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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18

tragedy when Martin Van Buren,, ths
handsomest of all the presidents, and
the courtliest of gentlemen, who in
all his life had never known the dis.
favor of woman, met one great lady
who was mistress of herself and held
convictions of her own. and who
turned her back upon Martin Van
Buren, in the great drawing room OF
the United States, and showed to q
great gathering of the aristocracy OF
the country that resistance to the fas
cinations of this brilliant lawyer was
quite possible, had woman brains.
Mrs. De Witt Clinton and Martin
Van Buren, had never met. The presi
lent came to Saratoga, and great
fete was arranged in honor of his
coming. Mrs. Clinton. by virtue OF
her wit and beauty, naturally held su
i,remacy at the fete. Van Burens van
ity would not permit him to arrive
at an early hour. Initiating the Eng
lis;. noblemen, who were then more
familiar in America than they are
now, he waited until all the guests
had been assembled and then made
his entrance while every one stood uI
tc receive him. Mrs. Clinton was an
nc, ed at the presidents assumption Of
personal superiority.
With the smile upon his face which
story tells us, no woman had ever
been able to resist, he walked acrosi
the floor of the broad dining room
with extended hand to greet Mrs
Clinton, assuring himself that an in
PRODUCTION to Mrs. Clintons president
would not be considered necessary BY
Mrs. Clinton. She stood perfectly
still until he was within few feet Of
her and then, at the moment when hi
was about to speak, she deliberately
turned and began looking at the lights
in the chandelier.
Martin Van Buren, had committed
for the first time in his life, a faul
pas, and he knew 1t. But his nimble
mind never deserted him in this tragic
moment. He passed directly by Mrs
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
r evels.

Back there in old Saratoga Madame
Jumel had tive tragedy of her career.
Back there " the old days of Sara
toga, Martin 'Ian Buren,, the courtly,
handsome maa who thought no wom-
an could resist him, received the one
rebuff of his brilliant and dashing ca
ieer. Back there in old Saratoga, La
fayette, the only man this government
ever entertained, found the highest de-
velopment OF American courtesy and
made tho happiest speech Of his life
In saying farewell to America forever
Back there, also. In this old Saratoga,
Mrs. De Witt Clinton, of whose beauty
there is still "reminiscences, and Of
whose gowns there is still strong
memory in the minds of the white
haired old ladies' who now sit by their
firesides and talk of the social glory
that Is gone.
The old Saratoga teens with tales.
Away back yonder in the campaign Of
"Tippicanoe and Tyler. too there
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Duke Was Too sanuuine.

It is said by an old historian that
when the Spanish armada sailed along
the south coast of England In Queen
Elizabeth's reign the duke of Medina
Sidonia, admiral of the armada, was
SO affected at the sight of Mount
Edgcumbe. beautiful mansion, view.
ed from the sea, that The resolved it
for his own possession, in the partage
of the kingdom, which the Spaniards
preconquered in their hopes and ex.
pectation." But, as the author quaint.
ly observes. he had catched a great
cold had he had no other clothes to
wear than those which were to be
made Of the skin of bear not yet
killed" A few weeks ago the prince
of Wales was entertained at Mount
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
IN OLD SARATOGA"
RivaIriss and Eoma me .

Jumel, recognized at once this hideous
caricature.
When Madame Jumel discovered
The indignity she called to her aid
Ler retainers and ordered them to
have the affair removed from the
streets. The negro and his attend.
ants refused to be removed, and
Madame Jumel proceeded in high dud.
geon on her road to the lake.
Madame Jumel never took another
drive in Saratoga. And the story,
travelling from mouth to mouth, was
told in all those old colonial cities and
at all the watering places where she
was accustomed to lend her beauty
and domineering presence. Her day
was done and she was never able to
recover from the national ridicule
which was showered upon her after
this Saratoga incident. 1t was the
eclipse of the most beautiful and mo.
daring woman Of her day.
Saratoga witnessed another socia
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Very Wide Of Truth.

An extreme illustration of the way
in which enmity for civil service re-
form crops out from the political class
is afforded by the utterance of Gen.
Henderson, formerly Interstate Com.
mesce Commissioner. With reference
to the recent exposures in the postal
seA.vice he is quoted as saying that
the civil service rules had made it
practically impossible to hold super
iOrs responsible for the acts of en-
ployes, and that blame for irregular
tiles could not be placed upon the
heads of bureaus"
The main assertion of this sentence
is a direct Misrepresentation of the
civil service act. Superiors still have
the liberty of selection from among
the qualified candidates. But the
point that makes this misstatement
the more fragrant is that they have
the full power and duty of dismissal
of subordinates for crookedness. The
duty of superiors to keep close watch
and punish subordinates for any mis-.
deed is indisputable.
Besides this, the inappositeness Of
this remark on the present scandals
is the more glaring on account of two
facts. All the exposures have been
of the class which was fertile in ex.
pedients for beating the civil service
rules, and the heads of bureaus, who,
Gen. Henderson says, cannot be
blamed, include those who were up
to Their elbows in the plumber.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Difference to pecorum.

