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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Wonders of Dying Dolphin.

We were on a sailing ship. seven
passengers of us, bound from Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, to New York. Our
ship was a bark, the Adelaide Fender
CAST, owned in New FORK. She had
been long out from her home harbo-,
first to Cadiz, Spain, with merchan-
disc; thence to Rio de Janeiro. for
coffee, with which she was now laden.
Her crew were Norwegians, her master
Capt. John Lawson, as jolly an Irish
man as ever sailed the salty waves,
says a writer in Forest and Stream.
"Hurrah!" cried the captain op1 day.
Here is something new for you! Come
and see dolphin, the most beautiful
fish that lives in water" We made
rush for the bulwarks, and to our de-
light saw swimming along with us sew
eral erald-hued fish, from three to
five feet long, graceful in shape and
motion. Their bodies were like satin,
of delicate green shading to deeper
hue at the fins. Darling and whirling,
they changed places rapidly, moving
from one side of the ship to the other.
"I'll give you sight you never saw
before" exclaimed the captain. "You
shall see dying dolphin" He brought
his gig, a small harpoon, with its cruel
fishhook darts, and fastening line to
its long handle, made it secure around
his wrist. Cant hook these fellows
with hook and line" he said. We
had already been RECALLED with shark
and barracuda from the line that hung
at the stern. The captain leaned over
the rail. With 1.-THE motion the fish
darted under the weapon suspended
over them. A quick plunge, with sure
aim, green flash through the air, and
the struggling, leaping victim was
landed on the deck. And now we saw
the dying dolphin. Let scientists ex-
plain how it changes its colors; we can
but make record of its appearance. The
glowing green died away to silver.
This became spotted with blue, which
gradually spread until the whole fish
was a sapphire color. Waves Of gold
flashed over 1t, growing deeper until 1t
was golden fish, only to be trans
formed into roseate one by spots
which came and extended. Thus from
color to color changed the cleaning
sides of the quivering beauty OF the
deep, until pity was almost forgotten
in admiration and we exclaimed:
Never have we seen anything more
beautiful than dying dolphin" We
were practical enough to enjoy the
friend fish, of delicate golden brown,
which was a welcome relief to our
salty bill of fare but that is common
place recollection compared in the
minds eye with the memory Of the
fish, which, swanlike, yields its charms
in the dying hour.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Works IN BIG WORDS
City Oniclal Language He Does Not
Understand.


Understand.
There is q certain city official who
although capable enough lin his Ibusi-
ness, Is notorious for his lack OF
knowledge of the kings English and
for his fondness for big words, says the
New York Times. He came to his Office
one misty, muggy day and, noticing
that the air was foul, called out to one
of his subordinates: open that win
dow and putrefy the ART" On another
occasion, when called upon to take ac-
tion for an infraction Of one OF the
city ordinances, he was asked where he
got his information. ooh, | got word
through unanimous letter that this
work was being carried on supersti-
tiously." Speaking of his horse. fine
trotter, which he drives almost daily
on the speedway, he remarked: Il
can't drive out for some time because
Jack (he horse) has spasm on his
hind leg. On another occasion, speak
ing of severe storm in which he had
been caught, he said: 1T was per-
feet toronto" Once in speaking OF his
daughter, who, he said, was inclined
to be musical, he remarked: Il am
going to send her to the Controversy OF
Music" Once he felt i'll and blue, and,
to a friend, he. remarked: Il am
growing feeble and feel as If my work.
ing days were about over. am poor
man and suppose I'll have to pass my
last days in some institution for In
dignant old men,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
A SHIPS NEGRO CAPTAIN.
Colored Man Who Il Successful on the

