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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28

Tor SenSauOnal Iea-
lures, motive and
mystery will be the
trial of Charles A.
Hensel, a young
farmer of North
Prairie, a settle
ment six miles
north of Princeton,
H., who Is charged
with having chok-
ed his wife to death
and then attempt
ing to burn her
body to hide his
alleged crime, go
that he could OBJ
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28

It Is suggested that by placing pho
nographs at intervals Of say 100 miles
In long distance telephone lines much
smaller. and therefore much cheaper.
wire can be used. The monograph re-
ceives and transmits the sound waves
without loss to their force.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28

A ranchman brought him the letter.
people, and Burke took just enough
to buy an emigrant ticket west.
For the first two years he worked
as a cowboy on an exposed ranch
rounding up cattle and chasing In
dams and being chased by them In
return, having encounters with wild
beasts and wilder men, and spending
long weeks and months out on the
open prairies with nothing but wild
nature and his own thoughts. He
grew bronzed and bearded and his eyes
and brain became alert and discrimi-
mating from his perilous surroundings.
He lost his diffident manner, and life
among the unruly cattle made his
voice strong and decisive.
The third year he took the money
he mad saved and bought few head
of cattle, and began ranching it on his
own account. He was almost continu-
ally in the saddle now protecting and
caring for his stock and looking for
fresh grazing lands. Up under the
side of a mountain he built small
cabin; another year he would enlarge
it, d-perhaps-send for Edith
Then came the long, terrible winter
which devastated the whole Northwest
Cattle were lost by the hundreds of
thousands, and Burke was among the
first to suffer. His grazing land was
peculiarly exposed. and the first heavy
snowfall completely blockaded the lit
tie valley from the outside world. At
first he was dazed by the blow-two
years lost, and Edith back yonder
waiting for him!
In anticipation of the long winter
evenings he had brought paper and
ink, and now, in his despair, he turned
to them for forgetfulness. At first he
worked feverishly, but as he wrote his
brain became clearer and gradually
focused itself upon one central idea.
At the end of a week he destroyed
what he had written, and commenced
again, writing slowly and carefully.
and becoming more and more interest
ed as he proceeded.
fortunately he ndu plenty VI pro-
visions. and now and then was able to
capture small game near the cabin.
Snow succeeded snow, and billiards.
followed close in the wake Of each
other. 1t was April before he could
leave the valley, but by that time the
novel was finished.
He did not expect much from 1t when
he sent 1t off; his old experience pre-
cluded that. But he knew the novel
was good, and if some publisher would
assume the risk of bringing it out he
would be satisfied-nay, more than sat
isfied, for Edith would be pleased.
He was working again as cowboy
when ranchman brought him the
publishers letter. two months later.
He read it through slowly, and then.
oblivious of the cowboys around him.
bowed his head upon his horses neck.
And yet the letter was only few lines
of communication and a proposition.
But in it was check and the check
and the proposition together meant
that he could return to Edith and !!
that they could resume their writing |
and housekeeping without any further |
as to the future.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28

Hon. Lilah Constance Cavendish, the
17-year-old daughter of Lord Gresham.
is the owner and manager of black
farm near her fathers estate, in
Buckinghamshire. Here she keeps
black cattle, black horses. black sheep.
goats, black dog. black cat, black RAD
bitt-black everything that is to be
seen on a farm.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28
Large Pearls.

A French naturalist, Rapael Dubois,
asserts that all large pearls are moth
ing but sarcophagi, in the center OF
which rest the dead bodies Of ANAL
marine worms, r. !.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28
"Prejudice."

Prejudice" was originally nothing
more than Judgment formed before
hand. the character of such judgments
being best indicated by the present
meaning of the word.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28

Hivaling II not outdoing the Luet-
CERT and Rollinger wlfe-murder cases
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28
Was Sorry for Papa.

