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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
OGclal Duty VS.. the Political Canvass.

1t is really too bad to send AdJutant
General Barry to San Francisco to fix
I'D Governor Poynter's fences with
the returning volunteers just at time
when Barry's boom for the congress
sional nomination in the Sixth district
was enjoying a good growth.-Omaha
Bee.
The above article is characteristic
OF modern republicanism. The editor
of the Bee cannot understand how
public duty can rise above personal
interest or how any man can abandon
his own canvass for Office in order to
serve his country. General Barry does
not 60 to San Francisco on political
mission. He goes as representative
of the state to officially attend to the
reception and discharge of one OF the
most gallant regiments that ever pore
the American flag to glorious VIC
tory. It is his duty to be there in
stead of grabbing for delegates in the
Sixth congressional district. We 90
not know who is to be Congressman
Greenes successor, nor do we care,
so that he is a good man. 1t is none
Of our funeral, but If Patrick Barry
is a candidate he will not lose votes
because he is attending to the wants OF
our brave citizen soldiery. Why
didn't you say something about Gov
ernor Poynter who is also going to
meet the returning heroes? You and
your kind have for months tried to
blacken his reputation with the Ne
braska soldiers, because he would not
sign his name to base lie passed by
a Republican legislature. He does not
indorse lying resolutions, but when ne
thinks he can help the soldiers OF Ne
braska he hastens to their RELIEF and
he takes with him thousand dollars
of the peoples money and will spend
1t for their benefit. Governor Poynter
and General Barry will meet our re-
turning soldiers at the Golden Gate
and will give them warm and cor
dial welcome home. In the meantime
the political canvass will have to wait
until all calls of patriotism are at
tended to.-Nonconformist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25

Ostrich Plumes and Rembrandt Hats.
About the most elegant hat at the
present date is the small Rembrandt
almost entirely concealed beneath a
wealth Of ostrich plumes. These
which are chosen Of different lengths,
from the tip to the amazon, as occasion
serves-are so arranged as to cover the
crown and the brim and to leave hard
ly any of the foundation visible. Pal
est sky and turquoise-blue and elem
atis-mauve feathers on straw shapes
to match or on white. l have also seen
some equally elegant toques decorated
with two amazons fastened at the back
so as to pass round each side, the curly
tips meeting in front in light pouf,
comments a writer in the Millinery
Trade Review. A toque SO trimmed
with two pale-blue feathers is made of
hair-cloth woven Of white and blue.
1t Is turned up on the left side, where
It rests on a half coronet OF yellow
roses. The same arrangement in
mauve, with a coronet Of forget-me-
acts, is equally admirable. Black
,lumed hats are also beginning to put
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
Orerhurdened With Issues.

Hanna, Depew and other good friends
of the peoples party are afraid we will
have to go before the country without
an issue. They have forgotten that sill
YER has not been restored, that the
tariff needs revision, that the people
are tired of licking revenue stamps,
that the constitution of the United
States does not allow the president to
declare war, nor does it provide for the
subjugaton of colonies, that some peo-
pie still believe in the Declaration OF
independence, that the trusts must be
destroyed, that men are of more value
than dollars, that we must have grad
mated income and property tax and
that we must have direct legislation.
so that we can be sure of these great
reforms. Don't shed any tears for us.
gentlemen, we are just reveling in good
healthy issues; they are as plenty as
water melons in August or republican
promises before election.
The more godly men are. the more
human they will be.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
the whole will be found dainty and
practicable and preferable to more ex-
pensive and less washable valances.


A lace stole is as popular as the lace
jacket The little garment is generally
made with the two long ends falling
from a lace yoke. One exhibited with
the Ascot gowns was Of malines, over
frock of pink mousseline. The frock
was quite simple, trimmed only by
several ruffles at the bottom. 1t had
tight sleeves with full ruffle at the
elbow. On the front of the stole, be-
tween the two ends, was a rosette OF
black tulle, with straw center. These
same little garments in black lace are
pretty and useful.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
Peach Float,

Pare and slice enough ripe peaches
to make two cupfuls of pulp after they
have been rubbed through colander.
Beat the whites of three eggs to stiff
froth, and add one cupful of powdered
sugar; add the peach pulp gradually,
beating smooth; heap in glass serv-
ing dish and set on the ice. Make a
custard of beating the yelk of the eggs
in half cupful of cold milk; bring
one ard one-half cupfuls of milk to
boil; add two tablespoonfuls of sugar.
a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful Of vanil-
la and the yelks of eggs, stirring until
smooth and thick. Set on ice, and
when ready to serve pour around the
peaches.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.


