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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

the wounded was the only sound
which broke the awful silence.
what have you done? You have
forgotten your oath, disgraced your
uniform. You towards, you miserable
contemplate cowards!"
Shots sang and whistled around
them, but this handful of men stood
there motionless, at attention.
I'VE have forgotten the car, for
gotten our oath!"-it came with a
moan from the ranks. I'VE are
guilty; thou must pronounce our SEN
tence, captain!"
The captain heard it and his heart
filled with joy. He did not notice the
thou" His eyes shone, his chest
labored heavily. children" he said,
"also am l guilty that let this hap
pen. Let us march into DEATH"
He put on his old dusty cap, pierre
ed by bullets, made the sign Of the
cross and said:
Forgive your old captain, breth-
ren!"
Forgive us, captain!"
"The Little Father forgive IFS ALI"
forward, march," came the COM
mand. The Russian column had been
beaten and were in full retreat before
the enemy, who came rushing on.
Then out of the cornfield came a
handful of soldiers. Silently they
marched on in close formation, keep
ing perfect time as il on parade,
though their faces were stern and set
An old captain in uniform torn with
bullets, marched in front, and not d
man fell back, even the wounded ris-
ing again when they had fallen. The
trumpets sounded the -'etreat, Jut the
company did not hear. They had SEN
fenced themselves to death and they
kept on advancing.
When they came near the Japanese
lines they charged bayonets and
cheered, weak cheer, it is true,
which was soon drowned by the Ban
zai" of the enemy. But mighty re-
Spouse came, the Russian reserves
came to the aid Of thei" heroic COM
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

never stirred, though tears ran down
his cheeks. He was broken-hearted
at the thought of his disgrace.
Bullets whizzed through the air all
around them; it was like hailstorm,
but they stood there, needless of the
danger of the death which filled the
atmosphere.
I'VE might call the roll, captain"
Call the roll of cowards-contempt-
ible. scoundrels! What good would
that do?"
Call them by name captain. They
will respond"
1t was an idea after all.
And with voice as If he had been
standing on the parade ground the
captain began calling the names OF
his men.
Dead! Wounded! Missing!" re-
piled the sergeant.
But one at time the men came
forward and took their accustomed
places in the ranks, saluting their
captain with downcast eyes, crushed
by the feeling of their shame.
Time and again peculiar sound
was heard and man fell to the
ground dead or wounded, grooming
with pain, but no one noticed or
cared. The ranks closed, the holes
filed.
And he stood before them IS II he
never noticed the wounded, stern and
forbidding. He was no longer their
beloved captain, but a merciless
Judge.
what have you done?"
The pale faces turned still paler,
but no answer came, the grooming OF
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Science Had No Remedy.

Congressman Hemenway Of Iowa
ellis with unholy glee how an eminent
scientist was discounted while lectur-
Ing in an interior town of the Hawk
eye state. The scientific party, at the
conclusion of a lecture which he had
been delivering, announced that he
should be glad to answer any question
in order to elucidate such points as
might need clearing up. In the audi.
ence was an inveterate joker-a tall,
gaunt man with an anxious, careworn
look. The joker arose and in solemn
tones announced that he had ques-
ton. The lecturer bowed. Il shall
be only too happy to reply to it, sir,
said he. The tall man cleared his
throat, and then, in loud voice said:
81 would take it as considerable IA
vor if you would tell me whether this
science has produced any remedy for
warts"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Vienna telephone call boxes are pro-
vided with napkins and the inscrip-
ton: wipe, if you pleaes."

Every houseKeeI er should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because It
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in * pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from a injurious chem
icals. If your grocer ties to sell you q
1907. package it is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every packa &c in large let
tiers and figures '16 U.S." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
WOMEN WON'T MARRY MUTES.
Fact for Which Seeker After knowl
edue Wants Exclamation.


Men gifted with the power of speech
look with much more favor on the
idea of marrying deaf-mutes than do
women" said the man who always
goes about with his eyes open. 81
have known several men whose wives
were mute as the proverbial oyster
who lived in perfect happiness in the
inevitable silence, but | have never yet
seen a woman who was content to
tie herself to a man who had been
denied the blessed privilege of ma
king things hum.
His affiiction seems to debar her
of the divine right to sass back, and
the deprivation is too much for her.
Of course there are, according to sta
tistics, many Of the latter class of one
sided unions, but they are by no
means as common as marriages be-
tween speaking man and a mute
woman, else we would run across
them more frequently.
Il have asked number of people
interested in the education of deaf
mutes for their opinion as to the cause
of this dissimilarity of taste in the
sexes, but the replies received were
mostly facteous and unsatisfactory.
Having been unable to form any con-
elusive deductions, am still seeking
information as to the causes Of a
condition which is so very obvious,
and I hope somebody will be able to
set me right. "-EXchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