A sweet little maid of four years in
Harlem was distressed the other even
ing because her father did not come
home to dinner on time. Her grown
up sister said to her: Papa is
naughty, and when he comes we won t
give him any tea" When he did come
the sister sent the teapot out to the
kitchen for fresh tea. The baby looked
on with troubled face, and stole soft
ly to her own room. Shortly she re-
turned, with something squeezed up in
her tiny fish. Going up to her sister
she whispered: annie, I'll give you all
my pennies If you'll give papa his tea"
And opening her hand she displayed
all her carefully boarded Christmas
pennies.-New York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28

"You will go to your father, Edith"
glowing with her appreciation and his
renewed hopes. But alas! the time
came when they could only retain
the check long enough for him to sign
his name across the back. And it gen.
orally happened that there was press
ing claim for ten or fifteen dollars
when the check was for only five or
six.
All the money was withdrawn from
the bank: then they stopped using
meat and everything but the barest
necessities; then the furniture began
to find it's way to secondhand deal
err. and at last Burke put the stopper
lin his ink bottle and faced the situa-
non squarely-
"You will have to go back to your
father and mother, Edith" he said
tenderly, and will do what | ought
20 have done In the first place so
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28

:. A woman's influence for good or evil
is proverbial-for that reason man
usually blames her for his offences
and Justly 30.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-28
BURKE'SNOVEL
BY
FRANK H.
SWEET

and try to find something at which
can make living"
us 1t necessary, Burke?" she asked
wistfully.
81 see no other way. AS soon as ]
can earn a support | will send fol
you"
"And must we give up our writing
all our plans and hopes?" piteously.
For the present. darling. A living
comes first. If we can ever get enough
ahead to warrant us in even partial
idleness We will try again. But am
afraid we must only regard it as a
pastime, and depend upon something
else for support"
And so the rest of the furniture
was sold and Edith returned to her
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
He Got Ambitious.

81 had a man on my place." said the
Wyoming ranch owner, "who turned
out to be so lazy and worthless that
gave orders to have him discharged.
He came to me about 1t, and I said:
"'Jim, you've got to 60. You are not
worth your salt. Take you all in all,
never saw a more worthless man.
"Don't you believe I'll ever amount
to anything? he asked.
"'You'll never be fit fer wolf bait
"He went away looking very defect
ed, and ] saw no more of him for three
days. Then he rode up on horse and
called me out and said:
"Major, I just stopped to let you see
how mistaken you was. I've robbed the
Blue Hills stage of $500, stolen this
horse. broke into post Office and
cleaned out three Cinnamon in the last
three days, and now I'm off to help rob
a passenger train. So long, major-so
long!'"-Express Gazette.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
Minor State News Items.

Kansas university has received ma
chinery with which to produce liquid
air.
T. B. Murdoch, editor of Eldorado
Republican, withdrew from the race
for, the republican nomination for
congress in the Fourth district.
Birdie McCarty, aged %, who stole
q horse and buggy from liveryman
ut Fort Scott, was arrested at Bax-
ter Springs and taken back. She is
now in jail at Fort Scott.
A man in johnson county has es-
tablished q new record. His wife and
his married daughter gave birth to
babies on the same day. Was there
ever before man who became a
grandfather and father at the same
time kansas City Journal.
Calvin Ramsey, nephew of Register
Of Deeds Ramsey, of Fort Scott, met
with an accident that nearly cost him
his life. While prodding some cattle
on his farm with the handle of
pitchfork fractions colt ran against
the fork and thrust one of the prongs
through his body, barely missing the
bowels. The physicians say it came
within quarter of an inch of killing
him instantly.
W. S. Picken, principal of the new
auxiliary state normal school at Hays,
was five years superintendent of the
Eureka schools and seven years super
intendent of the lola schools. He
graduated from the state normal in
1887. Since 1898 Pro-. Picken has
been associate professor of history
In the state normal. The auxiliary
school ut Hays will open September
q. Miss Anna Kellar. of Montgomery
county, will be Prof. Picken's assist
ant
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
ABOUT RICE WATER.
Tho Most Nourishing Part Of the
Food 10 Invariably Wasted By
inexperienced Cooks.

