your lordship advise me to do?" If you are resolved to repeat the question. replied the court. Id advise you to move a little frem the witness"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
NEW WAY OF MAKING STEEL
1t Is Cast in Vacuum and Tempered
 with Liquid Hydrogen.


 Just as Americans begin to feel that they are upon the verge Of developing superiority to Great Britain not only in shipbuilding, but in the steel trade, iu which number of valuable foreign contracts have lately been taken by our manufacturers in the face of Brit ish competition, and just as nature seems to encourage the American as- piration by showing that the English coal mines will be exhausted within another fifty years, science seems to be coming to the aid of the Britisher and may be about to open new fields Of competition in steel, in which America must take part if she is to maintain her hard earned prestige. The dis coVery has been demonstrated in Lon- don and Is being made much of by the English press that the ability to pro- duee perfect steel by casting it in a vacuum made by liquid hydrogen with a process that it is not proposed to make public, has at last attained prae- tieability. A company has been formed with a capital of 80, 900 pounds to ex perimentally develop the process, and If the plan is successful as Prof. DeWar, the diseoyerer, presumes it will be, the air bubbles that now cause flaws and weakness in steel will be done away with, and q metal will result such as the world has never seen. To say that this means possible revolution in the steel trade is to put it mildly, and if the English government can control the process, as it is now intimated may be he ease, then American scientists and those of other countries will be put upon their mettle to get even with the Britishers. Liquid hydrogen, which is the great agent now discov- cred, is described as a clear, colorless, transparent and very volatile fluid, no clearer than pure water, but only one- fourteenth the density of water. In its lightness it is out of all proportion to any known liquid. A piece of paper when placed in it sinks The differ enee between liquid hydrogen and liquid air is as great if not greater than the difference between the ordi- nary temperature and liquid air. Liquid hydrogen places temperature at within twenty degrees of absolute zero, which is represented by 494 degrees Fahren- heit, and 273 degrees Centigrade be- low zero. The boiling point of liquid hydrogen is 252 degrees below zero. at which it is capable of enormous pressure. The discovery must affect every problem in physics and ehemis- try. It's possibilities are illimitable It may revolutionize the methods that have been laboriously built up during the last 300 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
Doors of Bank of England.

The public entrance doors of the great building of the Bank of England are so finely balanced that clerk, by pressing knob under his desk, can close them instantly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-19
Iron M ountain R:

Arkansas Republican s+ato
 mittee, Little Rock. Ark 'dse F'sA eentlsl
 above occasion tbe St. Ii NJ. NJ. l5,
 will sell tickets from Pine IT p,sS ssHH Rock. returning. at one.f bi.d pun
 certificate plan. Limit of ,an eertiasre iiasre
 ,,, Mapdi pd | Gras Festivities, Memo,,.
 feo. @o-1., For this occasion the ssSas Se round trIp-S506. Tickets m one faie
 and 2, limited for return to bIsrees Isale feb
 Meeting Grand Lodse of Ar,,o Of Homer, at Little Rock. Feh tSqausas Sa sals ks| Fro this occasion the Iron Ma,1gtaanad rv and T tickets at one fare for ro1,na eala .l s1)) cts on sale Feb 19. 20 and 21 ita Ti,tflp tflp return Feb. 24, 1900. : iilal llaal
 National Shoot. Arkansas Gtn e, springs; Ark;. Feb. 12 to24 For this isiaa the ot. L. |. M. x 5: Ky. will sell tiasS NY one and GU e-third fare on the eerrieeS iteIcSfl for the round tri :. Tickets on ne sa eIieal l2 inclusive, Limit of certifieatsassi ssig Sl, fea
 Annual Meeting Southern pona Auxiliary Convention, Hot Snrinpsals May 10 t r 1900, For the above ipss rss. casion the st l. N & s Ky will sas, aalae !. run iie olul1 10 HOb Springs and Z for one fare for the round trip. qSo Tiolpl sale May to Il inclusive. Limited tfeag feasg l5 days from date of sale, W VT !
 Mardi Gras Festivities, Mobile A1. 21, 1900. For the above named oecas,,, aala, t L. NJ es : tty will SC l tickets ffasl9 fes1e9 Bluff to Mobile. Ala. at one fara raosa 7 round trip--Sf7.I0. Tickets on saie ie \ ' 15, 1900. i : VI
 Mardi Gras Festivities. New orloar. 27. 1900. For the above named eaai' oeeasi St L. NJ & $ Ky will sell tiekefs fsos fsss Bluff to New Orleans at one fare " round trip -s13 9. Tickets on sala and 20. with limit for return of March
The courier., 1900-03-10

