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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

huts, swarming with naked babies
while the gaudy ornaments and bril-
liant drapes of the elders flash gor-
geous colors through the crowded al
leys. In the foreign center stand
stately buildings of the English. The
hotels in town, the English banks,
Cooks office, the Governors home,
church and theater, mark the white
mans path, while Cargill's huge de-
partment store, which has It's
branches throughout the island, offers
all the comforts of civilization to resi-
cent and tourist. The tall clock tow
er is Colombo's special landmark.
Fourteen miles at sea, it's large Ian
tern, with revolving lights, is the sail
or's guiding star From the clock
tower runs the brown-red roadway
through a mile Of plain. On one side
rise the white houses of the English,
soldiers barracks and the club. On
ocean, dazzling blue, dancing in the
sun of the tropics, while the battling
waves beat on the boulders and break
in foam and thunder on the beach.
Wonderful in beauty and variety, the
drive leads to the proud Gale Face,
best hotel in all the East, rearing its
rec facade behind a grove Of tower
ing pines which balance in the wind,
wearing on their tops the feathery
f-onds which sweep the air like mon
strous plumes. No matter how nerve
SCATTERING be the island heat. the
marble vestibule and Office are al.
ways swept by current Of sea
breeze, and birds are fiuttering every
where. Here lounges the idle world.
watching the ceaseless sweep Of the
changing ocean and spying the state
ly ships which ride the waters in the
distance.
Life is quite complete within the
precincts Of Gale Face. Its galleries
are lined with little shops of the ven
doris. gay with things oriental, jewels,
costumes, silks, laces, ivory, ebony
ard curios. The fantastic booths of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
Work on SimpIon Tunnel.

The Jungfrau boring, which may
fairly be said to rival the Simplon tun-
mel, is approaching completion. In
this case, however, the boring is up,
instead of through the mountain. A
height of 3,100 yards has already been
reached, and there still remains about
720 yards to bore. The aim is to get,
by a funicular line, to the Mer de
Glace, which offers one of the finest
panoramas of scenery in the world.
The boring, which will be the highest
in Europe, will be finished in time for
the railway to be opened at the end
of 1905. Contrary to medical anticipa-
lions, the men enjoy splendid health
working at the present great eleva-
ton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

with the dainty breakfast of coffee,
bananas, toast and jam. Woe betide
the lazy mortal who neglects the ban.
quet. Many unlimited guests arrive,
and there will soon not be mouth.
full! They are glossy black creatures,
with big eyes and long, sharp beaks.
They are always hungry, these rob
bers bold. They step through the
window, gay and proud, with loud
"caw-caw." They throw quick
glance here and there and seem to
Say, Look me square in the eye and
be glad of the chance. l am hand
some chap, and l know it," They
perch before the mirror and admire
their fine feathers; they jump on the
pitcher for their morning drink and
they devour the jam. Keys, money
jewels, letter-of-credit, must be hidden
the love of stealing things they can
not need nor use. One gentleman
barely saved his watch from the beak
CT rogue Everyone sleeps under
a net in Ceylon, and the crows have
all the curiosity of Paul Pry to peep
uLder the folds and make acquaint-
alce.
Fortune tellers, bent and dirty old
graybeards, with long hair hopeless.
ly tangled, haunt the hotel and find
many a dupe. They hold the knowl-
edge of the future, and carry a torn
aid greasy chart of the heavens
whereon they read our fate. Never
were they known to tell anything dis.
agreeable, and their signs and omens
are full of charm. According to their
horoscope the future holds nothing
but bliss, and we are the luckiest OF
earths mortals. They drive good
trade, casting the lot of the unwary,
for there are always the simple, the
curious and the superstitious willing
to pay to hear their happy fate.
Magicians are many and they have
fair field in Ceylon, for clever in.
deed are the tricks of the Orient, and
jugglers and tricksters arrive with
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

