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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20
Mis-. Jones. From London.

The warm weather of the past week did
not appreciably affect the attendance at
the Miss Jones Hypnotic Exhibition. 1911
Pennsylvania Avenue. The hall is COM
foriably cooled by electric fans. and as
the exhibitions are of short duration, given
at intervals of ten minutes, it has become
quite the fad to stroll out in the cool OF
the evening to attend one of Miss Jones
airy entertainments. Expressions of Won
der and delight are to be heard on all
sides. while the professor receives com
pliments innumerable upon the really Won
derful and extraordinary power he seems
to hold over this young lady while in mid
air. For the remaining two weeks of Miss
Jones. engagement handsome souvenirs OF
varied designs will be presented to the
lady patrons at the afternoon receptions.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20
WASHING PAPER MONEY.
Dirty Grcenbac<s Given Baths md
Made 10 Appear New.

.From the Philadelphia Record)
1t is not generally known that a great
deal OF the paper money that is con-
stanly circulating about gets frequent
washngs in the same way as the house
wife or maid goes at the dirty clothes on
a Monday morning. In some banks there
is regular wash day every month. usually
at the beginning. when a clerk may be
seen bent over a tub and rubbing real
money up and down a washboard. The
dirty greenbacks that have been saved up
for month are soaped and rubbed just
like handkerchiefs and socks and are run
through a wringer before being put out to
dry The paper currency may be handled
somewhat roughly, as it does not tear.
because there is in it a great deal Of
silk and linen. After the notes have been
passed through the wringer they are hung
on line stretched in the bank clerk S
department. Said one clerk the other day:
IL wash about 100 notes every month. and
when I'm done you can hardly tell them
from new money. The washing strength
ems as well as cleans the notes.
tee on Appropriations.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20

Nernan's-ssBohemia BurlcsGuers."
La Fiesta" the artists dream, viii ap-
pear in her latest European sensation VITA
the Bohemian Burlesquers' at the Ly-
ceum this week, commencing tomorrow aft
ernoon. The vaudeville portion Of the pro-
gramme consists of the following we'll
known acts: Van and Nobriga. assisted
by Bobby North, in a new and original
sketch entitled My Busy Day Fred
Wyckoff, the ragtime acrobatic comedian;
Weston and Beasley, in their new eccentric
comedy, "Old Pudding Head" Esmeralda
Sisters, singing and acrobatic toe dancers;
West and Williams. hot pair; kessler
and Carrick, monarchs Of song illustrators;
Irwin and Haines and their Picks, and
Emma Watson, the burlesque queen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20
Excursion TO River View.

Today will be another Of those popular
German society days at River View. the
outing being given under the auspices OF
the well-known Germania Mannerchor.
Mirth and music are always the order with
these outings. The members and their
friends start out to have good time and
they generally succeed in having it. To-
day will be no exception. The members
of the club will be heard in the hymns
and glees of the German Fatherland and
the River View orchestra will render the
instrumental concerts on the steamers
and on the grounds. The water chute and
all the other attractions of the View will
be ready TO give pleasure. The steamer
Samuel J. PentZ will leave her wharf at
10:i5 a. m, 2:45, and 5:i5 p. m, and four
trips homeward will be made from the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20
Bijou Thentre Tuxedo Burlcs-
Uuers.v
Bio

This week promises to be Of more than
usual interest to the theatregoers, and
Manager Wellington, CT the Biiou Theatre,
knowing that the city will be full of WISH
tors TO attend the Shriners convention.
has prepared an entertainment designed
TO please the most fastidious. His offer
ing, the Tuxedo BurlesQue Company. is
claimed to be one of the strongest on the
road The management has engaged as an
extra attraction the Jeffries-Corbett fight
pictures, showing the full twenty third
round with the knockout blow, and all
other details of the big contest. The per-
Torrance on Tuesday evening Will be
held until after the Shriner parade has
passed the theatre. Seats are now on sale
at the box Office. Matinees daily at 2:15
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20

at requires surgical operation to get joke
well into Scotch UNDERSTANDING but it only
requires cle glass of Heurich's Maerzen Senate
and Lager to convince people that Heurichs is
brewed of the best malt and hops. Phone G3i
Arlington Botti.ng Co., for case
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
TO SEND IT BY WIRE.
Mail Service May be Rovolutionizsd oy NO
cent Invention.

