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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
. IONA N AND
HOME.

used for the health Of the scalp and
color Of the hair. Gray more than any
other hue is unpleasantly affected by
chemicals not precisely suited to the
coiffures OF middle-aged and elderly
women. They wear their tresses as
younger women do, the style slightly
modified, a pompadour not exaggerat-
ed. And now that coils in the neck are
coming, their chignons will be less pro-
nounced than their daughters, buf
about ON the same lines.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
GRAY HAIR FASHIONABLE.

AS to the present fashionable liking
for gray hair, it really is not modish
to seek to alter the color of prettily
gray hair. But the care of such hair
is not altogether a simple matter.
Specialists must be consulted as to the
best soaps and tonics which may be
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
KANSAS.

The undergraduate body of Roam
oke College, Salem, Va, includes four
Koreans-one of them a son OF the
emperor-and five native Porto Ri
cans. A Korean recently won the
prize for English defamation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

cups of sifted -four, two tablespoonful
of rose water, or the grated rind and
Juice - - lemon. Separate the eggs,
beat yolks and one cup Of sugar togeth-
err, beat the whites to stiff froth, and
add the other cup of sugar to them.
Mix all, add the -four and 1avoring and
bake in a moderate oven.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

A camera fiend in British Columbia,
while endeavoring to take a photo
graph at the extreme edge of elm,
made a misstep and fell hundred
feet into the water below. On his way
down he pressed the button. The re-
sultant picture. he declares. is the best
IN his collection.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

According to the New York Herald
there are 1928 millionaires who own
sixteen thousand millions of the ma
tons wealth. Nearly all this has been
created in the last nifty years, and has
taken vast amount of labor Of other
people than those same millionaires.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
HOW TO TAX MoNoPoLIES.

industry Is now as complete as IN Tue
coal idustry and in the oil Industry,
says the Modern Culture Magazine. 1t
is noteworthy that these three great
monopolies are all of mineral produc-
tons upon the use and enjoyment OF
which the industrial life of the nation
depends. They are controlled by
small group of allied capitalists, some
of whom hold shares in all of them.
they employ the cheapest, as well as
some of the better paid, grades OF Ia
Dor in extra hazardous occupations,
and the relations between employer
and employed in the past have been
extremely unsatisfactory. The con-
trast between the lot of the ill-paid
miner taking his life in his hands to
toll and grub in the dark, ill-ventilated
tunnels in the bowels of the earth for
the bare pittance that will keep soul
and body together and his family from
the poorhouse, and that OF the presi-
dent of the corporation which employs
him, whose every clock-tick counts a
miners daily wage added to his sal
airy, is the most startling of all the in
euualities of fortune the world has yet
seen.
1t will hardly be contended that the
fathers of the republic contemplated
such superstructure when they laid
the foundations of American liberty on
the common law with its exaggerated
regard for the sacred rights" Of prop
erty. 1t is to the common law that
we owe the definition Of land titles
which makes them include the miner
ais beneath the soil and the sunlight
and atmosphere above 1t. Yet 1t Is an
absurdity of reasoning which makes
the ownership of each square foot OF
surface extend from the center of the
earth to the limits Of space, and it Is
within the power Of congress and the
state legislatures to correct this alb
surdity whenever 1t is made clear to
the public conscience that monstrous
injustice is worked by it. The power
of the steel trust, the coal trust, the
oil trust, and of every other great
monopoly is based in the last instance
upon some monopoly Of unused land
The ability to control the available
supply Of some commodity and to with
hold from use the surplus product, is
the essential feature Of every trust. II
the state would exercise its undoubted
right and power to tax oil and mineral
lands for their full rental value so
long as a monopoly existed in any
mineral product 1t would at once be-
come improbable for any corporation
or individual to hold such lands idle.
They must be worked to their full ca
capacity or they would revert to the
state for taxes. In either case the
corner" or destructive monopoly,
would cease. The average royalty
paid to owners of bituminous coal
lands is ten cents per ton Of coal
mined. The average royalty paid to
owners Of iron lands is thirty cents
per ton of ore mined. A tax Of like
amount levied on the full productive
capacity of mineral lands owned, leas-
ed, or operated by trusts would put
handicap on the efforts Of great cor
porations to gain absolute control OF
the earth and all its productions; and
some portion of the revenues so Sc
cured might be wisely employed in al
leviating the toll and wretchedness OF
the lives of miners.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

Mr.. Justice Brown Is the most forid
judicial topper Of the age. He is said
to have Topped not long before the de-
cision in the Porto Rican cases was
delivered, and he certainly Topped
from one side of the question in the
first decision to the other side in the
latter one.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

The Apaches have three different
kinds of victims, each having but one
string and played with a small bow.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Sour Milk Doughnu ts.