Soak one-half box of gelatine in
half cupful of cold water one hour;
add one and one-half cupfuls of boil
ing water and one cupful of sugar; stir
till both are dissolved, and strain. Pare
and cut crosswise in whole rings six
large ripe peaches. When the gelatine
is nearly half cold, add the juice of half
a lemon and the whites of three eggs
beaten to stiff froth, and whip thor
oughly together Line the bottom and
sides of mould with peach rings and
pour in the gelatine. Let stand eight
hours, and serve with whipped cream,
or with custard sauce made of the
yelks Of the eggs poured round.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25

Make batter of one egg, one cupful
of milk, one tablespoonful of melted
butter, one heaping teaspoonful q
baking powder, pinch of salt and two
level cupfuls of flour. Peel and quar-
ter ten ripe peaches, spread evenly
in buttered pudding mould, add lit
tie water and few bits of butter
and cover with batter. Set
in a steamer over boiling water, cover
closely and steam one hour. Run a
knife around the edge, turn out onto
a warmed plate and serve with hard
sauce favored with lemon or sweet
ened whipped cream
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25

Secretary Alger has made mistakes,
but when the books are posted and
the record made up his management
of the war department will not stand
lowest in the list of those things that
have given the administration prestige
and the republican party strength for
future contests.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Chicago brother is eminently
correct. Alger will not be at the bot
tom when the republican party begins
to reckon up it's jewels. Here are some
of its jewels: Reputation of pledges
metallism and civil service reform;
criminal aggression in the Philippines,
benevolent assimilation with the bay
onet and the sword; a wicked tariff
passed for the benefit of trusts, en-
balmed beef, horse doctors for sur
geons, cattle pens for transports, push
ing volunteers to the front after their
terms OF service had expired, favoring
the regular army by keeping it idle
at Manila, refusal to make Cuba free
after congress had solemnly guaran-
teed its independence, the voluntary
purchase of a foreign war at an ex-
travagant price, denial OF the Declara-
ton of independence, retiring General
Eagan on full pay after he had been
convicted by court martial, holding
I'D the order of court which punished
CAPTAIN Carter for robbing the gov
eminent of a million and half and
keeping him in the army on full pay
buying transports at four prices tc
enrich the presidents brother, and
other favored contractors. and sinking
one of them to keep the fraud from
being exposed. camps established tc
enrich railroads and encourage yellow
fever. censorship of mails and tele
graph. to the end that the people
sbould be deceived; an attempt to de-
stroy our greatest military leader by
indirect charges and cowardly inuen
do. blackening the reputation OF
Gallant naval hero to benent favor
tie who never captured a ship or 6ret
a shot. conducting for two ads bal
wears a general jail delivery FOX pi'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25

The dress for a young girl is Of white
muslin. The corsage is formed OF
broad white ground faille ribbon,
printed with pompadour flowers, which
appear to encircle the bust, and form
large rosettes in the center in front.
In reality the ribbon is tight and cut
beneath the arm on the side on which
the corsage opens. 1t may, if so de-
sired, be rolled each time that the
dress is put on. but that has the in
convenience of crumpling the ribbon
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25

benefit Of convicted bankers. These
are only few OF "the things that have
given the administration prestige and
the Republican party strength for fu-
ture contests" and who will dare to
say that the late secretary has not
stood very close to his chief in wsav-
ing this beautiful web Of immortal
glory?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
Prefer the Latter.

At present there seems to be no way
of protecting the public and restoring
to the people their government, ex-
cept by having the government own
the railroads. AS between having the
corporations own the government or
having the government own the cor
poration, the American people will
prefer the latter.-National Watch
man.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
A Plaid Cloth Dress.

