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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

| bag for married sister, and a. little
knit shawl for her grandmother. and
pair of skates for boy cousin, and
various other things for divers other
persons, including fine meerschaum
pipe and a pound Of his favorite smok-
ing tobacco for; her brother who was
at college, and who wouldn't be homo
till New Years. Each thing she care
fully put up in box or bundle and
laid it away.
The day before Christmas was a
never-to- be-forgotten time for the
Rev. Mr.. Stanwix. Slippers just came
down on him like an Egyptian plague.
Along about four o'clock Stanwix
got crowded out Of his room-slippers
piled half way to the ceiling-and had
to put chair out in the hall and sit
there with an: atlas OF the world in his
lap writing his Christmas sermon on
it. Mighty tough sermon it was, too.
and got tougher as the slippers contin-
ued to arrive. Fact is, he was getting
pretty mad; and every new pair sent
his temperature up five degrees. Con-
sequently, at ten o'clock he was Just
boiling. OF course he couldn't swear,
but the way he tramped up and down
that hall and ground his teeth really
amounted to the same thing. The
arriving slippers now began to fall off.
For ten minutes nothing came, and he
was just starting down to ask the
landlady il she couldn't put cot in
the hall so he could go to bed. when
in came another box. 1t was from
Jane-just her luck, of course, to be
late and strike him when he was all
worked up to the bursting point But
let us draw veil over the scene right
here and leave the poor man alone as
he opens James box.
1t was not more than half-past NINE
the next morning when the Rev. Mr..
Stanwix mounted the Wilkinson steps
and tugged at the door bell. He asked
for Jane. It seemed rather queer, but
they ushered him into the parlor and
sent Jane in. Well, to make a, long
story short. 1t wasn't ten minutes
until be had the thing all fixed up. He
had his chair drawn close up beside
her end of the sefa.s ~, r.. -S
Jane" he was saying, rI've loved
you ever since the first day sawsyou,
but l never knew st until ! opened
your box" : +''''''
Then you liked them, did you!
I'm so glad" murmured Jane.
81 should say didh Why, its one
of the finest meerschaumssI, ever saw.
and that tobacco used to be my favor
lite brand at college. But, Jane. how
did you know used to smoke, and
was dying to begin again p, ~
Jane had stopped breathfngAat. the
word meerschaum. Now she caught
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

WHY DON'T YOU GET MARRIED?"
pers and pipes and shot-guns and slip
pers. And in the case OF a parson it's
still worse-you've got to drop off the
pipes and shotguns, leaving only Slip
pers-and slippers. OF course there are
book-marks and easy chairs. but the
first are trivial and the latter expen-
sive; besides, IL he is unmarried ana
you are of the opposite sex. and in the
same state, you will see that you ought
to give him something made with your
own fair hands, and you can't make an
easy chair. So slippers 1t had to be
! for the Rev. M. Stanwix, especially
after his landlady had been sounded
on the subject and reported that the
poor man didn't have a slipper to his
| name.
Well, the result was, of course, that
the whole hundred and thirty-six mar
riageable ladies at Appleburg went to
work on slippers; and few OF the
flock who already had husbands also
began slippers. out of the goodness OF
their hearts, probably, or maybe think
ing that they might be widows some
day and might as well have pair to
their credit. The slaughter of plush
and embroidery materials was some
thing cyclonic. and the local shoe
maker had to sit up nights pegging on
soles. Even unfortunate little Jane
Wilkinson went at a pair hammer and
tongs, though everybody said she
hadn't a ghost Of show. In the first
place Jane was too young-her, Older
sister Katharine was conceded ito have
right to enter for the contest, but 1t
was universally held that Jane had no
right to compete at all. Besides be-
ing too young-she was really nineteen
or twenty-she was also plain. She
might have a certain girlish prettiness,
but not the beauty which the wife of
so handsome a shepherd as the Rev.
Mr.. Stanwix should have. Further
more, Jane was in no other way adapt
ed for the position-she had been a
good deal of tomboy. and was yet, for
that matter; she was frivolous and
careless, and was always putting her
foot in it. The first time the pastor
had called at the Wilkinson house.
and while Katherine was entertaining
him in the parlor in the most ap-
proved and circumspect manner, Jane
had blundered in. and inside Of five
minutes asked him why he didn't get
married-all the girls said he ought
to. Jane had explained to everybody
that she meant it as joke, but 1t hau
generally been pronounced ill-timed
and in bad taste.
But poor Jane kept working away on
her slippers regardless Of the talk
Everybody said that James slippers
wouldn't fit, or that they would both
be for one foot, or that she would get
the heels sewed sons,the toe end. or
something. .JanS,. finally put on the
finishing touches, and then packed them
in pasteboardsbox and tied it with
pink ribbon.
Then she got her other Christmas
presents ready. She had lot of hand
kerchiefs for an aunt. and shopping
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
A CHRISTMAS WAIT.

