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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
FIGURING OUT HER SHARE.

Eunice had been doing some figu ling
on her slate.
Papa" she said, go you know this
country eats about 100000 tons oil
sugar every year,"
"No. don't know it," replied papa
taught by past experience to be eau
tious.
We'll, it's so. I saw 1t in paper
Eyes, what of it, dear?"
Nothing, only I've been filming out
how much every man. woman and
child in the United States eats on an
average"
well, how much is it,"
tits about &C pounds year don't
believe l eat half of that. and yet you
make fuss every time want"
"Thatll do. child. 1 surrender.
Here's a quarter. Go and get your
box of candy"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
Cigars Popular in Germany.

In Germany, tobacco is grown in Ba-
den, the Palatinate, Alsace, on the
lower Rhine, in the Altmark of Han
over, and in some districts Of Silesia
1t is impossible for Germany to pro-
duee sufficient tobacco for her own con-
sumption. In no other country Is the
cigar so popular. Chewing tobacco, ex-
cept in the port cities, finds no market
Snuff is still used to very large ex-
tent among the working classes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
HARD LUCK.

The cowboy sat down on the ground
fingered a roll of bi Is and locked sadly
at his pard.
"Bil," he said, cts no use. I can't
20 to town with you to-day"
why" asked Bill.
1--WE only got SIS to my name"
"Figger it up as'in." said Bill.
mo use. I've figgered it up a dozen
times, and it always comes out the
same. It'll take 500 FIR the drunk.
dollar an half fer bed an breakfast
three an a half f:r cartridges, an that
won't leave a cussed cent to pay the
fine"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
HIS ASCENSION.

From the New York Times: When
the young minister of high church
tendencies was called to preside over
q congregation that abhorred ritual :.
ism, and was stickler for the sim
plest of services, he called on Bishop
Potter to ask what would be the re-
suit if he went in for ritualism just
bit.
Suppose should burn a pastille
or two during the service; what do
you think would happen. bishop, for
I dearly wish to try the experiment 2"
"Your congregation would be in
censed, your vestrymen would fume,
and you would go out in smoke. :"
quickly replied the bishop.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
A LARGE COvEY.

Two old hunters were swapping
yarns and had got to quail.
Why" said one, 81 remember a
year when quail were so thi * that you
could get eight or ten at one shot with
q rifle"
The other one sighed.
whats the matter?" sid the first.
Il was thinking of my quail hunts
I had fine back horse that rode
everywhere. and one day out hunting
quail saw big covey on a low
branch OF tree. l threw the bridal
rein over the end Of the limb and took
q shot.
Several birds fell and the rest flew
away.
well. it's so. l saw it in a paper"
on that limb that when they flew off
It sprang back into place and hung
my horse"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
A Now X-Ray Method.

A new and most interesting method
OF obtaining X-rays has been descIib-
ed by M. Nordon. He states that II
ordinary light is allowed to fall upon
an electrified aluminium plate, pref
erably one electr fed negatively. that
the light pcnet ates the plate and is
sues from the other side in the form
Of X-rays.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
Unnecessary Fear.

Widow Goossfieshel-Oh, dear, oh
dear, Mis-. Gosu can't tell you how
| feel. Whenever | wake UP In the
night and 1t happens to strike -, i'm.
agine that my DEAR dead husband will
appear to me!
Mrs. Gossup (comforting)-But, my
dear, poor woman, how can you mag
inc such thing! Your husband never
did appear unit after two in the morn
ing. you know.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08

to himself, as he descended the steps:
and yet his feet were still unsteady
and his head curiously light.
1t would have been easy for him to
give Madge up had he not firmly be-
lieved that the sweet-souled. dewy-
eyed girl who had won his heart still
dwelt somewhere within that cold and
worldly exterior, IKE princess shut
in a tower, waiting for some bold
knight to release her from the spell of
the enchanter.
81 fear I'm not the knight he
thought sadly. as he walked heav'. y
down the street; and still, he could not
decide to give her up-not just yet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes.

