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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Odd Relics Are Unearthed.

Since so much excavation has been
done in New York of late, particular.
ly for the subway and other railroad
tunnels, a great number of historic
relics have been discovered by labor.
ers The most recent find was a
medal for bravery presented to one
Thomas Sampson, who was a member
Of the metropolitan police force fif-
ty years ago, and famous federal
spy during the civil war. The medal.
which is a gold one, was given to the
officer for life-saving heroism. This
fact is stated on one side of the medal
while on the other is the figure Of a
ship in distress and on the shore two
men are attempting to throw life
line to the wrecked mariners. Samp.
son was one of the body guards to
Lincoln during his first Inauguration
and took part in the search for the
plotters who were responsible for his
assassination.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
The Modern Girls Weapons.

The present-day girl carries about
her person at least two concealed
weapons in the form of the newest hat
pins. The breadth of the crown OF
the up-to-date hat has made it neces-
sary to add two inches to the length
of the already sufficiently dangerous
hat pin, and the result is astonishing.
The old-fashioned gold or silver pin
of seven or eight inches in length is
of no use whatever in securing this
summers hats. The new pin meas
ures ten inches from tip to handle
and is made of an infiexible metal to
pierce the heavy straws. Plain gold
heatls, either round or oval in form,
are seen on many of the new pins, al
though some of the more expensive
designs are set with jewels.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Mr.. Jerome's Tobacco Habit.


In his young and impecunious days
District Attorney Jerome, of New York,
now prominently mentioned Tor gov
ernor, was assistant in the office OF
which he is now head. Then, as now,
Jerome was a great smoker. He used
to buy cheap brand of cigars of a
none too delicate quality from a Mas
sau street dealer. AS bonus to a
steady patron and incidentally with
the hope Of getting jerome to buy the
more expensive brand the willy dealer
would occasionally give him a per-
fecto. He didn't catch his man, how
ever. jerome invariably gave the per-
fecto to the first friend he met.
That's not the brand l smoke" he
would explain. 81 don't dare try per-
fecto for fear I'll form an expensive
habit"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
crazed by Reckoning Dead Hand.

Ger darme No. SIC, of Mexico City,
was taken to the insane asylum re-
Gently after telling the following story
of the finding Of human hand in Las
Vizcainas alley:
The gendarme was walking along
the alley when he saw package on
the sidewalk. On STOPPING to pick up
the package he saw that it contained
the forearm and hand of woman.
The flesh was still warm and the hand
moved as if becleOning to the gen.
darme. The skin was white, one fin
ger carried a diamond ring and on the
wrist was bracelet, showing that the
member had been part of the body OF
a woman Of the better class. The
softness of the skin and the blue
veins indicated that the hand belong
ed to some one beyond the ordinary.
The gendarme put the arm back
where he had found it and ran fright
ened to the fourth comisaria, from
which an ambulance was sent to pick
up the arm. The gendarme would not
return to the scene and later had to
be taken to the hospital. Mexican
Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Dog Was Wealthy in Own Right.

The richest dog, in his own right,
that ever lived died at West Chester.
Pa, in 1888. He had been the pet OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Shee, who died two or
three years before him, and left in her
will the sum of $1,000 for his support
as long as he should live. At his
death the money was to go to st.
Peters Episcopal Church of Tredyf-
fryn township, but before the church
could get the money it was stipulated
the dog was to be decently buried.
wrapped in sheet for shroud and
placed in a coffin made specially for
the reception of his body. Unlike
most famous dogs, this one was
neither good looking nor well bred,
being mongrel of the lowest type,
sulky and stupid withal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07

Every housekeeper 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 all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a
12-oz. package 1t 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 package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." 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, 1904-10-07
Will Protect Apple Orchards.

George Compere, employed jointly
by the state of California and West
Australia, has discovered in South
America a parasite which destroys the
Goblin moth. Apple orchards that are
the habitat of the parasite bring So
per cent of their fruit to maturity.
Hitherto the product of the worlds
apple and peach orchards has not
been more than 30 to IS per cent of
the promise at setting. San Francisco
expects to receive from West Aus
tralia the first of the parasites very
soon, and they will be cultivated I'M
der the most favorable conditions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
kipiina as a Preacher.

Rudyard Kipling once acted as a
preacher. The quartermaster of the
Empress liner, on which he was a
passenger, died, leaving a widow and
a large family. The following evening
there appeared on the notice board,
half way down the entertainment
program" this brief intimation: SO
p. m.-Sermon by a layman." The
saloon was crowded with curious folk
at the appointed time, and Mr.. Kip
ling, from the front of an improved
platform, proceeded to preach beg
ging sermon of some fifteen minutes
length. The result was gratifying.
From congregation numbering less
than the 200 the sum of over $3.50 was
raised.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
IRON TURNED INTO COPPER.
Simple Explanation Of What at First
Appears Remarkable.


