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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-10

motherhood. The rule of excep-
tons applies in this case, however,
as in all others. Whether mother
hood was an exalted state when the
Rev. Mr.. Parkhurst was born might
be a question. Much depends upon
the fruit. Sometimes the only
thing of which mother has reason
to be ashamed is the fruit she bears.
This reverend gentleman has no
confidence in woman's ability to
perceive her own mission on earth,
although especially fitted to train
voters for the world. Imagine an
upstart of son turning preacher
and presuming to stand between the
Almighty and his mother. No, l
cannot believe there are "women
who wish they were men," for just
think of the liability Of becoming
Parkhurst.
If God had seen fit to inform the
masculine persuasion all about His
intentions relative to women and
closed the door against her in the
revelations, it would be little i'm
modest to refuse to be guided ac-
cordingly; but there is creeping
doubt iu the minds of some women
concerning this monopoly of COM
munication with the Most High,
audac:ous as it may be, and they
still insist that they stand as good a
show of hearing Gods voice and
being taken into His confidence as
man does, and so they are listening
for themselves and excuse man as
their Interpreter.
You say, Mr.. Donnelly, that
"woman is not man. Her brain is
smaller. She has not reached the
topmost heights many of the great
arts. She hasnever yet produced a
Cesar, an Angelo, Homer, or a
Darwin"
May not the superiority be found
to exist in the quality rather than
the quantity of brain ? Is not this
theory taking the place of the old 7
May not the texture of her brain
account for that sixth sense, I'M
known to man?
Your Caesars, and Angeles, and
Homers and Darwins were superior
men, but the modest character OF
Florence Nightingale was greater
than them all.
What is it to be greatH Is it to
fight, to kill, to legislate, to reign
supreme, to paint picture, to write
an epic, to discover the origin OF
species, to burden the brain with in
formation on scholarly thoughts 7
No.
We have many women who have
accomplished wonderful results
along many of these lines, but none
of these constitute greatness.
"The greatest thing in the world
is love-" The love enshiined in
the heart of Florence Nightingale
crowned her queen. 1t was that al
truism that heard and listened to the
cry of distress in every quarter
which hallowed every foot of ground
she trod."
Retiring, modest and delicate, yet
she was of the bravest and strong
within her invulnerable Notifications
of love to the world. knowledge
is but the instrument of love, and
weak until it arrives. To fulfill this
mission of love she entered into the
very jaws of death. No soldier on
field of battle performed more dar-
ing deeds. The care of the soldiers
and sailors In the Crimea was as
sumed with an under standing Of the
sacrifice to be made, the formidable
magnitude of the responsibilities,
the hsrdships, dangers, tolls and
continual scenes of human suffering
which must meet her upon every
hand. Mr.. Macdonald said of her :
where there is disease in its most
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-10
IfGrOwn in Texas, It's Good.

The Texas coast country vies
with California in raising pears,
grapes and strawberries. The 1898
record of II. M. Stringfellow, Hitch
cock, Tex, who raised nearly Sc, 900
worth of pears from 13 acres, can
be duplicated by you. G. T. Mich
olson, G. P. A., Topeka, Kas., will
be glad to furnish without charge
an Illustrated pamphlet telling about
Texas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-10
WALTZ WITH DONNELLY.
MRS. TODD DEFENDS THE CLAIMS
OF HER SEX.

