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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

Ever since Talking of Chi invented
coinage system instead of other
means of exchange, the Chinese en-
pire las used copper cash as currency
Formerly China used gold, silver and
copper, but silver was the standard.
But the ounce and touch varied end
lessly in different places. This was
greatly to the loss and inconvenience
of the people.
When foreign trade began, the for
eign coins gradually came into circu-
lation In the ports. The Spanish dollar
and the Mexican dollar were the coins
used. These were both u in weight,
but the Spanish dollar was purer sill
yer and so exchanged for more cash.
The last few years the Spanish dollar
is gradually disappearing and the Mex
lean holds the field. The product of
the Mexican silver mines is sent to
the United States, where 1t is con-
yerted into silver bricks. 1t Is then
sent back TO Mexico to be coined,
whence it is exported to China. This
is exceedingly profitable to Mexico.
Although the dragon dollar, which
the government is trying to force into
use, is nominally equal in all respects
to the Mexican, yet there is a sus-
picion that its touch is not equal to
it, and hence the dragon dollar '1oes
not make such Roadway as expected.
Probably this is due to the avarice OF
the officials Other things being equal,
Chinese will prefer Chinese coins.
How is it then that they still prefer
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
Collecting Indian Coins.

The East Indian famines have af-
forded coin collectors many opportuni-
ties to acquire rare and old coins which
have lain buried for a great number of
years. The native has always shown
very grave suspicion OF banks and
has usually preferred to bury coins in
what was considered safe spot. Those
hiding places are revealed by father to
son and their accumulations some
times go on for generations. In
dire extremity the hoard has to be
trespassed on; coins which have long
since become exceedingly rare are thus
brought to light and are eagerly snap
ped up by collectors. Many Of them
are being sold in London at the pres
ent time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
DEER AS SMALL GAME.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY MADE IN
NEW YORK STATE.
Bones Found Prove the Animal Could
Not Have Been More Than Six Inches
High-kore Leg and Foot of the
skeleton Remain Intact.

Bones of tiny deer, five and one
half inches high at the shoulder, and
small enough to be slowed away In a
coat pocket, have been found In a
ploughed field in Rensselaer, county,
near Troy. N. Y.
A fore foot and leg Of the skeleton
remain intact. From these 1t Is posi-
BILE to determine the exact proportions
Of the remarkable creature, and to
know, beyond question, that the skele-
ton is that Of deer.
The bones prove that the deer had
matured, but whether 1t belonged to a
diminutive species, or was dwarf,
is not known.
The epiphyses. or ends of the bones.
are firmly united to the shaft by os-
seus tissue, showing that the leg found
belonged to an adult deer.
This tiny deer doubtless lived In
that middle age of animal life when
ever the horse was represented in a
species of little creatures with five
toes. It was an age in which the ami
NAL kingdom ran to extremes. The
great Irish deer, which was probably
contemporaneou with the little deer
of New York, was even larger than
the largest deer Of this day. On the
other hand, there were the little horses
and the diminutive creatures of many
other species, one Of which is probably
represented by the extraordinary deer
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
King and Queen of
Siam Contemplate a
Tour of This Country


tility, or, at least, Indifference to his
country.
Siam is we'll disposed toward us and
thoroughly appreciates the influence
of America in the Chinese question
She has known us. with the exception
of the Cheek case, very favorably
through our missionaries, but natural
ly through such a channel she has
known us only as good people rather
than as great and strong nation. For
political power she has always looked
toward Europe only. The best Siam
has seen or now knows in commercial
or industrial development has either
been seen in Europe or been brought
hither from Europe by her leaders,
very many of whom have been educat-
ed there.
The Stars and Stripes have not been
seen in the harbors of Bangkok for
over six years. but American commerce
is finding it's way there, and her prod
ucts are commenting themselves in
competition with the cheap stuffs that
flood the orient. Japan has opened her
doors toward American goods and
American institutions, and the ways Of
Japan are the ambition of her little
sister. All this makes the king the
more DESTROYS of knowing the United
States.-St. Louis Republic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
Land.lIde Threatens ynlage..