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns
and bunions. All druggists and shoe
stores 25c. Trial package FREE by mail.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08

Colonel Ruddygore-What did Go
last night?
Hotel Clerk-You got drunk and
shot man.
Colonel Ruddygore-Is that all? l
was afraid l had insulted somebody;
thanks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08

Don't consider 1t smart to be flip
pant. All men Of brains despise sill
ly talker, and nice women shun them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
THE TIME TO LAUGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED.

Pleased with the Hour, or the Ready
wit of Son of the Emerald Isle-A
Large COvey = Figuring Out Her
Share.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08

Every man knows lot of other men
that he would like to class as
strangers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08

Some people have to scratch so hard
to get along that they are sore" all
the time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08

You have seen thousands of pictures
of angels. Ever see picture of
man angel?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
INSIST ON GETTING 1T.

hance Starch because they have a stock
In hand of IL OF. brands. which they know
cannot be sold to a customer who has
once used the l6 o. pkg. Defiance Starch
for same money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08

Seeing that Dick Foster was scan.
ming her with look of cool curiosity,
she composed her face and summoned
up all the self-control she possessed.
Il will go home now, If you please,
Mr.. Foster she said coldly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
The Crusade in Brief.

The habit Of alcoholism strongly pre-
disposes to the contraction and propaGa-
ton OF tuberculosis.
Eaudran OF Bcauvaise, has shown that
the mortality from tuberculosis and that
from alcoholism al, near.y identical.
Some parents who set intoxicating
liquors upon the table wonder where their
children learned to become drunkards.
The American Journal of Education
SAYS: There are many indications Of
coming assault of The combined liquor in
teresss upon the law compelling the
teaching OF temperance in tie public
schools
The judges OF the license courts in
Phiiadelphia have come to the support
of public morals and decency by declar-
ing their opposition to saloons having
side entrances and rooms up stairs for
the accommodation of women.
After long, and at times discourag-
ing campaign, the good people of -Heber,
Ark, have succeeded in securing the pro-
hibition of saloons. An appeal was taken
from the decision of the county court to
the circuit court with the above result.
In l25 years of national life the An
archists have killed one President of the
Republic. Within the last ten years, at
the most conservative estimate possible,
the saloon has killed 100000 American
citizens, beside mothering the who!e
brood Of anarchy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
The American Conquest of England.

The United States" said a Doo-;
publisher, lis engaged not only in q
commercial conquest of Great Britain,
but in literary one as we'll. There
is an uprising of American writer's
who are producing American works Of
fiction and Of fact, and these works
are taking hold in England to-day.
Now, the thing which is most sign!ti.
cant is that English noveliStS are be.
ing more widely read in the United
States than in their native land. These
writer's are studying American taste
and are becoming more and more con-
cerned with their American editions,
for in these are the greater profit.
This accounts in 4 measure for the
growing power of the American pub
Usher and the declining authority CT
the British publisher. New York is
rapidly succeeding to LondolA as the
book centre of the English-speakino
people. le."-Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
lr ISN'T THE START ALONE.

