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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Pittsburg kansan.
The old Pop party lies modering in its grave,
but its soul goes marching on. For particulars
inquire of John d.
We hear good deal about how Roosevelt
has throttled the beef trust, but there have
been no audible remarks about beef being any
cheaper.
There is only one way in which Kansas can
win in its fight with the Standard Oil octopus,
and that is, war to the knife the knife to the
hlt and the hilt to the heart No compromise.
The United States governmet operating
railroad in Panama and the state of Kansas
building an oil refinery ought TO cadse the So
cialists to smile broadly, if not to laugh out
loud.
A rose by any other name will smell
sweet, SO it don't make any difference whether
you call the state printery, state coaloil re6n-
cry, state control of railroads and all the rest of
them Socialism, PopuIism or Republcanism.
The smell and the taste are the same.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
TERRIBLE BATTLE.

The greatest battle of the ages is now being
waged by the Japanese and Russians for the
possession of Mukden The battle has been IN
progress twelve days, and the combined losses
are over hundred thousand men. The Japs
have won out at nearly every turn. They cap
tuled and destroyed the railroad, thus placing
the Russians at great disadvantage. Accord
ing o the latest treports, General Kuropatkin
and his army were on the run, and the Japs
were not on their trail, endeas orng to cut on
their retreat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

IN his investigation of the Santa Fe rail-
road, ex-Attorney- General Monet, of Ohio,
has discovered that all of the railroads OF the
state have been used by the Standard Oil Com
pany to throttle competition He finds that
the roads changed their classification and tariff
sheets about the time the Kansas oil field be-
gun to give promise of Importance. BY the
change which was made, the only petroleum
which would be received for transportation IN
tank cars was that destined to "consignee
VINO possessed storage facilities for oil after it
reached it's destination" This order nearly
prohibited the independent refners from dis
t,ibuting their oil, as they were unable to erect
STORAGE tanks in all OF the towns to which they
shipped oil.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

Mr.. FARMER, when you take load of farm
products to town, you take the buyers price,
not yours. When you take load of supplies
back home, you pay the sellers price, not
yours. This has always been true, and will
always remain true under the industrial system
that prevails, and for which the farmers vote.
The farmers can't see the cheat, and the skin
ners don't want them to see it.-Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

The new governor of Indiana refuses to APP
point any man to any Office who drinks iutoxi-
eating liquors. He even bars the moderate
drlnker. He says that the corporations refuse
to employ such men, as they want only men
with clear heads in charge of their business,
and the state has the same right to demand
that clear headed men transact its business.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

THE Prairie Oil and Gas Company, the Kan
sas end of the Standard Oil Company, will
move all its material and all its construction
forces to the Indian Territory. The reason
given is that Kansas has passed laws which
demonstrate that the policy of the state is an
tagonistic to the interests of the Prairie Oil
and Gas Company, while the operators have
nothing to fear in the territory.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
Lone Elm Items

The little child of L. c. Hastings and
wife is sick.
Gilbert Reeve and wife have moved up
from lola, and have taken possession OF
&. o. Reeves farm
Al Johnson, Art Chatterton and Jas.
Gamhol. have gone to Nebraska to live.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

AND still, the Missouri legislature is in
deadlock over the election of u nited States
senator. Better let the people elect the senat
ors. Then the Legislature will have time to
do i'ie business FOR the people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
Christian Church.