. A curious find was recently made
in one of the copper mines at Ell
Cobre, Cuba. These mines, once
among the richest in the world, have
been abandoned for over thirty years,
because during the Cuban insurrec-
ton of 1868 the coal supply was cut
off by the insurgents, and consequent
ly pumping became impossible, so that
the mines filled with water. After the
Spanish war an American company
bought the mines and proceeded to
pump out the water. In one OF the
shafts thus made accessible was
found what once represented an iron
pickaxe as we'll as some crowbars.
The metal in these implements had,
however, turned to copper.
Wonderful as this may appear, there
is a simple scientific explanation. The
water filtering through the rocks and
the copper ore veins dissolved some
of the copper, the solution containing
sulphate of copper. AS the sulphuric
acid has a greater affinity for iron 1t
at once dissolved that metal and de-
posted copper in its place, for sui
phuric acid has a greater affinity for
iron than for copper. In the process
certain impurities which had existed
in the iron were left behind undis-
turbed. The wooden handle of the axe
was in good Condition. The metal
was porous and irregular in shape,
but in the general outlines preserved
the form of the axe somewhat en-
larged in size.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Fecundity Of Fish.

In a chapter on the artificial cult
walton of sea fish, contributed by R. B.
Marston to Aflolo's British SAIL
Water Fishes" it is stated that there
reed be no fear that such important
fish as the cod and the herring can
ever become extinct or even reduced
in numbers by man, except locally.
A cod of ten pounds has million
eggs. On July 26, 1895, Professor
Henson calculated that there must be
over 27S,O0O,OO0,OO0 of impregnated
cod eggs in each square Norgegian
geographical mile of the surface Of the
Skagerrak. Consequently the 100000
900 or 4OO,OO0,OOO eggs artificially
Matched and turned in annually from a
Norwegian hatchery are only a drop
in the ocean.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07

the same as if he were rowing with
his back to the bow. Each oar is in
two parts, jointed and fitted to the
oarlock, the. parts being connected
with each other by a sector, or
toothed gear, working between two
plates furnished with axles, upon
which the sectors hinge, the plates
being adjusted to the locks. The in
ventor of the system is D. Boyen of
Brussels.
In addition to enabling the oarsman
to see at all times where he is going,
the device of the jointed oars is said
to permit of much greater force with
less exertion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Music Aids Surgery.

Perhaps the strangest use to which
music can be put is to stop the flow
of blood from a wound. An army doc
tor noticed that when wounded sol
der was taken to within an easy hear
ing distance of music hemorrhage was
greatly reduced or stopped. Neither
he nor others who confirmed his OBJ
servations could understand how this
phenomenon was brought about, but
it is now said that the vibration OF the
air produced by the music causes the
patient to become faint, in which case
the action of the heart is so consider
ably lessened that the overflow OF
blood is reduced.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07

Monticello, Miss, Oct Especially
Lawrence County is almost daily in
receipt of fresh evidence that sure
cure for all Kidney Troubles has at
last been found, and that cure is
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Among those who have reason to
bless the Great American Kidney
Remedy is Mrs. l.. L. Baggett OF this
place. Mrs. Baggett had Dropsy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her.
Il was troubled with my kidneys"
Mrs. Baggett says in recommending
Dodd's Kidney Pills to her friends,
my urine would hardly pass. The
doctors said l had Dropsy. | have
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills as directed
and am now a well woman"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kid
neys. Cured Kidneys strain all the
impurities out Of the blood That
means pure blood and sound ener-
getic body Dodd's Kidney Pills are
the greatest tonic the world has ever
known.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
CAN DRINK TROUBLE.
That's one way to get II.

Although they won't admit it many
and other ails get them straight from
the coffee they drink and it is easily
proved If they'e not afraid to leave it
TO a test as in the case of a lady in
Connellsville.
81 had been a sufferer from sick
headaches for twenty-five years and
anyone who has ever had bad sick
headache knows what l suffered.
Sometimes three days in the week l
would have to remain in bed, at other
times couldn't lie down the pain
would be so great. My life was tor
ture and if went away from home for
a day l always came back more dead
than alive.
Zone day was telling woman my
troubles and she told me she knew
that it was probably coffee caused it.
She said she had been cured by stop
ping coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee and urged me to try this food
drink.
That's how came to send out and
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it for it suits
my taste and has entirely cured all
of my old troubles. All did was to
leave off the coffee and tea and drink
well-made Postum in its place. This
change has done me more good than
everything else put together.
Our house was like drug store
for my husband bought everything he
heard of to help me without doing any
good, but when ! began on the Pos
tum my headaches ceased and the
other troubles quickly disappeared.
have a friend who had an experience
just like mine and Postum cured her
just as it did me.
Postum not only cured the head
aches, but my general health has been
improved, and am much stronger
than before. l now enjoy delicious
Postum more than | ever did coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's reason" and it's worth
finding out. :,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to Learn
that there Is at least dreaded disease that science
has been able cure In all its stages and that Is
Catarrh. Hairs Catarrh Cure Ia the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being o constitutional disease. requires cOnstitu.
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure fs taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
90 much faith In its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t falls to
cure. Send for list OF testimonials,
Address F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
, Tower Mill, Great Yarmouth.