It isn't the start alone that counts, 1t
isn't the start alone;
It's the place you hold at the end by
which the worth of your work Is
known;
The dancing horse and the pranelng horse
may be proud ere the race is run.
But they never receive cheer II they iaS
at the rear when the race Is done.
A foo! may start for lofty goal and hurry
ahead and still
Be a fool if he quits with the end he
sought beyond him over the hill.
II the cable that stretches through the
sea from the distant. foreign shore
Fell short by hundred little feet and ca
bles were made no more,
Its uncoiled lengths would fail to serve;
no answering instrument
Would respond to the call from the far
off land, where eager heads are bent!
It's the end that counts-the end at last
your start, may be fine, oh, friend,
But the world will finally judge you by
the place you hold at the end.
The bride whose face is aglow with pride
as she passes along the aisle,
Beholding the grand display of wealth
and the fine display of style,
May weep in the years that wait. while
she tnat IN poor, coarse ralLneAI Is
wed
MAY still have the love that's dear to her
heart when the hair CLEANS white on
her head.
And the wonder who stands at the head
of his class may falter or stumble or
fall,
And end as the servant of him at the
FOOT The start that you make isn't
all
The fields may be green in the spring,
where the grain is damp with the
dew at dawn,
But what if the hills be parcned and
bare when the harvest time comes
on?
The path you take may bc smooth at the
start, and level and straight and
wide,
But far away it may wind about where
robbers in ambush hide!
oh, look TO the end-the far&way end
ere ever the die is thrown,
For it isn't the start alone that counts
it isn't the start alone.
S. E. kiser, in Chicago Record-Heraid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Poem: If Might Kneel-What the Sur
md the Shower Are to the Seed JesuI
Christ Is to Us - Our Capacity Fo,
Goodness Is Infinite.
If I might kneel
Where Jesus smile could courage give;
Ii I sometimes might feel
His hand in comfort on my head,
And hear Him say: "My little child,
I know it all; I still will heal
Each wound; be of good cheer"
If I close to His side might stand,
And kiss the bruised feet,
And know He knew it first, and loves me
still
Perhaps, then, in Gethsemane,
I might make song above my prayer.
And feel His face bending to see
My need. and clasp my faltering hand,
And guide to the white gate, and say,
perhaps:
"yEell dona! This is thy Fathers house,
Where many mansions be-"
Perhaps, all spent with carrying weight
In life's sojourn.
Give humble faith unto His will,
And say, in prayer: "Thou knowest best,
Thy will be done,
So Thy presence earn"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
Lfouor Among the Indians.

The Boston Herald, in sketch Of Rel,
the leader of the Canadian rebellion, men
tions him as having been active in oppos-
ing the barter which the Hudson Bay
Company has found it profitable to carry
on with the Indians, giving them rum In
return for skins. The Herald says:
"Of all the causes OF decline IN the In
dian, it may be said that indulgence in,
intoxicants is the most pernicious, and
early in his career Riel set his face as
flint against the payment of the hunters
in this commodity. Bad rum in exchange
for good pelts was an arrangement peeu-
liarly satisfactory to the Hudson. Bay
Company, and one that it relinquisiheed
most reluctantly. This piece of prohibit
ory work on Riel's part was thorough,
the agitation OF the reform he displayed
qualities well calculated to endear him to
his followers"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
He Did No Harm.

One day we were conversing with a
man who described his neighbor as one
who did no harm. That was the best
that could be said of him. He was quiet
and kindly disposed. He lived for him
self and had little dealings with others;
he had a good, well-furnished home, and
had ample means at his command. He
neither said nor did anything to distract
or mar social relations; he was neither
spiteful nor resentful nor envious; was
honest and industrious, and died without
incurring any special i'll will.
Life is full of these negative characters.
They do no particular harm in a eommu'
nifty, but they do no special good. This
is not enough. There must be career OF
usefulness. Men must be benefited. Our
lights must shine. Good works must be
performed. A direct bene6cent influence
must be exertcd. The home must be
blessed with counsel, grace and kindness;
the community aided in all lawful ways;
the church has the benefit of our lntiu'
erce and help and the nation enjoys, the
power and advantage Of worthy and ben
evolent citizenship. The gospel OF Jesus
Christ covers all relations and conditions,
and must be illustrated and enforced to
the fullest and most practical degree
The AngeluS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
Is the Short Story Doomed?