Preaching services at IL a. m. aud
100 D. IN. AT the norning service, w
). Love. of Topeka, will preach, and
the pastor will preach at the evening
service. Special music at each service,
a, d cvsryb ,dy made welcome.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

LEAvENWORTH had man who lived to be
III years old. He took bath the other day,
and died. Beware of the bath.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

The gubernatorial situation in the Colorado
legislature grows no better. A dead lock ex-
isis. Indications point to The choosing of the
lieutenant governor, Jesse A. Mcdonald, as
governor
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

THE Kansas state oil plant IS being built at
Peru, and il will not be long before Kansans
will be able barn their own oil
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
governor

WAycRoss, Ga, claims to have solved the
liquor problem, SO lar as that town is concerned,
by fixing the license fee at $50, 900 year
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

The NATIONAL BANK OF
COMMERCE has opened a
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT in
which deposits may BE- made,
to draw interest at the rate
of THREE PER CENT on open
account, subject to check.
Interest VIII b. figured quar-
terly on the first days of jan
uary, April, July and october,
and credited 10 the depOsifOr'S
account. They will pay
FOUR PER CENT on time
deposits and TWO PER CENT
n commercial accounts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10

VIZ DO JOB PRINTrNG-tbe best. too.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
Farm for Rent.

Six miles east of Garnett good house,
good water and some pasture. On ru-
raj route 10 q.
4Ot3 ii. |. TURRELL.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
For Sale

Farm horse: weight 1900 pounds;
fat; cheap for cash, or six months time
4Ot2 \. BENNETT,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-10
First Publication March 10, 1905
Publication Notice
STATE OF KANSAS, |
ANDERSON COUNTY.
In the district court.
Mary c. Couger, Plaintilt)
VS..
I. {. Congcr, Defendant

The State of Kansas to J.. {. CQuger:
You are hereby notified that YOU have
been sued in the above named court hy
the above-named plaintiff, who has filed
her petition with the clerk OF said dis.
trict court, asking tor Il Judgment aud
decree divorcing plaintiff from said de-
iendant, and awarding to plaintiff the
custody and control OF her minor child
rem. Florence Town Longer and Samuel
Carson Conger and that unleeS you an
swer said petition on or before Monday,
the first dav of Nav, 1905, said petition
will be taken as true and Judgment
rendered as prayed for.
NOAH l.. BOWMAN,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
SECRET SERVICE.
THE BeSCO BEL KONIACKERS,

which was familiar to the members or
the secret service who had made these
things the subject OF long study. III
rieh's method was to lay before him a
genuine bill Of the issue he intended 10
counterfeit and laboriously and as faith
fully as possible copy 1t on steel.
Boyd was the inventor and sole owner
OF process whereby he transferred by
the use of acids a reproduction Of the
genuine bill on TO steel plate, after
cutting the plate by the lines trans
ferred. Ballard used the copying proc
ess, but his work was much finer than
Ulrich's, and had a distinct character
under the microscope. Smith was at
that time an engraver in the employ of
the United States treasury department,
and his work showed clearly the dis
unctive character Of government en-
craving. Boyd was in prison, and the
work on the bills was apparently not
that OF Ballard nor Ulrich
For some time the secret service off,
GERS had had pretty accurate informa-
ton OF the operations OF the band TO
which Smith belonged. W. L. Brock
way was the leader OF this crowd and
enjoyed the distinction of being the
FIRST man who used the electrotpye
PROCESS. He was also a fine chemist.
but Smith did the engraving. For years
Smith had been employed by the gov
eminent in engraving plates FOR cur
rency and bonds. and his character was
supposed 10 be above reproach. / do
not know how be became enIangled
with BrOckway. The third principal
member Of this crowd was James b.
Doyle, who owned a 60O-acre farm near
Bradford. III. Doyle had a brother-in-
law named thomas ShotweTl. who was a
counterfeiter.
Through Shotwell. presumably. Doyle
had met DR.. Parker. Louis SleiCht and
other well-known western counterfeit
ers, and had made a trip TO New York.
where he had formed the business con-
nection with Brockway and Smith.
When he came west he brought with
him some OF the same bills we were try
ing to trace. DOyle's visit to New York
had been reported TO headquarters by
the western division. and he was
''piped" in that city by Operative Ken
noch, At the order OF Chief Operative
Drummond.
When Doyle left the eastern metropo-
lis for Chicago, KennOch was on the
same train, and Doyle was arrested as
he stepped from the train in Chicago.
He was tried and convicted. At the time
OF his arrest he had in his possession
counterfeit United States bonds repre-
senung s204 600. These also were from
plates made by Smith. They were alb
solutely perfect with the exception OF a
slight inaccuracy in the margin on one
corner, and would have made the gov
eminent lot Of trouble II they had not
been conhscated
Smith worked in The treasury depart
ment engraving room on genuine plates
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04