Ocean.
A colored man has been made cap
tain of the British schooner Sarah e.
Douglass, now in port with cargo of
pineapples from the West Indies. He
is Captain Robert G. Sawyer, of Saw
annah Sound, Eleuthera Island, BAHIA
mas. Captain Sawyer was born in the
West Indies. In boyhood he followed
the life of most colored boys in the
Bahamas, which consists in diving for
conch shells, sponges and fishes, and
owing to the geography Of the country,
they spend the best part of their lives
in small boats. crossing the rivers,
bays and sounds which honeycombed
the island. Eighteen years ago the
captain went to sea in deep-sea YES
sells. He educated himself and mas
tered mathematics SO that he could
solve the intricate problems of naviga-
ton. He then became a navigator,
and was seen here in the West In
dian schooners Brothers and Sarah E.
| Douglass as navigator of these YES
sells between the West Indies and Bal
timore in the pineapple season. When
the Douglass entered the pineapple
trade this season Captain Sawyer was
appointed master by ]. w. Calmer OF
Nassau, who owns the vessel. Captain
Sawyer is man Of powerful physique
He is about 6 feet inches tall and
weighs 214 pounds, every ounce Of
which seems to be muscle and bone
| He Is built like Roman wrestler
speaks English fluently and has ex
cellent manners. He has dark brown
skin. He wears natty blue yacht
ing suit and cap.-Baltimore Ameri
can.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

attorney over all mans actions? II
you had gone with me meant to wait,
the beach would have been better than
this dusty litter Of law. l suppose you
understood-you couldn't care"
The woman with the tired eyes
moved impulsively; for an instant her
cheek rested carressingly against the
loose linen sleeve of his office coat
then she started up and went quickly
to the door.
"Just one moment" Hamlin pleaded,
folding his arms and standing deter
minedly where she had left him.
"Please-dear. I'll bring the horse
around?"
The typewriter turned at the open
door. "Well," she agreed hurriedly.
Hamlin's heart broke into glad song.
The eyes he loved were no longer tired.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
How jamie Landed His Big Fish.

A fifty-two pound catfish was taken
from a shallow pool formed by the
subsistence of the Platte river, few
days ago. SAYS Fremont, Neb.. corre-
spondent of the Nebraska State Jour-
nal. Jamie Mclean, boy of about Is
years, was going after some of his
fathers horses in Saunders county and
happened to hear splashing Of the
water behind him. He looked around
and beheld fish of huge proportions
fioundering around in the pool. He at
once formed lasso Of the rope he
was carrying and proceeded to fasten
It round the head of the fish. While
he was thus engaged the creature
knocked him down once with its tail,
but he finally managed to get the rope
in place. He then mounted his horse
and fastened the end of the rope to
the saddle and started for the shore.
The fish was so strong that progress
was made but slowly, and at one time
the horse began to sink in the quick
sand. but after considerable pulling
and hauling the catch was safely
landed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Love and the Law.
ny 4 H LANCASTER.

BY II. ILAlNSAo
Copyright, 1901. by Daily Story PUP ~
For the twentieth time that atter-
noon, Tom Hamilton snapped MS
watch and returned it to his pocket
He was not interested in the passage
Of time-that pile of copying mus
be finished whether it took him until
midnight; but these brief intermis-
sions gave him an opportunity to looK
1t a shy thought that had haunted MIN
since daylight. And the oftener he
looked at it the better he liked 1t. In
the morning, it is true, he had laughed
at it; during the forenoon shrugseu
his shoulders impatiently; but IN the
afternoon.-he took out his watch anu
stared at the dial.
That a man of his staid, prosalc
make up should have dreamed at ali,
was absurd; but that the dream should
have upset all his waking Thoughts
and come between his attention ana
his business affairs was worse IMAM
apsurd-it was serious.
And wha. was the dream? only a
waste of wild white waters, storm
swept but glorious, In the foreground
towering wave curving inward
grandly crested. an ogre of the sea,
And he upon the cliff dashed with
spray and beaten by the wind. A de-
licious dream for hot summer night;
small wonder that he liked to recall
it again and again through the stiff
ding day.
Hamlin snapped the watch for the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Grand Thought. In tn. Forest

The tempered light Of the woods u
iil:e tempered morning. and Is stimu-
iating and heroic. The anciently re-
ported spells of those places creep on US.
rhe stems of pines, hemlocks and oaks.
almost CLEAN like iron on the excited
eye. The incommunicable trees begin to
persuade us to live with them. and quit
our life of solemn trifles. Here no his
tory, or church, or state, is interpolated
on the divine sky and the immortal
year.-Nature.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Yonr Exnreasion Tella An.

