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KANSAS AGITATOR. GARNETT. KANSAS. Three Stages of Marriage. Old Sourdrop says: "Before marriage a worcan expects a man: after marriage she suspects him; after he dies she respects him." Seemed Like a Sermon lJffiMI 0 EiMsmr paying the ground rent of $20,000.

The federation can buy the building at any time within five years for $5,000. President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, who WOMEN. 1 Jnt any woman be happy. After years of backache suffering, Days of misery, nights of unrest, The i s-tress of uri-n a troubles, She finds relief and cure? No reason why any reader Should suffer in the face of evidence like this: Mrs. Almira A.

Jackson, of East Front Traverse City, says: "For twenty years I never knew what it was to have good health. Every physician consulted said I had liver trouble, but their medicines did me no good. Just before I began using Doan's Kidney Pills I was almost paralyzed. I could hardly stand on my feet because of the numbness and lack of circulation. Had a knife been thrust into my kidneys the pain could not have been more intense.

My sleep was disturbed by visions of distorted figures, the kidney secretions were annoyingly irregular and I was tortured with thirst and always bloated. I used seven boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. The bloating subsided until I weighed one hundred pounds less. could sleep like a child and was relieved of the pain and the irregular ity of the kidney action. My circula tion is good and I feel better in every way." A FREE TRIAL of this great kid ney medicine which cured Mrs.

Jack son will he mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Most Northern Railway.

The most northern railway in the world is the line from Navik, in Nor way, across Lapland, connecting the Baltic with the Atlantic and giving access to valuable ore deposits. It reaches latitude 68 degrees 27 minutes and thus lies within the Arctic circle. The White Pass railroad in Alaska reaches a latitude of 60 degrees. Russian High Life. Russian cooking is rather indiffer ent, and the be3t restaurants have French chefs.

They are frightfully expensive, but the wealthy Russian spends his money and thinks nothing of paying. thirty shillings for a short drive in a troika (three horses abreast, the two outside galloping and the cen ter horse trotting.) Lettuce and Smallpox. So far as it Is possible for a human being to be protected from catching smallpox, lettuce is a protection. No need for vaccination whatever. Any person who eats a small quantity of lettuce twice a day, morning and evening, is as well protected against smallpox as it is possible for arjy one to be.

Poor Addresses on Letters. Four per cent of all postal cards and 20 per cent of all letters mailed in Germany and sent to the dead letter 'office last year could not be delivered, because of faulty address, etc, Paper F'vwheels. Paper flywheeh p.re coming Into use. The tensile tre.igtn oi paper is enormous, hence Its advantage over iron for this purpose. A Wonderful Discovery.

Broadland, S. March 8. Quite a sensation has been created here by the publication of the story of G. Gray who, after a special treatment for throe months was prostrate and helpless and given up to die with Bright's Disease. Bright's Disease has always been considered Incurable, but evidently from the story told by Mr.

Gray, there Is a roniody which will cure it even In the most advanced stages. This is what he says: "I was helpless as a little babe. My wife and I searched everything and road everything we could find about Bright's Disease, hoping that I would be able to find a remedy. After many failures my wife insisted that I should try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I praise God for the day when I decided to do so for this remedy met every phase of my case and in a short time I was uble to get out of bed and after a fow weeks' treatment I was a strong, well man.

Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my life." A remedy that will cure Bright's Disease will cure any lesser Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly the most wonderful discovery which modern medical research has given to the world. It ha been said that all the world loves a lover, but (he proof is missing. 10.UUU ido. This Is a remarkable offer the John A.

Kaiser Reed La Crosse, makes. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 line, solid Cabbages. 2,000 dcllilotis Carrots. 2,000 blanching, nutty Celery. 2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce.

1.000 splendid Onions. J.W0 rure. luHi'luus Uadishes. 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. This greut offer Is made in order to Induce you to try their warranted seeds for when you nine plant them you will grow no others, and it.u ron hit bio I'o'taor, providing you will return this notice, and If you will send ihem 2iio In poxt-nWi.

th'-y will mid to thn shove iwrk-re or tho famous lierlliK-r Caulitluwer. (W. N. HAPPY Flags of Admirals. An admiral flies his flag at the mainmast, a vice admiral at the fore and a rear admiral at the mizzen.

