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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
RECORD RUN TO KANSAS CITY
Wabash Train Makes Trip In Five
Hours and Fifty Minutes.

Wabash Train Makes Trip In Five
Hours and Fifty Minutes.
Wabash train No. 9, fast mail be-
tween st. Louis and Kansas City,
made a record-breaking run from St.
Louis to Kansas City Sunday after.
noon.
The schedule time for starting Is
2:2O p. M, and the regular time for
the run is seven hours and ten mih-
utes. No. 8 started one hour late,
lost twenty minutes on the way and
pulled into Kansas City on time, max
ing the run In five hours and fifty
minutes, five minutes faster than any
previous record.
There was full equipment of q
mail car, combination car, chair car
and diner. At many places along the
route the train showed q speed OF
seventy miles an hour, and between
Mexico and Montgomery City mile
a minute was reeled off. The dis
lance is twenty-four miles, and 1t took
just twenty-four minutes to make the
trip.
The train was in charge Of Con-
ductor ]. s. Gould. The engineer was
Charles Summerville.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
One Glass to Mephlsto.

We've drunk to everything we know,
From Lang Syne to the ladies';
Now, one more toast before we go
Mephisto, prince Of hades!
When sober we are wont, tits true,
To bury, not to praise him;
But let us give the dell his due.
And toast hira while we raise him.
For tn his company we're taught
To shun, there's no denying
Mephisto never yet was caught
Beneath false colors flying.
He wears his coat and plume OF RED
With candor so answering
We must applaud, although It's SAID
He took some hints from Irving.
Think Of the stage, think Of the church
Without their villain ruddy.
If Old Nick left them in the lurch
Without an understudy!
As well "othello" played without
The gentleman Of color.
Or Hamlet" with the prince left out;
Could anything be duller?
world from all temptation free
Would sadly lack In flavor;
And what would untried virtue be
But salt without Its SAVIOR?
To pawn his soul the sinner goes
More than halfway to meet him,
Yet when Mephisto would foreclose
He does his best to cheat him.
In church to-day we sound his mort,
Tomorrow at a Ievel
We treat him like the devil
So let US toast our foe Of foes,
Long may we live to rout him,
Here's to Mephlsto! Goodness knows
What we would do without him.
And, good Mephisto, do not spurn
Our toast with mocking laughter
Nor yet the compliment return
Golfers Weekly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Bull Battles With Auto.

James P. Van Eaten. County Com
missioner Mills and Theodore r. Ba-
ker, well-known Pike county, Pa, resi-
dents, had thrilling experience while
out for q ride in Van Etten's new au-
tomobile.
At Dingman's the party encountered
a bull in the road. Fearing trouble.
Van Etten slackened the pace OF the
auto.
His overtures did not soothe the
feelings of the irate animal, and, with
a below, it started in to tackle the
horseless conveyance with a vigor
that might we'll be the envy Of the
center rush on a football team.
The auto was sufficiently rigid and
its weight such as to make 1t invul'
nerable, so the bull, disguised, wheeled
around, and with its heels ratified a
merry rataplan upon the "cowcatcher.
In its rain of kicks it struck fore
wheel Jared the machinery and sent
the auto and its occupants into a
barbed wire fence. Then. seemingly
satisfied, it sauntered on. The party
escaped serious injury.-New York
Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
KNOWS NOW
Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Gaze
for a Time.

It's easy to understand how ordi.
nary people get fooled by coffee wheQ
doctors themselves sometimes foEak
the facts.
A physician speaks of ais own ex.
perience:
II had used coffee for years and
really did not exactly believe 1t was
injuring me although had palpita-
ton of the heart every day.
"Finally one day severe and al
most fatal attack of heart trouble
frightened me and l gave up both
tea and coffee, using Postum instead,
and since that time have had abso-
lutely no heart palpitation except on
one or two occasions when l tried q
small quantity of coffee which caused
severe irritation and proved to me I
must let it alone.
when we began using Postum 1t
seemed weak-that was because we
did not make it according to direc-
tions-but now we put little bit OF
butter in the pot when boiling and al
low the Postum to boil full Is minutes
which gives it the proper rich flavor
and the deep brown color.
IT have advised great many OF
my friends and patients to leave on
coffee and drink Postum; in fact,
daily give this advice" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Many thousands of physicians use
Postum in place Of tea and coffee In
their own homes and prescribe It to
patients. There's reason"
A remarkable little book 1.-THE Road
to wellville" can be found in each
package.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
A Definition.

