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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
FAT MEN SEEK BARGAINS.
Wax chummy as They Turn Over
Piles of Collars.

This is the only time Of year we
catch the fat man at the bargain coun-
ter said a salesman in the white
goods department of a New York de-
partment store. 1.-THE man who wears
anything above an 1S-inch collar new
err trusts his wife to buy his collars
or shirts. He never relies upon the
mans way of buying bargain coun-
ter collar is to pick it out of job.
lot tray and try it around his neck. III
it feels as though it would button cas-
lily he keeps it in his hand and delves
in the pile until he finds another one.
If it doesn't fit he throws it back. II
the store opens at 8 o'clock the rat
man who buys his own collars and
shirts is sure to be on the doorstep a
quarter before the hour. Ready-made
collars are sold for 20 and 21-inch
necks, but there are very few Of them
in comparison to the number OF those
of smaller sizes. A man who wears
a Is or 16-inch collar can take his
choice from bargain sale almost any
hour of the day. The fat man must,
and does, come early. Fat men are
very chummy at bargain counters.
"'What size are you looking for?
one customer asks another.
Nineteen inches.' is the reply.
you'll find bunch of them right
down at the end of the counter Saw
them minute ago. What are those
in your han6-eighteen and one-half?
Just what I'm looking for. Give them
to me and I'll show you the nine
teens
Catch women talking like that over
bargains!"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
Remarkable Work of Physician.

The latest American wonder is q
complete skeleton of the human
nerves, prepared after an incredible
amount of work and patience by DR.
Rufus B. Weaver, professor Of anato
my at the Hahnemann college, Phila
delphia. There is nothing to equal il
in any museum in the world. The
nerves of the hand, the foot, or some
portion of the human anatomy have
been separated from the body ant
shown in the same fashion as the re
markable skeleton made by DR.. Wea
yer, but no one has had the patience
to prepare a complete nerve chart, us
ing as the material the actual nerves
withdrawn from the body. A picture
of the nerve chart has been sent tc
the Museum of Medical Curiosities al
Loncoln's Inn Fields London, and the
creator of the chart has been con
graduated by the great surgeons OF
London on having built up one of the
most marvellous anatomical structures
of the age.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

Arie that he loved her until she had
been the light of his home nearly a
year.
do you love me, TOMB" she said
then-"you a rich man and l only a
poor girl?"'
II am a poor man without your
love, Arie. AS for my money, you may
have it all if you'll only marry me-"
And when they were married she
said:
How strange should come to be
mistress where stumbled upon the
wrong house"
But | knew it was the right one
from the start" interrupted Tom. 1T
is. isn't it, Arie?"
1T is the pleasantest home, and
am the happiest woman, think. in
Ire world" she replied.
Granted, If you will allow me to be
the happiest man." he rejoined; and
for once in this unsatisfactory life,
everybody was suited.-Chicago Jour-
nal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Old and New Rome.
Especial Correspondence.)

One of the most common complaints
that artists and those given to es-
thetic expressions make on coming
to Rome Is that the city has been
modern ,zed out of recognition and
With woeful lack of taste. The idea
1t first prevailed that the new mas
'ers Of the Eternal City were striving
D convert it into feeble and distant
imitation Of modern Paris. In spite
all that has been accomplished in
he course of thirty years the rem
ants Of the old Rome are still to be
cen, and travellers are to be met with
p. l the narrow, sunless lanes, rather
han streets, of Trastevere, saunter-
ag slowly along. admiring magni-
.lcent fragments Of architecture or
abandoned frescoes, with a most re-
'reshing interest.
The fountains of Rome are ccle-
brated throughout Europe, and sew
oral of them are unequaled for grand
eur and artistic beauty But the
fountain that occupies the center of
the Piazza di Permini, at the end of
the Via Nazionale, is notorious rather
than celebrated. It was originally
built to mark the completion of
great work achieved under Pope Plus
TX, the restoration of the ancient
aqueducts and conduits which led to-
Rome the stream known as the Aqua
Marcia, originally in use long prior
to the Christian era. On the 10th of
1870, Plus TX. assisted at
the Inauguration of the fountain, and
earlier in the morning of the same
day he received the letter of Victor
Emmanuel H., announcing his deter.
mination to invade the Pope's Roman
possessions, and requesting mean
while the pontiff's blessing!
Among the important memorials in
the newest Rome is the grandiose and
stately Church of st. Joachim. erected
as jubilee offering to the late pontiff,
Leo KILL, whose name was Joachim.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

