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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-06-12

Did you ever buy your own steaks
and get the worst in the shop nearly
every time? An old friend has had
that misfortune, and he is always will
ing to pay two or three cents more q
pound than any other customer. Hav-
ing listened calmly to his tale of woe,
l inquired If he had acquired the
practice of tipping the butcher. Tip
ping the butcher? No! He thought
1t was a sufficient tip to offer the
two or three cents more a pound.
'.That Offer" tried to explain, "goes
to the proprietor direct, or his block
man thinks yon are trying to make u
thief of him BY Inducing him to hold
out for himself the extra price. 1t will
never work.
Just say to your cutter: See here,
old chap, I've been dissatisfied with
my steaks for some time. Come out
and take drink. and tell me how to
select good meat He's too busy.
Then slip dime into his hand and
say, Have glass of beer when you
get OUT or n quarter and say, Have a
smile with me when you have time.'
Repeat this performance and presently
your steaks are the delight of home.
In the busiest private market in New
York 1t Is the rule to tip the butchers.
You can get nothing At to eat with.
out it."-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-06-12
Compound VaDor and Sham
900 Baths.

Most all dis
eases are caused
by poisonous sec
retions, which
clog the wheels
of NATURE.
The name and
the symptoms
may be different
but the cause of
disease can U.S.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-06-12

Eu Particulars ' s.s e :: s e
agents OF the Illinois Central, or by addressing
IF. Merry, A. Il. p. A., Dubuque, Iowa.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

The Swiss Alpine climber, Sigrist,
who once fell from the top of the
Karpfstock, in Switzerland, described
his sensation while falling as follows:
1.-THE plunge, which was taken back
werd, was in no wise accompanied by
the anxiety such as one has when one
dreams Of falling. seemed to be borne
in the most pleasant manner gently
downward and had complete consci-
BUSINESS during the entire fall. Free
from all pain or fear, l contemplated
my position and the future of my fam
lily, which l knew was assured by the
insurance l carried. And, this contem-
plation was accomplished with rap
idity which had never before known.
OF the losing of my breath, of which
people talk, there was no suggestion
and only the heavy fall on the snow
covered ground caused me to lose sud-
denly and painlessly all consciousness
The bruising Of my head and limbs on
the rocks as fell caused me no pain.
In fact did not feel it. cannot con-
ceive of an easier, pleasanter death.
The reawkening, however, brought
with it entirely different and far less
agreeable sensations. London Mail.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
Beers as FtSbfers.

Captain Reichmann, the military at
tache sent by the United States gov
eminent to observe the operations on
the Boer army, has made official report
which carries more weight than the
views of newspaper correspondents.
CAPTAIN Reichmann praises the Beers
as men, but criticises them for lack oil
discipline as soldiers. He says that
the Americans in the Boer army are
the aggressive element in 1t. He init
mates, however, that defeat was inev-
table in any case because Of the over
whelming numbers of the British.
During q stay of seven months Cap
tain Reichmann saw no drunkenness
and heard no profanity in the Boer
camps-a record hardly to be dupli-
Gated in any American camp during
war or peace. The burghers read their
Bibles ami hymn books after the days
fighting or marching, and their re-
l!gious sentiment controlled them at
all times. They were Mortified at ths
slaughter of the enemy almost as much
as they were grieved by their own
losses. They never failed to treat
Britk-h wounded or prisoners humane
ly. The military attache remarks that
IL there was any violation Of the rules
OF war it was not confined to one side.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
Lessons of the Boer War.

Jean de Bloch, promoter of peace
conferences, declares that the main
lesson of the Boer war is that sue
cessful outcome of war of agrees
sion against any great power could not
be hoped for. He holds that military
service as practiced today is absurd;
that maneuvers are in no way related
to real war; that no results could be
obtained in a European war, and that,
as it has become impossible to sage
war decisively, preparations or sse.i-
fees for war are unnecessary.
The real lesson Of the Boer war Is
that a devoted and patriotic people
fighting for country and home cannot
be conquered simply by superior num-
btss. Had the Transvaal been one OF
the great powers, the war would have
ended with the capture of Pretoria and
the dispersion of the Boer armies.
This would have been in accordance
with usage and precedent. But the
Beers, law unto themselves, fought
on,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
natter reau "Chr,s,,.u SCIENCE.

