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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-03
TROUBLES IN SIGHT
CITY rs ASKED TO SETTLE A BILL
FOR $4,000.
FINE LAW POINTS INVOLVED
Fred Nichols, Whose Cabin Was Fumi-
gated by Sanitary Inspector,
Wants Pay For His
l7 Goods. AM

Some one is going to get into trouble,
and if any lawyer from Philadelphia or
any other legendary town Of wisdom,
can figure out who it will be there's
large sized fee in sight for him.
The trouble arises over the fumiga-
ton Of the Nichol cabin by the sanitary
inspector.
powers that be Inspector Weldon is
blameless in the matter, yet the owner
of the cabin is trying to hold some one
responsible.
Letter to City Clerk.
This morning Attorney Crawford E,
White filed the following communications
with the city clerk: *
"To the Honorable Mayor and the City
Council of the City of Butte, Mont
Gentlemen: On the - day of Novem-
Der, 1901, the health department,
through it's agent, Frank Weldon, en-
tered the cabin of Fred Nchol, on the
Anaconda road, and destroyed by fumi-
cation some goods and provisions with
out his permission or consent.
Erred Nichol has at no time been con-
fined or detained in any house with a
contagious disease, nor has anyone so
exposed or infected been in his cabin
AN itemized bill of articles destroyed
by fumigation at Nicors cabin is here
with attached.
Wherefore, Fred Nichol petitions the
honorable mayor and the city council
to allow the sum of $63, for the goods
and provisions so destroyed.
CRAWFORD S. WHITE,
attorney for Fred Nichol."
The Bill Attached.
Dried elk meat, so pounds. .........$3 so
Elk tallow, pounds. ............... 100
Flour 100 pounds. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1.5O
Bacon, 10 pounds ................... 1.75
Royal Baking Powder, pounds. ESQ
Syrup, one gallon. IS
Pepper. pounds. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IS
Mustard, "Coleman's," pounds. IS
Spices, one pound .................... so
Potatoes, onions, rice, coffee, etc.. 100
One overcoat Gin good condition) ....1500
IOIal ................ $oo.OV
The claim will go before the council
tomorrow night, and will probably result
in a lawsuit against the city, in which
fine legal distinction may be drawn.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
FROM GAY TO GRAVE

There is an usher at one of the
downtown theaters, says Philadelphia
paper. who is professional pallbearer
during the day. Il get" he says, "$2bo
for every pallbearing engagement, and
/ like the work. 1t is, you see, such
a complete and pleasant change from
my theatrical employment. | must
wear a gala smile at the theater at
all times, and the gayety there, the
mirth and light-heartedness prove very
monotonous. l long for something in
gloomy black, with look OF gloom In
my eyes, and the sobs | hear, the
groans, the lamentations and lugubri-
GUS music are very soothing to me art
er the eternal heartless jollity Of the
playhouse. The two kinds Of work
diversity my life; l touch on two ex-
tremss; l make, besides, good deal
of moaey. / have made $50 week as
pallbearer. At the theater my salary
is only $3.50. There are certain per-
uuisities at the theater, however, per-
quisities won through seating people,
which materially increase my income.
1t Is aot an uncommon thing among us
ushers 10 be pallbearers during the
day."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

The Bsaumont-Port Art hur OIL Strike.
Experts claim that the wonderful
discovery of oil between Beaumont
and Port Arthur, Tex, has produced
the greatest oil gusher ever known in
the world.
The flow from the well is estimated
between twenty and twenty-five thou
sand barrels per day. This great
strike is at once benefit not only to
the territory in the vicinity OF the
well, but to the entire state Of Texas
and the South.
1t is we'll known fact that coal
is a very scarce commodity in Texas
and it is already predicted that oil
will soon be used by the railroads
in lieu of coal as a result Of this
great discovery
Hundreds of people are flocking to
the new oil district, which is locat-
ed on the Kansas City Southern
Railway, seeking homes and invest
ments. 1t adds one more attraction
to the list of resources for which
this railway is already noted.
The Kansas City Southern Railway
operates solid through trains, with
free chair cars and sleepers from Kan
sas City to the Beaumont-Port Ar
thur oil district, leaving Kansas City
HOO a. m. daily. Arriving at Beau
mont S:42 pm. Arriving Fort Arthur
$3.50 p. m.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

