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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-16
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
TONNAGE" AT INLAND PORT.
Deputy Collector Evidently Had New
er Been Seafarinq Man.


Appraiser Whitehead in discussing
the other day some of the peculiari-
ties of the tariff law, told the follow
ing story Of newly appointed deputy
collector at SUPPORT on the Cana
dian border. The port was in the
woods, and hundreds Of miles from
the coast.
The customs officials are furnished
with blanks on which to make their
reports, and in cases like the one in
point there are many items on the
blanks which it is never necessary to
fill. The new deputy collectors re-
port contained the information that
he had collected 81 for tonnage"
dues on vessels.
The treasury department had Wis
IONS of tidal wave which had chang
ed the face of the map on the north
ern frontier and made the little port
IN the woods veritable seaport. An
agent was dispatched to the scene to
investigate. He found no change In
the physical characteristics Of the re-
gion, and the first question which he
asked the new official was how he had
managed to collect 81 for tonnage.
81 collected duty on two tons of hay
at 81 a ton," he replied, "and II that
isn't what you mean by tonnage on
your old blank I'll be id if l know
what it is."-New York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

moo. Great lands, how I suffer!"
THE case is just like this, dad:
Tho wilder is at least ten years older
than me, but we love each other. and
want to git married. You married to
please yourself. and l shall do the
same thing. You and ma have had a
heap to say about 1t, and you've said
some purity hard things, but I guess
you're willin' to take them all back
now and keep shet. Do I understand
1t that way, dad?"
Never, Dick-never!"
"Then you stand quiet and I'll go
in to dinner. If hear you yell
shan't come, as 1t will be too late.
Do you want a big funeral, dad?"
"Dick, have I got to chaw my
words?" pleadingly queried the father.
"Or else let the bees chaw YOU"
Then, Dick-then git that hive up
here in less'n mint and begin
to gently scrape them Internal in
seeks off, fur I'm right on the pint
of faintin' away"
"And the wilder. dad-the wild
der?"
Marry the wilder, and be burned
to you!"-Charles Crawford In Bos
ton Globe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
How the Waiter Lost a Tip.

At one Of the Kansas City hotels
where the colored walters give espe-
cially good service, but always expect
adequate remuneration for the same
from the guests, waiter was espe-
cially officious the other day in serv'
ing a man from whom he expected a
liberal tip. When the meal had been
served and he was standing off at one
side, eagerly looking for an opportu-
nifty to be of service, he said to the
guest: -. .
Didn't yo' have brothah 'heah last
week, sah?"
mo" said the one addressed, II be-
iieve not"
well" continued the waiter, "theh
was a gem'man heah at nah table
what looked ve'y much like you, and
he was SO we'll pleased with the serv-
ice that he gave me so cents when he
left"
The guest had by this time finished
his meal, and as he arose he said to
the expectant servitor:
Come to think of it, Sam, that was
nv brother that was here, and | guess
he paid you for the whole family. he
may be back again in week or two
Kansas City Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

! WORL DIS FAIR FAR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
Verdict Writer Who Spent Week at the s
Exposition at st. Louis in July.

Infinite variety, and as rule the full
moneys worth is given. The enor-
nous Jerusalem and Boer War con-
cessions are not on the Pike.
It is a case of dine at the German
Pavilion and die at the exposition. In
a beautiful Moderne Kunst building
adjoining Das Deutsche Haus the best
food and the highest prices on the
grounds are to be found, the table
d'hote lunch and dinner costing two
and three dollars, respectively. There
is also la carte service. Everything
considered, the prices are not excess
sive, and at least one meal should be
taken there for the experience. An
other should be taken at the Tyrolean
Alps, either outdoors or in the gor-
geous dining-room in the mountain
side. The best French restaurant Is
at Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices
and in every way admirable are the
two restaurants conducted by Mrs.
Rorer in the pavilions of Cascade
Gardens. The east one has wait
resses and no beer and the west one
walters and beer. For bit of lunch
Germany, France and England all
offer delicious pastry in the Agricul-
tural building. These are not free
ads, but time-saving tips for the trav-
eler. There are no end of restaurants
to fit all purses on the grounds l
tried nine of them and nowhere found
the prices more than they ought to be.
AS a matter Of fact, for neither food
DOR lodging no one need pay any more
az st. Louis than he feels that he can
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
GAVE HIS FLOCK WARNING.
Jealous Old Minister Certainly Made
Lesson Impressive.