BY Emma Alice Browne.
Break in the dreary East. and bring thu
Rise. holy Christmas morning! Breal
and bring
The blossom of our hope--the stainless
For weary Is the night!
Strange darkness wraps the haggard
mountain rim:
And worn with failure. spent with grief
and loss.
From the pathetic shadow of His Cross
We yearn and cry to Him.
Sad pilgrims burdened with unshriv'n
Oppressed. and covering meath the chas-
tening rod,
We humbly seek the path His feet have
trod,
And strive to enter in.
His anger is so slow-His love so great
Tho we have wandered in forbidden
ways.
spurned and denied Him. all our fruit
He calls us long and late.
We are so poor! OF all the squandered
years
We bring no tithes of oil, or corn, or
wine.
Nor any offering to His spotless shrine,
Save penitential tears
We are so friendless In our abject need
We can but cry to Him In bitter stress;
Yet He will not despise our nakedness.
Nor break the bruised reed.
Hard was the lot for His contentment
Rough was His garb. and rude His lent
en- fare;
In all the earth He had not anywhere
To lay his weary head!
His patience is so long, His wrath so
slow.
Tho Knocked and scoffed, insulted and
denied. ~
Beaten with many stripes and crucified
He will not bid us go.
BY all the anguishe of His laden breast
The bloody sweat--the sleepless agony
The pangs and pennance of Gethsemane-
He giveth the weary rest
Break k, !. the dreary East Oh morning.
With, healing in thy holy wings. and
bring ..t
Fruition of our hope-the promised
And blameless Sacrifice!
A sudden pulse of waking life we hear
Throb In the hush of hollow glade and
dell;
The hills take up their olden canticle:
Behold The Dawn Is near.'
And far against the soft auroral glow.
Peak over peak the kindling submits
burn;
The wales. rejoicing, seem to lift and
:, yearn
Thro' curling mists below.
And far along the radiant heights of
morn >
A sudden burst of choral triumph swells,
The sweet TIE Deum of an hundred bells
And 10! "Messiahs born!"
And all the burden of our grief and sin
Is lifted from our souls fOrevermore.
AS humbly knocking at the Masters door
He bids us enter in.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
PRAYED with His Fingers.

Plymouth church, Brooklyn, has
been presented with fine oil painting
of John Zundel, its organist for q
quarter of century, in Mr.. Beechers
time. and composer of many beautiful
hymn harmonies. The Congregation
alist suggest that organists may find
a hint in a remark that he was wont
to make in his broken English "Ah,
Mr.. Kink." he would say to Gen. King.
II gahod bray NIT my lips, but bray
NIT my fingers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

-
The Dominic used to complain some
times. about the character OF. the stories
the rest of us told. He said they were
too economical in their use Of the. ele-
ment Of truth. And truth was so
cheap, and also so interesting. he
would say. We were always ready to
admit that it was interesting, but were
not SO free to acknowledge its cheap
ness. Like other exotics 1t seemed to
us expensive. Fiction. being SO much
more easily produced, appeared to be
the true mental provender in the Corn
Cob Club. social institution where
we decided questions Of great pith and
moment by the aid Of the civilizing
and ennobling influence of tobacco in
cinerated in icob-pipes. The Dominic
had quit smoking when he entered the
ministry, but he always said the cobs
smelt good, so we had hopes Of his
reclamation; besides. the air was usu-
ally so thick that he absorbed enough
to bring him up. in large measure
to the high philosophic plane occupied
by the rest Of us.
1t happened on Christmas Eve that
somebody told a story appropriate
enough to the season so far as the sub.
ject went, but palpably impossible con-
sidered as happening. At least the
Dominic said it was, and threatened to
tell Christmas story HIMSELF and
being counseled by the Professor who
was classical in his language, to "blaze
away" the good man complied as fol-
lows:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
Afustaches Like Wings,

