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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
A Record Photograph.

for exhibition at st. Louis by German
company. 1t measures twelve, yards
by one and half yards high, and is a
huge panorama of the Bay of Naples,
taken from CASTILLO Marine, the high
est mountain peak near Naples. Some
idea of the difficulties to be overcome
in making the picture may be gathered
from the fact that no Photographic
studio could accommodate the enor-
nous apparatus required to make the
engagements from the original mega
tives, which were taken on 9 by IL
plates. Therefore, the whole work
had to be done out of doors in large
field on very dark night by the aid
of red lights. Three large watts were
built, measuring As feet long by 6
feet wide and 3 feet deep, and were
filled with developing and fixing solu-
lions. A wheel IL feet in diameter
was erected to wind the paper on for
washing and drying purposes. Six
plates were taken, and the image en-
larged direct on to bromide paper cut
in sections measuring one and half
yard by two yards.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
ANTIQUE SchooIroom.

Shiel, the French archaeologist, re-
ports that he has unearthed in the
Babylonian town of Sippara most In
teresting school building, which dates
back to 1000 B. c. The building con
tains seven rooms, one of which was
filled with clay tablets, arranged in
regular order. Most of these had not
been baked, and their inscriptions
could not be deciphered. Several, how
ever, were in perfect condition. They
were in Sumerian. Some contained
hymns, while others were primers,
grammars, and arithmetics. Others
were copy books, which contained the
models and then the straggly efforts
of some young pupil. All dated texts
bore the name of Hammurabi, which
shows that the school was used for a
long time after its construction.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Fearful Crime in Italy.

While the case against Countess
Bonmartini and her brother and lover,
Tullio Murri, is still undecided-the
guilty pair murdered Count Bonmar-
tint in the most atrocious style-so
ciety in Italy and especially in Rome
is shocked by another crime recalling
the days Of the Borgias. The famous
attorney, Rosada, took his mother.
who was still a young and vivaoious
woman, for drive in the wilds of the
Compagna, the other day. They had
an elaborate picnic in secluded spot,
as the empty bottles found indicated.
Then the lawyer murdered his mother,
dug a grave for her, and covered the
body with tons of soil, secured by ex-
ploding dynamite at the foot Of a
hill, which caused the earth to crumble
and fall on the desired spot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

bill. Pittsfield was named for Will
lam Pitt, the famous British minister
and statesman.
The first attempt to settle Pontoo-
suck plantation was in 1745, when a
clearing was made and forty lots were
laid out and sold. The danger Of
Indian invasions prevented a settle
ment until 1852, when a number Of
pioneer settlers brought to Pontoo-
suck their families. Solomon Deming
Of Wethersfield, Conn, was amorg the
first to arrive with his young WIFE
Sarah Demlng, who rode the entire
distance on the pillion of his saddle.
She was the first white woman to
make her home in Pontoosuck planta-
ton, now Pittsfield, and was the
mother of the first white child born
within the limits of the plantation.
The lot and log cabin of the Demings
were on the outskirts of the settle.
ment in section much freQuented by
Indians.
Her maiden name was Sarah Kirk
UNI, and she was born in Wethersfield
Feb. Is, 1925. On Oct. 81, 174S. she
married Mr.. Deming. She died in
Pittsfield in March, 1918. at the age
Of 80 years
In the earliest Pittsfeld cemetery
on Elm street, over two miles from
the heart OF Pittsfeld trade centers,
monument to Sarah Deming stands
over her grave near the highway. On
one face of the stone is the inscrip-
ton:
Sarah Deming was born in Weth-
ersfield, Conn, February, 1926. Died
at Pittsfleld March 1918, aged 80
years" On the reverse side is: "a
mother of the revolution and mother
in Israel. Boston Globe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
HUNGARIAN superstition.

The police authorities of Abrud.
hanya, Hungary, are now investigating
case of almost incredible supersti-
ton which was reported to them. An
old woman of the town, reputed to be
sorceress, died recently. The vii
layers, to preclude any of her sor-
ceries from affecting them after her
demise, pierced her heart with red
hot skewer, placed bits of an iron
horse shoe in her mouth, and then
placed the corpse face downward In
the coffin. y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
The Man Who's Coin, to Be.

