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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
Dea fne-s Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
disea. ed portion OF the ear There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
sutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inhamed condition of the mucus lining of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube is intiamed
ing. and when it /, entirely closed deafness Is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing hut an intamed condition OF
the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness (cnused by catarrh> that canpot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send Tor
circulars, free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O
Sold ny Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
Cou,d,.. stand Automatic Pianos.

A suit against John Brisbin Walker
for rent alleged to be due is attracting
somO attention in New York. Mr..
Walker leased premises on Fifth ave-
nue. for the display of automobiles
manufactured by company of which
he is president and fSlnd that the
noise made by automatic pianos ex.
his statesmen from doing much bust.
ness. He therefore moved out and the
suit is the result.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Women are naturally more susceptible to
inclemencies of the weather than men.
With them cold is often the starting point
of some severe pelvic arrangement, caus.
ing much pain and suffering.
Every woman needs a remedy upon
which she can rely to keep her system
fortified against the trying weather OF
winter and early spring. II Peruna is
taken at the first symptom Of a cold it
will cure it before it develops into some
annoying catarrhal arrangement.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
The Indian and the SpectacIes.

The Holton Recorder tells an anus
ing story of an Indian from the Potta
watomie Reservation who visited an
oculist in Holton to get a pair OF
glasses. The oculist seated him. and
went through the usual tests with
printed cards, eliciting from his Gus
toner but little comment as he tried
on the different lenses. At last. when
the oculist was almost in despair, the
Indian pulled couple of dice from
his pocket, threw them on the floor,
snapped his fingers as he grunted.
Come seven." and then smiled all
over his fat face when he found he
could distinguish the spots readily.
And the lesson seems to be that even
the unphilosophlc red man has grasped
the immortal truth that the price of
success is painstaking attention to
matter of equipment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

ioiiy rOA, WHO SlN IuOlllHS DeIOre
had gladly left the villages ever in
creasing sisterhood of spinstefs to be-
come the wife of the Reverend Mr.
Fox and mother to the little and big
Foxes. said to her husband, as Ma
tilda. tall and trim, swung down the
village street at pace that comes
from strength:
Its plum canlous-shes got on a
short skirt an her hair down her back.
It's her birthday an she amt done a
lick O work to-day. Jes' left it all for
her mar an Mary. Sed she'd been
slavin' ten year, sence she come home
from college. an she intended havin
day Off They done bad thing for
her when they sent her to college. She
got quare notions an has houted ev-
cry man in the village l don't reckon
she'll fout any more"
Matilda left the village behind her
and plunged into near wood. She
flung herself full length on the ground
and lay there motionless. Life Lad
brought her nothing of what she had
dreamed.
There was a flash of moving color
and burst of song in the silent wood;
below, the river roared and tumbled in
Its eager seward rush. June lay on
the wide, wonderful mountains-June,
with its glory of color. its abundant
young life; and the June time which
lives in the souls of unwed women was
in Matilda. The June time! 1t revolt
ed at life and death in a country vii
their sharp tongues, their sagging
shoulders and sagging hips, their dull
hued lives of toll.
Suddenly Matilda got to her feet and
began heaping up the earth into a
mound; she worked industriously and
when she tossed back the heavy braid |
of hair that had slipped over her Shout
der she laughed-a reckless laugh.
ITS almost amusing" she said
III | were in the secret l am sure | |
would agree with you" The voice was
not far off that had spoken the words.
Matilda turned with the air of an in
suited princess. The short skirt, the
braided hair accentuated the youthful
look
This" she said, haughtily, sis pri-
vate wood
And am on a fence" was the calm
reply, "and beyond is the kings high
way"
Matilda gave the stranger a grave
looking over but he stood unflinch-
ingly.
THE ceremony was about complet-
ed" she spoke more graciously. the
song comes next" She threw back her
head and sang in a clear fresh voice,
How tedious and tasteless the hours"
At the end of the first line she stopped
and laughed.
you are putting away the dolls and
Of life?' the man asked.
Il found that the dolls were sawdust
and put them away twenty-five years
ago." This in disdainful tone.
What an ancient you are" said the
man.
YES" humbly.
The man got down from the fence
Ind came over to Matilda.
What did you bury there?" he
asked, indicating the mound.
my YOUTH" she spoke defiantly.
eye gods!" the man burst into
aughter.
Matilda came little nearer.
you are a southerner and gentle
man," she said. Il know from your
,oice and your eyes. I'm celebrating
is my birthday. At first | wept. You
hould have seen the glances that fol- {
owed me down the street. know how
heir tongues wagged when they saw
ny hair down my back; they all know {
hat am thirty"
We'll" said the man, what if you {
re! I've known women of thirty
- MN wv
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
ALTON RESUMES FAST ST. LOUIS
TRAIN SERVICE.