Rub cup of butter into two cups OF
sugar, add four beaten eggs, cup OF
sour milk, teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in little boiling water, tea
spoonful zach of nutmeg and CHINA
mon, and enough flour to make a
dough that can be rolled out. Roll
ut and cut into shapes. Fry in deep,
boiling lard.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

There is about the same danger In a
widow that there is in successful lie
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28
GET AFTER CONGRESS.
PEOPLE MUST TAKE A HAND IN
SUPREMEC COURT DECISION.

Our Senators and Representatives Must
Be Informed As to the Kind OF
"RuIs" We Want In the Philippines
and In Porto Rico.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

sponge Cake.
Eight eggs. two cups OF sugar. two
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-06-28

Many people resemble glass
smooth, slippery and fiat.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-08

was in his nnazacr as near an ap-
proach to tender wistfulness % his
nature was capable of.
At last the young girl seemed to
gather courage, and she was about to
speak, when there was q knock upon
the door.
sPlaze, sur; there do be two GIN
tlemin in the hall"
'sWho are they, Mary?"
''Shure, thin, sir, dunno, barrin'
wan NV 'em do be polacemun."
Ibid they ask to see me?"
"They did not, sur; shure they asked
if Mr.. Chapman was in"
'Mr. Chatham"
'Yis, sur. And told 'em he wuz here
this AFTERNOON, and wud see wuz
he here now, fur amt seen him go
yit.''
"Well, Mary, you see he has gone,
siace he is no longer here" said Muir
dock quietly. Take the gentlemen
into the parlor, and tell them shall
he with them in q minute"
Cali right, SUR"
After the maid had left the room,
the chemist rose from his chair and
walked toward the door leading to the
library.
eff you will excuse me for q few
minutes, Agnes, shall see what these
men want. Wait for me here, if you
will. shall be back directly
So saying, he noiselessly opened the
folding doors and passed into the Ii
brary, closing the doors carefully be-
hind him.
Freed from the presence of her IA
Their, Agnes almost instantly regained
her composure. She had not, how
ever, had much time to collect her
thoughts, when she was suddenly start
led by a loud, shrill whistle, which
brought her to her feet in alarm.
"Well?"
She asked the question in anxious
tones, as if realizing that life and
death were in the balance. Then she
placed her ear to the mouthpiece.
AT first she could not make out the
words spoken by her invisible in
terlocutor. Then, gradually, they fell
upon her ear with terrible distinct
ness; and she stood spellbound, as in
n horrible nightmare, with sudden ter
ror in her staring eyes, and with the
fearful sense of impotence in her trem-
bling limbs.
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WAKING AT NIGHT.

When I wake up alone at night
feel as If had no eyes;
I stare and stare with all my might.
I listen for the faintest sound,
And, though ] strain with either ear.
The dark is silcit all around;
It's just as II could not hear.
But If lie with limbs held fast,
A sort of sound comes like sigh
Perhaps the darkness rushing past,
Perhaps the minutes passing by.
Perhaps the thoughts in peoples heads.
That keep SO quiet all the day.
Wait till they're sleeping in their beds.
Then rustic out and fly away!
Or else this noise like whirring wings
That dies with the first streak of light.
May be the sound of baby things,
All growing, growing, in the night.
Children and kitty-cats. and pups,
Or even little buds and flowers.
Daisies, perhaps, and buttercups,
All growing in the midnight hours.
And yet It seems to me a part.
And nothing far away or queer
It's just the beating of my heart,
That sounds so strange as I lie herei
I do not know why this should be:
When darkness hides the world from
sight,
I feel that all is gone but me
A little child and the black night.
Mabel Dearmer, in London Spectator.
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SCIENCE GOSSIP.