Japanese Names for Boats. In Japanese the word "Mikasa" Indicates a warship and a ship of commerce. New Ballot Eox. W. J.

Wilkinson of Baltimore hes invented a new form of ballet box which, the inventor claims, is worked accurately and secretly. It is not uu-like the form now in use in many respects, the main departure being that the voter indicates his selection of candidates by means of dropping balls in holes marked with the name of the candidates. Mr. Wilkinson thinks by using his device the practice of bal-ot box stuffing can be eliminated. Not in Love Because She Blushes.

You may know it a girl likes you by the way she behalf hen you meet her. Don't b-s laken in by the mere fact that she changes color. Girls do that from a thousand differept onuses, and there is no reason whj itie should be in love with you merelj she blushes. Health. Pharisee and Sadducee.

Upon a pretty girl's saying to Leigh f'unt, "I am very sad, you see," he Spiled, "Oh, no! You belong to the other Jewish sect. You are very fair, I see." Chicago Record-Herald. Soldiers in Various Wars. The number of soldiers engaged in the war of the revolution was in the war with France, in the war of 1812, with Great Britain, in the Seminole war in Florida, in the Mexican war, In the rebellion, in the Spanish war. in the Philippines, 149,438.

Australian Pearl Fishing. Broome, in northwestern Australia, is the headquarters of an important pearl fishing industry, which employs 400 luggers and 2,500 men for 1,000 miles along the coast. The annual value of the pearls and pearl shell raised from the bottom of the sea in this region is about $2,500,000. Plan Diamond Trust. Negotiations are proceeding between the Amsterdam and Antwerp diamond merchants for the formation of a combination which will enable them to fight the De Beers mine, which controls the world's output, and the London trust, which practically rules the trade.

Air Resistance to Trains. Experiments made by the scientists appointed for the purpose by the French government show that the resistance of the, atmosphere to the motion of a high-speed train often amounts to half the total resistance which the locomotive must overcome. Church Has Large Income. The Church ot England enjoys an income of about one million dollars per week. TONIC ST1MVLANT ALTERATIVE APERIENT ANT1-L1THIC DIURETIC uniM DYSPEPSIA.

CATARRH tut RHEUMATISM THE MCPIKE OBUa CO. annuo. THE TONIC OF ALL TONICS THE GREAT EL003 PURIFIER THE STRENGTH BUILDER THE NERVE TONER THE HEALTH GIVER THE LIFE 8AVER (I Is HarmUss It Is Safs It Is Peasant It Is Sure AT VOUR DRUGGIST' .71 the same colored intruder, this time with the remai'K: "I know you now, and God knows I pity you." Mr. Sothern's guest was now too surprised to talk. He sat in a collapsed condition until the same man had entered three separate times, and in an expressionless' voice had said: "I am as changeless as the" sun.

I will carry my soul pure to heaven. "You are the strange woman. "You shall be as beautiful as I am and as happy." This last remark was too much for the man's nerves. He was barely able to gasp: "Sothern, what the does this mean? Is this a joke or an insane asylum? Who is this fellow?" "That," said the actor, "that is simply my dresser, Lewis. His duty is to notify me of the progress of the play by lines.

Id that manner I know when my cue comes." "Oh said Mr. Sothern's guest, wiping great beads of perspiration from his face, "I was beginning to believe I had 'em." Small Fish so rich in these products. The appearance of the native fish dealer with his basket of sinarapan is hailed with delight by the soldiers as well as the Filipinos. No net is fine enough, no hook is small enough to catch these fish. The natives have solved the problem by using a finely woven cloth as a net, and in this way gather in thousands at one swoop.

When preparing them to eat they are first drained in a basket. Next they are mixed with pepper and other spices, made into cakes, and laid upon leaves in the sun, where they soon dry. Then they are ready to be eaten. The natives count them a great delicacy, and say that they possess a flavor quite their own and very dis tinctive. They are never cooked, as this seems to dry up all the goodness in them, and deprives them of their flavor, leaving them tasteless and un palatable.

