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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
THE MOTHERS OF MEN.
Responsibility That Is Their Heritage
on Earth.

OF 6dTtIls
The birthday of Lincoln is approach
ing it's centennial, for he was born
ninety-five years ago of wonderful
mother, of whom the world knows,
alas, too little.
Nancy Hanks!
know not what furtive, haunting
suggestiveness there. is in this name
of piquant pride and girlish coquetry.
But whatever buoyant song her soul
might have sung under happier skies,
that gentle soul was all too sensitive
to the hard conditions of her environ
ment. She dropped, and the rosy
cheeks grew wan, and the great soft
eyes were troubled in their depths,
and the eager, questioning mind was
numbed by the riddle of her life and
the burden of it's sorrows. If the
wind laughed in the sun, it sobbed
in the night. If the spirits OF the
forest whispered hope they sometimes
shrieked despair. If the clouds, like
water fowl, rested on the bosom OF
her woodland pools, they also hung
like shadows above her brooding
heart. And so the moaning of the
wind and the shadows of the clouds,
and the boding spirits Of the earth
and sky, and the mystery, and pathos,
and tragedy of life passed into her
nature and became part of it, and into
the nature of Abraham, her son, sole
heir to her tenderness, her wistful-
ness, her destiny.
1t has been said that in every great
man there is something of the child,
and I would add: Yes, and of the
woman. Napoleon was not great-he
was monstrous. True greatness has
in it a depth of tenderness and well
spring of melancholy, through which
there may bubble up betimes an iri-
descent humor. Lincoln could catch
the rainbow colors of joke even
through the prism of his tears. A
great man is a religious man. In his
soul there is a mystery of love, too
vague, thank heaven, to limit by
theology. Lincoln's religion was a
creedless Christianity.
His physique, MS Strengtn-lke the
strength of gorilla-his physical at
tributes were inherited from his
father, but his soul was given him
by his mother, who, lowered with no
earthly thing, gave all that she had
of heaven-her motherhood, herself.
"All that I am" said Abraham Lin
coin, 81 owe to my mother"
Now, Prof. Drummond in that great
book of his, called "The Ascent of
Man." has taught us the holy sanction
of that word-mother He has re-
vealed to us how all the forces Of the
universe, through countless ages and
millenniums, have conspired and as
pired to produce this final, browning
miracle of God-the miracle of moth
erhood. Mother! Handmade of God
elect of heaven! Not even to an
angel is vouchsafed the care of life
new made; you, you only are deemed
worthy of the charge! Not cherubim
nor seraphim may nurse human
soul; mothers heart cradles mans
first and only innocence!-Henry D.
Ectoh rO01r
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
ROYAL Garnet of Value.

In the photographic museum Of Rot
terdam may now be seen beautiful
carpet which the shah Of Persia re-
Gently presented to Queen Wilhel-
nina as a souvenir of his visit to
Holland some time ago. Woven into
the carpet is the following inscrip-
ton in Persian: Presented by His
Majesty Hozzaffer ed Din, Shah, EN-
peror of Persia, to Her Majesty Will
helmina, Queen of Holland. In the
year of the Hedjira, 1920" The car
pet measures thirty-six square yards
and in each square yard there are
350, 900 stitches.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
THREE
Cardinal :
POINTS
BLOOD
HEALTH
HAPPINESS

It is 6 fact that, with impover-
;shed or unhealthy condition of the
blood, suffering, i'll health and un-
happiness must result.
Rich, Red, Radiant Blood means
to the possessor splendid health,
and health means happiness to the
vast extent physical condition may
exert its influence.
DO you suffer from nervousness,
weakness, brain fag, loss OF energy,
a sluggish, tired body, with little,
if any, ambition and Vitality Do
you feel that you must have rest
and are unequal to your daily tasks
and responsibilities Does your
body ache and pain all over from
lack of circulation and proper nu-
trition2 Does your system need
to be built up and held theree If
these and similar conditions exist,
speedy relief and permanent cure
are within your reach.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
What MlQht Be Done.