Last year sa7,sas.ooo whitefish fry
were liberated in the great lakes.
Huxley declared that science is
nothing but trained and organized
common sense"
An Austrian suggestion, which tho
Viennese are said to favor. is to APP
proach the north pole in submarine
boatsl
Astronomers figure out that the di-
ameter of the earth at the equator
varies 3,04s feet, so that our Planet is
not only aattened at the poles, but
slightly squeezed in the middle.
The Philadelphia board of health at
its last meeting discussed the ques-
ton of the compulsory registration Of
all cases of consumption. The society
believes this step will act as q check
for the disease. $50
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE SPEAKING TUBE.

Nature has implanted in every one
of it's living creatures, from the
top to the bottom of the scale,
the strongest of all instincts =
that of self-preservation. AS Sturgis
fell forward and clutched wildly at the
air, his hand struck the stone wall Of
the square chamber. No conscious inn
preston was made upon his brain by
the contact; but, automatically, his
fingers frightened as they slipped over
the smooth surface. His right hand
struck an obstacle and closed upon it,
in the convulsive grip of dying man.
Then a sudden CLEAN of consciousness
swept across his sluggish brain.
1t was the speaking-tube!
He chung to it with the remnant of
his strength and eagerly placed his
lips to the mouthpiece. For few min
utes he drank in with avidity the re-
vivifying draughts of air which grad
ually brought him back from the brink
of death.
With returning consciousness, the
thought of his dying friend required to
him in all it's vividness. He tried to
go to his assistance; but he was sick
and faint, and his limbs were powerless
to respond to his will. Then, at last,
he was seized with utter despair and
gave up the struggle.
He had sunk dejectedly upon the
chair when q faint and indistinct muir
muir, as of distant voices, beat upon his
ears, whose natural acuity seemed ex-
traordinarily increased by the long
nervous tension under which he had
been. The ruling passion is strong in
DEATH without knowing just why he
did SO, Sturgis found himself again at
the speaking-tube, endeavoring to hear
the conversation, the sound of which
evidently came from MurdockS Office.
He could barely distinguish word
here and there; but he recognized the
timber of one of the voices. It was the
chemists, and his interlocutor was q
woman-perhaps his daughter. If only
he could reach Agnes Murdoch with
some word or signal.
In suspense, he held his ear to the
mouthpiece, occasionally taking
breath of fresh air to renew his
strength.
Should he take the chances and shout
in the hope of catching the young
girls attention? If he whistled. MUIR
dock would answer himself, and the
last chance would be lost. But would
she hear a shout And, if she did, would
not her father prevent her from render
ing any assistance? Yet what other
chance was there? Poor Sprague was
dying; perhaps already dead. There
was no time to lose.
ITO Be Continued
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70 Mothers Of Largo Fan11k

In this workaday world few women
are so placed that physical exertion
IS not Constantly demanded Of them
in their daily life.
Mrs. Pinkham makes special appeal
to mothers of large families whose
work is never done, and many OF
whom suffer, and suffer for lack OF
intelligent aid.
To women. young or old. rich or
poor, Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Aass.s
extends her invitation OF free advice
Oh, women! do not let your lives b
sacrificed when word from MA
Pinlkham, at tho first approach %
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CHAPTER XXI.

