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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

To the mother of family of young
children little medicine chest is as
necessary for the summer outing as
clean clothes. Occasions are always
arising when a simple homemade REM
edy is all that is required to avert a
serious illness and drug stores are
sometimes too far away to be of much
use. A bottle of witch hazel, for
bruises and cuts; ammonia for the
bites and stings of insects; ginger OF
capsicum for the cramps, which COM
bination of green vegetables, unripa
fruit and hot weather is bound to
bring, and the well-known remedies
for colds, which can be contracted IN
the mildest weather. And pray do not
forget supply of court plaster, for
there will be frequent calls for 1t.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

A complexion brush of firm, even
bristles is good to remove the dust
from the pores and should be used with
pure white CASTLE soap-which is heal
ing and good-and tepid water. After
the scrubbing a cream must be smeared
on, so that the skin will not show irri-
tation. If the skin is excessively oily
a few drops of alcohol may be added
to the suds.
Three pints of water should be taken
each day. Half the women don't drink
enough water. 1t is just as necessary
to take BATH inside as out
1t takes long time to cure enlarged
pores, and the best way is by the use
OF the brush and pure hygienic soap.
By this process the pores, which have
become enlarged by the cogged secre-
lions, are kept free and gradually they
will contract and become normal in
size.
Lemons should be an indispensable
article on woman's toilet table. A
little diluted lemon juice applied at
night is an excellent bleach for the
hands, and, unlike most bleaches, soft
ems the skin.
1t is agreed by the medical author
tiles that olive oil is one of the best
tonics for the nerves. Plenty of olive
oil in salad dressings, etc., will aid di-
gestion, while teaspoonful taken clear
once a week is the best medicine for a
rundown system and it will also help
clear muddy complexion.
good hair tonic is made as fol-
lows: Picnic acid, two grams; tine
ture of nux vomica, seven and one-half
grams; tincture of red cinchona, thirty
grams: tincture of cantharides, two
grams; cologne, $50 grams; sweet al
mond oil, sixty grams. Apply to tn,
roots of the hair with a soft sponge
once or twice a day. This lotion is es-
pecially good for very dry hair.
Never pull out gray hair for twen-
ty will come to its funeral When a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

On any hot summer night in New
York city II population of several hun
bred thousand men, women and chill
dren are to be found, with considerable
part of their household belongings,
crowded together on the roofs of their
tenement houses. The tenement roof
garden, as it has been called, offers for
most of these people their only chance
of relief from the dark, oyerheated
rooms below. Looking down upon
these roofs from some skyscraper or
other high altitude the lighted town
suggests a city Of the far east. Even
cook stoves and tables are brought
I'D from below, and scanty dinners
are prepared under the broad sky.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Needles Currency There.

The wife of a missionary to Africa
gives some amusing details of the mer-
camille value of certain articles among
the natives, needles and cloth ranking
highest. They are absolutely current
coins. Three needles will purchase one
chicken; one needle, two eggs. Old
tins and empty bottles are also much
in request, old cans taking the place of
drinking cups. A few fowl can be had
for two yards Of cotton or small piece
of cloth.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

1t is difficult to make paper stick to
walls that have been made smooth by
frequent whitewashing. The smooth
finish may be scraped off or the surface
may be changed with coat of paste.
If you decide to use the paste make
1t in the following manner: Put one
pint of -four in !. saucepan and beat
into it one quart of cold water. When
smooth add two quarts of boiling wa
ter, stirring all the time. Let this
boil up once, then strain and cool.
Brush this paste over the walls and
allow it to dry. When you are ready
to paper wet the walls, spread the
paste on the paper and hang it in the
usual manner.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

gray hair is pulled out the dead fluid
at the root is scattered among the
healthy roots, and grayness follows.
The white of an egg, so often adj
vised, will dark blond, auburn or chest
nut hair Borax, an even teaspoonful
to a cup of warm water, used once a
month, is the best wash for light hair
The day after the application rinse
first in warm water, then in cold wa
ter, and dry in the sun, if possible.
Borax will tinge the hair yellow and
should never be used for gray hair. A
few drops of indigo in the rinsing wa
ter gives gray hair that clean, silver
appearance and will not injure it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Mrs. Barnard Thanks
MRS. PINKHAM FOR HEALTH
LETTER TO MRS. pINxHAM NO. Is,ooal

