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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

One day a Lochaber lad caught a
thrush and took it home. No cage was
to be had, so the bird was placed in
a basket with lid. The boys mother
having told the Rev. DR.. Stewart OF
the capture, the minister-a naturalist
we'll known throughout the Western
Highlands of Scotland-came to see the
bird. Whilst they were all talking
about the prisoner, the lad spied a
similar bird on an elder bush, and DR..
Stewart at once noticed that this was
the captives mate. He persuaded the
boy to put the basket outside. This
was done, and by-and-by the male bird
flew down and began caressing the
prisoner in many pretty ways. Then
he attacked the basket lid furiously,
hoping to peck hole in it big enough
for his consort to escape by. This SO
touched the boys mother and even
the boy, that the latter agreed to let
the captive free. Taking the basket
back to the spot where the thrush had
been caught, the lid was opened and
the bird flew off with wild scream Of
10Y, its mate joining 1t in The wood
both thrushes, no doubt, happier far
than kings.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
An Ostrich Policeman.

On Florida ostrich farm one Of the
who has been dubbed Napoleon, pa
trolls the camp, giving at intervals a
cry which may be said to mean Cali }
we'll" If anything alarms him, he at
once communicates it to his compan-
ions by a series of yells as he ad-
vances to the attack. Napoleon stands
nearly ten feet high, and weighs up
wards Of four hundred pounds. He Is
a savage bird, of unusual intelligence.
At night he is unusually ferocious, and
often his keeper Is obliged to stand off.
To see the keeper force Napoleon lack
to his pen in the morning, with a
large fork, is one of the sights of the
ostrich farm. The enormous bird
screeches with rage and strikes out
with his feet, but all the while slowly
giving way. One night the farm
hands were awakened by the roars OF
Napoleon and the agonizing shrieks Of
a human being. Rushing to the pens
they saw the ostrich chasing a negro
The negro made an effort to get over
the fence, when the bird struck him
a glancing blow on the thigh, which
ripped it open and exposed the bone.
For a time it was thought the poor
pheasant thief would bleed to death.
The fame of this episode has naturally
caused the pheasants' quarters to be
Stunned by other depredators.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
NOteg.

