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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

Here is fac-simile of what can, be
described as one of the most striking
"human documents of recent years.
It is a reproduction of the piece Of
plotting paper on which Whitaker
Wright scrubbed aimlessly as he sat
with his counsel in the. London Kings
Bench court on the last day Of his
great triaI-the day, too on which,
after being sentenced to seven years,
penal servitude, he took his, own life
with poison.
Although at first glance the marks
on this ,bl0tter, appear to be nothing
more than purposeles scribblings, a
CLOSER Inspections reveals a good deal
of what must have. been passing in
Wright's mind as the crimson-robed
Judge rehearsed in his address to the
jury the details of the prisoners
career.
The word "intent" printed in capt.
tails an inch high at the center of the
sheet and the repetitions of the Roman
mineral seven are the most striking
parts Of this last writing Whitaker
Wright ever did. There is no doubt
that while he sat with apparent calm
ness at the table with his lawyers he
was anticipating what he knew must
take place after the foreman of the
jury. rose TO a,nnodnce verdict. When
Wright traced the. word which appears
so prominently, in all probability he
was composing the brief but rather
impressive speech with, which he re-
piled to the courts sentence:
"'My lord, all I have to say is that
I am as innocent as any one in this
court of any intention to. deceive or
defraud the shareholders" a -.
Well versed in the English mercan-
tile law, he knew that the maximum
punishment for a crime like his is
seven years penal servitude, and
without question the fact dinned in
his brain. and found expression on the
blotter in front of him. The top Of
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WESTERN cANApA's RESOURCES.
Farming Very Successful.

BY Western or Northwest Canada Is
country west Of Ontario, and north Of
Minnesota, North Dakota. and Mon
tana. Part of it Is agricultural prairie,
treeless In places, park like in others,
part is genuine plains, well adapted to
cattle ranches; part requires irriga-
ton for successful tillage, most of it
does not. The political divisions Of
this region are the Province of Mani
toba and the territorial district Of AS
siniboia, Saskatchewan. Alberta and
Athabaska. At present, however, the
latter is too remote for immediate
practical purposes.
The general character Of t soil Of
Western Canada is a rich, black, clay
loan with clay subsoil. Such soil
is particularly rich in food for the
wheat plant. The subsoil is clay,
which retains the winter frost until 1t
is thawed out by the warm rays Of
the sun and drawn upward to stimu-
late the growth Of the young wheat, SO
that even in dry seasons wheat is
good crop. The clay soil also retains
the heat of the sun later in the sum-
mer and assists in the early ripening
of the grain. 1t Is claimed that cul-
tivation has the effect of increasing
the temperature of the soil several
degrees, as well as the air above it.
Western Canada climate is good
cold in winter, hot in summer, but
with cool nights. Violent storms of
any kind are rare. The rainfall is not
heavy. 1t varies with places, but aver.
ages about II inches. 1t falls usually
at the time the growing crops need it.
The Department of the Interior, Of
tawa, Canada, has agents established
at different points throughout the
United States who will be pleased to
forward an Atlas of Western Canada
and give such other information as to
That agriculture in Western Canada
pays is shown by the number of testi.
monials given by farmers. The fol.
lowing is an extract made from let.
ter from a farmer near Moose Jaw:
Eat the present time I own sixteen
hundred acres of land, fifty horses and
a large pasture fenced containing a
thousand acres. These horses run out
all winter and come in in the spring
quite fat. A man with money judi.
ciously expended will make compe.
tence very shortly. consider in the
last six years the increase in the
value of my land has netted me forty
thousand dollars"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

house here during the session three
or four years ago. My room was
right across the hall from his, and l
used to drop in on him of evenings
for chat. One evening found him
preparing to go out to dinner. 'HHe had
made a hot political speech in the
House that day, and he was thiAking
it over-thinking of the good, snappy
points he had forgotten to make, OF
course, like all the rest of us who
engage in these post-prandial post
mortems. Anyway, he WAS a whole
lot ,preoccupied,', s.. r. s.
"He had, hisYest and coat on, when
dropped in on him and was hitting
the finishing dabs to his necktie.' Then
he buttoned up his vest and turned to
me-. ~:
"'say. dol look all rig ht?' he asked
me. .
"'Well, I've seen worse I told him.
But, say, don't you think it would be
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Billion Dollar Grass.

