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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
FETTERS AS AN ORNAMENT.
Harshness to Siberian Exiles Not A.
WAYS Prevalent


Leo Deutsch, Russian political ex-
lie, who has been permitted to return
to his home, tells in recently pub
lished book, Sixteen Years in Sibe-
ria," tales not only of suffering but Of
lenient treatment by his jailers. In
Siberian prisons often the harshness
of the discipline was considerably re-
Taxed. On one occasion, to the vast
amusement of the prison authorities,
Deutsch appeared before the governor
with his letters tied up with piece
Of string, and it appeared he had only
assumed them for the moment. But
the complaisant governor was afraid
of visit from high quarters. Then
if an inspection is made you will be
wearing your fetters?" he asked,
laughing. "Of course" replied
Deutsch. "You see, I've come to you
in full DRESS" pointing to his tied-up
chains On another occasion Deutsch's
bag was stolen. 1t contained, among
other articles of convict's attire, the
indispensable letters, and he had to
apply for a new pair. "Take care you
don't lose these." said the officer, as
Deutsch packed them among his lug
gage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04

The vanity of men used to be evil
dent in the fashion in which they
fixed their hair. Nowadays they have
little variety Of couture and many
bald heads, while women can wear
their hair high or low, pulled or
smoothed, and everything is permits
sible except short hair.
The pride of the savage chief is in
his hair. Sometimes, when he tired
of bushy effects au naturel, he dyed
part of his haid one color, and part
another, or he shaved off part and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04

Twas whispered in heaven. twas ,.lur-
INJURED in hell 49,.
And echo caught softly the sound as it
fell.
In the confines of earth twas permitted
to rest,
And the DEPTHS lus Of the ocean its pres
1t was seen in the lightning, and heard
in the thunder;
Twill be found in the spheres when all
riven aSunder.
1t was given to man with his earliest
BREATH
1t assists at his BIRTH and attends him
in DEATH;
Presides Ger his happiness, honor and
health;
Is the prop of his house, and the end of
his wealth.
It begins every hope, every wish it must
bound,
And, though unassuming, with monarchs
is crowned.
In the heaps of the miser It's boarded
But is sure to be lost in the prodgal
heir.
without it the soldier and sailor may
roam,
But woe to the wretch that expels it
from home.
In the whispers of conscience its voice
will be found,
Nor cen in the whirlwind of passion be
drowned.
1t softens the heart, and, though deaf to
the ear.
1t will make it acutely and Instantly
hear.
But in shades let 1t rest, like an elegant
flower:
Oh, breathe on it -seftly-it dies in an
hour.
H H
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
THE FIRST AMERICAN BIBLE.
Was Published at Cambridge, Mass,
in the Year 1863,


In 1868 the first Bible printed in
America was published in Cambridge.
1t was unlawful to print an English
version of the Scriptures, that right
being monopoly enjoyed by privilege
in Massachusetts was Eliot's famous
Indian Bible" and, although $500
copies were struck off, they are quite
rare and sealed books" as the
tongue in which they were written is
literally dead language" the tribe
and all who had knowledge Of the
dialect being long extinct.
Eliots work is unique, being at once
a monument to his piety, persever-
ance and learning. It's literary sue
cessor was Newman's Concordance of
the Scriptures" This was compiled
by the light of pine knots in a log
cabin in one of the frontier settle
ments of Massachusetts,. 1t was the
first of it's kind and for more than
a century was admitted to be the most
perfect, holding it's place in public es-
TEEN until superseded by Cruden's,
which it suggested.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04