Stamping around the place first rate.
line, swum out and flashed the flannel
under the noses of some of 'em,
hooked one and logged it home. He
brought in Twenty-Five that after
noon.
There were pickerel in that pond,
I think told you. should say there
was!
Zone day Joshua was returning
from a frogging excursion to the
swamp, fetching in prize, and when
it was half way home Uncle 81 saw a
big splash in the water in his wake,
and saw Joshua give a tremendous
hump to himself. He came right on,
though, and landed his catch; but his
left leg was off at the knee.
Zone of those pickerel had fastened
on as much of Joshua as 1t could get
into its mouth and took it along.
Uncle 81 was handy man, and as
soon as he saw what allied Joshua he
cut a stick off of tree and fastened
it on to the frog as wooden leg. The
wound healed up, the skin grew down
over the wooden leg, and in few
days Joshua was stumping around the
place first rate.
"His swimming days were over,
though, and with them his usefulness
as frog catcher was gone, although,
unfortunately, Joshua did not think
so himself, and one day Uncle 81 al
most fell in faint when he saw that
frog seated on big slab and padding
over toward the swamp, his frog
tackle with him, and his wooden leg
sticking out in front Of him like
veteran Of the wars"
'Somethin' will happen to that I'M
compromisin' frog yit, sure as settin'
hens!' said Uncle 81, soon as he could
catch his breath.
"He was right. Day after day for a
week Uncle ST gazed out over the
pond toward the swamp, watching for
Joshua, but Joshua never came back.
"T knowed them aggravatin' frogs
over there was pison mean,' said I'm
Gle 81, at last, but who'd "a thunk
they'd a. took advantage of a cripple?'
"Years passed. There came time
when it was to the advantage of that
part of old Steuben that Uncle Sis
pond should be drained, and it was.
"The swamps boys became dry land
and were covered with a nice growth
of timber. One day Uncle 81 was
tramping through it, and he saw
tree with a funny-loolSing object near
the top.
Curious to know what it could be,
he chopped the tree down. Words
can't express the establishment Of
Uncle 81 when he discovered that the
strange object was the skin Of tre-
mendous frog, one leg of which was
fast to and part Of the top of branch
of the tree.
"Uncle 81 was puzzled, but the min
ute it came to him that the tree was
a willow and that 1t had been a will
low tree from which he cut the wood
en- leg for Joshua years before, all was
plain.
"It's lost joshua said he, and his
wooden leg!'
"And so it was. The poor frog had
got stuck by his wooden leg in the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
Thrifty George Gould.

1t is believed that George Gould haa
about doubled the value of the prop
erty left by his father. The latter's
dying injunction was, George, look
after your brothers and sisters" and
the dutiful son has faithfully remem
bered his fathers words. Gould CON
trolls about 10000 miles Of railroad
counting the Western Pacific, which
one of his New York directors recent
ly admitted constitutes the Western
link of the transcontinental system.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
A Great ORGANIZATION.

Here is a summary of the Salvation
army operations on the social side:
There are 1870 food shelter depots,
with accommodation for 1854, and
no fewer than 4,573,OOO beds have
been provided during the last year.
There are seventeen prison-gate
homes, with accommodation for $50,
and 1000 satisfactory cases have been
passed through them during the last
twelve months. There are 116 rescue
homes accommodating 2,719, and $500
satisfactory cases have been passed
through, while the eighteen land col.
onies contain 2s.252 acres. and give
temporary employment to $1,000 men.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

frogs lived, and where no man could
get, while Uncle 81 just stood and
stared after him with bullying eyes
and open mouth.
"'Joshua's gone crazy!' said he.
The strain has been too much for
Joshua, and he's lost his mind!'
And that's the way it looked, too,
but it wasn't so, as Uncle ST discov-
cred when Joshua came sailing back
by and by, having in tow a frog al
(most as big as himself with the fan
nel-baited hook in it's jaw!
Joshua had made up his mind that
he'd had about enough of the sass Of
those frogs out in the swamp. and had
rugged himself up with a hook and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
~ Ssx " (! Il. II
81 ~S83 AZzzE or Old aNzAxWl
&W By o. M7H NCNNJ

