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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
WHEELHoUSE IN A PRISON.
TreadmiII Still in Vogue in the Peni
tentiaries of ENGLAND.

Treadmill Still In Vogue In the Peni'
tentiaries of England.
The treadwheel is still in vogue at
many English prisons. Within the
walls Is little building built of blue
gray stone, standing somewhat apart
from the main structure in corner
of the exercise ground and prison gar
den. On the chocolate colored door is
painted in white letters the two words
wheel House" AS the door opens
the dull, grinding sound that was
heard outside grows little louder and
clearer. The door closes behind the
visitor with the inevitable clash and
click of the returning bolt.
The house is an apartment some
thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.
On the left-hand side are the wheels.
four of them, in two tiers, divided by a
gallery running the whole length OF
the house and communicating with the
floor by staircase at the opposite
end. On the right-hand side there is
another, lower and shorter, gallery on
which stands the warder in charge.
The wheels are separated by section
Of brick wall
Each wheel is divided into compart-
ments, cutting off each prisoner from
the others. The object of this is tc
prevent the prisoners from seeing and
hearing one another, although CONVEX
sation in low voice, pitched in diff
ferent key to that of "the music of the
Wheel" is perfectly easy and intelligi
BILE.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
Thankful for the Car.

Supt. Foster of the New Orleans
Street Railway Company, formerly
with the Boston e Northern at Salem
tells the following story of the days
when spoilers" were much in evil
dence on the cars:
A young fellow who had charge OF
one of the Salem Willows cars during
the rush season was suspected of more
than the ordinary knocking down.
He turned in his trips at the Salem
office, and the cashier, who was aware
of what was going on, said, Thank
you." The next trip he turned in still
less, and the polite cashier thanked
him again. The third trip he brought
in still less money, but the cashier
was there with his smiling thank
you"
what the deuce are you thanking
me for?" asked the conductor.
"For bringing in the car" replied
the cashier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
lated during the winter. Doctor R; y;

lated during the winter. Doctor R. Y.
Pierce, the founder of the 1nvallds'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, and ply.
stefan Of large experience and practice,
was the first to make up an Alternative
extract Of roots, herbs and barks, WITH
OUT A PARTICLE OF ALCOHOL OR MAR
COTICs, which puriiies the blood and
tones up the stomach and the entire
system in Natures own way. The
rGolden Medical Discovery" is Just the
tissue builder and tonic you require
when recovering from hard cold,
grip, or pneumonia. No matter how
strong the constitution the stomach Is
apt to be rout Of kilter" after a long,
hard winter; iu consequence the blood Is
disordered, for the stomach Is the labor.
atory for the constant manufacture OF
blood. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
cOvery strengthens the stOmach-puts IL
in shape to make pure, rich blood-helps
the liver and kidneys to expel the poi
sons from the body. II you take this
NATURAL BLOOD PURIFIER AND TONIC
you will assist your system In manufac.
blood, that is stimulating to the brain and
nerves. The weak, nervous, rundown,
debilitated condition which so many
people experience at this time Of the year
Is usually the effect OF pOisOns in tho
blood; 1t Is often Indicated by pimples or
bOilS appearing on the SKIN, the lace be-
comes thin-you feel ublue." DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery cures all
blood humors as well as being a tonic
that makes ono vigorous. strong and
forceful. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery STANDS ALONE as the one
medicine for stomach, liver and blood
disorders that has the ingredients printed
upon the wrapper Of every bottle leaving
the great laboratory at Buffalo, N. Y,
which cures In natures own way; not
only does II STAND ALONE in respect
to Its ingredients but also as the only
spring tonic and reconstructive which
absolutely contains no alcohol.
III was taken with q severe cough. weak
ness In my back. q glimmer' over the eyes,
had bad breath. and stomach was out OF
order" writes II. Gaddis of 1923 South Tanna
Avenue. Tacoma. Wash. III felt sluggish.
did not care for anything. had no life. 1t was
almost misery to move appetite very poor.
/ read Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser and went right away and purchased
two bottles Of his Golden Medical Dlscov-
cry and before had taken all of one bottle
felt bctter. II any doubt the truth of this
testimonial they may write to me-"
DR.. Pierce's Pellets Cure Constipation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
PAINFUL SC|AT|CA
EVERY SUFFERER WANTS THE VERY
QUICKEST CURE.
Ir. Donovan Thinks the Remedy Used by
Him with Such Remarkable Success
the Best-Cured by Five Boxes.