would you claim me, then. as your
very own" she said with q sirens
smiles,
To the man who stood In his youth and
strength in the witchery OF her
wiles.
Bring to me the prairie passion-fiower
Do this for me; and their blooms shall
Irvine the brow Of your willing
BRIDE"
WISH" he said, though they bear
in their fragrant breath
The deadly vapors which sap the blood
Oh But the se De the neas on ra
seek the waters Of the ford;
Flood, fire or fate, l shall bring the
blooms and claim of you my res
As the echoed beat Of his mustangs
feet rang sharp in the gathering
She lightly laughed and murmursd
low: He goes to the gates OF
Doom.
Where the passion-f flowers wave their
scarlet blooms, strength falls and
Man ne'er returned from that spot
alive; and l am well rid of him."
Bright was the room with the. lamp
lights CLEAN, the rustic Of silk and
lace,
When a man in tattered and dirty
garb reeled into the brilliant place.
Through the awe-Struck dancers who
stood aside with hating step he
passed,
A bundle Of blood-reA crimson blooms
in his sunburned fingers grasped
He paused with a dark and lowering
brow, at velvet cushioned seat
And flung the flowers, with a muttered
curse, at the paling bcautys feet
The music stopped and the laughter
ceased as his voice the echoes
AS he cried: 1T bring you the passion
flowers to show l have kept my
word'
II have won you fair, and I claim my
prize as she shrank from his mad
caresS.
He reeled and fell. with his outstretched
hands in the lace of her silken
dress,
With a nameIess horror she bent her
gaze on the rigid upturned face
And tore from the undertaking grasp the
meshes of dainty lace.
But the wonderful prairie passion flower
had sought and had claimed their
own.
She strove to rise, and sank to her knees
with a faint despairing moan.
She reeled and fell: and her unbound hair
swept over his haggard face
While her arms seemed claspng the
senseless form in last contrite
embrace.
And over all. like the kiss of death,-a
terrible, unknown power,
Hung the subtle scent of the scarlet
blooms of the prairie passion
flower.
William James Clemence.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
His Long Experience.

The smart sayings of the Duchess
of Roxburghe can be vouched for by
one reporter at least. 1t seems she
has formed a penchant for American
children and has been nightly anus
ed by them.
"The American child is more than
father to the man." Her Grace admit
ted; "he's almost the grandfather. AT
a juvenile party advised certain
mode of entertainment, and the six
year-old son Of Uncle Sam remarked:
"Thank you ever SO much for your
suggestion, but l know better, for I've
entertained children all my life. >
New York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
NALABOR I'D 80
lYlNI)USTRY @
Growing Old.

Old.-we are growing old:
Going on through a beautiful road
Finding earth a more blessed abode:
Nobler work by our hands to be wrought.
thought:
Because of the beauty the years unfold,
We are cheerfully growing old!
Old,-we are growing old:
Going up where the sunshine Is clear;
Watching grander horizons appear
Out of clouds that enveloped our youtn,
Standing firm on the mountain OF truth:
Because of the glory the years unfold,
We are toyfully growing old.
Old,-we are growing old:
Going into the gardens of rest
That glow through the gold of the West
Where the rose and the amaranth blend
And each path is the way to friend:
Because of the peace that the years I'M
fold.
We are thankfully growing old.
DID, are we growing old:
Life blooms as we travel on
Up the hills, In the fresh, lovely dawn;
We are children, who do not begin
The sweetness of living to win
Because heaven is in us. to bud and I'M
fold.
We are younger, for growing old.
Lucy Larcom.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04

who binds her hair with ribbon? The
pompadour in its extreme form is in
artistic and 10 now passing. Hair
worn low makes the face youthful and
frames the face naturally and pictur-
esquely. For others, the half-high
couture adds to the beauty Of the
shape of the head.
Hair combed back smoothly gives
severity even to kindly face; fluffy
hair softens the expression Of hard
face.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
The Pleasures of Domestlcity.

what cozy home you hsve!" said
his bachelor friend as he entered Mr..
Benedict's house for the first time.
yes, indeed" said MIR. Benedict
esstatically, Il never knew the real
comfort of life until l married. Now,
If you'll just sit down "a moment I'll
60 down and fill the furnace, split a
little kindling wood, bring UP some
coal -or the CRATE fire, set out the milk
pitcher, mend the kitchen stove, put
up a curtain pole, attend to- a few
other domestic duties. and then We'll
sit down and have a real nice time"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
An Ethical Distinction.

Representative Robinson of Indiana
was declaiming on the beauties Of
nature.
81 love to see the early morning
sunshine kiss the dome Of the. capt.
toll, paint it golden, and make it look
glad"
'I'll bet you $40 you never saw it,"
said Representative Rupert OF New
York.
"My son." replied Robinson, this
is a poetical, not a bookmaking, propo-
sition. "-Philadelphia Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
NEVER FORGOT HIS MANNERS.
Two Good Stories Told Of Major-Gen.
eral PIumer.

