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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

'I'll never forgive you! never!"
hope. She played on your sympathies,
and babe you come to the rescue. I'm
awfully much obliged, but-but l de-
cline with thanks" She sprang to
her feet and made him low, hooking
| bow.
IF you dislike me"
81 don't. But you are not in love
with me. She turned to him sudden
ly: Love comes-love comes
she faltered, and the color mounted to
| her brow.
How" he asked, eagerly.
with music" she said, slowly, land
light, and perfume. Oh, you know how
love comes"
Has it come like that to you?"
NO" she said, refectively, 1T hasn't
come at all
Loves tender little fellow; closed
doors and icy manners brighten him
| away, jeanne" He took both her
hands. "He comes to so few of us like
that. It's the daily association, the
gradual dependence upon each other.
It's propinquity. You've said dozen
| times you would not be an old maid.
Prove it, You've said the villagers
shouldn't know breath Of your mar
| riage. Prove it! I'm going to Scot
land tomorrow" He laughed at her
speechless establishment. You Said
you would give them something to
talk about some day. Now is your
opportunity"
I've no Clothes" said she, laughing
ly.
mo woman ever had but the new
gray, slik-lined tailor suit looks bridey
enough. And there's New York if you
want more"
Father" she called to the man who
came down the hall. why, father" she
faltered, as he paused in the door
way.
Its what We threatened, lass. Jim S
good lad"
You would be willing?" There was
tone Of entreaty in her voice.
AYE, aye, lass" He crossed the
room, kissed her and went out.
you are so valuable to him." the
tears stood in her eyes, that he is
willing to lose me-"
Might he not gain a SOM" MacDon-
| AIDS manner became suddenly bust
ness-like. Shall it be at in the morn
| ing? l will attend to everything, and
have the license and the minister
| here"
She threw back her head defiantly.
THE train leaves at s. Mary will
| help you with your trunk. And shall
we leave our best wishes to the dear
people who have simplified things for
us, and to Miss Nancy an extra share?"
"Oh, how hate you!" She stamped
| her foot; her face was afiame, her
dark eyes flashed, and then-her slight
form swayed toward him.
Mrs. James MacDonald's husband re-
GREETED that the hour prevented the
villagers from attending the ceremony,
but at the station the couple were
literally showered with rice and old
shoes.
Mrs. MacDonalds pretty, smiling
face looked back from the frame of the
car window.
"I'll never forgive you!" her best girl
friend called, "never!"
The morning mists were lifting from
the familiar hills and the birds sang
as if they would split their Threats.
Miss Nancy" the brides best friend
went up to the middle-aged woman on
the platform, last night you circulat-
ed report that spread like fire. l
didn't believe it. but it's true, Even
the trip abroad is true! Were you in
the secret?"
A close observer would have noticed
that Miss Nancy was absolutely dazed,
but she smiled and kept her counsel
and so did the groom.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

The capitalization Of the railways oil
the United States is $1,000, 900, 900.
Those railways employ more than $780,
600 men, and for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1898, they paid to their
employees as compensation for services
more than $495, 10000
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

In the modern six-masted sailing
vessels the first three masts are called
by the old names, fore, main and miz-
zen, and the fourth, fifth and sixth. the
spanker mast, the 1igger mast and the
driver mast.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

The Old Farmer.
A southern paper tells a story of a
Chattanooga (Tenn) merchant who in
stalled telephone near the front door
of his shop and one morning stepped
up to the transmitter to answer a call.
Just at that moment a North Georgia
farmer who had never seen telephone
before came into the place and inquir-
ed, "Wanter buy any aigs?" The mer-
chant who was intent upon getting
his message, gazed abstractedly at the
farmer and told the telephone, Il can't
hear you" "Wanter buy any aigs?"
shouted the farmer in voice that
made the windows rattle. Still unable
to hear the man who was calling him.
the merchant again remarked, this
time without looking at the farmer
Il cant hear you! Speak louder!"
s'or the third time the farmer spoke.
roaring out his previous question so
loud that people several blocks away
stopped and asked what the trouble
was. This had the desired effect. The
merchant left the telephone, forget
ting his call. and turning savagely
on the intruder, remarked, No! damn
it, don't want any eggs" The farm
er smiled. and as he went out was
heard to remark softly Il never did
see one O. them def fellers but whut I
could make 'em hear if only let my
self out"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

