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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19

freely spoken our God bless you,
and well done, with u hearty good
will to our brother or sister, s.riv.
ing each to do their best, that we,
ourselves, are blessed
There is q time not to speak, and
as surely is there a time to speak
and when you refuse the right word
litly spoken, just SO surely have you
stolen from that one that which is
justly their very own; when to
speak speak in justification, but
never in condemnation, for it is far
better than ten guilty ones should
go free than one innocent one should
be accused.
Yours for humanity,
HENRIETTA B. WARD.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19

It Is the NEWSiE
uAd ABLEST Populis
aad 1t is read in ever,
q six column, 5 page
reputationnnd circulate
tton price, S1.00 a year.
Send u postal card
AM. NONCONFOI'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19
KANSAS AGrrAToR. GARRETT. KANSAS.
JOHN BROWN.

States are not great
Except as men make them.
Men are not great except they do and dare,
But States, like men,
Have deslinies that take them
Thatbearhem on, not knowing why or where.
The WHY repels
The philosophic searcher-
The WHY and WHERE all inquiries defy,
Until we find
Far back in our youthful nurture,
Prophetic facts that constitute the WHY
All merit lies
In daring the unequal.
All glory comes from daring to begin
Fame loves the ate
That, reckless of the sequel
Fights long and we'll though it may lose or win
Than in our State
No illustration apter
Is seen or found of faith, and hope, and will
Take up her story:
Every leaf and chapter
Contains record that conveys a thrill
And there is one
Whose faith, whose fight whose failing
Fame yet shall placard the walls of Time.
He dared BEGIN
Despite The unavailing.
He dared begin when failure was crime.
When over Africa
SINE future cycle
Shall sweep the lake-gemmed uplands with its
surge;
When with trumpet
OF Archangel Michael
Shall bid a colored race emerge:
When busy cities,
There i'll the consultations,
Shall CLEAN with spires and palaces and domes,
With marts wherein
Is heard the noise Of nations;
With summer groves surrounding stately
homes.
There, future orators
10 cultured freemen
Shall tell with valor and recount with praise
Stories Of Kansas
And of Lacedpmon,
Cradles of Freedom, then of ancient DAYS.
From boule wards
O'erlooking both Nyanzas,
The statue bronze shall glitter in the SUN,
With rugged lettering:
'John Brown, of Kansas:
He dared begin.
He lost,
But, losing, won." e. F. WARE
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19

There is no such thing as intrirc.c
value Qualities are intrinsic; val g
is relation between exchange Slc
commoditos, and in the eternal r..
ture of Thugs can never be inva'is.'
BILE. Value il of the mind. 1t is the o.
innate placed upon salable article ! J
those able and willing to buyit. 1 haT
seen water sell on the Sahara at . Fran
a bucketful. Was that its iEtrins.
value? If SO, what is its intrinsic valu
on Lake Superiority. W. Bookwalte-.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19
SANTA FEE TIME CARD.

No. 202 makes close connection
via Ottawa, except Sunday, for
California and all points west on
main line. No. 202 and 204 make
good connection at Kansas City for
Chicago and all points east. Nos.
POI and 203 run through to Wei
lington, making good connection
at Winfield for all points in Okla.
homa and Texas. No. POI also
makes connection at Cherryvale
with Frisco line for St. Louis and
Frisco points east. Nos. 203 and
2O4 carry Pullman palace sleepers
and free chaii cars.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19
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political speaker in more than 20 states IL Is spicy
but mot iconocasc; bright, but not bitter; logical
AND profound but rot dry and prosy. In short 1t is
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populist should delight In extending its circulation IN
his locality. It's departments are
NEWS. is given and no other Populist
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MARKET fhet are equal to those OF the
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Its "open court" where anyone
PEOPLES may say what he pleases Is
FORUM worth many times the cost OF
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Here is found the cream of the
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Tho exchange department Is in
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Amongis regular contributors
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;skeeps itsreaders informed on
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furnishing fun information on
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II IA the NEWSiESr, BRIGHTEST, SPlClESr
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19

'Gold ouf to be the standard nlese
because, apart from its use as money. !
has e fixed intrinsic value"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-19
HERE'S A NEW COUNTRY.

