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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Good Reader an Innovation.

It is something new and grateful to
have secretary of the senate who
knows how to read distinctly. Never
since l can remember has there been a
reading clerk in the senate who has
had any Evolutionary talent whatever;
but Mr.. Pennett, the new secretary, has
good voice, and not only makes him
self heard and understood, but it is
really pleasure to hear him read the
bills and reports of the committees.
This has never happened before with
in the memory of man.-Washington
letter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
STORIES OF jim FISK.
They Bring Out the Good Points OF His
Character.

They Bring OuC tHc Noou oihtS Vi AAAo
Character.
Every year or so new story or an
old one in a new dress is printed con-
corning Col. Jim Fisk, Jr. The latest
is told by an old friend, George G..
Lockwood, who says: 81 stood by the
gang-plank of the Fall River steam
ers, watching Fisk in his gorgeous uni
form, when a rough old countryman
that l had known up in Greenfield
came strolling down the pier to where
| stood. He first approached me,
asking me If that was the great Col.
Fisk. He was perfect type of the old
fashioned New England farmer, with
all the Yankee shrewdness, waggery,
and modesty. Waiting for an oppor-
tunity he approached Fisk, saying:
Are you Col Fisk?' No, Uncle Bill, l
am not Col. Fisk to you. l am simply
Jim Fisk, that has played more pranks
ON you, my dear old boy, that anyone
in the state of Massachusetts, and he
fairly Rugged the old fellow, exclaim-
ing: I want you to go aboard my boat
here Uncle Bill called attention to his
apparel, saying he couldn't go in such
a rig as that Uncle Bill, | want you,
clothes or no Clothes answered Fisk,
and, calling one of the stewards, he
told him to get Uncle Bill the bes.
stateroom there was on the boat. and
provide place for him at his table at
dinner. l rather think that Uncle Bill
had good time. About a year beforI
Fisk's murder he called well-know1
clergyman to him, saying, in sub
stance: Doctor, l have not been a
very good boy during my life, but
have not been as bad as every one
thinks; have pretended to vice that
l did not practice; why, cannot tell;
I guess thought it was smart. Now,
l want you to help me to do some
thing to Offset my bad example. Look
up a piece of property in the center Of
the city, not far from the opera house.
UPON which I can build a large free
church. II 1t must be Episcopalian.'
said he. don't let It be extreme;
would prefer that 1t should be unde-
nominational. Want that church
rugged up with everything that will
make men comfortable. because when
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

A new disease has been added.to the
list of more than 1000 to which man.
kind is liable; this is the mountain
toothache. The workmen employed In
the construction of the railway up the
Jungfrau, who have to live at an alti-
tude Of 10000 feet, have been greatly
afflicted with toothache and gumboils.
The malady resembles fever in It's
course, the crisis occurring at the
third day; but the disease does not
leave any after effects in the form OF
decayed teeth.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Sultan Gathers Fortune.

A veritable fortune, it is said, is be-
ing gathered for the sultan of Turkey
from the wrecks of the battle of Ches-
ME, near Smyrna. Since ITO a num-
Der of Russian and Turkish ships have
rested at the bottom of the sea. These
are now being investigated, and the
ship of the Russian admiral alone has
yielded an amount equal to over $780,
900 in coin, besides silverware and
jewels.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Esperanto Language Succeeds Volapuh.
Esperanto is the name Of the pro-
posed universal language which DR..
Zamenlof, a Russian, is said to have
invented. Volapuk died natural
death some years ago. Gladstone once
predicted that English, which is to-
day spoken by upwards of 120,0OO,OO0
people-would be used by SO0,OO0,0O
in the year 1000. Inventors of Ian
guage propose and the world Of peo-
pies dispose.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Scotch and Irish Talent.