The Hon! Lafe Gleason of Delhi,
head helper of Senate Clerk Whipple
and dispenser in chief of Republican
spellbinders in New York, had in his
budget of Delaware county wonders
on his last visit to the Amen Corner
at the Fifth Avenue hotel nothing
that he thought so much Of as the
news of the cutting down along the
headwaters of the Delaware some
where of a willow tree eight feet IN
diameter which had gone hollow at
the butt and stood as menace to all
who might pass that way.
"And the wonder of that tree was"
said he, that it had grown from
stick raftman cut sixty years ago
from q willow tree fifty miles down
the river and used as cane to aid
him on his homeward trip to Della
ware county on foot, and which on
his arrival there, he stuck in the rich.
soft soil on the margin Of the river.
There, as it Is well known that
willow cuttings will do, it took root
and thrived and became the mammoth
tree now no more. Next to Billy Leary
the willow tree beats all for catching
on and thriving" added the Hon.
LATE.
Don't know it," remarked Col.
Jim Jones. in mournful memory OF
whom the fishes at the Aquarium
still keep the water salt with their
tears. Don't l know it? And the
tannin in willows! 1t would knock
hemlock out of the market for making
leather, if there was only enough will
lows. Let me tell you something
There were pickerel in marshy
pond up in old Steuben and frogs!
My, my! what frogs.
d, But the biggest of these big frogs
lived in a collection Of sloshy boys
where it was impossible for anyone to
get at them, much to the aggravation
of all who went frogging in that pond,
and particularly to Uncle 81 Stevens,
a robust and honest citizen who lived
near one side of the pond and loved
to gather frogs.
zone day he caught pollywog OF
amazing size, which was just putting
on the finishing touches to make 1t
full frog, and somehow the idea struck
him to take it home and see what it
would develop into. He put 1t in his
spring, and as it grew he made pet
of it.
ut got so it knew ST as we'll as If
he was frog, too. and ST found that
ne could teach it tricks. 1t under
stood everything Uncle 81 said, and
used to go with him to the pond when
he went frogging. hopping along at
his side like a kangaroo.
"Uncle 81 used in his frog-fshing a
piece of red flannel tied to a hook,
and his pet frog would sit and watch
him fit it under the noses OF wild
frogs and split its mouth from shout
der to shoulder when 81 would haul
one in, just as if it was laughing at
the fun.
zone day the frogs out on those
swampy boys had been more aggra-
waiting than ever, and Uncle 81 and his
pet frog had made things blue around
there. In the afternoon Joshua-Si
had named the frog Joshua-seemed
to be keeping up an unusual lot OF
thinking about something or other.
Suddenly he made break for the
woodshed, where Uncle 81 always
kept his lines and hooks with flannel
on 'em. Joshua went, humping into
the shed, and pretty soon came hump
ing out again.
"He had one of Sis lines wound
around his body, just below his fore
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
Human Hides.

1t is said that in the precincts Of
Westminster Abbey the fingerplate Of
door is covered with leather made
from human skin, but the story is not
based on anything firmer than ira
dition. Books do not exist, however.
bound in human skin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
complies with
the pure food
laws of all
states. Food
prepared with
it is free from
Rochelle salts.
lime, alu m
and ammonia.

Trust Baking Powders
sell for As or so cents per
pound and may be identi-
fed by this exhorbitans
price. They are q men
ace to public. health, as
food prepared from them
contains large quantities
OF Rochelle salts, q dam
gerous cathartic drug.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb 10, 1900
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

ETC permanently cured No fits or nervousness aftoP
rst days of DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restor.
er Send for FREE sc. 90 trial bottle and treatise,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

the jewellers flash with the gems of
Ceylon, the rubies of Burmah.
The vast dining room raises its
white walls two stories high, and its
western arches give off to terraced
lawn and dazzling ocean. The fiut-
tering birds nest freely in its inches.
Hundreds of dainty tables, gay with
eastern fora, are scattered through
the hall. The Ceylonese make fine
servants. They are gentle and kind
ly, quick and attentive. quiet and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

No chromos or cheap premiums, bue
a better quality and one-third more
Of Defiance Starch for the same price
of other starCheS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

A good days work is generally
worth a month of physical culture.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
Why immigrants Wait.