New Hopes, New Opportunities.
The Land of Sunshine and Plenty.
Mild Climate, Fertile Soil, Cheap
Lands.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
Mr.. BRYAN BANoUETED.
The Guest of Honor at Dinner by
John r. Mclean at WASH
iugtOn.

Washington. Feb. 24.-The banquet which
brought William J. Bryan to Washington
was given him tonight by John r. Nc
Lean at his handsome residence on 1
street. The affair was entirely of a nom
political character, and was the occasion of
bringing together many of Mr.. Bryan.s old
friends and acquaintk ,tes. Before the BAN
Quet- there was a General reception in
which the guest of honor was introduced
to those who attended. The affair was an
informal one, in that there was no
speechmaking. and the guests departed
about IL o'clock - -.iT =
f. The dinner table. set in the ball room,
was beautifully decorated and the courses
were magniicentiy served. AT the head of
the table. which was oblong in shape sat
Mr.. Mclean and MIR. Bryan, while at the
sas. and Teller. A portion of the Marine
band, under Professor FancuilH, rendered
a delightful programme.
Covers were laid for 100 guests. Besides
those mentioned the list included the fol-
lowing: Vice President Stevenson. Senators
Hill, Murphy, Gallinger, Daniel. Blanchard,
Cockrell, Gibson. Bate Morgan, Black
burn, Stewart, Turpie, Gray. Call, German,
Martin, WalthaIi. Faulkner, Cameron. White,
Butler, Allen. Chiffon and Bacon, ex-Sena-
tor Kellogg; Representatives Bartlett,
Wheeler, of Alabama. Bailey, of Texas;
Sorg Richardson. of Tennessee; Wads-
worth. McMfllin, Money. Swanson. Grosve-
nor. Towne, New1ands, Sayers, Berry and
Cummings; Lawrence Gardner and Justice
Hanger. .-ss.- - -
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
A REDIsTRIcTING BILL.
ure Providing for Eight Con.
gressfoual DISTRICTS

ure frOShu1nS Tor Etgnt Con.
gressional Districts.
Topeka, kas., Feb. '2i.-tSpecial) After
repeated attempts to reach an agreement
on blk to. redistrict the state for con-
gressional purposes, the Populist senators
in caucus gave up the matter as u bad job.
There were too many congressional aspir-
ants among them to enable them to get
together on satisfactory bill. All efforts
In that direction having been of no avail,
the senate committee on district apportion-
ment set to, work on its own account to
draft bill and to-day Chairman Lupfer in
troducsd it.
The session Is so far advanced however.
that there will likely be no legisIa ation along
this line. The senate committee bill di-
.vides the state into eight districts. as fol-
lows:
First.Nemaha, Brown. Doniphap. Jack
son, Atchison. jefferson. Shawnee and
Leavenworth. population. 1899
Second = Wyandotte, Douglas. Usage,
Johnson, Franklin, Miami, Coffey. Ander-
son and Linn: population, 20S,51l.
Third-Woodson, Allen. Bourbon. Wilson,
ssesSo Labette
baunsee. Morris. Mcpherson. Marion,
Chase, Lyon; population. IA 200.
Cloud. Jewell. Clay, Riley Mitchell. Potta-
watomie, Ottawa; population. 163,sSO.
SiNth,.Gheyenne. Rawlins. Decatur, Nor
Thomas. Sheridan. Graham. Rocks.
Osborne, Wallace, Logan. Cove. Trego,
Lincoln. Ellis and Russell; population, 49,
seventh-Greeley. Wichita. Scott. Lane.
Ness. Rush. Barton. Hamilton. Kearny,
Finney, Hodgeman. Pawnee. Stafford, Rice,
Reno, Edwards, Stanton. Grant. Haskell,
Gray, Ford. Kiowa- Pratt. Kingman, Nor
ton. Stevens. Seward, Meade, Clark, CO.
manche, Barber and Harper; population,
13S, ,l09. :
Eighth-Harvey. Sedgwick. Butler. Green
wood. Sumner. Cowley. Elk, Chautauqua; ;
population, 1921.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
COLONEL CRISP WRATHY.
,Legislature@ Not biiseiy TO Be. Lavish
in It's Fish eoniniission AR-