Two Good Stories Told Of Major-Gen.
eraI PIumer.
In the Matabeleland campaign OF
1862 Colonel, now Major-General,
Plumer, raised and led battalion Of
mounted rifemen, and he used to re-
turn to Bulawayo in the evening as
clean and spruce as though he had
just come in from stroll down Bond
street. AS an example of his unvary-
ing drawing room manners" as a
brother officer once styled them, a
story is told Of him that during the
Matabele campaign his small force
found itself in very hot corner, and
men were falling rapidly in all direc-
tions. Plumer had two machine guns
with him, and these, he considered,
were not doing as well as they might
be. He called up an orderly, there
fore, and said to him: "Will you kind
ly go to Captain Blank (who COM
manded the guns) and tell him that
think he might do better if he would
please move his guns a little further
to the right. Thank you" And then
he calmly went on with his direction
of the fight in the same quiet, easy
manner. Again, he was rather badly
hit while in command of a column
during the recent South African war,
and sent a message to his second in
command to the effect that he was
rather badly scratched, and he would
be tly obliged if Colonel Blank
would take over the command of the
force pending further orders. Men
and Women (London).
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
vanished the rest.

vanished the rest.
In some tribes the women are not
allowed decorative effects. Their SIM
plicity must be foil to the gorgeous
ness Of the other sex. But when they
do begin they are capable Of most un-
usual styles.
What women have ever taken to
wearing heavy white wigs and perukes
as did the men at one time, and as
do the English judges of to-day? And
what men have ever reached the beau
tiful simplicity Of the little maiden
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
free for their own proper work. There

free for their own proper work. There
is no more miserable human being
than one in whom nothing is habitual
but indecision, and for whom the do
ing of every action, the time of rising
and going to bed every day, and the
beginning of every piece of work, are
subjects of express volitional deliber-
alton. Fully half the time of such
man goes to the deciding or regretting
of matters which ought to be so in
grained in him as practically not to
exist for his consciousness at all.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEM.
Saves Wear and Tear In the Daily
Stress Of Life.

A very important thing in all edu-
cation is to make our nervous system
our ally instead Of our enemy. 1t Is
to capitalize our acquisitions and to
live at ease upon the interest Of the
fund. For this we must make auto
matte and habitual, as early as pos
sible, as many useful actions as we
can, and guard against growing into
ways that are likely to be disadvan-
tageous to us, as we should guard
against the plague.
The more of the details of our daily
life we can hand over to the effortless
custody of automatonism the more Of
our higher powers of mind will be set
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
cevJon Exports to germany.

The imports into Germany from Cey-
lon amounted to 100000 marks
(s1,761,2 0O). consisting Of copra,
graphite, oil cake, cinnamon, cocoa,
coffee and tea; the return exports to
Ceylon amounted to 1,04O,00O marks
r(S247,520) made up Of assorted goods
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
Kindred Souls.

Mr. Jacob Rils was dining out one
night when his hostess presented him
to a charming young girl.
'My DEAR" said the hostess, II
want you to know Mr.. Rils. He is a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
THE PASSION FLOWER
A LOVERS PROMISE AND ITS
FULFlLLMENT.

"And over All, Like the Kiss o.
Death-A Terrible, Unknown Pow
er-Hung the Subtle Scent OF the
Scarlet Blooms Of the Prairie Pas.
sion-Flower."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
American Manufactures.

Five hundred thousand factories IN
the United States add $560,000.000 in
value Of $3,OOO,O 100000 of raw nateri-
al, and their net output, exclusive Of
duplication, is more than $4,000, 000,-
900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04

great sociologist and student Of the
signs of the times"
How lovely!" said the rosebud. Il,
too, am poster collector. New
York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04