MRS. TODD DEFENDS THE CLAIMS
OF HER SEX.
The Age, Chicago.
The following letter from the Rep
resentative, edited by Ignatius Dom
nelly, is a rare treat in its way, for
readers of both sexes, and with Mr..
Donelly, we say if all women were
Marion Todds, the world would
adopt woman suffrage by a rising
vote.
To THE EDITOR You say in your
issue of March p that "you have
no doubt that the time will come
when the women will be prepared to
receive the privilege of voting"
Now, this reads almost like a proph-
ecy that the time will come when
your brother man may be ready
for the PRIVILEGE of voting, also.
After last falls elections you be-
moaned the fact that there were 80
many million voting fools in this
country. I bemoaned the same fact,
as usual. We are not without a
crumb of comfort, however, since
the prophesy will hold good, I'M
doubleday, in the case of present.
voters as we'll as coming ones.
To enfranchise women and thus
add two like quantities might not
be an improvement, but it seems a
little unfair that any one set OF
"fools" should hold the field all the
time. Most any other class OF
"fools" would be willing to alter
nate, at least.
You say you "doubt even if
men are yet ready to meet women
on the plane Of political equality"
and then you cite the Colorado leg
islators, who proceeded to discuss
questions involved in an "age OF
consent BILL" and in terms that
emptied the galleries, while three
lady members had to listen with
blazing faces" all of which you
pronounce as "terribly brutal and a
Disgrace" The moral to your CT
tation is that women should not be-
come Legislators and avoid the
shame. In my opinion, there is al
the more need of their becoming
legislators. So long as mothers
have girl babies subject to disgrace
Nv men who WELD the ballot, they
should remain in their seats and en-
deaxor to tame or curb the wild
beasts.
You say, "God, when He made
woman and made her beautiful, even
placing beneath her skin a coat Of
adipose tissue not found in man, to
give her softened outlines and fit
her for embracing, meant her to be
lovely and beloved. 4 Do you
,uppose the great Artist went to
the pains of getting up that eA'
or;s;te picture with intent
that these apostles of beauty should
make men of themselves and meet
brutal and filthy men on terms OF
perfect equality in the lowest Strug-
giles OF life ~
perhaps not. Perhaps God did
limit her association with these
"brutal and filthy men" to the
bearthstone. l am glad there is a
Mace where brutality" and "beau'
tv can meet in sacred relations
where beast can embrace beauty
with consistency and sentimental
sanction and save them from making
.men of themselves"
In a late number of the Ladies
Home Journal, Rev. Charles Ii.
Parkhurst, D. D., said; u am
really sorry for these women who
wish they were men. The greatest
ching a woman can do is to bear
children and train them for the uses
and services of the world"
There is no grander state thar
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-10

THE WHITE HOUsE.-The Populists will
capture il in '06. Sow the country down with
Third Party literature. will print your name
and address on the Peoples Party Exchange
List for a Silver Dime, and you will receive a
large number OF leading Third party papers
J.HPADGETT, Lock Box 4l6, Ennis. Texas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-10

We have
reduced
the price
of
Aristo Cabinet Photos
from So
to So
per dozen.
STEVENS & JOHNSON,
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Garrett, Kas.
Proofs shown
and
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-10

croCKwBIL's BAD BOY. Twenty-three side-
. splitting dialogues. Laugh and grow fan.
Money land and transportation In broken doses.
Warranted TO make more Populists 20 the square
inch than anything In print. Points for Thinners
knocks the @. o. II. silly. Government Ownermtp
OF Railroads paralyEes 'em. 10 cents each; OIL
psusd, postpaid. for Is cents from Mis- oase.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-10

1t mercilessly scourges tee money
changers in the Temple of the Re-
public.-Ncw York Recorder.
This book tells its readers more
about gold, silver and currensy gen.
orally than any otuer publication
we know of, and in way that every
man can fully comprehend Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Price, rs cents-this Office,
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
Counterfeiters CIeveriy Captured.

Counterfeit Canadian quarters have
been very plentiful about Tekonsha
recently, and the United States
authorities were notified of the sus-
PIGEONS against certain persons. U. S.
Marshal Large was placed on the case
and assisted by Sheriff Swain, of Cold
water, and Deputy Sheriff +. A.
Granger, of Tekonsha, drove into
Eredonia and arrested William Mohr
and Eugene Kittinger. SO quietly
were the arrests made that Mohr was
caught in the very act of making the
bogus coin. lie made an effort To
secrete his guilt, but the marshal was
too quick for him. In his pocket was
found a mold with coin just run.
Kittinger is not known to be impli-
Gated other than passing the money.
He admits passing counterfeit money,
but claims that he did not know where
he obtained it. Marshal Large took
his prisoners to Detroit.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
ONO Republican Convention.