Jefferson City, No, Feb 24-(Special.)
Colonel John T. Crisp. of jackson county.
I and his fish commission are In dire straits
The colonel returned from st. Louis yes
terday with the other members of the spc-
ciai committee appointed by the house TO
investigate the Missouri stock yards. At
night he went before the house committee
on appropriations with a demand for a re-
; -frNial of the appropriation for. the state
fish commission Two years ago, after an
priation was increased from $1,000 TO $150cp
for the two years. Believing that he would
for III. latter amount. for the next two
years. =
The house appropriation =eomrnfttee is
composed of the following members: Spof-
ford. Dougherty. of Howard county: Pope.
Davis. Of Pike county Leeper, Cox, of
Lewis county: Fitzgerald. Ellis. of Bates
county: Arerill, Rutledge. Bittinger Myer-
sleek Wilson. Moeller and Ellis. of Wright
county. Some OF these gentlemen were ex-
pecting Colonel Crisp TO turn in something
over 81 goo out of the appropriation of two
years ago, as they had been Informed tnat.
owing TO the economical manner IN which
he had conducted the affairs OF the com
mission. he had saved between slDne ana
s. 600 during the past two years. They were
surprised when the colonel arose and In his
s blandest manner informed them that he
3 had been so energetic in breeding fish and
In stocking the thousands of ponds-in the
state with the products of the hatchery at
St Joseph that heS-had -experrief The en-
tire appropriation of 81, COS made in 1886
He told In high sounding phrases of the
great benefit that tbs cammissscn had been
against any reductions "a the amount OF
the appropriation. -
some of the members rolled him nightly
by intimating that the fish COMMISSIONERS
of no practical benefit 10 the people OF the
state. They even went so far as to de-
clare that they had BEEN unable to fSarn
Of any ponds chat had been stocked. from
IN n ha feb
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
SECRET or BEAUTY.
Women Should Make Themselves ms
Attractive as Possible,

Mrs. Mary Scott Rowland gave some val
uable advice ina lecture recently delivered
in New York. She opened her talk with
ane IN sei assertion that she believed in a wom-
BILE The plant" she said. would come
into withered condition were the water
and nourishment all given the roots. The
leaves must be washed and moistened. and
II some tonic be given it there will come
a very noticeable Improvement in the con-
dition of the whole plant. The leaves want
as we'll as the nzdscles under it! If prop
erly nourished the muscles become firm and
hard; and the skin will fit tightly, without
wrinkles
The eyes should be washed daily, ;,1fi
the dust should be removed from the eyes
by scme lotion. Use for this distilled wat
quarter teaspoonful of borax. Let the
water be 1ukewarm. The water for the
face should never. be cold. because it
shocks the nerves For daily sponge baths
do not use hot water, but lukewarm. A
hot bath should not be taken oftener
than twice a week. and 1t would be well
were one of these Turkish. Be cautious
as to how much massage the maid gives
She would treat Everybody the same, but
the individual must regulate her own case.
Never allow the maid to massage the face
In using the cream on the face 1t IS only
on the forehead that one should allow
much rubbing. If the necessary foods for
the face be used one may go out safely
in the wintry air and take long walks
protected by no veil, and enjoy the air,
being careful on returning to rub little
more of the cream on the exposed skin.
The face may be kept as soft as baby's.
"a soft crash face cloth is the best towel
to be used. and all the lotions are applied
by means of 1t. For drying the face this
is simply wrung dry, no everyday towel
ever being applied to the face For re-
moving powder take some soft linen OF
summer gauze- An olive soap is consid.
cred the best for the face. and at night
before the cream Is applied wash the face
with this soap and warm water. thus OPEN
ing the pores for the cream. -
THE eyebrows need brushing as do the
eyelashes. Shampooing of the hair should
be done every two, weeks. for in the most
quiet home life the dust will collect in
spite of everything For the process a
lather should be made in the hair by apply
ing the following hair shampoo. rubbing
1t on with the hands: One dram carbo-
nate of soda, one ounce bay rum, one-half
dram household; ammonia, yolks of two
eggs, one pint of distilled water. one table
spoonful of powdered CASTLE soap.
More tonic or, oil may be given the scalp
If the hair be falling out, but the bay rum
and yolk Of eggs afford enough for ordi-
nary need. The other ingredients are for
cleansing. Thus with care the hair may
be kept in q vigorous condition. Gray
hairs will delay their coming and bald
spots will not be found at three score. The
skin shows hunger for the food when ap-
piled and improves under a treatment, not
in one night, still in a very short time
1t takes time to grow beautiful"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
AMERICAS FAMOUS COOK.
Mrs. Rorer's Unconscious Preparation
for Her Life Work.