Lesson Impressive.
The little town of Bethlehem, Pa.
once contained a half-crazy minister
known as "Ranting" Ranker, who had
been educated beyond his intelligence,
and was at times Historically fanatic.
His strange doings were as numerous
as they were well known, but probably
the widest freak was during the last
year of his eventful life.
The quiet little village was deep in
slumber one night when it was arous-
ed by peal after peal from the bell in
the Moravian church. Men and wom-
en- rushed from every side to put out
the supposed fire and the local fire
brigade sailed forth with all its para
pnernalia. The crowd assembled
about the church, but the bell never
ceased it's frantic summons. At last a
delegation was sent up to see who the
ringer was. "Ranting' Ranker stood
there, half naked, pulling the bell rope
with all his strength.
What is it? Where's the fire?"
was their excited query.
Fire in hell! Fire in hell" shout
ed the jealous old preacher, "and II
you don't look out you'll all be burned
up in it."
How many souls were converted
that night has never been known.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
Why Birds Live Long.

Why do birds live so much longer
yhan mammals, which are often hun
ared times their size? Possibly, among
other things, because they have beaks
instead of teeth. All carnivorous
beasts become weak and liable to star
walton, as their teeth drop out or
break. Neither are the herbivorous
animals in much better case. Old
horses would probably die Of starva-
ton If wild, for their teeth would fall
them; indeed, in some stony countries
old horses have to be killed because
their teeth are worn away by cropping
grass close to the rock. Rodents con.
stantly die from injuries to teeth. But
a birds beak neither wears out nor
drops off, and as it constantly swai-
lows fresh grit to aid in grinding FOOD
IN the gizzard that needs no repairing
either. -,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
HAS FAD FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Thousands of Negatives Made For
Millionaire August Belmont.

Among rich Americans perhaps
none is so fond of being photographed
as August Belmont, James r. keene
being a close second. One New YORK
photographer, whose patrons are most
ly wealthy men, has made thousands
of negatives for Mr.. Belmont In the
last few years. One of the largest
single orders for prints from old mega
tives ever received by this photog-
rapher came from Mr.. Belmont himself
soon after the death of his wife. II
included a good print from every mega
tive in which Mrs. Belmont appeared.
The photographer never guessed now
many photographs he had taken for
Belmont till then; he found that they
numbered nearly a thousand.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
Ancient Phases Corrupted.

Ancient Picts in England were
called by the Celtic word "pehta" or
fighters. This was Latinized into Pic
ii. So, too, Barbary of the ancient
maps is a monument to the miscalling
of the Berber tribe by the Greek word
signifying barbarian" Even the leg
end of the victory of Guy of Warwick
over the dun cow is assailed by ruth
less etymologists, who insist upon its
derivation from his conquest over the
"Dena gau," or Danish settlement, at
the champions gates. The Celtic
words ALT maen" are responsible for
many "old man" crags upon sea coasts
and among mountains. They mean,
however, high rock"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
SET THEM ON EACH OTHER.
BeIIigerent Callers Fooled by Quick
Witted Newspaper Man.