A great Slide is threatened in the
mountains near Annecy, in France,
where the entire district of Ayse is
threatened with destruction by great
mass of earth many thousands of cubic
meters in volume, which is slowly
slipping down the slopes and must
surely overwhelm the valley. The pop
ulation looks forward with dread to
the autumnal rains.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
pea, In California Redwood.

A great business Is being built up
in shipping California redwood to Cen
trail and South America and the orient.
1t is soft and easy to work. Many
trees are 16 feet in diameter and 200
feet high. Redwood resists decay and
fire and is one Of the most enduring
woods. All the Pacific coast railroads
use redwood ties. and large quantities
have been shipped to Mexico, South
America and India.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
care OF Japanese Chlldren.

Japan has only one orphanage, yet
in no other land aie fatherless children
better cared for. Every family cares
for the sick, destitute or orphans near
est to it. There is superstition that
a childless house is accused, and peo-
pie who are not blessed with children
of their own never rest until they have
adopted some ,waif.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
Curious Currencyin China

Mexicans? There must be something
wrong with the dragon dollars. If the
people see the government take every
thing in dollars, then they will have
confidence in the new coins and their
use will become universal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

Graham on the following morning, as
she tried to separate the snarled locks
Gordon bought soft brush and
worked two hours at the fur. While
thua engaged he made startling dis
covery.
The next day while showing Miss
Graham some Puritan studies before
beginning work on the portrait, he ex-
claimed in tragic tone:
20, Miss Graham, did you know.
er-that-that John Alden had fieas?'
"Mr. Gordon!" cried she In a shocked
voice. did you intend that as joke?
o." suddenly remembering. "Of
course. had forgotten. You mean
the cat!"
Most certainly" returned Gordon,
emphatically.
"Well, in that case, can tell you
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

Judge Wellhouse. the apple king"
Of Kansas. has sold this years crop
for $4,000 His crop amounted to 49,.
900 bushels.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

Nearly 100000 pounds of oatmeal
was exported from this country dur
ing the month of September.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

The part of wisdom is often enacted
in the divorce court.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

There is one millionaire in the
United States to every 10000 inhabi-
tants.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

knowledge is power-in a college
football contest.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

What II Costs to
Pay for Stolen
Children. - - -
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27

Occasionally a man, like mule, puts
his best foot backward.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21