Wise men read very sharply ell your
private history in your look. and gait,
und behavior. The whole economy OF
nature Is bent on expression. The tell
tale body is all tongues. Men are like
Geneva watches with crystal faces,
which expose the whole movement.
They carry the liquor Of life flowing
up and down in these beautiful bottles.
and announcing to the curious how
II Is with them.-Behavior.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Women Pharmacists In the United State,

Women Pharmac ists In the United States.
It is fact not generally known that
there are nearly 400 women pharma-
cists in the United States. One Of the
largest apothecary establishments in
New England employs women almost
exclusively, giving them precedence
over men, and assigning as the reason
therefor that women can be depended
on. or, to use the language Of the head
of the concern: mo big heads, no
mistakes, hence no suits for damages,
as the result of careless reading Of pre-
scriptions." Many manufacturing
chemists employ women In different
-anacities.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

There is a physician in Philadelphia
who II so fond of the music Of Rich
ard Wagner that whenever a child is
born in family Of his patients he Will
suggest a name for it, invariably a
name from one Of the Wagner music
dramas Triplets, three little girls,
were born the other day that will be
named, thanks to the doctors sugges-
ton, Elisa, Elizabeth and Brunehilde.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

to Mic-Mac Indians OF North
America have an instrument known
as the moose call. It is a birch-bark
horn, and when blown by an expert
gives a fairly good imitation OF the
believing of moose.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

Life is series of surprises, and
would not be worth taking or keeping
II 1t were not God delights to isolate
us every day, and hide from us the
mast and the future. We would look
about us, but with grand politeness he
draws before us an impenetrab.e screen
of purest sky. and another behind US
of purest sky.-Experiencs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
GAGE Takes Few Holidays.

With the exception of Secretary
Root, Secretary Gage takes fewer holi'
days than any official in Washington
In forty years of business life in CHI
cago Mr.. Gage took ninety days ID
vacations.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

Cut for a walk with Nature,
Out to the hills and streams.
Out where the sunshine drifts and sifts
Through the leaves and stints your
dreams.
Out where the airs of the mountains
A breath of the snow brings down.
Out where the pine trees scent the breeze
Out of the sweltering town!
Into thy arms. o Nature.
Take me again, ] pray.
And fill my hoart with the old delight
| knew when n boy at play
Lean over me cool and tender,
And quiet me with thy calm: :,
MY passions quell with thy magic speN
And heal my wounds with thy bain'
For am thy child, o Nature,
Born nurIured and reared win tnee.
And the rush and heat of the thropoi'S
To me are an agony.
In the crowd of my kind I'm lonely,
But voice in my spirit sings .,,
A song of glee when dwell win thee
And talk with the soul of things.
I'm sick to death, o Nature.
I'm sick of the sordid strife,
I'm sick of the greed and the grinding
need. u.
The cheats and the deceits of life;
And | come as child to its mother
To renew my faith again, 49,
To regain the good IN the solitude
I've lost in the haunts OF men.
As a man athirst. o Nature.
BY thy cooling springs kneel:
And n deep soul-draught by my lips 10
quaffed, -, -,
AS a man who Is weary of doubling
From the worlds unfaith nee,
To grasp thy hand and to understand
The God that's revealed in thee'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30
Combinations of German Words.

Combinations OF German Words.
The German language has greater
power of combination Of words than
any other European tongue. BY the
liberal use Of the hyphen almost any
combination may be formed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

Even in a civil suit the lawyers can
be very uncivil to each other.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-30

SUNlt
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
Rvepate Granite Works Destroyed.