It Is probable that few Occidental
cooks who prepare rice in various
forms for diet are aware that in dis
carding the water in which 1t il
boiled they are wasting what is re-
garded by the Oriental rs the most
nutritious part Of the food. This
fact was curiously proved some years
since, when q detachment of Eu-
ropeans and native troops in India
found themselves belaguered in a
fort with insufficient rations, even Of
rice, to enable them to hold out I'M
til force could march to their re-
lief. says the Kansas City Star.
1t was when the officers were seri-
ously debating this problem that
the natives approached them with
what was regarded as a curious solu-
ton of the difficulty. If. proposed
the latter. the Europeans took all
the rice. they. the natives, would be
quite content with the water in
which it was boiled. The suggestion,
in place of any better. was adopted;
when it was remarked that while
the Europeans found it difficult to
maintain their strength on full ra-
tions of rice. the natives lost mono
of their stamina by several weeks
diet on water. When the proposal
was made the action Of the natives
was praised as one of great devo-
ton to their superiors, but the SEN
timent was somewhat Modified when
the discovery was made that the ma.
tiyes were quite aware that the prin-
cipal nourishment lay in the water.
Since that time Europeans in the
Orient, following the cu'tom of the
natives, have given rice Water to pa
tients, particularly in casrs of chol-
era, as last resort wheA no other
food can be retained in the stomach,
and usually with good results. But
the natives always value this water
so highly that it is never thrown
away.
In fact. It would surprise many
cooks to discover how much may be
done with this apparently worthless
stock. If the rice is cooked in the
Oriental fashion, that is-boiled only
so long that each grain comes out
of the water separate and not as a
sodden mass, the water when strained
off and permitted to cool, will be-
come jelly approaching the consist
ency of blanc-mange. To suit the
Occidental palate the water should
be favored with an extract, or 9TH
erwise the jelly may have rather an
incipid taste, If served with cream
and preserved fruit, you have a most
and palatable dessert,
with still the boiled grain for other
purposes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
w. j. Babb Predicts Fusion.

W. J. Babb, of Wichita, who led the
anti-fusion forces in the populist
state conference last week, will be
candidate for governor. Babb pre-
diets fusion between democrats and
populists. He thinks the populists
will be given governor and chief JUS
tice.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
Cattle Dying in Line DIN County.

A report from Lincoln county says
that a number of cattle are dying
there from what is supposed to be in
sufficient food of the proper nourish-
ing qualities. Cattle cannot be taken
through winter on straw and straw
is about all the feed there is on some
farms.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08

McJigger-T find it's a good rule never
to hit man when he's down." Thingum-
bob-"1t's better rule never to hit man
when he's got you down. "-Philadelphia
Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
A difference In Time.

A Difference In Time.
Yeast-I see Philadelphia composer has
written a quickstep.
Crimsonbeak-Yes: and I hear they are
using it in Chicago for funeral march,
Ycnkers Statesman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
Pensions for Two Regiments.

Congressman Charles Curtis has in
troduced bill in congress extending
the provisions Of an act granting PEN
sions to soldiers and sailors, approved
June 81, 1890, to the Eighteenth and
Nineteenth regiments of Kansas cav
airy volunteers. The Eighteenth was
mustered into service at Fort Har-
per in 1867 and the Nineteenth at To-
peka in 1865, both to fight Indians.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
1900 for %.

We wish yea . ~ eur
great farm seeds, hence
onss v send 10 farm seed
samples, ontaining Thousand
Headed Kals, Tsosinte. Rspe,
4 Alfalfa, Spells. eco. fully worth
$1,000 70 Get Q start) together with
cur grealeAtalog. for 100 postage.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
VIII Meet Next Mt wichita.

The Kansas grand lodge, A. o. U.
w., will hold its next meeting at
Wichita. The following officers were
elected: Master workman, ex-senator
G. III. Lamb, Yates Center; recorder,
+. NJ. Forde, Emporia; receiver. NJ.
b. Light, Winfield; medical examiner,
DIR. J. S. Crumbine, Dodge City. The
resolution to meet every two years
was voted down. The state superin-
tendent of insurance was urged to
enforce the law against all fake"
or doubtful fraternal insurance COM
panies.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08

s .s.sn si 81. g ss y 60, s ~ 4
CATS for 800 lbs.; $50 for 900 lbs.
|sal!l seed ;l|E|
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
! KANSAS STATE NEWS. /
sIr. Coburn Correct. Mr. Wiley.