Jetmore, Kans., July 1st.-Mrs. Anna
Jones Freeman, daughter of Mr.. G. G..
Jones Of Burdett, and one Of the most
popular ladies in Hodgeman County
has been a martyr to headache for
years. It has made her life continual
misery to her. She suffered pains in
the small of the back, and had every
symptom of Kidney and Urinary Trou-
BILE.
Today she is as well as any lady in
the state.
This remarkable change was due en-
tirely to a remedy recently introduced
here. 1t is called Dodd's Kidney Pills.
and many people claim it to be an in
fallible cure for Kidney Diseases,
Rheumatism and Heart Trouble.
Mrs. Freeman heard OF Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and almost with the first
dose, she grew better. In week, her
headaches and other pains had gone,
and she had left behind her all her
illness and days of misery.
A medicine that can do for any one
what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
for this lady, is very sure soon to be
universally used, and already the de-
mand for these pills has increased
wonderfully in Pawnee and Hodge
man Counties, where the particulars OF
Mrs. Freeman's case and it's cure are
known.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

One of the queer charities In New
York is the auctioning OF homeless an1
destitute men in Madison Square every
night. Chaplain Rather, a worker
among the poor, who Is unconnected
with any church organization started
the scheme. The auction idea was hit
upon by mere accident, but 1t proved
more popular than the old style OF
making collections. The chaplain will
pick out ragged specimen of human
ity. stand him on the curb and shout,
What am I bid?" The crowd invari-
ably takes the cue with good humor,
and someone usually starts bidding at
five cents. Often the homeless ones a-e
knocked down at fifty or sixty cents,
when the crowd is especially liberal OF
good humored The money is then
passed over to the object of his attrac-
lion. Every night between eleven and
twelve line of homeless and penniless
men form In Madison square and as tn:
theaters empty their crowds. Chaplain
RATHER mounts bench and invites at.
tention to his human wares.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
People and
* EUer1fS
canado and tie Doukbobe-s.


The Dominion of Canada is eager to
make immigrants feel at home within
its borders, especially II they come
from the land of the car.
The Doukhobers are people who were
prosecuted" in Russia because OF their
practices. It was the proper thing
throughout the British empire at the
time to take for granted everything
charged against Russia, and to extend
sympathy and succor to any people In
the cars dominions who said that
they we're not permitted to worship
God according to the dictates OF their
conscience. Canada as an important
part OF the British empire has extend
ed a heart welcome to the various
sects in Russia that during the last
two decades have been ordered to con-
form to the laws and customs of the
land or move out of it.
So the Doukhobers came. They
founded a colony in the far Northwest
and they seemed to flourish. Then 1t
began to leak out that the Doukhobers
entertained some very peculiar views
and followed some very peculiar prac-
tees. They believe in a community
of wives and 1t is against their re-
ligious convictions to pay taxes. The
Canadian government endeavored TO
set them right in regard to these mat
tiers, but the Doukhobers protested that
they would move away from the Do
minion rather than abandon their re-
ligious principles. The Canadian gov
eminent wanted settlers and colonists
above all things, SO special law was
enacted giving the Doukhobers the
privileges they desired and enabling
them to practice their free-love and
anti-tax doctrines without interior
ence.
Now the whole of Northwestern Can
ada is in a turmoil over the agita-
ton for a repeal of the law. In the
meantime Russia has been relieved OF
large number of people not wanted
in that country Of lone law, one re-
ligion and one ruler"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

A Harmiess Octopus.