Part of the meaning of it flashed
into Letitia's mind To be sure. this
was the birthday of Serena-little
Serena, who died so many years ago,
but who yet lived in the mothers
heart. Letitia was touched, and longed
to reach her mother and comfort
her; yet all that she could do was
to steal back to the front of the
house and there, pacing back and
forth in the sunshine, wait until her
mother emerged from the shadow.
Here Mrs. Harlow found her when
her sad musings were put away.
why, Lefty she tried to say.
with her wonted brightness, what
brought you here? l thought I'd slip
down for a few minutes, and see if
Is2M was right" But Letitia was not
TO DE evaded. You have been think
ing about Serena, dear" she said. low
ingly, laying her cheek against the
faded one, long since furrowed by
tears.
Yes" Mrs. Harlow said, simply,
forgetting her role of cheerfulness.
Il just had TO come for a little
while. She seems nearer to me in
the old house"
And then Lctitia's eyes were
opened
1t was not many days before the
elders noticed change in the girl.
There was a new gentleness in her
manner, a vague usefulness, that
puzzled them sorely.
Aren't you feelin' well?" her IA
Their asked, anxiously.
ooh, yes-of course l am we'll" the
girl answered, brightly, smiling up
at him. But when she escaped to the
hall and, halfway up the stairs,
paused to look out through the dia-
mond panes at the brown fields be-
low, She saw them through mist of
tears. Il do love it sol" She whis-
pered, passionately; but there was re-
nunciation in her gesture.
\ week later Letitia received let
ter from John, but this she did not
show. IAN right. Do as you think
best it said. Their happiness is
our first consideration" which.
, though brief, was vastly comforting
/ Errands soon called Letitia to the
city, from which she returned tired
and pale. Soon, however, she was
apparently her old self again. The
/ household was sUbsiding for the
winter, when an urgent invitation
came to Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow to visit
cousin in reighboring town.
"Of course we can't &C." Mrs. Har-
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is just what | would like to build for
myself" he declared with conviction
-"and in just such place!"
1t was early in October that, at
last. they entered in and took pos
session. Letitia, full of rejoicing over
the wide windows, the hardwood
finish, the convenient closets, the
artistic coloring and charming vistas,
felt little sorrow as she denuded the
old house to make habitable the new.
But, TO her father and mother, this
forsaking of walls halIowed by sad
and tender memories was filled with
unutterable regret And when the
key was turned upon the echoing
rooms, now no longer home, the old
people looked into each others ewes
for the comfort that neither could
give.
Letitia futtered down the hill to
meet them. ut is all ready, now =
she said, breathlessly, Except the
hanging Of a few pictures! I'm so
glad there was enough money left
for the new carpets and hangings. It
has made it so much more beauti-
full" Laughing and chattering she
drew them from room to room, point
ing out each individual charm and
comfort, unheeding the obvious eff
fort with which they tried to share
in her JOY.
81 wonder where mother is" Lett
tia murmured. one golden day,
week later A half-fnished stocking
lay in the mending basket by win
dow overlooking the old home; but
mother was not to be found. ell
run down to the other house." the
girl thought, uneasily; and, throwing
a soft scarf about her head hurried
along the road and past the orchard
Turning the knob of the green door.
she found it locked, so slipped around
the side of the house, glancing in at
the window as she passed. Suddenly
she shranl back into the shelter of
the lilacs, for in the dismantled lv-
ing-room she had discovered her
mother, crouched on the dusty floor,
forlornly gazing before her with sad,
unseeing eyes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
MIR. HARLOW STUMBLED OCCASIONALLY IN THE READING.

tia's happy plans. BY March their
wishes we're well formulated, and on
a mild day that gave treacherous
promise of spring, Letitia started for
the city to engage an architect. The
journey was short. and, in a brief
time she found herself whisked aloft
in an elevator and deposited at the
door of ''R. Ellsworth, Architect:'
this particular person having been
recommended by a friend of her ia
ther, Feeling somewhat nervous at
the magnitude of her undertaking,
Ietitia timidly knocked. A chair
grated on the floor within and when
the door opened a young man, with
quiet bearing but alert glance, bowed
gravely to her.
rs Mr.. Ellsworth within?" she
stammered. Il would like to see him
upon business" He stepped back to
allow her entrance, then bowed
courteously again. Il am Mr.. ELS
worth he said, IS Letitia was about
to advance toward a midde-aged
man, busy with drafting tools in the
north window.
oh" Letitia could not suppress
the exclamation; then flushed Grim
son. why, | expected an older
man, She said, helplessly, then was
doubly chagrined at her frankness.
4 glimmer Of mirth appeared in the
young mans eyes; then. with quick
perception of what would set her
caller at her ease, let his amusement
have full sway. I'm moment Letitia
Joined him and laughed until the
tears stood in her eyes.
"What an absurd speech." she
sighed at length. But it was the
truth. came to engage You to make
plans for our new house"
and now you doubt my wisdom
and experience" he answered. Let
me
II think l will ask you to under
take IT, She said, quickly; then. be.
coming grave, gave him clear ac-
count of what she wished.
When Mr.. Ellsworth submitted the
| Fi""N 20 tue AidltoWS, All mlSgINlnrS
that Letitia might have harbored
vanished.
In April the ground was broken
and through the fair spring days and
those of early summer the work wen;
merrily on. All Letitia's spare mo.
mentS were spent in watching the
walls arise and her dream take form
The architect, too, was untiring ir
bis attention, running down at FIRE.
lquent intervals to inspect details. 'It
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21

