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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10
TOOK THE JOB OFF GODS HANDS.

Several prominent politicians at the Trout
man meeting laid claim to having "nade Jim
my all that he is.' This relieves the Almighty
of grave responsibility, and at the same time
accounts for the miserable poor JOB that has
been done "Jimmy" is the chap who, few
years ago, at the Republican League meeting,
formed the resolution setting forth the claim
that ''ouf debts stand for our investments, :"
and ''our debts are evidences OF our prosper
ity," etc. He had these bright ideas copy
righted, and his debts still stand for his invest
ments, and probably will for some time to
e.-Co-Operator,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

A CoNFERaNcE OF those lavoring direct leg
islation has been called to meet at ST. Louis,
July 2Ist, the day before the meeting of the
Populist rational convention. The call is
signed by such ell-known 1eformers as B. O.
Flower, Ignatius ,Donnelly, Edward Bellamy,
J. w. Sullivan and others who, while not so
generally known, are equally earnest. Direct
legislation is one of the most fundamental of
the reform demands, and the conference should
be well attended. d.-Co Operator.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10
GARNE1vr, KANSAS, APRIL 10, 1896.
WORKING FOR A GOLD STANDARD.

The single -gold-standard NEIL are actively
working among the moneyed class to propagate
their views and to secure favorable declara-
ton on the money question by the national
conventions of both old parties. The Ameri-
can Bankers Association of New York is send
ing to all bankers in the United States the fol-
lowing circular
cat a meeting of the executive council of
the American Bankers Association held in this
city March II, 1896, the following declaration
was made by unanimous vote:
'The executive council of the American
Bankers Association declare unequivocally in
favor of the maintenance of the existing gold
standard of value, and recommend to all bank
ers and the customers of all banks to exercise
all of their influence as citizens in their various
states to select delegates to the political conven
tions of both of the great parties who will de-
clare unequivocally in favor of the maintenance
of the existing gold standard of value. Your
influence is respectfully requested to give prac-
tical effect to this action. &c Commonwealth,
Des Moines, Ioawa.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10
THE CHICAGO BRoADsIDE

Is a red-hot, all-wool- -yard-wide Pop pa
per, chock-full of the hottest kind of hot strf
Three months on trial, rs cents samples free.
Address NORMAN RApALEE,
gar w. Polk ST., Chicago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10
ODE Jury AMT OUT YIT."

Some years ago, colored man was prosecut-
ed on a charge of stealing potatoes. All the
evidence had been presented, the lawyers had
made their pleas and the case had been given
t. the jury, when the prisoner was allowed to
leave the court room on an errand On the
street he met an acquaintance, who asked him:
"Say, now-honest Injun, John, DID you steal
dem taters?' ''Deed, sab; dunno sah de
jury amt out yit," answered the prisoner.
This reminds Us of the average Republican
or D I'm ,crat, who, when asked how he stands
on the silver question, replies: 'Why-well-
. really, don't exactly know. Our convention
han't met yit."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

r IT Is announced that Marsh Murdock is
cand lie for governors that if he is defeated
il The Republican convention, he will be an
independent candidate, and will be supported
by the Mystic Brotherhood which, it is said,
has membership of $4,000 So, it is safe to
say the Republican convention will not declare
for the enforcement of the prohibitory law
but Murdock won't get the nomination.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

PUr this down in your notebook: The
gold-bug element OF the two old parties will
vote the same ticket next November.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

If the silver dollar is a 5o-cent dollar, who
made it so?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

THE house has unseated James f. Cobb,
Dem 1crat, from Alabama, and seated Goodwin,
r,pulist, who ran against him. Cobb is now
.iy np his fourth term.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

GOLD is again leaving this country, and
Carlisle don't know what to do. He don't want
to issue any more bonds till after the presiden'
tia election. The only plan he can see at
present is to withdraw the gold from his pet
hanks in order to "mantain the reserve"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