Bring to me the prairie passion-fower
in the flush of its crimson pride.
Irvine the brow of your willing
bride"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04

would you claim me, then. as your
very own" she said with sirens
smiles,
To the man who stood In his youth and
strength In the witchery OF her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07

there is any necessity for economy, no
matter how simple 1t may seem to be.
This season there is craze for shep-
hero plaid checks and plaids in all col
ors, but especially black and white. of
wash material, cloth or silk fculard or
taffeta, and many simple frocks are
made in the shepherds plaid. and really
are what they pretend to be, for there
is no oyerela boration of trimming, and
the design is always on as plain lines as
possible. Gowns with waists. instead Of
skirts and coats, to be worn with shirt
waists, are most charming in their black
and white check patterns. A dainty lit
tie frock has the skirt with many lines
of narrow tucks around the sides and
ba ok. but the front breadth is left plain.
The waist is in fine tucks TO match the
skirt. but with a broad, plain band down
the front. Bias bands of pale blue taft
feta trim the waist, each band finished
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07

!, at either edge with narrow white and
black braid, and the bands so put on as
to give almost the appearance of
pointed yoke, or cape collar.
In black and white check wool material
is costume, as shown in illustration.
which has many novel features about It
and which can be copied in silk or linen
to look well. Arranging the material so
that some of the checks or plaids give
the effect of being on the bias often
makes a gown look much smarter than
when an elaborate pattern or braiding is
used Another simple or effective trim
ming is very narrow piping of white or
black to outline the plaits, whether side
or box plaits are chosen as being smart
est.
Another odd style of trimming Is seen
in the straps of black and white silk or
satin, very narrow and on the bias. SO
arranged as to look like loops for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07

Now, perhaps, I am a careful per-
son. Perhaps, like Mrs. Giipin. even when
I am on pleasure bent 1 have a frugal
mind as regards my dearest frocks;
but my experience is frankly this;
Before the fourreau skirts came in.
when that of the umbrella persuasion
reigned among us, and the organ-plaits or
godet fittings were our joy (well stiffened
with tailor's canvass, l went abroad in
skirts which If they had been made to
clear the ground really would have par
taken Of the nature of kilt in appear
ance. but which were cut. after the fash
ion of the day, ':just TO clear the ground,
madam They did mott They trailed
ii a little here and there as one NOV
ed. they reveled in any inequality of the
pavement; they could not be held up
al. at once" nature having endowed
even the wearers OF supposed short
skirts with only two hands, and the state
of mud and dust dear old nursey
"states!'0 into which these gowns got
made me unhappy.
Then came the long. narrow skirt, with
it's graceful semi-train. One hand alone
sufficed. One picked up ones back
breadths' and swung them deity from
mother earth, and one did not let them
trail for the simple reason that IL we
had. half an hour would have sufficed
to see the complete ruin of that dress
Seriously, / have often watched the
wearers of "scavenger skirts on pur-
pose. and cannot, during the years the
train has been worn, recall any instance
of a lady having allowed her dress to
sweep the streets on purpose; now and
then a clumsy woman has failed to lift
her draperies properly, and a corner has
dipped" by accident; but to my recol-
lection-and / do a good deal of walking
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07

Il have never noticed a "scavenger
skirt" in working order on any wearer
who was CONNIE II faut. l maintain that
them soiled or worn at the hem since
the short skirt went out and the long
came in.
In many ways | am no slave OF La
Mode. / refuse to die of consumption in
transparent yoke, because l am not
strong and prefer to live, even though
my yoke be opaque! l will not wear a
waist 'in its teens preferring one
which is sweet and twenty" because 1
feel happier with 1t. l wear wrap in
July, just as l have my fire lit, If 1 need
both. I do not think one gains much by
making oneself look a hundred through
the agonies of tight shoes. Therefore. !
suppose l am hardly true devotee at
the shrine of the great god Dress. But,
once and for all, / refuse to hail the
skirt that just clears the ground as a Bit
satisfactory.
The really short skirt that one cycles
or shoots or fishes in, c'est autre chose
1t is an excellent thing. 1t is light in
weight (cut six inches off any skirt you
possess and see If it does not feel as
though half its weight had been shorn
away, it is on a line with the top of
your instep, it is relief TO your mind,
and you own both hands for once instead
of having one of them bespoke directly
you leave your door till the time of
your return. So there has been a revuI-
sion in favor of the little trotteuse gown
that we run about in for shopping these
fine mornings, and very nice and useful
1t is. and very fairly smart 1t looks for
pre- lunch wear. If very carefully built
But it has two fatal drawbacks: 1t must
be tailor made In tailor materials. and it
must not be worn in the afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07