"DEAR FRIEND feel it my duty to
express my gratitude and thanks to
you for what your medicine has done
for me. was very miserable and los
ing feshv very fast, had bladder trouble,
fluttering pains about the heart and
would get so dizzy and suffered with
painful menstruation. Twas reading
in a paper about Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, SO wrote to you
and after taking two bottles Ifelt like q
new person. Your Vegetable Compound
has entirely cured me and l cannos
praise it enough. "-MRs.J ]. o. BARNARD,
MIDTOWN, WASHINGTON Co., Me.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Italy is protecting herself systemat
ically against hailstorms by firing can
non. Several hundred villages on the
slopes of the Alps and Of the Apen'
mines have established firing stations
where two or three cannon are KEPT
which are fired at signal from the
weather observer. The results are said
to be astonishing. In nine of these vii.
lagos did hail fall this summer, while
neighboring districts have suffered
from the usual number of storms.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
To Arrange Furniture.

Many people have a natural gift for
artists in the art, while Others have no
idea at all, and their rooms, despite
costly or really beautiful articles of
furniture or ornament, are always
prim-everything is so very badly
placed. A table in a drawing-room
should never be in the center Of the
apartment. Let it be pushed away,
and the chairs disposed in such man
| ner that it may be seen that they are
intended to be sat upon. Chairs placed
against a wall or rammed into cor
| ners Is an ugly and inappropriate ar
rangement. Have what the French
call little Establishments in the room,
If it be large enough. For instance.
| near small or large tables, have two
or three chairs or chair and lounge,
enabling those visitors, should several
call at the same time, to talk COM
| fortably, which is impossible if large
party have to sit in a circle and join
| in general conversation. A table
upon which ornaments and books ra-
date in a star-like shape is very ugly.
| Let the books and ornaments be placed
in studied carelessness, and avoid
| primness in every way. 1t is rather
the rage in the present day to decorate
rooms with trifles. This is a mistake,
and often really pretty ornaments are
not seen to advantage because of this.
Allow sufficient margin of space be-
tween your pictures and ornaments,
so that each may be properly seen. A
superabundance of Japanese fans, COM
mon knickknacks, bits of pottery,
china animals, cheap frames, and GIN
cracks generally, should be avoided,
| though on the other hand much that
is tasteful in the way of ornament can
be had nowadays very inexpensively.
The mistake is in the crowding of too
many of them together, and having
gewgaws which are really rubbish.
Do not have newspapers and maya
zines scattered all over the room. Let
the old ones be put by and the latest
be laid on table kept for that pur-
pose. Unused lamps should never be
kept in q drawing-room, especially
when they diffuse an odor of kerosene.
They are out of place by daylight and
should only be brought in lighted
when necessary. Candles should al
ways be begun, and even if not in con-
slant use should look as If they were.
Candles not begun have very sense
less appearance and look as if placed
for ornament, which, as a matter of
fact, they can hardly claim to be. All
clocks should be kept going. If the
clock will not do it's duty send it to be
repaired, and If it declines to go after
irdicious treatment then put it aside
'or silent clock is depressing OBJ
ject. Brackets are very inexpensive,
and with little taste can be made to
look very pretty. Ovals, shields,
rounds or shamrock shaped pieces of
wood covered with velvet Or plush are
excellent backgrounds for china. They
are better undraped. In fine, with
books, natural flowers, work. basket,
pretty hangings, and a little care and
taste expended In the general arrange
ment, the drawing-room Eay look
charming, and be in perfect taste, even
though it is very small indeed, and the
intrinsic value of its contents be
trif1ing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
PATENTS.

The patent law firm of Higdon &
Higdon was established in 1878.
Their Kansas City office is on the
second floor in the Diamond, or juno
ton building, where it has been for
the past six years. Rooms 6, 7, S, O.,
10, II, Junction OF Main and Della
ware streets, Kansas City, Mo. Tele-
phone 1912. SEND FOR PRICE LIST
AND CATALOGUE FREE. Please
mention this paper. Registered num-
Der ISL
Report the following patents issued
Tuesday, September S, 1899:
MISSOURI.
Alfred G. Beaten, st. Louis; appar-
atus for making cmbossing-dies.
Morton Brooker, st. Joseph; mach
inc for cleaning grain.
John r. Blankenship, Houston,
insect-trap
Byron d Chollar, St. Louis; gas
purifier.
Byron e. Chollar, st. Louis; man
hole cover for gas purifiers
Byron T. Chollar, St Louis; gas
purifier.
Byron E. Chollar, st. Louis; purify
ing gas.
Byron L. Chollar, St. Louis; gas
purifier.
James G. Gracey, st. Louis; auto.
matte stop for elevators.
AL. H. Heron, st. Louis; measuring
pump.
William d. Hooker, st. Louis; re.
volving adjustable equipoise weight
Montgomery G. West, Kansas City
type-cleaner for type-writing machine.
Ashley d. Scott, st. Louis; eiec'
trode.
Frank Bartlett, Osawatomie; bicycle
driving-gear.
Francis III. Comstock, Topekai
acctyline gas.
George w. Chandler, Manhattan
magazine firearm.
Newton Deming, Hutchinson; corr
harvester and shocker.
John S. Hobson, Topeka; bracket
signal post.
Arthur N. Knisely, Industry; corr
topper .
John Player, Topeka; truck tran
som.
John Player, Topeka; car bolster
NEBRASKA.
Robert Oehring, Meadow Grove
metallic centerpiece for ceilings.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
An Iowa woman's Convincing Statement.