The elder woman's lips were trem
bling.
, This is too-too much, Madeline!'
she cried. You are my cook-my
good plain cook-to whom would
have trusted even my last new bon.
net And yet, what do l hear? That
no sooner was my back turned last
night than you received a visit from
two policemen. oh, Madeline. Made.
lire, l am indeed deceived in you! One
policeman could have understood and
forgiven, but two"
swell, num-" replied Madeline,
surely we wouldn't have an unmarried
lady sitting wild only wan policeman
would We? Sure, one av thin was me
cousin and the other-well. the othel
was me chapyronei''
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Tariffs Day Is Over.

The tariff has done its work. Every
dollar It gave the protected few it took
from the many; but American indus
tries have attained so vast volume
that they have to invade free trade
markets to dispose of their surplus,
and as result they get no protection
from the tariff. They have squeezed
the orange almost dry, and little re-
mains but to throw away the hull.
AS the protective tariff disappears 1t
would be strange if Republicanism did
not 60 with it. If the Republicans will
gradually reduce 1t they may hold
power, but If they stand pat" and try
to keep the present high rates, the
crash is not far distant, and the fall of
protection will also mean the fall of
Republicanism.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Graft In the Philippines.

The exploitation of the Philippines
oy those of our trust magnates who
are interested in extending their
operations to those islands has been
quietly going on, but the big thing,
the building of a system of railroads,
lis now to be undertaken. Secretary
of War Root is evidently anxious to
help his corporation friends by giving
them government aid to build the pro-
ljected railroads in Luzon and the
other islands. The proposition is to
guarantee the interest on the amount
of the cost of the roads, which would
be sufficient to induce capital to in
vest in the enterprise. This, of course,
means that a deal has been made be.
tween the War department and the
railroad promoters, for official infor-
lmation is given out that engineers
have been making surveys in the
islands, and railroad men have been
lin consultation with the Secretary Of
wa on the project and it has reached
such stage that it is believed early
action will be taken, looking to the
building of railroads on an extensive
scale"
The scheme seems to be that the
government is to give the railroads
charters and rights of way over the
government land and guarantee the
interest on the cost of building the
roads. This will be an incentive to
swell the cost of the building of the
roads so that the insiders can at once
secure a good rake off. The railroads
will then have to be capitalized for
probably at least double what they
actually cost and the government
will have guaranteed interest on the
watered cock. This is nice scheme
for the f.cends of Secretary Root, and
as he is about to retire from the cabi-
net, there is no reason why he will
not himself participate in the pro-
ceeds.
How the government-the pacrle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18

who pay the taxes-r... 'ome out IN
the deal can be readily imagined and
that freight and passenger rates vii.
be exorbitant Is certainty. That
the government will be called upon
to pay the interest and eventually the
principal on the securities issued on
the railroads is the history of all like
undertakings, and that the taxpayers
Of the United States will be the event.
ual sufferers is almost certainty.
Graft under the present administra-
lion Is becoming epidemic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Newspapers 100 Years Old.

In tearing down the old Conanti
house at South Woodstock, VT, lot
of newspaper clippings, going back
to publications of about 1890, were
found in the walls, The slips were.
mostly from the Vermont Journal and
Universal Advertiser Of Windsor. and
contain some interesting notes. :
though the matter is not at all de-
cipherable. A Brandon man offers a
sixpence reward for the return Of q I
runaway boy, "but no charges paid"
which shows that runaway boys did
not come high in those days.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Let Us Hope for the Best.

Preliminary to any action against
che thieves who have been robbing the
Indians of their lands it is announced
that the work OF the Dawes commits
sion will be thoroughly investigated
by close personal friend of the presi-
dent"
This is a peculiar development Of
the reigning dynasty. Under Mr.. Nc
Kinley we had commissions" great
and small to do all sorts of things.
Under Mr.. Roosevelt we have personal
friends of the president regulating and
investigating matters.
And perhaps it is all right. 1t Is nat
ural and in some ways common dable
that the president should trust his
friends. Doubtless the gentleman who
is to scrutinize the doings of the
Dawes commission will make good
job Of it, being "a close personal friend
of the president" and presumably an
individual of much honesty, intelli-
gence and discretion.
We can not but recall with some
trepidation. however. that the person
whom Col. Roosevelt described as my
closest personal friend and political
adviser" has been detected in an I'M
lawful glove contract with the war de-
partment and is saved from disagree
able consequences by the statute Of
limitations and by that only.
Let us hope that the individual who
is going on the trail of the Dawes CON-
missioners may not succumb to temp
tatiOn. These be parlous times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
The Sheriff Cannot wrestIe With the