The hull worlds full of theorists with
undeveloped schemes.
Inc sort of man that jests sets round
and dreams and dreams and dreams.
full success we see
A half a hundred times or more the man
who's goin' to be.
He's got an undeveloped plan to bring
him in the gold,
AND make him put on all the airs that
Croesus did of old;
And while he may be sort of pressed for
ready cash to-day,
1t won't be long until he'll have the gold
to give away!
He's almost finishin book which when
1t Is In print,
VIII, as money -coiner prove to be a
first-class mint;
And amt he jest now workin' on the
last act of a play
That will. when It's presented, turn null
lots of folks away?
He's f1xin' up lecture that will be so
full of mirth
It's mighty sure to more than pack the
biggest hall on earth.
He's goin' to write some poems which,
while yet the ink Is wet
The magazines and papers Will be nght-
in hard to get
And furthermore, he's Jest plumb sure
he's goin' to invent
A wondrous patent-right that's worth
million, If a cent,
And men who want fortune Will De
eager to invest;
You simply press button and the patent
does the rest.
He's got a score Of dead sure ways to
win fortune great
He's goin to write a little book on
''Riches While You Wait" 80,
But notwithstandin' all Of this, he'll
strike you for a "V,"
man who's goin' to be.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Equal to a Stat. Fair.

The annual importation Of the Linz
coin. Neb., Importing Horse Co., ar
rived about sixty days ago. consisting
Of two car loads. They made the run
from New York to. Lincoln In forty
four hours landing their horses In
most excellent condition. This i'm.
portation consists of German Coach.
Percheron, English Shire, French Drafa
and Belgians. They now have In their
barns fifty head of imported stations.
all In excellent condition. They have
been In the business for seventeen
years at this location. Considering the
large number of horses and beautiful
barns 1t Is almost equal to State Fair
entertainment to visit their barns.
Read their ad in this paper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Or. Williamson Swears.

Yorktown, Ark, Jan. 1S.-Last week
a statement was published from Le-
land Williamson, M. D., Of this place,
to the effect that Dodd's Kidney Pills
are the best medicine for all Kidney
Diseases and that he uses them with
uniform success In his daily practice.
No one who knows DR.. Williamson
will doubt for a moment the complete
truth of his fearless declaration, but
to completely clinch the matter In the
minds Of those who may not have the
pleasure of a personal acquaintance
with this celebrated physician, DR..
Williamson has appeared before Mr..
H. e. Greene, ]. P. for Montgomery
County, and made sworn statement.
In this sworn statement the doctor
has cited a number Of cases which
have been completely cured by Dodd's
Kidney Pills. Here is case No. /:
Henry Hall, ST., age 4S. an Ameri-
can, attacked with Malaria Haema-
turia, or Swamp Fever; temperature
ranged from 101 to los, highly coated
tongue, constitpated bowels. hemor-
rhage or passage of blood from Kid
neys; used febrifuge and Dodd's Kid
ney Pills to relieve the Inflammation
and congested condition Of Kidneys
and to render the urine bland and nom
Irritating. Recovery complete after
two months treatment of the Pills."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
LIVES FRUoALLY AND WELL.
New Hampshire man Spends but 6S
Cents a Week for Food.


Cents Week for Food.
While some of Uncle Sans commits
sary officials are being worried by
people who wish to learn If 1t is pos
sible to live on a food ration costing
only Is cents per day, Samuel H.
Story, printer, editor and newspaper
publisher, whose residence is at 10
Dexter street, Claremont, N. H., is
supplying his table at an average cost
Of 65 cents per week, or for less than
10 cents per day.
He works twelve hours or more
each working day, keeping healthy
and strong on food ration costing
no more than an ordinary glass OF
whiskey. The man who thinks Mr.
Story should be pitied because he
does not expend more for food should
visit him.
He would find a man OF 70, who
has not been bent by age, thinks moth
ing of a twsnty-mile walk, works
steadily and is never sick. The Wis
itor. If dyspeptic, might envy him.
The articles bought by him for his
table each week, with the prices paid
are as follows: Thirty-six graham
biscuits, SO cents; 1 pound Of pork, IL
cents; pork scraps, 5 cents; l pound
sugar, 51a cents; cheese. 10 cents; q
quarter Of pound of ginger, costing
cents, and pound of chocolate
costing 20 cents lasts him a month.
He buys neither milk, tea nor cof
fee, but drinks either chocolate or q
weak infusion Of ginger with his
meals. His luxuries, he says, are lem
ons in the summer, when lemonade
takes the place Of ginger tea, and ap
pies in. the winter
In the winter he often walks to
Cornish, distance of six miles, chops
wood through the day and walks
home at night. He gets to Cornish
before daylight and does not return
until after it becomes too dark to
chop.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Odd Comparison.