sIr. Donovan Thinks the Remedy Used By
Him with Such Remarkable Success
the Best-Cured by Five Boxes.
"Men who have to do difficult and
dangerous work on electric lines at any
hour of day or night, can t afford to have
anything the matter with their health"
said Mr.. Donovan. You can imagine,
therefore, how much was alarmed one
winters day in 1902, whe was seized
by pain just behind my right hip that
made it difficult for me to walk home.
1t was so bad by the time ! reached the
house that was obliged to 60 straight
to bed"
Ibid that relieve your"
"No, the pain grew more severe and
kept extending downward along my leg.
1 sent for physician, and he soon de-
cided that had sciatica. In few days
the whole nerve was affected, and the
least movement brought on terrible
agony"
Ibid your condition improve under
the doctors treatment"
"Quite the contrary. At tbs end OF
two months I WASH IT bit better, and at
times feared that would never be
able to leave my bed"
"How did you get out again p
"When l was lying in bed, unable to
move and wasting away in flesh, friend
visited me and told me about the WON
derful cures brought about by a great
blood and nerve remedy, DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. He strongly urged me to try
them, and I luckily had sense enough to
take his advice"
"Did you mend quickly?"
eyes, that was the astonishing thing.
noticed slight improvement before l
had quite finished the first box OF the
pills, could get out of bed while was
on the third box, and I was entirely
cured by the time had taken five boxes"
Mr., Joseph A. Donovan is living at
Plaistow, New Hampshire, and is line
inspector for the Haverhill, Newton and
Plaistow Electric Street Railway. Dr.
Williams Pink Pills are the remedy to
use when the blood is thin. as i'll an@mia;
or impure, as in rheumatism; or when
the nerves are weak, as in neuralgia; or
lifeless, as in partial paralysis; or when
the body as whole is ill-nourished, as
in general debility. They are sold py
oil druggists.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
NATURES ESSENCE.
Extracted From Forest Plants

Natures laws are perfect II we obey
them, but disease follows disobedience.
Go straight to nature for the cure. to the
forest; there are mysteries here that we
can fathom for you. Take the bark Of
the wild-cherry tree, the root OF man
drake, stone root, queens root, bloodroot
and golden seal, make scientific, non
alcoholic extract OF them with just the
right proportions and you have Doctor
Pferce's Golden Medical Discovery.
It took DR.. Pierce, with the assistance
OF two learned chemists, eight years OF
hard work experimenting to make this
vegetable extract and Alternative OF the
greatest efficiency.
just the sort Of spring remedy you
need to make rich, red blood, and cure
that lassitude and feeling of nerve ex-
haustion. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery bears the stamp Of PUBLIC
APPROVAL and has sold more largely In
the past forty years than any other blood
purifier and stomach tonic. The refresh
Ing influence of this extract Is like
Natures intiuence-the blood Is bathed
In the tonic which gives life to the blood
the vital fires of the body burn brighter
and their increased activity consumes
the tissue rubbish which has accumu-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
BIazinq Oil-Tank Steamer.

Take, for example, ROckeleiler VII
tank Steamer burning in the Staten
island bills. In the marine service
this fills about the same bill as blaze
in a fireworks factory does to hre
fighters ashore. There is no hope, OF
course, of saving either the vessel or
her cargo. The only thing to do is TO
haul her out into the channel and pre-
vent the flames from spreading either
on sea or land. An oil steamer fire
falls within the special province OF the
New Yorker of the Battery fre station
and the best boat, all things consid-
cred. of the marine fire fleet. She has
four sets of engines and can pour
10000 gallons of water a minute on
burning vessel or pier when they are
all working. The average OF a land
fire engine is 600 gallons OF water a
minute-when the hydrants will sup
ply it. The land companies are often
hampered by a scarcity Of water. The
freboats have no such difficulty. They
have the Atlantic ocean as main res
ervoir.
A call to a blazing oil steamer puts
every seaman on the New Yorker on
his mettle. When an alarm comes IN
from Staten island the men tumble
from their beds half dressed and into
their rubber clothes, the same as fire.
men do on land. The New Yorker
can get down the bay faster than the
swiftest tug in the harbor. II the wind
is blowing off shore the burning tank
steamer must be approached through
a dense cloud of sitting black smoke.
It is so thick that the flames can be
seen only above it, as though coming
from the crater of a volcano. The
steel sides of the vessel are as hot as
the inside of flaming furnace. With
every gallon of water she can throw
upon the fiery plates. the New Yorker
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
Fashion and Consumption.