the Chinese conclude that it could i'm
pede the progress of "a ship. entirely
overlooking the fact that the ship
would drag it through the water.
The power of the disc does not dis
appear when the fish is dead. Even
when cut off from the body Of the fish,
this curious contrivance can be ap-
piled to any smooth SURFACE. and will
hold with astonishing tirmness.
The Chinese employ the sucking fish
to catch turtles, using it asa fishing
hook. They catch one of these fishes
and before it is dead pass ring
through the tail fin and attach line.
The fish then is put back into the wa
ter and allowed to swim in search of
turtles. which are found sleeping on
the surface of the water. When the
fish has attached itself ,firhly to the
shell Of the turtle theswily2 Celestial
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

ly believe that by means Of the sucker
on the top of its head this little fish
can arrest the progress of ships, how
ever powerful, as suddenly and firmly
as If they had struck upon rock.
The winds may blow, the sails may fill.
and the masts may creak, but so long
as the unseen fish below retains its
vise-like hold upon the hull of the
ship the vessel will be confined to the
spot as effectually as If it had lowered
its anchor. At least. so the Chinese
believe.
Whether it possesses the power
which the Chinese claim for it or not,
the fact remains that once the fish
has attached itself it cannot be re-
moved without tearing the disc, or
sucker, from the body.
The disc which enables this little
fish to accomplish such big feats is
composed of several fiat, bony laminae,
arranged in parallel lines much in the
same manner as the Stats in the COM
mon wooden window blind These
laminae are capable of being raised or
depressed at will, and are moved by a
set of muscles set obliquely.
The fish attaches itself to a surface
by pressing the soft and Shiny edge
of it's disc against the object and de-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

taken with very distressing pains 10
my stomach.
II seldom had a passage Of the bow
els naturally. | consulted another
physician with no better results. The
disease kept growing on me, until J
had exhausted the ability of sixteen OF
Rochester's best physicians. The last
physician advised me to give up my
work and go south, after he had treat
ed me for one year. a,
Il was given a thorough examination
with the X-ray. They could not even
determine what my trouble was. Some
of your testimonials In the Rochester
papers seemed to me worthy Of con-
sideration, and l made up my mind to
try a bottle of Peruna. Before the
bottle was half gone | noticed change
for the better | am now on the fifth
bottle, and have not an ache or pain
anywhere. Ny bowels move regularly
every day, and | have taken on eight
cen pounds OF flesh. l have recomS
mended Peruna to a great many and
they recommend it very highly.
have told several people that If they
would take a bottle Of Peruna, and
could then candidly say that it had not
DenenteQ lHeW, Wouiu pdy All Ih0
medicine "A. c. Lockhart.
Mr.. w. P. Peterson, Of Morris, ILL.,.
says:
II was nearly dead with catarrhal
dyspepsia and am now we'll man, bet
ter, in fact. than l have been for TWEEN
ty years or more.
Since got cured by your Peruna
have been consulted by a great many
people"
II you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use Of PEI
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman.
giving a full statement OF your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
Ohio.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
House Of Representatives,
Washington, Feb. 4, 1899.

Washington, Feb. 4, 1899.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
3 Ohio
Gentlemen-w have taken Peruna
now for two weeks, and find ! am
very much relieved feel that my
cure will DO permanent. | have also
taken It for la grippe, and | take pleas
ure Ia recommending Peruna rs an
excellent remedy TO all fellow suffer-
ers."-M. w. Howard.
I Congressman Towards home adj
dress Is Fort Payne, Ala.
II OST people think that catarrh Is a
M disease confined to the head and
IHl nose. Nothing is farther from
the truth. It may be that the nose and
throat Is the oftenest affected by ca
tarrh, but II this is so it is so only
because these parts are more exposed
to the vicissitudes of the climate than
the other parts Of the body.
Every organ, every duct, every cavity
of the human body is liable to catarrh.
A multitude Of ailments depend on Ca
tarrh. This Ia true winter and sum-
mer. Catarrh causes many cases OF
chronic disease, where the victim has
not the slightest suspicion that catarrh
has anything to do with 1t.
The following letter which gives the
experience Of Mr.. A. c. Lockhart is a
case in point:
Mr.. A. C. Lockhart, West Henrietta,
N. Y, Box SO, in letter written to
DR.. Hartman says the following OF
Peruna:
About fifteen years ago l COM
menced to be ailing, and consulted a
physician. He pronounced my trouble
q species of dyspepsia, and advised me,
after he had treated me about six
months, to get leave Of absence from
my business and go into the country.
! did SO and got temporary relief. l
went back to work again. but was
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
= A DANGEROUS PRACTICE