There are ten railway lines in Eng
gland and Wales, five In Scotland and
six In Ireland.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

Sticky.
An inventive turn of mind some
times leads its possessor into peculiar
difficulties. A Boston daily paper tells
of a man who devised a one-piece rub
ber-lined cotton undergarment, which
was intended to be soft and warm and
at the same time waterproof. Ne eX-
pected to m &c fortune by the sale
of the same to miners, seafaring men
and others whose occupations are pur
sued in damp or wet places. Unfortu-
nately, however, when he donned the
new garment and it became warm, the
rubber melted and stuck to his body,
and the fabric was only removed with
the aid of a pair of scissors and
scraping knife. Something similar, al
though from a different cause, hap
pened to an Indiana tramp who was
prowling around in search Of shelter
for the night and found a convenient
barn. 1t was dark, and he felt his
way up the ladder into the loft. While
walking around there he stepped into
an open shaft and down he went to
the floor below. That was not the
worst of it. There was vat of sor-
ghum molasses directly beneath the
shaft, and the tramp went in up to his
neck. He crawled out and tried to
scrape off the mess with hay and
straw, but when he emerged next
morning he was such a sight that the
dogs were afraid of him. In the end
he was forced to surrender himself to
the police, SO that he might get
change Of clothing.-Youths Compan-
Ion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29
MORAL
SVASION
As Exerfed by
Women. II Has
Many PoSSfbH-
ifieS. ~S~s~S~s~ -
seseeS09SsHss3ess ss00.e9ssGs

time resulted in the exodus of all the
rickety barricades in the neighbor-
hood Moral suasion may not be as
powerful in changing the physical as
poets Of a city as the ballot, but il
eXerted by the women in an organized
movement it can exhibit the POSSIBLE
tiles in such manner as to rouas en-
thusiasm in favor of improvement. 1t
is no more disagreeable to call in COM
mittee upon householder and ask
him to plant trees in front Of his
house than to solicit him to buy tickets
to church festival, and it may occur
to him that the trees in the end will
be of more value to him than the tick
cts. While ordinances which provide
for the planting of trees, removal Of
fences and suppression of dogs can &C
complish more and do it in a better
way than voluntary organizations,
moral suasiOn is good starter for
building up public sentiment so that
the ordinance will he demanded
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

Women in a neighboring Illinois
city are making ready to exert an in
fiuence on local politics through NOR
al suason says a st. Louis paper
Among the objects they wish to attain.
besides the customary ones of stopping
the men from drinking, smoking and
chewing gum, are few others which
they seem more likely to accomplish
than the first categorical, such as
cleaning the streets, planting trees,
and the abolition of fences and dogs,
except those tied with a string. Moral
suasion is great deal more effective
in sweeping a street than in stopping
the consumption of beer. There is no
difference of opinion over the advan-
tage of keeping a street clean, though
there may be a stubborn opposition to
paying for it. Moral suasion and neigh
borly example are strong influences
against dirt. One good lawn properly
rolled and watered has been known to
regenerate a whole block, and has in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
France and the Potato.

There was much difficulty in intro
ducing the potato into France. 1t was
only toward the end of the reign Of
Louis XIV that it began to be used.
The learned had opposed its introduc-
ton Systematically, saying it produced
leprosy. and the common people re-
fused to test it even on their live stock.
trick at last established it. Fields
were planted all over France with po-
tatoes and carefully guarded until the
tubers were ripe. it being given out
that these fields were growing a new
thing specially for the king and that
trespassers would be prosecuted. Now,
the laws at that time were severe. A
man might be hanged when he hunted
in the wild forest, for the game was
the seigneur's. almost each one of
whom kept his private gallows. Tres
pass against the king implied. there.
fore, terrible punishment.
The danger of the punishment proved
Itself an alluring bait. AS the contriv-
er, wise In foresight, had seen, the
fields that were purposely left unguard-
ed were pillaged right and left. the po-
tatoes eaten. some kept and planted
and the tuber at last effectually intro
duced in France.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
"A Ghost
And a Hanging
BY NJ QUAD.
Copyright. 1901. by @. B. Le,pts.