Kearney, y. willie Dobson. three
years old, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
Dohson, was seriously hurt in an en-
counter with a rooster. The bird
made savage attacks on the child and
drove its spurs into his face. The at
tack took place in front of young Dub
sons home. The child was under a
wagon which was left standing on the
street when the rooster approached
and attempted 10 get under IL. The
boy, who had long been afraid of the
bird, saw him coming and was at
tempting 20 get away when the rooster
attacked him.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
EXQUISITE LACE TATTINC.
Pretty and Durable Trimming Back
Again in Full Favor and Not
Hard to Make.

Materials required: Cotton No. IS.
tatting shuttle, aud a ane crochet
hook
Two threads are needed for work.
Ing this pattern. on the leading
thread work 6 double knots. picot. z
double knots. picot. double knots.
On the shuttle thread work 9 doubls
knots. draw the end Of the leading
thread up in loop and pass the shut
tie through it, Z double knots, picot,
3 double knots, close; double knots.
draw throughs the picot on last closed
eye, double knots. / picot. 3 double
knots. l picot. double knots. 1 picot,
double knots, picot. 3 double knots.
close.
Now on the leading thread work Z
double knots. For the next closed
eye on the shuttle thread work double
knots, draw through last picot on last
closed eye, 3 double knots. picots sep
arated by 3 double knots. double
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
When You Take Strong Drink.

A celebrated French physician dis.
covered n few years ago that alcohol in
every shape. whether wine. brandy or
beer, contains parasitic life. called
bacillus potumaniae. BY a powerful
microscope these living things are dis.
covered and when you drink you take
them into your blood and. getting into
the crimson Goals OF life. they 20 into
every tissue of your body and your
entire organism is taken possession OF
by these noNious infinitesimals When
in delirium tremens man sees every
form OF reptilian life. Il is only these
parasites OF the brain in exaggerated
size. He is not suffering n halluciua-
ton. He only sees crawling about the
room what is actually rioting Ia his OWL
brain. Every time you take strong
drink you swallow these maggots and
every time the drinker Of alcohol IN any
shape feels vertigo or rheumatism Il is
only Jubilee OF these maggots.-Dr.
Madison c. Peters
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
Suggestive Statistics.

The tenth annual report of the state
commission of prisons for the year
1904 Is volume Of great interest. Sta
tistics of all the prisons and prisoners
confined in the state are given, together
with many other interesting facts con-
corning the tramps. Migrants and in
ebriates arrested for intoxication during
the year. About $4,000 were arrested
on the charge OF intCxication and near
~ 10000 as tramps and Migrants. A
large part Of this number were inebri-
ates, so that in reality over 80. 600 per-
sons came under legal notice as inebri-
ates for 1904. Among the criminals
charged with other crimes, numbering
S,4O0. less than ten per cent. OF this
number were total abstainers. About
90 per cent were practically inebriates.
and fully 30 per cent. were termed in
temperate, using spirits at times, then
abstalning. These and other most in
teresting facts make il possible to study
the criminal population with more ex-
actness than ever before.-Journal OF
Inebriety.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
WALKS MILE WHILE ASLEEP
Woman Returns Home After Mid
night Stroll in Undergarments
and in Collapsed Condition.