A timely hint to parents may be
found in news paragraph from Gin
cinnati telling of the harmful results
following distribution of sample
packages by patent medicine vendors
in that city. The packages. done up in
envelope form, were left by boys on
the doorsteps of residences. Directions
were printed on the envelopes, but in
many cases little children who were
unable to read found the medicine
which are lozenge-shSped and candied.
and ate 1t greedily. THE medicine is
violent purgative, one tablet a dose
for an adult, and the children who par
took of the supposed candy were in
several cases taken seriously ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Probably the most remarkable fish
in existence is the little fish known
as remora echeneis. BY means of a
sucking device on the top of its head
and shoulders the remora echeneis, or
sucking fish, as it IS called more COM
monty by fishermen. attaches itself so
firmly to smooth surfaces that 1t is
impossible to detach it.
This property of the sucking fish
gave to it it's curious name, remora
echeneis, which signifies ship-holder.
Just why it is called ship-holder has
never been learned with any degree
Of certainty, but tisheremn will tell
you a yarn of how this little fish can
stop ships. The Chinese most implicit
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
Russian Outposts Near at Hand.

In the Boring straits Russia and Am
erica shake hands. Big Diomede is
land and little Diomede stand side by
side, the former Russias outpost, the
other our own. A little strip OF. mar
row sea lies between the two, and SO
clear is the air on fair day that 1T
seems as If from one island you could
easily reach across hand to the other.
North, across Kotzeline sound, is Point
Hope, barren sand spit, extending far
into the Arctic sea. 1t is the home of =
tribe Of Eskimos, who go to the mis-
sion school and church and learn to
sing hymns, to speak little English
and to use soap.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
HOW The SUCKING FISH CATCHES A TURTLE

easiest part, for even when the fish
is hooked securely it by no means Is
caught.
AS soon as it feels the sharp prick
of the hook it darts to the bottom or
the boat or some other smooth surface
and affixes itself so strongly and with
such Spartan-like determination not
to be taken alive. that the hook may
be torn. out of it's mouth before the,
fish will relax its pertinacious hold.
BY drawing the fish smartly out Of
the water just as soon as it is firmly
hooked, however, it can be caught
without much trouble. And in this
way hundreds are caught by the Chi
pese and used to catch turtles.
The sucking fish is seldom more than
Twelve inches long and is dusky brown,
in color being darker on the back than
on the abdomen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

neat-looking boots with pointed toes,
which cramp the feet like oriental ban
dages, and become instruments Of tor
ture to the wearer. Next to tight hUots
and shoes, the most. potent factors for
causing tender feet are badly fitting
socks and stockings these should al
ways be chosen with as few seams as
possible to keep the feet in good con-
dition there is nothing better than
frequently bathing them with warm
water in which has been placed hand
full of salt This is especially effica-
cious for those who suffer from tired
or tender feet .., :. ~
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Glowing reports come from the
sheepraising district in southern Colo
RADIO. The Arkansas valley is under
irrigation over an area OF eighty-five
miles long and ten miles wide, and
will shortly become the greatest lamb
feeding center in the world. At the
present time over $4,000 sheep and
lambs are on feed there, and judging
from the rate of increase there should
be 100000 in another year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