The firm Of Swan & Arkell, Liver
pool, were extensive traders and ship
owners, and each and every one of their
ships was launched on the 18th of the
month. Each one started out on her
first voyage on Friday, and when it
came to the fifth ship she was launched
on Friday, the 18th, named Friday
and began her voyage on Friday.
Though the other ships had all been
lucky, there were people and newspa-
Pers that thought the firm were carry
ling things little too far with the last
ship. This did not prevent her from
getting a cargo and crew for Valparai-
lao, however, and I had the good for
tune to secure the berth of mate. We
had willing crew. a smart ship and
favoring winds, and not Jack Tar
aboard had a word to say about Ill luck
pr ghosts until we were half way across
the Atlantic. Then happened such a
curious thing that / am going to give
you the full details. --
OF quiet moonlight night in the
middle watch, when l had charge Of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
Read,nx character by the Nose.


"You can almost tell persons char
acter from the nose alone" remarked a
scientist. 'All great men have great
noses. The Greek nose, which has no
protuberance. but is straight. argues
great sense of aesthetics. of beauty. but
no. character and no power Of conten-
ton.
Large nostrils show courage. People
of fearless disposition breathe fully
and freely. All the fiercer animals
have dilated nostrils. The dropping
nostril shows histrionic talent If the
nose also droops, it denotes tragic
power. and If only the nostril capacity
is marked for the Interpretation Of
comedy.
"Where the nose is thin at the bridge
it shows generosity, while nose that
is thick at the bridge argues acquisi-
tiveness. When it is tiptilted., like the
petal of a flower. the person ID inquisi-
tive. A projecting nose argues dispo-
sition to investigate. 1t Is ahead of the
person. as 1t were, and wants to scent
out things"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
BIG ENOUGH TO HIT.
sO iFhouEhs the srnnH Boy, but tn
Man Thought Differently.

EO Thought the srnaH Boy, but the
Man Thought Differently.
He wasn't very big, but he was a
sturdy little chap with a face that bore
the marks Of much thinking and pre-
mature responsibility. / learned after
ward that he was supporting crippled
mother and an invalid sister who had
been left helpless in the world by the
death of her father. He might have
run away from home and evaded the
responsibility, but he didn't think Of
1t. He just sold papers.
I At the loop on Fifteenth street a
crowd was gathered. waiting for the
evening ears. A ragged young girl was
selling flowers at the Fifteenth street
end OF the waiting station when a man,
rushing to catch his car, knocked her
against the side of the building. With
iout stopping, probably not having mo-
ticed what he had done, he continued
his rush, when the boy stepped in front
Of him defiantly.
"Say, what do you want to knock q
girl down for? Hit me. Pm big
enough"
The man paused in surprise and then
glanced around. He saw the flower
girl picking up her wares and under
stood. Without moments hesitation
he went back to her, gave her enough
money to make her eyes sparkle with
Joy and said:
'I'm sorry, my dear, that hurt you.
/ didn't see." Then, turning to the boy,
he continued: "You said you were big
enough, young man, but you're great
deal bigger than you think. Men like
you will have lot to do with keeping
this old world in a condition of seh
respect"
Then he caught his car, and the boy
and the girl stood there wondering
what he meant.-Denver Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
DREAMS WHICH HAPPEN.

A Robbery That Was Witnessed by
Woman During Sleep.
A lady spending the summer in the
country, some 20 miles from her city
residence, dreamed that the latter was
robbed, she herself being a witness of
the robbery. In her dream she saw two
men, one of whom limped, in the act
of rummaging some trunks In the hall.
A candle stuck by means of it's own
wax on the newell post Illuminated the
scene with a dim light. -
After finishing their work with the
trunks the men went up stairs to a
closet, from which they removed cur
tains and hangings stored for the sum-
mer months. The dreamer observed
that they overlooked her most valuable
curtains, which had been placed we'll
back on upper shelves.
Suddenly she seemed to be transport
ed to her birthplace at Auburn, N. Y.
where she especially noted the bronze
figure of an Indian which surmounts
the prison edifice.
At breakfast the next morning she
related her vivid dream to those pres
ent, five Of whom are now living and
vouch for the fact. Subsequently it
was found that the city house had been
entered and robbed. On the newell post
were the marks of the candle The
curtains had all been taken but the best
set, which were found where the dream
er had seen them.
Suspicion was directed to a painter
who had been at work on the house,
who was lame and who disappeared
Immediately after the robbery. Inves-
tigation of this mans character showed
that he had served term in the Au-
burn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Culture.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
Irving. Intensity.