New York dispatches announce the
impending formation Of trust ito
control the salt of the earth" 1t is
to be an amalgamation of the National
Salt company Of this country, the
Canadian Salt company, and the Brit
ish Salt union, with capital OF $780,
000, 1000. "Outside of the savage coun-
tries and Russia" says one of its pro-
motors, 1T will supply the entire
world with salt"
Such tales may serve to attract un-
thinking investors. They will doubt
less be swallowed without salt by
those who believe that "the trusts"
are coming to own the earth. Yet In
reality the salt trust must be a very
harmless octopus, and even those most
timid with regard to octopuses need
feel no alarm. A brief consideration
of some of the salt deposits OF the
United States alone will clearly show
how utterly impossible it is for any
corporation to control that article to
the detriment Of consumers. The
known salt deposits Of New York state
alone cover 5000 square miles and av-
erage forty feet in thickness. They
are conservatively estimated to con-
tain enough salt to supply the United
States for from 700 to 1000 years.
There are also vast deposits in Ohio,
Michigan, and both the Virginias.
These are some distance under ground,
that near Cleveland, for example. be-
ing $500 to 3,400 feet down.
But in Lincoln county, Nebraska,
there is bed Of rock salt so easily
mined that one man can dig and wheel
out five tons a day. The deposits OF
Reno county. Kansas, are from 300 to
400 feet thick. giving about 100000
barrels to each acre of surface. In
Louisiana there are beds of salt over
300 feet thick, of unknown extent, and
SO per cent pure without refining
These are only a few and the best
known Of the salt deposits OF this
country. In addition there is always
the sea.
II the proposed International Salt
company succeeds in it's aims that sue
cess will not be due to any actual OF
possible monopoly Of the supply Of
salt. It can succeed only by keeping
prices so low, SO near the cost OF pro-
duction, that none will care to COM
pete with 1t. There is no possibility
of any trust octopus, no matter how
large, grasping the worlds salt. That
is a necessity of life which cannot b'
monopolized.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
Earmers of the Future.

Professor L. H. Bailey of Cornell
university estimates that more than
half the people of the United States
live on farms. AS the proper balance
of production and consumption will
make it necessary that at least half
our population always shall be farm
ers, Professor Bailey holds that the
education of these farmers is one Of
the great problems now before the
world. In an article in the July num-
Der of the Worlds Work, Professor
Bailey declares that fully half the en-
ergies of the agricultural colleges IN
the several states are devoted to the
mechanic arts and. that the amount OF
money and energy devoted directly to
agricultural education is small when
compared with that expended on other
professional and technical education.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
As THE WORLD
r EVOLVES
Rosfond's .Sisfer.

Nine. de Margerie, the brilliant and
beautiful sister OF Edmond Rostand,
the author of "Cyrano de Bergerac"
and "L'Aiglon," is now on her way to
America to take up her residence IN
Washington. Her husband, M. de Mar
gerie, one of the most promising young
diplomats in the service OF France. ar
rived in Washington about month
ago to assume the duties Of First Sec
rotary of the French Embassy. Dur
ing M. Cambons absence in Europe,
M. de Margerie will act as Charge
d'Affaires.
Mms. de Margerie, whose mother
was a Spaniard, has inherited from
her her dark beauty of color and fea-
ture, with an expression of indefnable
charm. She possesses also the reputa-
ton Of being one of the brightest and
wittiest young women Of the diplomat
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
The Federal Trusf Inquiry.

II secret investigation Of trusts BY
the federal government is actually in
progress. as reported. it may at least
serve the useful purpose Of revealing
the inadequacies of the Sherman anti
trust law.
Notwithstanding the popular clanor
for federal restraint Of the combines
the Sherman act represents the only
legislation of that character enacted
by Congress. To go further than this
has been declared impossible without
violating the spirit or letter OF the
Constitution, which guarantees unre-
stricted commerce between the states.
Any inquiry started by the Attorney
General must therefore be made with
reference to alleged violations OF the
Sherman act. That this law Is made
quate when it comes to authorizing in
reference with present industrial COM
bines is plainly manifest to anyone
who is at all familiar with the nature
of these consultations. This act
prob. bits agreements between individ-
uals or corporations where the na'ur-
al or direct effect Of it Is to regulate
or restrain interstate commerce. In
three cases involving the question OF
agreements to maintain rates and
prices the Supreme court sustained
the law. Two of these were suits
against joint traffic associations, while
one was a suit against the Addyston
Pipe and Steel Company. which had
sought through an agreement to con-
troll the market for its commodity in
thirty-six states.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
"p.p.r,nx Up. s,lk Goods.