In all American cities and most of
the larger towns promiscuous expec-
toration is prohibited. There are or
dinances and rules against splitting in
public conveyances, on the floors OF
assembly halls and on the sidewalks.
OF necessity, however, this cannot be
prevented in the cutters and on the
pavements.
BY educating the tuberculosis pa
rtient himself in regard to his duty to
his fellow citizen much more can be
done. A careful consumptive is a
good citizen; a careless consumptive
is an enemy to society and the state.
Even with the civil and self-imposed
precautions, the dust of the highway
and crossings is teeming with various
disease germs. 1t is practically i'm
possible to eliminate these beds Of
filth. In the cleanest streets such COL
onies of germs are present.
The use of long, dragging skirts on
the average highway is the height of
folly. 1t is worse 1t is absolutely
dangerous. The sweeping cloth picks
up dust and dampened particles car
. rying tubercular germs. They are
thus transplanted into the very house
hold. In this simply yet sadly effec-
tive way, the children. SO carefully
guarded, are exposed to the dreaded
plague. The entire family, satisfied
with their faIcied security, are
stunned when tuberculosis claims one
of their loved ones.
It may not strike the family circles.
The household servants may be al
fected. Many of the deaths of domes-
tics have their explanation. The mis-
tress, after a shopping tour, leaves
her mud.bordered skirt for the maid
to clean. In the cloud Of dust arising
from the brush the fatal bacillus
turks. The girl, already weakened
from too long hours indoors, sue
cumbs. A few weeks later she is
forced to stop work and waste away
in hopeless dependence on her over
burdened family or at public expense.
Another girl is easily obtained and
the careless mistress never suspects
any connection between her foolish
fashion and the doomed domestic's
sad fate.
Expectoration on the streets can
rever be stopped. The streets cannot
ba kent clean. But this can be done
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
Lively Times for the
Brave M en- Who
Fight Flames Amid
Snow and Ice.

o'clock at night and sent in a fire
alarm. When the crew raised the
matches in the hope of putting out, un.
assisted, fire that had been slowly
gaining Roadway four days, the jot
was too much for them. An alarm was
sent to the Battery station, and the
New Yorker went down the bay. The
first thing to do was to get off half a
dozen frightened passengers. When
they were all on the deck of the fire
boat more scared and angry at the
captain than gratified that a worse
fate had been spared them, woman
shrieked:
"Oh, you have forgotten my baby
Eva. cannot, will not, go without my
baby"
1t was no time for delay, but two
lifemen rushed to the woman's cabin
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
Save Burning Ships
Especial Correspondence.)

The primary object of the marine
battalion of the New York fire depart
ment is to fight fires and not TO cut
ice. But this winter-the first two
months under the reorganized pat
talon plan devised by Chief Croker
the seven firehoats have had to cut
their way through great ice foes that
have fioated down the North river
from the frozen zone up State ana
down the East river from Long island
sound, congealing into an almost solld
mass in the docks and around pier
bulkheads. Fire or no fire, the sturdy
strongly.built little craft that are ever
on the alert to protect millions upon
millions worth of property along New
York's miles of waterfront from Yon'
kers to the Narrows have had to work
day and night "shoofying' ice Hoes
down the rivers toward the bay. IL
was imperative that the channel be
kept clear in case of an alarm.
Firemen who have worked on the
fireboats since they were established
in New York, about thirty-two years
ago, will tell you that there Is little
difference between fighting fire on sea
and on land, that it is firemans Dusl-
ness to put out fires without thought
of personal danger, and that ne goes
about his business with as much I'M
concern as a bricklayer takes up MS
trowel or a policeman starts out on
his beat. On the other hand, take
raw recruit assigned to a hrepoat
from one of the land companies, ana
in five cases out of six the man Will
tell you that fighting fires on river or
bay, particularly when surrounded Dy
acres of ice, is twice as difficult as
it is on the city avenue or street, no
matter how densely populated the
peighborhood. These are usually the
men who have no sea legs. After rail-
ing into the river two or three times
while boarding boat under the most
simple circumstances and being hshed
out by a boathook, they are sent back
to the horse companies and the brass
sliding pole. But If fireman has any
thing of the sailorman about MIN, II
he is quick on his feet, and knows on
oarlock from a smokestack, berth on
a lifeboat is about as exciting job as
there is in the gift of the city govern
ment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

