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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18
How They "GOt Around It,"

Mr.. and Mrs. Sandstone are two eminently
respectable people of Garrett They have a
daughter, whose name is Rosy Belle.
One Christmas, Rosy Belle received as
present a large, handsome doll that would open
its mouth Attached to the doll was a nursing
bottle.
One evening, Rosy Belle went to spend the
night with some girl neighbors, and she want
ed to take the doll with her. Her mother OBJ
jected, but Mr. Sandstone said
"Now, Sary, what's the use objectin'? Let
the child enjoy her DOLL
"Well, Hiram, l know good an we'll that
doll IL come home lroke, jest as sure as she
takes it. You'll see."
80, well, let her take it, anyhow" said
Hiram.
Rosy Belle took the doll. But she returned
home early in the morning, before her parents
were up. Sine went to their bed, and said,
very softly:
"Say, Maw!"
eyes, Rosy Belle. What is it?"
"Why-why-let' play that my dollys too
cid to use a nursing bottle"
"Well, &C put it away in the bureau drawer"
No sooner had Rosy Belle closed the door
than Mrs. Sandstone poked Hiram in the side
with her elbow till he grunted.
"What's the matter, Sary?'
81 told we SOL"
"Told me WHAT"
81 told we Rosy Belle 'ud break that doll if
she took it with her."
.'How do ye know"
"Never mind. You'll see."
At the breakfast table, Mrs. Sandstone said:
"Rosy Belle, did we break yer doll?'
eyes, Ma an--I broke the bottle"
"Tod we So" said Mrs. Sandstone.
"Sary," said Hiram, "youre the beatin'est
woman I ever see to worm things out o. folks"
A few days ago, Mr.. Sandstone came in from
the barn, and said:
'Sary when we build the new room, hadn't
we better put'the parlor stove in there?"
eyes, guess so, Hiram
"And what stove will we put i'll the parlor?"
go, the old Minerals good enough, guess"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18
PENSIONS FOR GOOD SERVICE.

There lives in this city man who, for sew
enteen years, was telegraph operator on one
of our principal railroads, and became one of
the best operators on the road. But finally he
lost his mind, and is now dependent upon a
young brother and widowed mother. Not
only is he crippled in mind, but he is almost
helpless physically. This man served his en-
ployers faithfully and we'll, but when he be-
came helpless, he was cast adrift to shift for
himself-turned out like an old horse, to die.
Had the Socialist plan been adopted years
ago, the government would be operating the
railroads and telegraph lines, and faithful EN-.
ployes, like the one mentioned above, who had
become incapacitated for work, would be cared
for by the government, just as the old soldiers
are now cared for.
What objection can be found to such plan?
Is it not good plan? Is it not right?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18
CARDINAL GIBBONS ON THE SWEAT-SHOP

Cardinal Gibbons, one the greatest men in
the Catholic church, made scathng arraign-
ment of sweat-shops last Sunday, in his sermon
at the cathedral in Baltimore. He said, in
part:
"There is class of persons in Baltimore
and in other large cities who are employed by
proprietors of large clothing establishments to
make garments in their own homes and bring
them to the establishments.
"Many of these workers are compelled to toll
in sweat.shops which are contracted in space
and poorly lighted and ventilated They are
over-worked and under-paid.
CATER careful investigation, have discov-
cred that, after laborng FOR six days at ten or
twelve hours day, their weekly compensation
amounts to sc to IS, and, with this pittance,
they have to pay for house rent, food, clothing
and other expenses incident to family life.
"They are living on starving wages. The
result is that, in few years, they become in
capacitated for work."
The Cardinal told his congregation 10 pur-
chase no clothing made in sweatshops, and
openly commended the Consumers League for
the work it is doing.
"Then you favor the garment-makers' label?'
His Eminece was asked, after the sermon.
~ certainly do" he replied.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18
THE POPE RECEIVES BRYAN.

