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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
Usurps Brides PreroeatIves.

The following notice is posted on
the door of the parish church of Hol.
beach Hurn, Lincolnshire, Eng:
with a view of preventing any pos.
sible disappointment in future, 1t has
been deemed advisable to give notice
that the date and hour of any wed.
dings which are to be solemnized in
this place of worship will be fixed by
the vicar of the parish, and not by
the contracting parties"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
panama Canal laborers.

At present there are employed on
the Panama canal construction 1900
laborers and foremen, forty-five ply
sicians and 100 civil engineers. They
were employed by the canal company,
but are being paid by the United
States. The daily expense Of the con-
struction amounts to about $4,000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
Lenorn or Cod Lines.

Some of the cod lines used in the
fishing industry measure 1000 fathoms
long, or about eight ordinary miles,
having 1850 hooks, the whole cost
ing, in some cases, two or three hum
dred pounds
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
To Study American Farming

Forty-six German agriculturists are
to make a tour Of this country next
month to study American methods OF
farming. They will go from coast to
coast and will travel in two private
cars. A number Of the party are large
landholders with titles, who wish to
find new methods for the improve
ment of their estates.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
Individual liberty often dependa
upon the size of the individual.
THE. X. c. s. ALMANAC FOR 1908

The Kansas City Southern Railways
Almanac for 1903 Is now ready for dis
tribution. Farmers, stock-raisers,
fruit-growers, truck gardeners. manu-
facturers, merchants and others seek
ing new field Of action or a new
home at the very lowest prices, can ODD
Southwestern Missouri. the Cherokee
and Choctaw Nations In the indian
Territory, Western Arkansas, Eastern
Texas. Northwestern Louisiana and the
Coast country, and or the business OPP
portunities offered therein.
Write for copy of the K. G. s. AL
manac and address, S. G. Warner, g.
P. A., K. G. S. Ry.. Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
REFLECTIONS
By q Disabled Veteran.

For over forty years I have been q
member Of the great army Of patriots
who fought over again the great fight
for liberty on every recurring Fourth
of July. Ever since was able to
strike a match, or touch off powder,
have CALAMITY turned out with the
rest of the revolutionary army, with
grandfather's saber by my side, my
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
Trees In MosIem Graves.

When once filled in Moslem grave
is never reopened on any account.
To remove the faintest chance Of it
thus being defled, cypress tree is
planted after every interment. so that
the cemeteries resemble forests more
than anything else.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
First Lighthouse.

The first lighthouse in Illinois was
built on the high bluff at old Port
Clinton, now included in the city Of
Highland Park. 1t commanded the
shores of Lake Michigan between
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
FOR WOMEN
Much That Every Woman
Desires TO Know
About Sanative Antisep.
tic Cleansing
And about the Care Of the Skin
Scalp. Hair and Hands.

Too much stress cannot be placed on
the great value Of Cuticura Soap, ONT
ment and Resolvent in the antiseptic
cleansing of the mucous surfaces and Of
the blood and circulating fluids, thus
afording pure, sweet and economical
local and constitutional treatment for
weakening alterations, infammations,
feelings, irritations, relaxations, dis
placements, pains and Irregularities
peculiar to females. Hence the Cuti-
cura remedies have o wonderful influ-
ence In restoring health, strength and
beauty to weary women, who have
been prematurely aged and invaded
by these distressing ailments, as well as
such sympathetic affections as an@mia,
chlorosis, hysteria, nervousness and
debility.
Women FROM the very first have fully
appreciated the purity and sweetness,
the power to afford Immediate relief,
the certainty of speedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety and great
economy which have made the Cuticura
remedies the standard skin cures and
humour remedies of the civilized world.
Millions of the women use Cuticura
Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment,
for preserving, purifying and beauti-
flying the skin, for cleansing the scalp
of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the
stopping of falling hair, for softening.
whitening and soothing red, rough and
sore hands, for annoying irritations,
and lucrative weaknesses, and for
many sanative, antiseptic purposes
which readily suggest themselves. as
well as for all the purposes of the toilet,
bath and nursery.
Sold throughout the world Cuticura Resovent (in
form OF Chocolate Coated Pills. 2c. per vial OF co. 0int.
ment &c., Soap 2sc Depotsi London. q Chsrerhouss
Sci Paris Rue de ID PsiI; Boalon. II Columbus Ave-
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Sole proprietors.
aTSend for "A Rock for Women"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
Too BIo 10 HandIe.