Mail Service May be Rovoiusionize" " Nv
cent Invention.
In a little shop at 4l0 Grand av'
enue. for the last eighteen months
three electricians have been patiently
perfecting "a device, or series oi
devices, that may revolutionize the
entire mail service of the company.
The Instrument is called by its lnven-
tor, for lack of "a better name the
postal .electro-dL pligraph and 1T Is
claimed for it that 1t will duplicate,
through any distance, amy manuscript
written or printed.
If what is claimed for this instru-
ment is true. one will be able 10 wrlte
q letter to his friend on the opposite
side of the continent and have his
letter instantly duplicated at the othei
end of the line. The receiver Will be
able, from recognition of the chirog-
raphy, Ito identify the letter as gen.
uine. Even checks or similar insiru
ments requiring signatures may be
transmitted in this way, as It rs
claimed that the reproduction Will bt
in every way exactly like the original
Robert l.. Dean, a young man, ~
years of age. perhaps, Is the inventor
or, as he puts it, the discoverer, OF
this means of communication. ldenti
fed with him are Donald Hervey and
Charles Hervey expert electricians
The two are father and son and the
ELDER was for four years a consulting
engineer for Thomas A. Edison. Foi
the past two years he has been asso
niated with Mr.. Dean, and while the
discovery of the new means of com
munication is wholly the latter's, the
two Herveys have done much to per
iect the invention.
Pending application for patents or
The several devices necessary to per-
feet communication the inventors are
keeping their discovery very dark
Once they are fully protected they eN
pect to give u public demonstration
and believe the recognition of the
merit of their invention will be so im'
mediate that the government viii taks
lit up.
Il believe the government should
have the first chance at it," said Mr.
Dean yesterday. by its use all tht
letters written in Kansas City in day
could be transmitted, folded and seal
ed in four or five hours.
1t is claimed for this means of COM
munication that Vt will be able tt
transmit 100000 words a minute, over
100, 900 business letters an hour Ant
while it runs out work at such 6
speed it is claimed, that it is of less
delicate mechanism than the tele
phone and far less likely get out o.
order
The inventors will not divulge the
exact manner in which the copy is
transmitted, but admit that 1t Is
sort of Photographic process through
the use of certain electric currents
The cost of this paper is but a trife
duced by theaction of electricity on 9
certain chemically prepared paper
The cost of this paper is bnt trifie
more than ordinary paper. 1t is
,laimed for the system that penny
postage wonld be one of the immediate
results of its adoption by the govern
ment.-Kansas City Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
A Wonderful Invention.

They cure dandruff, hair falling, hea !.
ache, etc, yet costs the same as an ci
binary comb. What's that: Why, Z.
Whites Electric Comb. The only patenr
ed Comb in the world. People. every
where it has been introduced. are wild
with delight. iou simply comb VI =
HAIR each day, hI.d TIE comb does Ia.
rest. THIS wonderful u NIB is simply
breakab!e and l. made 80 that 1t is alb
lutely impoSsibly to break or, cut
hair Sold un written guarantee
give perfect satisfaction il every resp
Send stamp Tor one adeS size 90
Gents size. Soc Live men and won. ,
antrdcvcrywher to 'utfoduce this q. {
icle. Sells ON sight. Agents are wild wi,
success, (Scc want column of this pap
Address d. n RosE, Gen. Mgr. Deca 2
! ILL.,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
How many boys are there?'
A Nota BILE Old Gentleman.

In the experience of the Older
graduates of West Point, Kenny
Ravens ills "a larger space than
any of the professors. lie was a
notable old gentleman and great IA
vorite with the cadets because always
ready to assist them on hilarious &C.
casions when the "irop" discipline OF
the academy was set at naugh'. The
authorities were obliged to cause his
removal from cadet Limits"
That harp now hangs on willow
branch,
And he of whom we sang is low:
No more our steps will seek his
.'ranc"
To grasp the hand of "Havcns, Oh. "
For ninety years his eyes shone cut
And friendly smiles me- friend and
foe.
But now the spark of life's gone out
No more We'll greet our ''Havens
Oh"
The original song consisted of five
verses, composed in honor of the OLD
gentleman and sung around our boal d
but nearly every class felt obliged tc
add "a verse. and now it has fifty On
more Here is one Of The best:
To our regiments, now, fellows. where
We must shortly go,
We must cultivate the gTaces, do every,
thing just so:
And look as grave rs parsons when
they talk of things below,
And never speak to ears polite oil
Benny Havens, OH"
The New York Press
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
MADE OF historic WOOD.
valuable Violin Owned by James s
Chase.