The Rvegate Granite Works near
South Ryegate were destroyed by ire
Monday night. There was no lire IN
use on the premises and it is be
lieved the flames must have been
of incendiary origin, although there is
no clue to one yet. The loss IS now
estimated at about Sl5, GOO with %, 0oo
insurance. Several insurance policies
were allowed to lapse only little
while ago and Vermont Mutual pol
lev for 5000 was the only one left
The principal owner of the works IS
Martin H. Gibson of Ryegate. k: r.
Carter was formerly the owner. The
Ryegate Granite Works was the prln-
cipal granite working plant in the
state outside of Barre. 1t employed
thirty cutters alone, in addition to
other help, and operate the largest
turning lathe in Vermont, which fact
threw great deal of column work IN
its way, In fact, one of the important
nieces of work lost in the tire and
valued at 81, 800 had just come from
the lathe. 1t was the principal in
dustry of this region, and the loss Is
severe one to the community. a part
at least. of the works will be rebuilt,
and work partially resumed in few
DAYS, as the power used is water power
and uuipiured.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
NORTH P0MFRET.

The schools in town begun Monday.
Miss Alice Hewitt teaches the village
school, Miss Mary Warren the one at
the Center and Miss Corey the one in
Hewittville.
Lula Snow went to Boston Monday.
Miss Leola Green visited her sister
in Sharon the first of the week. Dana
Bugbee of Massachusetts is stopping
with his parents here. John Burch
and wife of Sharon spent Thanksgiv-
ing with relatives in this place. Mrs.
Nellie Harrington of Barre is home
for short time. Mrs. Fred Pitkin OF
West Hartford spent Sunday with her
daughter here Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Briggs are visiting in Randolph this
week. Coy Bugbee and wife of Wat
erbury called on their parents here
last week. Mrs. George johnson OF
Barre is staying few days here with
her brothers. Dana King of Hartford
was in town last week. Dana Bur
bank is in Bridgewater this week; -.
Herman Bugbee sold off some of his
cows and young cattle at auction Sat
urday.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
EAST BETHEL.

The ladies of East Bethel and Vi
cinitv will hold church fair on the
evening of December 10, at Grange
hall. There will be sale of quilts
and fancy articles and cake, dough-
nuts and coffee.
For some time past Clifford Il Rix
have been trying to bring in some
wild young cattle from back pasture.
Last week they employed Mr.. Wells OF
Randolph to assist and he brought
along his dog who has considerable
intelligence as well as sand. The dog
when requested proceeded in bust
ness like manner to hold the cattle by
the nose until they were battered.
1t is understood that Mr.. Wells is do
ing quite business in that line.
Horace Clifford is quite sick. Don
Clifford is better Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Sanborn are with their son, Warren.
Mrs. W. P. Smith and her sister
from Mortified spent Thanksgiving
with their sister in New HAMPSHIRE
Miss H. c. Whitney is in Fitch
burg. Mass. Mark A. Burnham OF
Valley Falls, R. l., was at b. A..
Burnhams over Sunday. Ella Wills
was at her fathers over Sunday. The
call for cattle was not quite so sharp
at Stoughton's auction Saturday, as 1t
has been. People seem to care less
about buying than earlier in the season.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
THE St Adams Raid Recalled.

Stuart Young of Louisville, Ky,
who blew out his brains when he
learned that experts We're overhaullng
his accounts as city treasurer, was the
son of Bennett H. Young, leader OF
the st. Adams raiders, who on the
10th of October, 1864, rode through
the streets of the village Of st. Adams
firing revolvers and throwing against
the houses bottles of Greek fire. or
chemicals designed to set on fire every
thing infammable touched by them /;
seized the banks; held up the cashier,
plundered the vaults of over 200 oo ;
killed one man, Mr.. Morrison; shot
another through the body, wounded
several Others and escaped to Canada
with their booty At the time OF the
raid Young held commission as {.
lieutenant in the Provisional army OF
the Confederate States. After the
war he became prominent in business
and politics in Kentucky, was presii-
dent of railroad; and is now lead
ing and wealthy citizen of Louisville
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
State Agricultural Meeting.