Representative Brownlow of Ten
nessee tells that once he was running
a country paper during campaign
times and was printing fighting"
language every week. One day, just
after the paper was out, big man,
armed with a club, walked into the
sanctum and fiercely inquired If the
editor was in. The frightened Brown
low had wit enough to answer that he
was not, but that he would go out
and hunt him up. He started for the
street and at the foot Of the stairs
met another irate fellow, who asked:
"Will l find the editor of this dirty
sheet upstairs?" Eyes," said Brown
low, "he's up there at his desk just
itching for fight" The second man
went up and Brownlow disappeared.
Which whipped the other is not re-
lakeland Brownlow didn't go back
during the day to find out.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
mn E
WEEy SzNzl/RNW
RYCZ4RZES LR4NIZ2AO

JENNY, no wonder that me and
your mother have bin shavin' cold feet
fur the last three days and huntin'
up verses for our tombstones! I'll
have one more talk with you when
we go up to dinner, and if you can't
be made to listen to reason then I'll
be through with you"
Dick had nothing to say In reply.
He was as much astonished as his
father at his sudden outbreak, but it
had given him confidence.
The pair worked along for the next
two hours without a word, and when
the dinner horn blew they started for
the house. The father led by good
fifteen rods.
His head was down, and he was
thinking up new arguments to ad'
vance. when a strange, buzzing noise
suddenly reached his ears and made
him halt.
He was passing close to one Of the
beehives, and the bees were swarm
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

The Worlds Fair at st. Louis is
now in the midst of its splendid sea-
son. Colossal, complete, cosmopoli-
tan, it commands the attention of the
world as no other enterprise Of the
present year. From all nations there
are pilgrims coming to this shrine,
and from all our states and territories
there is a constantly growing throng
OF visitors. United States Senators,
Governors Of States, men eminent in
science, art and letters-all express
unqualified admiration for the EXPOSE
lion and free acquiescence in the oft
repeated statement that this is by far
the greatest and best universal expo
sition ever held.
During July a well-known magazine
and newspaper writer from New York,
Mr.. Addison Steele, spent a week at
the Worlds Fair, inspecting the
grounds, buildings and various attrac-
lions as thoroughly as was possible in
that limited period. Returning home,
Mr. Steele published in Brooklyn
Life the following appreciative COM
ments on the Exposition:
In the expressive language Of the
ay, st. Louis has the goods" | had
expected much of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition, for l had kept in
touch with the making of it from its
very inception, five years ago; but
after nearly a week of journeying
through this new wonderland l must
confess that in every essential par
ticular it is far beyond my expecta-
tons. The biggest and best 1t was
meant to be and the biggest and best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

ing. They put out by the thousand,
flying around and around, like cork
screw, and as farmer Scott hesitat-
ed which way to run, the whole cloud
began settling down on him.
His straw hat was covered in an In.
slant, and then the little workers
roasted on his shoulders, chung to his
shirtsleeves and covered him down
to the knees. He reached out his
right hand and grasped young
peach tree to support himself, but
that was all he could do.
Dick came swinging along about
the time the last bee had settled
down. and he stopped short with a
look of amazement. Then the look
changed to grin. and he sat down on
the frame Of the grindstone, crossed
his legs and said:
dad, wouldn't be in your place
for three of the best COWS in Hills
dale county,"
"Dick, I'm a dead mani" replied
the father in hoarse whisper.
"You surely are. You amt goin' to
die of broken heart because l marry
the wilder Lapham, but because
about 100000 bees are goin' to jab
their stingers into you at the same
time. You'll feel wuss'n that peddler
did-fur wuss."
"Dick," continued the father, you
must git one O. them new hives and
NET ,op,o froch bopav arourd II and
try to coax them bees off. They may
begin to sting me any mint"
Eyes, dad, they may, and they'll!
hear your yells clear down to Schem;
erhorn's as the first fifty singers &c
in. I'll see about the hive bimeby
/ want to talk with you first. How
old do you think the wilder Lapham
ISL"
."For heavens sake, but what has
the widder Lapham got to do with
them bees? Get that hive!"
after we've had our talk. How
| old did you say she was?"
"A leetle over 80, guess, but I'm
nigh dead of fright"
"You keep still and you'll be al
right. How big are the wilder.
feet?"
"Durn you, Dick. will you see -oul
own father perish this way?"
you're not perishin'. How big ar
|,her feet?"
Same as your fathers, or small
er. Now git the hive"
~ I. UD,rfr cnop dad How about tht
wilder settin' mantraps?"
"Dick Scott" exclaimed the fathe
in as loud tones as he dared use
them COMPOUNDED bees are crawlin
down my back and into my ears!"
Eyes, they are naturally GURUS t
know who you are. Do you recko
1.-THE wilder set mantrap for me, dad?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