Plaid cloth dress, with an overskirt
reaching but half way, bordered with
bale yellow to match the stripe in the
both The revers are also of the same.
Mousseline de sole of deeper yellow is
shirred into yoke. and falls graceful
II In front. The belt and collar are Of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25

in an appearance, and bid fair to be
very fashionable the coming autumn.
Their elegance and novelty depend
chiefly on the way in which the feath-
ers are set in.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25

and causing it to fade. The neck Ia
encircled by navy collar edged with
a narrow lace ruche The sleeves are
trimmed with narrow linen plaits.
crossing each other. The skirt, which
is made up over a ground to match the
ribbon, pink or blue, or white If pre-
ferred, is long, fiat over the hips, but
with narrow linen plaits in the back.
The front is trimmed with lace inser-
ton. The bottom is trimmed with two
large gathered lace flounces.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-25
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
iTEM5 OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.

A white Muslin Frock for n Girl-A
Plaid Cloth Dress-A cheap Pretty
Bed Vaiance-Ostrich Plumes and
Rembrandt Hats.
The record-union., 1899-05-28
lFor the Record Union.1
A Picture.
"Fightin' Funston

He's little chap, about Joe Wheeler's
size,
With a pair O. innercent an childlike
eyes.
An manner that's retirn', 'ceptin' when
they start the firm;
Then holy smoke! he springs a big sur
Fer there amt ten thousand devils that
kin match the boy fer spunk,
AS he bites into the rebels, eatin' 'em I'D
chunk by chunk;
An tWere better fer a rebel if he'd been
drowned when pup.
w hen he's got to meet Fred Funston with
his fghtin' dander up!
There wuz blood upon the moon when he
Out in Kansas where the Pops wuz raisin'
corn;
Which is what their peaceful ways is;
but this Pop wuZ raiSin blazes
AT the age when Kansas kids blow tin
horn;
An he KEEP on raisin' Of it to this VERY
blessed day.
In his own rrip-tearing, headlong. indi-
An the boys who've faced death with him
swears to gosh by their old pal
VINO, they know as sure as shootin' must
become a Gineral.
Earned his star in every battle of the
war;
Keep tha his fdrs men right at the front, him in
Meet an obstacle, we'd trim it: an we
often had to swim It,
Turning up Q. K. along. the other shore.
But the righty-tighty fracas where he
Wuz the star. play where he crost the
bridge an captured Calumpit
1t wuz there that "Fightin' Funston"
made the enemy feel queer.
An the Cover ment has sensibly made
him Brigadier
w. H., in Philadelphia North American.
The record-union., 1899-05-28
Ruined Her Hat.

A lady who came down one of the
fire-escapes on the rear of the Windsor
Hotel relates how she progressed rap
idly earthward until she reached a
ladder to which another lady was
clinging, absolutely paralyzed with
fright. After calling to the terrified
creature in vain for minute or so, the
first lady tapped her with her foot on
the head, which was covered with a
large picture hat. You are very
rude; you are running my hat" said
the woman below, and Immediately re-
sumed her descent. To this day che
is indignant, although her hat was on
fire when she reached terra firIna.
The record-union., 1899-05-28
One of the Waldorf's Wonders.

The device for sending cards upstairs
at the Waldrof-Astoria is not of that
noted New York hostelry's least inter
esting features. A series of brass pipes
occupy a place in the Western wall of
the office corridor. Each pipe contains
a pneumatic apparatus that enables the
operator to shoot your card directly up
to the floor it is intended for, where an
other operator receives it and dispa tch-
es it on its mission by bellboy sta
toned there. Above each of the tubes
a curved piece of metal branches out
like an inverted arm. It's under side is
concave. Against this the leather box
containing the return message. is shot
from the mouth of the tube and falls
into the hands of the attendant By this
device a message can be sent to even
the fifteenth story in less time than it
takes to tell IT,
The record-union., 1899-05-28