FATHER AND OAUGHTER.
After Sprague had left her, Agnes,
shaken by the conflicting emotions of
the day, had gone to her room to rest
and to prepare for the interview
which she meant to have with her
father on the subject of her lover
and of Chatham.
Having received word that Murdoch
would remain in his study during the
rest of the afternoon, she had taken
time to reflect upon what she meant
to say, and how she meant to say it,
Her visit was not prompted by the
desire of a daughter to confide the
great happiness of her life to the low
ing sympathy of an affectionate par
emit; but Agnes was punctilious in the
performance of what she considered
to be her duties, great and small, and
she counted it among those duties to
obtain, or at any rate to seek, the pa
ternal sanction of her choice of 4
husband.
Her knock at the door of Murdock's
study was answered in the chemists
quiet voice:
"Come in.'
As she opened the door. Mprdock
advanced to meet her. He seemed to
come from the direction of the ex-
tension.
Miss Murdoch shifted the air.
isn't there = leak of gas 2" she in
Quired.
YES" replied Murdoch; 81 have
just stopped q leak in the laboratory.
Won't you take Z chair, Agnes?
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He came to me with letters of recon-
mendation from good friends of mine,
and 1 therefore occasionally invited
him to the house; but that is all the
encouragement he ever got from me.
We live in the United States and at
the close of the nineteenth century
The selection of husband is no long
err performed by stern parent, but
is left entirely to the young girl her
SELF. That is certainly my way Of
looking at the matter. When you
find the man of your choice, my only
function will be to give you advice,
if you seek it, and my best assistance
in any event."
The turn of the conversation thus
suddenly brought to the surface the
topic which occupied the young girls
mind, to the exclusion Of all others;
and which, for that very reason, had
been kept severely in the background
up to that point.
THAT reminds me-" said Agnes,
consciously, as a charming flush suf-
fused her beautiful face, "that I have
not yet preached the principal object
of this interview"
Murdoch observed her closely and
waited for her to proceed. But Agnes
was once more laboring under a
strange embarrassment and could not
find words in which to frame the con-
fidence she was SO reluctant to offer.
Perhaps the chemist OWNED some
thing of the nature of what she was
struggling to find expression for. At
any rate, he noticed her embarrass-
ment and endeavored to come to her
assistance with q few encouraging
words, spoken with unusual gentle
ness. Agnes, engrossed with her own
thoughts. did not notice It; but there
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weakness, may fill your future years
with healthy Joy.
"When I began to take Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was
not able to do my housework. sui
fered terribly at time of menstruation.
Several doctors told me they could do
nothing for me- Thanks to Mrs. Pink
hams advice and medicine am now
well, and can do the work for eight In
tie family.
ST would recommend Lydia =.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all
mothers with large families. ~ MRS.
CARR1E BE11Ev1LLH, Ludington, Mich.
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She felt4his- calm, searching glance

She feltahis calm, searching glance
upon her; and, in spite of her prep
aration, she grew embarrassed, as
was her wont, in her fathers pres
ence.
did Mr.. Chatham wait to see you
this afternoon?" she asked, after q
momentary silence.
Murdoch observed her narrowly.
Eyes; Chatham has been here to-
day. did not know that you had
seen him."
81 could not help seeing him; for
he forced his way into the parlor, IN
prevent him."
"a An almost imperceptible furrow ap-
peared between the chemists eyes.
HAS he been annoying you with
his attentions?'
The words were spoken in Muir
docks usual tones; but Agnes saw
something in her fathers eyes and
in the firm lines of his mouth which
sent cold SILVER down her spine, and
caused her pity to go out to the un-
fortunate young man who had offend
ed her.
perhaps he is more to be pitied
than blamed" she suggested, gently.
"My interview with him was certain
ly not pleasant; but bear him no
malice"
"Tell me about it," said Murdoch,
slowly.
Agnes gave her version of the visit,
in which, instinctively, she softened,
as much as possible, the passion and
brutality displayed by the account
ant.
s. Murdock listened in silence until
she had quite finished. Then Agnes
noticed that his right hand was
clenched upon the arm of his chair
with force which caused the mus
cles to stand out in hard knots. She
looked up into his face in sudden sur
prise.
His features gave no indication of
what his feelings might be; and his
voice, as usual, was steady and DELHI
crate.
81 am sorry all this should have
happened, Agnes. AS I told you yes
terday, hoped to save you from this
mans opportunities. 1t cannot be
helped now. But think made it
clear to the gentleman that his atten-
tions are as distasteful to me as they
are to you. AS he seems to have told
you, he has been obliged to leave the
country-I understand that he has
done something or other which makes
it safer for him to undertake long
journey. At any rate, we are well rid
of him for some time to come, and
think you need have no fear of fur
ther molestation."
"What did he mean by saying that
he had had encouragement from
your" asked the young girl.
81 am sure I do not know. That
was of course lie out of whole cloth.
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CHAPTER XXI.-CoNTINUED.
A DETECTIVE STORY
BY EDGAR MORETTE.