William ]. Bryan was received in private
audience Iy the Pope last Sunday. His Holt
ness spoke with great interest of the Catholics
in the United States After the audience, Mr..
Bryan expressed himself as highly pleased with
the Pope's kindly bearing. Before going to
the Vatican, Mr.. Bryan visited the Coliseum,
the Roman Forum and other interesting places
about Rome.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

"No," said Hiram, 1--WE don't want to put
that old thing up in the parlor. Let's jest get
a new stove"
Mrs. Sandstone said nothing, but she soon
went to the barn to hunt the eggs, and Hiram
went down town. In hunting around for nests,
she discovered the old Minerva, covered with
fodder She raked the fodder off, and found
that, by some means, the stove had been brok-
ell in two.
AT the supper table that evening, Mrs. Sand.
stone remarked:
Hiram, did you break that stove ont to the
barn?"
Hiram looked sheepish, and then cackled, and
said: "Sary, you're the beatiu'est woman !
ever see to worm things out O. folks"
Rosy Belle and Hiram didn't lie. They Just
"got around it,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18
IN THE GRIP or THE MONOPOLY.
The Feelings of One of ROckefeIIer's Unwilling
Partners.

"Note and Comment" by Frank Putnam in December
National Magazine.
The Standard Oil Company buys John w.
Gates Texas oil wells for $4,000, 900 and
raises the price of oil one cent gallon, and of
parra6n candles, one cent pound. The Stand
ard has what is technically known as a cnch
1t has hoisted oil over five cents gallon, and
candles over five cents pound, within the year
l suppose it needed the money to buy the Gates
oil wells and other properties.
My share of the price of Gates oil wells is
fifteen cents week. Doubtless ought to
feel Aattered upon being thus taken (by the
scruf of the neck) into partnership with the
Rockefellers in a matter of high finance. But
don't What feel is that you and l and all
suckers, and that we deserve to be plucked un.
til we get sense enough and backbone enough
to compel our agent the government at Wash
ington to take over the oil business and operate
it for us Oh or near cost basis. Since we
must have monopoly in oil, we ought to have
business sense enough to make it federal
monopoly, in whose benefits all the people
should share alike.
Whatever may be said OF other alleged mo-
nopolies, there is no question that the Standard
is monopoly. 1t should. be bought by the
people, and as soon as other common necess
ties Of life are thus nonopolized, these monop-
olies should be bought by the people. Uncle
Sam is rich enough to buy them up one at
time and never miss the money.
There would be objections, of course. Stand
ard Oil stock holders, having to re-invest money
that is now earning twenty to forty per cent,
would object. Big stock holders in prospective
monopolles would OBJECTION principle. Legis-
lative servants OF real and prospective monopo-
lies, now agreeably occupied in serving the
Standard and its kind, would object: no man
likes to lose a good job. We should hear the
timid declaring government ownership of oil
would surely develop corruption at Washington.
1t might, lite, just as government owner
ship of the mail service and public lands has
done: just little-nothing 10 compare with
the spectacle, recently presented, of Standard
"magnates' impudently telegrapbing orders to
United States senators;to kill one bill aud pass
another. With an honest man in the White
House, the few petty thieves who might creep
into the government service would steal but
little and seldom get away with it.
The government is simply business agent
for the people. If the people wish it to purvey
oil at cost, cutting the present price in two and
putting an end to private pundering and legis-
lative debauchery in the conduct of the bust
ness, it is their legal privilege to do so: And,
soon or late, they will. The air Of this coun-
try is going to prove to be very bad for feudal
barons.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

IT appears that Colorado is to have no colored
contingent in her national guard. Two COM
panies of colored men had been enlisted and
were at the armory in Denver few nights ago.
to be mustered in, but they backed out when it
became known that the companies would not
be permitted to have colored officers
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

MRS. BEcKHAM, wife of the governor of
Kentucky, was recently converted, and she de-
clares there will be no inaugural ball this time.
This will probably be the first time in the his
tory of Kentucky had no inaugural ball.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

THE Kansas State Board of Agriculture will
hold its th;rty-third annual meeting in the cap
itol building at Topeka, January 18th, 14th
and 18th. varied and instructive program
has been prepared, covering almost every phase
OF farming. The railroads have made rate of
ONE and one.third fare.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

THE supreme couit of Missouri seems deter
mined thar the boodlers shall not be punished.
conviction of nine booding councilmen of ST.
Louis, besides lot of other criminals. Again
does this high court proclaim itself the friend
and defender of criminals.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