What might be done IL men were wise!
What glorious deeds. my suffering
brother
Would they unite
In love and right
And cease their scorn of one another.
All slavery. warfare, lies and wrongs
All vice and crime might die together,
And fruit and corn
To each man born.
Be free as warmth In summer weather.
The meanest wretch that ever trod,
The deepest sunk in guilt and SORROW
Might stand erect
In self-respect,
And share the teeming world tomorrow
What might be done? This might De
done.
And more than this, my suffering brother;
More than the tongue
Fer said or sung,
If men were wise and loved each other.
Charles Mackey.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
First Vessel Through Suez.

Capt. Charles P. Jayne, now resid.
ing in Boston, had the honor OF com.
handing the first vessel that passed
through the Suez canal. The craft
was known as the Moning, and. al
though Of American construction, was
sailed under the British flag.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Perfect Propositions.

A perfectly proportioned man
should weigh twenty-eight pounds for
every foor Of his height. If he is five
feet ten inches in height his weight
should be one hundred and sixty-three
pounds; If six feet in height, he should
weigh one hundred and sixty-eight
pounds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
WcEW5E 6URMER BESIDE
OMB or RoESEW EMRER0eS
CRANDFHTHER>

The dowager empress Of China Is
thoroughly alive to the peril threaten
ing China as a result Of the Russo
Japanese crisis, and has determined
at all costs to fight for the freedom
Of Manchuria from foreign control.
Conferences between the dowager and
the leading statesmen, it is added.
have convinced her that any other pol
icy would be tantamount to dynastic
suicide, as the dishonor of the ances'
trail tombs, implied by foreign doml'
nation, would be objectionable in the
eyes of the Chinese, and unless Wig
orous effort is made to reassert Man.
chu authority the Taipings and Kola-
shut will attempt to restore the Ming
dynasty, with the result of the COM
plete destruction Of China.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
District Technical Schools.

Special district technical schools for
improving the artistic education of
the working girls and designers are
about to be opened IN certain centers
in St. Etienne. France.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Water Power Lights City.

The city of Grenoble, France, in.
stalled it's new system of electric
lighting from water power; source
twenty-seven miles distant. in the val
ley of the Romanche.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Travel In the Holy Land.

Carts, wagons. drays. trucks. etc..
are not employed largely in Syria and
Palestine. On the farms a wagon OF
any description is hardly ever seen.
Grain is brought in on the backs OF
camels and donkeys. Delivery wagons
are unknown in Syrian cities.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Ancient Earth Formation.

Biologists have come to the con-
clusion that Australia and Tasmania
where formerly united by land
bridge, and that it was on 1t that Tas.
manian animals entered Victoria.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Value Of Books.

The best of book Is not the thought
which 1t suggests; just as the charm
of music dwells not in the tone. but
In the echoes of our hearts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Fertilizers for Oats.

One hundred and sixty pounds an
acre of nitrate of soda and muriate
Of potash, equal parts, materially in
creases the yield of oats in some Ken
lucky tests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Value Of OH Baths.

Any one can add strength and
weight to his body by rubbing we'll
with olive oil after warm bath. Oil
baths are particularly beneficial to
delicate children.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Horns of the Moon.

The horns of tho moon always point
away from the sun. therefore they are
always directed upward in the even.
ing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Can't Tell the Difference.

There are people in the world who
fail to discover tb- difference between
having strong convictions and being
plain obstinate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19

Cost Of Electric Lights.
The cost of city electric lights
ranges from to cents an hour q
lamp.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19

English WaInuts From California.
California produces more English
wa!nuts than all the other states, and
they are of better quality.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05
TO LIVE CENTURY
Scientists Sees Era When In
lection Will be Unknown.
DR.. Oliver Ferguson in Prophecy o.
Longevity and Painless Exit q.
From the World.