fancy black and white buttons that hold
down the plaits at the top OF the skirt.
Still another design is the one which is
in bias tucks over the entire gown, both
waist and skirt, and with only deep lace
collar and cuffs to break the monotony OF
the black and white. Such gowns as these
are to be had at a wide range of prices.
but none of them can be called really
cheap unless they can be found ready
made.
ALI black gowns made up over white
Innings form an excellent opportunity TO
show off fine lace or openwork embroid-
cry. for the fad is TO have the embroid-
white are seen around the foot of the
skirt. the skirt siashed to show the
white, but the edges held together by
band of lace or ornaments OF black
passementerie or ornaments on the lace.
Made on simple lines. in so far that the
lines are long and unhroken, is a most
costly gown of embroidered crepe de
chine, the embroidery done in heaviest
silk, with large eyelet holes. through
which shows the white lining. Large
flowers of embroidered chiffon are also
appliqued on the crepe de chine. which
Is then cut away underneath again show
ing the lining through he chiffon flower.
Bands OF jet embroidered lace are also
used In this style of gown, and OPEN
work jet ornaments are often put on in
stead OF lace. Fringe is also used with
this style of trimming, and in different
widths. 1.-THE skirt is cut in overskirt
design, as are so many. then there Is
deep silk fringe which falls over lbs
ruf1es of point d'esprit or embroidered
crepe de chine that finish the white silk
underskirt. 1t is not usual 10 have any
contrasts of color On such gown. but
IL the all black and white are unbe-
coming, then some curious and striking
contrast OF orange, shaded green, pink.
CT mauve IN changeable taffeta is to be-
seen in the belt or some odd-shaped bow
| is in the front of the waist, never ON
| the skirt. That is allowed to remain all
black or black and white.
| There is nothing more charming for
summer than full white gowns, no mat
| ter what may be the material. and yet
the thin, transparent fabrics seem the
most suitable for warm weather. White
muslin frocks trimmed with lace are this
season the daintiest things imaginable,
and under the head Of muslin are many
materials in the batiste and grass cloth
order. Silk null Is also dainty and looks
| we'll trimmed with lace; indeed, there
seems to be no end to the amount OF
1 lace that can be used on a white muslin
! frock made in the present styles All
the new waists are made without col
lars, but rather low in the neck; but
apart from that, and the difference in
sleeves, are quite on the lines Of last
years fashions But, then. a white mus
| lin frock is supposed to remain style
| for two or three seasons at least. All
lace trimmed frocks have the material
cut away underneath, and this neeessi-
tates a dainty underskirt, but lawn is
quite as smart as silk for this purpose
and really looks lighter and cooler; but
there must be many founces or ruffies
edged with lace or the underskirt to
| hold out the gown.
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OOK carefully through any we'll
dressed womans wardrobe and
harn her NJ rnmr oIhnu u On

OOK carefully through any we'll
dressed woman's wardrobe and
have her at your elbow to an
swer questions and give you informa-
ton. After one such experience. o man
you would make discovery about your
self, namely, that you have long har-
bored an absurd delusion concerning
the short skirt
1 invited a radically deluded man
cousin of mine, to tour of inspection
through my wardrobe the other day. and
this is part of the conversation that
went on between US:
by Jupiter. I couldn't be seen trail
ing around in that long tailed thing,
Why. it's a regular scavenger,"
why scavenger, Dick?"
"Scooping up all the microbes that
Turk in the mud and dust-don't YOU;
call that fulfilling the province of
scavenger?"
Where have you ever seen women
doing the scavenger act. Dick?"
"Oh, downtown mostly. Fact Is, Kate.
you've got me cornered. Come to think
it over. I'll have TO admit the trailing
gowns I have observed with most dis
gust have been worn by women who are
not exactly CONNIE IL faut."
By this time Dicks mind had become
sufficiently unprecedented to observe with
considerable edification that my rainy
day skirts-so- called short skirts'-
were the worst frayed. most soiled of
all my skirts, far more so than the one
that was guilty of the longest train.