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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Goldfish

float around the top of the bowl. It's
a sure sign of death. have watched
It, Now, all three are gone. and am
soldflshless.'
1T wasn't my fault. knew that.
The coming to the top meant that
she hadn't changed the water often
enough. The bowl was too small for
three, perhaps, and they were asphyx'
lated. But, anyway, took my net
and caught three more to give her
two goldfish and a silver fish. for
change.
az believe said she, while l was
catching them, that those first fish
had one fin in the grave to begin
with. Anyway, I've seen their Anish. )
81 gave her the goldfish and thought
I had seen the last of her, but l had
MT. She came back one morning with
the news that she had lost her last
pollywog. 1t had Topped over and
died, the same as the goldfish, and
she had been so anxious, too, to see 1t
turn into a frog. Every night she
went to sleep with the expectation u
seeing it's tail at the bottom OF tbs
bowl, while it was hopping about on
the floor, full-fedged frog.
81 gave her another. and that's the
last | have seen of her. She told me
she burned a gas stove that smoked
in the room. That probably killed the
fish. Or she hadn't changed the
water often enough. Fish need to be
cool, too. Some people put lump OF
ice in the bowl in the summer time.
have known the water to freeze solid
in severe weather, thaw out, and the
fish frisk about as spry as you please,
not hurt at all-in fact, all the better
for it. You can't seem to get it too
cool for goldfish. New York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Ancient City of Seoul

long-stemmed Korean knives are Of
fered in the most pretentious shops.
Here likewise can be had the really
unique Korean fans, made of silk or
paper finished in oil and covered with
curious native designs. These fans
are dipped in water before they are
used, and the little breeze produced by
them is astonishingly cool.
The wall surrounding Seoul, from
which kites are ever flying, is but a
pocket edition of the great Chinese
wall that leads down to the sea at
Shanhaikwan. Piercing this Korean
copy are the city gates-picturesque
ssageways-which are promptly
and irrevocably closed with the set
ting of the sun. The west gate will be
entered by the tourist on reaching the
capital from Chemulpo, and should he
come to the outside Of this but a
minute after the sun has disappeared
behind the horizon, and the "big bell"
has doomed it's mournful warning note
he is elected to camp in the open until
Phoebus has cycled round the world
on the equatorial path. If he reaches
the gate five minutes before it closes
on it's grooming hinges he will witness
a sight that will almost repay him for
the toilsome trip up from the coast.
Outing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
New Safety Razor.

All razors may be converted into
safety razors by means of recently
patented guard. The novel features,
aside from it's universally, of this de-
vice as enumerated by the inventor
are simplicity, economy and lightness
Of structure, ease with which the
guard may be removed for cleaning
and the dispatch and convenience
with which it may be placed in posi-
ton. The essential and characteristic
construction of the shank, or guard, is
the clamping mechanism, by means of
which it may be locked on one side
or the other of the blade. or be con-
stantly removed. The guard is struc-
turally formed to slip over the razor
back by an endwise longitudinal
movement, in which position the edge
lies along the cutting edge and sub
ject to proper spacing. The common
sight of cut chin, particularly among
self-shavers whose age has affected
their steadiness of hand, attests the
aecessity that exists for a convenient
safety razor OF universal application,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Fires from Electric Wires.


1t was claimed at one time that the
substitution of electricity for gas and
petroleum in lighting would result in
a lessening of the danger from fire.
Bus recent report issued by the
Montreal Fire and Light Committee
tends to show that the danger has
ben increased rather than diminish
ed by the change. The report gives
a record of $50 fires due to electric
currents during the last three months
of 1903, with an aggregate loss OF
$1,500,000. When classed according to
causes, the list shows that twenty-five
fires were due to the contact of tele-
phone, telegraph and other low poten-
tial wires with electric lights and
other high tension circuits. Wires
grounded on gas pipes were respon-
sible for nineteen fires. Eleven fires
were due to the defective wiring OF
gas fixtures, five to the puncturing OF
gas pipes by the currents on flexible
cords wrapped around them, three
to short circuits in holdings, three
to open link fuses in porcelain cut out
bases, fifteen to overheated resist
ance coils and heating devices, and
nine to incandescent lamps coming in
cantact with infiammable material.
In the same report 1876 fires are re-
corded in which electricity was sus-
pected of being the cause, but in
which all material evidences Of origin
were Observation-Disclosures Globe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