Mr.. Wiley, chief chemist of the de-
partment of agriculture, says that
Kansas is not to be considered seri-
ously in the development of the sugar
beet industry, and for this reason he
would refuse to give Kansas congress
men and senator's any portion Of the
free sugar beet seed he is distribu-
ting This is denied by Mr.. Coburn,
secretary of the Kansas state board
Of agriculture, who said "the average
profit on sugar beets in western Kan
sas per acre realized by 81 growers
from whom figures were obtained was
$17.0s, and ranged, in some instances,
as high as $40 per acre. Fifteen of
the most successful or painstaking
growers raised an average of not
quite II tons per acre (the maximum
per acre was 1s.41 tons), yielding an
average of 1850 per cent. of sugar and
$2s.4s profit per acre. All this was
exclusive of the 81 per ton bounty
paid by the state"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08

0bO"08 uU0Y"t0s
Most wonderful grass q
ne century. rredness Q tens
Of hay and lots and iots q
pasturase besides per asrA
0rovs wherever coll %
found. 'BAlneP's seed u
warranted. That Bays,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
Novel Test OF Marriage Law.

A rather novel test of the Kansas
marriage law is to be made at Smith
Center. Two years ago a woman was
divorced in the Smith county court
and four days later she went to Ne
braska with man and married him.
The Kansas law forbids remarriage
until six months have elapsed after
divorce. The woman is now seeking
divorce from her second husband and
as a ground alleges that the marriage
was illegal. The question before the
court will be whether or not legal
marriage in Nebraska can be held an
illegal one in Kansas.-Kansas City
Journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
Victoria Rape

OsVHs NeA
MAKES % possible 90 grew
hogs. sheep and cattle q .
cost Of buslea ID. Marvel.
eusiy pfeline, does ven
evsFyvhsrs. That pays.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
jvs! THINK OF II!

Every farmer his own
landlord, no encums
brances. his bank account
increasing year BY year,
land value increasing,
stock increasing. splen.
did climate, excellent
schools and churches. low
taxation. high prices for
cattle and grain. low rail.
way rates. ana every
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08

Grsatest cereal food On
sarth--so bus. grain and 4
tons magninesns hay per
acre. That Dnyn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08
S1E4]3s

Yielded In - States i.stysss
over 20 bus. per acre. We also
have the eelsbrated Macea.
rsniWheat, which yielded
o. our farms % bus. per acre.
Tint pays.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-03-08

1870 a1rI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-09
Lord :B1ethuen,s Wounds.

Lance Corporal Martin Sof& the First
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. who
was captured by the Beers during the
fight in which Lord Methuen was w0nnd-
ed, has written a long letter to his wife
at Lancaster, from N afeking. under date
March II, in which he describes the ac-
ton. Abiding to Lord Methuen, the
writer says: 81 Z ss s.
.sThe last gunner. finding himself
alone, was just leaving when he was
shot through the head. Lord Methuen
did not leave the guns till then. He
came over to us, and stood about fifteen
yards from where I was. Five minutes
later he got his first wound, ii His right
side, and then tried to mount his horse.
i did not know what he was going to-
do, hut his horse got shot in the leg,
and he had to get of IA few minutes
later he got his second wound, in the the
thigh, and laid down on the ground as
sc nothing had happened His horse
was shot dead Immediately Afterwards,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-09
BRINGS 'EM EVERY TIME.