"I tried three doctors, and the last
one said nothing but an operation
would help me. My trouble was pro-
fuse flowing; sometimes would think
would flow to death. / was so weak
that the least work would tire me.
Reading of so many being cured by
your medicine, made up my mind to
write to you for advice, and am so
glad that did. l took Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and Liver
Pills and followed your directions, and
am now well and strong. Ishall recon-
mend your medicine to all, for it saved
my life. "-MIsa A. p, Box 81 ABBOTT,
Iowa.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

In the Ohio State university, at Co
lumbus, students in the junior year
of the course in agriculture and horti-
culture are required to study meteor
ology, with the aid of lectures, a text
book and instruction in the drawing
of weather-maps, and the use of me-
neurological instruments. The same
study is open to students in other
courses who choose to take it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Expensive Peace.

Almost every nation, with the excop-
ton of the United States and Great
Britain, is overtaxed to meet the ex-
penses of maintaining its army and
navy. France runs behind to the
amount of $1,000, 100000, Austria has
an annual deficit Of $SO,O00,0OO, Russia
of 100000 and Italy Of $4,000, 900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Egg Vermicelli.

Boil five eggs until hard. Separate
the whites and yolks. Chop the whites
very fine and rub the yolks through a
sieve. Boil pint of milk, and thicken
with tablespoonful Of corn starch.
Salt and pepper to taste. To this add
the chopped whites. Have ready five
pieces of toast; pour the mixture over
them, and over all sprinkle the yolks
This Is very attractive dish for
luncheon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Are You usiii: Aliens Foot-Ease"

1t is the only cure for swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
$1,000 PER WEEK.

We will pay $500 per week and ex'
penses for man with rig to introduce
our Poultry Mixture and Insect De-
stroyer in the country. Address,
with stamp, EXCELSIOR Mus, Co., Par
yons, Kan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

IN the early days of Rome the women
OF that city wore such heavy earrings
that they made their ears sore and
sometimes tore the lobes. There were
doctors whose business was chiefly to
heal ears thus injured.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
INVENTORS.

BIG FORTUNES HAVE BEEN LOSTBY
failureto patent simple inventions, therefore az
not delay but send us sketch and DESCRIPTION OF
their ntentablity Call or write for our SPECIAL
OFFER and NEW INSTRUCTION HOOK.
which overfows with valuable advice. IL Is safe
guide TO follow FISCHER 81 THORPE, Pat
emit Attorneys, 3D. floor junction building, kansas
City, Mo. Tel "unioh ho'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used.-MrS.
]. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canada
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Every man believes in the total de'
pravity of some other man.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
For Stoop Shoulders.

A stoop has many causes. There is
the student stoop, brought on by por-
ing over books; the writer's stoop,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Fame is so short-lived that it's
really not worth striving for.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Mrs. WinsIows sOorning syrup
For children tcethin softens the guns REDUCES inha6
notion alays pain cures wind collie IS cents bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy.
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the ono perfect strengthening Taxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and SUBJ
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manu- turing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities OF the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name OF the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCESCA GAL.
,ou1svrLLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. 2.
cor "a lie Nv all Druggists. sos. per bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Tho Best Preservation for Chills

thirds of the stealing done G oes
under another name.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

The lawyer helps those who az
able to help him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Tho Best PRESCRIPTION Tor ChfIh
and Fever is q bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL TONIC. 1t is simply iron and quinine
in o tasteless FORM Nocure-no pay. Price. 500.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Children who cry for the moon wan
the earth later on.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

a Perfect Cathartic.
Not violently empt ying the bowels O. cleaningby
gently stimulating tonng. STRENGTHENING the mtg
final walls-Casc arets Candy Cathartic lUc, Zoc,S
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

The mustache is merely bang on
the lip.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
DO Your Feet Ache and Burnf

It isn't dificult to see the point Of o
carefully rounded sentence.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Separate the whites and yolks Of
twelve eggs. Beat the yolks light and
add to them one teacupful of sweet
milk; season to taste with salt and pep.
per. Lastly add the whites beaten un-
til stiff. Pour into hot, well-greased
frying pan and set over the fire until
Il becomes firm. Then set it in the
oven for a few minutes to brown. II
should be very light and spongy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
Deviled Eggs.

