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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1904-11-03
ALSO.
QUESTION NO, 60
GERALDINE ITEMS
BY SWEETHEART,

..,-.... ~.
Kind Ed. as I have been absent
for some timc I will scribble q few
lines to the CREssEr,
| was sorry when came back
home and found the CREssET
moved.
Weather il very dry at present
wheat 10 needing rain very bad.
What is wrong with all the
Correspondents are they oil deadf
come aud lets wake up and make
the CRRsslr lively again.
| Josiah Tate had barn raising
yesterday.
Corn gathering is tho order Q
the day now.
Quite number Of Texas Ct
T. teachers took their scholars
Houston last Thursday.
! y "Mary" where is "Flossy'' gon
ID Why doesn't she wri,ey
Well as time is scarce | will ST.
in for this time; so Bye-bye,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1904-11-03

Why did our frst fathers Aivca bles
sing tothe first bornf
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

| tagonist, but in general the knights
acquitted themselves as worthily as
any of the Round Table, and spoiled
the countenance of the Saracen, the
enemy of all the Christians" This
game, called Giostra del Saraceno
was very popular long ago and con-
tinued in favor for several centuries
being considered most useful in
Strengthening the young men and
making them adroit and quick.
Having finished the game with the
Moor, the knights gave an exhibition
OF horsemanship, for which the Ital-
ian cavalry are famous. 1t should
be stated that all these knights" are
in the cavalry and came from Flor
ence especially to take part in the
celebration.
After their withdrawal all the char
acters taking part in the show walk
ed around the field. Their costumes
were wonderfully good reproductions
from the old pictures, and in color and
form every one of them might have
come to life after sleep of several
centuries.
Every class was represented, just
as six centuries ago every class turn
ed out at Arezzo to do honor to the
city's greatest son. There were
MOBILES and knights in armor, moving
bits Of color and flashing bits of steel;
judges and priests were there, too,
and little boys in the most engaging
clothes, and the populace, the trades
men. the workers, all were there as
vividly portraying the year of grace
1850 as is possible in the unromantic
year of 1904. But it was the schol-
ars" in the procession, those somber-
robed figures, with crimson hoods,
with faces which haunt one like that
OF Dante or Giotto or Cimabue, who
gave the medieval character to the
procession.
Messer francesca himself was near
ly at the end Of the procession. Seated
upon a white horse led by pages, the
hero of the occasion slowly passed
In view. This man was good actor.
He seemed to be Petrarch himself,
with his self-conscious and self-satis-
fed manner. Petrarch took every
honor as matter of course; he knew
he was great man, and thought 1t
anything but immodest to appreciate
himself at his true value. So with the
Petrarch in the festival,he was the old
scholar humanist and poet to the life.
Finally the medieval cortege halt
ed, and chorus selected from among
those in the procession sang a hymn
in praise of the poet. Begun late in
the day, the twilight had now envelop-
ed the fantastic procession in a poetic
indistinctness, like an attractive Wis
ion of the past; the music sounded
old and distant and darkness closed in
on a scene such as one could find
nowhere save in Italy.
francesca Petrarch, who has been
called the first modern scholar and
man of letters, was born in A-ezzo.
Tuscany, July 20, 1904. His whole life,
like that of Balzac, whom he resem-
bled in no Other way. was a fight for
fame and desire to be loved.
At the time of his birth his parents
were living in Arezzo in exile, his
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
AGED WOMEN WHO SWIM.
Love of Bodily Exercise Undiminished
by Advancing Years.

Love of Bodily Exercise Undiminished
by Advancing Years.
English. papers state that a num-
Der of women who have passed three
score years of life took swimming
lessons with great enthusiasm at sea-
side resorts last summer, and regard
this as indicating general tendency
on the part of elderly people to per-
form feats such as would not have
been dreamed of generation ago.
DR.. Deighton's walk from Lands
End to John O. Groat's at the age Of
81; the cycling tour from London to
Berwick and back by an octogenarian,
Dr. Harris; and Mr.. Marle's task, yet
uncompleted, of walking 5000 miles,
though he is 76 years of age-these
are enterprises that have attracted
considerable attention.
The case is cited of woman, near
ly 20 years old, who says her regular
dumbbell exercise brings the pleas
ATTEST hours of her life. A member
of the English Alpine club, now over
GO, has just reclimbed the Matterhorn,
and a Welshman aged 70 not long
since tramped over the highest peak
of Snowden, along an arduous noun
tain ridge, and some ten miles of un
dulating road.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