An overchnrEe on a Bill Hastens a
Visit from, a Creditor.
you've made a mistake in my BILL
said young man eXcitedly yesterday to
the proprietor Of prominent tailoring
house. {:
That can't. De-" asserted the tailor
mildly. =.
''Oh, but it's So" exclaimed the youth
in furry. Look here! Ten dollars too
much charged on this BILL
The proprietor. compared the bill with
his books. You're right. Mr.. Blank" he
admitted. an take $40 off, and how
much did you say you wanted to pay on
account"
The young man grew red, coughed, and
finally produced tive-dollar note.
THAT works every time,'' contided the
tailor to an interested bystander, after
the customer had departed. ''Nothins
brings a man here in such hurry as to
overcharge him on his bill. When a Gus
toner gets little backward and lodges
the place, send him bill overcharging
him. He comes on a rush to have the
mistake corrected, and a little diplomacy
does the rest. Best of all, it doesn't hurt
his feelings, as would visit. from a COL
lector." Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-09
THE CITY BACK YARD.
How it May be, Made Beautiful-Ob-
stacles to succesr.

stacles to Success.
How to make the back yard beautiful
lis question much discussed in CITY
no at present: The men of the fam
lly are apt to scott and say: LET it
alone" for few of the masculine persua-
sion there be who look favorably on play
ing the part of the man with the hoe But
the women folks know that a. patch OF
green, no matter. how tiny, is refresh
ment TO the eye and nourishment to the
soul when the mercury is making a cen
! fury run.
Even the tiniest Of back yards can be
| made to contribute to the pleasure and
! comfort of the family at little expendi-
ture Of time and money Seeds and
plants can be had now at littlescost and
the results will prove it is capital well
1t is we'll. to study first the. o stacles
to success. As a.ruie, the, tillabie Dor.
! tlons of the plot are narrow, and are
hedged by high board fence that on one
side reaches a scorching temperature
daily in midsummer, while on the Other
it is in many cases destined to perpetual
I A profusionaof vines to hide tho fonoo
completely will furnish refreshing ont
look;for hot weather. For the sunny side
OF the yard nasturtiums, morning glorits
i Of all kinds, especially the Japanese va
rieties, and both the red and the white
| variety Of the scarlet runner may be
| used The latter bears notified bean,
which few people know is delicious
the lima bean. On the shady side of the
yard there may be planted clelnatis.
which is beautiful, not only in summer.
but when the seed pod burst in the fall;
both the pink and white soianum aud
Madeira vines. The lopus permnm.
will thrive in either shade or sun.
! bed on the shady side of the yard sweet
alyssum will prove very satisfactory
Back Of it there might be line OF
cigarette plants" and back of them a
variety Of single and double fuchias,
| with brightest pink and scarlet gerani-
nms scattered sparsely among them.
j The geraniums will not flower very free
! ~ in the shade.
Mignonette will make the best border
plant for the sunny side of the yard. 1t
| should be sown close to the coping. Un~
less climbing nasturtiums have been
planted too freely on that side row OF
dwarf nasturtiums could be added next.
i The rest of the space should he filed
with the brightest geraniums that can
he found, with here and there a small:
tea rose.
A grape vine trained over a trellis
built above the kitchen windows will fur
nish welcome shade to that apartment
during the summeraand provide luscious
fruit for the fall: After the frosts come
the vine can be tied back SO that it will
not shut out the. winter sunlight, from,
the kitchen, and in the following spring
| it may again be spread over the frame:
The character of the soil is one of the
important considerations. In cultivating
| yard for the first time it is good plan
to dig out the earth from all the portions
to be titled to a depth of about eighteen
inches. In the bottom of this excava-
depth of four,or FIVE inches.-Philadel-
phia Telegraph: > = y ~ - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-09
BOy.Struck Girls.

If a 'boy-struck' girl is tided over she
more phlegmatic sister. She thrills with
nerves. she aches with longings, her
spirit beats restless wings against the
combining bars of youth and inexperience.
She must be tanned, as young eagle is
tanned. with infinite patience and love
and tact. She must be coaxed and pet
ted and soothed-never coerced. AS the
young eagle would resent harshness and
swoop away to dash out it's reckless
cliff, so will such girl in: the face of
compulsion throttle all good impulses for
the sake of a freedom She does not COM
prehend and is not wise enough to use,
only waking to- her folly when her
bruised young soul lies dead Mt her feet
and her last hope of mistaken happi-
ness has fled.-Medical Talk.