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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
One evidence of the soundness of tho

One evidence Of the soundness Of tho
English language appears in the ease
with which it casts off colloquial ad-
ditions when the need for them passes
away. Already the Klondike gold craze
has given us the colloquial klondiker,
or one who Is mining there. Other
words of the sort will be sure to follow.
We may read of klondikess, who has
gone to join her husband in that re-
gion; of klondikal wealth; Of person
who has the craze fully developed as
klondikized. When the mines are ex-
hausted the words will die out, and
the English tongue will be as pure as
ever.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

Some facts as to the conduct OF the
management of public lighthouses in
Europe are given in the current month
ly bulletin of the department CT labor.
1t shows that the movement to provide
bath and washhouse facilities, which
originated in England in 1912, has
spread widely in Great Britain and on
the continent, and has not yet spent
its force. 1t notes that the establish
ment of public washhouses in connec-
ton with lighthouses of the combined
swimming and cleanliness type is not
SO common as in the early years of the
movement. The success of the move
ment in Germany in establishing
workmens baths Of the shower bath
type is cited as evidence that the sim
pier and less expensive forms can be
most profitably introduced by Ameri-
can cities in their first attempts to pro-
vide working classes with adequate
baths for cleansing and refreshment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

country. and while
on the millions of acres of public lands
and amassed quick fortunes from the
| free government pasturage.
In those days the cowboys rode the
plains free and unrestrained, disregard
ing all law, and governed in their con-
duct by nothing except their desires.
They were wild, impulsive creatures,
overlooking with the spirit of liberty
which they caught from the boundless
prairie and breathed in with the pure,
exhilarating air that intoxicated the
blood with life, vigor and strength.
OF all the cowboys on the plains Of
Kansas at that time, old Buck Rogers
was, perhaps, the most impulsive and
reckless. He had for years lived a
ranch life, and had CHASED steers" in
every part Of the cattle range from the
river Rio Grande to the Platte. Be-
sides, he had fought Indians and Mexi-
can greasers, and had helped Buffalo
Bill round up the meat which he was
supplying, under contract, to the men
who were constructing the Kansas Pa
eific railroad.
At that time Dodge City was pre-emi-
nently cowboy town. They used to
round up" there after payday, blow"
their money into every folly they saw,
get uproariously drunk, and proceed to
paint things ultra red. 1t was nothing
unusual for a gang of men to race up
and down the streets, yelling like Co.
manche Indians and shooting at the
signs and terrifying women and chill
dren and the pale tenderfoot almost out
of life. They had full possession of the
town, and they ran it to their own lik
ing.
II old Buck Rogers happened to be
present he was sure to lead in all this
deviltry. 1t was saying that went
undisputed that he could drink more
whisky, yell louder and shoot straight
err than any other man on the range"
And he certainly did everything that
lay in his power to Justify this state
ment.
Often and often as he stood at the
bar of the saloon and in rapid success
sion tossed glass after glass of whisky
down his throat until the hardest
drinkers in town looked on in fear and
amazement. Then he would go out and
mount his broncho and, throwing his
hat to the wind, would charge up and
down the street at a mad gallop, his
long hair flying out behind, each of his
hands working a pistol with astonish-
Ing dizziness, while from his throat
there came series of the most terrific
and unearthly yells that ever emanated
from a human being.
And fight! There was nothing that
old Buck wouldn't stand up before; and
it was his boast that he had never met
anything, either man or beast, that he
had not been able to lay on its back.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
SWUNG THE GAMBLER OVER HIS
HEAD

