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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
Manager and ShortstOp.

r. G. Allen, the manager and short
stop of the champion Indianapolis club
of the Western League, who is slated
to succeed Buck Ewing as the Reds
manager in 1900, was born at Marion,
Ohio, on July 10, 1867. His first pro-
fessional engagement was with the
Mansfield, Ohio, club. in 1887. In 1889,
he was with the Pittsburg club until
May, when he was released on account
of illness. In 1897, he became the
Detroit clubs manager, but differences
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

arising between him and Owner Val
Derbeck, Allen was released. He fin
ished the season with Boston and
showed that he was fast enough for
any company. In 1898, he managed
the Indianapolis club, which lost the
Western League championship by one
run in the last game of the season.
His Hoosiers, largely through his intel
ligent handling, were the pennant win
ners of 1899.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
HUGH ]. JENNINGS.

debut as professional during the clos
ing games of the season of 1890 as a
catcher with the Allentown team of
the Eastern League. He joined the
Leighton, Pa, Club in 1891, and his
good work secured him an engagement
with the Louisville Club, which was
then managed by the veteran John j.
Chapman. Shortly after jennings ar
rival at Louisville he was tried at first
base, Taylor having to lay off ON ac-
count of being injured, and he filled
in a mastery manner this position, al
though strange one to him, and
made himself great favorite with the
Louisville public. After Taylor re-
Bumed his place on the team. Manager
Chapman placed Jennings at short
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Ask your grocer today to show you !
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without III
jury as well as the adult All who try
it, like it. GRAINO has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java. but II is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without dist:ess.
One-fourth the price of coffee. 16c.
ard 25c. per package. Sold by all
grocers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
If man has no pets the chance.
are he has few friends

There is more Catarrn IN TINS section or the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed TO De
incurable. For n great many years doctors pro,
remedies and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incuraDle
Science has proven catarrh to be a constltu-
tional disease, and therefore requires constl-
tutional treatment, Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by Il. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo. ONO,
is the only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from ~ crops &c
n teaspoonful 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case IT fails to cure.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Backstop AL. Smith, of the Orioles.
is among the talent now in Washing
ton for the fall race meeting. Alec
had a swell commission down on the
Jeffries end of the Jeffries-Sharkey
slaughter a la Armour stock yards
rules, and also pulled down $1,000 of
his own coin, which he wagered at
odds averaging 100 to 75.-Washing-
ton Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
Dy0ti Horses.

In New York horses are now dyed.
When suitable for carriage work, save
that they do not match in color, they
are now chemically blended" to the
tint desired in a few minutes
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
mo large doctor bills.-C. l.. Baker, 423S
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. :, 'S5.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teehng, softens tho gums, reduces fr
nsnmaton allays pain, cures wind collie 2Sc bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

India has 1900 widows under
years of age.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

WANTED-Two travelling statesmen in each SOUTH
ern state. Permanent position, salary and expen
SEES; experience not absolutely necessary Address
Pocahontas Tobacco Works Co., Bedford city, va
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Emperor William has learned to
speak Swedish.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
Tho Best Prescription for Chills

Honesty is the best policy outside
of politics.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

and Fever is q bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL TONIC. 1t is simply iron and qrinine in
u tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, Soc.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Totio's recent FIRE destroyed 3,02T
houses.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Very few hush lnds are half as good
as their wives imagine they are.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. L. w.
Groves signature is on e.sos. box 25c.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Bakers Breakfast Cocoa
10 delicious. Costs less than one cent cup. Made
only by Walter Baker g. Co. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Automobiles are being used in the
Italian army.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Parliament fixes freight rates in
England.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

The rule of love is usually more eff
fective than the rule of might.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

One half the world ought to be
what the other half is not.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

London is importing American bal.
ct girls.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

This is not IN ordinary
but handsome book. cor:ous!y
illustrated. and sold for s cents
on ali news-stands. eve SIMPLY
allow you the two cents you
spend in postage for sendins.)
Great men have written for
the Year Book. In it is summed
up the progress Of the 18TH CEN
fury. In each important line Of
work and thought the greatest
living specialist has recounted
the events and advances Of the
past century and has prophesied
what We may expect Of the next,
Among the most noted Of
our contributors arc:
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on
Agriculture; Senator Chauncey M.
Depew, on Politics; Russell Sage, on
Finance; Thomas Edison, on Elec-
tricity; DIR. Madison Peters, on Re-
ligion; General Merritt, on Land War
fare; Admiral Hichborn, on Naval
Warfare; "Al" Smith, on Sports, etc.
making complete review of the whole
field of human endeavor and progress.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

A mans ideal figure usually has q
dollar mark in front of it..
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

The pleasures attained without la
Tor are of short duration.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
Hugh j. Jennings.