On May / the shipyard employees
throughout the country will make to
the heads of the companies business
propositions looking to the adoption
of a niae-hour day for the pay now
given for ten hours.
Fraternal features of the Journey
men Tailors' union embrace funeral
benefit of 500 to members of five
years standing. Strike benefits of 81
per day are paid by the national Or
ganization, with membership OF
more than 10000, to an unlimited ex-
tent.
The strike of the employees on the
Troy, N. Y, division of the United
Traction company has been settled.
The company agrees to receive COM
mittees from the men, to permit ap-
peals to its executive committee when
ever the superintendent orders men to
BIZ suspended or dismissed, and to dis
criminate against no person because
he struck.
In New York city the International
League OF Benevolent Association has
been organized under Jersey charter.
A tract of land at Newark, N. j., has
been turned over to the League, and
it was decided to commence in the
near future the erection Of 100000
home for aged and INDECENT newspaper
men.
The Industrial commission created
by Congress, supposed to be limited to
two years, is to be extended, in order
to embrace investigation into the con-
dition of agriculture. The first report
will soon be submitted, which Will
cover the work of the commission thus
far. The evidence taken, when pub
lished, will make several good-sized
volumes, which will be valuable con-
tribution to industrial literature.
February closed with satisfactory
record of several voluntary increases
of wages, especially in the iron indus
try. Figures indicate that more than
10000 ironworkers in various rolling
mills have been conceded advances
during the month, which. with other
industries, such as glass and textile
workers, would swell the number to
more than 100000. With the filling Of
contracts taken at low rates, employees
in iron mills working on sliding scale
will soon be gratified with further ad-
vances
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Why should the English sparrow b
considered such pest? Any one tina
takes the trouble to study their habits
will see that much that has been sale
about them is untrue. They are not
so quarrelsome as the petted canary
and much less greedy. They are con.
siderate of their fellows, and ready to
help them when in trouble. And they
are so cheerful and active-always on
the alert, no matter how gloomy the
day-that group of the bright-eyed.
chattering things is a practical illus
tration of the beauties of contentment.
Sparrows should be protected, not only
for the good they do. but for the
pleasure they bring even to the slums
Of great cities, enlivening even the gar
rets of the sick with their gentle CHR
rup. They are undoubtedly the scaven-
gers of cities, clearing away waste
from every corner, and they have
brought soft and loving feelings to the
heart Of the toughest prisoner, who
from his stinted pittance Of bread and
water will save no small share for the
sparrows at his window grating. They
are the best of insect destroyers; they
have attached themselves to man
most confidingly; they are beings with
flesh and blood and brains. and most
affectionate in their own way to those
that love and care for them. Therefore
let us care for and protect them in
summer as we'll as in winter. For al
though the farmers may have good rea-
son to object to their presence about
their grain stacks, there are many rea-
sons for encouraging them to thrive
in our cities.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Less will suffice. And II man can
help raise million q week because
Rockefeller says so, can afford to con-
tribute to other funds of like character
whenever this, that, or the other trust
magnate pulls the string and raises
prices, that man can surely tie one
thin string onto himself and pull 1t
mildly, to the extent say of half dol
lar a month. In one year that would
net the United Mine Workers alone
over half million dollars; II made
general in the several bodies affiliated
in the Federation of Labor, 1t would
net several millions of dollars in
year. The whole thing resolves itself
into this: Will you remain defenseless
and contribute to pay tribute to all
sorts Of people, or will you tax your
self for yourself and get on your feet?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Astronomers are now busy with
their preparations for observing the
eclipse of the sun, which will occur
on the morning of Monday, May %,
and will be total along track vary
ing from forty to fifty miles in width,
and extending from New Orleans to
Norfolk. From there the shadow will
cross the ocean, will traverse the
Spanish peninsula, leap over the
Mediterranean to Algiers, and finally
leave the earth not far from ancient
Thebes. Before reaching the United
States it will have come across Mex
leo and the gulf, Its entire path being
over 1000 miles in length. It is now
more than thirty years since total
eclipse of the sun last visited the At
lantic coast OF America, in 1869; nor
will the thing occur again until 1925.
At any given point, therefore, such
events are extremely rare, and for
thds reason, if no other, are Of great
interest.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Official and social preparations for
the Paris exposition are causing much
solicitude in government circles. Re-
publican Paris will have to receive
something like a throng Of royal and
imperial personages, without counting
the crowned heads themselves who will
visit. the sections Of their subjects and
accept the state hospitality Of Presi-
dent Loubet. Each minister or high
functionary will utilize the extra sum
allowed for entertaining the guests OF
France, and 1t is just likely that his
expenditure may go beyond that mar
gin-an unpleasant prospect for aus
tere republican statesmen who are not
endowed with private means. The gor-
geous upholstery and decorations OF
the restoration and empire periods ars
being classified for distribution at the
various ministerial residences, the
finest being allotted to M. Delcasse,
who, after the chief Of the state. will
be the chief host of the country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Modern science has brought to ligl

Modern science has brought to light
nothing more curiously interesting
than the fact that worry will kill
More remarkable still, it has been able
to determine, from recent discoveries,
just how worry does kill. 1t is be.
lieved by many scientists who have
followed most carefully the. growth OF
the science of brain diseases thai
scores of the deaths set down to otheI
causes are due to worry, and thai
alone, says the Journal Of Health. The
theory is simple one-so simple thai
any one can readily understand it
Briefly put, it amounts to this: Worry
Injuries beyond repair certain cells OF
the brain, and the brain being the
nutritive center of the body, the other
organs become gradually injured, and
when some diseases of these organs, OF
a combination of them, arises, death
finally ensues.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

1t may strike the average observer
that the United States senate is an odd
place to read Washipgton's farewell
address. We know by report that 1t II
read there every year. and they say the
senators usually listen to 1t. Senator
Foraker read it this year, and the Ell
fort is spoken of as "a fne bit OF elo-
cution." Probably the senators, OF
certain of them, have fallen into the
habit of regarding the reading only as
a matter of elocution. At any rate IL
seems that the effect upon themselves
would be much the same If member
were delegated to, read the charge Of
the Light Brigade" or "The Boy Stood
on the Burning Deck"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Change of Temperature.