London.-Length of human life, ap
proximating the years enjoyed by the
patriarchs Of the later Mosaic age, j.
predicted by DIR. Oliver Ferguson. OF
Cheltenham, who. to say the least, i
a pleasantly optimistic scientist.
lie anticipates the happy time when
all disease germs shall have gone the
way Of the extinct mammoth and the
mastodon. of the BLACK death" and OF
the Sweating sickness"
Lecturing the other day at Oxford,
DIR. Ferguson said that "for those hap
by people who shall be living hun
dred years hence there probably no
longer will he any dread Of infection,
for perhaps before then-thanks to ra-
dunn and its congeners-we shall have
exterminated all noxious bacteria, and
our grandchildren, therefore, all will
live hundred years or more"
According to DIR. Ferguson, up TO
the present time humanity has been
born prcmaturely, and the last hundred
years in science have been worth all
the thousands that preceded them. In
support Of this argument he stated
that within the last sixty years the
average length of life has been ex.
tended by about decade.
With the advance Of medical science
Dr. Ferguson conceives that there may
be mo weaker organs in the human
body hereafter" If that should be the
case. TO use his own words, "the last
act death will consequently come TO
all quite suddenly and painlessly, when
all our organs shall be equally worn
out together, when all shall give and
stop and crumble and dissolve togeth-
er-just as II was with the celebrated
'onc-hoss shay"
Commentators ON the Cheltenham
scientists lecture assert that he would
have illustrated his meaning more apt.
~ by quoting Rider lIaggard's descrip.
ton OF the passing away of the mystic
rious "She" in that authors remarkable
African romance.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05
FINEST SEASON IN HISTORY OF THE GAME

the ones the most interested in the
crop Of youngsters, but no club can
neglect this source Of supply long ana
retain prominent place in major
league company. Some OF the teams
are employing regular scouts on q
salary to look up material for them,
while other managers will no. intrust
this important matter to others, aud
are travelling around in the minor
leagues themselves.
When Manager Hugh Duffy, of the
Philadelphis National League Club,
returned from his scouting expedition
through the west recently he said that
he saw only one good player that he
wanted, and that was McChesney,
right fielder of the Des Moines team,
of tine Western League, who has been
purchased by the Chicago National
League Club.
Other minor league leaders are not
finding such dearth Of young blood
that bears the semblance of major
league caliper Duffy reports from his
little jaunt. Dozens of minor leaguers
have been signed already by the vari-
Gus clubs of the two big organizations.
Drafting day was on Monday, August
Is, and no doubt quite bunch Of
contracts with these lads will be made
known to tho waiting and expeotant
baseball public.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05

This is one of the most successful
baseball seasons in the history of the
game, and simply because the New
York teams have been conspicuous in
the pennant races ever since the sea-
son opened last April. When baseball
booms in New York it prospers every
where else, says the New York Daily
News.
Take the Giants as an example.
Here is team that practically held
in the National League since the sea-
son opened, and everywhere the team
goes record crowds turn out to see
them play. The attendance figure at
the Polo Grounds have been shat.
tered time and time again. Indeed,
not one ever dreamed that q crowd of
40, 900 would attend game in this
city.
The fine work Of the Highlanders Is
like q much needed tonic to the Amer
lean League. Manager Grifith's men
are playing mp TO the topnotch, aud
the club is getting the patronage it
deserves wherever the men appear.
The Highlanders have had . rough
road to travel, which makes their
showing much more noteworthy.
Almost from the start good men have
been laid op through injuries, and at
one stage of the season the team was
so badly crippled it did not seem pos
sible to win q game.
The men, however, worked hard
and are now en- joying their reward
first place in the American League
race. with as good 8 chance to win the
pennant as the two teams that are
next in order and claiming the flag.
This is the time of the year when
the major league teams are scouting
for new material with which to
strenthen up the clubs. The teams
ut the bottom in the race are naturally
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05
REGISTRATION LAW
WILL BE CONTESTED AT LOUIS,
WILLIE SOON.

Louisville, Ky, Sept. 5.-Attorney
Burton Vance has notified County
Clerk William J. Semonin ihst suit
would shortly be filed to test the con.
situtionality OF the act passed by the
last Legislature requiring that voter
present a certificate of registration
bsforo being allowed. to vote.
1t Is claimed the act is illegal and
also that it makes bribery easier than
under the old law.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05
HAD SURE THING
INDIANA MAN USED TRIPLE
MEANS OF sUICIDING.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 3. -Havine
planned TO kill himself "deader than q
door nall" as he expressed il in a
note, O. @. Hare. a wealthy Franklin,
Ind, man, tied ropes attached to two
ten pound stones around his mech,
climbed tree over Fall creek, took
morphine and jumped into the water.
His body was recovered today. and on
it was the note describing his plan to
end his life.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05
Written at Random.