When we introduced this remarkable
grass three years ago, little did we
3team 1t would be the most talked-of
xrass In America, the biggest, Quick,
6ay producer on earth; but this has
come to pass.
!, Ayr. Editors wrote about 1t, Agr. Col
'lege Professors lectured about 1t, Agr.
institute Orators talked about 1t, while
~ the farm home by the quiet ireside,
~ the corner grocery, in the village
:postoffice, at the creamery, at the de-
pot; in fact wherever formers gath
cred, Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass. that
wonderful grass, good for to IA tons
per acre, and lots Of pasture besides,
Is always a theme worthy of the farm
sr's voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, than
which there is no better grass or bet
ter permanent hay producer on earth.
Grows wherever soil Is found. Then
the farmer talks about Salzer's Teo-
sinte, which will produce 100 stocks
from one kernel of seed, II IT. high, In
100 days, rich in nutrition and greedily
eaten by cattle. hogs, ETC.. and Is good
for so tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, which can be grown
at Csc a ton, and Speltz at. zoe a bu.,
both great food for cattle, also come In
for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
and this notice tn John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big cat
aIog and farm seed samples. CIV. N. w.
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A Clever SWindIe.

The following Story was told the
other day by lawyer in the course OF
a discussion. as no ithe value Of an in
dorsed check as areceipt: ~
"a client of mine had a bill of $50
against e. customer whom he thought
was very fair pay. One day this man
came into his PLACE of business in a
great, hurry and, asked my friend to
Clash a check for him. 'The check was
far, $780,. Well, my client gave him
the, $50 and thought NO more about IT
'until.a request, to settle the little bill
brought the response that the, GUS
toner had an indorsed check to show
bis ii rddApt, !. And it meant a lawsuit
to collect the bill" 80 .'|
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ON A.RANCH.
Woman Found the Food That Fitted
Her.

Woman Found the Food That Fitted
-. Her. 81
A newspaper woman went out to "a
Colorado ranch to rest and recuperate
and her experience with the food
probably is worth recounting. .,
1.-THE woman at the ranch was pre-
eminently the worst housekeeper' |
have ever known-poor soul, and poor
me! Is
II simply had to have food good
and plenty of it, for | had broken
down from. overwork and was SO weak
l could not sit up over one hour at a
time. knew / could not get we'll UNI
less I secured food l could easily d.
gest and that would supply the great
est amount of nourishment
lone. day II obtained permission to
go through the pantry and see what I
could find Among other things l
came across a package of Grape Nuts
which l had heard of but never tried.
read the description on the package
and become deeply interested, so then
and there i got saucer and some
cream and tried the famous food.
at tasted delicious to me- and
seemed to freshen and strengthen me
greatly so stipulated that Grape
Nuts and cream be provided each day
,instead of other food, and ! literally
lived on Grape-Nuts and cream for
two or three months. !. ,
,"If you could have seen how fast
got we'll it. would have pleased and
surprised you. | am now perfectly
we'll and strong again and know ex-
aetly how l. got we'll and that was on
Grape-Nuts that furnished me pow
erful food, could digest and make use
Of.
ut seems to me no brain worker
can afford to overlook Grape-Nuts
after my experience" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Get the miniature book, THE Road
70 Wellville" in each pkg.
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\. Soarlna.,,T Too. High. :.

!. ""And,. there Is another thing,% said
the preacher. .as be, looked, sadly
toward the coffin and i then qgazed
'airooppna tie friends of the DECEASED ss
who HAD gathered to pay the, last tri-
butte of :. respect, "there is another
thing that we might truthfully say OF
him. He vas, "a man who never held
back from duty. He's never lhalted
when the time came ta:saeqtt. d. Up rose
- " ss Mhispersd bsacon smithers,,
pulling, satHthe sSevereaa cgentleman's
coat tail, -'SoudEbetter switch off on
some other tack, i; This poor fellow
was blown Up by. dsTnaa.mniite''
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.
.,.u Best Policy.