Scientists and all observing persons
are interested in the statement that
the climate of France is quite rapidly
growing colder. For some time this
was disputed, but careful examina-
ton of the conditions of vegetation
appears to confirm the idea beyond tho
shadow of doubt. Certain trees and
shrubs that a few years ago flourished
luxuriantly are gradually dying out,
and In some localities have disappeared
altogether. Lemons formerly -four
ished in Languedoc and oranges in
Roussillou. but these have altogether
disappeared, as have many indigenous
plants that at one time grew In the
more northerly districts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Tie need Of attending closely to de-
tails, even to the smallest, was en-
forced by Sir James Paget. the great
physician who recently died, in an in
cident of his career After operating
upon a patients heart-a most delicate
operation-he gave orders that he
should be kept perfectly quiet, and sub
jected to not the slightest disturbance
since his recovery depended upon per-
feet rest of the body. A few heuri
later nurse, disregarding the order
complied with the patients request fol
a biscuit. The patient ate it, and in
doing so scattered few crumbs in the
bed. One of the crumbs presently tick
eled his back. He moved his body tc
escape it, the movement caused liga.
ture to slip, and the man died. THAT
crumb killed him." said the physician;
and his judgment is not to be disputed
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Courage.

Courage and a good circulation are
practically synonymous terms, and no
man whose heart is not firmly kept
under control can go down stairs in the
dark to find hidden burglar. In times
of danger or of emergency, the strong
hearted individual, with normal
pulse rate of seventy-two beats to the
minute, is unconscious of the drop OF
even fifteen beats per minute, and
calmly does his duty. But how fares
the luckless man whose heart Is irri-
table, or whose normal beat is 55?
The loss of fifteen beats means abso-
Lutte prostration, whilst If his heart be
easily excited it may be working 12O
to the minute, without any power on
his part to check it. Either case
means covering down among the bed
clothes, oblivious of duty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Bearing the Ills They Had.

In the Laccadive Islands in the In
dian ocean the food of the natives con-
sists almost wholly of palms and fish.
When, therefore, number of rats took
to living in the tops of the trees and
eating up the young nuts, black ruin
seemed to stare the people in the face.
They appealed to the Madras govern
ment for help, and small army of cats
was sent to the island. Pussy, how
ever, finding fish plentiful. did not see
the fun of climbing up trees seventy
feet high for food, and so remained be-
low. Then tree snakes were sent to the
islanders, who thought the remedy
worse than the disease and killed the
serpents without delay. But they still
complained. So government sent
them mongooses, which not only re-
fused to climb the trees but also con-
sumed the natives fowl. Government
next decided to send owls. Here,
again, the people objected. In their
eyes the birds were devil BIRDS" that
would terrify the BARNS and set every
old wife prophesying evil. The folk
accordingly made up their minds to
bear the ills they had rather than fly to
others they knew not of, and so as soon
as they could, packed cats, owls and
mongooses into boat and rowed them
to an uninhabited reef, where the
creatures were left to their own sweet
wills.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
OIL and Gas Well workers. Union.