BY the elevation of Sir Richard
Webster to the Office of master of the
rolls, England is left unrepresented, in
the great law offices of the kingdom,
as the new attorney-general, Sir Rob-
ert Finlay, is Scotchman, and the
new solicitor general, Sir Edward Car
son, is an Irishman. The latter is the
first man who has been solicitor-gen-
eral both in Ireland and in England.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Minnesota alone produces approx
mately 100000 bushels Of wheat, or
about one-thirty- of the total
production of the world. OF this she
is able to export two-thirds. OF the
Dakotas, not having begun to reach
their limit of productiveness, North
Dakota raised in 1898 100000 bush
els and South Dakota 100000. Ore
gon produced 24.0ON mo bushels.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Agricultural Students from Argentine.
The twenty or more young gentle
men from the Argentine Republic who
have recently come to the United
States to study agriculture and stock
raising at the expense of their govern
ment are now in Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and Brooklyn, diligently learning
the English language, in order that
they may make the best use of the ad-
vantages that are to be offered them
next fall in the agricultural colleges
they will enter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
widows Do Not Remarry.

In China it is the rule of good So
ciety that widows do not remarry.
They are not forbidden to do so, but
they are thought more highly OF II
they don't. In order to encourage
them the government, when they have
passed the age of 80, and have not re-
married, confers on them tablet con-
tanning a eulogy of their virtues.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Keep the Summer Baby Warm.

A summer baby requires nearly the
same amount of clothing as one born
in the winter. The little cashmere
shirts may be of lighter weight, but
they must still be chiefly of wool, and
the flannel skirt, or pinning-blanket,
cannot be dispensed with. The blanket
in which the child is wrapped need
not be as thick a one as in winter,
yet one is still needed. A newborn
baby requires warmth, and even the
summer breezes are too harsh for the
tender flesh until 1t becomes accus-
toned to the tmosphere.-June La
dies Home Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

A monument now marks the place
where stood the famous tree in the en-
virons of Philadelphia, Pa, under
which William Penn negotiated the
treaty with the Indian chiefs, of which
it has been said that it is "the only one
ever made without an oath. and the
only one never broken"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Soldiers, Homestead Claims.

The friends of the veterans of the
Civil War are complaining of the I'M
fortunate delay of the General Land
Office in acting on the applications for
soldiers additional homestead rights.
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress who are friendly to the old SOL
diers should inquire into this matter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Bad Form.

In Russia 1t is not considered good
form for a girl to dance whole waltz
or polka with one partner. Three or
four men dance a round or two
each with the same lady, returning
her to her original partner at the end
of the dance.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Zines Women Patron. of Bucket Shops

Six women and four men, accused
of patronizing a bucket-shop In the
Rialto building, were fined the costs by
Justice Martin yesterday. One Of the
women, who gave her name as Maria
Jones, attempted to leave the court
room without paying the costs. De-
tective Woodbridge saw her and he
pursued and overlook her at the door.
He took her to cell. where she was
kept until she paid the necessary
Rmount.-Chicago Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Are You Using Aliens Foot Ease?

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

One size smaller after using Foot
Ease, powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All dru sgists and shoe stores,
s5c. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, NY.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Genera Nearing 100000.

Geneva which has just concluded Its
census OF the canton, reports that the
city has total population of 100,761,
of which 32,O79 were born in the city,
2S,O52 are natives of other parts Of the
country. and 4O,63O are foreigners.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

When knight of old entered a
company of ladies he removed his
helmet to indicate that he considered
himself among friends, and that there
was no need to protect himself. This
practice has survived In the custom OF
raising the hat when saluting a lady.
June Ladies' Home Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Robert Flournoy Brickyard, Ala, wrote
l consider no remedy equal to DR.. Moffett's
TEETHINA CTeething Powders) for the irrita-
tions of teething ard the bowel troubles Of our
Southern country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
F1natinn Variety Theater.

A floating variety theater, to be
lowed from one watering place to an
other along the coast, is an English
idea for the coming summer season.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.-WM
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb ~, 1900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

and they were exchanged by the two
as they were pronounced man and
wife. The princess is twenty-four
years old and the grand duke is thirty
seven.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Pear Crop In Georgia.