"A yelltlpown, Quaker of Media, now
retired from business, tells the follow
ing story. In the early, sos he went
Into the, offce sof an insurance com'
pahy to- Negotiate an insurance on an
overdue snip. ~ ;;.'| y - - :
When he reached ibis 3horhe word
was before him that".tthe ship was
lost. He, :wrote;at once. to the insur'
iance company: DO not write, dp the
policy, as 1 have heard of the ship"
/. The qfic9ssthinkmg that the Quak.
..er only ;wehtad to .lIhpaye his premium
,retnEnedl'wgrottea back; 4 a -
: Notification; was RECEIVED too late:
Policy had already been. written and
"a NOW in effect nj q g. = - ., I
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RECORD RUN TO KANSAS CITY.
Wabash Train Makes Trip In tve
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
Q. 30 n. M, and the regular time for
the run is seven hours and ten mih'
utes. No.9 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 a full equipment OF q
mail car, combination car. chair car
and diner. At many places along the
route the train showed speed or
seventy miles an hour, and between
Mexico and Montgomery City mila
a minute was reeled off. The dis
lance IS twenty-four miles, and 1t took
iust twenty-four minutes to make the
"trip.
The train was in charge OF Con-
ductor US. Gould. The engineer was
Charles Summerville.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

s
owned an automobile, while. she was
merely an honest, earnest, conscien-
tious young girl with her own way
to make in the world. 49, .Esa,A
But she loved him! ~ txSSl
at is true l am poor" sbs1plsp
"while he has money to tft, ttfeswel
ers, but, OH my heart throbs for him
and though he; sspurEp me will laying
love at his feskl" ',,' "a
A half hour later finds our heroine
kneeling on the ibfussels carpet ada
cent to our aristocratic automobiles!
BE mi9e!; Be mine!" she pleaded,
clasping sher" warfffs;.' tihpulsive arms
about the calves of his legs and rails
ing her amorous eyes to his cold and
cruel ones! BE mine, Henri. or
die for Lowell"
"Stop, woman!" he cried, tho the
merciless words cut her as q 'Damas'
Gus steel! Stop, I say"
Down, down upon the unsympathet-
ic brussels sank the maiden!
Have l ever given. you hope? Have
I led you on? Have I accepted your
flowers? Have | permitted you to
wear my picture in your watch? Have
] suffered you to bring my father CT
gars or questioned you regarding
your mothers biscuit? Have l.. WON
an, have |, have II"
Sternly he stood above her while
she gasped denial in a burst Of dis
tress!
81 know you are young and honest,
he continued more gently, while the
PROSTATE girl wept in the: nap of the
carpet; know you are ambitious and
have good health You are pure, pref
ty, high stopper and a swell dress
err! love you, but l can never, never
marry you!
,"Arise!" he commanded, continu
ing. arise! am welded already to
my career!"
,"And what, oh, what, is your ca
reer?" she moaned.
Woman" he answered firmly and
with momentous resolve in his voice
my career is strenuous one. l am
making our Uncle Hiram crocheted
bath robe!"
With low moan of anguish, the
crushed flower withered in deat
faint at his feet!
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y -Ax -on,,.,.~ ,CwE1Dv