The steerage rate from Europe to
this country has been cut to $3.50, but
still the immigrants are hanging back.
probably for a trading stamp induce
ment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

The telephone girl may be flirty,
and yet somehow or other she rings
true.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for same
money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02

81 found that he could teach It tricks.
legs, with a foot or SO streaming out
behind. that end having the hook and
the red flannel on it. He went Dounc-
ing along down to the pond like a
rubber ball fired out OF cannon
.oused in and struck out for the
swampy part where the big and sassy
The oasis., 1904-12-31

readiness Cor lhe opening by ihe cod of uexl month The windows bave already been placed ln the building the total pumbef of pieces of gIass composing Che wine dows numbering ,5g6, which cover i,GOO square meters of space. This glass bas been obtained from the United States. The building will be we'll lighted and supplied with 200 horse power of electricity for the running of the machinery. In addition to the exhibitors of the United States, who will rent space in the building, great many in- quiries are being received daily from various European countries in regard to the project, and the management expects to have a good many contracts signed with parties in those countries. It is said that Japan Is taking a very keen interest in the Mexican Per- manent Exposition project, and that the Japanese exhibit will be one of the very best of the entire number.
The oasis., 1904-12-31
Torres 6 PrietaS By.
TIME CARD NO. v In effect Oct. 30. 1904.

Train No. leaves Minas Prietas at 630 R. m. arrives at Torres at 7:15 a. m.
 Train No. leaves Torres at S'30 a. m. arrives at Minas Prietas at 9:15 a. n.
 Train No. 3 leaves Minas Prietas at 4.45 D. n. arrives at Torres at 5:30 p.m.
 Train No. leaves Torres at 6:30 D. m, arrives at Minas Prietas at 7.1S D. m,
 ALL TRAINS CONNECT AT TORRES ON SONORA RAILWAY. MORALES, TO QUAY MAS AND VICE VERSA.
 Wells, Fargo & Co 8 Express and Telegraph in operation between Minas Prietas and all parts of the World.
 Shortest and best route to Yaqui River Barranca and San Marcial coat fe ds, Soyopa ~ahuaripa. Ures. La Blu R. La Dura, Yaqui Smelting X Refining and Yaqui Copper com pantes.
 to be forwarded by team from Minas trietas to the above named places.
 Advanced charges paid on all goods con- signed to railway. which are received, for warded and warehoused free of commission and storage charges.
 .At Minus Prietas depot hacks always ready to make trips to any of the above named points at reasonable rates. H. F. SEYMOUR. Pres Prop,
The oasis., 1904-12-31

Sonora Time,
 Dining Stations.
 Pullman Sleepers are attached to these trains.
 Trains makes connection at Torres with Torres < Prietas Railroad, leaving at s:0O a. m and p. m. daily for Colorado, and Minas prieJas.
 Close connection is made at Guaymas with Pacific Coast Steamship Company steamer Curacao" sailing the 17th Of each month for Altata, Mazatlan. Cape St Lucas, Magdalena [. 4. Martinez Steamship Line, and others lines calling at this port
 For particulars address. J. A. NAUGLE,
 Genl Pass. Ag't. Guaymas, Sonora, Mex.
The oasis., 1904-12-31
Mine Mining Notice.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
 Notice is hereby given that the tJoplin", Duane and Missouri mining claims and the Tom Taggart" and French Lick" min ing claims, all situated in the Tyndall Mining District Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. are nnder bond to parties working the same. and that the said mining claims nor the owners thereof will be respons- ible for any labor debts contracted or injuf es sustained by any employed in the operation of said properties; that all operatives engage in such services at their own risk, and that no debts are valid against said mining claims.
 Nogales, Arizona, November lst 1904.
 If MARK LULLEY
The oasis., 1904-12-31
ACROSS THE BORDER.