While fishing at Scarborough, Eng,
young angler, aged eight years.
caught cod weighing nineteen and a
half poonds. After the fish took the
bait 1t pulled the boy off his feet
n an unsuccessful effort to aaoana-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
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Yet this was not all. for they met on the
Three cripples in pitiful plight
They also had been there to see things
explode
A tailless young squirrel, a three-legged
And a crow with tail feathers turned
white.
A very wise owl who was scowling close
AS the woebegone party drew near
Remarked. while winking and blinking
one eye;
Didn't ] tell you So that the Fourth
Is the fooly fool day of the year,"
But an eagle swooped down from a tow
ering pine
And said, with his talons uncured.
''The day is all right. this country is
IT'S sad sad, to be crippled. but sadder to
The Fourth Of July leads the world.
"And now; my young friends. allow me
That the flag you saw borne on the
Is the flag OF the free. and we celebrate
The Fourth of July, while the crackers
debate
With just as much fun as We please.
"Be careful. old owl. lest my temper you
stir:
This country cost more than one eye..
And Is worth all 1t cost though owls
may demur,
We invite everything in horns, feathers
To share in our Fourth of Julyl"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
Cupid,s Good Eyeslaht.


The poets of all times have stated
That love is blind
To think loves blindness overrated
/ am inclined.
When first man loves he only sees
His sweethearts charms. her power to
please
The faults that others see with ease
He cannot find.
But In the days that follow marriage
He's sure to see
The traits that he must needs disparage.
So changed Is he.
Where charms he saw In days gone by
Now only faults can he espy;
Her temper he must now decry,
Though mild she be.
And so hold that Cupids blindness
They overrate;
In view of which 1t is but kindness
Herewith to state
A fact that's known to mortals bright:
Though Cupid's foresight may be slight
There is no doubt his aftersight
Is very great.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03

slope or angle at which the next
stroke was to be placed. The straight
lines were done by the aid Of the
underscore, but the ornaments below
and the shrubs and trees are chiefly
composed of innumerable parenthe-
ses and capital O's.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03

Three elfins who lived In fairylike
nook,
Once read of our Fourth of July in
book.
And promptly their own quiet woodlands
To share in the fun and the noise.
By the light of the moon they crept out
on the sly
And merrily sang on their way,
Asking politely of each passerby
How far they must go to meet Fourth
of July.
Till they came to the dawn of the day.
What different song these three elfins
As the they ,I IimPed their way homeward
They had heard how the bells in the
steeples go "Clang!"
Torpedoes and crackers go "Rattlety-
bang!"
And the rockets 60 up out of sight.
For one little elhn by chance got astride
or giant torpedo nearby:
On a huge cannon cracker the next took
a ride;
Number three to the tail of a rocket was
And all three were blown up there. sky
high.
On the way coming down each elfin de-
He had seen quite enough of the sky.
And promised himself. IL he lived to be
spared
To ever reach home. and the damage re-
paired,
He would stay there on Fourth of July.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24
TED SHEA, OARMAKER.
Mechanic Who Has His Part in
 Yales Victories Over Harvard

When the crowds hurry down to New London next month to witness the an- nual Harvard Yale boat race, the crews and the boats will absorb their atten- tion until the race fairly begins, and then all eyes will be glued on the long. graceful oars, every dip of which is bringing the shells nearer the goal
 How much depends on these oars only the oarmakers and the coaches know, although some of the onlookers often gasp "Supposing one of those oars should break," As a matter of fact the oarmaker has become c big factor in a college boat race and, ac- cording to Ted Shea of Springfield Mass, several of the seconds lost by Harvard in the race last June went through their oars.
 Ted Shea has made oars for three seasons for the Yale boat crews, and he says the whole idea of the Yale oar. from start to finish, is to have it bal ance and to make it feel right in the water to the oarsman. It has been said that no oar in the country con- tains so many ideas as the Yale oar, and these ideas come from the coaches and the oarmaker.
 To secure stiffness and strength and still not lose any of the other valuable qualities is the problem which the oar maker and the coach must solve.
 Shea begins his work by going to the lumber districts. After a long searcn he secures just the proper wooden blocks and puts them away for years 
 Then he begins his final work with plane and knife, considering a hun dred things as he works. The oar when finished must be twelve feet two inches long, aDd before it is riSged with leather for the rowlock must weigh about seven and one-half pounds.
 It is tapsred gradually to the very end with the most scientific accuracy.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24
FORD HOTEL SOLD
Messrs. Williams and Haffner Buy
 Valuable Property.