It is contemplated to construct a
railroad similar to the Jungfrau line
to the summit Of Mont Blanc. NJ
Vallot, the director of the Mont Blanc
observatory, and M. Deperet, professor
of mineralogy at the Lyons university
in conjunction with M. Fabre, French
engineer, have been engaged for some
time past in surveying the sides of the
mountain to ascertain suitable route
and the atmospheric conditions. The
result Of these investigations is the
projection of a line probably starting
from the village of Houches, on the
Savoy side, to the summit, to have a
total length of eleven miles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

After a recent contest it came out
that in some instances the struggling
athletes were sustained by the use of
arsenic, strychnine and nitroglycerine.
The winner in a close trial may tri-
umph because the trainer has been
judicious in administering tonic drugs.
But does not the pharmaceutical road
to victory seem less attractive than
the old way which led through physi-
cal strength and skill unaided by the
stimulants which medicine offers?
There is a modernness about the pos
sibility of being beaten by a sixtieth
of a grain of strychnine. which to
earlier athletes would have brought
both wonder and regret
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

pressing the laminae, thus forming 4
complete vacuum. BY reason of the
vacuum so formed the fish adheres
tightly to the spot upon which it has
placed its disc, and can detach itself
only by sliding its body forward in
direction corresponding with the set
of laminae.
When the sucking fish attaches it.
self to a moving body 1t. always takes
care to fix itself so thatjshs water cam
not wash it off, and, from Fhat fact,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Were the protection of our forests
carried to the full extent. there would
be no offender to come under the con-
demnation which Phillips Brooks thus
expressed: "There is something wrong
about a man that needlessly plucks Off
a new leaf-bud from forest tree, even
if he be where no human steps would
have been sheltered by its shade and
no human eye charmed with Its
beauty"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
STICKING FISH With WHICH CHINESE Catch TURTLES

at the end of the line draws the fish
in with its prey.
Before you can eat fish you have
got to catch it. The same thing APP
plies when you want to use fish as
a fishing hook And that is where the
Chinaman finds his hardest job, for
the sucking fish is probably the hard
est fish to catch. A piece Of raw meat
is used as bait. The sucking fish Is
lively and takes the hook eagerly. The
hooking of the fish, however, is the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

A 81 bill bearing only stamp and
no wrapper for written communica-
ton on mails from Chicago. The bill
served as a wrapper from a written
communication on a card. and was
sewed to the card. On the outside of
the bill was pasted bit of white pa
per bearing a two-cent stamp and the
address, Question was raised as to the
right of sending money in this manner
but the bill in the end was allowed to
20 on its way.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
STADIUM AT THE PAN-AMERIcAN MIDWAY

railway, captive balloon. Temple OF
Isis, Japanese village, ostrich farm.
statuary while you wait. Johnstown
food, souvenir mailing cards, Alt Nurn-
berg, miniature Chicago Worlds Fair,
glass factory, Indian concession, sod
house village and wild animal show
OF the $1O,0O0,O00 expenditure to per-
feet the exposition, 100000 go into
the Midway.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Among the noteworthy requests for
charitable purposes during the past
year was that of a Navajo Indian,
whose estate. valued at over $4,000,
was left for the establishment of free
medical dispensary, as IAN aid in eX-
tinguishing cruel aboriginal supersti-
lions in the tribe" The giver recog-
nized the fact that, in an important
sense, it is for the Indian to say what
the future of the Indian shall be.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

What Booker Washington is saying
to the men Of his own race, another
clear voice is saying to the white folks:
What the south needs Is respect for
work. We must put on our overalls
and use our hands, There is no sec
tionalism in such lesson; it is law
and gospel for all ATTITUDES and longi-
tudes. Industrial development offers
both basis and security for ali higher
interests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

most exciting manner, especially since
the close Of. the Paris exposition. The
house upside down and several other
foreign attractions have recently been
accepted. Among other. novelties the
Filipino village, covering eleven acres,
is expected to be exceedingly varie-
gated and picturesque, The following
is a partial list Of concessions granted
to date.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
Exposing q Mean Uame.