Sprague rushed to the speaking-tube
and whistled long and loud, after
which he placed his ear to the mouth
piece.
81 hear some one walking" he sud-
denly exclaimed.
The two men listened in breathless
silence for IN answering call.
"Well, gentlemen, what can do for
you?"
The words came in Murdock's voice.
Sprague's eyes met those of the re-
porter and saw that the last faint glim-
mer of hope was gone. In that swift
and silent interchange of thought
there was resignation to the inevitable
doom and the final farewell of two
brave hearts.
The spluttering candle gave it's last
oners in utter darkness.
The room was rapidly filling with
gas and they were beginning to feel it's
effects.
1--WE can at least complete our task
before we die" said Sturgis, with grim
determination.
"Our task!"
eyes, and insure Murdock's convic-
ton for our murder"
what chance is there that anyone
will ever discover our bodies, since they
are destined for Murdock's oblivion
tank?''
''Give me your hand" Sturgis re-
piled; "there is box of matches.
place it here. between us. within easy
reach. l want to write few words
to the superintendent of police to cx-
plain matters. By that time there
will be enough gas in the room to
produce terrific explosion, when we
strike match. We can thus succeed
in wrecking this place and calling at
tention to it. If I should succumb
before you do, do not fail to light
the match"
While he was speaking the reporter
had taken from his pocket a pad and
Q pencil and had begun to write as
rapidly as he could in the darkness
Sprague's head was beginning to
swim and his ears were ringing, but
the thought of Agnes Murdoch was
uppermost in his mind.
AN explosion!" he exclaimed; mo,
no; that must not be. What of
Agnes? She may be hurt?''
Sturgis continued writing.
1T is the only chance there is of
bringing Murdoch to JUSTICE" he said,
firmly.
"But Agnes is innocent Of his
Grimes" urged the artist, in thick
voice. His tongue Glove to his palate;
he felt his consciousness ebbing.
why should she suffer? I am GO
ing, old mani cannot hold out any
longer-Promise me that you-that
you will not-strilse-the match"
He staggered and fell against the
reporter, who caught him in his
arms. His own senses were reeling.
promise" pleaded the half-uncon-
scious man.
81 promise" answered Sturgis, after
an instant's hesitation.
It struck a chill to his heart to see
his friend dying in the prime of youth,
strength and happiness.
Suddenly thought flashed upon
him.
s'Brace up, old fellow. All IL not
yet over. The speaking-tube leads to
fresh air. Here, put your lips to it
and breathe through your mouth"
The artist heard the words and
made an effort to obey these direc-
tiona- With Sturgis' assistance he
managed to place his lips to the
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POLICE OFFICER RESCUED.
Omcer A. G. Swanson Of the Council
Bluffs Force Tells an Inter. {
esting Story.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Feb. 4, 1901 (Spe-
cial).-Kind-hearted Officer Swanson,
OF the local police force, is very pop
u.ar in this city. He has lived here
for seventeen years, and has enjoyed
many high Offices in social and society
work. He is now vice president of the
"Dannebrog" Brotherhood, the larg-
est Danish secret society in America,
which combines benevolent with the
social features. Owing to the con-
slant exposure and many hours on his
feet, which his duty as Police On
Ger makes unavoidable, Mr.. Swanson
became the victim of serious Kidney
and Liver Trouble. He was very bad.
but has entirely recovered. He Rives
the story in his own words as follows:
Il have been a sufferer for many
years with Kidney and Liver Trou-
BILE, and have tried many remedies.
some of which gave me temporary re-
lief, and Others which were absolutely
worthless. I began to think that
there was no help for me, when my
nephew gave me part OF a box Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills which he had left.
saying that 1t would do no harm to
try them, as they had certainly fixed
him ell right. What he gave me
helped me so much that felt justified
in purchasing more, and I grew slowly
better. It took almost two months to
effect complete cure, as mine was
a very bad case, but I can cheerfully
and truthfully say that I am q well
man to-day, and am very grateful
that Dodd's Kidney Pills were thus
brought to my notice."
The wonderful cures effected BY
Dodd's Kidney Pills in Iowa have
created quite q sensation in some
parts OF the stnte. There does not
seem to be any case Of Lame Back.
Rheumatism, Kidney or Bladder from
BILE which these wonderful Pills can
not cure. They are certainly pop-
ular here, and the sale through the
local druggists 10 very large.
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WIN ne q woman.

"Henpeck's baby is tongue-tied,
they say. Is he going to have its
tongue cut loose?"
mo; he says he don't think he win.
It is a CIR" Philadelphia Bulletin.