ent parts do justice to their nobility
of architecture and general grandeur.
Then again in the ground plans and
bird's-eye sketches-the only possible
manner of showing 1.-THE fan-shaped
arrangement of this group looked stir
and unsatisfying. Far from that, 1t Is
quite as remarkable in Its way as the
famous Court of Honor Of the Colum-
bian Exposition. In one respect 1t is
even more notable, for instead Of two
grand vistas it offers dozen. The
main vista Is, of course, the one look
ing up the Plaza Of st. Louis-whose
GROWING feature is the great Louisi-
ana Purchase Monument-and across
the Grand Basin to the Cascade Gar
Gens. On the right are the Varied In
dustries and Electricity buildings and
on the left Manufacturers and Edu-
cation, these-with Transportation and
Machinery still further to the right
and Liberal Arts and Mines beyond
at the left-making up the body of the
fan. For it's handle the fan has the
Cascade embarrassing in a grand
terrace to a height of sixty-five feet
above the floor level of the buildings
mentioned and crowned by the great
Festival Hall, the Terrace of States
end the East and West Pavilions-and
the Fine Arts building directly behind.
The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps
the finest concession that have ever
seen. There is a great square with
many quaint buildings, little village
street, and above the snow-clad noun
tains-which look very real as the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

A good many things had happened
before the bees swarmed back Of the
house on that June day.
Dick Scott, son of the hard-headed
and hard-hearted old Farmer Scott,
had fallen in love with the widow
Lapham months before. He was
barely 81 years Of age, and working
for his father as hired hand, while
she was 80 and owned the next farm
on the east.
It was easy to get up an argument
on their respective ages, showing
that the disparity was too great and
on the wrong side, and the father
used it for all it was worth.
Farmer Scott had called upon the
widow and charged her with seeking
to trap his guileless son, and had
been promptly turned out doors. The
neighbors had mixed in after that,
and the affair was the leading subject
of conversation for five miles around.
Dick Scott was no talker. but he
was a good hand to think. He was
very much in love, and he was as de-
termined to marry that widow as he
was to live, but he couldn't stand up
against the arguments Of his father
nor witness the tears Of has mother,
so he kept quiet and waited for an
earthquake, cyclone or some other
dispensation of Providence to help
him out.
Whenever they were working in
the fields together the father would
look at the sky with squint, take a
farewell glance around the farm, and
then solemnly remark:
Dick, it seems awful that I've got
to die in my prime and leave all this,
especially before them young pear
trees begin to bear, but I'll have to
do IT'LL have to do it.
whats the use 90 dying" Dick
would ask, knowing that he must say
something.
81 don't want to, but I've got to.
Can't live a week after you've went
and married to the wilder Lapham.
The idea that my only son has gone
and married his grandmother, and a
women with feet like an elephant at
that, would break my heart and send
me to my grave"
Didn't you marry who you want
ed to when you married MAJ"
"That was different. In them days
women didn't set traps for young
men, and widders wasn't schemin'
day and night. Dick, gol durn we,
what dye want to make hyena OF
yourself fur and send my gray hairs
down to the grave in sorrer?'
Dick would change the subject or
refuse to talk back any further, and
after muttering to himself for hall
an hour longer, the father would get
tired out.
On this June day, however, when
the two were repairing the rail fence
between the corn and the potato
field. and all nature was reveling In
the balmy sunshine, the usual discus
sion opened with different prelim
mary and became red hot at once.
A peddler came down into the field
to see If he couldn't make sale OF
q pocket knife or pair of suspend
ers. and he had a little joke to ge,
off about the widow Lapham wearing
the trousers after marriage.
He was still grinning when Dick
knocked him into the thistle patel
and seemed sorry that there was moi
more of him.
"By thunder. Dick Scott" ex
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
A Social TRAGEDY.