Shave a fourth of pound of cheese
fine; spread the cheese in the bottom
of well-buttered shallow baking dish
spread the cheese in the bottom with
bits of butter sprinkle with salt and
cayenne. Break six eggs on plate
and slip on top Of the dish. Mix a tea.
spoonful of F'repch mustard with hall
a cup of cream and pour over. Set in a
quick oven for ten minutes and serve
hot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

Kansas City boasts woman switch
tender.-Ex.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Here are a few good and simple rec
ipes for the use of eggs:
Scrambled Eggs.

Break eight eggs in a bowl and beat
gently until the yolks are broken. Melt
a tablespoonful os drippings in fry.
ing pan and when hot turn in the eggs.
Stir constantly until they are set and
serve Immediately.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-15

This imported blouse is made from
ivory taffeta with border of raised
black velvet spots. This bordered
edge is used in such way as to form
u trimming. The V-shaped opening
at the back is filled in with muslin
and lace.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-04
IT IS WAR ON ROBERTS |
His Admission the Fulf1llment 81
Young's Prophecy.
THE BALANCE OF POWER
Is Now Held by the Mornons in Three
States-They Will Redouble Their
Efforts--The Naturalization
of Po1ygamy.

New York, April 3-The Rev DR.. Thorn
as c. Tiff of Salt Lake addressed the
Methodist Preachers association on the
situation in Utah. DR.. Tiff has been SUI
perintendent of the Methodist mission in
Utah for Is years. He is making his pres
ent trip as the chairman of a committee
representing the evangelical churches of
Utah to prevent the admission to the next
house Of representatives of Brigham H.
Roberts In the course of his address
DIR. Tiff said
''1f Brigham H. Roberts is permitted to
sit in congress it will be interpreted in ev-
cry Mormon hamlet as the fulfilment of
Brigham Youngs prophecy, and also as
Matchmaking polygamy. The Mormons
VIII redouble their energies. Already they
may be said to hold the balance Of power
in Idaho and Wyoming, and they are very
strong in Nevada. Arizona and Southwest
Colorado The other day the wife of a
senator from a state adjoining Utah, her
self Methodist. was asked to use her
influence on behalf Of our crusade. She
replied that she could not do anything
about the matter. That shows the Nor
mon influence in congress. We ask that
congress shall expel Roberts. We at first
petitioned that he be not received, but
after comforting with Senator Edmunds
and others, we think that the proper pro-
cedure is to expel him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-04
THE FIGHTING IS OVER
The Insurgents Are Returning to
Their Homes.
THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH
Repeated Defeats Have Had a Discour-
aging Effect Upon the Followers
OF Aguinaldo - Little Left
of His Army.

Washington, April 3.-War depart
ment officials were pleased by the
cheering dispatches from General Otis
received to-day. They contained a great
deal of encouragement to them and
those who know General Otis well say
he is not a man to take a roseate view
of the situation unless there is reason
for it. 1t is argued at the department
that the Filipinos have never been used
to the kind of warfare that the Ameri-
cans have given them and that they
are now aware that it will be impossi-
BILE for them to accomplish anything by
fighting. While there Is disappont-
ment because the movement for the
capture of a large force of the Filipi-
nos was not successful, it is believed.
the pressing of the insurgents steadily
toward the north, capturing their cap
ital and driving them from place 10
place has had very discouraging effect
upon the natives who have been fol-
lowing Aguinaldo.
1t is evident by the reference which
General Otis makes to the reconnoiter-
ing parties that he Is having the coun-
try thoroughly covered and that the
information which they are giving him
is the basis of the dispatch received
to-day 1t is believed that assertions
will soon deplete the army of Aguinal-
do to little or nothing.
That portion of the dispatch relating
to the Visayans refers to the operations
of which Iloilo is the base. The group
includes Panay, Bohol, Cebu, Negroes
and others Of lesser Importance. The
rebellion against the United States au-
thorities was not very serious in these
islands, being stirred up by emissaries
of Aguinaldo at Iloilo.
The constant defeat of Aguinaldo's
forces north of Manila has no doubt
had a depressing effect on other insur
rrctiOniSts,