London Mail. of Alphabet of the development of alphabets will show that mankind has all along had a characteristic propensity to copy rather than to invent. Regarding the Persian alphabet maker, then, as a copyist rather than a true inventor, it remains to turn at tention to the Phoenician source whence, as is commonly believed, the original alphabet which became "the mother of all existing alphabets" came into being. It must be admit ted at the outset that evidence for the Phoenician origin of this alphabet is traditional rather than demonstrative. The Phoenicians were the great traders of antiquity; undoubtedly they were largely responsible for the transmission of the alphabet from one part of the world to another, once it had been invented.

Henry Smith Williams in Harper's Magazine. Daily Foods ble facts, determined by analysis and experience first, that the preservatives employed are used in far larger quantities than the users admit, and, secondly, that the continued consumption of alimentary substances containing these antiseptic materials, even in very small proportions, becomes gravely detrimental to the human organism, amounting In the long run to slow poisoning. Man's constitution has not been mado for the daily elimination of minute doses of poison. In this insidious form of mischief may lie some of the blame for our physical degeneracy. Apparently the evil is of such sort than international measures may be necessary to check It.

Treatment of food In this manner should not be called adulteration, but poisoning pure and simple. Wall Street At $20,000 each year those brokers clean up hot about $20,010,000. There are some Goo Stock Exchango firms which ay S3.ouo.onO annually for the rent of tholr offices. These firms employ clerks and assistants, book keepers, runners, at an avoraga wago of $1,500, which makes imio. Thus we have in three Hems alone that must como out of the pocket of customers tn keep the great machine well oiled.

That Is to say. the public pays the sum of annually for the privilege of supporting In splendid styU 8452 people In order that they may feava I their hands at telling which way tut Now and then E. II. Sothern admits visitors to his dressing room. He did so in Cincinnati, where he entertained a somewhat nervous and excitable gentleman during his moments 'off the stage." In the midst of one of their arguments during which the visitor expos tulated volubly, there entered the room a dignified and decorous colored man, who advanced to the center, saying in an earnest monotone: "Have you no fear of God?" and mysteriously departed as he came.

Mr. Sothern's guest was greatly umfounded, but was too well bred to ask questions. Resuming his argu ment he again grew heated in his remarks, and again the colored man quietly and mysteriously entered, and, clearing his voice, declared: 'If you were the devil himself, do you think you could make me like you?" To the guest's surprise, the actor took the interruption as a matter of course, so Sothern's visitor in a dazed manner continued his argument, only to be interrupted again and again by long Name, The smallest backboned animal in the world is a fish. It was discovered in Buhi, a mountain lake in the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. The tiny creature has two names out of all pro portion to its size.

The one given it by the natives is sinarapan, and doubtless has some significance in the language of the Bicols, the natives living in the lake region. The scientific name is mystichthys Luzonensis, and means the smallest fish inhabiting Luzon. The largest of the species measures but half an inch in length, and the smallest not more than one-fifth of an inch. It would take about 6,000 of them to weigh a pound. Fortunately for the fishmonger of Luzon, the sinarapan is not sold by the dozen, or even by the hundred.

They are meas ured by the quart. Small as the fish is, it forms an im portant food staple, even in a country First Use The two nations credited with the invention of the alphabet are the Phoenicians and the Persians. But it is not usually conceded that the two are entitled to anything like equal credit. The Persians, probably in the time of Cyrus the Great, used certain characters of the Babylonian script for the construction of an alphabet; but at this time the Phoenician alphabet had undoubtedly been in use for some centuries, and it is more than probable that the Persian borrowed his idea of an alphabet from a Phoenician source. And that, of course, makes all the difference.

Granted the idea of an alphabet, it requires no great reach of constructive genius to supply a set of alphabet ical characters; though even here, it may be added parenthetically, a study Poison in A matter of practical science to which legislation must be directed much more seriously than has yet been done was brought before the congress of medicine recently held at Madrid. Dr. Brouardul, of Paris, spoke strongly of the dangers arising from the addition of antiseptics to wine, beer, cider, milk, syrups, butter, fish, preserved fruits and other commodities which are in daily use as food. It Is well known that salicylic acid, salicylate of soda, sulphites, borax, boric acid, formalin and a variety of other chemicals are employed to make the substance In question "keep," the pretence being that they are used in such small quantities as to be Innocuous. To this allegation Dr.

Brouardel opposed two indisputa Brokers of Wall street brokers hold themselves a million times higher in. caste than bookmakers. And they are right. They are the creme de la creme of finance. Bookies are the scum.