Passengers destined to st. Louis
and points east should go via the Kan
sas City gateway, thereby securing
the advantage of the Chicago & Atoms
fast night train, leaving Kansas City
at 8 p. M, arriving in st. Louis at 1908
a. m. Chair cars free of extra charge.
Compartment sleeping cars. The AL
ton keeps their light ashining just
ahead of the rest. Write to l.. ID.
Cooper, Travelling Passenger Agent.
Chicago L. Alton Railway, Kansas City,
Mo-, for lowest rates.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
Peruna Makes Clean, Healthy
Mucous Membranes - Ca
tarrhal Diseases Disappear
Permanently.

The mucous membrane is to the inside
OF the body what the skin is TO the out
side Of the body. 1t lines every organ.
duet and cavity Catarrhal inflammation
attacking one part is liable to spread
to other parts. A neglected cold or slight
catarrh is often the cause OF lingering and
dangerous catarrh.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

The almighty dollar covers multi
tude of queer transactions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large . o. package, D cents
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

In 1861 only 1,393OOo acres of land
were under cultivation in Australia.
In 1899 there were over 100000
acres.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

who were much nicer than white-mus-
lined, blue-ribboned, giggling girls"
"Out there" with comprehensive
sweep OF her hand that took in the
world beyond the blue circle of noun
tains; here" she pointed to the viii
LACE church spire that cut the blue
reach of sky, "a woman's life ends at
thirty. II she's unwed. She is per-
sonal grievance to every man and
woman in the village, and as long as
there's breath in her body they feel
responsible for her and try to marry
her off. It's bad enough when a new
man comes into the community; it's
sbivery when mans left a widower-
OH how l hate widowers!" She made
a gesture of despair.
"You might try suicide" the man
suggested.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
WHY 1T IS THE BEST

is because made by an entirely different
process. Defiance Starch is unlike any
other better and one-third more for 10
cents,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Adversely may prepare man for the
life beyond, but it cartails his credit
while here on earth.-Chicago News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
$500 FROM St.OO.

VIM. Kelley, Lawrence Co.. O., made on Sl.0t
worth of tomato seed, bought from the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis, last summer
over $500. That pays.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Stree s Francisco. Ca, writes
ouded Influenza
n ma with me-
all
nion
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Man may be made of dust, but he
doesn't always settle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Faith may move mountains. but it
takes coin to move household goods.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Now early cucumbefs is one of the best paying
vegetables, so also earliest radshcs, peas,
tomatoes, beetS, etc.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

the John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis,
send you l50 kinds Of vegetable and flower
seeds and mammoth catalog telling all about
money making vegetables. Market gardeners
list, &c. WIN. U.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Many young man leaves the farm
because there is no place like home.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

An engagement ring is a necessary
adjunct to prize fight
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
Don't Ruin Your Health

by eating too much meat. ATLAS OATS
is cheaper, healthier and more nutritious
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

You must pay cash for experience.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

for q book of testimonials, OF the cures
Peruna has made
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