High Tower Mill, Great Yarmouth.
molition. 1t cost $4,000 to build in
1872. 1t served as landmark far
and wide, its cap being 100 feet from
the ground. Circular in form, the
mill contained no fewer than twelve
floors. Its walls area several feet
thick, and are estimated to contain
hundreds of thousands of bricks. 1t
was sold for $500 under the hammer.
These mills have done plenty OF work
in their day, and many of them have
made fortunes for their owners, but
steam and roller milling have made
them an anachronism, and to-day they
are no more than quaint reminder
of the days of our grandfathers and
days before that.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
LARGEST IRRIGATION ENTER
PRISE IN AMERICA.

The Twin Falls Land and Water
Company, located on the Snake river.
twenty-four miles south Of Shoshone
station, the largest irrigation enter
prise II America, involving an expen-
diture of over two million dollars and
retaining two hundred and seventy
five thousand acres of the richest
valley lands in the state Of Idaho, Is
now practically completed and will be
delivering water on the lands within
the next sixty to ninety days. The
main canal, sixty-nine miles long, Is
eighty feet wide at the bottom, one
hundred and twenty-four feet at the
top and carries ten feet of water The
project is being constructed under the
Carey act, and comes under the Inn
mediate supervision of the Idaho
State Land Board. Last fall the Land
Board authorized the opening OF 3d.
900 acres of this land to public entry,
and Notwithstanding the fact that no
water would be delivered this year,
all of this land has been absorbed.
The State Land Board now authorizes
the opening of an additional 100000
acres at noon, October goth, at Twin
Falls City, and great rush Is expect
ed. Mr.. Masqueray, chief of designs
of buildings and grounds at the
Worlds Fair, st. Louis, has designed
a hotel and townsite known as Twin
Falls City, in the heart of these lands,
and a $4,000 hotel is now under con-
struction, besides numerous business
blocks and residences. Over 100000
worth of town lots have been sold
within the past sixty days. The Ore
gon Short Line, at an early date, will
begin the construction of a ranch
line from Minidoka through the heart
of these lands to the new town OF
Twin Falls City.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
o,d.Time Postal Service.

John Merrill of Milford. N. H.,
while examining an old trunk came
across letter dated from some place
IN Maine 1904 1t had no envelope
and was originally fastened with
niece of sticking plaster. 1t bears
marks of three postmen. the first
was as miles from any postoffice, and
q cost 1917 cents to deliver it to Ma
than Merrill in Milford.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Why the Game Is Hard.

There are 31S,979,5G4,000 ways OF
playing the first four moves on each
side of a chess board, yet Harry N.
Pillsbury has played against as many
as twenty-five different boards at one
and the same time without seeing a
single board and has won large ma
iority of the games.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Ducks Refuse to Swim.

Local naturalists are puzzled be-
cause none of the twenty-four ducks
at Brandywine Park, Del, will go into
the water. They merely dip their bills
into the water and then then huddle
together along the shore.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Teach Children Love of Flowers.

There is in suburb of Vienna a
unique horticultural institution which
might be advantageously copied in
this country. The idea on which it is
founded is to encourage children to
take an interest in flowers and trees.
About 750 children attend regularly,
and this year they have planted 1000
trees and plants. At the end of the
year prizes are distributed to the chill.
dren whose plants have been best
cared for.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Fine Hiding Place for Jewels.

A woman who has a fad for collect
ing lamps utilizes one as a safe. 1t
is a large stationary lamp of heavy
bronze work. An electric bulb shines
at night through its shade of richly
colored glass, but no oil ever defiles
the bowl of generous dimensions. By
touching a spring the top of the lamp
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Lawyers as Legislators.

The membership of our house of
representatives has 236 lawyers out
of a total of 357. The house of COM
mons, on the other hand, has only 129
lawyers out Of total of $40, while
the French chamber of deputies shows
an attendance Of 1879 lawyers in to-
tai of 5S4.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Artificial Gems.

False diamonds and other precious
stones are manufactured of a sub
stance called strass, or paste, which is
white, but can be colored to repre-
sent the jewel initiated. 1t is made of
the purest, most highly retroactive
glass that can be obtained
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Worlds Fair Visitors.