The boldest and most daring cowboys,
even those who possessed an enviable
reputation as fighters, sang very low
OF their prowess when Buck Rogers was
around He was not only brave and
reckless, but he was as strong as an
OK, and a blow of his naked fist, fair
ly planted, was enough to settle man
for all time to come.
One day down at Dodge City lot Of
cowboys were talking about old Bucks
remarkable strength, and recounting
some of The feats he had performed
when one of their number, man who
had recently come up from the south,
said:
Never heard about the trick old
Buck played on chap down in Texas
one time, | reckon?"
Guess not" somebody replied.
"Then I'll tell you about it. 1t was
one night, just after pay day at the XII
ranch and the boys were all down at
town blowing in their money. There
was just one saloon in the place, and,
of course, that was where the crowd
rounded up.
well, when the boys had got pretty
we'll loaded with liquor slick stranger
made his appearance at the saloon and
opened up with some kind OF film
fam game. The game was clean
steal from first to last, but the boys
'bucked it, and were, one after an
other, cleaned out so quick that 1t al
most made their heads swim. The
losers didn't feel bit good over being
worked that way, and there was a good
deal of muttering and cursing. to say
nothing of menacing scowls and ner-
vous lingering of pistols. But the
gambler, a thin. wiry little cuss, had
his nerve with him. and he proceeded
with his game as coolly as though he
had beer surrounded by friends.
'At last old Buck went over to the
table and put IN twenty dollar sold
piece against the game.
"'Do l stand any show to win In
this business? he asked.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

cyon loves to lave
Her plumage In the deep blue wa'e'
Sleep on; no willow DER thee pe"u9
With melancholy air.
No violet springs. nor dewy rose
Its soul of love lays bare;
But there the sea-fower, bright ana
young,
Is sweetly o'eY thy slumbers fiuhs'
And like weeping mourner fair,
The pale flag hangs its tresses 'here'
Sleep on, sleep on; the glittering depths
OF oceans coral caves
Are thy bright urn-thy requiem
The music of its waves;
The purple gems forever burn
In fadeless beauty round thy urn,
And, pure and deep as infant love-
The blue sea rolls it's waves above.
Sleep on, sleep on, the fearful wrath
OF mngling cloud and deep
May leave its wild and stormy track
Above thy place of sleep;
But, when the wave has sunk to rest,
As now, twill murmur DER thy preast'
And the bright victims of the sea
Perchance will make their home with
thee.
Sleep on; thy corpse is far away.
But love bewails thee yet;
For thee the heart-wrung sign Is
breathed.
And lovely eyes are wet;
And she, thy young and beauteous BRIDE
Her thoughts are lowering by thy side,
AS oft she turns to view, with tears,
The Eden of departed years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

An expert In the matters Of inks and
papers says that the books of the pres
ent period are printed with such poor
ink on such perlshable paper that flu
ture generations will not have an op-
portunity Of reading them. No doubt
in the case of some contemporary
books our grandchildren will thus suf
fer loss; but the total disappearance
Of much that passes for journalism in
these days will be so great gain that
1t may well be held that the balance
is on the right side.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

Many ignorant people, and some not
80 ignorant. have supposed that usury
was not regarded with disfavor by the
Jewish religion. And yet Isaac Cor
don, the famous English money lender,
has been expelled from the synagogue
for usury. and Hebrew religious or
charitable institutions have been
warned to accept no money from one
whose dealing offends against Jewish
morality, and brings ill-fame upon the
House of Israel"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
Meat Cooked by Cold.

Any one who has picked up with a
bare hand piece of intensely cold
II on knows that the touch burns al
most as badly as if the metal were red
hot. Indeed, the action of great heat
and extreme cold are so similar that a
Hungarian chemist has turned the
latter to account to prepar meats for
food. He subjects the meat to so de-
grees of frost, and then seals it up air.
tight in tin cans. The result is that
the meat is practically cooked by
cold" will keep any time, and can be
eaton with very little further prepar-
alton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains.
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress, and but few can tell 1t
from coffee. 1t does not cost over u
rs much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cents and rs cents
per package. Try 1t. Ask for
GRAIN-O.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

AN sure, Dennis" said Mrs. Elan
nigan to her husband, that Mrs. Top
notch must cad about livery day in tn
wake but wan" An why SOP asked
Dennis. 'T've just bin afther reading
in tn paper" replied Mrs. Flanagan
"that she's at home' livery Wednes-
day.'-Ohio State Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
Chicken Hash on Rice Toast.