James S. Chase of the Circuit clerk s
office has a treasure in the form of a
violin. 1t is u beautiful instrument,
even to the ordinary eye, but more
than that, the wood from which it
was made is historic.
Late yesterday afternoon big box
was delivered to Mr.. Chase at the
court house. In it, carefully packed
in excelsior and protected by cloth
covering, was the violin. Mr.. Chase
unpacked it and handled the instru-
ment as lovingly as mother would
her first-born.
May be you won't believe it," he
said, "but the top of that fiddle is
made from the head board of the
first church built in America. 1t is
spruce from back of the pulpit of the
Pilgrim church, which was dedicated
in 1862.
And the back" he went on, sis
wood from a chest which belonged to
my ancestors and was captured by the
British in the revolutionary war. 1t
was afterwards recaptured by the
Americans and the old chest. which
was made of maple, was handed down
in my family from generation to gen
eration. ] spent 80 years in getting
those two piecec of wood together to
put into a fiddle
Just then another deputy clerk ap-
preached and jokingly asked:
rs that Cremona or Stradi-
varius?"
ut is an honest American violin"
replied Mr.. Chase. at was made for
me by Frank Richardson of Conton.
Maine, AN American who served his
pprenticeship ait violin making in
America and who has made violins
In America ever since. This is one of
the last tddles he will make. for he is
rs yearsold now. He says this will be
one of the best instruments ever made
in any country.
Then Mr.. Chase pointed out the
dark streaks in the rich-colored
golden brown Of the maple back.
THAT is where it is ebonizing," he
explained. 1T is the effect of some
sweet principle left in the wood after
all these years and will ultimately be
come as black as ebony itself. With
the spruce belly it is different. That
will only become more golden as it
gets older.
"Old as the wood in this fiddle is,
it will take five or ten years of hard
playing to put it in really good con-
1ition.
While it hadn't amy particular COM
nercial value, yet money cannot buy
e from me. kansas City World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
Her Life Work.

She was "a neat, oOmpactly bull
girl. with "a full, decisive voice. Wher
she spoke you knew that she felt this
final word upon that subject had been
spoken.
II have taken up the profession oil
architecture" she said. 81 believe thai
my life was given to me to do some
good work in the world. know meme
higher/or more useful than to design
beautiful buildings great cathedral
perhaps, which shall be an inspiration
to men for centuries. Look at West
minister Abby or York Minister"
HAS your sister a profession, too"
asked her friend.
"Oh, mol" was the pitNing shrug
Susan married a poor farmer. She
cooks and churns and sews and darns
for him and her children. Life,
hold, was given to us for nobler pur
poses than to be slave to a man and
half dozen babies!"
Her companion did not argue the
question, and it was long before they
met again.
Many years afterward, in passing
through busy Western city he, saw
her In little office upon the main
street. Over the door WAS sign:
"Plans furnished for buildings. De
corat ions, draperies. upholstering.'
| lie entered, and she greeted him
cordially. She had grown stouter
her eyes were less defiant, her voice
gentler.
II have changed my name. L mar
lied Prof. Laurence. He has been al
invalid for many years-quite help
less. You must see him. lie Is
always happy when a friend comes tt
cheer him. His life is lonely. I'm
busy here, you see. Pm doing a mans
worlr as | always intended. Archi
lecture did not pay we'll. had ne
cathedrals to design" laughing mer
rily, but ] sell plan occasionally
| Tor "a shop or cottage. Meanwhile
keep the pot boiling by upholstering
One of our boys means to be an archi
| tect."
How many boys are there?"
1.-TWO her eyes sparkling. "They
have gone through school with the
highest honors and are now in Yale.
1T is "a heavy load for you to carry
Not at all! 1 am happy. We new
women believe. in our work you
known"
And yet" said her old friend, a
he went down the street. chow doe
her work differ from Susans? Tru,
women in all ages sing the same song
the words of which We're given t.
them in the beginning by their Heav
emily Father. Youths Companion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
Official Vote of Missouri.