The cars army was advancing
The burning sun made the dust-laden
air feel like fire. The grass on the
ground was trampled down by thou
sands of feet and the only protection
and cover were the cOrnfields, whose
tall withered stalks concealed friend
and enemy alike.
A company of Russian infantry
came rushing back and threw them
selves down among the cornstalss,
which trembled in the air for few
seconds, then all was quiet.
In disorder, without leaders, they
had fed like herd of scared sheep,
inspired only by the instinct of self
preservation, and desire to live. And
now they were lying there in groups,
silent and downcast, hardly able to
breathe, listening and trembling at
every sound, insane from fright. panic
stricken. From the direction from
which they had come, and, as it SEEM
ed, directly from the yellowish green
wall of cornstalks which stood be-
tween them and the enemy, came the
sound of rifle shots, With a noise as
of peas thrown by the handful on
drum. Sometimes stronger, sometimes
weaker, sometimes in volleys came
the sound, accompanied on and off by
the roar of the field artillery.
Hardly had they thrown themselves
down when the bullets began to strike
the ground all around them, but they
remained motionless, every man
clutching his rifle in his hands. care
full not to look at his 1eighbor, every
man ashamed of his own cowardice.
Thus passed whole minute-an
eternity of death and destruction it
seemed.
A man in the uniform of captain
came running toward the cornfield
which had swallowed up the company.
He had lost his sword and his uni.
form was torn and dusty. He was
furious, his face distorted with rage.
He had been in command of these peo-
pie lived with them, loved them as
children. He knew every one Of them.
his life, his character he had led
them into death, the death which
threatened them from behind those
hastily constructed trenches which
were visible in the horizon, and they
had betrayed his faith in them and
fled. How he hated them in this mo-
ment!
He rushed into the cornfeld breath.
less, unable to raise his voice to call
them back, broken down with des-
pair.
They were all there-he knew it, ne
felt it. only a few steps from him,
stricken with fear Of death, and he did
not have the strength to call them
back to inspire them with new cour-
age.
The old, SCARED veteran officer,
stern and grim though he looked, sud-
denly began to sob, and sank exhaust
ed to the ground, never once think
ing of the bullets which struck every
where around him, almost wishing
that one of them would kill him.
The cornstalks parted slowly, and
among them appeared the grimy face
of the old sergeant.
Quick as lightning the captain
Jumped to his feet
Thou also-tnou, also, Stephen An
tanovitch!" he shouted and rushed
toward the old sergeant, who stood
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Japs Have No Alphabet.

The Japanese, like the Chinese, have
no alphabet in the ordinary sense,
every word in their written language
being represented by a separate char
acter In telegraphing in these Ian
guages, therefore, about 10000 words
are selected, and figures ranging from
up to 1899 are allotted to each word.
Each word of message to be trans
mitted by telegraph in these languages
is then first given its proper number
by the telegraph clerk, by means of a
dictionary which has been prepared
under the authority of the government.
These numbers are then transmitted
by the Morse alphabet, and, when re-
ceived, the message is translated back
into the Chinese or Japanese charac-
tiers by reference to corresponding
dictionary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

rades, who were being moved down
by the enemy-a hundred to one.
Toward evening, when the sun
went down behind the Yentai mines
and the blood-bespattered fields, the
Japanese had been driven back and
Kuroki's flanking movement had fall
ed.
And in the morning, when The order
of the day was read, company was
mentioned which had marched alone
against the attacking enemy, and
though 1t had been almost wiped out
had made it possible to take those
little burrows which in military Ian
guage are called trenches and breast
works and had changed the whole
outcome of the battle.-Chicago
American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
TERRIBLE SUFFERING
THIS YOUNG WOMAN APPEALED IN
VAIN FOR HELP.
When Hope had Almost Settled Into Utter
Despair Relief Came from an
Unexpected Source,