ucpTcoSlOus
Cant be restored to health until the
kidneys are cured. Read how one
woman was restored by using Doan's
Kidney Pills:
Mrs. H. A. Van Sickle. 81 9Th Ave.,
8. w. Roanoke, Va, says: Kidney
trouble was hereditary in our family
and had been SO continually afflicted
with the disease that l began to des-
pair of even temporary relief. Some
times suffered so severely that was
confind to my bed. The aching in my
back was intense and the kidney dis
order caused an excess of uric acid
in my blood which impaired my diges-
ton. was compelled to deny myself
of many of the little delicacies of diet.
The doctors diagnosed my case as
congestion of the kidneys. had
about given up hope when I began
using Doan's Kidney Pills, but / took
only a few doses when their curative
powers were proven to my satisfac-
ton have never been without them
in the house SINCE"
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all
dealers; price 50 cents; or mailed on
receipt Of price by Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N, Y. Write for free
trial.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

THAT tank Of goldfish in the Aqua
rinm has been responsible for good
many deaths in the goldfish family
this winter" remarked the woman
who sells goldfish and ferns. WON.
en- go down there, see how beautiful
they are with their brilliant colors and
long white tails and fms, and are at
once taken with desire to own gold
fish. This is good for the business.
but not for the goldfish.
'It's like this. Some women have
luck with anything they try to keep.
They can stick little slip in the
ground and it will grow and bloom.
Their goldfish keep themselves. 9th
ers haven't any luck at all. They buy
ferns of us to kill them. They buy
goldfish which die. Nobody knows
the reason. 1t Is as hard to tell what
is the matter with goldfish as to
tell what ails a child. Neither one
can talk and tell what hurts. Maybe
the not knowing how to care for the
fish was helped along by the steam
heat of the fiat. Maybe the bowl was
not large enough. There might have
been a dozen reasons. You can never
tell.
"One woman bought three goldfish
of me. | threw in two pollywogs.
some snails and bit of moss, as
always do, for luck. Apparently they
queered her luck. 1t wasn't week
before she was back for more gold
fish.
"'They are dead she complained.
Every one Of them. First one would
come to the top, look at me awhile
with CLASSY eye, then give up the
ghost no sooner removed what was
left of him than another began to
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
100000 Plents FOR. Iee.

This is a remarkable offer the John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis.
makes. They will send you their big
plant and seed catalog, together with
enough seed to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages.
2,e00 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid Onions.
1000 rare luscious Radishes.
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer Is made In order to
induce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you
will grow no others, and
ALL FOR BUT Ice POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice,
and II you will send them zoe in post
age, they will add to the above a pack
age of the famous Berliner Cauliflower.
CIV. N. W
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
THIN DIET.
No Nourishment In It.

It's not easy to keep up when COT
fee has so ruined the stomach that
food won't digest
A Mo. woman says: II had been
an invalid for two years from stomach
trouble caused by coffee. got so bad l
couldn't digest food and for quite
while | lived on milk and lime water
nothing but that-a glass Of milk
and lime water six times day. In
this way | managed to live, but Of
course did not gain.
ut was about mouths ago I be-
gan using Postum Food Coffee; ] did
not need the milk and lime water
after that, for l gained rapidly and
can now eat good meal and drink
from 1 to cups of Postum each meal
and feel fine.
II would not 60 back to coffee for
any reasonable pay. like Postum
better than coffee now and make Pos
tum by directions on box and 1t Is
just fine; never found better way to
make it than on box. Now this Is all
true and you can easily prove IT."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum is a brew from field grains
with all the nourishment left in. 1t
makes red blood and rebuilds partic-
ularly we'll where coffee has done
damage as it does to nearly all who
drink it.
A 10 days trial of Postum In place
of coffee works wonders. There's .
reason.
Get the little book. THE Road to
Wellyille'' N each pkg.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Deafness Cannot Be cured

by local applications they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion of the eur. There IL only one way to
cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is iniamed you have rumbling sound or Inn
perfect hearing, and when 1t 10 entirely closed Dear
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal cond
ton hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases
out OF ten are caused by Catarrh, which ia nothing
but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
bv Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, D.
Sold by Druggists, 75e.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Eccentric Will Not Valid.

Ingenuity runs to madness at times
in the conditions imposed In wills. A
trial in court some years ago was to
test the legality of will which stip-
ulated that to inherit the prospective
legatee must drink all the water in q
certain sea. Fortunately for common
sense the court awarded the legacy
without stipulation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
A Good Catch,

This little catch seldom fails: Hand
your victim a pencil and paper, and
ask him to write small 'i' with a
dot above it. He will be sure to write
It with only one dot, thus "i"; but a
small 81" with a dot above it ought of
course to appear with an extra dot
Woman's Home Companion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Houses In japan.