She first put on dark blue, dress,
Then changed it for a purple one;
Then changed again. In her distress.
To one 'twixt chestnut-bay and dun;
And yet once more she made change
And put a pale pink rigging on;
Her husband growled things strong ant
strange
His patience was completely gone.
They went to call upon some friends
That she was anxious to impress
TITS ever thus when woman spends
lot of time upon her dress.
This time her plan succeeded not
In stunning folks, for o. alas!
Her hostess said: Its quite too hot
To think of turning up the gas"
IS. w. Gillian in Baltimore American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
Church. and School for Indians.

Mother Katherine Drexel Of Phila-
delphia, founder and head of the Or
der of the Blessed Sacrament, COM
posed of nuns who devote their lives
to the uplifting of the Indian and ne
gro, has offered 100000 Of her own
private fortune with which to build
a church and school for the Indians
of the Winnebago, Neb, reservation.
The only condition is that the Indians
consent, and this Father Schell OF
Homer. Neb.. has obtained.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
Made Name as Astronomer.

One of the most noted of Russian
astronomers died in the person OF
Theodore Bredikhine. He had been d.
rector of the observatories in Mos
COW and st. Petersburg. 1t was his
unpleasant duty in the latter place to
Dust the Germans and Swedes who
had made it famous. His own spe-
cialty was comets tails, regarding the
formation of which he had an electric
theory, which occupied his attention
to the time of his death.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

It is. The exposition, rumors notwith-
standing, is quite finished.
One of the greatest, and certainly
one of the most agreeable, of my many
surprises was the extreme beauty OF
the main group of buildings. For the
simple reason that the camera does
not exist which could take in the
vast picture as the eye sees it, the
early views of the group-a bit here
and bit there-gave a scant idea Of
the scheme as a whole. Nor did the
early views Of the ten individual
buildings which make up its compon-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
Memorial to Great Scientist.

An appropriate memorial to the
great geologist and scientist, Joseph
LIE Conte, has been erected in Yose-
mite valley by the Sierra club Of
California. 1t is lodge, built strong
ly and simply, containing one large
room, 25x36 feet, with large stone
fireplace at one end, and small
room on either side the entrance on
the opposite end. 1t is at the upper
end of the valley.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

evening falls. The best scenic rail-
road yet devised affords several fine
glimpses of the Alps and there is
very graphic exposition of the Ober-
ammergau passion play in the little
church. The Cliff Dwellers' conces-
sion also looks very realistic at night
fall. 1t is elaborate in arrangement
and the counting, snake and other
dances by the Southwestern Indians
make it another of the Pike shows
which should be taken in by all. In
Seville there is an amusing marionette
theater and some genuine Spanish
dancing. For the rest the Pike offers
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
p,incess Has MANY codfathers,

Probably no person in the world had
as many godfathers as did Princess
Irene of Prussia, wife of Prince Hen
nv. When she was born her fa,aer re-
ouested the members Of the Hessian
regiments forming portion of his
cavalry brigade to be sponsors for the
baby. When she was christened
about 1000 soldiers stood Tor her az
snonsora ~
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19

afford, and yet be we'll fed and housed.
il he will use ordinary common sense
in making a selection out OF the
abundance offered.
Hot? Yes, but on the two hottest
days of the summer at st. Louis |
suffered no more from the heat than
in New York before leaving and after
returning. Every day of the seven
there was a breeze at the fair grounds
and it was always possible to find a
shady spot. The nights were cool and
comfortable.
ADDISON STEELE.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-19
nWhat,s the use o. dyin'?"

claimed the father as the peddler
n,cked himself up and started on,
"but you appear to bring eternal dis.
grace on this family. 1t wasn't nun
that you must go and git all tangled
an with wilder as old as the hills.
but you haul off and hit peadler
who'll have you in the county jail Do
fore Saturday night!