Despair Relief Came from an
Unexpected Source,
Mrs. Emma Heidebreder, of No. 1923
Joy street, Burlington, Iowa, whose hus-
band is all employee of the Rand Lumber
Co., tells story Of pitiable suffering:
"For about five years." she says, ~
had a host Of physical ills that kept me an
invalid and puzzled the doctors. Some
If them thought was going into con.
sumption. At times was so weak that
[ could not comb my hair or even wash
my face. Then excruciating pains ran
suddenly up my thigh and I had to be
carried to bed screaming III my agony.
I could no longer do my work and the
drain upon my husbands purse was
very heavy. I craved food but what l
ate only gave me discomfort. My liver
was torpid, and often I had to be carried
to the door for air to save me from suf-
locating.
"The worst was the pain which seemed
as if my thigh were being pushed out Of
my body. The best doctors could do was
to deaden it by narcotics. Once they
thought could not live for more than
two days. In one of my worst attacks,
q friend said f.: Why dom you try DR..
Williams Pink Pills? They are the
only thing that ever helped my rheuma-
ism
81 took his advice. After using one
box I felt better, and continued to use
the pills for three or four months with
steady improvement until was well.
For four years have been able to do all
my household work, and no longer have
to take medicine for any serious trouble.
I gave one box of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills to a man on crutches because of
rheumatism and advised my market
woman to buy box when she was COM
planning of the same trouble. heard that
he was soon able to throw his clutches
away, and she told me she had got rid of
the rheumatism by the use of one box
and could not thank me too much"
Testimony multiplies as to the mag
nificent curative powers Of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People in cases of
rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous head
ache, palpitation of the heart and all
forms of weakness in either male or
female. They are sold by all druggists
throughout the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Heavenly Treasure.
What ! spent / had;
What | kept | los,:
What l gave l have!
ola -

What ! spent / had;
What | kept | los,;
What l gave l have!
old Epitaph.
Every coin of earthly treasure
We have lavished upon the earth,
For our simple worldly pleasure,
May be reckoned something worth;
For the spending was not losing
Though the purchase were but small;
1t has persisted with the using:
We have had it-that is all!
All the gold we leave behind us
When we turn to dust again,
Though our avarice may blind us.
We have gathered quite in vain;
Since we neither can direct 1t.
BY the winds of fortune tossed,
Nor in other worlds expect it,
What we boarded We have lostl
But each merciful oblarion,
Seed of pity wisely sown--
What we give in self-negation,
We may safely call our own:
For the treasure freely given
Is the treasure that we hoard.
Since the angels keep, In heaven,
II. @. ssse
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Hiohest Price for Real Estate.

The highest priced real estate in
London is near the Bank of England.
Lad sells there at the rate Of 1875 per
square foot-$16,250,000 an acre.
From this center the price diminishes
in receding tide rising again in the
Strand to a price of from $50 to 500
a square foot. In Bond street, in the
West End, still higher price of SITS
per square foot, or more than $780,
900 an acre, has been reached.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
WOES OF POLITICAL LEADER.
To Be Successful He Must Be All
Things to All Men.

" ~
ITO become a political leader and
to retain the post successfully re-
Quires eternal vigilance" said a well
known politician. in the thickly set
tied sections of Philadelphia the lead
err becomes a sort of unofficial mayor,
guardian and father of his constit-
uents. He can never ignore a re-
quest; to do so Is to offend not only
the individual who makes it, but all
his relatives.
zone woman asked the leader re-
Gently to take her baby into his fam
lily while the mother went out of the
city for weeks visit. Again, he was
called up at 3 o'clock in the morning
by two men who had dispute and
wanted him to arbitrate. He was eX>
pected to see that the poor had coal;
to bail out those who were arrested;
to secure work for those out of en-
ployment; to have police fines remit
ted, and to attend marriages. picnics
and funerals.
"One family of voters renowned
him permanently because he did not
call when the 7-year-old son Thomas
broke leg.
"'But | didn't know he had broken
his leg the leader protested.
"'Sure, and you should have known
it, was the reply.
"'But didn't even know you had a
son Thomas
"'That settles it, exclaimed the
father; who, taking up his hat to
leave, remarked: Charlie Donnelly
would have known it. Niver meal
have you ate in me house,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Paper Clothing.

A London wholesale haberdashery
concern has introduced species OF
paper undersuits and hosiery, samples
of which are now being shown in the
New York markets. These goods are
offered at popular prices and save
laundry bills. Japanese paper hand
kerchiefs are selling more freely than
formerly. A specially constructed
wallet" is on sale to go with them.
Separate divisions are provi.ed for
clean and soiled kerchiefs, the latter
being burned.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Insist ON GETTING Il.

Some grocers say they don't Keep
Defiance Starch. This is because they
have a stock on hand of other brands
containing only IL OF in a package,
which they won't be able to sell first.
because Defiance contains IL OF. Tor
the same money.
Do you want IS OF. instead OF IL OF.
for same money? Then buy Denance
Starch, Requires no cooking.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

President Roca of Argentine in his
annual message proclaimed his coun-
try prosperous and at peace with all
the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

1t is a sad weakness in us, after all,
that the thought of mans death hal
lows him anew to us; as if life were
not sacred, too.-George Eliot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Some men are born great, some
achieve greatness and some very sue
cessfully parry the thrusts of great
ness.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Norways coast line-1,7OO miles
in a straight line-becomes $4,000
miles if followed around the fJords.
In these fjords are over 10000 is
lands.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

81 suppose you have made 1t rule
in politics never to forget friend"
"Theres' no danger of that" answered
Senator Sorghum; III man has done
anything friendly for you In politics.
- nsyar lets you forget it"-IRx.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Emperor William on his Mediteran-
can cruise abstained from all strong
drink. Orange juice and mineral
water were his favorite tipples.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
One Thousand Words a Minute.