Secretary of State Lesueur has an
nounced the official vote in Missouri
at the November election.
For president THE following are .tht
Mckinley, Republican 314,092; Bar
Woolley, Prohibition, 1866; Debs, So
c1al Democrat. 6,12s; Maloney, Socia
Labor, 1924; Bryan's plurality, 81,
$50; Bryan's majority. 2O,19T.
For governor: Dockery. Democrat
350,045; Flo1y. Republican. 3179O5;
Ililis. Progressive Peoples 1856;
Stokes, Prohibition, 5,195; Lipscomb
Social Democrat, 5,577; Fry, Social
Labor, 1913; scattering, 3: Dockery's
plurality, 32,14O; Dockery's majority,
l5.S06.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
SCHEME IS AN OLD ONE.
Topeka Woman Has Been Crossing jack
and Belgian Hares with Marked Success.

| and Belgian Hares with Marked Success.
! The scheme of Senator i. ID. Smith
of Kansas, to establish Il commission
| to promote the crossing of jack rab
| bits and Belgian hares is not new
one.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Trapp, who owns q
Belgian Hare farm in the suburbs oil
Topeka, has been experimenting for
some time along these lines and the
results obtained are unique and inter-
esting. There lis great deal about
t he jack rabbit THAT is not generally
known, and this is also true of the
Belgian hare. The product of the
cross has all the good qualities OF
each, with none of their bad ones.
For instance, the Belgian is not a
hardy animal and requires consider.
able care and attention. The cross
can he turned loose in ten-acre lot
and will rustic for itself. The Belgian
is a turnover, while the jack is not.
The cross Seems; to have no desire to
dig and a hog-t ight fence keeps him
in very easily. lie will not jump over,
for the reason that he has Inherited
no jumping propensities from his
.fack ancestor, ana tne Delpin mare
does no jumping.
Another advantage in the new cross
is that their eyes are open Immediate
ly on their birth. the same as the
jacks, while the Belgian kitten will
mot open its eyes for week after
birth. The flavor of the meat is i'm
proved wonderfully 1t has an added
firmness. at the same time Just a
tinge of the wild flavor, which adds y
ZeSt to ii
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28

Traveller: Get on, man; get on.
Wake up your nag"
Driver: "Shure. sor, 1 haven't the
heart to bate him."
Traveller: What's the matter with
him? Is he sick?"
Driver: mo, sor, he's not sick, but
It's unlucky e is, sor. uNlucky. You
see, every morning. afore L put i'm In
the car, ! toses i'm whether ELL have
feed of oats or III have a drink OF
whisky,an' the poor basic HAAS lost five
mornings running!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
Call for Bids.

OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERI
GARNETT, KAs.. Dec. Is, 1900 ;
1t is hereby ordered that The boar
county commissioners will receive Sc
bids Tor experimenting the rour.F.
for the next year, beginning Marci
1901. Bids will be received up to
uary 10. 1901, at II O'Clock, noon.
board reserves the right to reject any
all bids.
Attest L. CALVERT ca. Cl.l
| have examined Curl, : sell report;
register, and find it what is represen,
doing justice to all parties. As it d
it cannot help but put ting credit b,
ness on a safe and satisfactory BIZ
when il is in general use.
+. B. PECK, Grocerv,nan,
Ottawa, ii
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
THE NEW YORK WORLl
THRICE A-wERk EDITION.
Almost a Daily at the Price
a Weekly.

The presidential campaign is over, D
the World goes on just the same, an,
is full of news. To learn this news. (;
as it is-promptly and impartially--t
that you have to do is to look in
columns of The Thrice-a- Week edition.
the New York World, which comes
the subscriber 156 times year.
The Thrice a.week Worlds diligence &
a publisher of first news has given it CT
culation wherever the English langu
is spoken-and you want it.
The Thrice-a-week Worlds regu
subscription price is only 81 90 per vea
We offer this unequaled newspaper al
the AGITAroR together one year T.
$1.65.
The regular subscription price of :
two papers is $500
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28

In consequence of the rise of the
river Tiber ait Rome, the quay &nguil
lara, 800 yards long. which had been
undermined, slid into the river today.
The damage done is estimated at g.
OOO. 600 lire.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-28
SANTA TIME CARD.

Nos. POI and 202 carry free reclining
chair cars No. POI makes close connec-
ton at Chanute carrying free reclining
chairs tor Pitsburg, and at Cherryvale
fo- Cotfeyville.
No. 2O2 makes connection at Ottawa
with the fast mail for Emporia, Newton,
Hutchinson and all points west and at
the union depot, Kansaes City, for all
points north, east and west.
No. 2O3 runs tn rough to Panhandle,
Texas and makes connections at Win
field for Newkirk, Guthrie, Oklahoma
City and all points in Oklahoma and
Texas.
No 2O4 makes connection at Kansas
City union depot for all points.
c. s. COLEMAN, Agt
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11
DEVELOPING THE CHILD.
let Him Push, WrestIe and ScuGit
All lie Will-The Best Method
of Teaching.