Lee county (Ga.) Journal: We un.
derstand that Mr.. w. w. Thomson
has ordered 5000 barrels in which to
ship the pear crop of this vicinity.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

The average woman's maiden aim is
to change her maiden name.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

The favorite restoring life and color to the hair
is PARKER's HAIR BALsAM.
HINDERcoRNs, the best cure for corns. l5cts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

A man and his wife may be one, but
the wife must be won first.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

FITS Permanently Cured. 20 ts nervousness after
first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
DR. r. H. KLINE Ltd, 9Si Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Dyspepsia is the bane OF the human system
Protect yourself against its ravages by the use
OF Beeman's Pepsin Gum.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

The lumber trust has branches il
every tree.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces IN.
Illumination, aays pain. cures wind collie. Csc bottle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Kansas City to
San Antonio
Without Change
Via the Santa Fe Route.
through Pullman Palace Slecpers ana freq
Reclining Chair Cars to Fl. Worth Aus 10
ana San Antonio, daily at 10 p m. from
Absolutely no change OF cars. Round trim
ticket on sale ct grately reduced rates.
The A., T. & S. F. R'v
g. W. HAGENBUCH. G. A P.D.,
KANSAS CITY, NO.,
Or W. J. BLACK. @. p. A..
Topeka, kaa.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

When a man becomes a chronic Loaf
err he begins to prey upon his neigh
borS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

When you buy bluing, ask for Red
Cross Ball Blue. Large package &c.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

A man born at sea can never boast of
his native land.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
The Best Prescription for Chills

and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
o tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price. 5Oc
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Every woman believes that there ia
a devil because there would have to be
q devil to get some people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

An old bachelor says the rolling pin
is cooking club.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

AS rule patients do more for doc.
tors than doctors do for patients.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

The need of the hour is sixty min
uteS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Beautiful, Fine Linen
is best preserved by the use of "Faultless
Starch" All grocers-l0c package
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
One
wox,,an,s
SA VS.

"I d0cf0red with two Of
the best doctors In the city
for two years and had no
relief until ! used the
Pissklsas,, remedies.
"My trouble was ulcer
alton of the uterus. Isuf-
fered terribly, could not
sleep nights and thought
sometimes that death
would be such a relief.
"TO-dayI an, a we'll WOO
man, able to do my own
work, and have not a pain.
"Iused four bottles Of
Lydia E. Pinkksas,s's Nege-
table COMPOUND and three
packages of Sanafive
Wash and cannot praise
the medicines enough y
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS
63I Pine ST., Easf0n, Pa.
Mrs. Pinkiias,s advises
suffering women without
charge.
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn. Mass
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Cure that Dandrufr
by using Coke Dandruff Cure. We guar
antee it to cure or refund the money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

ASK your grocer for Red Cross Bal
Blue. Large 2-oz. package cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13
Carriers Ink Ia Used Inv tho

greatest railway systems Of the United State
They would not use 1t II 1t wasn't the best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Doctors seldom disagree when
come to bleeding the patient.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Rains Every Seven Years.
Payta. in Peru, is the driest spot on
the face of the earth; the average in
terval between owo showers Of rain is
seven years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

You can always bank on finding a
well filled pocketbook interesting.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-13

Some people evidently go to the op-
era just to hear themselves talk.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

quite shake off the principle which they had
brought from England. Of the union of Church
and State.
Just as they wished to govern their religious
life without breaking wholly from the Church
Of England. they wished to be tolerant. and yet
could not relish the idea of religious bodies de-
veloping along lines too much opposed to those
generally adopted in the country. They wished
to eat their cake and have. it, too. Says Dr.
Byington: They were very earnest in claiming
liberty for themselves, but the majority of them
were not willing to concede the same liberty
to Others" They were practical men, too prac-
teal by half. When Anne Hutchinson talked
about the indwelling of the Divine Spirit they
felt that something wrong. and the claim
of the Quakers that they received direct revela-
tOns from Heaven reused on this side of the
Atlantic cruel opposition the Friends"
had reused on the other.
The authorities of Massachusetts were on the
watch for them 1.-THE QuakeTsl in 1654 They
remembered the troubles which had come from
the Antinomial debates, and they dreaded the
renewal of the controversy. Before any Quakers
reached the colony day of fasting and prayer
was appointed, in view Of the danger from the
errors that abounded, and especially the danger
from the Quakers, and the day was hardly past
before two Quaker women from Barbados were
landed in Boston. The magistrate sent them
back by the same vessel that had brought them
These had but just left Boston. when eight
OtneT QudkeTS arrived from England. They
were promptly taken to JAIL and after eleven
weeks of confinement they were sent back to
England in the same vessel that had brought
them. . Connecticut imposed a fine OF E5
a week upon every town that should entertain
Quakers or other heretics, and directed magis-
trates to commit them to prison until they could
be sent out of the jurisdiction. Massa-
chusetts imposed fine OF 900 upon ship mas
ters who should bring into the Jurisdiction any
Of the heretcs commonly called Quakers who
write blasphemous opinions despising govern
ment and the order OF God in church and COM
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

