Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
KANSAS AezrATuR GARNEIr. KANSAS

ungef down tne page. barley
barley-br ake-barley corn--no-it
doesn't seem to be here-but-oh--
yes--of course-it will be in the geo.
graphical index"
There isn't any index" said Mrs.
Dobley mournfully, there are just a
lot of pink maps in the back
"A-h-h-h!" said Dobley as though
suddenly understanding the matter.
"Of course these special subjects are
specially indexed. 1t wouldn't do to
put Bar lie due next to barley water!
Can't you see? 1t would be mixing
the sublime and the ridiculous"
1T would be rather queer mix
ture," conceded Mrs. Dobley.
Now we will turn to the map-list
said Dobley. 'Barkley-East
Barley West Bar lie duc'-here it is
Bar lie duc-40-N. Z"
What does that mean?" asekd Mrs
Dobley.
Why. the map-of course" said
Dobley-''page 40-turn to these lines
in the margin, follow them at right
angles-here we have it in heavy
black type. | tell you you can't beat
the Labyrinth"
Lets see it, requested Mrs. Dob.
ley
Here it is, right on the Canal de
la marne."
Dobley's dictionary .. -. 1.-TWO
MY dictionary says it's on the
River Ornain," said Mrs. Dobley.
That's hundred years behind the
times" said Dobley; 1.-The name has
been changed. Now, here we have il
again on a larger map-27-W-3. We
turn rapidly to page 81.
Here we find it situated on the
Marine river. Now you will always
recollect where the town is
But don't care where it is eX-
actly," said Mrs. Dobley; Il want to
find about the jelly
"To be sure" said Mr.. Dobley, let
us look now under the proper names.
Here it is-the capital of Meuse
France on the Ornain-in lat.-4S N.
long. $40 E.
That confusing" said Mrs. Dob
ley; ION the maps it is on canal
and river and now it is on another
river"
"'It has manufactures of cotton. "
went on Mr.. Dobley, land is the birth
place of the great Duke of Guise."
But about the jelly?'
Not a word" said Dobley, peering
over the page.
well there said Mrs. Dobley.
Its very simple said Dobley-
1--WE are looking in the wrong place.
Let us look for jelly under the head
~ oil IN do 10, Il
the system"
But | did look under jelly. There
are only quotations.
"'Jellies soother than the creamery
curd and latent syrups tinct with Gin
namon.'" read Mr.. Dobley, with great
expression. That's Keats, Beautiful
thing. isn't it? "Jelly-a glutinous sub
stance obtained by a solution of gel
atinous matter Of semi-solid consist
ence- inspissated juice as calves-foot
jelly-plum jelly prob a var. OF
jolly, Prob. a var. of jolly"
"Yes-what does that last mean"
asked Mrs. Dobley. "Is it Greek OF
what? l tell you it nearly drove me
Wild
See gelatine," murmured Dobley
softly.
"N ell, just you see it," said Mrs,
Dobley. Il saw it. | know it by
heart-but / couldn't find anythi q
about that beautiful colony Of jelly
makers in France"
"Gelatine," read Dobley. AN amimal
substance found in the cellular mem.
branes-purest form is isinglass. See
geal-See zeal"
"Ha, ha" laughed Mrs. Dobley. hys-
terically. see gea. see jam-see pre-
serves-see Franc see delicatessen-
but all you find is quotations. Hi.
ha,"
Jam" read Dcbey. "a mass Of pee.
ple-to hedge, to- squeeze-jam con.
serve
Il told you how it would be-" said
Mrs. Dolby; try preserve
Now, good Is preserve t 9
king" read Dobley, ito sustain--tc
Camille, preserver of my faith.
err"
But where is th1 exhaustive articl:
about the French ielly?" asked Mrs
Dobey. where are the charts and
the pictures OF the currant growers
the dates and the Gtatistics-I thought
you said everything was in the LADY.
rinth?"
Il can tell yOu the secret of it ALL
said Dobley. THE manufacturers OF
the jelly keep their system a dead Sc.
they regard strangers who come
they regar STRANGERS who come
around asking gtions with sus" =
cion and refuse "a. information"
But they don't even mention the
product" said Mrs. Dobley They
speak of cotton as the only manufac-
ture.'
probably they brihhd the Lady,
rinth's commissioner to say nothing
about it. Perhaps they may have
made away with hfn. This is the
only blot on the otherwise faultless
system of the encyclopedia"
But it's Just the one thing | want
to know" cried Mrs. Dobley. Il shall
never look al the book again"
Perhaps" said Mr.. DobIey. that
as you have such difficulty in master.
ing the systei. reference you WI
continue the old plan?"
What old PLAN" asked Mrs. Dob
ley.
why. when you want to know any
thing important-like this"
"Yes?" said Mrs. Dobley.
"Why, just ask me about it," said
Dobley. kindly,-The New York Sun