Men with enormous mustaches real
" hhvehothingAo be proud of. Rather
are they to be pitied. Those of high
rank among the Gauls and Britons.
according to Caesar and Diodorous.
shaved the chin, but wore immense
forests of tangled hair.'on the upper
lip. The mustaches Of the inhabi-
tants of Cornwall and the scilly isles
hung down upon their breasts IKE
wings-New York Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

The. Lincoln, Nebraska, Importing
Horse Co.'S advertisement appears
in this parer:. Their stations are
selected with the greatest of care
by member Of 'tbeir.; company
who spends much # his time travelling
over England and France, They now
have a grand. lot afrPercherpn and
Shire stations. 81 The,best that Europe
can afford. No concern in. the United
States can sell for less money than
they cans InsUalsipg sales they prefer
cash, but will. sell at tie same rate on
ample time to enable the purchaser to
pay. for the: stallion from his earnings
If judiciously handled. They wish to
employ Good saleSrieii.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

We offer One Hundred Dollars rcwnrd for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure HN
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. O
We, the undersigned, have known F.. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
lions made by their firm.
.West& Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O;NWwldtlg- kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
DrueS istsSYoleso, Ohio.
{; Hall catsrrff Gore Is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Testfinon18ls sent free Price
10 Der bottle. Sold bySfT druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
cAPSIcUM VASELINE

(PUT UP IN CoLLAPSIBLE TUBEs)
A substitute for and superior to mustard or
any other plaster. and will not blister the
IN st delicate skin. The pain. ring and
curative qualities of this article are wonder
full. 1t will SOP the toothache ut once, and
relieve headache and sciatica. We recon-
mend 1t Us the best and snfest external
remedy for pains in the chest and stomach
and all rheumatic, neuralgia and equity CON-
plants. A trial will prove what we claim
FOR 1t, and it will be found to be invaluable
In the household. Many people say ''it is the
best of all OF your preparations Price 10
cents, at all druggists or other dealers. or by
sending this amount to us in postage stamps
we will send you tube by mail No article
should be accepted by the public unless the
same carries our abel, as otherwise 1t Is not
genuine. CHESEBROU0H MFG. CO.,
II State Street, New YORK CITY.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
on,r pres,d.nt Without an "a. :.

President Roosevelt Is theI first; %,
cupant of the White House in who's,
name the letter "a" does not appear
Not only has that letter appeared in
the names; id all previous Presidents
but also in; the names of nearly every
one of the 81 Americans who have re;
ceived votes for President lin the cleo.
toral college down to William J.
Bryan. There are only eight excep,
tions to this rule.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

An American syndicate has just
bought the old Mckenzie concession to
supply the City o. Mexico with water.
The water will be brought from the
Almoloya springs. forty; miles south
west of this capital. The work will in
clude sixteen miles Of canal, six miles
of steel piping and the installation of
motive power. : - -"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

When the present Archbishop Of
Canterbury was. nearly. half century
ago. principal Of .. government train
ing college for Yteachersy he always
made point of, personally initiating
his students into the mysteries Of gar
dening. and piled spade and rake In
his shirtsleevss as a teacher and sx-
amplar should. -
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
THE HANDsoMssT CALENDAR

Of the season lin ten colors) six beau
tiful heads ION six sheets, 1Ox12 inch
esq, reproductions of paintings by
Moran, issued by General Passenger
Department, Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul Railway, will be sent on receipt
of twenty-five cents. Address F. A.
Miller, General Passenger Agent. Chi
cago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Naturally people want to be WELL for
Christmas. for nothing so promotes hap
piness and good cheer. Therefore. take
Garfield Tea now: its uses are manifold;
1t cures all arrangements of stomach.
liver. kidneys or bowels: It cleanses the
system and purifies the blood. thus re-
moving the cause of rheumatism, govt
and many chronic diseases. 1t Is good for
young and old and has been held In the
highest repute for many years. Physi-
clans recommend 1t.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
WHEN YOUR CROCrR sAys

ne does not have Defiance Starch. you
may be sure he is Sfraidt to keep It until
his stock Of IL OF. packages are sold. De-
other Cold water starch. but contains ID
OF. to the package and tells for same
/ money as II OF. brands ,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
MOVED INTO THE HALL" !