A Japanese house is generally all on
one floor. The number OF rooms in it
depends on the number Of bedrooms
the owner requires. They are di.
vided for the night by paper shutters.
fixed in grooves, like the divisions OF
an old-fashioned work box. There are
no doors or passages.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
RESTORED TO HEALTH.

Many weak, SUI.
fering women do
not know that their
kidneys are sick.
Backache tells of
sick kidneys, and
so do urinary disor-
ders. Sick kid
neys make bad
blood. and lad
blood makes bad
digestion, b o art
palpitation, dizzy
headaches, nervous
ness, sleeplessness,
sciatica, rheumatic
pains and constant
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Colo
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because 1t
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in N-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you a
12-oz. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Deilance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ana
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Italian Silk Manufacture.

In Italy there are $4,000 skilled
workmen engaged in the manufacture
of silk. In 1902, 100000 of her people
emigrated. More than three million
of her people have left their country
during the last ten years, yet there
is a gradual increase of population.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

The belle of ancient India wore her
hair tied by a jeweled band two or
three inches back of her head and
then braided into an enormous ball
two.thirds the size of her head.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

It were a stiff box. The sections are
all united by flexible cloth lining,
which is drawn tightly from top to
bottom when the box is expanded and
lies loosely between the sections when
they are collapsed.
James Frye of Toronto, Canada. is
the inventor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

ETC permanently cured No fits nervousness after
y first day OF Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restor.
er Send for FREE o.. 90 trial bottle and treatise.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

There are all sorts of workers"
from bunco-steerers to peaople who
get up church fairs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Pso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIEN 322 Third Ave,
NJ, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUsEKEEPERs
Use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new. All grocers,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

noise he makes when he comes home
about a. m.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

It is better to have laughed and to
have the laugh turned on you than
never to have laughed at all.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

When leap year girl proposes it is
u pto young man to lose his self
possession.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Moro Flexible and Lasting,

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
one-third more for Same money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Talking back to your wife is just as
sensible as to keep winding the alarm
clock while it is going off.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces In
hsmmatlon Ailays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Why Il Is the Best

Is because made by an entirely different
process. Defiance Starch is unlike any
other, better and one-third more for III
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

A woman likes to be suspicious so
she can feel so confident afterward.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

You can do your dyeing in half an
hour with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Our idea of an unpopular man is
one with fad for collecting bills.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Conscience makes towards Of liter
airy romancers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Never judge a mans character by
the high standing of his silk hat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

It will be a costly war to report:
2 6syllables to every name, and cable
tolls are high.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

The young man who has money to
burn seldom sets the world on fire.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

A man knows less after marriage
than a woman does before.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
wiaale.stick LAUNDRY BLUE

Won't spill, break freeze nor spot clothes
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of
any other bluing. If your grocer does not
keep it send l0c for sample to The Laundry
Blue Co., IA Michigan Street, Chicago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Takes things as they come-ths
photographer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Many a man has ruined his health
drinking to other peoples.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

FOR RENT OR SALE
On Crop Payments, SEVERAL CH0ICE FARAA
Send for list. j. MULHALL, Sioux City, Iowa,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Some people don't believe in put
ting off until tomorrow the trouble
they can borrow to-day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Stops the Cough and
HH~-ur- H~ = NDId

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price Csc.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
UNA MANIFE FESTACl0N

Sc ha acercado esta redaccion
el subdito espanol don Juan Sierra y
Castaner. residente en- 81 pueblo de
Vega alta, manifestandonos que es
del todo falso haya sido atropellado
nj molestado por el Juez de Paz de
Vega baja don Manuel Munoz Sauri,
como Sc han dejado decir algudos in
dividuos.
Fl se1or Munoz dice que le merece
Ia mas alta consideration y estima,
pues en- IN asunto que tenia pendiente
en- su tribunal Sc porto muy correcta-
mente imparcial.
Queda pues, Ia verdad en- 81 lugar.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
FL Petr0IeO no es un sustitut0
Del aceite de Higado
de Bacala0.