Hugh j. Jennings, the first baseman
oil Pittston, Pa, in 1870. He made his
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

The most utterly lost of all days Is
that In which you have not once
laughed. -Chanfort.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

SOId Dy DTUTVISlS, 'JC'
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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all Break the record-make II a long-to-
be-remembered affair-don't forget that"
1T shall be attended to, colonel" said
the proprietor. with fawning Difference
The best music, and tons OF flowers
suggested the son Of the millionaire.
Il viii see to it. general
The invitations will bother me- de-
clared Langdon-Kane. II must have only
the best people, civil and military"
'of course, my lord" assented the host.
But l don't know a third OF them" OBJ
jeeted the captain.
''If / might suggest 1t, could attend
to the invitations-take them on your
hands. l know everybody. of course"
Capital, capitair' declared Sidney, pa
tronizingiy. Just send out the cards.
and use your own discretion in every
, thing. ] dislike 10 be worried by trifies
You can let me have the bill--"
IAN In good time" interrupted the pro-
prietor. '~rhere will be no hurry about
that part of It."
1t was grand affair. For days the APP
preaching banquet and ban were the talk
OF the station. The hotel STAN worked
with feverish energy. for the order had
been unlimited The crush was terrific.
for the boniface had killed several birds
with this most precise stone that had
| been put IN his hands by the golden fates.
Many little courtesies he wiped Off his
own slate by the invitations; also the
greater the crowd the bigger the bill
The night of the ball. just as sidney
or Capt. Kane--was preparing to welcome
his guests. he received a message He
confded this fact to the proprietor. and
begged him to attend 10 everything until
his return in an hour or two. II was a
tremendously unfortunate thing. but n
matter of life and death TO protege OF
| his. Langdon slipped out into the night:
and that is the last the genial caterer
ever saw of his prodigal patron for an
| outgoing steamer that had been lying In
the roadstead ready TO clear took him far
from midas coral strand that same night
of the mighty bah. The guests drank the
wines and Toasted Ike Lucullus, and mer-
rily waited for that prince OF good fell
lows. Capt. Kane.
They are stili waiting. some OF them.
while others are dead, for that was sew
eral years ago.
| The steamer by which the versatile Sid
ney fled fetched up In Rio Janeiro; but
that is another hemisphere; and what tho
| process was in the interval OF his land
ing in the Georgia jail is not Of this his
| tory.
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I@OS OlH(I@UGl 0IdOlDs
HlaR S1OlNY WS q SHyDE1lDlG4 .
u0o0 AZ ~ ~ .TRNO TX