JOAN p. ST. john, the apostle of cold wa
ter has discovered that whisky isn't the work
ingmln's only enemy-even sober men are
hunting in vain for enough work to snbsist on.
Other people who seem to think themselves au-
thorzed to lay down regul iii ,ns lor their fellow
men to observe might, with profit to the mselves,
take leaf out of his book .-Grander Age.
Ex-Governor St. John long ago dicovered
that whisky is not the worknglnan's only ell
eny, and for years he has been talking and
working to bring about change in the system
which makes it possible for few men to build
up colossal fortunes at the expense of the mil
lions who toll from morning till night for
mere pittance, which barely keeps soul and
body together and millions more who are even
denied the privilege of earning pttance, but
must beg from door to door for "the crumbs
which fall from the masters table" St. John
is a trnc friend oI tine masses, and will ever be
found working in their interest
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

MISSOURI Democrats are for free silver.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

SENATOR PETrIGREw is off of the reserva-
ton. In a recent speech at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, he told his constituents that if the
Republican national convention went back on
silver the party would lose the state and the
Populists become dominant. Pettigrew and
most of his REPUBLICAN following can be count
ed on to support the nominee of the St. Louis
convention--not the first one, however, but the
one which will be held on July 22. The first
one will simply register the decree of Wall
observation-disclosures.
Senator Pettigrew, who in the senate, has
acted with the silver men, was forced by the
Republicans in state convention to declare him
self for Mckinley and sound money before they
would elect him as delegate to the national
convention. Will the free silver Republican
organs of this state take notice of this as an
other example of Republican friendship for
You see how uncertain these silver Repub-
lican senators seem to be when put to the test
They bow down to the "golden calf" Frailty,
thy name is mani
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

THE March Arena introduced its readers to
Prof. ]. Heber Smith, M. D., who for many
years has held an important chair in the Boston
University School of Medicine, the leading
Homeopathic medical college in the United
States. In his first paper, DR.. Smith discussed
the desirability of disposing of infected bodies
by cremation. In the April Arena, this emf
nent educator and scholarly physician of the
Back Bay district of Boston opens series of
paper on oman in His Relation to the Solar
System" as proper subject for scientific re-
examination 1t is needless to say that these
papers, coming from the very citadels of two Of
two of the most conservative professions are
bound to create sensation, The temperate
scientific and scholarly methods employed
greatly add to the interest, while giving pecu-
liar weight to the discussion, which indicates
how deeply occultism is taking root in the most
cultured minds of our time. DR.. Smiths sec
oud paper will appear in the Nav Arena
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10

WE hear great many men to-day say if
such and such things are right, God will give
them to us. So many expect God to do every
thing. Let me tell you, citizens, that God
never does anything for us that we can do our
selves. He hates loafer. He hates poor,
miserable moral coward. He expects US to use
all the instrumentalities that we possess, under
divine as we'll as human law, for the upbuld-
ing of His kingdom among men, and whenever
we have exhausted all those instrumentalities
and still seem to fail to reach the summit, then
it is that God puts His hand under us and lifts
us up to glorious victory JOHN P. ST.. JOHN.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-24
HYGIENE OF THE NURSERY.
Rules Which Should BE Followed in the
Care of Children.

Regular habits, proper food and long
hours of sleep are necessary conditions
to a healthy infant. The three prime
essentials in the nursery ave fresh air
good food and pure water
Never put bottle nipple into your
mouth and then into the baby's mouth;
this will often prove dangerous.
Always hold a baby in your arms
when feeding it, in about the same po-
sition as if nursing it.
Feeding at night, after the third
month, is both inconvenieut and uu-
necessary; sleep at night is better than
food.
Do not feed the baby because it cries;
this may be due to pain, and it is hurt
full to fill an infants stomach at such
time.
Have a rule for feeding the baby, and
do not vary from it; without regularity
the mother becomes slave.
More infants lives are taken by over.
feeding than by starvation; never lilten
an infants digestion or diet to your
own.
An infants thirst is not quenched by
milk; it needs clean water to drink
with regularity.
Plain, boiled water, given between
feelings, will often aid the digestion,
and satisfy the child when restless.
Vomiting and diarrhea are indica-
tons that the child is either sick or
approaching sickness, and probably
needs physician.
Cholera infantum would be of rare
occurrence if proper attention was al
ways given to the quality and quantity
of the food
A nursing mother who worries, or
who is exhausted or who INDUCES in
excitement, may become a source OF
danger to her infant.
An infant is a creature of habit, and
usually responds to the wish of The
mother, il the mother has order in her
will.
Rubber tubes, complicated nipples
and nursing bottles are dangerous, and
should never be used.
Light and loose clothing, frequent
bathing or cool sponging are neetssi-
ties for the infant in hot weather.
Cleanliness, as applied 10 the body,
the mouth, the food, the vessels, the
clothing. the furniture, the floor, the
carpets, the beds and the atmosphere
should he strictly observcd.-N. Y.
Ledger.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-24
EYES IN The WOODS.
Expressions of Birds and Beasts as limit
ers Have Observed Them.