Cleveland. O.-Mrs- Sarah wilkins
arose from her bed. donned her best
clothes, and. walking a mile from her
house. undressed and returned home
In her underEarments the other night.
When she awOke at $50 in the
morning she reached for her watch.
which she invariably placed under her
pillow upon retiring. Il was gone.
She glanced at the dresser on which
she usually laid her hat No hat was
there. Bewildered. she arose to look
for the garments she had worn the
day before. They were not to be
found. Her shoes alone were in their
accustomed place. On chair lay her
undergarments. wrinkled and covered
with mud. burglars must have
taken tire things" she said. But the
doors and windows were all locked
just as her husband had left them
upon leaving the house 70 go 70 work
an hour before II was not until
called an hour later that Mrs. wilkins
learned that her watch and chain and
clothing had been found upon the
porch OF a house at % Tracy street.
Lying near the clothing was the back
Of an envelope, covered with an almost
indecipherable scrawl.
"My God, My God! It has come
at last" she said, and for a moment
was overcome. "Of seven brothers and
sisters all are somnambulists EXCEPT
myself. / can remember nothing after
1880 last night At that hour I re-
tired. My mind is a blank from that
moment to the hour of my awakening
this morning. My husband was at
home when / retired"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04

TecUy natural ana no trouble 20 her
To 40 women who wear their clothes
as though they were PHOTOGRAPHERS
models on parade there is just one
whose clothes seem a part OF her.
If woman could only purchase her
gowns and hats. put them on aud then
forget them. she would be doubly
charming. The average woman carries
her frock about in her mind as well
as on her back every moment. III Il
is pretty and Violating she pIumes
herself. gives her walk an extra hitch
and her head a more unnatural tilt
II the frock doesn't suit her she is
miserably conscious OF fl; she keeps
jerking at il here and pulling at IL
there. forgetting that the one thing
which can make a bad froCk worth
looking at is the good carriage and I'M
conscious expression of the wearer.
or course we cannot expect every
woman 10 have mental poise. We
aren't all born with Il and very few
OF us can cultivate g. The best some
of us can do Is 60 simulate it 10y tho
adoption OF the tilted chin and the
naughty Indifferent Gibson express
sion. Yet these things do not deceive
anybody who is worth deceiving.
Physical poise every woman can at
tain. BY physical poise ! mean the
ability TO walk gracefully and uncon-
sciously. TO glide up and down stairs.
TO sink instead OF 20 bounce into a
chair, 20 use her hands as though they
were part OF her and not merely at
tachments az the ends Of her arms.
The first thing 20 learn in the acoui-
sition Of poise is 70 stand squarely
upon the balls Of your feet. not upon
the toes, nor the heels. In high French
heelei shoes this is next TO impossible.
yet II is by no means necessary 20
wear fiat, common sense heels In or
der TO accomplish Il. II women could
learn to strike happy medium in any
thing they would be able 20 select pref
" shoes that. at the same time. would
allow them 70 walk like human beings
Instead Of like dancing dolls. II Won
could draw a line through the body
or the well-poised woman 10 would he
gin at the balls OF her feet mass
through the tips Of hips and shout
ders. and end at the crown OF her
head
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
HEARD AND SEEN.
The Sobs Of Suffering Childhood and
the Streaming Eyes of Dy-
ing Women.