In "The Editors Study" in Harper's,
Mr.. Alden gives some interesting opin-
ions as to the magazine of the future.
He predicts the passing of both the
serial and the conventional short
story:
"The aim of this kind of magazine
becomes ever more and more distinct
from that of the book he says. "and
the time will come when the serial
publication in it of fiction or Of history
will be an exceptional thing. We are
confident that even the conventional
short story-that elaborate structure
formerly deemed necessary-will dis
appear from its contents. its place be-
ing taken by the vivid, suggestive
sketch, with an even stronger appeal
to the normal emotional sensibility.
What used to be known as the article
has already been transformed, to use
George Eliot's pregnant phrase, from
a diagram into a picture. The essay.
as we are using it in these pages, is
not the formal and extended treatment
of a subject, but an expression of some
phase of thought concerning an inter-
esting theme that, limited as it may
seem, has through its suggestiveness
IN indefinite expansion.
The briefer the contributions to the
magazine the greater it's variety. But
brevity should not be sought at the
sacrifice of literary art The brief
sketch or essay or story should not be
a fragment Brevity is comparative;
twenty pages may be short, and Sin
gle page tcdiously long. The artistic
requirement is the economy; there
must be no waste"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20

| girl (here Is her picture). the dauSntef
of a farmer richer than my own peo'
pie. Her family opposed my suit be-
cause 1 was comparatively poor, and
Christina and I were very unhappy.
| In an evil moment l read 4 letter
! written by a young neiShhor of ours
who had gone to America. He said be
| had ioined the Union army on boun-
ty of over $1,000 paid him on enlistins.
"a thousand dollars is great deal
of money in Sweden, and decided
to emigrate and become an American
soldier. To my surprise bounties had
risen. and I got $12O0, all OF which is
now in the hank. I had no thought Of
ever Gesert!ng. being willing to take
nv chances: so left a sealed letter in
the bank, to be opened only in the
event of my being killed in battle. 1t
contains my will and heQueaths all
the money to my sweetheart.
"These two men who are to die on
the same scaffold with me. entered the
service fully resolved to desert at the
first opportunity. One night while
we were on picket guard together at
Cedar Mountain. week or two before
the battle, they revealed to me their
purpose of slipping thrCu=h the lines
into Early's camp. and asked me to so
with them. AS an inducement they
explained that after joining the Con-
federates it would be easy to get trans
ferred elsewhere and then we could
reGeSert, and get free of all military
duty.
"To this day do not know why
1 consented to take tie step that has
proved so fatal to all of us. But did,
and here I am in heavy irons doomed
to an awful and disgraceful death.
Now, however, that you have prom
ised to grant my request, 1 am more
resigned to my fate"
Have you told this story to anyone
eise?" was my natural inquiry.
NO, what would be the use? 1t IS
10 excuse for the military crime l
have committed. AS long as my girl
remains ignorant regarding the pre-.
else nature of my death, it Will be
happier for her, and in time she may,
with my money, get a better nus
band"
took down in my notebook all the
necessary details, again promising TO
carry out his instructions, and the in
terview ended, oscar" being taken
back to the guard tent. AS he had
asked earnestly that 1 would place my
self in front of the scaffold, l obeyed.
1t was a bright, sunny November
morning, when the division to which
these hapless men belonged was
paraded to witness the execution. Ob-
tanning the necessary permission from
General Wright, stood beside the pro-
vost marshal and saw the men Ole.
Oscar" - that was not his name
as may well be supposed-stood in the
centre. AS the moose was placed
around his neck he recognized my
presence, and, just before the cap was
drawn over his eyes, he gave me look
of thanks which I shall never forget.
The next instant the drop fell.
In due time I wrote to the young
woman. announcing her lovers death
lin front of Petersburg" and the
bank transferred Oscars deposit
to her. Three years after I received
a letter from Sweden saying that the
girl had never married, but died of
grief. 1t was the saddest tragedy that
came to my notice during the entire
Wharf.-The Journalist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
Ia Alcohol q Muscle Food?

Professor Bunce. of Switzerland, cites
Baer on Der Alkoholismus, Berlin, 1873,
1page 1881: Better than through all the
laboratory experiments and deductions
is the demonstration of the complete
uselessness, indeed, harmfulness. Of even
the most moderate doses of alcohol,
which demonstration has been made
through the thousandfold experiments by
the commissariat of the army, and which
have already established conclusi,vely
that soldiers in times of peace and IN
times of war, in all climates, in heat, cold
and rain, endure best of all the fatiguIng
exertions of the most exhausting marches
and maneuvers when they are deprived
absolutely of all alcoholic drinks. -
Union Signal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
Has Monopoly of Moving Coin.