The great trouble with first love
seems to be that it is seldom the
last.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21
Matilda's Muti1Ay
BY Sara Lindsay Coleman
COPYRIGHT. 1902 STORY PUBLISHING COMPANY
BY Sara Lindsay Coleman

give thought of it," said Matilda
darkly.
They looked at each other. The sur
filtering through the trees flung coins
of gold at their feet.
ITS my birthday," the man spoke
slowly. 1--WE might celebrate together;
we might have one last day of youth. -
A sudden usefulness shone in Ma.
tildas eyes, but she shook her head.
1T would be the one delicious, iso-
lated Improperly of your life"
She looked at him doubtfully.
you've let the band go down the
other street all your days."
yes" pensively.
"You have done the things you hate
and left undone the things you'd love
to do
"How did you know" she asked.
He trampled the grave she had made
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-21

Somehow or other people with govt
are always proud of 1t.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09
SANTA FE DOCTORS HERE.
Their Sixth Annual Session Opens in
Topeka.

Santa F'e physicians and surgeons are
arriving in Topeka. on every train to
attend the sixth annual meeting of the
Santa Fe Medical and Surgical society
which opened with clinical demonstra-
ton by DIR. J. P. Kaster, chief surgeon,
ating room of the Santa Fe hospital.
About thirty doctors from out of town
are here, but by tomorrow there will be
from seVenty-five to eighty The first
business session win be called at 4 this
evening. DIR. L. D. Jacobs of Emporia
is president and DR.. J. D. Freeman of
this city, secretary. The programme is
as follows:
Presidents address. l. D. Jacobs. M.
D., EmDoria, Kas.
H. M. Smith, NJ. D. Las Vegas. N. M. !;
subject, "Plea for more careful examina-
tion of patients sent to hospital by local
surgeons" Discussion, c. B. Hill, M. D.,
Guthrie. Okla.
D. r. Fly. NJ. D.. Amarillo. Tex; sub
ject, Notes on personal injury case"
Discussion. L. H. Mum, NJ. D., Topeka,
Kas.
J. M, Diaz, M D., Santa Fe. N. M;
Discussion, H. w sGoelitz. M. D., Usage
]. F. Mcconnell, M D., Las Cruces,
N. M, subject, is there a preperfora-
tive stage of liberation in typhoid
fever?" Discussion, c. A. Mcclure, NJ.
D., Topeka. Kan.
E. e. Morrison, NJ D.. Great Bend,
Discussion, w. C. McDonough, NJ. D.,
Topeka hospital.
J. D. M. Hamilton, Topeka, Kan, sub
ject, rs a surgeon necessary adjunct
to r. R. Cos. pr Discussion, w. H.
Boyle, NJ D., Atchison, Kan. ia
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09
HURT IN A COLLISION.
Rock Island Passenger Into Switch
Engine at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Oct. 9-Four trainmer were
injured in a collision of incoming Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific passenger train
No and a switch engine of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad in East
Harlem last evening The injured are:
General Gustafson, Chicago, burlington
s. Quincy engineer. right arm broken and
crushed.
w F. Hough. conductor of Rock Island
passenger train, right wrist cut.
Fred Miller. Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
cific fireman, ribs crushed.
VIII Farris, negro. Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific porter, badly bruised.
The accident, which was due to mis-
understanding of signals, occurred near
the east end of the railroad Y. about d
mile east of the Hannibal bridge, the
north side of the Missouri river. Chicag
Rock Island & Pacific passenger train Nc.
g. due to arrive at the union depot at G:20
ter rounding curve in the - ttoms near
the east end of the Harlem yards it
crashed into a Chicago, Burlington &.
Quincy switch engine which was on the
main line track and was moving slowly.
Trainmen said last night that the Rock
Island train had been signaled to stop,
but the signal was misunderstood.
When he saw that a collision was in
evitable the Rock Island engineer reversed
the brakes of his engine and the passen-
ger train was brought to a standstill inl-
mediately after colliding with the switch
engine. The crash caused great commo-
tion among the passengers, but none of
them were injured
Gus Gustafson was the most seriously
injured of the four trainmen who were
hurt He was the engineer on the switch
engine. His right arm was broken in
three places and the flesh was mangled
and crushed.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. j