:, s>i,.r IS 80" '''
>, with the present craze for barbaric
metals. the American woman has APP
propriated. all the symbolism, color,
handiwork, and material of ,thei abort
ginal: SEyes are, fairly dazzled by the
primary colors and designs in the
Jackets; satchels, bags, card Gases,
fobs, chains and bracelets to. be seep
every way we turn. a.
There is charm in being outre or
unusual in taste. and the girl of to-day
is affecting it. s:Swastika crosses, Az
tee calendar designs serpent designs,
scroll CIRCLES, triangles and teeth and
claws, of wild beasts are common
enough for.all to realize the part they
playr'in aboriginal circles. The Moki
Indians, the Navajos, and other tribes
have presented interesting study along
these lines in all directions, their
cooking utensils, theiy blankets ssdecG,
,fation of tepees, etc, From theirI
primitive ideas, thesmerchalt now re-
woduces in dull metals, pottery, t92E
>W6olens corresponding articles which
serve as decoration or ornament with
in the home or upon the person. 81
" The collector in her travels has a
Keen eye for the artistic. When in
the west she poYnces upon the bitSof
handsome metal WHICH orr ament the
harness of the broncho or lean pony Of
the Mexican Indian. These ornaments
are called "conchos," and they come
in various shapes. Some of them; are
circular These make handsome cloak
buckles when clasps are added by
a'"citfized" jeweler. All are artistic
any decorated with designs Of the
:, SWastika cross and other fanciful
carvings. =. In the center Of each one
is,a turquoise, which looks beautiful
when,itAis set in silver. !
= Dealers in'fndian goods in all the
large cities discovered some time ago
that these. "conchosp are just the
thing for bead belts, when CLASP and
buckle are soldered on the under side
and since they have become. so popular
they may be purchased in nearly all,
cities. however, CHey Will .uSNST pS-
come common because they are expe4-
siSe, nor will they ever go entirely out
Of. fashion.
/, One New York woman, who is noted
for her excellent taste, has a belt
made from copper cents and other
coins, graduated in size, held together
by tiny loops-of wire. 1t is worn with
a copper color broadcloth. Upon her
fingers are rare designs in rings, green
settings being the vogue. Her collar
is a miniature replica of her ,belt,
!! while her bronze or copper aolored
hair boasts long pins with huge disks
in appropriate designs to the rest of
this outfit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
CALIFORNIA
, Very Low Rate

Only $500 from Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Atchison and Leavenworth
via Santa Fe.
On sale during March and April, 1904.
The same rate to intermediate points
whose regular rate is higher.
Through Pullman Tourist Sleepers
to New Mexico, Arizona and Califor-
MIA every dav.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED ex-
cursions three times week.
You're going to California
Now is the time to make your inquiries.
Don't wait until yot're ready to start on
your travels.
Write me, and I'll quo e you rates, tell you
about the trains, equipment, hours depar-
ture and arrival In fact, will tell you
facts thatll be Of material help after as
well as before you start.
G. W. HAGENBUCH. Gen. Agt.,
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ny. Co.
eos Main ST.. Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
GOOD THING HE GAME.'s
Or Lecturer Would Have Appeared
Without Important 6alins6ts.

Or Lecturer Would Have Appeared
WITHOUT Important ealinsHtss.' 3
A group of Representatives 4huddled
around one of the smoking room fire
places were talking the other after
noon of the well-known absent-mind-
edness of Mr.. Cannon;fin connection
with the story of the Speakers hav-
ing recently made his appearance at
the capitol wearing two collars and
no cravat. -ssta 4, y $g'S
well, there are othsS absent-mind-
ed ones besides IN, sbs l.. oia man." re-
marked a;Democratic e. ref Preventative
from the South. Our own man, John
Sharp Williams chn forget the ordi-
nary affairs of rife.himself PRETTY well.
when his mind is away aloft on a
soaring kite. ,m
williams and roomed in the same
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FORGOT to Return Them.

- Forgot 10 Return ~ hem'
-; A. West. Philadelphia mother has
been, giving her six-year-old boy read
Ing: aessd9S at home. Recently she
AA5seen Sging him n to let his father
teach him 'how to make figures, to
which tAe small boF.Aas seriously OBJ
si;a'Bdt papa has kept books, you
know dears aid can make better fig
,ures than, mamma cam" urged his
mother, ii; =,
."Well, you've kept books, too, nam
ma" said the little fellow.
Eph, no, dsar; mamma never kept
.H@s!." - ,H':.
: 0|oh, yes, you have, mamma" per
sistad~the -smals iboy,,::.aad, Tms.sure
you dust them and keep them just as
we'll as .gapa codld!" ''' '
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Prizes for Servants.

A London employment agent, to en-
courage her clients to give satisfac-
ton to their employers, says she will
present gold watch to any servant
engaged from her agency who re-
mains in the same situation five
years; a silver watch to any girl who
keeps her situation for two years
and a brooch to those who have
served in the same house for one
year.
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Russian Railway. Accidents.