anythink, 'e'd say, ave bottle W
me- Then ed ave is own way NY
world, q were q corkerf
Now mine host Evershed was an op-
servant philosopher. for these wets W.
lines ransaon played the people OF HAN
,rnnn on .PAvs n bottle vi me re
%, a hlgh-vheeled fash dnE-cart--red
snakes and yellow gear and lacquer
,,altshrs black TOUCHDOWN from Deck n
90. Of Calcutta. That II wasn't pain 10Y
ala not detract from lite swasser rush,
as a beautiful gray Pegu beny swir'eo
it up tho ladies' mile OF halp,e 'oaa.
Nor did the pony travel one VII Stove.
Iecauaa his purchase money had not
been made over as yet. 49,.
Thai bis company had swamped hun
financially was not LAID UP ssaihs' ~
ney. for he explained ina, the ~"
thousands he had lost was mere oasA-
teile--R had only been q FORM ., a.''' ~.
,,,Srt ,,ith him. and he had written To his
,rieh father IN America for suo~tait",
remittance TO open M big cemmete'a'
hon.a in RauEoon, for he liked the Fsa.S-
soon nobody was greater than ain
Ianxdon. His apartments were sus"p'@,
GUS. his wardrobe eiaeorateay a"tus. @"a
Vie energy IN 'avgng bottle with any
g,od chap indafatigabis but SOLITARY
Grandeur paiied upon him; he was sooa-
hooking and from among the many ms,s
80 Vrho sighed for association Win 'hs
saseirx broker he selected one whose
800 xas ot undoubted financial staot-
Nv In gifts I4apxdon was generous 70
.,,t. the chief fault lay In the rack tat
~ xtfta were not paid for An EXQUISITE
aia,nond rims and very ma-h,slees.
vtano were among the trifleS ne nss,ewso
49,. hgs tnancee OF course. te9autste
,,,ts.rs 80 business IN the seed Tune 81 90
$3.50, ,soula not stand all THIS l@f AhF
o .u. ~ lime. and nttle clouds COM
s.'a ~ hover on sianey's horizon
,..s,,t,ors are HE lcng-horncd steers en
x,v.s,.rn cattle run. when one 0R4ahh y
!" .~r,,n,,x the whole bunch scents the
s',,,rnr ard In the end they sSaHaReae,
$3.50, saw II coming and ne coniaSss.o
-, an cash against a rainy cay TIE
,S,a x,ss ingenious. tor no was az
i''e r.s.,s,s 40 fitting. The deg-caft thst
-, nala for. I.angdon soid for essn
"ss s.,,serate price. on condition mat ne
~ IL allowed TO use II Tor n week
snon' -, ,evv one ordered from Calcutta
un,u "a 4n Two days he sold IL 20 another
az. also the pony. The piano, tet Wis
nls", IL exchange had been prenissots
.ns ns Also sold. having hrsi nefroNe'
hV,.t sum on IL from an ooligins mosss
q W., He explained to the lady thSt .he
lehues ting was not at AL up To hsr
oi H'n" .ot In accordance with the wealth.
/ ciss aryection; she must have Deter
OF N'' o,ra more in his possession IL Ns We
! s,sssily converted into cash. anu .,,e -.
sna,d ana the rspacious heini 'e"ei "e'
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vsather and, as suggesting the truth of
~ rslnArhs, he cites a recent flight OF
1leSosA between the Shetland islands and
Laden.
~ eir-iins distance was 591lh miles,
IA me birds were liberated on June n.
saly one week after the longest day In the
niee<1r. All day long the wind blew
III the north, and conditions for rapid
mt could not have been better. But
- Njpnins bird was eight minutes under
k1oen hours IN making the flight. an
at6eaGe Of onl,' thirty-seven miles an
~, Tho birds had been released at $3.50
11ioeh IN the morning In good light, and
w had daylight for every mile Of the
". Yet the record Of thirty-seven
~ IN hour was so far below Van
1eeebeck's estimate Of 100 10 10 miles
& 10 set the psychologists of Great Brit
~ 10 guessing Frohawk. the animal
b6inser, had credited the goodwill with $50
niles an hour. and Sir Ralph Galway
~ Z the optaion that the biuewing teal
tgnd ar at thu rata of $50 miles an hour.
rlnct tho pigeon tests, however, doubt has
IN east on nj, Of these.
h Il agreed thai the frigate bird may
Aos6 been the foundation for some OF
ih>se exakgeratious. II has been general
b sscepted that this bird does not fly at
mt and that II Is not fitted by nature
~ foostinE on the water. In conse-
tasnee when Il has been found 900 miles
4 more from land. sailor comment has
Nm that II has flown that distance from
More and Will be able to return 10 II at
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oy night. The trouble with the pronos,t,on
Is that u Is not proved that the bird aoas
not ny by night or that 1t does not rest
on the water in the darkness.
AS to Frohawk's estimate tina. the
soouwlt goes $50 miles an hour II Il
SHOWN that for It to go at that speed II
would have to overcome q force greater
imam that OF 10o-mile hurricane This
would represent an atmospheric pressure
OF li2 pounds to the square foot Of living
suriace-a pressure that scientists win
not willingly concede
Within year the English Field has
made some efforts to attract attention to
the speed Of birds. taking the position
that none Of the existing tables is cor
rect. or even approximating correctness.
10 begin with, the speed of the frigate
bird seems first In the order OF determin-
alton, ana correspondent suggests that
IN the Elllce Islands this would be an easy
task. There the natives tame the great
birds and make perches for them on the
shore. to which the birds return at night
10 roost So regular are they In this re-
spect that the natives have a more or
less regular carrier-post between islands.
these birds bearing the messages. With
this system in use. the carrier speed Of
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a way that II focuses on the bird, taking
half a dozen negatives in as many Sec
onds When these are developed and
comparisons made between the size OF
the photographs and the size of the bird,
the distance flown by the bird In second
is easily determined.
Another plan is TO release the bird on
sandy tract while the sun is clear and
overhead Lines are measured of on the