Boil cupful of rice the night be-
fore, not forgetting the salt; put it in
a narrow square pan and set in the ice
box. Next morning cut in half-inch
slices, dip in melted butter and broil
on wire broiler to delicious brown.
Arrange the toast on platter and
pour over the whole chicken hash
made from the remains of cold fowl.
Chicago Record,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

The Capitalization of industry i'm
Europe is going on quite as actively
as in the United States. The factory
is crushing the workshop, and the big
store the small shop. 1t is interesting
to note that the French consul at Ber-
lin tells his home government of the
increase of this tendency in Germany
while the French consul at Glasgow
speaks of the tendency in the United
Kingdom. Both Germany and Great
Britain now have numerous associa.
tions for the limitation of supply an6
regulation of price; organizations that
correspond to the trusts that exist n
the United States
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

The last bomb fixed for Faure re-
minds one OF the gun that always
hung fire." It's owner pulled the trig-
ger just before going to bed, and 1t
went of just in time to shoot him
awake in the morning.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

,:"'Try not the pass" said the old man
in the poem Gear to schoolboys on dec
lamation days. If he had it to say
over again, he would doubtless remark,
TRY not the Chilkoot Pass"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

Kaiulani has the blood Of kings In
her veins, but the existing condition
, OF things in Hawaii won't allow the
blood to tell.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

HERE was a time
when the cowboys
pretty nearly car
ried things their
own way on the
prairies of western
Kansas. That was
a long while ago,
before the hardy
settlers came to
seek claims and
build homes in that
-~J xxFhtlA
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
Personal Legislation.

"Say, Weary, there's woman try.
in to get Congress to pass law forcin'
every man to marry"
"I'll bet that is her only chance"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

above my coiPSc
The winds their
Sabbath keep.
The wayes are
round thee. and
thy breast
Heaves with the
heaving deep.
Ger thee mild eve
her beauty filings.
And there the white
gull lifts her
wings.
And the blue MAJ
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

Public Sentiment Growing Rapidly.
Public ownership Of national monop-
,lies Is The coming issue. Conditions
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

The Iowa Transmississippi and In
dustrial Exposition commission which
has charge of the exhibit to be made
by that state at the exposition to be
held at Omaha next summer has just
issued a stirring appeal to 1.-THE people
of Iowa not only to advertise their ag-
ricultural wealth but also to show the
possibilities of developing great man.
ufacturing state. The legislature has
appropriated only $4,000 for the Iowa
exhibit, but the commissioners call
upon the farmers and stockmen to raise
$4,000 more as matter of state inter-
est as well as state pride. At the Phil.
adelphia Centennial exposition Iowa
took the gold medal for farm and dairy
products, and its splendid exhibit at the
Chicago Worlds Fair will be well re-
membered. Its people ought to re-
turn a favorable and enthusiastic an
xwer to the appeal of their commission
ers. raise the required sum of money,
and come to the front at Omaha.
Mayor Quincy Of Boston refused to
shake hands with Pugilist Sullivan,
and therefore Mr.. Sullivan put himself
I'm as a candidate for mayor against
Mr.. Quincy; so that fight will be pull
edit that is the correct term-not-
withstanding the omission of the usual
preliminary politeness. And the pug
lists platform is not bad. Find places
for children to play in" says Mr.. Sui
Ivan; "the way to keep women out OF
trouble is not to drive them into it
rive them work and fair wages" treat
the poor right-give the under dog a
snance::"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
OLD BUCK ROGERS.
BY Thomas p. MUntfort

HERE was a time
Evening journal., 1897-05-01
THE TRIAL OF ROMEYN /
Celebrated Case Rapidly Nearing
Completion.
SOME INTERESTING NEWS EXPECTED.
Captain Romeyn Has Preferred Charges
Against Lieutenant O'Brien Whioii,
II Brought Up. VIII Produce
Lively Proceedings.