!. The: number 'of accf1ehts on Rus
sian railroads. .axnohpted to $3.50 dur
ing the yaarhs0G. There were ,O12
collisions oi,'trains and 1871 cases
of derailment. The damage to the
governmentiamounted IT, 100000. The
numbE.G Persons who suffered from
Sfiase Railroad catastrophes was 9,517,
Of whom 1929 were killed and 7,ses
were wounded and crippled. OF pas
sengers in the Nitedked trains 1913 were
killed andsSsS s~ounded... Ill ;. Ny
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Pope leo's Books.

In the private library OF the laee
Pope there are hundreds of costly and
beautifully bound books which were
sent to him by admirers in all civilized
countries and 1t has been decided to
remove to the Vatican library those
among them which are really valu'
able and to distribute the others
among the various Catholic 'minaries
and colleges in Rome. .
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
Love Before Money.

What every right-minded woman
needs is her husbands love, and not
the whole of his money. If she gets
that the problems of life will be less
difficult to solve and the divorce court
only to be met with in fiction.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
Dominion Customs.

The Dominion customs receipts for
the first seven months of the present
fiscal year are reported as $23,62S,5O4.
For the corresponding period of the
preceding year they were $40, 1886.
The increase is therefore nearly IA
per cent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

/. ,tIS'' wv >,
the au fat kink for you to don pair
trodsers?' i-!~a h.t .
"Yep, he'd forgotten .'em,,. and he
blushed a lot when told him of his
little. oversight '+.. - :. -;
"".By GeopgNsS be, gasped, when he
had got fixed out all right, I'm glad
that, YOU happeftea' toHaeme I'M; old
man!h"-Washington Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
MANY English Potatoes.

Over 700 kinds of potatoes are
known in England. The latest vari-
ETY., known as Eldorado. which is said
to be remarkably prolific, and is very
scarce, has fetched as much as $40.
apiece.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
Tints in the Spectrum.

An. experiment made some time ago
by q professor in one Of our big uni
versities, proves that 1855 separate
tints are discernlble to the. normal hui
man eye in the spectrum.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win This is why Defiance
Starch is taking the place OF all
others.
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Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray. nurse
in the Childrens Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80 600
testimonials. At all druggists, Csc. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy. NY.
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illness Among Convicts.
One hundred and fifty-four out OF
every ten thousand convicts are con-
stantly in hospitals.
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/. A German physician recommends
soap as cure for sleeplessness. The
soap lather must be allowed to dry
on the skin before the patient goes
to bed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

If all the women who look back
were turned to salt pillars the streets
would be full of statutes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

About the time love lets up on q
man rheumatism takes fall out OF
him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

The chatting dish has reached Its
level at last. Girls are making fudge
in it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YEEnOWf
Ifso, use Red Gross Ball Blue. 1t will make
them white as snow. 2 OF. package cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
Old M lads.

T.. An Illinois editor is about to-, issue
a special number of his newspaper for
the bachelor girls of the town! Old
catches who value single blessedness.
would better take to the woods! With
the old maids, the editor and the
''sdsvil''Elfnked against them, there is
q, salvation only in, the better part OF
Nalor. Another editor, Wisconsin
SCRIBE notified the public he would
print a. list Of forty bachelor women
willing to wed; The. announcement
F, caused a panic and the editor was le-
sally barred from Serving humanity
according to his prearranged scheme.
The editor should retaliate by print
ing the names of all the old maids. In
town who don't want to. get married,
thereby suggesting by inference those
who do! This would be a much
briefer task and would offend no one.
There is more than one way to get. an
old maid married.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

When boy we fished at the thigh
bank" under protest, being well salts
fed that the "other side of the river"
was filed with "lunkers!" Later we
tested the shelving shore with but
mediocre successf Alas! we had again
proven that THE. cattle have long
horns in the, tall-grass country" Time
after time, we have seen men and
women miserable on the thigh bank. "
longing and 'fretting for a chance at
the big fish on the "other side of the
river" Life is brief and Death is
drawing ever nearer! Why sully the
blessings Of to-day with battles we
hope to win tomorrow?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11

Let a big horse go by, and half the
men who see it will qarrel over its
weight.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-11
III Health of Convlcts.

One hundred and fifty-four out Of
every 10000 convicts are constantly
In hospital
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: *. ,'Whitaker Wrighfs Last Thoughts

masks on 4hSapaper were made with
down Stokes Of the pen. the most
natural motion to use on blotter.