maline, fasten the bodice. A hat and
muff Of chiffon Of the same color as the
gown. shirred to initiate poppies. with
black tulle centers, complete the ar.
rangement.
Mrs. Dashey goes to congratulate
Lady Beauvedere in a gown OF silvery-
gray panne velvet. brocsded in big
lunches OF white flowers. This gown
depends for success, and with no mis-
placed confidence. upon the exquisitely
soft richness of the fabric, and is there.
fore content to be fashioned upon the
simplest and the newest lines.
In the second act of The Ambassa-
DOR" Lady Beauvedere is giving ball.
She herself is radiant in sea-green satin
heavily embroidered in emeraIds. Juliet
is in white, hut what white 1t is
thickly strewn with crystal beads and
brilliants; and yet it maintains an effect
OF girlish innocence that Juliet's charac-
ter suggests. The Princesee Vandra-
mini goes to the ball in black velvet
severely plain, perfectly fitting, with an
unusually long train that she manages
admirably. The only relief to the Sc
verify of her costume is the drapery of
jeweled white lace across the bust and
back and the odd sleeves that this
jeweled lace forms wes bit below the
shoulders.
Mrs. Dashey wears regular coat-of-
mail, which glitters and shines-a very
blaze of black and silver-in a mystiiy-
ing. bewildering way that makes an an
alysis of its construction an impossible
ity. Lady UIlweather's ball gown is of
gun-metal gray mousseliue de sole
splashed all over with wide spreading
sun-bursts, SO thickly set that they in
terlsce their long rays and become an
indetinable mass.-Lady Modisb, in
Town Topics.
The courier., 1900-03-10
"Ieater News" Per Contra.

"Ieater News" Contra.
A doctor in the British Medical Jour.
nal now asserts that in the act of kiss.
ing we only encounter bsneficent organ.
isms. He says "the advantages OF
kissing outweigh it's intinitesimal risk.
for it provides ue with microbes useful
for digestion"
thought the upshot would be this,
That some one would defend the kiss
That when lovely girl you sec
Worth your thrilled hearts idolatry,
No owlish board, however wise,
Can stop the kissing exercise.
hold that Nature knows what's best
For Us, to make Our food digest.
Although I've no dyspepsia,
Pm bound to cure It when may,
And ban each foey who dismisses
The prophylaetie power of kisses.
Joel Benton, in the "New Lippeneott''
for March.
The courier., 1900-03-10
THE BAcKLoG,S SONG OF SUMNER

There's sweet, enthralling magic
Lurking in the glowing fire,
Soft en:hantment IN 1t fEckers,
And the song Of hidden Tyre
From the gnarled logs rugged surface
Sounds the faintest, fitful tone,
OFT mirth is in its ringing,
Oft it has a saddened moan.
Gentle voices Of the woodland
Echoes IN its music weird,
Melodies from great tree monarchs
Standing in their strength unseared.
Only those who sit and listen
BY the restful hearthfire's gleam
Hear the songs that lead the fancy
Spellbound in a happy dream.
All the carols of the summer
Murmur from the forests sheen
Where the backlog learned its singing,
Swaying with the boughs Of green.
There it heard the songs from heaven,
Heard the south wind whisper low
Midst the scenes that seem to Enser
Sunfleeked in the embers glow.
With the fitting flames and shadows
Visions come and disappear;
Fair, loved faces of the missed ones
In the twilight hover near.
Fondest hopes long since abandoned
Come again with fresh, new life
Far away in wintry tempest
Lies the world of care and strife.
Mary French Morton,
In The Conservative.
The courier., 1900-03-10
BURLINGTON ROUTE.

Through Sleeping Cars to San
Francisco.
No change; no delay; no chance of
missing connections. il you 60 to Cali
fornia via the Burlington Route. The
Burlington runs through slee ping cars.
Linccln to Salt Lake City and San
Francisco, daily.
Dining cars all the way. Library cars
west OF Ogden. Finest scenery in the
world.
j. Francis, G. P. A., Omaha.