ers Have Observed Them.
When hunter tells how he got Il close
shot at head of game, a partridge, or
t buck, henhawk, or a woodchuck,
his description of what he saw never
fails 70 include the expression of the
eyes. 1t is the eyes of the animal more
than any other feature that one remem-
bers.
A day or SO after the deer season
opened, an Adirondack boy took his
Winchester and went deer hunting in
one of the clearings long ago abandoned,
which are to be seen all around the
woods. 1t was early in the morning
when he got to the clearing, sc early
that he could scarcely distinguish a
poplar from balsam tree. He sat
down beside a elump of alders at place
where deer sometimes come down from
the beech ridge above the clearing to
the creek below for drink. The boy
was fortunate. A deer, small doe,
came down and stopped ten rods away,
Just as the sunlight touched the ridge
top, 1t was plain seeing then. The deer
was looking right at the boy as his rife
came up slowly. The eyes showed even
at that distance a marked curiosity.
The gun was fired. For brief space
the boy saw the deer's eyes, then she
turned and plunged heavily away. The
boy will not soon forget that last glance.
Mortal pain and fear showed in the eyes
such as one can see plainly in Il
wounded deer's eyes as 1t swims in a
lake near boat or Watchers island
The boy found the deer later. She had
been shot through the lungs, had run a
short distance, then laid herself down
and eurled herself up Ike dog going to
sleep.
Squirrels eyes, being small and snap
ping, have an odd appearance, which
woodsmen call playfulness. The woods
men call weasel's or mink's eyes
mighty ugly" though they are small!
and black. OF the weasel family the
skunk's eyes are least vicious. The part
ridge has sort of u puzzled look in its
eyes when it has been scared up into
tree by dog, as if wondering how it
came to fly away from a beast like that
so precepitately.
Those who have seen wolves eyes
speak of them as little and crafty. The
fox looks out of tie corners of his with
out turning his head as he trots past
some one he has met unexpectedly. 1t
has been asserted that the snakes eyes
have a hypnotic influence over its prey.
Certain it is that the eyes play very
important part in the unexplained pho
nomena of charming birds and beasts.
One of the curious experiences which
few, if any, of the hunters have escaped
is the feeling that something, they do
not know what, is looking at them. AS
the hunter walks along this feeling
comes over him. lie casts his glances
about, getting decidedly nervous to
think of what may be after him-a
panther, a she bear, perhaps. Some
times the beast whose gaze seems thus
to be felt has been seen. There are a
dozen authentic tales where panthers
have so followed men, their trails being
seen after the men had fled to camp.
Hunters tell how deer have started off
on the jump, though the beasts could
have neither heard nor smeit the men.
They, too, seemed to feel ttsr.; were fol-
lowed.-N. Y. Sun.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-24
UNCUT BOOKS.
Special Charm of Revealing Their Beauty
by Degrees.