A recent mechanical wonder is
telegraphic instrument that sends
1000 words minute 1000 miles in
length. A human operator can trans
NIT fifty words a minute.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

A woman never doubts what her
husband says when he gets home late.
She is determined to remain convinced
that he is lying.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Mother Cray's Sweet o,wders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30, 900 tes-
timonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. s. Olms ted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

The longest span of telegraph wire
in the world is G,000 feet in length.
1t runs over the River Keitnah in
India.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Why II 10 the Best

is because made by an entirely differ
ent process. Defiance Starch is UNI
like any other, better and one-third
more for 10 cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Mrs. j. II. Giles. Everett. Pa. Suffered
years with kidney and gravel trouble. Cured by Dr.
David Kennedys Favorite Remedy, Rondout, N. Y Noo
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
Defiance Starch

should be in every household. none %
good, besides o. more for 10 cents
than any other brand Of cold water
starch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Write MURINE EYE REMEDY Co., Chicago, II
your eyes ire sore or innamed, and get oculists
advice and free sample MURINE ltoures all eye-ills
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Jewels of the marquis of Anglesey
brought $114,940 at public auction in
Lordon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Mrs, Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums, reduces In
nammatiok. asys pain, cures wind colic 25c bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18
A curious tree grows in Malabar. In.

n NUIIOUo u % 1--WE TIT -'f'''
dia. 1t is called the tallow tree, from
the fact that its seeds, when boiled,
produce a tallow which makes excel
lent candles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

TIL eemperor Of Japan has never
been out de his own country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

The satire German possessions in
Africa aggregate an area OF 1vo2l, 6ss
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Pisos Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
cough cure.-J. w. O'BRIEN, 3a2 Third Ave.
n Minneapolis Mimi, Jan. 6. 1900
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

Food for thought doesn't satisfy -
empty stoma6 81.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-31
CRIMINAL FOR CRIMINAL.
Case of Give and Take Between Utah
Aud Montana

Il was a ease Of give AVID take ON the
rsrt % Gov wells oh Saturday after
noon when he honorod the re1uisItion
made upon him by the governor Of
Montana for the return to that state
Of prisoner wanted FOR grand lar
ceny. and then issued q rcqulstion
upon the Montana governor Tor the re-
turn 10 this state Of prisoner wanted
n Kane county for rape
Jack Payne Is the prisoner who Is
wanted In Teton county, Montana, for
stealing some horses from Frank Fell
lows ON Feb T. Payne was arrested I'm
ogden and was taken back To- Montana
by Deputy Sheriff J. w. Kerr OF Teton
county
Tho Utah fugitive who is now ln the
charge Of Sheriff Robertson OF Living
ston, Montana, Is James r. DAILY, a
sewing machine agent who Is alleged
90 have made a criminal assault upon
tho person of Emily Young, % l7-year-
old Girl residing at kanah u is
charged that. ON Dec. a. 1903, DAILY
took the young gyl ont buggy riding
and accomplished The crime bv giving
her knockout drops he fed from the
state and remained in st. Anthony
Ida, for some time but again ned 10
Montana and was arrested in the Yell
lowstone park ON Monday by Sheriff
Robertson Sheriff Swaup OF Kane
county started 10 Montana after the
fugitive ON Saturday night
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-31
CEILING FALLS.
Four Men Seriously Hurt, Many
Others Slightly,

Now York. oct. 3l,-Four men have
been severely hurt by the falling OF u
ceiling In Lyric hall, Sixth avenue and
Forty-scCoud street A score We're
trampled upon and a panic was mar
rowly averted among 500 men, women
and children IN the hall where German
singing societies were holding a festi-
val
The ceiling was knocked loose b. the
dropping Of several large dumbbells on
the floor above used by an athletic club.
II fell with a crash In the wine room of
the main hall All the men there were
knocked down and smothered by a
cloud Of dust. They scrambled 20 their
feet and ran into the hail. Some one
cried Fire, and the audience made a
wild rush for the stairway. Fortu-
nately the exit was large and no one
was seriously crushed
A squad OF police were just about to
raid a gambling house nearby and with
drawn clubs they stopped the stampede
ON the stairs just as It seemed as II loss
Of HE was certain.