for Her Life Work.
From the Ladies Home Journal
Sarah Tyson Heston, the daughter of DR..
Charles Tyson Heston, was born in Bucks
county, Pa. in October, 1s49. When she
was about year old her parents removed
to Buffalo. n. y. where her father became
where as a little girl. she developed a
childs aptitude and interest in her fathers
daily work. She grew up in his laboratory;
gaining a working knowledge of chemical
methods. Her father led the way in many
food experiments. After spending several
years at private school ir Buffalo. Sarah
Heston went, at the age of II. to Aurora.
n. Y. where she took five years :scien--
tific course, deyoting much time to chemis-
try Returning to Buffalo. she was grad
uated from 4 finishing school, after study
ing for three years. During all this time
she had shown much fondness for and skill
in cooking. When u years old she took
prize for a loaf of bread and a loaf of
sy'fif u fair.
DR.. Heston responded TO Lincoiln's first
the Service until the. end of the war, re-
turning with shattered health. The per-,
sonal care for ten years of her invalid ia
thse mno food was rg Rorers aneon ama
scious preparation for her life work, Cook
ing Is often a mere matter of recipes and
too seldom based on principles. 1t deals
with details and offers no explanation OF
causes but the training Mrs. Rorer had re-
ceived from her father. physician and
practical chemist, gave this important and
frequently omitted instruction. In, 1863 the
Heston family went to Philadelphia to live,
and the following year Sarah Tyson was
married aSs to er Sss since that
her two sons were born. The eldest son.
W. A. Rorer, Jr., was sent to the Universi-
ty of Berlin to be fitted for work as a
translator. The younger one, James B., is
a student at Harvard college. The cnly
daughter died in infancy.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
The Dying Day.

The trees stand brown against the gray,
The shiyering gray of field and sky,
The mists wrapt round the dying day
The shroud poor days wear as they die
Poor Gays. die soon, who lived in vain,
Who could not bring my Love again.
Down In the garden breezes cold
Dead rustling stalks blow chill between
Only above the sodden mould.
The wallhower wears his heartless green
As though still reigned the rose-crowned
year.
And summer and my Love were here.
The mists creep close about the house,
The empty house, all still and chill:
The desolate and trembling boughs
Scratch at the dripping window sill:
Poor day lies drowned in floods of rain.
And ghosts knock at the window pane.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
TO. CONTROL RAILROADS.
ing md Discriminating of &
All Kinds 4t-

Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. A.-{Specialo
Another of the numerous bills aimed at
the railways of Missouri was passed by the
house to-day 1t is known as the internal
improvements committees anti-pooling bill,
and contains twenty-five sections. Pooling
of all kinds and discrimination either Tor
or against any shipper of freight over any
of the main or branch lines of railways in
Missouri are prohibited under severe PEN
alties. The penalties are contained in sec
tion 70. which Is as follows:
ANY. railroad corporation guilty OF ex-
tortion. or making any unjust 'uiscrtmina-
ton as 10 freight rates or rates for the use
and transportation of any railroad cars, or
in receiving. handling and delivering
freIghts. shall, upon conviction thereof. for
felt and pay a sum not less than si.000 nor
less than s.. 900 nor more than 0.000 for the
second offense; not less than $4,000 noi
more than 900 for each subsequent Of.
fenSP
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
X RAYS ON THE HEART.
Physician's New Method of Studying
That Organ Described.