The disconsolate widow of French
chiropodist has erected tombstone
to his memory, which bears this in
scription: "In memory Of Jean Bap.
tiste Sabaudrier, in life chiropodist,
who died in the acme of his talent.
Alas! earth needed him more than
heaven" Nine. Sabaudrier's positive
assertion is rather consoling. 1t is,
to say the least, comforting to know
that we shall not be troubled with
corns in the celestial regions. The
only permanent cure for >corns on
earth is. If we take the inferential ar
gument, to grow wings.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
WOMEN FOND OF POKER.
Afternoon Sessions" a Feature Of
New York Life.

Afternoon Sessions" a Feature Of
New York Life.
Poker is holding its own In New
York in spite of the popularity Of
bridge, and 1t is widely played, not
only by the sterner sex, but by many
of society's fair danes. There is
scarcely block in the fashionable
parts Of New York where there are
not one or more Of these Sessions"
held every day in the week. They
take place with great regularity, each
Of the seven or eight members Of the
game" giving it in turn; generally
once week, often more frequently.
The shades are drawn, the lights
are lit, and around a table in the
center OF the room are O group Of
animated women. They do not really
waste their time at mere card play
ing; they can do SO many things at
once-the latest society gossip, the
trouble one has with ones servants,
or one may recite dozen lines COM
posed by her little son, aged nine, and
80 interesting"
Then cards and chips are not the
only things on the table. One could
easily imagine oneself in a small mu.
scum. In front of the dear ladies
is charm, something to bring luck.
1t may be brass penny, horseshoe
picked up in the street on the way to
the game, button off dear hubby's
coat, an automobile bag that takes up
more than the owners share of room
at the table, or "the first tooth that
little Arthur LOST always carry It
for luck" This lady invariably loses.
The limit of these games varies
greatly, running from 10 cents to 81;
the most popular one being rs cents,
with ten call twenty ante. OF course,
this Is all out of proportion, but
what's the difference?
There Is one extraordinary thing
about these gatherings. You offend
them MORALLY IL you win from them,
but they regard you as a fool If you
lose. And when the game is over,
when six o'clock comes and the last
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

fences were almost exclusively armed
twenty years ago only differed from
those which armed the Spanish Arma-
da or those with which Nelson's ships
whipped the French by being larger
and somewhat stronger. The latter
advantage was obtained by better
distribution Of the metal to Withstand
the firing strains and by the superior
quality Of American cast iron.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Plan fer City Arcade.

Sig. Enrique DESERT, the architect
who built the arcades in Naples and
Rome, has drawn experimental plans
for the World for an arcade in Nassau
street which overcome in two different
ways any possible objection on the
part of the Fire Department to an ar
cade.
The plans provide for covering
over the sidewalks as well as the road
way. He would connect the wings
over the sidewalk with the main struc.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Electric Disturbances,

Moreaux Of the observatory at
Bourges, says, in Cosmos, that tho
curve Of the spots on the sun and
that of terrestrial magnetism offer .
perfect parallel, which establishes the
claim that our electrical disturbances
may be attributed to this solar phe
nomenon without question.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Markets for Fruit.

California fruit will soon be eaten
all over the globe. An experimental
shipment was recently made to the
Philippines, and, although the transit
occupied hve weeks, the fruit arrived
In fine condition. and as Australian
apples have been selling in Manila for
from ten to twenty-five cents apiece.
it's advent was hailed with delight
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Tin In South Carolina.

A few months ago some samples OF
crude tin were picked up by a South
Carolina farmer on what was consid-
cred worthless piece Of land. The
government geolog.st, whose duty 10
to examine gratuitously all specimens
sent him. assayed this specimen and
found that 1t contained large per.
cehtage of tin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
IN HONOR OF BRAVE WOMAN.

Massachusetts Town Erects Monu.
ment to First Female Settler.
Pittsfield was the first town In west
ern Massachusetts to be Incorporated.
The act erecting the county of Berk.
shire was passed to be engrossed in
the senate and general court Of Mas
sachusetts at Boston in It'll, and at
the same time an act Incorporating
the town of Pittsfleld was passed to
be enacted.
Col. William Williams, who had
bought property and settled in Pom
toosuck plantation, the original name
of Pittsfield, was the father of the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Beware of Buckwheat.

Preparatory to going to a dance, a
young woman of Edmond, Mo-, west
to cupboard to get flour to bright
en- her complexion, and in the dark
of eve made the mistake Of powder
ing from the buckwheat flour sack.
Now her face is a sea Of freckles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

Dealers say that as soon a. Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch it Is i'm
possible to sell them any. other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold
or boiled.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
tuberculosis Victims.