Prof. William Deal. the band master
has an interesting dog story. Last sat
urday night the people in the ncighbor'
hood Of seventh and Broadway began
10 he troubled by the plaintiNc walls OF
dog. The animal howled loud aud
long. and appeared to he in great dis
trcss. The ncirhbors met and said un-
complimentary things about whoever II
was that kept the animal tied uP on
failed TO Seed 1t, and many were the in
quirics as TO where the canine was.
sunday the bowling continued, and
Monday II had increased instead of di-
minished. The animal, when sought IN
one direction. seemed To be somewhere
else. Its howls were ~ elusive as a
ghost. and the wraithful walls kept the
people in a. great misery a. that of th'
unknown. undiscovered dog.
Tuesday the bowling was resumed. oi
rather IL again wrought up the people
after night Of 6tful slumbcr. Wed
nc-day there was no change. and We'd
nes.lay night Prof Deal. who rcsidcs
in the house adjoining the flats, decided
he could stand IL no longer, and a. he
returned with his wife from the thea
ter. determined that be would find The
animal that made the doleiul noise Il
h. had TO search all night. They Wake
around the corner. whence the sounds
seemed to come. aud then the howl
seemed 10 cmanate from the other dircc
ton. They rtraced their steps aud
the sounds seemed 10 come from th
place they had just left. Finally they
got il narrowed down until IT was evi
dent that the bowls were somewhere
near Prof Deals own residence. II,
shortly afterwards decided that they
were from beneath his house, and that
was what gave them the far-aws.
sound Taking lamp he went dow
into the cellar The sounds were clear
cr but still the dog was not visible
\ closer search revealed the fact thai
there was still another cellar, and int
this Prof. Deal wendell his way, an,
there he found the emaciatcd franti
dog. small terrier which haa gottei
into the cellar and couldn't get out. II
was slowly starving to death, having
been there at least from last Saturda,
until Wednesday night. and possibly
longer. The house in which Prof. Dea
lives, which lac has not occupied long
has double cellar, built for brewer,
formerly being located there and tn,
lower cellar was built for u beer cellar
The dog was in the beer cellar.
Jailcr Fayette Jones j. q truthful
man, and for that reason no one has a
right to doubt the story he tells about
his friend, Jim llouser, of the Florenc,
Station neighborhood. Mr.. Houser, ac
cording TO Jailer Jones, has mule that
beats anything in the mule line in this
section for intelligence. The mule IN
wandering about during the autumn
months, acquired fondncss for per.
simmons, but he could never learn u
climb a tree. The animal appeared TO
be depressed last year when persim.
mons began To ripen. because the boys
generally beat him TO the trees and
copped the supply. Finally, however
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05
HAMBURGERS, mo-, HOT :.

And all kinds of Sandwiches, at
Shortie's Place, my So. Third
next to Mark and Morris Saloon.
Give him a call. Phone orders OF
oue-half dozen or more promptly de-
livered. Old Phone 9o6.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05
REDUCED RATES TO THE WEST.

REDUCED RATES TO THE WEST.
To all points in Montana, Washing
ton, Oregon and British Columbia,
September 10Th to October 10th, 1904.
Write at once for Information and
maps to IRA f. sCHwEGEL,.
Travelling Agent, Wisconsin Central
R'y, 407 Traction Bldg, Cincin-
natl, o.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05

hc made discovery. by kicking the
tree he found that the luscious sim
mons" would come down in profusion,
and he now wears out several pair ot
shoes every fall getting his ill Of per-
simmons. Jailcr Jones says II il an
absolute fact that the mule viii back
up to per-immon tree and give it a
kick that brings down the fruit like
hail.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05