The board of agriculture Will meet
during the winter beginning
the third week in December in these
towns, the exact dates to be announced
later: Troy, Lowell, Glover, Derby,
Danyille, Waterford. Newbury, Wash
ington, Corinth, Williamstown, Wood
bury, Berlin, Waitsfield, Sharon,
STAFFORD. West Windsor, Weston,
Townshend, Putney, Peru, Dorset
Rupert. Pittsford, Poultney, Sails
hurry. New Haven, Starksboro, Cam,
bridge. HYDE Park, Isle La Motto and
other towns not yet decided upon,
Among the speakers at these Will be /;
Col ]. H. Brigham, the assistant
secretary of the department of agrl-
culture, Washington, d. c.; DR.. &.
NJ Twitchell of Augusta, Maine
editor of the Maine Farmer; the Hon.
John Gould of Ohio; Prof. j. L. Hills
and L. r. Jones of the Agricultural
College: J. o. Stanford of Stamford,
state highway commissioner; Prof w:
r. Ranger, state superintendent OF
Education President Hill of the State
Horticultural society and several OF
the practical farmers of the state who
are experts in different branches OF
farming. Any town desiring meeting
NOT herein named can communicate
witb the secretary of the board. {. j..
Bell of East Hardvick.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06

fortune and founding fortune. Few
men chance upon fortunes. The tort
unes we know about are not found pnt
founded on a certain substantial basis.
The nature of that basis of fortune is
we'll set forth in the advice given by
successful merchant to young man
who asked, rWhat is the first requisite
to making a fortunel" "The first re-
ouisite to making a fortune" said the
rich man, "is health" "The idea that
fortunes are made suggests toll and in
dustry and skill. Nothing can be made
without these. But weak man cannot
toll, and industry is incompatible with
ill.health. If you want to be strong
remember that all physical strength
comes from food and that the amount OF
strength extracted from food depends
upon the ability of the stomach TO d.
ees. food and assimilate its nutrition.
The man who takes care OF his digestion
is, in general, taking care OF every other
organ Of his body"
SUCCESS AND THE STOMACH.
The merchant who gave the above
opinion may not have been much OF
physician but he was good deal OF a
philosopher. He had seen men with
success almost within the grasp, break
down because of rstomach trouble
He had theorized the saying that the
vweakest must go to the wall into the
saving that rthe man with the weakest
stomach must 90 to the wall" because
no man is stronger than his stomach;
The man who will learn this lesson OF
success has taken great stride to his
goal Health is the FIRST prerequisite OF
Success and health in general means
.ound stomach and good digestion, :,
Look at the logic Of the matter. Food
is a mans life, his strength. Physical
life is sustained by food. But the fact
that thing can be eaten doesn't make
it food Many physician practising in
the tenements of a city says Of failing
men or women, uWhat they need is
nou,1shinp food Shipwrecked men
eat scraps Of leather, the bark OF trees,
anything to satisfy hunger But this is
not food in any true sense because it
contains no nutrition. All food must
be considered in relation to its nutritive
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
ACT QUICKLY.


Delay Has Been Dangerous in Brattleooro'
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in times of danger.
Backache is kidney danger.
Deans Kidney Pills act quickly;
Cure all distressing, dangerous KID
Icy ills.
Plenty # evidence to prove this.
M Vim. Lindsay of No. Is WASH
As;ou St, says: Il was taken Win
.sfrible pains in my side and back so
nat ! was laid up for month; un
s'.e 70 attend 10 my work. L employIgIui
coctor who said | had gravel. ne
ssset the pain in my side but not the
91stsnt dull ache in my back; saw
o1an Kidney Pills advertised ana SO
eel recommended that | was IN
-leel 20 20 10 a drug store, buy DoA
&c U.s. hem as directed. After using
lnour half of it | felt the benefit from
Zen. When | finished it L bought
.,a-ta- and it brought decided IN IN
l,-Fe--ut The secretions from tne
111-ES which had been Irregular pc
an normal and the dull aching PAIN
=, IRE. When about my regular WORK
! -l- Tot have the slightest PAIN OF
Sol y all dealers. Price 20 cents
t1St Nilhurn Co, Buffalo, y. L.
& AGENTS for the L. 5.
E=--lher the name-Doan s-anu
a. on Institute.
Sid fv Geo. E. Greene. % Main
2i--- 8raJrleboro, Vt.