sand and stop watches held on the shadow
of the bird as II skins over the ground.
With observers at different points to
mark the intersection of these shadows,
perfect accuracy In timing flights may
be assured.
To the average observer OF the night OF
birds everything Is deceptive. To COM
pare the flight OF large bird with a
smaller one is especially so. The cormor-
ant of the sea coast seems to be a slow
fiier, yet he does mile In one minute
and ten seconds. The honey bee seems
to travel like "a bullet. yet 1t takes him
two minutes TO ny one mile. The hum
ming bird does not ny as fast as many
slaw-nappins birds OF ungainly bulk. The
Quail appears TO get away more rapidly
than does the mallard, but he does not
do IL.
For the naturalist or the archaeological
body which shall first give TO the world
q comprehensive. accurate table of com
parison of the flight OF birds of America
there is a virtually fallow field. and Its
interest to the world will not be ques-
toned.
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inc IrlEate DlIO Woutu DC easy W uctoi-
mine.
In calculating the speed OF birds only
the sustained flights are admissible. The
swoop of an eagle after its prey or the
frantic burst of partridge TO escape its
taIons are not considered. Fair illustra-
lions of bird speeds often are az
forded by chance to the passengers on
railway trains. II Is no unusual thing for
crows. doves, prairie chickens, quails and
hawks to head with a train and try to
keep pace with II.
In most cases train running thirty
FIVE miles an hour will pass any of these
birds after a few minutes. Perhaps the
wood dove comes. nearer TO holding his
own than do any of tho others. The crow
IL distanced most rapidly. A flock of NAL
lards or teal, under full Roadway, Will
pass train going at thir,y-five or forty
miles an hour.
From these observations and from the
conservative figures OF Audubon and 9TH
ers, q modified table of speeds may be
attempted. Observing the Wild pigeon OF
America, the naturalist Audubon ascribed
to Ii a speed OF nearly sixty miles an
hour, His figures were based upon the
condition of rice found In the crops Of
birds he had shot. The nearest feeding
ground FOR them was in North Carolina,
$50 miles away, and Judging by the con-
dition OF the grain eaten by the birds, IL
had been In their crops but six hours
This estimate however has been dnes-
ton, as some one. considering the long
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1t seemed a candidly honest transact
ton, and the Parsee stood bondsman for
Langdon's appearance. It wasn't pro-
ductiye transaction, for that night the
broker quietly took train and hied him
over the border into King Theebaw's ter
ritory at Mandalay There was no ex-
tradition treaty. and the wailing in RAN
COON affected very little the gay Sidney;
in fact, it was rather good sport TO him.
In Mandalay Longdon again nourished
like a green bay tree. He even carried
on business with his former friends in
Rangoon-supplied the city with stone for
the roads Many devices were worked to
entice him over the border. so that twelve
good men might be allowed to place on
record their opinion of his past methods
of finance; but Sidney was quite content
in his new abode
He would probably have remained there
until such times as 1t became necessary
to behead him, but the year following his
advent was the one of the war between
England and Upper Burma. Again Lang
don had to prepare for a move, for with
the coming of the troops British law
would extend up to Mandalay. Rich
native merchants became panic-stricken
at the prospect of looting soldiers over
running their premises. That was Lang
don's chance he had a big safe, and per-
suaded some of the terrorized Burmese
20 place their jewels with him for safe
keeping.
''The soldiers will not steal from
European" he said. They believed him;
and the soldiers never got a chance to
disprove his words, for as the troops en-
tered Mandalay Sidney went down the
river In the big fiat steamer disguised as
a Burmese servant to one OF the passen-
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When John Quincy Adams was 80 years
of are he met I'm the streets OF Boston an
old friend who shook his trembling hand
and said Good morning, and how Is
John Quincy Adams todayg'' THANK
you." was the ex-president's answer.
John Quincy Adams himself is well, sir;
quite well. thank you. But the house IN
which he lives at present Is becoming d.
Implicated. IL Is tottering upon Its foun-
dation Time and the seasons have near
~ destroyed II. Its roof IL pretty well
worn out Its walls are much shattered
and 1t trembles with every wind. The old
tenement is becoming almost uninhabit-
able, and think John Quincy Adams will
have TO move out of II soon. But he him
self is quite we'll, sir; quite we'll" With
his staff.
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pew In which tho navy man was seated
AT their approach Fighting Bob moved
up TO make room for them, but the ex-
preston upon the two faces was not to
he mistaken. After taking their seats
the elder of the two leaned well forward.
and, adjusting his glasses, tried to stare
the navy man out of countenance. Find
ing this of no avail the man took Il card
from his pocket, and. scribbling few
words upon II with his gold pencil, re-
quested the usher TO hand II TO "Fight-
ing Bob" The latter read upon tho card
the name of a weii-known millionaire and
the pencied words. II pay $500 a year for
the exclusive use OF this pew" Eight
ing Bob without a glance toward the
millionaire. took ont his own card and
with his silver pencil scrubbed something
In his turn.
''Robiey ID. Evans. Y. 3. NJ read the
millionaire when the usher handed him
the card. ana underneath the words:
You pay a d----n sight too much"