convenient when we get used to EN-.
You mustn't be surprised if it took
father and me a few minutes to
grasp the notion. There, now-if
amt forgot the apples I was bakin'
for supper" and she vanished in the
kitchen.
"But, father" Letitia was still
perturbed. Mr.. Harlow took the
flushed cheeks between his horny
hands and looked fondly down into
the troubled eyes. $50 ahead with
your house, Lefty" he said. Mother
and | agree pretty well in most
things; and I guess we think it's
about time you had some things as
you want 'em. Because we're used TO
old ways doesn't prove 'em to be
best. Besides, there's Johns wishes
to be thought about. He's remem-
bered that view all these years
mighty pretty prospect and a real
slightly place for a home"
That night, when the glimmer of
Letitia's bedroom candle was lost in
the darkness Of the upper hall, Mr..
Harlow softly closed the door and
tiptocd across the rag carpet to his
wife, reading her Bible by the kero-
sene lamp.
ITS goin' to come harder to You
than to me, this leavin' the old
home" he said, tenderly. Lefty is
good girl and will give it up without
murmur if you say the word
His wife put up her hand to the
toil-worn one upon her shoulder.
ITS you I'm thinlin' of, Samuel"
and she smiled wistfully up at him.
at was your fathers home before
you, and the Harlows were always
master hands to stick by The old
things"
IF it's for me you're worryin',
Wen let her have her way" he said,
sturdily. "And, after ali, the old
place'll be right here. | amt a-goin'
to sell it." Letitia never knew how
near she had approached to disap-
poiutmcnt.
The interest in the new house, at
first simulated, soon became gem
uine as the parents listened TO Lett
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21

County President of w. c. T. u, Kansas
City, Mo.
with softly breathed blessing from
the lips of thousands upon thousands
of women who have been restored to
their families when life hung by q
thread, and by thousands of others
whose weary, aching limbs you have
quicl1ened and whose pains you have
taken away.
:" know whereof speak, for 1 have
received much valuable benefit myself
through the use of Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
for years L have known dozens of wo-
men who have suffered with displace-
ment, ovarian troubles, alterations
and inflammation who are strong and
well to-day, simply through the use of
your Compound. Mrs. Il. f. ROBERTS,
1404 MCGEE ST., Kansas City, Mo. -
$4,000 forfeit if a5Ooe testimonial is not genuine.
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pink
ham. She will understand your case
perfectly, and will treat you with
kindness. Her advice is free, and the
address is Lynn, Mass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
inst the Man

az say" said the business man to the
detective, some fellow has been represents
ing himself as a collector Of ours. He has
been taking in more money than any two
men we have, and l want him collared as
quickly as you can"
than a week"
Great Scott, man! don't want to put
him IN jail; | want to engage him. Dos
ton TRANSCRIPT
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
Passing of the cable car.

A few years ago the cable system was con-
sidered the best, but since the invention OF
the trolley, the cable is being rapidly dis
placed Experts now claim that compressed
air win eventually be the ear power of the
future. In all lines Of industry improvements
are constantly being made, but IN medicine
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters sin holds the
lead, because it is impossible to make bet
ter medicine for indigestion, dyspepsia,
belching or biliousness. Be sure to try it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
A DOUBTING THOMAS.
Had His Falling Hair stopped, and
DandrufR Cured, without Firth.