A Pennsylvania person has started
a 'possum farm near the city OF Read
ing, and will 60 into the raising OF
the animals as a steady industry. Isn't
It about time something was done to
stop these northern attempts to draw
the colored population away from the
south ?-Nashville American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

A curious street car line is that be-
tween Atami and Yoshihoma, two
coast towns in the province of lie,
Japan. The line is seven miles long,
the rolling stock consists of single
car, and the motive power is furnished
by a couple of muscular coolies, who
push the car along wherever power Is
necessary When the car comes to a
down grade they jump on and ride.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

forro in harmony of architecture and
color scheme with the buildings and
decorations of the exposition proper.
The original midway at the Chicago
fair, which has given new noun to
the English language, "growed" like
\ opsy, but this one has been prear-
ranged with scientific and artistic pre-
vision, and promises to be one of the
best selected and most compact amuse-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Darkness and dawn, African village
Mexican village, infant incubator,
Venice in America, trip to the moon,
aerio cycle, Hawaiian volcano and the
alter, moving pictures, slot-picture ma
chimes, war cyclorama, Colorado gold
mines, Pabst's Temple of Gambrinus,
mirror maze, Cleopatra's court, scenic
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Speaking Of the difficulty students
experience in remembering the exact
situation of the mitral and tricuspid
valves of the heart, Prof. Huxley once
remarked that he remembered that the
mitral ESQ called from its resemblance
to the headgear of the church digni-
tary) must be on the left side, because
a bishop could never be in the right.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Potatoes are now being imported
from the Pacific coast to China. The
first large shipment of potatoes from
this country to the Walled Empire was
reported short while ago. The car
go left Tacoma, WASH, for Shanghai.
The Chinese have drawn on the Pacific
coast for breadstuffs in recent years,
but this is the first sign that they have
acquired taste for potatoes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
Aud.e,.x Of ch,eaxe roetp.d..

Chicago footpads are audacious and
ingenious. Two Of them despoiled
helpless woman of her purse and fled,
pursued by dozen citizens. When the
highwaymen had lured the pursuers to
, comparatively deserted street, they
turned at bay, and held up the entire
hozen. not leaving q nickel in any OF
their pocksta.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
Militia Men for Twenty Five Years.

Col. John Z. Eddy and his brother,
Major William H. Eddy, have each
served in the New York militia TWEEN
ty-five years and are eligible to retire
ment. 1t is probable that these veteran
officers will be given advanced brevet
rank and retired early next year.
They are members of manufacturing
firm in Brooklyn.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

An intelligent farmer has discovered
that by planting onions and potatoes
in the same field in alternate rows
the onions become so strong that they
bring tears to the eyes OF the pota-
toes in such volume that the roots are
kent moist and big crop is raised
in spite Of the drought
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

The midway at the Pan-American
exposition is not a middleway, but, in
Guiding the stadium, which seats H.
900 people, runs across one end of the
exposition grounds and sweeps grace
fully around and down on one side,
while all buildings and inclosed con-
cess.ons are laid out and made to con-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

Revenge is kind Of wild Justice,
which the more mans nature runs to
the more ought law to weed out; for
as for the first wrong. 1t doth but Of
fend the law, but the revenge OF that
wrong putteth the law out Of office.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

ment features ever attempted, adyan-
tage having been taken of all previous
experiences of the kind, Some 1000 ap-
plications, covering over 600 subjects,
have been received and passed upon
for concessions within. the. mile OF
space, and they continue to pour in
upon the director of concessions in a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
~, 1,cre.,s Bill Posters. Licenses.

The council of st. Joseph, Mo-, is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY OF increas-
ing the cost of bill posters licenses
from $50 to $500. 1t is thought by that
means the practice whereby the walls
and fences of the city are covered with
unsightly posters may be discouraged.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15

A company at Ansonia, Conn, has
lust received the largest order for cop
per trolley wire ever placed in this
country. The weight is more than
1000 900 pounds and the destination
is British India, where the wire will
,e used to equip one Of the first trolley
lines in that colony.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-15
Causes of Tender Feet.

Tender feet are usually caused by
tight and ill-fitting boots and shoes,
which also produce such painful COM
plants as corns, bunions, enlarged
Joints and ingrowing toenAils. Avoid