One truckman down town has for
many years had monopoly of the
moving Of bullion and coin, and he
could not probably estimate even
roughly the number of millions Of dol.
lars that he has carried on his truck.
For the purpose of transportation, gold
is boxed in heavy packages. The truck
Is guarded by several men always, and
en one recent occasion when the
amount involved was very large, Wall
Street was treated to the unusual spec
,tacle of the cashier and assistant cash.
ier of the City Bank riding on load
of gold.--New York Commercial.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
Iar1eat Tooth OF N1astodCn.

Relics of prehistoric times have been un-
earthed at White Sulphur Springs, Ind
Ter, by Professor ". Fl. Holmes OF the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
and w. A. Gill, Government photograph
er. The find includes several large teeth
and bones, together with many arrow
points and heads One tooth. that OF a
mastadon, measured sixteen incEeS long
and four inches across the top. This is
eaid to be the largest tooth of these cX.
tinct animals ever seen. The rest OF the
collection, which is made up Of three large
boxes of relics, contains smaller teeth OF
the mastadou and the mammoth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
Kind of RELIGION Wanted.

We want religion that softens the, step
and turns the voice to melody and nils
the eye WITH sah5nhe and S harsh rebuke
PsiSoI PPsson tha s pote se deersnts to
periors, considerate to friends; a religion
that goes into the family and keeps Il! the
husband from being cross when the din
ner is late; and keeps the wife from fret
ting when the husband tracks the newly
washed floor. and makes the, husband
mindful of the scraper and door mat;
keeps the mother patient when the baby BY
is cross, and amusss the children as wen
an ants; iI'It projects the honeymoon into the
harvest moon, and makes the happy home
like the Eastern fig tree, bearing on it's
bosom at once the tender blossoms and
the glory OF the ripening fruit. we want
a religion that shall interpose between
the rIts and gullies and rocks Of the
highway and the sensitive souls s., that are
travelling over them.-Helpful Thoughts
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-20
A Glorious Possibility,

What can be less like flower than the
Your hand and ask yourself. "What pow.
er can bring out Of the date-stone the
graceful palm? What can bring shape.
less seed into the stately flower, with its
richness of color and sweet tragranceE
If seed had any consciousness OF lie,
can think what dreams it would have.
dreams of what it was, and whence it
came; dreams of beauty amidst beautiful
surroundings. Then it would wake to
scora itsef;1,an. ugly thing, without root root
to take hold of earth, or stem to reach
I'D to heaven: without shape or color or
sweetness-a flower, indeed! But the sun
shines or it, and every ray whispers to
it. II am come all the way down from
heaven, that you might have. life and
might have it more abundantly." And
the raindrop finds it out and says, "'Be
OF GOOD cheer, little one, am come that
you might have life" And the very
earth says, "I am yours for the unfold;
ing" And in vain do the frosts and
bleak winds laugh in their mocSing, we
shall see what will become Of these
dreams" And in vain does the frost
smite at it with keen sword. See, there
it stands, its dreams more than fulfilled
q thing Of finished beauty.
All that the great sun and the. soft
shower and the hidden energies of the
earth can be to the seed, that, all that,
the Lord Jesus Christ is come to be to
us. We, too, think of ourselves-hard,
dead, without any capacity for goodness.
Alas! our longings and dreams do. but
mock us. But what if the very Lord and
Giver of life Himself do. come to be our
life, to give us Himself for our unfolding
as the sun and shower do give them
selves to the seed What limit is there,
then, to the glorious possibility that is
ours5 So doth He, the Almighty, Saviour,
stand in our midst: so, blessed be His
name, doth He give Himself to us.-Mark
Guy Pearse.