She had sweet eyes. That fact had
impressed itself upon Tom Leslie's
dulled brain, as he turned aside and
let the young lady pass him. He knew
well enough who she was-Tome d
Tapes new typewriter girl.
He was not interested in girls just
new-in fact, he hated them.
What. could have been more be-
quilting than Miss Sophie Silver, with
her fair, fluffy hair, and her pink
cheeks, and her darling little way of
looking at you as if she would eat you
up if she only had silver spoon?
Fair false little Sophie! She wasn't
worth the intense discomfort she had
caused him for the past four months.
She hadn't cared button for him;
or for anyone else but herself, for
that matter
She only wanted him to think her
pretty, and to be sure she could cap
tivate him. She had allowed him to
think they were engaged Engaged!
Well, she was three deep before she
saw him. There was her dentist, and
theological student, and one of her
fathers statesmen dancing attendance
upon her, each believing himself the
favored one, when she met Tom, and
Immediately pinned him as victom
number four.
Miss Sophie liked to please people;
1t wasn't bit of trouble. She prom
ised to marry most OF the young men
who asked her. AS these affairs null
tiplied she sometimes wondered how
they would come out, but never trou-
bled herself any further.
When Tom realized all this, when
he found her out, he could have beat
en- his head against the wall for a
fool. But that would hardly have re-
lieved the sting. 1t had been little
cruel. His dear old mother had died
and the house was unbearably lonely,
with the grimmest Of housekeepers.
He had not sister or cousin or
young woman friend in the world. In
fact, he didn't know much about girls.
He was only three and twenty, and a
little. shy and awkward, though more
than usually good looking.
In his loneliness he was led to join
a social club called the Hyacinths, and
Miss Sophie saw him and marked him
for her own.
1t was all over and well over. But
young tom" felt old and dull, and
when he saw a pretty girl he turned
aside with wry face.
But the young lady entering Tome
G. Tapes Office was not so remarkably
pretty. Only she had sweet eyes, and
"Tom" thought little about them
in spite of himself He knew her
name; she was Miss Arethusa Dacy.
She was said to be very nice op.
orator. Mr.. Tome was doing some
business for him, and he mentioned
her as very exceptional young lady.
tom" wondered if she had ever
fooled any of the younger men who
had admired her. She did not look as
IL she had. She had a little air of re-
serve about her, and then those frank,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

mother of the present king, there
stand still the close leaved ilexes.
casting deep shadows around, that
are the last remnants in the way of
trees of the demolished Villa Ludo-
visi. The palace itself Is a new con-
struction made by the Piombino fam
.ly; and it is here that the two Ameri-
can ambassadors to the Quirinal,
Wayne MacVeagh and Gen. Draper,
resided in succession. Here also the
present ambassador, Mr.. Meyer,
would have lived, had not Queen Mar
garet purchased it for her residence.
Among the newer adornments of
the city, one of the most conspicuous
is the great monument to Garibaldi
on the Janiculum Hill, on the Traste-
we're side of the city. This position
is the highest in Rome, and as the
pedestal of the chief figure is of un.
usual altitude the statue is seen
from nearly every part Of Rome, and
from several spots in the near Cam
pagna. The sculptor Gallori has
olGlcly dHu uONCl COuu-
binstion CT figures. The horse on
which the hero of the figure is placed,
seen from beneath, seems very long
in the legs, a defect which probably
arises more from the position of the
ordinary spectator than from a fault
in the modelling. There is a particu-
lar show of animation in the groups
of soldiers and allegorical figures at
the base of the pedestal, which is not
perhaps beyond the proprieties, as
the material is of bronze, but when
some are inclined to regard as excess
sive, as breaking in upon the lines
of the group taken as whole.
Rome indeed is not devoid of monu
ments or statues. There is a fever
prevailing both in France and Italy
of what is called statue mania" and
even ordinary individuals who have
done little else than live through their
lives are remembered by memorials
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