The Republican state convention
held at GAINESVILLE, o., was an ev-
tremely warm gathering there being a
fight between what were termed the
Mckinley and the Foraker forces for
their respective candidates for gov
ernor. About 5000 people were
crowded into the hall when Col. j. c.
Bonner, chairman of the state central
committee, called for order. The
usual convention preliminaries were
proceeded by a speech from Senator
sherman as chairman. The balloting
for candidate for governor first re-
suited: Bushnell, So; Barger, Sc; Har-
ris, SO; Hoyt, l76H; Keifer, "A; Nash,
16S; Neuin, GO; Poe, 14611. Five more
ballots were required before choice
was declared. The sixth ballot stood
Gen. Asa S. Bushnell 500, Nash col,
Hoyt, Ill, necessary for choice, Ala.
Gen. Bushnell was declared the nomi-
nee, victory for the Foraker men.
Gen. Asa w. Jones, of Youngstown,
was named for acknowledgements by
reclamation and the other nominees
were: Auditor of state, w. ID. Guilbert,
CALDWELL; supreme judge, Thaddeus a.
Marshall, Chillicothe; clerk of supreme
court, JOSldn ID. hllCL, AIHcHSS dbbOT-
ney-general, Frank $. Monett, Find
lay; state treasurer, Samuel Il. Camp
bell, Steubenville; member board of
public works, f. l.. Lybarger, CO.
shocton.
The resolutions declared adherence
to the principles of the Republican
party, and for protection and fair
elections. The currency plank favors
bimetallism and the use of both gold
and silver as standard money, either
in accordance with a ratio to be fixed
by an international agreement if that
can be obtained, or under such re-
strictions and such provisions to be
determined by legislation, as will
secure the maintenance of the parity
of values of the two metals, so that
the purchasing and debt paying power
of the dollar, whether of silver, gold
or paper, shall be at all times equal.
| The Democratic administration was
denounced as was the free wool pro-
vision of tariff act; present adminStra-
ton of pension bureau; government S
course in Hawaiian and Nicaragua af-
fairs. The resolutions indorse McKin-
ley's administration, the Nicaragua
canal, and Joseph Il. Foraker for sem
ator, and pledge the party in behalf
of Gov. McKinley's candidacy for the
presidency.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
WON EN-.

The princess OF Wales has a collec
ton Of lace that is worth at least $780,
000
The ex-Empress Eugene is staying
at Monte Carlo, occupying her leisure
with the writing OF her "reminiscences
since she assembled the throne OF
France.
Nine. Sarah Bernhard denies that
she ever said that woman is the equal
OF man. What she did say and repeats
is that the actress Is the equal OF the
actor.
The Nevada assembly has voted 10 &c
II in favor Of full suffrage for women
The measure had passed the senate two
days before by a majority Of six votes.
Mrs. Bradley-Martin is always talked
about when the questions of Jewels
comes up, on account of her owning
and having worn before she went into
crepe the famous jeweled crown OF the
Inflated Queen Marie Antoinette.
According to Mr.. Cross, in his me-
moir of his wife, the reason she took
the name of George Eliot was. as she
explains It, because George was Mr.
Lewes' christian name, and Eliot was
a good. mouth-filling. easily pronounced
word.
Mrs. Cleveland is very fond OF flow
ers. and blossoms grow in every apart.
ment in the white house. There is also
conservatory which the Clevelands
have greatly enlarged and improved
and here the lady OF the executive man.
sion spends much of her time.
The queen OF Madagascar always
dresses in European fashion. She wears
a purple costume with train on great
occasions. and sometimes assumes a
golden crown. She is very vain of her
personal beauty. and has three times
refused to accept coin struck to her or
der, because she did not consider her
likeness sufficiently handsome for cir.
culation.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.

All the Gogebc mines are preparing
Ior an active season.
Isabella county has but two criminal
cases on the June docket.
The L. & p. NJ. depot at Mt. Pleas
ant was damaged by fire.
John Gore, an old resident of Grand
Rapids, died from sunstroke.
Charles Norwood was very seriously
injured in runaway at Wayne.
Adolph Link, of Hancock, fell down
q Quincy mine shaft and was killed.
While bathing in Long Lake, near
INLAY City, George Bohm was drowned.
Lightning caused the destruction of
Henry MARRIOTT barn near Gaiesburg.
Jacob Kalicl<er was killed at Petos-
key by the caving in of well he was
digging.
Fire burned two residences and
barns at Holland. The damage will
reach $4,000.
Sanford Kline, an old and highly
respected farmer, suicided near Colon
by cutting his throat.
Monroe citizens are organizing 500
900 stock company to work some of the
stone quarries near town.
James Barrett fell off the d., G. III.
Il M. bridge at Spring Lake while
fishing and was drowned.
Leon Sherwood, of Lyons, poured
gasoline III dish of boiling hot water
and was seriously burned.
The cornerstone of the German Beth
Iehem Evangelical church, to cost
1000, was laid at Ann Arbor.
Earl Ware, mail carrier and OK
alderman of Ann Arbor, succumbed TO
20 the heat and fell in the street.
The little 3-year-old girl of f. Jacob
son, of Northport. was burned Go death
I'm bed while her parents were absent.
There is a movement on foot to make
Gen. Alger one of the delegates-at-
large 20 the next national convention.
The Homeopathic Medical society of
the state of Michigan held their
twenty-sixth annual convention at De-
troit
Thomas Dickerson, widower, aged
about 5i. committed suicide at Grand
Rapids by taking morphine. No cause
kNown.
Bv rear end collision at Temple
three cars weEe,demelished on the T.,
AlA. & N. M MISUNDERSTANDING sew
eral hours, no,rs7 .mW OF ooiT
Tho fartalx& neiasyahSsgep IN llepan
county, hs|e~QX& ~ t Gpang
with capital stsSs S'S'05Vto build
= creamery.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
SATISFACTORY REPLIES.
A Marked Increase In the Sale of the New
Specific Remedy.