Silk goods should not be folded in
white paper, as the chloride OF lime
used in bleaching the paper will i'm
pare the color Of the silk. Brown or
blue paper Is better; yellow India
paper is better still. Silk intended for
dress should not be kept in the house
long, as lying in folds causes 1t to
crack or split. White satin dresses
should be pinned up in blue paper,
with coarse brown paper on the out
side, sewed together at the edges.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

If railroad rates are so manipulated
that they sometimes favor the locali-
ties in which the plants owned by
trusts are situated-and what disinter-
ested student can deny this?-why
should we hesitate, in season and out
of season, to agitate the question OF
the control of the national highways
If patent laws are another reliance OF
the trusts, why should we hesitate to
throw open to general use. in return
for reasonable compensation, every
patent that is employed hereafter FOL
monopolistic ends? These remedies
would at least moderate the exactions
of many Of the trusts, and no further
experience of greater knowledge ought
to be needed to demonstrate the wis
dom of employing all such means that
stand so near at hand.-Atlantic
Monthly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
GARDENS GROWTH IN HAWAII
Plants and Vines Produce Prolific. Crops
the Year Round.

Plants and Vines Produce Prolific. Crops
the Year Round.
Incredible reports of the productive
ness Of the soil of Hawaii have reached
the agricultural department through
Gov. Dole, who requested one OF the
principal farmers of Hawaii to furnish
authentic information on this subject.
This farmer says that almost every
vegetable and fruit known to man
will grow in the island in profusion.
Peppermint, he says, grows wild. -Four
crops of potatoes have been produced
in succession on the same piece OF land
within twelve months. This is not an
extraordinary occurrence. Radishes
become edible ten days after sowing.
Strawberry vines bear fruit all the
year. The berries are of the finest
flavor. Cabbage grows all the year and
1t apparently makes no difference
whether it is planted in the spring,
summer, autumn, or winter. Parsley,
once sown, grows forever, apparently.
Lima beans continue to grow and bear
for over year, and they have to be
gathered every week after starting to
bear. Cucumbers bear the entire year
and so do tomatoes which, with proper
attention, bear for years. Raspber-
ries bear for six months. Pineapples
come int bearing when the plants are
four months old and bear in abundance
for years. Lettuce can be planted at
any time, and 1t develops quickly. The
same is true Of celery. Wheat, corn,
barley and oats produce only one crop
each year. and this is not quite as
good as the crops produced in other
portions of the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
LITERARY MEN LIVE LONG.
Authors Have Equai Chances with Others
To Reach Old Are,

Authors Have Equsi Chances with Others
to Reach Old Age.
The general idea that literary pro-
duction of high order is hostile to
long life by reason Of the nervous wear
and tear it necessitates would seem
to be erroneous. Scott wore himself
out at the age of 81 by excessive work,
and Dickens, no doubt, lived at too
high possibly the same
might be said of Thackeray-but in
the great majority Of cases literary
men possess that balance which avoids
nervous exhaustion, and the literary
life Is a wholesome and normal one.
In our own country the average life of
twenty-nine leading writer's from Jona-
than Edwards down, Is sixty-six years.
In nearly every case, too, their produc-
tive powers have remained unimnair-
ed by old age. The short life Of Edgar
Allen Poe is, of course, not to be attr.b-
uted to the fact that he was writer,
but to the nervous worry resulting
from false pride and shame at being
unable to resist temptation. Bayard
Taylor worked too hard and Lanier
was broken by exposure In the civil
war. DR.. Holmes and Whittier enjoy
ed the longest lives of any one of our
writer's, each passing his seth birth
day. Emerson, Longfellow and Bry-
ant lived long and tranquil lives, and
very few-perhaps not one-of Ameri-
can literary men shortened their lives
by excessive devotion to their natural
pursuit. The lives of great American
writers are longer than those of their
English counterparts by nearly four
years, though two Of the Englishmen-
Carlysle and Newman-lived longer
than any one of the Americans. The
living American writer's who seem to
have done enough to entitle them to
admission to our literary Valhalla are:
Henry James, Brete Harte, Howells,
Donald Mitchell, Weir Mitchell. Sted-
man, Stoddard, A,drich, Fiske, Gable
and Clemens. They average n0v s.
years old.-Chicago Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