in stone or bronze Statues are
everywhere-in college courts, in
public squares and in tiny gardens;
they are SO numerous that future
generation will have difficulty to re-
member them, not having known
them; for the present generation who
have met some of them in restaurants
or lecture rooms, in public demonstra
tions or in the halls of parliaI ont
the task is not so difficult. The great
monument to Victor Emmanuel, the
hugest construction probably ever
raised, since the pyramid builders
ceased work, to commemorate king
is not likely to be completed for
years to come. The men who knew
him during life are not likely to live
to see the monument finished 1t is
a construction Of slow growth, made
slower still by want of funds end by
frequently recurring strikes among
the workmen.
Time in its course is bringing the
harsh colors and inharmonious fresh
ness of the new Rome into condition
in which the discord is less felt. In
the course of the years, when rain
and sunshine have beaten upon the
staring bright of the new walls of
Rome, it will be difficult to distin-
guish them from those that are more
ancient.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

It is the outcome of the enthusiasm
of a French priest, the Able Brugi-
dou. who had more zeal than business
capacity, and was eminently success
full in accommodating a very. heavy
debt, which the late pCntiff paid up
to preserve the church from being
sold. The cupola Is formed of white
metallic substance that shines like
silver in the sunshine, and which is
pierced in star like apertures filled
with yellow glass, through which the
light penetrates in golden glow.
Above the rich portico of fine Corin-
THAN columns a glowing mosaic is
seen. The interior is distinguished
for it's wealth of marbles and bronzes
and frescoes.
Along the aisles are chapels which
are constructed and adorned at the
expense of several of the nations CT
Christendom. The chapel of the
United States at the right near the
transept is splendid shrine in ric4-
ness of painting, sculpture and deco
ration Opposite is the French chapel;
close by is that, very rich indeed,
which England has made its own;
on the opposite side, it's art express
sive of the new impulse that pos
sesses the mind of the Irish people
the Celtic revival-is the recently
completed Irish chapel. Thus this
church would seem to be a worlds
gift to the memory of Leo XIII. The
beauty of the structure aid its meth
cd of adornment are not quite like
those which prevail in Rome, and ~
has suggestion Of modern French
onurch architecture. Yet it is charac-
teristic Of the new Rome, to which
nothing that is good. whatever the
style may be, is wholly foreign.
The site Of the city of Rome is, it
has been said, quite fitted to receive
the capital, of the world. The azure of
the horizon here is limpid and daz-
zling, and the dark foliage of the
north harmonizes here with the light
er foliage Of the south. In the gar
den of the palace Of Queen Margaret,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

hand. She never allowed a book or
chair out Of its allotted place.
After tea he sat down to think. Was
this solitariness to be forever the end
of his happy hopes? Was Miss Pike
staff always to preside over his home?
He hoped not.
1t seemed uncomfortable as the bright
Goals tinkled in falling from the CRATE.
and the pretty French clock licked
and echoed in the oppressive quiet.
Suddenly there was a ring at the
door bell.
Tom started up, as much because
his thoughts were unsettled as for any
other reason, for the maid usually
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
Churchman's HIGH Position.

The archbishop Of Canterbury, now
on a visit to this country, occupies
the highest social position in England
next to the crown and the immediate
descendants of the king. He takes
precedence after the prince of Wales
and his son and above all dukes, earls,
viscounts, above the lord chancellor
the premier and the secretary of state
and all ministers from other countries
to the court Of St. James.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
The Czareyitch.

He doesn't know that God has been al
pains
To fashion him for splendid, lofty
things;
He doesn't know that there is in his
veins
The sacred blood that quickens only
kings.
He doesn't know that millions of grown
men
Are whispering his name with awe to.
day,
He doesn't know nation trembles wher
He, gagging, from the nipple turns
away.
BY right divine raised high above the
mean,
The common ones. that hew and plant
and spin,
He doesn't know the difference between
Divine right and an open safety pin.
How wonderful And yet how strange
WithaT
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