OIL and Gas Well Workers Union.
The International Brotherhood of OIL
and Gas Well Workers was organized
under the protection of the American
Federation Of Labor at Detroit Mich.
Dec. ~. 1899. with the following otFi-
GERS: ]. H. Gibbons, president, Cygnet,
Ohio; ]. A. Dyke, first vice-president,
Montpelier, Ind; A. G. Stillson, second
vice-president, Bairdstown, Ohio; A. l..
Herriott, third vice-president, Bowl
ing Green, Ohio w. l.. Reddick, treas
urer, Findlay, Ohio; ]. j. Magrane, Or
ganizer, Cygnet, Ohio; Jay Fl. Mullen,
secretary, Bowling Green, Ohio Since
the organizing of the international.
many local unions have been organ
lied, and now nearly every town and
hamlet has its organization of Oil Well
Workers. The Bowling Green union
received thirty applications for men,
bership on Sunday, Jan. %, and the
Findlay (Ohio) has 1865 members on
the books Communications from all
parts of the oil regions are coming in
to headquarters so rapidly that it is
impossible for the organizer to attend
to all the work he Is called upon to do.
The operators and leading oil produc-
ing companies are in favor of the
movement and are lending helping
hand
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Blood HumOrs
Are Cured by
Hoods
Sarsaparilla

IT alw avs take
Hoods Sarsaparilla In
the Spring and 1t IL
the best blood purifier
I know Of" MISS
PEARLE GRIFFIN, Bald
win, Mich.
"Erupt' ons that
came on my face have
all disappeared sinceI
began taking Hoods
Sarsapariila. It cured
my father Of catarrh."
ALPHA HAMILTON,
Bloomington, Ind.
"Thad scrofula sores
all over my back and
face. I began taking
Hoods Sarsapariha
and in q few weeks I
could not see any sign
of the Sores" OHIO 3.
MOORE, Mount Hope,
Wis.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Dan Rice, the old-time circus clown
is dead. No conquered nations. nc
mighty deeds of war or statecraft, have
served to mark his name or give II
luster on the pages of history. His
name, in fact. will not survive be-
yond the memories of those who knew
him, Of the millions who in theii
younger days. were pleased by his
quaint drolleries. None the less, how
ever, was Dan Rice public benefac'
0r, for his mission was to make men
laugh,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

1t has usually been assumed that the
atoms of which all matter consists are
indivisible, but Prof. ]. ]. Thompson
of the Royal Society of Great Britain
thinks that he has found evidence Of
the divisibility of atoms. Experiments
with cathode rays indicate, he says,
that the stream Of electrified particles
projected from the negative plate con-
sists of corpuscles torn from the atoms
composing the electrode. and not Of
the whole atoms themselves. These
corpuscles are very small portions 81
the atoms from which they come
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

- OuVouN0 IhcuO"ohOh
He can't be got to stop up late,
Whatever folks may say;
At half-past seven every pi3s.
He puts his toys away.
He puts his toys away, remark
He doesn't leave them all
About the floor where "grown-ups'
may
Trip over them and fall.
He keeps his collar and his clothes
Immediately clean;
He wipes his boots upon the mat
When through the mud he's been.
He learns his lessons with will.
And never skips them-no!
He never plaques his sisters, and
That's why they love him so.
When with his trumpet and his drum
He innocently plays,
If he is told to stop that noise,"
He instantly obeys.
A sullen brow he never wears,
He never says, 81 shan't!"
Nor does he ever cry, Il WON'T"
Nor does he whine, 81 can't"
He's ne'er been seen to tease the cat,
And when his dinners DER.
He doesn't, as he leaves the room,
Contrive to bang the door.
That can't quite give you his name
am obliged to own,
Who lives in Nolandknown.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
g. p. r. Immigra ton Literature.

The Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany has Just issued two excellent i'm
migration pamphlets for 19oO-"West-
ern Canada" and British Columbia
which contain great deal Of useful
and accurate information about the
country west OF Lake Superior, and
are of special interest to those who
contemplate settling either in tho
Canadian Northwest or British Column
bia. Large editions of these pamphlets
are distributed gratuttously in Great
Britain and the United States, as we'll
as throughout the Dominion, and are
eagerly read by those who are seeking
q new home and desire to know some
thing OF the best country in the world
in which to find one. For pamphlets
and further information address ].
Francis Lee, Genl. Agt. Pass. Dept,
228 So. Clark st., Chicago, Ill.
A man may shun other men, but he
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
'RAlNRrT,
KANSAS.