Persons attending the great Exposition
the Fair and In a safe brick building. Ho-
tel Epworth has all the conveniences OF
first-class modern hotel. within four min
utes' walk of Convention and Administra-
tion entrance. Rates S1.00 per day and up
for lodging Meals at reasonable prices.
From Union Station. go to Olive street.
tate Oelmar Garden car. going west TO
COCO. Our boys meet all cars.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
An Unlucky Monarch,

It Is said that the emperor of Aus.
tria has had more hard luck during
his fifty.six years reign than any 9TH
er monarch. He has lost every battle
he has fought, his wife was assassi-
mated and his eldest son committed
suicide,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
A Busy Hen.

A Vermont hen which has never
been able to raise any chicks of her
own has mothered the eggs of ban
tams, geese, ducks and even pigeons.
Her latest exploit was to discover and
hatch a nest of bald eagles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Results of Irish Land Law.

The successful working of the land
purchase system in Ireland is once
more the chief feature of the annual
report of the land commission, which
was issued August so. There were
only twenty-five defaulters among TO-
900 tenant purchasers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
For Your Perfect Comfort

At st. Louis Exposition, which is very
severe upon the feet, remember to take
along box or two of ALIENS FOOT
EASE. Il powder for Hot, Tired, Aching,
Swollen, Sweating Feet. 10000 testi-
monials of cures. Sold by all Druggists,
csc. DON'T ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
German Soldiers Trick.

In orded to obtain dismissal many
German soldiers have invented way
of producing in their ears an appar-
emily bad ulcer by rubbing in mix
ture which produces acute inflamma.
ton
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Insist on GETTING Il.

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch because they have a
stock in hand of ~ OF. brands. which
they know cannot be sold to custo-
mer who has once used the 16 OF.
pkg. Defiance Starch for same money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
llliterate Mans Fine Memory.

Jedediah Buxton, an illiterate Eng
lishman, had a remarkable memory
and put it to still more remarkable
use. He remembered the number of
pints of ale he had drunk in his long
life; what he had paid for them, and
the names of the men who had
treated him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
OLD LANDMARKS TORN DOWN.
Picturesque English Windmill Too
Much Behind the Times,

Picturesque old windmills still sur
vive on the east coast of England
where the country is fiat and the wind
goes blowing along with that unob-
structed freedom which is so exhilar-
ating In the Fens. Now the king of
them all has gone. A day or two
ago. at Great Yarmouth, the famous
High Tower windmill, the highest in
England, 1t is said, was sold for de-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
CAN SEE HIS DIRECTION.
Belgian's Device Expected to Be
Boon to Oarsmen.

New attractions are expected to be
lent to rowing by the device OF a
Belgian which enables the oarsman
to face in the direction the boat Is
moving. Rowing In the ordinary way
has it's disadvantages, as every one
knows who has suddenly bumped into
another boat or some other obstruc-
ton. The Belgian invention is de-
signed to obviate the necessity OF
turning the head in order to see that
the course is clear.
The movements of the oarsman are
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
plaque of Mice In Australia.

South Australia is said to be suffer
ing with a great invasion of mice
The cause is the recent bad weather.
which caused more or less of fail
ure of the wheat crop, and the far
mers allowed much grain to remain in
the fields. This fell to the ground in
time, and so furnished much food for
the mice.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07

Lewis "Single Binder straight SC cigar.
Price to dealers $500 per M. They cost
some more than other brands, but no more
than good Sc cigar should cost. Lewis
Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Piano to Match a Log Cabin

design of the instrument is shown in
the accompanying illustration. The
framework is made entirely of birch
logs, put together with as much re-
gard for roughness as circumstances
would permit. 1t is said that the tone
Of the piano is excellent. Tho wood
was thoroughly seasoned by a special
process before being made up into
its present shape.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
To Kill Hogs HumaneIy.
Eia Tree Grown in Maine.

The fig is rarely a product of Maine
soil. but Mrs. A. @. Cloud Of Topsham
is the possessor of. fig tree which
has this year borne about dozen
large luscious figs. The tree, which
stands about four feet high and is
eight years old, has been bearing fruit
for the past three or four years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
Dou Had Lucky Escape.

A setter dog which ran under an
electric car at Exeter, n. H., escaped
with the loss of two teeth, despite the
fact. that the motors hang within four
inches of the ground.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07
UNIQUE Piano Made of Birch Logs.

An eastern millionaire, who owns
log cabin, characterized more By its
elaborate appointments than its sim
plicity, in the heart of the Adiron-
dacks, has purchased a specially con-
structed piano to match the interior
of the main room Of the cabin. The
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07

No chromos or cheap premiums, but
a better quality and one-third more
of Defiance Starch for the same price
of other starches.