Young man. the wine glass may
sparkle and foam; but let it never
be forgotten that within that sparkle
and foam lies concealed the glittsrlns
eye of tire uncoiled adder. IL Is the
sparkle Of the serpent's skin and the
foam Of the froth OF death.
You have heard the sobs Of suffer.
ing childhood and seen the streaming
eyes OF dying women. You have seen
young womanhoed, pure as the falling
snow, drlVen-Oh. heaveni to bideous
vice. because father drank. You have
heard the unprotected and unfriended
orphans cry echoed from a thousand
blighted homes and sQualid tenements
You have seen the outcast family Of
the drunksrd wandering houselesl
upon the highways. or shivering in the
streets. You have shuddered at the
sound OF the maniac's scream upon the
burdened air; you have seen the hu.
man form despoilcd OF every humaniz.
ing attribute. transformed from the
image Of God into the image OF the
devil; you have seen virtue crushed
by vice; the bright eye lose its luster.
-
you have seen what was clean become
foul: what was upright become
crooked; what was high become low:
man. the first in the order OF created
things. sunken to a level with the
brute.
Drink has conquered the strongest
intellects. the bravest hearts and the
noblest natures. Soldiers who have
led their conquering legions over fields
Of victory; statesmen who have swayed
the destinies Of nations: philosophers
who have stamped the impress OF their
genius upon the ages: orators who
have held listening senates in rapi
admiration; scholars who have led uu.
der contribution the vast domains OF
matter and mind. have been the vic.
Tins OF intemperance.-Dr Madison z,
Peters.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
AN UNCRACEFUL CHILD.
Persistence in Bad Habits Changes
Pretty Little Girl INTO an
Ugiy Duckling.


There is a family of three girls, two
Of whom always pass for beauties,
writes Katherine Morton. in the Wash
ington Star. The third Is known TO
neighbors as Inc Hlsss' Ugiy Duck
ling"
She deserves the title. as far as APP
pearance goes the most charitable
cannot deny the fact And yet. on
careful inspection, il will be seen that
the two pretty giris have most If
regular features. One is freckled; the
others face is badly shaped, being far
removed from the deal oval The
poor little Ugy Duckling has a
straight. short nose. a delicately
curved mouth with sensitive lips. an
oval face, and a clear complexion. Why
is she homely?
The ansv = is because OF awkward
ness. The child has every vngainly
habit that a child can acquire. and all
because nobody has taken the pains
TO help her break these habits while
she is young and the matter is com
paratively easy
She is pigeOn-toed. This is not be-
cause of any natural malfo-mation
(and even If it were. the matter could
very likely be remedied by exercises
or braces. but merely because she
has formed the habit of letting one
toe turn in. The other turns in
neither direction, but points straight
ahead.
Next, she is round-shouldered She
is passionately fond of books and
music, and she has been allowed to sit
at the piano or over a book with her
shoulders rounded in a distressing
manner.
Fer forward shoulders cause her
chest to recede This position affects
the whole body She is coming TO
nave protruded abdomen. which al
most always accompanies round shout
ders.
She is nesr-sighted. This may be
considered a misfortune. not a fault.
She bites her nails continually while
in company. Occasionally she bites
her pretty lips. She is a most bash
full child. and her ciHdence has led her
TO pick up these disagreeable habits.
She suffers constantly from the feel
ing that people are looking at her" as
she expresses it, and she cannot sit
or stand at repose under the imagined
stare.
Do YOU wonder the poor child is
known as the Ugly Duckling? And
that nobody ever notices that she has
the pretty features OF the family? Her
manner is so annoying that no one
can see beyond t. She bids fair to re-
main the wall-fower Of the family
during all the years 20 come
II only her aunt-for the poor little
girl is motherless-could realize that
now is the time 10 take the matter
in handi Every year that passes will
fix the habits more and more firm
", until they are beyond help. unless
the girls own will power should prove
strong enough TO force her into vol
untary reform. But the distorted body
Is forming now. and Il will mean
difficult and lone ld weary process
later on 10 ire .ie muscles back into
their normal position.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-04
How Can You Afford TIP

A business man celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary OF his bust
ness In one of our towns by giving a
high-class free entertainment costing
about $3.50. One OF his business
neighbors asked him the question:
How can you AFFORD it?" The re-
Spouse was: How many ten-cent
cigars do you smoke a day?" About
SIX" said the neighbor. well, then. >"
said the other. Il can give an enter
tainment like this every year on your
cigar money, and have $69 left to my
credit Perhaps IL is more appropri-
ate for me to ask how can you az.
ford it?"
The smoking man has since gone to
he wall" The concert man Is stu
doing business and helping the town.
New HamDshire Issue.