Diplomacy. Lester" said the hem
pecked man, replying to the inquiry
Of his small son, during, 1t may not be
necessary to explain. the temporary
absence of the majestic wife of the
one and mother Of the other, "diplo-
macy Is what makes a man carve q
turkey and unselhshly deal out to his
family and the visitors their favorite
helps, including the only portions
which he himself really likes, and at
the same time look like putty saint
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Has Old Spanish Coin.

Abijah Thompson of Woburn, Mass,
has an old Spanish silver coin about
the size of our 50-cent piece, bearing
the date of 1903, making it just 100
years old. Surrounding the emblem
on one face of the coin is the inscrip-
ton: "Carlas Del Gratea 1903" and
On the reverse side "Hispan ct Ind.
Gex. M. E. 2 R. I. l. He also has an
old Turkish coin given him about forty
years ago by his brother. Leander
Thompson, who was for many years
a missionary in that country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

teen years I suffered
with terrible pain
in my back. ! did
not know what 1t
was to enjoy Q
nights rest, and
arose In the morn.
ing feeling tired and
unrefreshed. My
suffering sometimes
was simply indie
scribable. When I
finished the frst box
of Doan's Kidney
Pills I felt like Q
difPerant wOman I
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased TO lean
that there 10 least dreaded disease that science
has been able TO in all Its stages, and that Ia
euro now known TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires constitu-
tonal treatment. Halls Cstarrh Cure is taken In.
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
nature in doing It's work. The proprietors have 90
much faith in Its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any that 1t fails TO
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address FIJI. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Bird SanItarlumo.

Even birds have entered the bust.
ness of being professionally Ill. and
have triumphantly scaled the heights
of drugs, doctors, and sanitariums.
The bird sanitarium is fact. Cana
ries and parrots are its mainstayR but
besides them are many commoner In
valids from wood and meadowland.
There are between 500 and 700 pa
tients, and, in the boarding house con-
nected with the sanitarium about 1000
guests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Gibraltar.

What is commonly called the Island
Of Gibraltar is not an island at all, but
a peninsula connected with the main.
land of Spain by fiat, sandy isthmus.
It is solid rock Of limestone, stretch.
ing north and south, three miles long,
three-fourths of mile wide at its wild.
est part, and the highest point Is 1896
feet bove the sea.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
MuzzIe Velocity of Rifles.

The muzzle velocity second Of the
rifles of the large countries is as fol-
lows: United States, Springfield, g.
800; French, Lebel, 2,O73; English. lie
Metford, 1000; Spanish, Mauser, q.
1888; Italian, Mannlicher Carcano, g.
100; German, Mauser, 2,0S4 feet.
Sights on these are now graduated
thus: United States, 1000; France.
2,1S7; England, $500; Spain, 2,1S7;
Italy. 2.1O0: Germany. 2.1S7 yards
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Disperses Ants.

A plague of ants lately invaded an
ONCE at Everley. Eng. Paper soaked
with oil of peppermint was spread
about. when the ants disappeared in
half an hour, and although the odor Of
peppermint quite evaporated in few
days, their memory was good and they
never returned.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

continued until had taken Ave boxes.
Doan's Kidney Pills act very enec'
lively. very promptly. relieve the ach'
ing pains and all other annoying DIM
culties."
Foster-Milb Co., Buffalo. N. 7.
For sale by all druggists, price oo
cents per boz.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

One self-wrought problem will give
more vigor than a thousand worked
out for us. 1t is the constant stretch
ing Of the mind over large problems,
ever large models-it is independent
thought-that increases mental pow.
er.-Success.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
co,dest Place on Earth.