AND now, Senator Hanna has been eating
with Negro. He gave a dinner to the Re-
nublicau committee, the other day, and the
colored member from Georgia attended. Some
sc the white members from the South became
verv indignant, and left the table.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

THE steel trust will make another cut in
wages, to take effect January 1st. The action
will affect 10000 employees. The reduction
will be from FIVE to 20 per cent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

GRANT G. G1LLETr, the cattle plunger, has
returned to the states, and, it is reported, will
make settlement with his creditors.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

WE DO JOB PRINT1Ne-the best, too.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-18

second surgical operation, and third is called
for. He is doomed man.
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20

a1oot. But not until the general
reached Lodge Pole creek did the,
message meet him, saying that
Webb's advance guard could hear the
distant attack on Ray. Not until he
reached the Chugwater in the early
nlght could he hope to hear the re-
suit.
II was nightfall when the awful
suspense of the garrison at Ffayne
was even measurably lifted. Blake.
w1th three troopers at his back, had
then been gone an hour, and was lost
IN the cleaning before Dr.. Tracy's
orderly, with q face that plainly told
the nervous tension Of his two hours
rlde, left his reeking, heaving horse
at the stables and climbed the steep
pain TO the flag staff, the shortest
way to the quarters Of the command
ing officer. Despite the gathering
darkness, he had been seen bv q
dozen eager watchers and was del
uged with questions by trembling,
tear1ui women and by grave, anxious
men. ="
There's been a fight; that's all /
KNOW" he said. II was with the
pack mules and the ambulances and
didn't get to see it. All I saw was
dead ponies way out beyond Ten
Mile ridge. Where's the majorAI.
mean the captain?'' No! the ORDERLY,
didn't know who was killed or
wounded, or that anybody was killed
ana wounded. All he knew was that
Dr. Tracy came galloping back and
ordered the ambulances to scoot fo1
the front and him to spur every bit
OF the way back to Frayne with the
note for Capt. Dade.
All this was told as he eagerly
pushed his way along the board
walk; soldiers wives hanging on his
words and almost on him; officers
wives and daughters calling from the
galleries OF running to the gates,
and Dade heard the hubbub almost
as quickly as did Esther, who hurried
to the door. By the light of the hall
lamp the commander read the pen
clled superscription of the gummed
envelope and the word 'Immediate"
at the corner. The same light fell
on a dozen anxious, pleading faces
beyond the steps. His hand shook
in spite of himself, and he knew he
could not open and read it in their
presence. Zone moment he said, his
heart going out to them in SYM
pathy as well as dread "You shall
hear in one moment" and turned
aside into the little army parlor.
But he could not turn from his wife
and child. They followed and stood
studying his pale face as he read the
fateful words that told so little, vet
50 much:-
Reached Ray just in time Sharp af-
fair. DR.. Waller will have to come at
once as Tracy goes on with us to rescue
stage people at Dry Fork. Better send
infantry escort. and all hospital attend
ants that can be possibly spared; also
chaplain. Sergeants Burroughs and Wing,
Corporal Foot and Troopers Denny,
Flood, Kerrigan and Preusser killed
Many wounded-Lieut. Field seriously
sc$I WEBB"
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20
By GEN. CHARLES KING.
Copyright, la0. By The hobart Company.
Continued from last week.]

ment later, demanded Capt. Blake,
almost before he could grasp the
Qrishman's hands and shower his
thanks, and even while stanching the
TOW Of blood from furrow along his
sun-burnt cheek. whats that he
said about eating your. heart?'' =
And Kennedy, his head cleared now
through the rapture of battle, mind
ed him of his promise to Field, and
lied like a hero. "Sure, how should I
know, SOFT? They're all of the same
spit"
"But he called you by name. I
heard him plainly. So did Meisner,
here" protested Blake. Hello, what
have you there, corporal?" he added,
as young Feeney, the ''surely killed."
came running back, bearing in his
hand a gaily ornamented pouch of
buckskin, with long fringes and heavy
crusting of brilliant beads.
"Picked it up by that pony yonder,
sir,' answered the corporal, with a
salute. BEG pardon, sir, but will the
captain take my horse? His is hit
too bad to carry him.
Two, indeed of Blake's horses
were crippled, and it was high time
to be going. Mechanically he took
the pouch and tied it to his waist
belt. "Thank God no man is hurt!"
he said. "But-now back to Frayne!
Watch those ridges and be ready if
a feather shows, and spread out lit
tle-don't ride in a bunch.''
But there was bigger game miles to
the west, demanding all the attention
of the gathered Sioux. There were
none to spare to send so far, and
though three warriors-one of them
raging and clamoring for further at
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20
CHAPTER TX.