 dividuals are now turning their at- tention to Mexican lands for farm- ing and cattle raising. In former years about the only thing the American capitalists cared in Mex leo was mines, but many of them now have richer bonanzas in lands. An American company has ust purchased the famous Providencia Hacienda, near Acapulco. Said company is headed by Arthur Bull, of Los Angeles and the ha- cienda comprises about 30,000 hec- tares of rich lands.
 Mexican Herald: The drainage and sanitary works of the city of Mazatlan are still pending and an- other competitor for the contract is in the field. Governor Cariedo is still here in Mexico and proposes to arrange the contract for these works while here. The new com pesitor is the Sinaloa Foundry Co.,, whose agent is here to discuss the matter with Governor Canedo. Local capitalists are also ready to organize a Mazatlan company for the work-the very same peo- pie who formed the company for the city water works.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: Pedro Alvarado is having installed in his famous Palmilla mine in the Parral district an electric pumping plant. The pumps are Worthing- ton of the Turbine type. The sta- tion pump is six stage turbine, built in two sections with a 100 h. D. motor between, the two sections being directly connected and the whole being mounted on the same bed plate. This pump will have capacity of 500,000 gallons per day against a 600.foot lift. There will also be two sinking pumps with combined capacity of 500,000 gal Ions per day These two will pump the water from the lower levels to the station pump which will in turn send it to the surface 600 feet above This plant will be the first of it's kind in Mexico working against high lift.
 Torreon Enterprises It is report ed that arrangements have been made by the Mexican government with the Rothchids to float loan of forty million dollars as reserve to back the new fifty cent dollar, and that the Rothschilds have pooled issues with leading fnan ciers to form q hundred million dollar combine to control the entire output of both gold and silver in the Republic of Mexico, and this combination, together with their present holdings of gold and silver mines will probably give them the control desired, which seems to be only an initial move. The ultimate object of this stupendous scheme is said to be the control of the entire worlds output of silver. The loan to the Mexican government is to run ten years with an annual in. terest rate of per cent.
 Mexican Herald: Itis announced that the Mexican Permanent Ex- position, which, 1t was expected, would open on the first of January, 1905, will not be inaugurated until about the first of February, owing to unavoidable delays in the roof ,no of tha huildiuy causa1 hv the
The oasis., 1904-12-31
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Sonora Railway.

New daily Passenger Train service throus h
 between Nogales and Guavmas,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-28

In placing the name of Johan
Schlenker, of this place upon the
Legislative ticket of this district by
the Republican Legislative Con-
vention at Washburn last Mon
day, was certainly a commended
piece of business. Mr.. Schlenker
is a thoroughly able business man,
and q lifelong Republican, and as
he has been a successful farmer he
is well qualified to represent the
class which most needs his repre-
sentation. That he will be elected
by an overwhelming majority is our
wish, and that he will be there
seems to be little doubt.
i: It did. us good to attend the Re-
publican Convention at Washburn
this week just to witness the per-
feet harmonious workings of an
organization Of men who had laid
aside personal interests for the fur
therence of the interests Of their
party, and to place in nomination a
ticket composed of men who would
conform with the desires of the
greatest possible number Of people
in this county of Mclean. How
far they have succeeded in the lat
ter intention will be profusely il
Illustrated at the election this fall, is
our prediction. Goodrich Citizen.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-28

The county convention held at
Washburn Monday was very
harmonious one, according to all
reports, the only friction that pre-
sented itself being caused by the
candidacy of E. A. Lamb and q. P.
Gibson for the same Office, that of
county judge.
All of the present county officials
were renominated with the excep-
tion of States Attorney McCulloch
and few of the minor officials.
W.. L.. Nuessle of Goodrich was
nominated for states attorney and
received the entire vote of the con-
vention. E. A. Lamb received the
nomination for County Judge,
Henry Bartz was the conventions
choice for public administrator and
Geo. M. Robinson was nominated
assessor for this district.
The fact that our present county
officials were renominated ie a hand
some endorsement of the admins
tration and the Times will give the
ticket its hearty support and ap-
proval and predicts a good Repub-
lican majority next November and
as consequence a continuation
of our present prosperity. Coal
Harbor Times.