The coolest place on earth inhabit-
ed by man Is Verkhoyansk, above the
Arctic circle, in northeastern Siberia.
The thermometer there drops to 90
degrees below zero in January. but
sometimes rises to SO degrees above
zero in the shade in July, dropping.
however, to the freezing point on the
warmest summer nights.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

An eastern astronomer says that
planet Jupiter has six floors and
basement If his telescope possesses
sufficient power, he might, by closer
inspection, discover over the main en-
trance sign reading, mo children al
lowed. denver Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Fine Feathers Prohibited.

A small hotel in the Juras has the
following notice posted In each of the
bedrooms: Strange gentlemen will
please not to dress for dinner, as this
costume fiutters the hearts Of the maid
folk and no work is accomplished"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

The Boston negro minister who de-
clares that the cakewalk is no longer
respectable means, Of course, outside
of the high circles Of fashionable so
ciety.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Mommsen and His Students.

On his eightieth birthday Theodore
Nommsen, the historian, received
visit from a great delegation OF stu
dents, who marched out to his home,
but he could not be induced to leave
his work to greet them. They see
me every day at the university" he
said; why do they want to disturb
me now?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Xlrua L. Fatal to Rats.

A new virus called "danysS -
made in France and Is claimed to DO
harmless to domestic animals, but
fatal to rats. Bread impregnated
with 1t was scattered in docks, ves-
sells, railway stations and schools, IN
Marseilles, and over thousand rats
were destroyed in single night. The
final results of the experiments Will
be eagerly awaited.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Lone Day,

Prof. Schuman of Cornell is reported
to recommend eleven hours for study,
two for meals, three for athletics, one
for recreation and the remaining eight
for sleep. The trouble about this
program is that 1t calls for twenty
five-hour day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

French Monument for Waterloo.
A large bronze eagle with one wing
broken and dropping is the main fea.
ture of the French national monument
which is to be erected on the field Of
Waterloo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Doubtful Maxim.

OF course, where there is so much
smoke there must be some fire, but
when you compare the temperature Of
your house with the actions Of your
furnace you can't help sometimes
doubling it very seriousiy.-Indianap-
oils News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Now a student of Brown university
has been caught stealing to pay
gambling debts. The secretary Of the
University Of California will not be
lonesome.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

It must be little Earring to a
Swedish dialect humorist to see good
story of his copied and all the "ys"
carefully changed back 10 "js."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

IL. ~. rrHa Westminster Abbey authorities
..,s,refused to permit the remains Of Her,
bert Spencer to be b, buried led; there he ..o on
.s.,.s-..Tben IL there is no room for Spencer
e thare will be- no room for anybody
1GsT sise. Are there to be no more inter
ments in the abbeyf
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

New South Wales has record
wheat crop. Notice Of a coming divi-
sion of cereal honors is served upon
us from the near northwest and the
Tar antipodes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Mr.. Rockefeller has aided one of
his boyhood friends. 1t is altogether
likely that he will now hear from the
rest Of the people who used to go
swimming with him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

As result Of his recent operation
the. kaiser has ia new voice. If the
car would submit to a similar ordeal
It might materially improve the con-
cert Of the powers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

When Dreyfus gets reinstated in
the French army Paris will have to
invent another sensation to give it an
appetite for its aDsinthe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

English women want the word spin
ster removed from the dictionaries.
In the bright lexicon Of the future
there should be. no such word as
failed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Insist on Getting II.