her breath, and for once In her life
rose to the occasion and didn't.pft ha,
foot in it. She simply looked up at
him and smiled demurely. &" ~
ooh, l. guessed it." she said;
ut was the best guess yp9 ever
made. l should have died last night
amidst that awful landslide Of slippers
If hadn't smoked about half OF that
tobacco. mean to keep on smoking
now-that, is. If you don't object.
dear?" ~ - AZ ,..s r
Jane scored again. e
st rather like the smell Of good to-
bacco," she said.-Saturday Evening
Post. - 49, ~, sGEl
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Some. people are so ornery all
through life that'we imagine that when
they were born there was a distribu-
ton of awfully cheap cigagk@
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

:. loo not believe Pisos. Cure for cQnsunptio,
has An equal for coughs and coids.-JoHN
BoInR, Trinity Springs. Ind. Feb. Is. 1900
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Pain, suffering, Wizari oil could not
live together, so pain and suffering
moved OUT Ask your druggist about it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

( A Kansas man. nj ;ttdsarftising his
farm for SALE 'sayslt'fs Advantageous
ly located fifty miles from lawyers
Office. : ~ Etf
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
"a Chri.tmas Philosopher

He asks three great gifts Health.
Wealth and Happiness. Then give him
Garfield Tea ;, 1t brings Good Health. pro-
notes Happiness and makes the pursuit
of Wealth possible. u. 40
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

To a woman, 1t seems easy for a
man to make money. To a man it
seems easy for woman to be amiable.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Talk over telephone as If it cost
you SO much per- yold, and 'ypu' will
get credit for having good sense.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

A. girl likes to think she hurts all
her male acquajntances when she an
nounces her engagement
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Some smiles look as though they had
been soaked in vinegar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

May the best man win--the pretty
bridesmaid. .
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

1t seems funny that people go to the
salt ocean for fresh air.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
For a Long Lease on Life

Speaking of women and folding
beds, man can shut the latter up.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Possibly married men think just as
mean things about women as old
bachelors do, but they are afraid to
say them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
Neither Gras's sweet Powders for Childrs.

Mother Craze Sweet foWders FOR Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
IN the Children's Home,in New York. Cure
Feverishness, Bed Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the BoeTels and
Destroy Worms. Over 10000 testimonials.
At all druggists, .25c." Sample FREE. .Ad-
dress Allen Is. Olmsted. Leroy, y. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

MIRO. WinsIow's Soothing SYRUP
For children teething, sofens the gums, reduces ir
dammation allays pain cure, wind collie Csc bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

The less luck man has the more
he despises it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Slight no; man because of his pow
erty and esteem. nc, man because Of
his wealth. -
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Sometimes a man. is judged by his
appearance and sometimes by his dis
appearance. -.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest, fastest and easiest to use.
Sold by druggists, loc. per package.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Dotted Swlsstas, freckled Alpine
guide.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

s For the Good of Your Health
use SEELYE'S NER-VENA, the; great
nerve and kidney cure. All druggists.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

eat ATLAS OATS. The purest and best
breakfast food. All good grocers, 10c.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Every man may have his price, but
the market is apt to be ovetstocked.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

Street corners are the turning points
in many lives.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20

yELLowyrnrTks ARE UNsIGHrLy.
,Keeptheni white With Red Cross Bah Blue,
All grocers sell large OF. package, 5 cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-20
Rev. Marguerite St. Omer Briggs, IS
Mount Calm Street, Detroit Michigan,
Lecturer for the w. C. T. u, recommends
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

"DEAR Mrs professional work has for the past
twenty years brought into hundreds of homes Sickness and
have had plenty of opportunity witness the suerngs of
and mothers who from want ignorance caesnes slowly
but surely being dragged DEATH principally with female weakness
and irregularities of the believe you will be pleased know
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured
than any other agency that has under notice
Hundreds of their life and health you today and there
FORE can conscenousy advise sick MARcuERrE
ST. OMER BRIGGS.
$4,000 FORFEIT If THE ABOVE LETTER is NOT GENUINE
When troubled with irregular painful menstraon
or liberation of the womb that bear
ingdown feeling Inflammation of the ovares bacache aulenc
general debility Indigestion and postraton they should
remember there is tried and true remedy E. Pnkhams
Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles
No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and
unqualified endorsement No other medicine has of
OF female troubles Refuse to buy any other medicine
Mrs Pnkham invites all advice.
She has guided thousands to health. Address,
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Standardization.

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