Atlanta. May 1.-The Is army officers
constituting the court martial before
which Captain Henry Romeyn is now
on trial at Fort Mcpherson have re-
ceived orders from the war department
to the effect that upon the conclusion
of the present trial they shall remain
in Atlanta to await further instruc-
tions. The order is regarded as very
significant from the faee that Captain
Romeyn has preferred charges against
Lieutenant j. OBrien of the Fifth in
fantry. who is the former officers ac-
cuser In the case now pending. The
charges against O'Bren are said to be
very serious, and should he ever be
brought up for trial It is expected there
win be some very lively proceedings,
which viii totally eclipse in sensation
the trial Of Romeyn. President Guen-
ther of the court martial is as yet ig
norant of what the orders TO the court
will be, but II is generally believed that
they will remain here to try Lieutenant
O'Brien.
The trial OF Captain Romeyn drags
along slowly. The prosecution has fin
ished the rebuttal testimony and evi-
dence in surrebuttal has begun.
Lieutenants Liggett, Wahl, Peavey,
Mitchell, Hackney, Sigerfoos, Captain
Randall and Major Charles Porter were
placed on the stand and testified that
they knew Of no social ostracism or
other disfavor having been shown pre-
vious to the time charges were pre-
ferred against Captain Romeyn for
SANDER Captain Romeyn took the
stand and stated that an order was
issued from the department mitigating
| the sentence Of the court martial at his
former trial at Fort Riley. where he
was charged with having lost a large
amount Of government forage. The
trial may conclude this afternoon.
Evening journal., 1897-05-01
Exnedition to AIaska.

Washington, May Professor Hen
ry G. Bryant Of Philadelphia had an
Interview with Secretary Long and ex-
planned to him the plans Of his propos-
d expedition for the exploration of
Mount st. Elias, in Alaska. His pur-
pose is TO start very soon in company
with an expert from the United States
coast and geodetic survey and with
the aid Of several Of Peary's men to
explore thoroughly the country in the
rear Of the big mountain. Secretary
Long promised to furnish the party let
ters to Lieutenant Commander Sy-
monds commanding the Pinta. the only
ship which the government maintains
all the time in Alaskan waters, so that
in an emergency the gunboat's people
might come to the assistance Of the ex-
plorers.
Evening journal., 1897-05-01
NANsEN WOULDN'T TAKE BOOKS
Trifes That Served to While Away
Tedious Time on the Arctic.

Trifcs That Served to While Away
Tedious Time on the Arctic.
To judge from DIR. Nansen's two fat
volumes, the amiable voyagers in the
Fran, as far as boredom goes, were in
no such parlous case as some of our
modern brides and bridegrooms.
Indeed, it was when they had left the
ship, and had to winter alone on
corner of Franz Josef land, that Nan
sen and Johansen found that two per-
sons, without books, games, or other
distractions, may find the time all too
tedious.
When had the honor of meeting DR..
Nansen in London not long before he
started, I felt curious to know what
favorite books he was going to take
with him TO beguile the enforced leisure
of those long, dark years ahead of him
and his adventure. But DIR. Nansen only
smiled at my question.
Il shall take no books, myself" he
said; Il do not need amy. have my
scientific work"
The answer, 1 must own, somewhat
surprised me, and 1 am all the more
interested to hear that Fridtjof Nansen
changed his mind on this subject in
the darkest north, and that what he
most regretted, in that hut in Franz
Josef land, was the well-stocked library
on the Fran.
Strange, what childish trihes will
keep grown men amused and interest
ed on such a journey; a barrel organ,
n birthday celebration, n cake, an ex-
ira cigarette, a weekly manuscript
newspaper, any trifle seemed to serve
to keep up the spirits of these simple
Norsemen.-Lady's Pictorial.
Evening journal., 1897-05-01
Friendship Of Youth.