The following short story from the
Woman's Journal Is very timely in the
warning given against trailing skirts:
Only little dust, almost impercep-
tible dust, caught on the rug on the
floor of the handsome hall.
1t was a Turkish rug, lying on the
perfectly waxed, hardwood floor, in
hall where neatness seemed to reign
along with all the appointments OF
wealth.
But there was that almost imper-
ceptible dust. How did it come there?
II you had ears that could hear its
voices it would tell you. 1t would
say that it had clutched fold on the
beautiful lady's gown and come in
from the street.
It was beautiful gown as well as
beautiful lady-a tailor-made gown,
and its fashionable bias flounce trailed
stylishly on the ground.
Everything was stylish about tue
lady, from her fair face, with
rather deep circles below the eyes, to
her slender and handsome walking
shoes. She walked trailing her gown
properly, dust or no dust. Indeed, she
ignored the dust of the street; but will
the dust ignore her?
Let us listen, If she will not, for
this almost imperceptible dust moves
and acts with fearful force, and If we
listen possibly We may understand its
language.
Soon after coming in on the beauti-
full lady's gown, other steps followed
and other gowns helped to move the
dust along farther into the house; but
it had fancy for the beautiful lady.
Her frailness attracted it and 1t fol-
lowed her to the bed chamber. Her
feet had never trod the loathsome
precincts whence it came, but it came
to her on her gown.
Soon there came to the chamber
little child, sweet, rosy cherub. In
its romping it stirred the dust about.
Then the dust began to be sepa-
rated, being formed of many particles,
and these talked among themselves.
AS they talked they danced back and
forth, waltzing, swirling, capering,
with every motion of the child and its
mamma, the beautiful lady.
A scientist could have understood
them If he had caught some of them
under his microscope. He would have
called them germs" With what
alarm he would have recognized the
diphtheritic, and with what dsmay
would he have seen the tuberculous
germ approaching the frail lady.
Back and forth, dancing, capering.
Waiting, the germs kept time while
baby, in it's mothers arms, said, as
thousands of other little ones were
saying
"Now lay me down to sleep,
i pray the Lord my soul to keep;
II l should die before | wake.
pray the Lord my soul to take
This baby was saying it for the last
time.
When night came again, thousands
of little voices sent up the baby pray
ers, but this one was gasping out its
little life on mammals bosom-de-
stroyed by a germ.
A yellow card at the front door
warned all corners against diphtheria.
The beautiful lady vainly sought
health for year or more, then found
rest beyond the sorrow and the part
ing"
Broken hearted" it was said.
@'Found death in the dust of the
street." said the microscope. A vic
tim of the long skirt.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
FAT MAY BE HEALTHY.
Some People Naturally Stout Should
Not Try to Be Thin.


"Some people are simply naturally
stout" says DR.. William F. Waugh, ed
itor of the Chicago Alkaloidal Clinic
"and the question as to whether there
is really cause for medical interfer
ence is one to be decided in each par
ticular case by the physician who
knows the circumstances.
MANY persons, especially women
think they are too stout and want to
get thin, when in fact they are just
right as they are. This desire is to
be looked upon as on a par with that
which makes little women wish they
were big and big women wish they
were little; straight-haired women to
use curling irons and curly haired
women to use bandoline to make their
hair straight; dark haired women to
bleach and light haired women to dye
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
Annlied History.