Sorely puzzled as Blake had been
by the discovery, he had been able
on the long homeward march,
walking until in sight of Frayne
and safety, then galloping ahead on
the corporals horse-to think it out,
as he said, in several ways. Miss
Flower had frequently ridden up the
valley and visited the Indian village
across the Platte. Miss Flower
might easily have dropped that note,
and some squaw, picking it up, had
surrendered it to the first red man
who demanded it, such being the do
mestic discipline of the savage. The
Indian kept it, as he would any other
treasure trove~ for which he had no
use, in hopes of reward for its re-
turn, said Blake. 1t was queer, of
course, that the Indian in whose
pouch it was found should have been
so fluent speaker of English, yet
many Sioux knew enough of our
tongue to swear volubly and talk ten
words of vengeance to come. There
were several ways, as Blake rea-
soned, by which that letter might
have got into the hands of the en-
emy. But at any rate, with every
thing said, it was a woman's letter.
He had no right to read it. He would
first confide in his wife, and, if she
said so, in Mrs. Ray. Then what
they decided should decide him. "
But now came new problem. De-
spite the long morning of peril and
chase and excitement, there was still
much more ahead. His men were in
saddle; his troop was afield; the foe
was in force on the road to the
north; the battle, mayhap, was on at
the very moment, and Frayne and
home was no place for him when
duty called at the distant front.
Only, there was Nan, silent, trem-
:ulous, to be sure, and with such
world of piteous dread and pleading
in her beautiful eyes. It was hard
to have to tell her he must go again
and at once, hard to have to bid her
help him in his hurried preparations,
when she longed to throw herself in
his arms and be comforted. He tried
to smile as he entered the gate, and
thereby cracked the brittle, sun
dried court plaster with which a ser.
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20

led their crippled mounts in safety
toward that Rubicon of the west
the swift flowing Platte. They were
still three miles out when Blake
found leisure to, examine the contents
of that beaded pouch, and the first
thing drawn from it's depths was
about the last a Christian would
think to find in the wallet of 8 Sioux
dinty little billet, scented with wood
violet--an envelope of delicate tex
ture, containing a missive on paper
to match, and the envelope was ad-
dressed in strange, angular, char
acteristic hand that Blake recognized
at once, to a man of whom, by that
name at least, he had never heard
before: ,t~
''MR. RALPH MOREAU,
''En Vile"
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20
CHAPTERX.

. A sharp affair indeed was that of
this September day!-a fight long
talked of on the frontier if soon for.
gotten in ''the states Obedient to
his orders to push to the relief of
the imperiled party on Dry Fork, Ray
had made good time to Moccasin
Ridge, even though saving horses and
men for the test of the later hours.
Well he knew his march would be
watched by some of Stabber's band,
but little did he dream at starting
that Indian strategy would take the,
unusual form of dropping what prom
ised to be a sure thing, leaving the
people at: the, stage station to the
guardianship of less than "a dozen
braves, and launching out with big
band to aid little one in attack on
one lone detachment that might not
come. at all. But Lame Wolf reasoned
that the people penned at the stage
station were in no condition to at
tempt to escape. They were safe
whenever he chose to return to them,
and Lame Wolf knew this of Stabber
that he had long been a hanger.
on about the military reservations,
that he had made study of the
methods of the white chiefs, that he
was able to almost accurately predict
what their course would be in such
event as this, and that Stabber had
recently received accessions whose
boast it was that they had informa-
tion at first hand of the white chiefs
plans and intentions. Stabber had
sent swift runners to Lame. Wolf,
urging him to bring his warriors to
aid him in surrounding the first
troops sent forth from Frayne. Stab
Der had noted, year after year, that
it was the almost invariable policy
of our leaders to order a small force
at the start, and then, when that
was crushed, to follow it with the big
one that should have been sent in the
first place. Kennedy's successful
coming was known to Stabber quite
as soon as it was to Webb. 1t may
be said that Stabber let him through,
feeling confident what the result
would be, and then, despite a certain
jealousy, not confined entirely to
savage tribal leaders, Lame Wolf had
confidence in Stabbers' Judgment.
Ray had expected long range flank
fire, and possibly occasional resist
ance-sin front; but, assured Of Stab
ber'ss paucity in numbers, and beiev-
ing LametWolf too busy to send Stab
Der substantial aid, he thought
sharp lesson or two would clear his
sErn g 4
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20