Detroit, Mich: City druggists here
report great number of enquiries
with regard TO the specific remedy for
Bright's disease, diabetes and all forms
of kidney complaint, known as Dodds
Kidney Pills, A partial investigation
has shown that in every case the
reply of the druggists to the questions
of their customers have been highly
Mandatory of the remedy and that they
have been able TO cite many cases
from their own personal knowledge
were the most signal benefits have
been derived from its use. The result
has been very marked increase in the
number of sales made and several un-
usually large orders have been given.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are put up in
round, fiat boxes with blue labels and
red band. The public is cautioned
against limitations and substitutes. If
your druggist has not the genuine they
will be forwarded on receipt of price,
so cents box or 6 boxes for 81. so ty
addressing the proprietors, the Dodd 5
Medicine Co., Ltd, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
IN TWO PENINSULAS.
zEICHIGAN PEOPLE AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.
three Lives Lost by the Sinking of the
Steamer Norman In Collision with the
Steamer Jack OF Middle Island
81. Johns Factory Burned.

Steamer Norman Sunk-Three Lives Lost
The steel steamer Norman, bound
down, light, collided with the lumber
steamer Jack off Middle island, near
AIpena, and the Norman went to the
bottom. There was fog laying close
90 the water and the vessels came to-
gether with tremendous crash. The
Norman sank in less than three min
utes, carrying down the woman cook,
an fireman and a wheelman, all of
whom were asleep The rest of the
crew escaped in the boats The bow
of the Jack was completely knocked
away, and she began to leak heavily,
but her full cargo of lumber kept her
10. The small steamer NJ. SicSen
went 20 the rescue, but the captain,
the two mates and two engineers re-
fused to leave her, and the SiclSen
steamed away with l0minor employees.
The tug Frank w. towed the Jack to
False Pressure Isle.
The Norman is one of the large
steel steamers of the modern class.
Her measurements are 202 feet long ON
che keel, 40 feet beam, 81 feet deep,
and she registers 2,30i gross and 1850
net tons. She belongs to the Menom-
fnee Transportation company, of
Cleveland, and is fully insured. She
cost over 5000, 900 to build.
The Jack is owned by Calvin, of
Kingston, Ont, and is n new steamer,
being on the return from her first trip.
The Jack seems bound to cause trouble.
No sooner had she reached the We'll
land canal just starting on her first
trip, than she proceeded to break one
of the locks so badly that all naviga-
tion to Lake Ontario was stopped for
several days, and just before sinking
the Norman she had passed between
eho Sicken and her first consort, cut
ting the tow line, narrowly escaping
collision.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
Uncle SANS Financial Deficiency.

Washington: Treasury officials are
now confident that the close of the fis-
cal year one month hence will show a
deficit of not more than S44, 900, 900,
which is at least $1,000, 900 less than
was predicted a few weeks ago. 1t is
shown that the pension payments dur
ing June will be at least s., 800, 600 less
than for May, and that the payments
on account of interest will also be re-
duced 81 500, 000 Then there will be
an increase from internal revenue of
SO, 900, 900 on account of receipts from
special liquor, tobacco and oleomar-
garine licenses which must be paid be-
fore July /. The month of July, how
ever, is likely to see the deficit in
creased by at least SIC, 900, 900, as that
months interest payments will aggre-
gate about $1,000. 600. Disbursements
in every branch of the government are
usually much heavier in July than in
any other month, so that without the
receipts are greatly increased the def
icit on August l next will not likely
fall much short of $50, ZOO, 900 for the
ID months.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
steamer Runneis Burned.