den rises in the creeks after rain
storms, and are not alarmed at them.i
but Of late there has been genuine
cloudbursts in aahumber of places in
this section.
Tons of water have suddenly drop
ped from the clouds, and, being CON-
fined to small territory, the water.
has done vast amount of damage,
especially in the canyons, where hun
dreds of sheep have been drowned
without a chance to escape.
81 have been in Montana for many
years." said Sheriff Taylor, but I
must say that these cloudbursts are
becoming entirely too numerous and
too savage for. me to wrestle with"
1t is considered likely that mass
meeting will be called in the mountain
districts, and that some plan will bel
devised when storms are threatened.
to warn people living in remote parts
OIL their danger, thus permitting them
to fly to the heights.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Idea Is an Ancient One.

That expert benevolent assimilator
Captain Pershing believes that after
the Moros are Krag-JorgenseniZed a
little more they will fully appreciate
the blessings of American rule. The
captains idea that a grave yard is the
proper place to set up colonial gov
eminent is not original with him. The
Romans had it nineteen centuries and
more solitudinem faciunt, pacem
appellant.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
CARRYING 1T TOO FAR.
Irlshman Mad Travelled Too Long q
Distance for a Joke.

Irlshman Mad Travelled Too Long q
Distance for a Joke.
The late George T. Cline, the eccen.
trio Chicago millionaire. had pas.
sion for violins and Irishmen. Though
on himself he would never spend
more than fifteen or twenty cents a
day, he would readily pay $4,000 or
$4,000 for a violin, and he thought
iothing Of buying Irishmen sumptu.
Gus dinners. with champagne, in
order to hear them talk in their
musical brogue.
An Irishman once played Colonel
Cline false He stole pair Of boots
from him. Discovering his theft the
millionaire pursued the Irishman.
overtaking him as he was about tc
enter a pawnshop with the boots in
his hand.
"Those are my boots; you have
stolen them" said Colonel Cline.
Sure, 1t was only Joke" said the
Irishman.
But the memorable millionaire haul
ed the thief before magistrate, ant
here again the man repeated:
1T was only joke. your honor"
! "Only a joke, hey?" said the magis
trate. well, Mr.. Cline, how far
away from your house had he carried
the boots when you overlook him.?
"Over a mile, sir" replied the mil
.lionaire.
Held for court" said the magis
trate. This is case of carrying the
joke too far"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Wall Streets Dancer,

II Wall street tries a few more
games it will be impressed with the
fact that it is not the United States
and the people thereof. AS men grow
enlightened they outlive their old SUI
perstitions and the crafty priesthoods
of error are left to starye about their
neglected affairs. 1t was so of old
when the Great Pan died. it will be so
again when the Almighty Dollar real
ICES that he is a servant instead OF
god.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18

they substituted a cart. In the cart
they put huge hamper filed with
soiled linen. Then this negro was
dressed in an afternoon gown OF the
Kind worn by Madame Jumel, and he
vas seated in the midst of the linen.
Then, when Madame Jumel was leav
ing the hotel, around the corner came
this facsimile procession of outriders
and attendants. And so well had liv-
cries, animals and all the details beer
copied that the whole city Of fashion.
able Saratoga. sitting on the veran-
das to watch the passage of Madame
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
The Modern American Girl.

When ] met her on the steamer
Coming back from foreign climes,.
A bright maid did l deem her.
And We had some pleasant times.
She was bright In conversations,
And such learning she displayed
When We spoke OF other nations.
That l was In truth dismayed.
She'd foreign education,
Knew the language Of each land:
! was dumb with admiration.
Though l could not understand.
But her English was affected.
And for this naught could atone,
Learning others she'd neglected
To study up her own.
She could read me quite a, sermon
On the history OF France,
When she spoke of legends German
/ displayed gross ignorance.
And the bit I'd learned at college
Seemed ridiculous until
j discovered she'd no knowledge
or the fight at Bunker Hill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
cIoudbursts in Montana.

Ths northern section of Montana,
which has heretofore been free from
climatic disturbances of all kinds, il
confronted by new danger
Cloudbursts are becoming so numer-
GUS that ranchmen and the people gen.
orally are becoming alarmed, and
residents along the streams that come
down the gulches are in constant
readiness to flee for their lives. The
feeling of unrest has become; more
marked since the disaster in Oregon.
The people are familiar with sud
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
rrunk Game over In MayfIower.

BY the will of Spencer c. Doty Of |!
Yonkers, N. Y, the descendants of the !.
Mayfower pioneers of his state are t
to come into possession of small
wooden trunk which came over in the /
famous ship.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Excited bv Opposition.