The piercing eyes and intense ex-
preston Of Henry Irving once had the
effect Of making fellow actor alto
gether forget that he was on the stage
at all 1t occurred in Manchester dur
ing performance of Macbeth" and
in the scene where Macbeth says to one
of the murderers. There's blood upon
thy face' Irving put so much earnest.
ness into his words that the murderer
forgot his proper answer (.'Tis Ban
quo's. Them and replied In a startl.
voice: lis there? Great Scott! He
fancied. as he afterward said. that be
had broken a blood vessel = Ledger
Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
Tame Crows Franks.

He was a fat, helpless baby crow.
We named him Tom, and he grew like
the proverbial weed. His prankish pro-
pensities came more and more into evi.
dence as the summer wore by. Some
bright objects. such as teaspoons,
thimbles and the scalloped tins called
patty pans. had to be jealousy guarded.
But despite the noisy protests of the
cook the patty pans continued to dis
appear. s.. - ..~
At last l found the new use to
which Master Tom had put these covet.
ed articles. I had been awakened sew
eral mornings at an untimely hour by
a slight tinkling, jingling noise, pro.
ceeding apparently from the tin cover
ed yeranda roof just outside my win,
dow. " ~, x -
On one occasion | fancied heard
Toms peculiar low chuckle of amuse-
ment Stealing noiselessly to the win.
dow, peeped out. Sure enough. there
were Tom and the patty pans. Selling
one in his beak, he would fly up about
five or six feet. then drop it. The gilt
ter of the tin as it fell through sthe
bright sunshine and its clatter as il
struck the roof seemed to afford him
the most exquisite amusement. for he
repeated the performance dozen
times or more. ending. as he heard the
housemaid open the front door, by
neatly packing his shining toys into an
angle of the roof, where they had here
tofore escaped notice.-Laides' Home
Journal
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the men. He scattered them about and
gave them Instructions, and promptly
to the minute thescarpenter appeared.
This time he showed up forward and
walked aft, and at word from the
captain all rushed upon him. They
found no substance AS they knocked
together and some Of them fell to the
deck the thing disappeared aft. as IL
going down into the cabin.
Now, here was a situation. That
there was ghost aboard even the cap
tain could not doubt. He owned right
Up to the men that It was ghost. but
1t the same time kept the creeps away
by stating thatythe spook showed no
desire to harm any one.
There was no Scare among the men.
There was never a night Of the rest Of
the voyage that the ghost did not show
up, and by the time we reached port it
had come to be looked upon as almost
one Of the crew, Here was chance
for the stperstitious to talk about Fri
day and No, 13 and all that. but there
was no such talk among us. / believe
that crowd of lawyers, doctors or
merchants would have exhibited more
nervousness than did our crew of sail
ors. 1t got so that they finally threw
their caps at the specter and asked for
a light for their pipes.
The solution of the mystery was not
less curions. We had not yet discharg-
ed all our cargo when fearful odor
became plain. and when the last barrel
and box went out we traced the source
and ripped off some of the flooring.
Between two of the ribs we found the
decaying corpse Of ship carpenter,
whose skull had been smashed in by
blow from hammer. The CHASTITY
thing was taken ashore and an inquest
held. There were initials on the cloth
ing, and true description was taken,
and no one doubted that murder had
been committed. On the run back to
Liverpool there was no ghost. The
finding of the body had laid it. The
case was placed in the hands Of the
police, and you may remember what
happened. The name of the murdered
ludu was JOuu w dipolc, anu q ACAiO"
workman named Charles Saunders was
arrested for the crime. He confessed
at once. AS the two had knocked off
for luncheon they fell into dispute
about a woman. and. driven to des-
peration by taunts of the other, Saun-
ders seized his hammer and gave him
fatal blow. AS the two We're alone in
the bows of the ship, then about ready
for launching he showed the body over
against a rib and nailed on flooring
enough to cover it. Walpole was miss
ed by the foreman, but was supposed
to have gone off on spree. That was
the confession. and it brought about
Saunders death on the gallows, and no
ghost was ever seen aboard of the Fri
day afterward. You won't believe that
we saw a ghost, but as the discovery
of the remains of the murdered man
and the hanging of Saunders were mat
tiers of public record you can't very
well get around them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
wait rill He sees You.