II. B. Fletcher, Butte Mont, Oct. 20, 1892
says: Like many other people, l have
been troubled for years with dandruff, and
within the last few months, my hair came
out so badly that | was compelled to have
what | had left clipped very close A friend
recommended Newbro's Herpicide. | con
fess that | doubted his story: but | gave
Herpcide a trial; now my hair is as thick
as ever, and entirely free from dandrutf."
Destroy the cause, You remove the eff
feet" At druggists, sl00. Herpicide is
delightful hair dressing for regular use.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
Best for the norveIs.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature.
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you lust 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine. put
up IN metal boxes every tablet has G.. c. c..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
MRS. H, +. ROBERTS
Says to All Sick Women: "Giye
Mrs. Pinkham a Chance, /
Know She Can Help You as
She Did Me.''

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM The world
praises great reformers; their names
and flames are in the ears of everybody,
and the public press helps spread the
good tidings. Among them all Lydia
+. Pinkham's name goes to posterity
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
Uncle Eph'n.

"Dey's mo dan one kind O. wisdom" said
Uncle Eph'm. A wohd to de wise is
s'ficlent, but yo' don't git no chanst to say
a wohd TO de wise guy. He knows it all. -
Chicago Daily Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do moi
spot, streak or give your goods an un
evenly dyed appearance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21

Every man is the hero OF his own magma
ton. indianapolis News
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"Wha's the diff'runce tween gastron-
ermy an les plain, common coolin', huh %
'1gn'uncei Gastronermy s les nachly
eookin' wifi gas, cohse!''-Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21

God is on the side of virtue; for whoever
breads punishment suffers it, and whoever
deserves it breads it-Colton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21
Riches Take wings. put sedan E,x

In France they do not burn thei. money;
they build airships with it. Philadelphia
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-11-21

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan 6, 1900.
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The gifted bride is the one that gets the
presents.-P Philadelphia Record
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To Cure n Cold il

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund moneyif fails to cure. 25c.
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for Lefty to be
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asked Mrs. Har-
The Conservative, 1901-02-28
The number of
dollars invested in
the great printing
plant recently es-
PEERLESS
VERBOSITY.

tablished at Lincoln in the interests of
perennial candidature before presidential
populist conventions has not yet been
enumerated. Nor has the amount of
salaries and wages which that great
anti-watered stock concern pays out each
day to it's contented employees been esti-
mated. But do not forget the lachry-
NOSE prophecy:
"The fight this year will be to carry
out the sentiment of that song you have
SO often repeated: MY Country, IT'S of
Thee If we lose, our children's child
ren will not stick to the spirit of that
song, and celebrations of the Fourth Of
July will pass away for the spirit of en-
pire will be upon us"
Think of it The unstickability Of
our descendants to the spirit Of that
song is melancholy and unmitigated
misery. How can they be Jared loose?
When will the Fourth Of July become
as comatose as the peerless is verbose?
The Conservative, 1901-02-28

where the endeavor is to do at large
profit very small business.
This line of thought brings one to
consider the so-called "trust" question
which now agi-
Trusts. tates the public
mind. Are the
large combinations of capital now pro-
ducing Illuminating and lubricating oils
in the United States detriment or a
benefit to consumers? When oil was
produced and placed on the market by
many small corporations, was the quality
as good and the price as cheap as now,
under the management of the Standard
Oil Co.? Do the people of the United
States get better and more oil for less
money now than they did under the
multi-management of the oil business
before it was concentrated under the
Rockefeller domination?
If the consumers Of oil, steel, iron,
wire and other articles alleged to be in
the so-called trusts are getting each of
the commodities named at less figures
and of better quality than they did
prior to the corporate concentration
Of capital which now controls them,
where is the harm to the American
people? When a citizen rides upon
railroad, or ships freight thereon, does
it make any difference to him whether
the railroad is owned by one Vanderbilt
or one Gould, or forty different small
stockholders, if the transportation SER
vice rendered is at reasonable cost and
of good quality? How much of the
clamor against combinations of capital
engaged in manufacture and transporta-
tion has come from the people them
selves, and how much from their self
appointed, fault-inding, declamatory
guardians?