Two kinds of friends stand before
every young person. The one is not
good, and invites to whatsoever things
are unworthy. The other is pure, in
spring. uplifting and invites to what
soever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely. 1t is possible for
everyone to have friendships which
will be enriching and full of all beauti
full inspirations. They may not al
ways seem so attractive as those which
are more worldly. Good friends do not
think of life as all ease and self-indul-
gence. 1t was ERerson who said:
"The chief want of life is. somebody
who shall make us do the best we can" ."
That is the kind of friend young people
need. But too often the opportunities
for taking into life such friendships are
missed, rejected, while friendships are
accepted which bring no good. which
only entangle the life in meshes of evil
and which lead to loss, harm and sorrow.
There is n time when the gate of holy
and worthy friendship stands open
Then there is a day when it is shut. The
friendships more largely than we
dream make the life and its deEiny.
There are many people far on in their
years, bound now ineXtricably in the
claims of evil or unworthy companion
ships, who look back with bitter re-
gret TO the day when they have turned
away from friends who would have
made their career one Of beauty and
good, choosing those not worthy.-De-
troit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1897-05-01
MOST lNreREsrlN euRYlN..
Incident Was Told I'm south Carr
olina Churchynrd.


olina Churchynrd.
"Been through the bnryin' ground?
1 know about most all the fine monu-
ments," volunteers the boss after the
church has been inspected He IS
dressed in full suitof blue jeans. Heis
healthy looking, long-legged and gaunt
and broad-brimmed felt hat and droop-
ing black mustache seem in keeping
with his swinging gait and odd,drawl-
ing accents. He fairly beams upon
finding that his services us guide are
acceptable.
This is a mighty tasty stone," he
comments, laying his brown hand on a
marble shaft. They give out that it
cost 500. It's tolerable plain for that,
but then the Griggses mostly has things
plain. They say Miss Griggs wanted a
harp on it, and il wouldn't have cost no
moro either, but old man Grggs he jist
shut up like a steel trap at the notion
of harp. lie lowed they could git this
monument with astresso the "ment'0
or none at all Twas Miss Grggs' sis
ter what died. She took heavy cold
long about March.
81 take it that that there grave is the
most intcrestin' buryin' 'mongst the
whole lot" he goes on, leading the way
to a spot between two tall pines. where
the ground is thicllly covered with
brown pine needles. THAT was a duel.
The fight come of toward sundown,
upin the mountains, and this fellow was
hauled here inawagon and buried quick.
after 12 o'clock at night. You see, IL
was against the law then. in them way
back days, to fight, and the one what
did the KILN, he and the seconds was
nnxious to git across into Georgia be-
fore the business leaked out. / disre-
member the names now, but they were
big people; one was a governor from up
here by Greenville somewheres. The
dead man was brought along on n COM
mon wagon, and there wasn't time for
no funeral nor nothin'. Some pine tops,
green, fresh-brolSe pine tops, was
throwed on top of the wagon body, TO
make things look better. After the
grave was filed up. in their hurry like,
but not lilin' to leave it with no mark
to know it by, they took two OF the
pine tops and stuck 'em up, one TO the
head and one TO the foot. These two
trees is them same pine tops. Seems
like the Lord Almighty let 'em grow
purpose 10 keep that sin cen mind"
"What was the cause Of the quarrelP'
he is asked.
at amt exactly knowed for sure
Some holds out it was about boun
dary line twixt two plantations, anC
I've heard It said it was old election
squabble. Anyway, the dead man IVA.
txin' to marry soon, and his sweet
heart never did git over it to enjoy her
self no more. IN. Y. Post.
Evening journal., 1897-05-01
To Omen Trade wlth NIerloo.

Washington, May 1.-The United
states consul at the City of Mexico,
General Nuevo Laredo, reports to the
department of state a visit TO that
place by a delegation of the Gulf
and Interstate Transportation COM
pany appointed by the governors Of
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklaho-
ma and Texas. They were particularly
impressed with the opportunities which
exist for the corn trade. Corn is IA
vored food Of the people in Mexico,
where it is worth a Mexican dollar per
bushel. The committee were introduced
to the Mexican officials. who gave as
surance of earnest cooperation in any
movement for bettering the mutual in
terchange of agricultural productions.