IN Russia 1000 out Of every 100000
inhabitants die of tuberculosis; in
France and Austro-Hungary, 5000: in
Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Switz-
erland, 1000. and in England. Belgium.
Scotland, Holland, Italy and Norway.
1000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

ture by hinges, so that the wings could
be raised to give the firemen access to
the buildings.
The roof of the main arcade, ac-
cording to Sig. Deserti's plan, could be
sloped from the center to the sides.
The glass could then slide up or down.
or along, in order to allow the fire.
men to run their ladders right up
through the roof New York World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

Don't you know that Defiance
Starch, besides being absolutely supe-
rior to any other, is put up 16 ounces
in packages and sells at same price
as bounce packages Of other kinds!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers. SC. package.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
RauId Transit Kills Insects.

Rapid Transit Kills Insects.
The front end Of the car was found
to be covered with flies. bees and
small insects. crushed as If by .
thumb when the iron and glass when
the run at the rate Of 100 miles an
hour was finished at Zossen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

The unwritten law of siciety con-
siders every man guilty until he 10
proved innocent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

A girl doesn't consider man ex-
travagant If he spends all he makes on
her.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

ETC permanently cured No fits or nervousness afteR
I'll rst days OF DR.. Klines Great Nerve Restor
or. Send for FREE %. 90 trial bottle and treatise
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs THos RoBBiNs'
Maple Street, Norwich, N Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

II man would use the experience
of others he would never acquire any
of his own.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

Some people are just about as much
use in the world as last years cal.
endar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

Occasionally all mans religion
and all his other property Is IN his
wife's name.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

round has been played, the door opens
and out troop the gamblers (pardon,
ladiesD, some happily, some sadly,
and rush home with fairy tale to
their husbands of how there was a
block on the IL" or Poor Aunt Jane
was so depressed and miserable 1t
was only charity to stay and cheer
her up."-New York Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

A doctor will tell his patient not to
worry and then Immediately send In
q bill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
Ancient Artillery.

The cast iron and smooth bore guns
with which our ships and coast de-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22
senslhIa Housekeepers

will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because OF
superior quality.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

A woman seldom expresses any sur
prise whom . man malres . fool d
,hinaaelf
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-22

Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-14

Ether. that he never makes step he is
Not sure Of He tries every place that he
proposes to step before he really trusts his
Weight to IT. The real dangers In noun
tain climbing are the breaking away OF the
Fock or projection by which one Is climb
kg, or the possibility OF being carried away
BY an avalanche. or OF being hit by some
Etone or fragment OF ice that has become
dslodged or detached from cliff perhaps
thousands OF feet over ones head.
Difficulties Overcome.
"But to return to Goodsir. In places all
Nat saved us was the compact strength OF
The snow. We were roped together, of
tourse. and after reaching the cornice to
Which have referred It was necessary to
Sscend this for 800 feet only to reach the
face of a cliff 100 feet high and almost per-
{ectly perpendicular. A ledge two or three
Inches wide would have been luxury here
Ne had to climb by means of little proiec-
Nons OF stone. possibly an inch out from
The main rock, and since we had to. we did
~ II Is unbelievable the things q man can
% when he has to. And having overcome
7 Chat difficulty were confronted with a
Morse one-another ridge of snow and rock
similar TO the one we had encountered
{pwer down. In this case the edge was not
more than two inches wide. but We must
tther go over II own that Goodsir had
beaten US. IL was the point at which pre-
sytous parties had turned back the point
Beyond which the peak was declared impos-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-14

pendicular near the top, but after what I
have been through 1t was a picnic OF
course, it was harder than any of the Alps.
The Swiss Alps are child's play compared
with those mountains in British Columbia
and Alberta which have just conquered
Every Minute Full of Danger.
While have only described my ascents
the descents are always Infinitely more
dangerous than the ascents. or course I
always went down the same way I had
gone up. but going down those pinnacles
and cliffs was very much the harder prop
osition 1t was impossible to see where to
place the feet and yet IL they had been
placed wrong 1t would have been instant
death not merely to the man making the
misstep, but to the others, who were roped
to him as WELL Every minute Is full of
danger. For instance, on the way down
Hungabee-when We reached the CHM
ney, which described in telling of the as
cent, an avalanche was sweeping down on
us. and we had only just gotten out of it's
path when 1t struck. 1t isn't pleasant to
think how close death passed US by"
In ordinary circumstances the thermom-
eter on the top of large mountain is per-
haps a little below freezing In storm IL
may hover around zero. The climber does
not take fur-lined coat or a heavy ulster
or even a heavy oyereoat- He wants to be
free TO move; above all, free to move his
legs. in the emergency which he must al
ways expect. AS matter of fact climb
ing is strenuous enough work to keep him
warm, and. moreover, once he has passed