1t is clear, then, that those are but
rude spirits who have no reverence for
all that pertains to a book. What could
be coarser and more barbarous than
the demand that the quivering edges
of volume, with all the struggling
fibers that flutter on the verge of life,
should be cut and hacked to dead even
ness and stilted smoothness? Such
butchers would trim the oak leaf, tor
ture the lily and prune the luxuriance
of the horse chestnut.
The plea of utility is the most barren
of all. Is there any good in III ture that
does not demand labor ia the search?
Are we to grumble at the sting of the
bee, or blind ourselves to its glossy
beauty in our haste to steal its honey?
1t is but half of reading to merely read.
There is, so to speak, a courtship as well
as n marriage with our authors text, a
time for dalliance, for indulgence, for
emotion, for coy approach and wistful
glance. And this, to the true reader, is
more than all the bare commercial zest
in erasping its heart, and putting its
soul to usury, as if authors but worked
for us as slaves in the mines 10 make us
rich
No movements are so delicious as
those in which the reader first APP
proaches his author, when the volume
lies but half revealed. The text is coy
and saucy as a nymph; now peering
boldly at us from the open leaf, now
lurking half concealed between the
pages, now buried beyond our sight.
There needs a swift pursuit. With knife
in hand we gently lay her place of hid
ing bare, track her to dusty grotto, fol-
low her through dismal cave; and in the
end she stands caught, revealed, her am
bush clean cut off, and we steal to her
embrace victorious. That, after oil, s
very real pleasure. 1t is sweet 10 dis
cover moment by moment the authors
purposes not hasty TO sieze it, but dip
ping here and there as one cuts the
pages, lighting on piquant saying that
whets ourappetite, CHANGING on pretty
phrase or noble sentence.-London Sun.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-24

Young women who embroider their
own handkerchiefs use for the material
a linen cambria. heavy or very sheer,
according to the use of the handker-
chief. A pretty design seen upon one
of these dainty kerchiefs is lovers
knot in each corner. In enc of them the
initials are worked in the loops of the
bow Another design has an outline
of a butterfly, with the initials inside
the wings. A quickly worked design
that is effective shows an embroidered
spiders web, with letters in old Eng
lish in the center. often a tiny wreath
of ones favorite flowers is done in solid
embroidery, or a combination OF outline
stitch and solid embroidery. The en-
tire first name is worked in the center.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-24
SHOCK FROM GRIEF.
The Nervous system Susceptible of Grsat
Damage from aadden Sorrow.


Of all the blows inflicted upon the
nervous system that which is due to
sudden grief is the most profound.
Every organ of the body is under the
control of the nervous system, the CEN
ters of which lie for the most part in
the brain, so that in the event of the
senses receiving an oyerpowering blow.
as in the case of some unexpected sor-
row, the whole nervous system suffers
crash which is Immediately transmit
ted to many of the important organs of
the body.
That the various organs do suffer di.
rectly in eases of sudden grief has been
repeatedly proved by experiments on
animals and post-mortem examinations
of human beings. Structural changes
are found to have occurred in the sub
stance of the organ, changes identical
with those produced by disease.
1t has long been question whether
an animal really ever died of a "broken
heart" and while it is probable that in
very rare cases the heart is ruptured by
a sudden stagnation of the blood more
often there is produced series of
changes in the substance of that organ
which lead to embarrassment and sub
sequent failure.
There is also to be noticed about the
heart and other organs an appearance
as If the nutrition had been seriously
interfered with The organs present a
pale and fabby look, very similar to
that seen in cases of extreme exhaus-
ton from hemorrhage or starvation.
This is probably due to nervous dis
turbance, as well as to the fact that in
all cases of shock the appetite is Sc
riously impaired.
It is important to bear in mind this
fact of organic change in administer
ing to persons suffering with prostrn-
ton from grief. Mere urging upon the
sufferer change of scene or employ
ment will not suffice. It Is useless to
tell him 70 "cheer up" and to forget his
sorrow.
fairs, which is to be combated just as IL
we were dealing with a definite dis
ease, as in reality we are.
On account of the depression nature
works slowly in these cases to effect o
readiustment of the organs, and she
must be afforded every advantage. Sc
clusion from outside interests which
will jar upon the representative system,
rest and sleep. plenty of fresh air,
cheerful surroundings, light occupation
which taxes neither the mind nor the
body-all these are necessary to the re-
establishment Of health.
Opiates or sedatives of any kind
should be looked upon with great sus-
picion.
Intelligent nursing, combined with
well-directed sympathy, accomplish
more than anything else in cases of
shock from grief.--Youth's Companion.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-24
NEW FALL GOWNS.
Handsome Broeades One of the Most
Attractive Trimmings.