Some grocers say they don't keep De-
In hand Of II OF. brands. which they
know cannot be sold to a customer who
has once used the 10 OF. pkg. Defiance
Starch for same money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

The United States senators used up
$4,000 Quinine pills last year. and no.
body knows how much Of the usual
accompanying fluid.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

The New. York Sun, which has just
been ordered to pay $500 because 1t
said that Prof. Trotten was "off his
nut" wifi doubtless be careful here
after how 1t uses slang.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

A Pennsylvania, man who ran to
catch train the other day died as a
result of his overexertion. But he
caught the train.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

About this time we may take 1t for
granted that the ice companies are
busy preparing explanations about the
scarcity of ice to be used during the
summer months.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Perhaps II Peary should start out
for the north pole now, he might find
It. There are indications that 1t has
moved down. this way.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Joseph Chamberlain doesn't believe
IN physical exercise and never takes
any-but he keeps other people NOV
Ing lively.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Trey say that in the South Sea
islands the natives drink great guam:
titles Of kerosene oil. If the torch of
learning is, properly applied to these
people they ought to become the light
~ the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

The problem Of securing radium is
not nearly 80 serious as would be the
problem of what to do with it If 1t
were common.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
whv Some YOUNG Men Shave.

Harker-"Say, why don't you wear
Q mustache?" Barker-"Can't afford
It, old man." Harker-"Does 1t cost
any more?" Barker-"Yes; couldn't
smoke my cigarets 30 short."-Phiia-
delphia Record.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Tea DRINKING in Australia.

The Australians are the greatest
tea drinkers in the world, annually
consuming seven and three-Quarters
pounds per head. In England the con-
sumption is about six and three-Quar'
tiers pounds per head, and In the
United States only one pound two
ounces.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Pioneer French-canadian Dead.
Mrs. Isaie Doucet, the first French
Canadian to make home In Woon'
socket, R. l., is dead. She made the
Journey from Canada IS years ago, all
the way by carriage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Trout Caught In the Ocean.
Trout are believed to be exclusively
fresh-water fish. 1t happens, however,
occasionally that some are caught
with the herring in the German ocean.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

The Russian minister to Japan has
an "afiliction of the ear" but it is
probably not serious officially, merely
Q cold caught from keeping the organ
too near to the ground.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

:, King Alfonso is to marry his first
cousin. She is. the twenty-seventh
young lady who has been picked out
Tor him during the last eighteen
months, and we are not betting on
her. 3.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

A Venice dispatch tells Of food in
that ancient city. Somehow we had
a notion that little extra water
wouldn't attract much attention In
Venice, but It seems there is limit,
after all.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Sir Thomas Upton appears to have
made up his mind that he would like
to lose the cup again.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

A Boston Judge has advised women
to fight thugs with hatpins. Don't the
ladies know enough Browning and
Emerson to quote at them?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

The story. from Virginia about the
isuccessful trial Of flying machine In
North Carolina by three men from
Ohio would doubtless attract atten-
tiomti all over the country If only few
more. states were represented.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
Proud of His Record.

A man was arrested in Worcester.
Mass, recently who told the police
that he had been taken into custody
100 times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

Tho: Electric Mule exhibits all the
innate shrewdness Of his hesh-andr
blood prototype.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

When the chicken for dinner was .
hen, it is proper to ask for limb. and
not q leg.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
COMPLETELY RESTORED.

Mrs. p. Brunei. wife Of p. Brunsei.
stock dealer. residence Bill Grand
ave.. Everett. WASH, says: For ne
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08

A Boston bacteriologist has discov.
cred q new cause of scarlet fever. The
effect remains the same as formerly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
EnoIlah Statute Milo.