The refusal of the Flies to even at.
tempt to design another yacht TO race
for the America cup is perhaps the
finest tribute that has ever been paid
to Yankees by their cousins across
the water.
A letter received from abroad by a
Boston yachtsman says that respect
for Yankee ability in yacht designing
has developed into a sort of supersti-
tious dread among foreign builders
and sailors as well. The same letter
says that the German emperor. who
for time considered the possibility
of challenging for the cup, has also
given up the idea. At Tiffany's, in
New York, where the famous cup is
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
EGTlaRM AGAIh HhTERS Into
/ AREzzo II TRIUMPH

great poem on Africa, which he dedi.
Gated to the king of Naples, and then
both Paris and Rome, hearing of his
desire to be crowned with the laurels
after the manner of the ancients, Of
fered to grant him the distinction. He
chose to go to Rome, and there won
the bays, having first, at his own re-
quest, passed severe examination.
Twice he was sent by Florence as
ambassador to Venice. and it was
soon after his return from that en-
bassy that he died, July 8, 1874, with
in two days of his SEVENTEEN birth
day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

father, who was notary, having been
banished from Florence in 1902, at the
time Dante was also banished for his
sympathy with the Blacks. When he
was seven years old his father remov-
ed his little family to Avignon, then
the city of the Holy See. These early
years were not spent in Arezzo, but
on the estate of his father, at Ancisa,
consequently he had no early recol-
lections of his birthplace. At IA he
was sent to Montpelier to study law,
and later followed the same pursuit at
Bologna.
He was 20 wnen he first saw the
Madonna Laura, his love for whom
expired only with his death. She in
spired those sonnets for which Pet
rarch is now best remembered, but
the sincerity of his passion has been
questioned, and even the existence
of the lady was doubted in his own
day. 1t appears, however, that she
did exist, being the wife of certain
Ugo de SADIE, gentleman who is said
to have been very cross to her at
times, yet she never failed in her
wifely devotion and was the mother
of ten children.
In his youth Petrarch was hand
home. and affected the dress and man.
ners Of fop. His genius and la
bors, however, form one of the most
remarkable chapters in the History
Of Italian literature. He accumulated
books, and had a corps of transcribers
constantly working for him, for he
lived before the days of the printing
press. Some works he copied him
self, and there is recorded the fact
that Boccaccio sent him Dantes obi
vine Comedy" that he might read it
and change his poor opinion Of that
great poet.
Petrarch was a great traveller for
his time, and he liked to see himself
as another Ulysses. He composed q
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Arezzo, the tiny town in Tuscany
p which Petrarch was born, has new
IL forgotten the obligation the great
Italian poet and man of letters put
aDon her by first opening his eyes in
his world in the midst of her red
lied roofs, and as that event occurred
lust 600 years ago, Arezzo has seen
tc it that due honor was paid to the
occasion.
There was a week of ceremony.
fer an event like this must be cele-
b'ated with due solemnity and in a
comprehensive manner. There was
congress-literary persons from
various parts of the earth were there;
tourists, too, dropped in to see the
show; there was a banquet, gala
performance at the theater tablet
unveiled, and finally reproduction Of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Every househeeper 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 A-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 q
1907. package it is because he has
a 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.
ters 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, 1904-11-04
The Art Of True Deduction.

Mary, the searcher after informa-
ton, was porting over a large book
she had seen her father reading the
evening before.
"P-h-i-lo-s-o-p-h.e-r," she spelled la
boriously. Then, after a moments
internal struggle, she added: phil
osopher What's he, Tommy"
Huh" snorted that prodigy. "Sh'd
think you'd know. Man who rides a
philosophical"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
Of everyday use in the market anu
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old. we would suggest that a trial Of
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once. Not alone because it is guar
antced by the manufacturers to be SUI
perior to any other brand, but because
each 10c package contains 16 ozs,
while all the other kinds contain but
12 ozs. 1t is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
vim.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Titled Salvationists.

Among the Salvation Army's officers
at home and abroad are a Russian
princess, the daughter of an English
earl, the cousin of a Scottish duke,
and the daughter Of New York mil
lionaire, who, discarding the society
of that city, is happy in working
amid the slums of London. All these
women have long been active and
useful members of the organization in
various branches of its benefcent op-
erations.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Imports Clerks From Canada.

The United States is suing the own.
ers of San Francisco drug store
under the alien labor law, for import
ing four clerks from Canada. The
defense is that the men, as graduate
pharmacists, are in the exempt class
OF "men belonging to a recognized
profession"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Chopin Not Popular.