to us that not till now had the right
understanding come to us when the
direct personal leadership of the mas
ter filled every one of the executants
with a peculiar feeling of elevation
(Weihe) and inspired them in such a
degree that the Importance of the per-
formance almost equaled the hight of
the work itself. The very large choir
and orchestra, as we'll as the soloists-
Wust. Tiehatschek, Dettmer, etc.-cov-
cred themselves with glory in the true
sense of the word, and they have thus
shown us in it's fullest perfection a
work which is a witness to the most
fiourishing condition of our art, and
which, when we consider that it was
created in our own days, fills us with
just pride in the times in which we
live"
Liszt once remarked in regard to the
modern Russian school: Their COM
positions make amends for the bore
dom which other works, better known
and more highly praised, infict on
me-
Mendelssohn's elijah" was per-
formed some weeks ago at Yokohama,
Japan, by a travelling company rein
forced by local amateurs
At Antwerp preparations are going
forward to celebrate in a worthy man.
ner the approaching tercentenary of
the birth Of one of Antwerp's greatest
sons-viz: Van Dyek Musical art will
be represented in the festivities by a
cantata specially written for the oc-
casion by M. Peter Benoit, the veteran
director of the Conservatoire, who also
wrote the cantata for the Rubens fes-
tival in 1871
Violinists everywhere will be inter-
ested in a brochure written by Pro-
fessor Ritter of Wurzburg, entitled
Die funfsaitige Altgeige." The Pro-
fessor the regenerator of the viola
altal pleads in this pamphlet that a
fifth string ought to be added to all
string instruments played with bow,
in order to make it easier to produce
the highest notes. Germans pronounce
the plan epoch making"
"a row between Cosima Wagner and
her most devoted friend, adviser and
assistant, Felix Mottl, came near end
ing in complete breach of all inter-
course. Now, however, says the
Musical Courier's" Berlin correspond
ent, peace reigns supreme again, and
Felix Mottl will conduct at Bayreuth
next summer, for he carried his point,
viz: that his wife, Mrs. Mottl-Stand-
artner, should sing the part of Eve in
Die Meistersinger-' To this Mrs.
Wagner at first objected and l must
say that the objection deserves to be
sustained, but when she found that
Mottl is no Trottl where his wife is
concerned, and that without her she
could not have him, Cosima thought
discretion the better part of valor. and
consented to the above arrangement.
Thus, visitors to Bayreuth next sum
mer who will attend the Meistersinger'
performances will no doubt be delight
ed to hear Frau Motif as Eva
The record-union., 1899-05-28
Teaching Children Religion.

/ have pondered a good deal for years
upon the question of how to teach relig-
ion to young children, and now / am
fain to admit that it cannot be done ex-
cept in the largest and most elemen-
tary sense. Religious diction is still
language quite apart from everyday
use, and its unfamiliar words are Curl
ously warped and twisted every day in
the minds of wondering little ones. I
venture to say that the idea of God
which we generally manage to convey
to them is strictly anthropomorphic
one; and it is even doubtful whether
he represents to many of them high
er power than does Santa Claus or Jack
Frost, in whose actual existence they
have equal faith. The truth is that
children are little pagans. They be-
lieve implicitly in the supernatural, it
is true, but to them the moon may Well
be deity, and the mysterious, fitting
bat an "angel" God reveals himself
to them vaguely through nature and
even more dimly in their own conscious
ness; and if we can put upon ourselves
a wise restraint, and help them only to
something of reverent communion with
the Unseen, we shall do better than if
we prescribed a form in which the spir-
1t is lacking.-Elaine Goodale Eastman,
in the Womans Home Companion.
The record-union., 1899-05-28
A Creole Girls Wedding.