situation. Cotton Mather's famous words have
a peculiar significance. we do not go to New
England" he said, ''to separate from the Church'
but only to separate from the corruptions OF IT,
ard to practise the positive part OF church
reformation and to propagate the cause OF the
GOSPEL in America" This seems a liberal We"
of the matter. but the time was to come Wheh
the coIonists would begin to divide on the SUD
ject of just where the line was 10 be drawn IN
separating from the cOTTuptiOns' OF the ChuFch
in England In 1888 the King stated that ne
did not intend to impose the ceremonies OF the
Church of England upon the colonists but the
latter were themselves disposed. by and by' 10
impose" ideas of their The cathohclty
of the first Pilgrims soon outSroWn- we
know how Anne Hutchinson was prosecuted Tor
her attempt to propagate her mystical ideas
and by the time the agitation against the
Quakers is reached DIR. Byington is compelled
to say that Among the weaknesses and incon-
sistencies of the Puritans, we must place tnelr
treatment of those who differed with them
Their intolerance was partly due to the in
stfnct which seems to be implanted in the breast
of every zeaIot, and partly to the fact that, for
all their democratic aspirations, they could not
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

While alluding to the subject of sales we may
touch upon q kindred theme. That is the pos
sible effect upon the circulation of a classic by
the commemOratiOn of his birth or death Take
the centenary of COWper. He has always had
his readers, but with the recent ceremonies at
Olney there has synchronized something like an
organized campaign for the pre- ration of new
editions of his verse and letters. Nothing could
be more natural. The explanation is obvious
But what we would like TO see some years from
now would be a record Of the sales of the new
editions. Statistics here would be of more use
whether given an indubitablc classic the public
would respond to a special advertisement of his
personality and his works, whether Il formal
celebration of him. reverberatng through the
press, has a permanent effect or makes him
nine days wonder. Supposing the occurrence
of CoWper'S centenary sells several new editions
of his work; when interest in him subsidies will
he revert to the position he has held so long or
will there he Il slight permanent gain? We
watch the Byron revival with even keener
curiosity. Matthew Arnold thought that at the
turn of the century he and Wordsworth would
be the English poets most in our minds The
splendid Murray edition of Byron now in
course of publication, is helping to bring about
a fulfilment of the prophecy. But when all the
volumes are out, will they stay unopened on
the shelves? Or will this revival really give
Byron a new lease of lifeS
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

Three years ago DR.. Byington published
'gThe Puritan in England and New-England."
We are glad to have a companion volume by
him. The material with which he deals is con-
stantly being worked over by many writers,
and this publication tells many things with
which we have long been familiar, but DR.. By
ington has a way with him that is extremely
beguiling He knows what to leave out, and
he knows how to arrange the data which he has
sifted from the great mass that has accumu-
lated in our literature with reference to the early
cOlonists. So interesting a writer is he that
turn his pages with as much pleasure if he
celebrated a new theme. He bears himself with
admirable importantly toward his subject and
though in his concluding chapter. as we will
have occasion to note more fully below, ne ad-
vances some rather irrelevant IDEAS he Is in
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

1t is reported in London. but without c0Dyinc-
ing authority. that Mr.. William Waldorf AstOr
has tired OF maintaining The Pail Mall Maga-
zine" which he established several years ago.
and wishes to sell it. In spite Of the exceuencs
of its make up. it does not appear to have
greatly prospered IN England. and 1t made .
failure in this country.