Durante Ia presente escasez de acei-
te de higado de bacalao. algunOS in
dustriales han hechO grandes esfuer-
zos para p0pulariZar en- pr0yechO pro-
pio 81 uso del petr6leo 8 parafina CO.
mo substantial alimenticia.
Bastante rid1culO es en- yerdad, por
no calificarlo de otro modo, el asegu-
rar que el petr0ieo puede substltuir
al aceite de higado de bacalao.
La gran reputation de que goza el
aceite de higado de bacalao es debida
q sus grandes propiedades nutritivas
V alimenticias. En- verdad cl aceite
de higado de bacalao no solamente es
un alimentO, sinO que es el meJOr all
mentO que Sc cOnOce en- Medicina y
a1n no Sc ha podidO encontrar en- la
naturaleza otro alimanto igual. Y
anunciar ell petr0leo como un substi-
tuto del aceite de higadO de bacalao.
es atribuir al petr0leO parafina pro-
piedades que no tiene. Eel petr0leo ca
rece de la propiedad esencia1 de tOdo
alimento, es decir, la de ser asimila-
BILE. El petr6leo 8 parafina no sola-
mente no es una substantial aSimilable,
sino que cuando Sc toma interiormen-
te es expelido en- 81 totalidad pOr las
evacuaciones intestinales, causandO
indigestion, irritaci0n del estomago y
de los intestinos. Intermediates del hi
gado y del pancreas y con frecuencia
diarrea desinteria.
La presente escasez del aceite de hi
gado de bacalao es un case sxcepcio-
nal que no durara mucho tempo, pero
que ha demostrado va la gran deman-
da que cOnstantenente hay en- ell mum
do por este productO alimenticio. Mi
les de personae jovenes Y ancianos,
usan cOnstantemente este aceite y su
salud y su vida dependen de 81.
Afortunadamente la mayor parte del
aceite de bacalao que Sc consume en-
ell mundo es administrado bajO la for
ma de Emulsion de Scott prepara-
da por los senores Scott & Bovine
Oufmicos de Nueva York, quienes de-
bidO sus muchOs amos de experien-
cia en- la mate1ia, vieron yenir la eS-
casez con muchos meses de anticipa-
ci0n hicieron grandes acopiOs del
aceite, aunque para clio tuvieron que
pagar precios enormes. ESQ no obs
tante el precio cOrriente al detalle de
la Emulsion de Scott no ha sido alte-
RADIO Y puede obtenerse en- las bOticas
droguerias al mismo precio de STEM
PIE
Ell petr6leo 6 Parafna puede ser
bueno para lubricar maquinas 4 OtrOs
usos industriales. pero la Emulsion
de Scott es la 1nica buena para ell
cuerpo humane.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-07
Il sef-gOveInnent
quese practica en- PueTtO-Rico

biese revocado indefnidamente.
Asi es que la libertad de discussion
es solo aparente no radical, efec-
tiva
No hay talnpoco verdadena auto
nomia en- el seno de las Camaras
Hombres animosos pueden votar
llenos de fe un emprestito un solo
continental que asi tiene de estadista
como nosotros tenemos de ingles,
puede destruirlo. aniquilarlo, solo por
que es IN criterio estrecho, un alma
sin cuerpo, ignorante de los calculos
de Economic polftica.
Todo esto 10 denostraremos luego.
En- Inglaterra, en- los mismos Es-
tados Unidos, un hombre del pueblo,
un dependiente de comercio, un solda-
do de fortuna puede encumbrarse la
presidencia de la naci6n
Tn ciudadano opuertorriqueno anne
ricano Y no americana q In vez, por
que segIin Ia Constitution no tiene los
derechos inherentes Il la ciudadanfa,
no serfa nunca presidente, pero podra
llegar a ser Representative del Congre-
SO de Washington sin voz nj voto, 8
como Sc dice en- Espana ministro sin
cartera.
Los puertorriquenos tienen cere-
bro y capacidad para administrarse
por ST mismos y la mayor parte po-
seen una cultura extensa: no una cul-
tura de relumbron.
Estudiad cualquiera de las mani
! festaciones introducidas en- los Depar-
tamentos del interior, auditoria, ms
truccion pdblica resalta Immediate
mente un desconocimiento profundo de
| los intereses del pals, del estado actual
de las costumbres y adelanto de elias.
Y es que ell continentalismo tiene
que asimilarse al regionalismo y no
este a aquel.
| SOmOs una masa formidable de
puertorriquenos al frente de unos tres
mil americanos.
La absorcion nuestra es una uto-
pfa, no es possible dentro de los lfmites
] del genio de la raza.