= A Zulu chief, when you enter his how
ell, remains silent for some moments
and seems quite unconscious of your
presence. At length he says in tone
of grave dignity. "Ge saku bona" q
see you). to which you reply in the
same way. The longer he takes to ''see
you" the greater man you are supposed
to be, and until you are thus ''seen"
you must keep silent and appear as
much as possible not to be there at all.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08

the ship. two of the seven men on deck
lcame hurrying aft and Informed me
that a strange man was skulking about
forward The men were not overex-
cited, and on my part took it that we
had "a stowaway on board. I told
them to secure him and bring him aft,
and my watch had almost expired
when it was reported that the stranger
could not be found. When | came on
duty again, ! reported the matter to
the captain, and he had the fore hatch
cover removed and sent man down to
Investigate. We were almost full up
with cargo, and it did not take long to
ascertain that no one was hiding in
the two or three open spaces. Had a
stowaway been secreted below decks
bit would have been impossible for him
Ito come UP. but the hatch was removed
ito convince the sailors that they had
been deceived by a shadow.
] The next night at the same hour the
stranger reappeared. The second mate
had the watch. and as soon as the af-
fair was reported to him he had me
called. The incident had been talked
over during the day. of course. but
these new men had not seen the spook.
Indeed they had poked and guyed the
other watch for lot of old women.
One man at the wheel and another on
lookout and the other five were stand
ling about waiting for call when the
stranger suddenly appeared among
them. He was in his shirt sleeves and
had an apron and paper cap. In
the apron were a lot Of nails, which
jingled as he walked. This man came
from aft and walked forward on the
port. side, and. though two or three
men shouted after him. be did not
pause. The sailors did not take it for
a ghost. but yet were unwilling to fol
low. However, when the carpenter re-
appeared after about five minutes and
was passing aft one of the, men step.
ped out to seize him and said:
: "Look here, matey, stop a minute
md let MS know how you came aboard
Of this hooker and whose watch you
are In"
i 1ue SdliOE y manu- vciutCucu tuc OH HI
stead Of flesh and blood, land the thing
scoptinued aft and disappeared. When
was called, / went down on the main
deck among the excited men and heard
their yarn. and then we took lanterns
and made thorough search Of the
decks. also sent men aloft to the
tops. We made no discovery. 1t was
useless to say to dozen men that their
eyes had deceived them. They were
sailors above the average in intelli-
gence. and the captain was sensible
enough to take o sensible view Of the
matter. we talKeu n over nv zDsuss-
fast, and shortly afterward all hands
were called aft They were told that
il must be some trickery and were ask.
ed to give their assistance In solving
khe mystery. The ship was searched
from stem to stern, but no stowaway
was found. Then the captain did that
which NO other captain would have
done. When night and the middle
match came aruand again. he took fhf
kscord mate aud went forward among
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08
LOVES GEOGRAPHY

Wise men delight in globes and maps. They race
Each kindly wrinkle in the old earth's face,
Phreyologize on mountain peShs and thrust
Statet towns, aside as mere external dust.
But ], an humber student, when con
Such maps, with little freckled towns thereon,
Love takes my hand and, pointing. whispers clear.
Here lives . friend-and here-and here-.and
herei'
30 small the dots. 90 cheap and pink the chart
close my eyes. The world is In my hearti
But Love still points. 20 World. SO strangely
] dear,
Hers lives . friend who loves me-here- and
7 herer'
YOUTHS Companion