The largest deal Involving inside real estate. that has been made in this city for a long time was eonsummated yesterday afternoon when the title to the Ford hotel. furniture fixtures, etc.. passed from pr. J. M. Ford to A. B. Williams and Theodore Haffner
 This transaction has been under con- sideration but a few days and when finally closed the bargain was quickly made the parties to it having been brought together through George A. Mintz of the Arizona Abstract com pany who drew up tie papers.
 The purchase price was $S1,5O0 which is accounted to be dirt cheap for that property. Dr. Ford's reason for dis posing of it at such a figure is that he does not want to run d hotel himself, has enough mining business to engage his entire attention and will of necessity be in the east for several months to come and possibly the greater part of the time hereafter. He deemed it wiser move therefore to sell cheap than to be under the neCessi of leas- ing and possibly frequently changing management.
 The buyers on the other hand are permanently identified with the city and expect to remain so. They have enjoyed prosperity in the conduct of their restaurant business, Coffee AIS place, which they expect to continue as it is, at least for the present They have. however. an abiding faith in the building of the TOnto reservoir and the sugar beet factory, and in the comple- tion of the Phoenix & Eastern railroad and the building of others not yet be- gun They know that if their judg- ment of the future be but half realized. that Phoenix is soon to become a city of no slight importance and they know that in a growing city, whose hotels are already taxed a large part of the year. there is money to be made in that line of business.
 Just what their plans are is not an nOunced. Tn fact the new owners say they have no perfected plans. It is safe to predict, however, that for the pres ept summer the hotel will be run as q lodging house and next winter it will be somewhat remOdeled the dining room opened and the hotel conducted under the personal management of the owners.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24

rado river Wended it's way out to the desert beyond It was to this mount ain home that he braught his beauti- full and deveoted bride. The color came into the pale cheeks and the thin hanGs gathered new strength as the winter passed and summer came. It was then that happiness seemed complete, and as they sat in the twilight shadows and listened to the songs of nature, they felt sweetly Blessed in the many years of happiness they passed.
 At last one year, with the coming of the winters snows, the scene changed. The cheeks lost their color and the eyes their lustre. No more did the sunsets seem so fair or the songs of the birds so sweet. What would life be without her whom he loved best?
 It was just before Christmans that their eyes met for the last time in life She placed her hand in his. a faint smile gathered around her lips, and she quietly passed into the great be- yond
 The young Germans heart was brok- en and he never left the mountain home again. There he spent the days in sorrow, grieving for her who was all in the world to him. Through the long years he dreamed over ana over again the sweet dream of his love and at last he had passed away unknown and un- loved and with only her picture in his hands to cheer his dying moments.
 The story was telegraphed to Denver. Two letter carriers in the Denver post office, Charles Avril and C. II. Scog-
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24

Hidden away in the heart of the great Rocky mountains, where they will nev- CT be disturbed by the rush and tur- moil of the busy world are often found romantic characters which would be-
 come immortal in literature if there were a Dickens or a Hawthorne to paint the pictures. These Wanderers come
 from almost every part of world, prompted by every motive that stirs
 the human breast. Sometimes it is a longing to escape q great sorrow that prompts them to seek the solitude of the hills. Often the ambitions to be- come wealthy through a sudden gold strike lead them to forsake the haunts of civilization :or the. wilderness of the mountains. Occasionally it is the desire tor undist-Irbed peace and hap piness in the qulet of the hills which tempts the youth and his bride to make their home in the mountain cabin. AL ways there is e story connected with these characters which would never fail to delight the overs of a romance and too often it is tale of sorrow and of blighted hopes. Not infrequently it is the history of broken heart and a tragedy.
 It has fallen to the lot oi two Den yer letter carriers, untutored. and un- known to imortallize une of these char acters in melody and song. There is not a night that passes but what the story is told in over one hundred American cities by singers through plaintive little song. There is not a thoater in the land that has not had
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24
he story resound within its wall.