answered the door; but they were at
once pretty well concentrated on the
lovely apparition there-a slender
girl with flushed cheeks and sweet
eyes, a small valise in one hand, q
shawlstrap in the other.
81 am late, but" she began breath
lessly, in a pleasant young voice; then
paused, with look of surprise and an
air of perplexity.
"I-beg your pardon-I am afraid
this is the wrong house!" she said,
looking squarely at Tom.
Tom felt queer.
Il don't believe it is" he STAN
mered. Whose house did you wish
to find, Miss Dacy?"
The girl flushed still more, but did
not look displeased.
"Mr. Halls. l have just come in
town to-day. am going to board
there. This must be the wrong
house."
"Mr. Hall lives next door; but
don't think they are at home-per.
haps they have gone away to fu.
neral" said Tom, astonished at his
own duplicity. Wont you come in,
Miss Dacy? l believe recognize you.
II have heard Mr. Tome speak of
you. | never have taken boarders,
but-but my housekeeper would per.
haps find it pleasant" supplemented
Tom, eagerly, and noting with salts.
faction that the young girl put down
her burdens as il she could carry
them no longer. Pray come in and
sit down. You seem tired. will in.
troduce you TO Miss Pikestaff. Per.
haps we can accommodate you"
The flush of eXertion died out. The
young checks looked a little pale,
and the sweet eyes Tom admired
glanced rather wistfully about the
cosy parlor.
81 must be settled tonight.
thought my boarding place was en-.
gagged. There must be some mistake
if they do not expect me. Mrs. Hall is
Mr.. Tones sister. | am not particu.
lar as long as am comfortable, and
it looks very pleasant here" Arie
Dacy said to grim Miss Pikestaff, who
softened under the sweet eyes, and
said:
I'VE can take you as we'll as, not, If
Mr.. Leslie is willing"
Eyes, certainly, certainly" respond.
ed Tom; and the matter was settled.
He felt rather guilty of misrepre.
senting the absence of the Halls to
Miss Dacy, for he had seen them at
the station and knew we'll enough
that they were going in town only to
the theater; but his little plot never
came clearly to light, while Arie was
very much pleased from the first with
her new home.
She was grateful to Tom, and she
thawed Miss Pikestaff into surprising
kindness to herself; and the three sat
down to breakfast the next morning
very happy family. Tom meant bus.
mess from the first, but he dared not
be in haste. He pretended that he
liked a bachelors life, and never told
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
!. pouble Of President Lincoln.

Representative John Lind. Of Min
nesota, who has twice been governor
of that state and has been nominated
for Justice of the supreme court, is
said to bear marked resemblance to
Lincoln. In fact, he seems a perfect
double of the martyred president;
even the expression of his face is sim.
liar, as we'll as its contour. He is ex.
tremely tall and gaunt and has .
shambling gait.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
Bee Culture for Women.

Mrs. Fanny N. Berthe, who superin.
tends the bee and honey exhibit at the
St. Louis exposition, Is one of the
most successful apiculturists in the
world She has an apiary at Winona
in Minnesota and for three years has
filled the Office of treasurer to the
Bee-Raisers association of that state.
She says: 81 consider bee culture one
of the most pleasant and profitable
occupations for women"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30
Plan Ocean Gable Line.

A group of German and Dutch capt.
talists, bankers and merchants have
formed a Joint stock company for the
purpose of constructing and operating
new ocean telegraph line whose
cables are to connect the island Of
Celebes Dutch East Indies) with the
island of zap. whence one cable is to
reach Shanghai, the other the island
of Guam, where it communicates with
the Pacific cable of the Commercial
Gable company.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

innocent eyes, dark blue as pansies,
and with curling lashes!
"But glasses and lassies are brittle
ware" auoth "Tom," with groan, as
he recollected Sophie's smile and the
little curls on her forehead.
He went home that night unusually
depressed. He had seen a great many
people, during the day, and they had
had the effect on him of making him
feel more alone than he did before he
cav them. 1t was little relief to be
~ home. The rooms were the pfc
fure Of comfort and neatness, though
a little stiff. under Miss Pkestaff's
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

Peace hath it's war of conflict. Life
is a perpetual sally 'gainst the COD
tending forces of existence.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

A man can seldom rely on his
friends to tell him when to grasp an
opportunity, but they never fail to
chide him for his lack of foresight
afterWard
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

If the girl doesn't know how to cook
she may have the money to hire one.
This is worth investigating.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