From the Medical Record.
While viewing the pectoralregion through
the Horoscope and observing the shadow
of the heart, "A method of nearly accurate
estimation of its size, normal or abnormal,
occurred to me- Putting the method in.
stantly into practice, ] marked out what
should be the normal contour of the heart
on the anterior surface of the chest wall.
Then i bent "A copper wire in the shape of
the tracing and affixed 1t on this with ad-
hesive plaster. Having the patient facing
the Crookes tube, looked through the
Horoscope from behind between the spine
and the scapula. when ! plainly saw the
wire outlining the shadow of the heart. 1t
may be wondered how the heart can be
seen when the soft parts are said to be
penetrable by the rays, but the different
degrees of penetrabilty, according to the
density of the tissues. enable one to do so.
Yet 1t may be necessary to proceed in
certain way. as at a high power the X
rays seem to dissolve everything, even
bone and iron. Using q generator either
:; powerful static machine or an induction
coll of at least eight seconds spark. you
let your machine work so as to produce the
strongest rays at your command when
YOU may see only the scapula, the ribs, the
left part of the spine. or the sternum, not
10 forget-plainest of all--your wire in
front. Having famiiiariZed yourself with
your landscape, you now very. gradually
reduce the brightness of the X rays-in
the case of a static machine by reducing
the speed-and you will, observe the shad-
ow OF the heart, extending within or out
side your wire. Sometimes you can see a
thinner and larger shadow superimposed
representing the heart i'm diastole
and the latter the same in sys-
fole. AS generally the left line of
the heart is all we look for, il may be
sufficient for the busy practitioner to affix
an almost straight wire, extending from
the third TO the sixth rib. at proper dis
tance from the left sternal border. Natur-
ally you may fail to see the heart unless
you locate your fluoroscope opposite the
organ which / roughly estimate by mark
ing off a spot to the left of the spine, oppo-
site the fourth intercostai space in front.
yious optical reasons make it preferable
to look from behind rather than from the
anterior aspect. think the readers easily
will understand my method. and find it
vastly superior TO percussion in giving pos
Tive information. Other organs. as the
spleen and the kidneys, are probably ex-
piorable in the same manner. and instead
OF using the microscope, pictures may be
taken, but the necessarily longer exposure
to the Y rays may produce a burn.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25

or Popuiists. and since they cannot affiliate
with the Republican party while II stands
for gold standard, they have wisely de-
cided to complete an organization and hold
their forces together.
I'm accepting the nomination of the Ma.
ional Silver party, / stated that we did
not insist upon the silver Republicans be-
their support with the understanding that
the same patriotism which directed them
in 1896 would be present to direct them IN
confidence in 1895, and hope that 1t Will
deserve their Support in the next cam
paign. Future events must determine
what is wise in 1900" r.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
RYDER's BILL ENDORSED.
Farmers Club Almost Unanimously In
Fayor of Pnre i3eersand
!, Good Reads.-..sF5s3ss

Jefferson City. Mo. Feb. 2L-(speciaID
"A meeting of the Farmers. Club was held
tonight. at which forty members of the
house were present. General Ryder's beer
inspection bill was taken up and discussed
and a resolution piedging the club TO sup
bort IL was adopted almost unanimously
Several members were indignant because
resolution approving the bill. II win prob
!, ably be called up for engrossment in the.
. house tomorrow. The indications tre that
Il will pass that body.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
Senate Pns.es FIye RiIIs.

jefferson City. Mo-, Feb. 2t-(Speciai)'
These bills were passed by the senate to-
day: Prohibiting the use of impure in
gradients in candies: requiring ali canned
goods used for food to have the date OF
their manufacture stamped upon the cans;
prohibiting the obliteration or alteration
of marks placed upon bicycles and tricycles
for the purpose of identifying the same:
providing for a commission to erect a mon
uruent to Thomas III. Benton, and appropri-
ating 81. 500 therefor; giving architects the
benefit of the mechanics lien.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-25
STILL UNDER THE WEATHER.
Major. Mckinley Has Not Yet Shaken
on All the Effects of
the Grin.

Canton, o., Feb. 24.-The president-elect
did not pass as comfortable a day to-day
as yesterday. AT $50 o'clock tonight Dr.
Phillips reported that Major Mckinley dill
not have the slightest trace of fever from
the grip. He took a drive this afternoon,
and also "A short walk. Major Mckinley
thinks he will be perfectly well ir a day or
two. although the headache and lassitude
OF The grip hang to him. -,s.=l. L 'l
The unceasing wonder of mis- friends is
that he so long survived the constant
strain OF the months during the unparai-
leied campaign through which he passed
and during which he greeted more than a
million people. 1t is with difficulty now
that he can de induced TO decline to re-
ceNe- callers. But his physician is en-
phltic in the statement that he must now
take care of himself for his country. and
take some little respite from the constant
exertion before his Inauguration and as
Stunning the duties of president. National
Chairman Hanna, who was a guest over
night, was the only visitor at the Mckinley
home tO-dav