Yet there are many bookmakers In the street, and not few of them are backers of brokers. Some are big operators supporting brokers by their commissions. There are 1.1 no members of the Slock Exchange, anil those represent brokerage- and commission firms whoso partnerships aggregate no loss than 1,452 able-bodied men. It Is snfe to venture the assertion that each member of tho exchange and bis partners would turn up tho nose at an Income of less than $20,000 a year. Hence: Pious Only on Sunday.

An excellent ppighbnr was Iehabod Gray, And pious, in sort of a negative way: I speak with reserve, as I don't wish to Sive The impression that he was too pious to live. Now Iehabod, like other men I havt known, Gave one day to the Lord and kept six for his own; Each Sabbath, in meeting, he sang, praved and spoke, But on Monday religion slipped off like a cloak. He was quite avaricious and tempted to hoard; Twas five dollars for him and ten cents for the Lord; The dimes looked colossal a series or hocks Shook his soul when they passed him the offerings box. But he gave exhortations exhaustive and deep, And once on the rampage no could sleep; When he spoke about brimstone mortal twould curdle your Dioon, And he often averred that our basis is mud. His, prayers were strenuous, so were his As hebeat' doubtful time with his disen- irntred limbs.

I was always impressed that the Lord stood aloor, And that Ichabod's prayers never went through the roof. This was long years ago, although every I'm reminded by some of Iehabod Gray; As that some one's myself, I'm reluctant day I As to speak, For I cannot be good seven days In the week. -Lewiston (Me.) Journal. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Items of Interest Gathered from Many Sources.

Manila (P. Typographical union No. 526 has secured the seven-hour workday for its members and the Saturday half holiday. William Aimison of Nashville, ex-president of the International Typographical union, is dead. He -was 60 years of age.

Two hundred miners employed by the Delaware and Hudson Company at Lyon Mountain, N. have struck for an increase of wages. The unions affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Leather Workers have by referendum vote postponed 'their national convention from 1904 to 1906. The last convention was held Chicago in 1899. At a meeting of the striking book and job printers in Boston the settle-Iment of the strike arranged by union iofficials was ratified, and the 250 employes who left work seven weeks ago applied individually for their former positions.

Mayor Patrick A. Collins of Boston "turned down" the city laborers' request for increase of pay from $2 to ,2.25 a day on the ground that the city was paying as much as others and the treasury could not stand the drain of $198,755 a year which it would cost. Unless the employes return to work at once the Canonsburg Steel and Iron Company's works are likely to be closed indefinitely. The men had accented a cut in wages, but a misun derstanding arose and the men quit pending a settlement by the Amalga mated officials. About 900 employes of the Manhat tan Elevated Railroad system (New York) have been notified of an in crease in wages.

Those affected are tower men, hand switchmen, porters and trackmen. An advance was grant ed recently to the guards, wh3 for a time talked of a strike. Labor leaders at Iowa City, Iowa, announce that the local unions will fight-the open-shop plan which the F.m movers' Protective Association will put in force April 1. It is possi ble, however, that no strike will be declared until after the meeting of the state federation at Marshalltown, May 10th. Frank Thoman.

business agent of the Architectural Iron workers' union, announces that the wage scale for that craft is fixed until April 1, 1906. From April 1 this year for one year the wages are 52 cents an hour, and 53 cents an hour from April 1 next year until the agreement ex pires. The strike at the plants of the American Window Glass Company at Jeannctte, has been called off, pending a conference with the officials of the main office of the company Work was resumed at midnight. The strike was brought about by a demand lor an increase of 50 cents a day in wages and included the machine blow era, carriers off and splitters, 700 In all. Rumors are current In labor circles that tho executive council of the American Federation of Labor will recommend to the next convention of that body that a permanent home and building for the parent body of labor bs erected in Washington, and sub mtt a plan to raise the necessary funds to acquire ground and put up suitable building.

Martin Lawlor of Bethel, N. vice president of the United Hatters of North America, has been selected as secretary of that organization, vico John Phillips, deceased. Frank P. Shalvoy of Newark, N. has been chosen to succeed Mr.