For three consecutive Sundays before
the wedding the banns are read in the
parish church. The invitations sent
out are sometimes engraved upon
large folded sheet of paper. On one
page the father and mother of the
groom invite their friends to assist at
the nuptial mass of their son; on the
opposite page the parents of the bride
extend the same courtesy to their
friends on behalf of their daughter. Or
dinarily, however the cards are in the
conventional form. The hour chosen is
usually o'clock in the afternoon. A
musical chime rings the 4hour as the
bride reaches the cathedral. The or
gan within breaks suddenly into a.
wedding march. The old beadle, wear
ing a scarlet coat and cooked hat. pre-
cedes the bridal party up the aisle. The
groomsmen follow, and then the brides
maids the maid of honor and the tiny
flower girl; finally the bride, pale ard
lovely on her fathers arm.
The great altar glows with candles.
The priest, in gorgeous vestments, at
tended by acolytes and choirboys, stems
forward with the bridegroom-the self
same priest who anointed the brides
forehead with baptismal oil and has
blessed each onward step of her life He
addresses the youthful pair in honlely.
paternal fashion, in voice full of ten
der emotion, recalling their religious
VOWS, enjoining upon them faithful
performance of their home duties. Then
in sonorous tones he recites the stately
ritual of the church and gives the nup-
tial benediction. The voice of some
singer thrills the air, While chosen
friends pass up the chancel to sign the
parish register. An invitation to sign
for the bride or groom is an honor con-
ferred only on intimate friends or dis
tinguished guests.-M. E. NJ. Davis, in
Ladies' Home Journal.
The record-union., 1899-05-28
A GRATEFUL LETTER.

DIR. J. H. NEAGLE--Dear Sir: take
pleasure in making this statement which
you are, at liberty. to publish or to make
the benefit Of those who may be in need
OF medical treatment.
1T was at least nine years ago that
my trouble began. l was then residing
on my fathers ranch one and half
miles from Auburn. Cal 1t came from
eefed my be sr severe est pans
my forehead, over my eyes, often caus-
ing me pains in the eyeballs. My eyes
would become weak and watery My nos
trils would at times discharge a watery
matter, and at other times become ctogged
up, so that could scarcely breathe
ing noises in nay ears distressed and an
moved me and made me fear that my
aoou ro s 5anS wona Fop baes
into my throat and keep me constantly
hawking and gagging and raising,
fected smnlv iS 'nr nv head head and it throat % ex
tended until my whole system was. un-
dIermined. It was Catarrh of the Head;
it, but my lungs and heart seemed to be
involved also; sharp, shooting pains would
take me In the chest, running through to
hard and fast, and this would be follow
ed by slow, irregular beating and
sensation Of faintness or dizziness The
least exertion would put me all out of
breath. had difficulty in getting air
enough into my lungs. My breathing was
ldbOre 1t seemed as II was drawing
the air through a sponge. and there would
be a wheeling. whistling kind of sound
with my breathing.
Il had little appetite, my stomach was
weak, and what food l managed to eat
would lay like lead upon it, There would
be a feeling of distress and nausea after
eating. My sleep was fitful and broken
In fact, | was broken down woman
when three months ago | went to the
Neagle, Medical Institute. l had tried
icines without getting relief. l could
Well, you can see for yourself what Dr.
Neagle and associates have done for me-
They have restored my health. / eat well
sleep WE'LL feel well. | am q new woman
"a strong. healthy and happy woman
| That is what these physicians have done
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| my wonderful recovery under the care of
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live at my fathers and my postoffice
| is Auburn, Cal
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The record-union., 1899-05-28

RECRUITS WANTED FOR THE
United States Marine Corps, United
States navy; able-bodied. unmarried men
between the ages of q ard 35 years. who
are citizens of the United States. or those
who have legally declared their intention
to become such; must be of good charac-
ter and habits and able to speak, read
and write English. and be between feet
inches and feet / inch in hight. For
ing once, 40 Ellis street, San Francisco.
California.
The record-union., 1899-05-28
NOTICE..

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
no persons shall perform any road work
in the Fifth Supervisor District without a,
written order of the Road Commissioners
of said district
The record-union., 1899-05-28

DO you think it desirable to keep
the warships at the Philippines" asked
the German Embassador's confidential
adviser.
.'Yes." was the answer with great
emphasis.
We'll, 1 suggest. then, that we pro-
ceed with caution. because if We're not
careful this man Dewey may lose pa
tience and take them away from U.S.
Washington Star.
The record-union., 1899-05-28
Breaking It Gently.

The Employer believe, sir, that you
pride yourself upon your excessive
modesty, do you not?
The Employed-Well, yes; I may say
that / do.
The Employer-In that case it occurs
to me that your salary may not be suf-
ficiently modest to suit you. I beg to
assure you, however, that this matter
will be ATTENDED to at once, and that
henceforth you will have no reason to
blush on pay day That is all.