lHc stol y ItSOuilu Nllnln US Will
 Just a year ago, when the winters snows were melting on the mountain trails, a party Of prospectOrs set out from Leadville Col, to seek their for tune in the hills They had followed the trails only a few days when they ran across an old dilapidated prospec- tors cabin hidden away on the side of a deep ravine. There was no sign of life around it. A feeling of horror crept over them as they saw stretched upon the floor on a pallet the form of an old man cold in death. A quick examina tion revealed the fact that he had died not by the bullet from a bandits rihe-but from starvation. No one doubted for a moment that back of that scene lay a rathetic story. In the dead mans hand was a photograph It was the picture of a beautiful young woman whose innocent. happy face would have touched any heart by it's sweetness. Around the walls of the log built hut were marks oi woman's gentle hand Amid the scenes of pow orty were relics which indicated that the cabin had once been the scene of a peaceful and happy home. The pros pectors returned to Leadville and there they learned the opening chapters of the life which had so recently ended.
 The gray-haired old man had come to the west in his youth and his own brawny arm had built the mountain home. Around the modest little hut was the beauty spot of the world and in the valley below the silvery Colo
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
Order of Exercises at First M. E.
 Church Tonight.

The Baccalaureate service of the Phoenix Union High school will be held at the First Methodist Episcopal church this evening at s o'clock.
 It will be a union vice. the follow ing ministers participating: Rev. Lewis Halsey, b. D.. First Baptist church Rev. A. l.. McAfee. D. D., First Pres byterian church.: Rev. R. A. Rowland, Central Methodist Episcopal church, south; Rev. w. II. Bagby, Fifth Avenue Christian church. Rev. C. V. Cowan. First Methodist Episcopal church. The music will be furnished by the First NJ. F. church choir. of which John W. Todd is director and Mrs. Shirley Christy the accompanist.
 The members of the graduating class are twenty in number Their names are: Harlow Trask Rays. president. Bessie C. Thomas. vice president: Win field Scott Osborn. secretary and treas urer; Bonna Erile Hughes, valedic- torian. Sidney Preston Osborn. saluta- torian; Edith l.. Creighton, Emma r. Hall, Ava Josie Hinsdale. Florence E. Karls. Kathryn L. Ludlum. George Clair Marsh. Robert B. Murphy, James Roy Porter. Albert H. Rosenberg, Jessie Muriel Sheridan, Clarence A. Spauld- ing. Charles A. Tribolet, Mary H. White. Ida Belle Wilson, Maude A Wilson
 Following is the order of service:
 Organ voluntary-Finale to Mendel- sohn's Third Symphony.
 Hymn 1103 Civilian Roscoe).
 Prayer, Rev. Lapsley A. McAfee. DID.
 Scripture lesson. l Corinthians, 3rd chapter, Rev. W. H. Bagby.
 Offertory-Melody (Hugo Reinhold), Mrs. Shirley Christy.
 Solo-'Thy Will Be Done" (Frances Bohr). Mrs. w. N. Tiffany.
 Sermon-Theme: The Way to Sue cess-Work." Text: And in every work that he began ,~ he did it with all his heart and prospered.-QI Chron 31:2L) Rev. R. A. Rowland.
 Gloria Patri (From the Nazarene) Chorus choir
 Hymn 565 (Sidney Dyer), Work, for the Night is Coming"
 Benediction. Rev. L. HaIsey, D. D.
 Closing march. (Reinecke).
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24
SURVEYING THE WABASH.