DR.. Leopold Rieger, fashionab' e
viennese dentist, has Just sued his as
sistant, DR.. Won Hauer, for the sum OF
9130, being the estimated value OF
certain luncheons and dinners eaten by
the latter while he was the fiance CT
DR.. Rieger's daughter. The engage
ment lasted two months, and was thep
broken off. DR.. Rieger maintains thai
the food was obtained under false pre-
fences, as his assistant was never seri-
GUS in his attentions to his daughter
After a deal of argument the case has
been decided against DR.. Rieger, who
also has to pay the costs, amounting
to G120.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

The eminent French chemist. M. Ar
mand Gautier, has reported a discoT-
cry to the Paris Academy OF Sciences
which may prove Of great hygienic
value, says Consult General Guenther
Of Frankfort. He has found that the
finely powdered volcanic stones, treat
ed by boiling in water at a temper
allure Of $50 to 800 degrees Celsius,
yield a liquid identical in composition
with the ordinary sulphur water OF
mineral springs, except that 1t Is
stronger than the latter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

The first active step in the war on
the famous-or infamous-Jersey mos
quitoes was taken last month, when
simultaneous attacks were made upon
several points Of their breeding
grounds. The Hackensack meadows
and the marshes about the Oranges
have always been prolific sources OF
this insect pest. Under the direction
Of the entomologist Of the Department
of Agriculture at Washington. the sur
face OF the water in the marshes was
treated with kerosene. The applica--
ton will be renewed several times
during the summer. Success will be OF
the greatest benefit to public health,
but the determination of the Jersey
mosquito will rob the humorist Of one
Of his dearest treasures.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

A road made of Stag cement
is to be constructed at North
Tonowanda, New York. The Tono-
wanda Iron and. Steel Company
has received permission to lay
tracks on a road which Is now in poor
condition, provided 1t will Stag the
roadway for its full width OF 66 feet,
The street is about 40 feet wide. The
method Of laying this particular sur
facing is probably novel. The molten
slag is to be run in "hot train" OF
iron cars over the track, and the Stag
poured over the surface at the proper
place. The company claims that 1t will
cool into a solid mass.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

What is described as an ancient
draughtboard" has been discovered in
Crete. 1t must, by all accounts, be a
very fine piece of work, since it is COM
posed of natural crystal, ivory, gold
and silver, but 1t is by no means
unique. Chess, draughts, or the game
from which both are derived, was
known to nearly all the ancient civili-
cations, and Greek and Egyptian
boards are by no means uncommon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
WORT Of Li,lnr,.o..,. D.urhs.r.

The two surviving daughters OF DR..
Livingstone recently opened the ex-
tension Of Livingstone College at 10y
ton, England, founded eight years ago
for training in medicine and surgery
those missionaries about to depart for
far away stations where they would be
called up to play the part Of doctors as
often as that Of priest. It was because
Livingstone himself was such splen-
did example of the medically trained
missionary that the fine college at
Legion was erected to his memory.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05
uuesf Xirsinia.s Governor.

Governor Albert B. White of West
Virginia, who is personally looking
after the interests of the afflicted dis
tricts, came to West Virginia from
Ohio, the state of his birth. He was
graduated from Marietta (Ohio) Col
lege, and soon afterward became a
newspaper reporter. He saved his
wealth, and in 1881 he bought the
State Journal Of Parkersburg, w. Va.
at that time an obscure paper. Under
Mr.. Whites management the paper
grew in value and importance, and
soon became the leading republican
journal in the state In 1887 its editor
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-07-05

Some peculiar facts are being
brought out by the 18th census con.
corning the counties. says the New
York Sun. For instance, the shortest
name of a county is /, in Oklahoma,
while the longest is Saint John the
Baptist, a parish in Louisiana. Mon
tana has the county with the largest
area, Custer, which covers 2O,49C
square miles, the second largest is
San Bernardina county, CAL, with 49,
DAT square miles. The smallest county
is Bristol, R. l.. which has only 81
square miles.