tempt despite his wounds
about the retiring party, Blake and
his fellows within another hour were
in sight of the sheltering walls of
Frayne; and, after last, long-range
swapping of shots, with Blake and
Meisner footing it most of the way,
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20

tured to her minds eye a warrior
stricken and left unburied OF unnared
for on the field. Whatever his rea-
sons, he stabbed and meant to stab,
and for just one moment she seemed
almost to. droop and reel in saddle;
then, with splendid rally, straight
ened up again, her eyes flashing, her
lip curling in scorn, and with one
brief, emphatic phrase ended the in
terview and, whirling Harney about,
smote him sharply with her whip,
and darted away:
'True!" she said. 's.Civilized war
fare!"
IF that girl isn't more than half
savage" said Dade, to himself, as
Harvey tore away out of the, gar
rison on the road to the ford, II
am more than half Sioux. Oh. for
news of Ray!"
Ray indeed 1t was now nearly
four o'clock. kilograms had been
coming and going. over the Laramie
wire. ''The Chief as they called
their general, with only one of his
staff in attendance, had reached
Cheyenne on time, and, quitting the
train, declining dinner at the hotel
and having but a word or two with
the Platform Club''-the little bevy
of officers from Fort Russell whose
custom it was to see the westbound
train through almost every day-had
started straightway for Laramie be-
hind the swiftest team owned by
the quartermaster's department,
while another, in relay, awaited him
at the Chugwater, nearly 50 miles
out. Driving steadily through the
starlit night, he should reach the old
frontier fort BY dawn at the latest,
and what news would Dade have to
send him there? Not a word had he
uttered to either the officers who re-
spectfully greeted, or reporters who
eagerly importuned, him as to the
situation at Frayne; but men who
had served with him in Arizona and
on the Yellowstones many year be-
fore, knew well that grave tidings
had reached him. Dade had in fact,
supplemented. Webb's parting dis
patch with another, saying that
Blake's little party, returning, had
just been sighted through the tele-
scope nine miles out, with two men
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-20

ITO be Continned.l
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-31
Thomas Birmingham
to Locate in Kansas

T. F. Birmingham, one of the
most popular young business men
of the city left last evening for In
dependence, Kansas where he vii;
take charge of the Offices of one NJ
the leading oil companies OF this
ne " oil field. As an accountant
Mr.. Birmingham has few equals In
the oil country, and has held the
respo nsible position of City Clerk
for thu p,st year. His public spirit
and affable manner won for him a
prominent place In the commercial
circles of this city and had he re-
manned here would have been the
successful candidate for Mayor OF
the city at the spring election.
The best wishes of the Oil Re
view 60 with him to his new loca
tion.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-31
Trustees Sale

The fixtures, aquantity of four,
delivery wagon, horse and harness,
of P. ]. Hunt, who until recently
conducted the Diamond Street
bakery, were sold today at trustees
sale. Messrs. James Chambers and
Harry Raab had endorsed for Mr..
Hunt to the amount of 1915, and
who had a bill of sale on the prop
erty The property sold will about
cover the amount Of the bill o!
sale. There were few other credi-
tors, included In the numb:r being
the NJ. A. Sybert Grocery company
and the River Side Mills. The
former firms bill amounts to about
$500 and that of the River Side
Mills TO about SIS. c, A. Krug
was the trustee
L. NJ. Graha n, the torpedo man
purchased the horse,the price being
$50 T. A Twyford purchased the
harness. the price being 81, and
Jacob Schleuer tie wagon and
most of the bakery fixtures. The
wagon brought $42.