Oyster Bay strenuosity, it seems. is
determined to call an extra session
simply because Senators Hanna, De-
pew and Spooner advise him not to do
So AS moral proposition this policy
probably would be all right; as po-
litical scheme its wisdom is open to
doubt
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
EnvIabIe Record of Service.

Mr.. q. w. Pike, the postmaster Of
the house of commons in London, has
iust retired. Mr.. Pike has a phenome-
nal record, being accredited with the
achievement of not hav-
ing lost single days duty during the
forty-six years he has been in the
house.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18
Left an unauarded spot.

While Uncle Joseph Cannon was
watching the hole Of the Iowa tariff
idea the Wall street currency idea
broke into the Republican Congress.
sional sheepfold, whence piteoIs bleat-
ings and baaings now proceed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-09-18

Clinton as if he had never seen hej
and went beyond her to where ar
aged lady of his intimate acquaintance
was sitting, and bowling low over her
Kissed her hand.
/ 1t was meeting of two clever PEG
pie. But the sorrow of il was ever
afterward Van Burens, and his social
error was never forgotten during all
his public career. He suffered almost
as much from the ridicule of the ma
ton as did Madame Jumel before him
Charles e. Trevathan, in New York
Morning Telegraph.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-07
RECORD OF THB PAST
No Stronger Evidence Can Be
Produced.

Look we'll to their record. What
they have done many times In years
gone by Is the best guarantee Of
future results. Any one with a
bad back, any reader suffering with
urinary troubles. from any kidney
Ills will find In the following evil
dence of proof that relief and cure
Is near at hand.
Mr.. G M. Myers, the we'll known
shoemaker of Winchester avenue
and 14th street, Ashland, KY I,
says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are
ike true friends, the longer you
know them the better they are ap
preciated. I can add nothing to
the statement I first made In 1896
after I procured the remedy at the
Ventura Drug company, and took
course of the treatment which
cured me. I was absolutely fee
from all backache FOR nearly three
years, then I noticed a slight ache,
as the result of cold In my back
A box OF Doan's Kidney Pills dis
posed of 1t I have recommended
this remed; 10 many and have
never heard OF one who did not en-.
dorse the claims made for It,"
For sale by all dealers. Price,
so cents a box Foster Milburn
company, Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the u. S.
Remember the name--Doau's-
and take no other.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-07
B. & O. Progressiveness.

News received this morning by
"a Review man gives an excellent
idea of the enterprise of the new
management of the Ohio River
Railroad. It was concerning the
trip of the Knights Templar to the
States Conclave at Parkersburg
next week. 1t indicated that If the
small number of some three humid
red people from Wheeling, New
Martlnsville and Sistersville would
nnite In making the journey via
this modern railroad, the road
would generously (9grant them a
special train. When the old manage
ment had charge OF the local road
a third OF that number could get a
special, and all attention and all
accommodations within the power
of the officials to grant. Then the
road was run, to some extent at
least. for the convenience and com.
fort of Its patrons. Now 1t Is run
from Baltimore, In the interest OF
no body except the Golfers of that
aggregation of capital, which does
not even own Itself.
The Ohio River division of this
road Is one of the best paying
properties of the entire system. 1t
meas that 1t Is rapidly becoming
with 1t as 1t once was with the
Pittsburg division, that the great
revenue from 1t are used In I'm
proving some other portion OF the
system, or else to make good for
mistakes made In management
somewhere else, so that the yearly
balance sheet might appeal to the
credulity of the public.
The City of Sistersville had
hoped great things from the B, &
O., believing that the Pennsylvania
tinge to the management would
continue the progressiveness OF the
Ohio River and possibly increase
1t. But on the contrary, we are
fast discovering that 1t IS the same
old B. & o. ofwhich we have heard
so much, and Of which we are rap
Idly learning that most we heard IS
true.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-07
Opera House Drug Store.

Mr.. ]. R. Wells, of Tuscombia,
Miller County, Missouri, IS In the
city today shaking hands with his
many friends and relatives In this
city. Mr.. Wells has been out to
Middlebourne for a few days visit.
Ing his sister. Mrs. K. S. Boreman.
Mr. Wells was born and raised In
this city but several years since he
moved to his preaent home where
he Is now a prosperous farmer
His many old friends and school
mates here were glad to see him
again and to learn be Is prospecting
in his new home and business. He
will go up to Wheeling tomorrow
to visit hts mother and will then
return home.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-07
House Sold.

Mr.. A. J. johnson has sold his
dwelling house on the South Side
to Mr.. Fred Tinker, manager Of
the Pure Oh Company, who will
move his family and household
goods to this city from Titusville,
Pennsylvania, at once. We extend
NJ. Tinker q most cordial
welcome to our hustlipg little city.
Mr.. Johnson will move to Parkers
burg, but will probably return in a
few weeks.