1t is always safe to do right; and
the truest expediency is simple JUS
tioe.--Iohn G. Whittier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

A great preventive of tramps is an
ancient bucksaw on top of q pile OF
gnarled oak wood.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

1t is not wise to throw bricks even
when out of the glass house district.
In an Illinois town a bootblack annoy
ed a man at the depot. The man, pro-
testing, angered the vender of Shines
who threw brick at him. The target,
unfortunately, was the superintendent
of the road, and he issued an order to
keep all bootblacks, newsboys and
other peddlers, off the platforms. II
you want the news at this station now
you have to ask the voluble CD ticket
agent for it-with the usual results.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

Some wives object to putting their
hands in hot water to wash dishes.
These are usually the sort OF women
that keep their husbands in hot
water up to the breathing line.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-30

Ten years ago the expenditures OF
the New York department stores were
less than one-half of that of to-day.
Twenty years ago it was less than
one-tenth. Thirty years ago 1t was
minute fraction. Note how these
stores have prospered and broadened
Does advertising pay?
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-21
THE TRAINED NURSE
her STRENGTH SOMETIMES TAXED
BEYOND LIMIT.
4 Graduate of the New York Training
School Tells How She Incorporates
After Heavy Strain.


School Tells How She Incorporates
After Heavy strain.
The trained nurse plays very i'm
portant part in the modern treatment OF
disease, greatly to the relief OF both doc
tor and patient. Because she Is well dis
ciplined she is able to perform difficult
service and to endure fatigue i'll man
ner that exoites admiration and wonder.
She is human, however, and in trying
cases the demands upon her strength
prove excessive. She fulfils her duty
nobly to the last moment but, as soon as
she is relieved she is compelled to build
up her own weakened powers. She
naturally wants the remedy that will re-
store her efficiency In the shortest posi-
BILE time, and, as her knowledge OF medi'
cines is wide, her choice is likely to be
sensible one aud a remarkably good
guide for everybody else
Every word of the following careful
statement of Mrs. Jessie NJ. f. Cum
mings, of OIL Whitmore street, Hartford,
Conn, a graduate of the Now York
Training School for Nurses, Is entitled
to the weight which attaches to the ut
terance of an expert
Several months ago, said Mrs.
Cummings recently, 81 was completely
worn out as the result of very serious
and trying case had attended. I needed
tonic, and 30 got six boxes Of DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and
took them faithfully | obtained the
good from them expected to, and can
say with truth and pleasure that the
remedy is splendid tonic for woman's
nerves"
The soundness of Mrs. Cummings
opinion is confirmed by the experience
Of numerous sufferers from nervous dis
orders of every kind and degree, from
simple debility to partial paralysia DR..
Williams Pink Pills have cured obsti-
nate cases of paralysis and even locomo-
tor ataxia, the most frightful Of all dis
eases of the nerves.
They check waste and begin to min
lister fresh and lasting vitality at once.
They are sold by all druggists through
out the world. A booklet giving infor-
nation of great value in the treatment
Of nervous diseases will be sent free on
application to the DR.. Williams Medicine
90, Schenectady, y 7
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-21

to your surprise, you find 1t torn from
your hands and, 10. you are standing
with both feet on 1t.
If you keep at 1t you will soon learn
the knack of 1t, which Is in moving
your arms just far enough to pass the
stick beneath your feet at just the prop
or moment. Then, when you are an
expert at this, try 1t backward, holding
the stick behind you and bringing It
beneath your feet to It's old position in
front.
When you can do both these with
ease, try the feat on some of your
friends. and when, at their first at
tempts, they pronounce 1t impossible,
surprise them by doing it both forward
and backward - New York Mail.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-07-21

Dear little maid with the wondering eyes
Won't You please tell me where Fairy
land lies? e.
I've looked east and west. and I've look
ed north and south
Till I'm really discouraged and down In
the mouth
OF guideposts to Falryland never n trace.
Tell me, please. how l may get to the
place.
There's Elhnland east and Wonderland
west
And Bogieland south. Now, what would
be best2"
You'd better go. sir. through the valley
OF Dreams
Don't stop to count sheep by the Browse
away streams
Just notice the shadows the air castles
throw.
They're the Fairyland guideposts as all
children know
Selected.