6H8Hs" S0S ""V'
The English statute mile was first
defined in the thirty-nfth year Of
Queen Elizabeth. Before that time
II was put down at 5000 feet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-01-08
King Peter Is said to be IN trouble.
What did he expect when he accepted
the job2

Gen. viljoen, the Boer leader, has
married an English woman. Subju-
gated at last.
The daily tribune., 1904-08-06

ly in fifteen minrtss than othsrs do
in whole day. and then again the
work 10 not 30 rough and violent ~
II 10 In other less scientific pAstimes.
Many people Of this city have taken
mp this form Of exercises for the
maintenance Of good health. Surely,
their elegance and poise Of figure,
also good complexion. especially in
women and girls. 10 only gained
through q rational system Of "'phy.
sical culture" and hyRienic living.
''1he building Of . perfect body.
CROWNED by perfect brain. is at once
the greatest problem aud grandeut
hope Of the race. Educate the mind
and body together"
The daily tribune., 1904-08-06
Why Do Women and Girls Neet
Physical Culture3
(By Louis Lepper)

BY Louis Lepper)
Exercises will do for your body,
what intellectual training will do
for your mind-educate and strength.
en- It.. -
1t has only been within the last
years that the great need of physical
exercises for women and girls hes bsen
gradually forcing It's way into public
thought. Before that. women aud
girls who INDUCED In gymnastics,
were looked upon ~ violating the laws
Of propristy and womanhcod.
Now gymnastics for women and
girls have become ~ 70 many other
things do, "a craze. but one We hope.
will last - long - woman herself.
1t 10 Only too plain how great = benefit
systematic exercise is to women of
all GLASSES and occupations.
The medical fraternity has exhaust.
cd all Of the resources Of its science
in attempting to correct the constant
~ downward movement that 10 carry.
ing 20 large . portion Of the women
and girls of this country to Ehysical
wrecks. and which threatens the race
with mental and bodily impairment.
and resort to the practical and natural
method Of restoring pristine vigor to
women is to be commended.
To indulge in all sorts Of physical
exercises, il not carried to An ex-
treme, is invaluable to the women
and girla Of the present. and Jts
effects will be seen BY increased
health and vital force in the boys and
girls Of the coming generation.
The insrtuction Of the gymnasism
for women and girla. therefore. into
the social life Of the country 10 to be
welcomed. The importance Of ply
sical health. cannot be over estimated.
Wisdom. virtue. effectiveness. all
the attributes Of the sound mind. can
never reach the highest manifestation
in an unsound body. It IL supreme
wisdom to begin ife's education with
. refining cast Of she BODY. This not
only lays q good foundation for health
in mature years. but opens up the
avennes to learning itself.
In fencing. these much desired
qualities ars caltivstsd Surely. this
branch Of physioal culture sbosld Be
very popular with wonsn and airls.
In ol,tsr sports and sames . large
number Of 2arsisapanss ars necessary.
In feaclng only two psrsoosere re.
qaired and The WORK has snch Z
number q variatiens thas u ssvss
lbssoasss nonotul6es. 4 5sassi astiv.
lstJ saUsA = : bcas lsyas - vivid.
The daily tribune., 1904-08-06

larity. dries weakening drains, heala in
6ammation and liberation aud cures fe-
male weakness II makes weak women
strong and sick women well.
"Your medicine almost raised me from the
dead. : writer Mrs Edwin II. Gardner. of Egypt.
Plymouth Co. Mass, Boz ~ sMy urine was
Hike brick dust. and had pain ali over me aud
such dragging feeling II seemed could not do
my house work. ! had to sit down to wash the
dishes, even. In tks year rs97 l was so sick
did not care TO live and prayed many times that
God wossid take me One day found little
book. I read II and wrote to Dr. Pierce. and in
. few days received an answer. decided TO try
his medicine. and to-day am = we'll woman. I
have no backachc 30 headache, no pain At all.
] used aiwayx to have headaches previously to
the monthly period aud such pain that would
roll on the hoor In agony. took three bottles
OF DR.. Picrcc's Pavorite Prescription and three
Of Golden Medical Discovery and three walls
Of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. and was com
pIeteiy cured"
Accept no substitute for Favorite Pre-
scription." There is nothing just as good.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser-sent free on receipt Of stamps
to cover expense OF mailing only. Send
IL one-cent stamps for the book in paper
covers; or 81 stamps for the cloth bound
volume. Address DIR. 4. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.