The steamer II. f. Runnels, Buffalo
to Milwaukee with coal, was t0wed
into harbor at Ashtabula and sunk
after heroic fight with fire for sew.
eral hours. At 4:35 a. IN. the Runnels
was on Lake Erie, 30 miles off Ashta
bula, when a lamp exploded in the
freehold. The flames were soon be-
yond control of the crew, and gradu,
ally worked their way into the cargo
of coal. Fortunately there was nc
sea and but little wind, which enabled
the imperilled crew to prolong the
fight, until two other vessels came to
their assistance. She is owned by
the jerks Shipbuilding company, OF
Port Huron, and was valued at S55, 900
She was built in 1893. Fully insured.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
GENERAL NEWS FROM VARIOUS
SOURCES BRIEFLY TOLD.
Extremely Hot Weather Causes a Great
Many Deaths-Pennsylvania Oil Re
gions Suffer From Forest FIres-Jap-
nnese lombard Formosa Cities.
SCORES OF peaths Broom Heat.

The intensely hot weather at the
end of May and the first week in June,
besides doing incalculable damage to
crops, caused a large number of deaths.
The record was broken In New York
City, when IL persons died from its
effect and 10 others were fatally pros
trated, all in one day During the
first five days of the heated term in
that city 33 deaths occurred from the
heat Chicago reports total of 10
deaths and at least 40 minor prostra-
tions. Philadelphia made "A record of
seven deaths in one day. Baltimore
reported four, indianapolis three, and
that is the way it went throughout
the country, nearly every city report
ing deaths and prostrations. The Curl
and New Orleans, La, were about the
coolest places of their size. The states
west of the Mississippi river and Dor
dering the Missouri were given relief
by terrific transforms, as much as five
inches of water falling in 80 hours.
At Plowville, Pa, severe lightning ac-
companied the heat, killing three men.
Michigan suffered terribly from the
scorching sun. Detroit had not known
such torrid weather in many years and
at least 25 people were overcome by
TIE heat. three of these resulting in
death. The growing grain was greatly
damaged by the continued scorching.
Throughout Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and neighboring states the same
weather prevailed.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
$4,000 Fire Mt ST. Johns.

Fire started in the finishing room of
The 81. Johns Manufacturing company
and the Whipple Harrow works at st.
Johns, through the explosion of the
contents of varnish vat The floor
being saturated with oil, varnish and
naptha, a heavy wind and the dry
condition of everything and the unsat-
isfactory working of the water works,
the fire soon gained such Roadway that
IL was impossible to stay its progress
IL was with the great efforts of the
FIRE department and citizens that the
huge piles of lumber and surrounding
buildings were saved. The loss is
fully $4,000.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
Fighting In Formosa.

Hostilities have commenced at For
mosa. Private advices received are TO
the effect that the japanese are bonn
harding Kee-Tung, a town in the ex-
treme north of Formosa. 1t is believed
that the BON bardment is being car
ried on by the fleet. The Hong Kong
correspondent of the London Times
reports that the Formosan republic is
not popular and is clearly only an
official movement, having no connec-
ton with the southern agitation. The
president of the new republic, Tang
Chang, commands 100000 Swallow,
Human and Canton braves, together
with the military of HaklSa, the chief
who was proclaimed king of northern
Formosa, all well armed with Mauser,
Lee and Peabody rifles, and Winchester
carbines, with plenty of ammunition.
III. NJ. :. Redbreast and the German
gunboat Ills are inside Tamsui harbor
to protect foreigners. Active prepare
tions are making at Tai Peh Flu to re-
sist the Japanese advances from Kee
Tung.
The Yale expositor., 1895-06-07
An Entire Family Insane.

An entire family of seven were
taken into custody at Cleveland
charged with insanity. The family
consists of Henry Buchwold, the
father; Charlotte Buchwold, his wife,
and two grown daughters, Eva and
Emma, and three small children. AL
of the members of the family are
strong believers in the spiritualistic
faith and have been locked in their
home over a week holding wildly in
sane seances. One daughter believed
that she was a spirit and the others
believed that she must die. The spirit
was willing to be sacrificed, but the
officers arrived in time to prevent it.