Whales live to q great age. and they
are sometimes found to be from 200
to 400 years old. Their age Is ascer-
Gained by the size and number Of the
layers OF the whalebone, which in
crease every year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

afraid II was awfully afraid, Nam
ma" uaid Marie; but did it anyhow"
That's what makes heroes" Mamma
answered.-Charlotte w. Eastman, in
Little Folks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Il Purifies
the Blood.
Cures
All Eruptions.
Eradicates
Scr0fula.

Killed In Spanish Bull Flights.
The average number Of horses killed
IN Spanish bull-fghts every year ex-
ceeds 5000, while from 1000 to 1900
bulls are sacrificed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR REA0ERS.

An Ostrich Policeman - A Florida
Bird Keeps Watch Over the Farm -
Bearing the Ills They Had.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

Organization Of OIL Well worksss Rapidly
Progressing-standar Oi's Defense"
Fund-And How 1t IL Quickly Accum-
ulated ut the Rate of q Millios Week
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

To know our ignorance is already Q
light In our darkness.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

A man may shun other men, but he
can't get away from himself.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

He can't be got to stop up late.
Whatever folks may say;
At half-past seven every piSh.
He puts his toys away.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-19
The Mess Freer Is In.

Parkersburg Sentinel.
1t is no secret that Elkins, White
and the other Ringsters were oppos-
ed to Freer for Congress. They fear
ed and hated him, and now they want
to get rid of him. Hardly was the
ink dry on Freer's dispatch before
Jim Hughes, n of the Ringsters,
and at present an Elkins Office
holder announced himself a candi-
date for Congress. Freer has been
persuaded to eliminate himself from
the Congressional race, and he now
cannot get back into it. In the Gov
ernor's contest he says that he will
do as Elkins wants him to, and that
means of course to get out of Whites
way.
1t begins to look as if Freer was
the victim of a put up jub, and that
he has been coaxed or persuaded in
to such a complicated situation that
his only means of retirement is by a
return to private life. The scheme
has been skillfully arranged and is
being successfully carried out. Time
will develop the truth of these re-
marks.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-19
GALLANT GEN. JouBERT.

The West Virginia nativity of Gen.
Joubert, commander of the Boer fore
es, who, it has been claimed is a ma
tive of Fayette county, is disputed
by Captain t. G. Crafty, of Kansas
City, who claims he was a comrade
of Joubert during the civil war, when
they were both Confederate soldiers,
and later in South America, where
they both went as soldiers of fortune.
Capt. Crafty says that Joubert is a ma
tive of Louisiana and of the sturdy
old French Creole type. He vas a
lieutenant with the Fourth Louisi-
ana battalion, active, energetic and
an enthusiast on the subject of artil-
lery. Capt. Crafty, after detailing
some of Joubert's feats of gallantry,
says:
81 met Joubert again in Savannah in
the spring of 1862. He told me he was CO.
ing to join Stonewall Jackson. He must
have gone with jackson, for ne developed
Jackson's style of fighting: Stonewall
Jackson would have handled the campaign
III <tll4Ad CAdOllN as oOuOCll 10 IA l.
am thoroughly convinced that the English
are up against the old American campaign
methods which they know are pretty eff
fective.
ION the 9th of June, 1866, l went on
board of the bark Lord Baltimore, in New
York harbor, and the first person l met
was Pierre Joubert. He was bound for
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, and so was l..
1T was In August when We landed at
Rio Janeiro. We were joined by Colonel
Celery, who had been on his staff. We
knocked about town for a week. undecid-
ed what to do. One day our soldier blood
was stirred at an offer of commissions in
the Brazilian army. Pierre Jouber got a
majors place, and l a captaincy. They
sent us to Assumption, in Paraguay. There
Joubert took charge of the battery of small
field guns, and the way he scattered the
enemy makes me shudder for the poor
British now"
Capt. Crafty, who firmly establishes
Joubert's American nativity and mil
itary training, says the last he saw
of the young soldier he was on board
a vessel bound for Cape Town or
Egypt and the next he heard of him
ne was commander-in-chief of the
armies of the South African republics
and vas pursuing the familiar tao
tics of his old time military mentor,
the famous Stonewall Jackson of the