We must promote the child's growth
by healthy surroundings, fresh air and
sunshine in the schoolrooms, abun-
dant rest and nourishment and suitable
exercise. We should encourage the
child to play, to use the great trunk,
shoulder and the thigh muscles. For
these are now ready for use.
Let him push and scufile and wrestle
all he will. Do not keep him quiet toe
long, or keep him too long at any one
task. For brain and muscle are now
very easily wearied. Do not cramp
his fingers over writing exercises until
nature has developed those finer and
younger muscles and their correspond,
ing centers in the brain.
The child enjoys every sight and
sound. Nature stimulates, but never
forces, the growing intellectual cen
.ers in the child only in so far as we can
interest him. Otherwise, he does not
respond to the stimulus with the de-
sired reaction of growth. ii we force
upon the child studies in which he has
no interest, if we stuff and cram his
mind with information which rightly
belongs to later stage of his develop
ment, the result must be disappointing,
if not injurious. The success of a
teacher should be measured not 50
much by the amount of information
which the child acquires as by the
growth of the child's appetite for
knowledge.
Under our present system and modes
of teaching one of the commonest and
most noticeable results of course oi
study in school or college is that the
pupil permanently loses all interest in
that branch of knowledge. Such @
course of study can hardly have con.
tributed greatly to intellectual growth
or development. 1t was either ill-timed
or wrongly taught.-Boston Trar.
scriDt,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11
New Translation of n. s. y.P.

A clergyman entering upon the charge OF
invite all his parishoners 10 an "at home" in
order to make their acquaintance, and ac.
cordingly sent out cards to that effect. a
distric, visitor calling at one of the houses
was at once accosted in this way: "0h, miss,
| have been wanting so much to see you, for
my neighbor and | have got an invitation
card, but we are so puzzled about the four
big letters in .the corner. She says they
mean; Reply soon, victuas provided but
now You will be able to tell us."-Chicago
Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11
Significant signal.

81 was much amused" sad Cawker 70
Cumso, "at what returned klondker told
NE of the cusoms OF the gold mines,
"lutCNsting and funny, were theyy
"lle said that in his shanty six men slept
together. They all lay in a row, like spoons
in a case, facing one way, to keep warm.
When one of them became tired Of lying on
one side he would call out Lawyer and
they would all turn at once"
"Why did they use the word 'lawyerT"
"lhat meant Lie on the other side. -
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11
NUMBER 10.
orc Of Glen mcDonough'. JoI...

In one Of his farces Glen McDonough had
written two or three lines to be spoken by y
chorus girl, The hines were gwen to . green,
heavy amateur, who looked well and would
do. At the rehearsal the cir made her way
to McDoaough, who held the book, and said
"Mr. McDonough, | have a line in the first
oct aud one in the third, Couldn't you write
me one for the second act, too! MELON,
ough though. q minute, looked at the giri
and said. 'Yes: in the banquet scene you
enter and say: Here is the ham. oh.
do bring the ham on with meg" "No, my
dear; it is not speech, it is a confession. -
Chicago Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11

daughter has received from. the use Of
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. After beginning the use OF
your medicine she began to mend
rapidly and is now able to be at her
work. Her menses are regular and
almost painless. l feel very thankful
to you and expect to always keep your
Vegetable Compound in my house. 1t
is the best medicine l ever knew. You
have my permission to publish this
letter if you wish, it may be the means
of doing others good. "-MRs. MATILDA
A. CAMP, Manchester Mill, Macon, Ca,
September IS, 1899.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11
When March RIovxx In

"Pa, why is spring called spring?"
Don't bother me, Jimmy"
81 know, pa
swell, why Is it?"
"Soze folks won't go round thinkit
rs winter, indianapolis Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-11
walnut and Cottnec Chce.e saInd.

Mix together equal quantities ol
rather dry cottage cheese and blanched
walnuts. The cheese should be broken
into very small pieces with fork and
the nuts also broken rather small
Moisten thoroughly with good may
onnaise dressing, and serve in cups
made of lettuce leaves on individual
,lates. This is one of the newer sal
ads and a most delicious onc.--Homt
Magazine