rom lIe AlCL1SoI
1t is difficult to lead an unwilling dog
You can't work people, and they don't
like you for trying it.
When a man has a sore lip, most people
predict that it is a cancer
Lots of people say don't" when they
should say doesn't
An Atchison man had a very unusual
experience lately: row with his mother
in-law.
A wedding invitation looks about the
same as a bill for cut glass to the man
who receives it.
You can make almost any claim in his
tory, and only one person in ten point
out the mistake
In Atchison, when man pays much at
tention to politics, it is said he is violating
the civil service law.
When a man says, "I'll see that you
get it, it sounds very eloquent, but in
too many cases, the fellow does not mean
what he says.
A man is not enough of a church man
to please his wife unless he finds time to
stop and shake hands every time he meets
the preacher.
The trouble is that a man and a wo-
man never agree on defining the word
tickle" A woman thinks that If man
turns his head to look at another woman.
he is 1t.
An Atchison girl will be married in a
few weeks who is SO popular it is estimat-
ed that poor people will be able to pick up
six dozen pairs of old shoes in the street
after the bridal couple has left the house.
No one can see the point of a joke that
is on him. There is good joke on a man
named Hardy, of Enporia. He was boast
ing of his good health yesterday. when
he dropped dead. He will never see the
point.
A certain Atchison man has not done
any work in five years Still, he makes
plausible explanations of his idleness. Any
man can make explanations that sound
plausible. But explanations cannot be
used to pay grocery bills
A woman went crazy a month ago
through brooding over her troubles. Ten
days ago her mind was restored to her as
suddenly as it left her. Look out in your
own case; you might not be so fortunate
in getting yours back.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09

Tonmy's Pop-.'Great scotts What die
you do with it7'
The love of money may be the root OF
all evil, but football brings out the rooter
The more a woman gives man a piece
of her mind, the less peace of mind has
the man.
The trouble with some men is that they
don't recognize their opportunities unless
they are labeled.
It would be just as easy for some of US
to settle the coal strike to settle oul
coal bills. at the present rate
II always try to save myself much
trouble as possible remarked the Wise
Guy. And try to get rid of it, replied
the Simple Mug.
It is hard to understand a woman who
is afraid of mouse and yet who will &C
into the cellar with a lighted candle tt
look for burglars.
He married her for beauty,
But beauty fades away.
She married him for money;
In the same boat are they.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09
THEIR WORK DONE.
Irrigation Congress Elects Of
ficers and Adjourns.

Colorado Springs, Oct. 9--Shortly be-
fore noon today the national irrigation
congress adjourned to meet next year
at Ogden. Utah
The election Of officers. the selection
of the next place of meeting. the aD-
pointment of a committee to report on
the merger proposition next year and
the addition of the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions was the principal
business transacted today.
The report of tire committee on reso-
lutions was read by Mr.. Maxwell. chair
man of the committee The resolutions
were unanimously adopted. They are as
follows:
The tenth national irrigation congress
felicitates the entire American people
upon the enactment of the national irri-
cation act OF ..une II, 1902. one of the
most beneficial and wide-reaching
measures in TIE history of our legisla-
ton and ~eioices in the fact that its
passage was due neither to -ne-tisan-
ship nor sectional:sm- but to the oatr:-
otic and united cooperation CT the men
from all parts of TIE country. irresDcc-
tive of political com nolexion.
The grateful acknowledgements of this
congress are due to Theodore Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09
JAYHAwKER JoTs.