Dear dad" wrote the boy from col
lege, 1--WE are studing current history
and am getting to understand it fine
ly. BY the way, my creditors are both
ering me considerably, so please send
me 5000 in addition to my regular al
lowance."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

There was no baby. The stewards
on the vessel said it was the first they
had heard of her having baby. Final
ly the woman herself, who had fol
lowed the firemen aboard the burning
steamer, dragged frightened white
cat from under sofa in the woman's
cabin, and returned to the New Yorker
in triumph.
Naughty firemen smother mammals
baby" she exclaimed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
Room for Improvement.

81 have here, said the agent, "aH
alarm clock that will kindle the fire
in the kitchen range and start the cof-
fee boiling. Can l sell you one?"
NO." yawned the lazy man, "but
when you find one that will pour the
coffee out and bring it upstairs | will
be pleased to consider its purchase"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
Takinu No Chances.

Molly-Papa, wish you'd close the
door of your room when gentlemen are
calling on me. Your shores are some
thing fierce!
Dad-Well, it won't hurt 'em any.
Molly-Perhaps not, but they might
think it's hereditary! Cleveland
Leader.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

Curdled milk, of peculiar kind,
made after a Bulgarian recipe and
called "yaghurt," is now a Partisan
fad and is believed to be a remedy
against growing old. A correspondent
who has tried it, says he would prefer
to die young.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
The Philosopher of Folly.

1T have noticed" said the Philoso-
pher of Folly, that the men who are
constantly spouting about woman's
only true sphere being the home, ana
who laughs at the women who think
they have some other mission In life
Il have noticed that the majority OK
those fellows are bachelors who turn
pale when the subject of marriage II
mentioned to them.-Cleveland Lead
er.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

A man who runs an ostrich farm,
on being asked as to the method of
gathering the feathers, admitted that
they were pulled out of the birds once
in evry eight months. Was the pro-
cess painful? "Well," he replied,
about equal to pulling out your eye
teeth"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

The British Admiralty has just
made its first dental appointment. A
dental surgeon has been appointed for
the sailors and marines at Ports
mouth. He will rank as civil serv-
ant, and so will not wear uniform.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

A birth is rather oddly announced in
some parts of Holland. A silk pin
cushion is attached to the doorknob.
If the cushion is red, the new arrival
is boy; if it is white, little girl has
come to town.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
A Vegetarian Dinner.

A Vegetarian Dinner.
Soup
Vegetable.
Entree
Roast Imperial.
Vegetables
Scalloped Potatoes. Chopped Cabbage.
Macaroni with Tomato Sauce.
Stewed Vegetable oysters.
Graham Bread. Cream Crisps.
Dessert
Steamed Fig Pudding with Lemon Sauce.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality Of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place OF
all other brands. Others say they can
not sell any other starch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

Modesty is a great virture, but a
man seldom gets big raise In salary
on account of 1t.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

The last census shows over $4,000
Japanese in the United States, while
twelve years ago there were but 1000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

The British Isles are said to con
tain nearly one million too man!
women.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

The walls of many of the houses in
Mexico are from three to six feeh thick
to withstand earthquake shocks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
DEATH IN TRAILING SKIRT
Danoer That Turks in Present Day Obedience
to Fashions Whnn

every woman should wear sensible
skirts entirely clearing the ground.
This will entirely eliminate this great
avenue Of tuberculosis invasion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

A Swiss matchmaker has made a
watch with a photograph attachment
that calls out the hours as they pass.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19

runs close enough alongside to hitch
on a woven wire hawser. The heat Is
so intense that the paint on the sides
Of the fireboat blisters, and the fire.
men have to cast aside their rubber
coats. Then the burning steamer Is
towed to the flats off Liberty island.
This is the graveyard Of scores Of YES
sells that have caught fire in the bay.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-05-19
With a smoI derinq Cargo.

Frequently the New Yorker Is sum-
moned to quarantine to meet steam
err with a smoldering cargo that
caught fire at sea- and has been ablaze
for three days while beating her way
into port, without the passengers
knowing anything about 1t. Not long
ago steamer of this sort from q
small port in Brazil came to dead
stop on Swinburner island about .