Very rich brocades introduced with
palmer silk or cashmere have a very
good effect. These brocades this year
are SO heavy that they resemble the eX-
tiles manufactured for upholstering
purposes. In fact, for small pieces TO
make II bust or yoke, or tight sleeves,
it is said to be not bad plan to get bro
caded upholstery satin, which some
times comes in particularly good de-
signs and lovely coloring. For instance,
charming composition has the upper
part of the lining and the tight-fitting
sleeves covered with heavy brocade of
divers eolors, combined with gold
thread, most sumptuous-looking fab
ric. Over this is crossed a drapery of
gray cloth, of which the rest of the
bodice is composed. There are shoul-
der-stfaps of violet-satin ribbon finished
with n moulihet bow, that hue being the
predominating color in the broeade. A
high corselet belt, composed of folds,
one overlapping the other, encircles
the waist, fastened, or rather orna-
mented, and they serve only to cover the
hooks and eyes, with three rhinestone
disks. The skirt of this pretty costume
is gored to the waist, with piping of
violet satin marking the seam of each
gore.
Another pretty costume where fitle
brocade comes in most effectively, has
a plain skirt of bisque cloth, with long,
tight-ftting sleeves of the same, fin
ished by fall of lace over the hands
A very short bolero jacket, with short,
straight sleeves has a ground of black
satin with raised flowers of different
colors. This is made with standing
Medici collar at the back and is cut
straight down from the neck leaving
open the whole front, which is filled in
witha succession of cascades of guipnre.
A high draped corselet belt of black
satin finishes this very Chic little cos
tune.
A really delightful little dinner frock
for debutante, which has recently
been sent over, is of pink satin a large
chou of the satin is placed at the left
hand angle of the square neck, wreaths
of roses marking the line of the shoul'
ders. The sleeves are quite tight at the
elbow, where they are finished with q
turnback cuff and fall of lace. A
sketch for the couture is sent with this
gown, and shows head with the hair
rolled back over a small cushion in
natural-loolting waves, and confined
nearly on top with wreath of roses,
which surround an arrangement OF
curls and loosely eoiled hair.-N. y.
Tribune
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-10-24
To KIN Grain Insects.

A bulletin from the experiment sta
ton at Fayetteville furnishes the fol-
lowing information regarding grain in
sects and method of destroying them:
"The principal insects that destroy
stored wheat, corn, beans, peas, etc,
are angoumois grain moth, black wee
vii, red grain beetle, bean weevil and
pea weevil.
1.-THE latter two do great damage an
nually in the state to stored cowpeas.
Other insects damage stored grain but
not as much as those mentioned.
1.-THE best practical remedy for de-
stroying these insects is to conine the
grain in tight bins or barrels and set a
saucer containing about ounce of BIZ
sulphide of carbon on the wheat in each
barrel, then cover the barrels tightly
with sacks or boards for day and all
insects and other vermin will be killed.
"Bisulphide of carbon is clear,
badly smelling liquid, and when UNI
confined quickly vaporizes and being
heavier than air suffoeates the insects
as it penetrates all parts of the vessel
containing the grain. The vapor soon
escapes when the vessels are uncovered.
Great care must be used in handling
this substance as IL is poisonous il
breathed and is highly infiammable. 1t
should not be used in a room that is ar
tifcially lighted or heated. 1t is mex
pensiye and can be bought at retail
drug stores
Grain or peas can be put in pile on
a tight floor aud the open vessel con
tanning the bisulphide Of carbon set
upon the apex of the heap and the
whole covered with blankets or sheets
to confne the vapors within the heaI
Of grain Used in that way. about /
pound to each ten Of grain viii be suf
aaiaaUs %