For the first time in years Cowley coun-
ty is holding a fair.
A runaway Wichita Grocery horse mix
ed up an eighteen dozen egg omlet.
Atchison church women advertise a trip
around the world for 80 cents, without
seasickness.
An antitrust barber at Smith Center is
responsible for the reduction of shaves
from Is to 10 cents.
It has taken over one hundred loads of
crushed rock to fill up the mud holes on
McPhersons streets.
An untutored Ottawa hackman has pc
titioned the city council to '.calcimine''
certain muddy streets.
There were 80 cases in the Lawrence po-
lice court for September with total of
$S75.70 in collected fines.
The Chanute Commercial club has laid
aside their oil craze long enough to con-
slider a proposition from a shirt factory.
A Salina county rural carrier is laid up
with rheumatism and his wife. with the
regulation Kansas grit, has taken UP the
work.
Ten years ago this week the terrible
Dalton raid happened at Coffeyville How
quickly we forget. To outsiders it seems
age.
High noon" weddings are to be held
hereafter at ottawa with the Donneybrook
fair features, rice and old shoe throwing
omitted.
The Brown County World accuses FIia-
watha girls of lacing too tight. Evidently
Editor Herbert doesn't know they are
dressed to kill.
Unknown parties are sinking holes in
the earth at Wellington and residents are
unable to determine whether they are af-
ter fossils or gold shale.
"A Kansas young woman" says the
Lawrence Journal. has bet her sweet
heart that Craddock will be elected. II
she loses she is to marry the beau Kan
sas girls have the right idea as to what a
cinch is
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09

president of the United States. for his
invaluable assistance in the cause of
irrigation. His message to congress IN
December, 1901, marked the beginning
OF new epoch in the history not only
of the arid west, but also in that of the
whole nation Without his powerful aid
and that of his administration it would
not have been possible to secure the
passage of that great act which will in
augurate and put into effective motion
the national irrigation policy for which
we have been striving so long. Great
as his administration may be, we be-
lieve that none OF it's achievements will
rebound more to the greatness of our
people and the glory of our country
than will the passage of the national
irrigation act We send him our greet
ings, and give him our assurances of our
most sincere respect and admiration
RESOLUTIONS were also passed recon.
mending the protection and preservation
OF forests and urging the cooperation OF
national and state government to this end
The following officers were elected:
President-ColoneI Edward f. Holmes oil
Ogden, Utah
First Vice President-Governor L. Brad
ford Prince. Santa F'e N. NJ.
Second Vice President-Anson J. Nc
Cune. Denver Co2.
Third Vice President-E. H. Liddy,
Charleston, Wash.
secretary-Colonel H B. Maxson. Reno.
New.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09

is controlled absolutely by the combine,
there is competition in nothing but
labor, the misery of one set ct miners
being played off against another.
1t is plain that If the operators permit
a union of all miners they can not play
off one set against another, and hence
their stubborn fight on this point. In
other words, as things stand they have
the public absolutely at their mercy as
to price of coal and the miners abso-
lutely at their mercy as to conditions of
labor. AS soon as they recognize
union they admit a combine that can
operate as a whole against them in the
labor field just as they now operate
against the public on one side and
against labor, now scattered by lack of
union and the sham system of compe-
tition among the various miners.
The situation then is one in which
the operators are autocrats having no
competition in marketing their coal and
none in fixing the price of labor 1t
may be added incidentally that they
have attained this condition by violating
the laws of Pennsylvania, which, forbid
ding railroad to own a coal mine, were
intended to prevent just this monopoly
They violate the law by owning the
mines in one capacity and owning the
roads in another-the same men-and
then they prate about observance of
law" and expect the American people
to be fools and children enough to do
their work for them, and back the troops
while they periodically drive back this
segregated labor to its unrelieved de-
pendence when desperation prompts hu-
man nature to. acts of violence. Thus
the proposition is that the people are to
protect this monopoly In it's control of
all the anthracite coal in the country
and all the means of transporting it,
and in the recurrent task of putting
down lawlessness'' when labor attempts
to combine to relieve its oppression.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-09
BRICK CONDEMNED
Engineer Makes Wholesale Re-
lection on East Eighth.

All of the brick for the top course of
the Eighth avenue pavement between
Jefferson and Adams street were con-
demned this morning by the city engi-
neer, on the ground that they are too
soft and brittle for good service. The
brick will all have to be hauled away
and better brick substituted. The brick
are from the Blaekman brick plant.
City Engineer McCabe+ allowed the
contractors to lay Rlackman brick for
the lower course. because that does not
receive heavy wear and tear. He found
that the good brick were so few that it
would be impossible to sort them for
the upper course, and therefore insisted
that Mr.. Blackman furnish better brick
This is now being done as rapidly as
pOssible,