"a musician out of work, are your"
said the housekeeper; well you'll find
few cords in the woodshed. Suppose
you favor me with an obligato." Par
don the pronunciation, madam" re-
piled the bright tramp, "but Chopin is
not popular with me."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
A Complaining Wife,

$50 you enjoy hearing your wife
speak in pubic?" Yes" answered
Mr.. Meekton; 1T is a great comfort
to me to hear her describing faults and
difficulties for which cannot possibly
be held responsible. Washington
Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
He Was Contented,

Have no fear" said the sheriff to
the negro prisoner; you will be hung
according to law" THANK de Lawd!''
exclaimed the prisoner. 81 is ter die a
nat'ral ATLANTA Constitution
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

stored, it is no longer considered
necessary to take any special precau-
lions against it's theft. Apparently
there is no one in the whole world
who is capable of stealing it from us.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Mrs. Lowerten-Is Mrs. Upperten at
home? Servant (snappishly)-She's
out. Mrs. Lowerten (quietly)-I hap
pen to know that she is in, but her
directions to you are quite excusabie.
She probably thinks that l am bill
collector
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
She Is LOSING Out,

Minnie-I must be losing my good
looks. Harry-Why? Minnie-I sold
only twelve tickets for the charity raf
file against twenty-one last year-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Perfectly Respectable,

Mrs. De Fashon--Who is this Mrs
Newcomer who has moved into the
house next door to you? Is she re-
spectacle? Mrs. De Style-Oh, per.
fectly. She married for money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Without a Hitch.

"How did the wedding come off last
night?" without hitch. The bride
backed out at the last minute
Omaha News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Just a Parker Doll.

First Little Girl-My doll talks when
you squeeze it. Does yours? Second
Little Girl-No; mines just Parker
doll.-Judge.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
The SINKING Fund,

ITO what account shall we charge
these new battleships?" asked the Rus
sian treasury official. 1.-The sinking
fund.-" answered his superior, YEARLY.
Washington Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

In animal strength, the whack Of a
whales tail is greatest. Next in order
come the kick of giraffe, the kick Of
a mule, and the blow of lions paw.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Hard on the Automobile.

"Why do you keep two automo-
biles" Il use the second one to bring
along the things I'm likely to need in
keeping the first one in running or
der."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethfng, softcns the gurus reduces IN
nammation, says pain, wind colo. 25c bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Write MURINE EYE REMEDY Co., Chicago, II
advice and free sample MURINE. 1t cures all eyes,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Irritating Occurrence.

What irritates a man more than to
see woman get off the car back
ward?" Give it up" "Nothing."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Many who formerly smoked 10c cigar
now smoke Lewis Single Binder" straigt
&c. Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

CDR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remed
failed" Mrs. Z. p. Miner Burghiil, o. eIO6 bott
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

1t looks as if the car were due to
get his crown nicely Japanned.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
The World Won't Lose.

Think twice before you speak. And
even then, nine times out of ten, the
world won't lose anything if you keep
still.-Somerville Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL
Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IL, 1900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Patient endeavor sooner or later
finds something that the lazy loiterer
calls good luck"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Women Scene Painters.

Women have been doing some of
the scene painting at the Imperial
theater. London. lately.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Higher education is all right If il
isn't purely ornamental
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

A pretty girl doesn't object to be
ing taken at her face value.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

The average man is apt to feel tina
he is little above the average.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04
Mrs. lowerten Rebels,

Try me Just once and I am sure to
come again. Defiance Starch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

Some people are able to live on Easy
street without even paying rent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

People who say mean things DOM
always mean things they say.
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Important to M others.

Examine carefully every bottle of CAsToRIA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have always Bought
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-04

It's the easiest thing in the world to
make light of other peoples troubles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
SENSE OF SMELL.

How Infinitely minute must bo the
particles that emanate from the object
which the dog is tracking. Yet the mat
ter is extremely Invisible. The tenth
part of grain of musk wiz continue
for years 10 I'LL a room with its odor-
ferrous particles and IT the end OF that
time will not be appreciably diminished
in weight by the finest balance. A cubic
inch Of air rising from the flame OF a
Bunsen burner has been found 10 con-
tain no fewer than 4S9. 600 600 dust par
ucles. A drop OF blood which might
be suspended from the point Of a needle
contains about a million OF red fattened
corpuscles. Still. though matter is so
marvelouSly divisibie the offactory
nerves are infinitely more sensitive
Much has yet 10 be investigated with
regard To the differentiation OF the
points in these nerves. so that they may
accuracy; yet even the results of the
scent of dogs show how marvelousIy
me IS their discriminating power. Our
sense of smell. unless in the trained
chemist. Is not even so acute s that Of
the semi-Savage. The aborigines OF
Peru can. in the darkest night. and Ia
the thickeSt woods distinguish resueo-
OF their own race by the smell Much
We have gained by civilization. bur not
without some loss to our bOdii- euer-
S1es and sense. Mans recuO.s.- tive
power after an injury is in the inverse
at1on to his social advancement SINH
larry. he seems TO become less acute and
delicate IN sense of smell as he fares
better and lives more comfortably. The
faithful dog puts him to shame.-I.on-
don Mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
SHE TRIED KINDNESS