The United States government steam CT Esmerald has arrived as Vincennes
 having in tow the boat which is in charge of Engineer $. F. Crecedius. With the boat is a crew of fifteen as- sistants. who will survey the Wabash river from Nncennes to the mouth for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the river can proftably be made Eavigable. The work of sur veying has begun, and it will require at'least three months to finish it. A complete topographic survey will be made. and for this purpose the govern ment has appropriated S2O, 900. The Wa bash river has been neglected very much in the past twenty years, and in that time the lands on either side have
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24

| a half dozen different pairs of calipers | determining to an exact shading the | tapering.
 i Every oar turned out for Yale is the l work of one mans hand, for Shea won't allow any one to touch his planes oy knife. It makes no difference how much the oar costs. the athletic mana ger of the big university is willing to
 stand any expense so long as an oar is made which will gain seconds for Yale
 Circumstances and natural mechan- ical ability led Ted Shea into making oars of unusual excellence His fathe. was an old carmaker in Springfield and he himself always lived near the Connecticut river until he went to New York, where he worked in a factory
 Afternoons when he was free from his work he would watch the carpen- ters in a neighboring boat shop. and finally he returned home determined to make oars. He began in his fathers shop and soon was making the paddles demanded by the canoe club of the place.
 He began to improve the paddles un- til they attracted the attention of well known American lovers of the sport But he was not content with making paddles. He wanted to make name for himself as an oarmaker. and his work finally came to the attention of a Yale coach.
 Soon he received an order for oars from the university, followed by an or der for oars for the varsity crew His success brought him at once into prom thence.
 Before the varsity oars had been put into the Thames he received a stack of letters and telegrams containing orders. These he was obliged to decline to fill, as he did not have the stock Since that time he has spent practically all of his time making oars for the Ameri- can colleges.
 From now until June he will work in- dustriously on oars for the colleges. and during the coming winter sweeps for their crews and those for we'll known athletic clubs will occupy most of his time. Columbia goes to him for her sweeps, and so do most of the small colleges. high schools and individual oarsmen connected with the Union. Boston Athletic and other boat clubs. even the Young Mems Athletic club of New Orleans.
 He has just shipped a pair of single scull oars to one of Harvard's coaches but so far Harvard has not gone to him for it's supply. It is said tht the Harvard and Yale boats will contain many of the same ideas this year, and it has been suggested that with the oars built on the same plan the differ ences in the crews would then be a matter of training.-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24
ORIGIN OF CHAMPAGNE.
Sparkling Wine Supposed to Have Been
 Discovered by a Monk

The origin of champagne is rather
 mysterious, and the painstaking man
 has yet to be found who shall write
 its true and authentic history It was stated recently in newspapers, French and English, that the wine was
 brought to perfection by no less a per- son than an old Benedictine monk. Dom Perignon. ho conceived the idea of blending all the different grapes of the champagne district for the purpose of discovering the highest delicacy and body. This is true as far as it goes. but it does not make Dom Perignon the inventor" Of champagne He wan dered about the hills of the champagne districts in the early part of the eight eenth century and brought his botan- ical and agricultural Knowledge to bear on the vines. Monks of other branches of his order were also botan- ists, agriculturalists and herbalists. as well as bookmen, and there is nothing wonderful in their discoveries of good ways for making wines and Iiquers. The CaTthusians, founded by St BrI- no, who was n Benedictine of the re- formed bTarfcht have given us the world-famed liqueur which they made from herbs and aromatic plants of the just as the Benedictines proper have given us that other cor dial named after them.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-24
THE GUM CRAZE.

Chewing gum, Everywhere, How the scent pervades the air Breath of the vanilla bean. Peppermint and wintergreen,
 How they come
 In the gum. Mingled with petroleumi Maggie sticks it in the mirror:
 Willie leaves it in the chair. Gertrude likes to have it nearer;
 Bites off some and keeps it there Chewing!
 Chewing!
 Chewing,
 Chewing, Men and women, old and young, Nothing doing
 Except chewing Till our joints are fairly wrung With the awful facination Of this wholesale mastication, At the play house. at the church You may find it without search. On the chair it seeks retreat. To the floor it gIues your feet. Baby smears it everywhere, On your shirt front. in your hair, Doggic nearly chokes to death And the cat is short of breath. The canary's sick and glum. All laid out by chewing gum, What are people coming to? Whats the country going to do If we cease all conversation. And unite as one great nation And do naught on earth but