Lawlor as vice president. The headquarters of the nrcanlzation and Secretary office will be at 11 Waverly place, New York, In tho future. Chicago worklngmen are In a fair way of obtaining the labor temple f.ir which they have Mrlved fur many 'years. a meeting of the labor torn plrj committee on offer for the ol Board of Trndo building was consid ered. The Federation nf I.abor can secure the building freo of cost by has been in Porto Rico for the past month on an organizing tour, writes from there that he is meeting with good success.

He hopes to soon have the rival labor bodies in Porto Rico amalgamated into one under the jurisdiction of the American Federation of Labor. The two organizations are known as the Federacion Regional and the Federacion Libre. Ernest H. Crosby tells of a facory he inspected in America, where the manufacture of cheap socks was carried on. The manager showed him 400 machines that did the entire work of making a sock without the aid of human hand.

The machines ran twenty-four hours a day, and only fifty boys are needed for all shifts. Five thousand dozen of socks are made daily. Under the old method this work would have required 50,000 men. Several prominent labor leaders of Washington, D. have made arrangements for the organization of a bank in that city.

A correspondent writes that sufficient money has been subscribed to start the bank, which will be centrally located on Seventh street, near street northwest, and trades unionists who may become de positors will enjoy the privilege of using checks bearing the union label and being waited on at the bank by members of organized labor. To form a union of the church and the Chicago Federation of Labor is the mission which brings Rev. Chas. Stelzle here as the representative of the board of home missions of the Presbyterian church in the United States. Rev.

Mr. Stelzle, who carries a union card as a former member of the machinists', craft, hopes to bring about a fraternal feeling between the Ministers' Association and the Feder ation. He wants to see an exchange of fraternal delegates between the two bodies. "Big 6" of New York may be in a quandary if seven pig-tailed composi tors make application for member ship. A Chinese newspaper has just been started in New York city.

The seven Chinese compositors are from San Francisco. The paper began Mon day last, and has its office on Mott street, the Chinese district. Ameri can advertising agents are employed. The editor is a Chinaman, Tong Chew, who arrived in New York about a month ago from Yokohoma, Japan, where he was attending college. Organized labor will vatch with considerable interest the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, after hearing the appeal of the fine of $250 placed against Edward Bessette, a member of the Typograph ical union, for alleged violation of the injunction granted the W.

B. Conkey company in 1901, when all the print ing trades were on strike in the Con- key plant. It is believed that the de-sion of the highest tribunal in the land will determine what has been called "government by injunction" in labor unions and give the powers and scope within which judges can issue injunctions. Showing the condition of employ ment throughout the country during January, Secretary Frank Morrison in the current issue of the American Federationist reports that of 1,571 unions making report, with an aggre gate membership of 6.4 per cent were without employment. As compared with the preceding month the report shows an increase in the per cent of unemployed, as 1,437 or ganizations, with a membership of .135,626, reported 1.1 per cent unem-ployed.

During February thirty charters were Issued, including an interna tional union of paper box makers, ten central bodies, fourteen local trade unions and five federal labor unions In addition to the general strike of the plumbers and gasfitters, which will take place all over Canada May 1, other labor troubles will be started by tho longshoremen of Montreal, who In a body have loft the Central Trades and Labor Council of Montreal. This Central Trade and Labor Council, al though affiliated with the Dominion council, has had Independent control over affairs in this city. The excuse given for the defection of the long shoremen is that the officers of the council had used the Influence of their positions In furthering the interests of certain candidates In the municipal elections. The longshoremen expect to unite with themselves all the un skilled labor in Canada and to form new Federation of Labor. Thirty-four cities on this continent, Including Canada, are represented in the International Brotherhood of Foun dry Employes the unskilled workers in foundries which has Just been formed at the Washington convention of delegates.

General Secretary Frank Morrison addressed the body, welcom Ing it to the American Federation of Labor. The president and general organizer of this now brotherhood Is a well-known New Yorker, Frank Mc Ardlo, who has represented the Foun dry Workers In the, C. F. U. for several years.

The general secretary treasurer Is George Berhtold of St, Loula. whore headquarters ore to be established. Tho vice presidents are Michael Doran. Troy; Ooorgo Cllne, Belleville. J.

J. Slomskl, Chicago Riehard Walsh, Newark, N. Pat rick Doxey and John F. Glllolcy Brooklyn. Any man can easily make a fool of himself; all he has to do is to act kit- Indian.

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