This story is told at the expense Of n
recently appointed supervisor of a pub
lie school in Philadelphia: One. dav she
happened to be visiting a school when
a young incorrigible was undergoing
punishment for a series Of INSIDE
-neanors.
The teacher cited him as the worst
boy in the schooI-one | can't do any
thing with. I've tried everything IN the
way OF punishment"
Have you tried kindness was the
gentle inquiry of the other LADY.
I did at first, but I've got beyond
that now
At the close of the session the lady
asked the boy II he would call and see
her on the following SATURDAY a boy
arrived promptly at the hour appoint
ed The lady howed him her best pic
lures. played her hveliest music. and
set before him a luncheon o. her dam
uest china. when she thought IL about
time 10 begin her little sermon.
My dear. she began, were you not
very unhappy TO have TO stand IN The
corner before all the class for punish
ment?"
Please. ma'am." broke in the boy
with his mouth full of cake. that
wasn't me you saw. 1t was Pete. and
hc gave me 10 cents 10 come here and
take your jawing. '-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23

continually resounds to the notes OF
THE Blue and the Gray" or "Oh
Promise Me- or "Hiawatha,' the
general becomes a most particular
nuisance. On general principles, it Is
Of no consequence to us that the av-
erage American Is careless of SAM
tary laws and more than careless
about quarantine, but when the house
next door displays a diphtheria or
scarlet fever card, how do we regard
the matter then2 The report III the
morning paper, that some man III the
slums or in the purlieus of the rich
and great has felt obliged to kill his
wife on account of jealousy, affects,
us only mildly, but how Is it when the
police are investigating the house
next doOr2
The sum of the whole matter is,
that modern city conditions are max
ing it absolutely necessary to purify
public morals. to enforce sanitary
laws, and to encourage consideration
for the feelings of others, since the
doings OF every person are likely to
affect the peace, comfort, health, or
safety of his own immediate neigh
borhood Hence it is well for us all
to remember that whatever may be
the shortcomings of our neighbors, We
are ourselves, to at least two fami-
lies. one on each side of us, The Peo-
/ pie Next Door.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
SUCH is FAME.

Gee, hut the admiral is an unosten-
tatiOus clC citizen" remarked a man at
the corner OF Pennsylvania Avenue and
Thirteenth Street yesterday at noon
to a casual acquaintance from the West.
What admiral? Which IS he2" queried
the friend
THAT man walking there near the
edge OF the gutter" was the reply. He
IS Admiral Schley"
We'll, IN be jiggered. ] have seen
pictures OF the admiral many times.
but have never seen him in the flesh
before. Reckon I'll take a good peep.
Whereupon the Western visitor hast
ened along the Avenue until he passed
Admiral Schley. and in a covert man
ner got 4 good look at him. The vislto
was the only man on the Avenue who
even turned his head to look at the
man who two years ago was the most
talked about individual in America Such
is the fate OF n celebrity in n city Of
celebrities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
REPUBLICANS PLAN
TO INVADE THE SOUT
Seek to Garry Congressional Districts in Order to Offset
Possible Losses in Northern and Western States.

The fight for Presidential electors will
not be the only national contest waged
at the polls in the various States next
fall There will be a repetition of thu
biennial struggle fer control of the
House Of Representatives Each side is
already beginning to line up for this
battle and il viii be even more spir-
ited than the election OF 1902
The Democrats have not had control
Of the House for ten years. and believe
that their turn is about due. The pres
ent Republican majority is less than
thirty. and a change of fifteen members
politically. out Of $50 would enable them
to organize the House. In the last
Congressional campaign the Democrats
perfected an organization in scores OF
districts which will be serviceable in the
election next November. The RepVb-
leans. Of course. viii be obliged to
shoulder the burden Of responsibility
for failure to accomplish anything at
this session Of Congress, and each OBJ
scure Congressman will be called upon
by his constituency to answer for GER
tain things which We're expected and have
not been done. when he perhaps. WAS
as powerless 10 perform them, under
the conditions with which he is sur
rounded in the House. as IL he were a
member Of the parliamentary body of
the moon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23

claimed the tra.edians, Shakespeare,
and classic productions generally
while three or four smaller houses
took care Of burlesques and melo-
dramas. This condition of things
had its advantages. SO did the fact,
also within the memory If people
who are not cid. that plays sent out
by certain managers always had 4
certain flavor and were up TO q GER
tain standard. and the same was true
of dramas In which stars of recog
nized qualities appeared. Today all
the trademarks are lost. What is the
reason, and, more important, what Is
the remedy?