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.los. a d.aI IN, lot Tho ,.rns were
,grced upop and the deed drawn nm
n every an. of Dr Caldy,.lrs de.ds 90,
,ronc,tv in that s.c,ion of the CITY !.
CLAUSE which provides that the pur.
.bascr shall mn, erect mr. ,erwi, Greeted
, Saloon ON the lot
The purcbaser hacked ont ON this and
aated that ne did not know what
ne might do with IL and IL the clause
TODD he would refuse 10 huy
DIR. Caldwell informed him that IL
,eonlc could ma, vai, until the CITY ,yas
cached 10 pc, A drink they didn't
yant Them in that neiehborhool and
II never intend la have a saloon in
hat section of the CITY. il | can belp H."
n. Caldwell stated. "and 1 will not sell
lot 10 any one who does not prou,.e
nd bind himself not TO nut M a saloon
n allow one TO he mt mn ON the lot
49,
There is one doc in paduenh that has
n "automobile. n il the biy lint
Unable bulldog of MFR. Max Kahn. the
Wholesale whiskev dealer. Tho doy /.
cry fond of n ride TN. nor,er M IN.
.torc. WHOM. tb. dog s,avs mos, of hi
ime has rigged nm -. so,, os carr;aco
IN tbe front of bis b;cvcle and Who,
~ starts ON, nm a trim The doc iumns
nto II and l. carr;s1 alon, Tho oan;no
nioys il bupclv. and nevcr fails "a
raw a second Iool f,om noo,Io alona
he street who witness the unusal snoc.
acie OF a big dog being ridden around
ike delicate infant.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05

Before you accept favor it is well
TO look for the string.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-05

A good days work is generally worth
month of physical culture.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-20
The Saloon Problem,

The proposed extension. OF the
saloon limits hes its advantages and
its dangers. There can he no objsc-
tion to extSudiug the limits into
such districts as Kakasko, Palama
and Iwilei, as there are already beer
places there and every other store is
a blind tiger. There should not,
however, be an increase 10 the num-
Der OF licenses at this stage OF bust.
ness inactivity. There are more than
enough already, aud il a man wants
to engage 10 the saloon business he
will find no difficulty in buying out
a place and cherp at that, The very
best scheme would be one fixing the
license at $500 all over, doing away
with bser licenses aud permitting
the sale OF everything. This would
have the effect Of pretectiug the
better class OF saloons, driving out q
few that may be classed as joints
and, by having them distributed
around, be of convenience to.the
public and bring on more effective
war against illicitiplsoes.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-20
Why BrgckOns Failed.

One good reason why Breckons
got defeated, was because he got
Russian to place his name in nom
ination. When Russia nominated
him, his defeat was foregone con-
clusiop, for it seemed un-Americau
to do otherwise; but had he got
Japan to do such duty for him,
surely be would have been elected
with all iours down and both feet
in. But as an alternate, he can't do
much harm. This should be taken
by him as a good lesson for the next
time he makes an attempt for such
an honor from Territory he is not
a citizen of nor has any use for
other than to make all the graft he
can while there is life.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-20

Billy Hoogs' strength, so Ills said /,
came not from his own personal
bTillisncy, for he has none OF it, but
from being on the administrator q
ticket with Governor Carter, Dele
gate Kalanisnsole and Mr. Breckons,
the malihini, And furthermore, it
is claimed that he appealed to and
pleaded with all that he was being
knitted, and out OF compassion he
was endorsed by the others. This
comes from making a personal can.
vas and buttoBholing nearly every
delegate sent to the convention.
Billy boy, bully for you, and you
deserve to succeed.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-20
Hawaii Try TO Hog.

Hawaii (ths big -island) attempted
to-plsy the hog. but it egregriously
failed. In trying to have two dele
gates elected, both failed, and East
and West Hawaii are blaming one
another This comes, in our opinion,
from having haoles as chsirmen for
each section, because Hawaiians
predominant, these chairmen know
ing too much for their own good.
And served both right. Had they
been more eonciliating and joined
forces with Maui and Kauai, they
surely would have got man 10.
But as in the case Of he latter two,
they each got man in with the as
sistance from otherF, and they de-
served to win.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-20

to impossible that the Government
will ever use Lsilehua for any pur
pose and, 10 the meanwhile, the
large tract with its numerous acres
OF valuable grazing laud will lie idle
and Of value to no one. Lat the
Governor move at once for the re-
coveiy Of the property.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-20
TOPICS OF TIE DAY.

The cheer given by members Of
the House yesterday on the record
made in the early completion OF
their labors was loud, lusty and
strong, finishing up with "tiger."
But they forgot to sing "Aloba De-"
as promised the Governor, aud "Ha-
waii Pono,"