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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-01
The Ring Boss at Sea.

The ringster is at "a complete loss TO
account tor the unusual phenomena Of
the Peoples party. Every nominating
convention gives the lie to the ring pa
per statements. In order to disprove
that the new movement is a Democratic
side-show, many Democrats generously
insisted upon the nomination or men
who had been Republicans. The weak
ness of the chronic Office-seekers or
sore heads was early in the movement
recognized, and men SO afflicted were
from the first tabooed, so that the whole
ticket, state, congressional, and so far as
known, county, as it now stands, is free
from even the taint of Democratic side
show or Office seeking. And that this
statement is cOrrec ct is evident from the
statements of the ring press, who have
unintentionally given themselves away
by admitting that the nominations are
new men. The truth is, that the Peo-
ple's movement is Il great and spontane-
Gus uprising Of the people. This is
proven by the fact that hosts of Repub-
licans and old soldiers who have always
been in the dominant party have left,
and are leaving it, to join the new party.
1t is not surprising that men who have
for years been opposed to the corrupt
rule of the dominant party should be in
the new party; they are at home, in
large degree at least. But that Repub-
licans should be in the new party pro-
claims new party with principles and
aims that enlist the sympathy and CO.
operation Of every loyer of his country.
The new party is "A party of the people,
by the people, for the people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-01
st. Louis Platform.

The first plank and the first clause of
the st. Louis platform demands the abo-
lition of national banks, and since the
ring papers have been telling us for
wears that our national banking system
is the best ever devised, it may not be
out of place to enquire as to the truth of
the ring paper statement. 1t is neces-
sary in order TO open 4 national bank
that the stockholders deposit govern
ment bonds with the secretary of the
treasury to be held as security for the
redemption of hotes issued by The bank,
in case of failure. After the prescribed
formula has been complied with and the
bonds have been duly deposited the sec
retary of the treasury grants a charter
and Immediately prints and delivers to
the bank company an amount equal to
ninety per cent. OF the bonds Oh deposit
at one per cent. interest. Thus for every
one hundred dollars in bonds the banker
is permitted to have invested he is loan
ed ninety dollars upon which he pays
one per cent. interest, and he still owns
the bonds upon which he draws interest
and upon which he is not taxed. This
money that government furnishes the
banker at one per cent. is often loaned
to the people ut from twelve TO twenty
four per cent. Thus the government
becomes accessory to a barefaced rob-
berry without receiving a single cent in
return. All the benefit or profit is in
favor of the banker. Our present ma
tional banking system is the most iniqui-
tOus system of robbery ever devised in
that the peoples credit and money, un-
der the form of law, is used to strip the
people of the rewards of industry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-01

The Prohibition party stands for
the control of railways and against all
m0nopoIies. What farmer can ask
for more? The Farmers Alliance
will have to try pretty hard TO make
their platform more explicit than ours.
In fact, we challenge the attention of
the farmers to the splendid positions
taken by the Prohibition party. There
is no need, it seems to us, of fourth
party in the field. If the Alliance is
really i'm earnest-and who doubts it :?
1T would seem TO he the wisest thing
to join that political party that has
been its friend for twenty years. That
seems to, and always has seemed to
us, tie rational policy To adopt The
Prohibition party has stood the en-
nifty of the farmers enemies without
faltering, and it should have due ap-
preciation.-PrOgreSsire Age.
1t is not necessary that the Alliance
should join the Prohibition party, nor
that the Prohibitionists should join
the Alliance, but the two should anite
under one name. 1t matters not what
name is adopted, SO the principles are
carried out We hope for grand re-
suits from the convention at ST. Louis,
September Sd.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-01
County and City Interests.

Some people have the impression that
the Peoples movement is movement
of the agricultural class against other
classes, or that it is country against
towns and cities. The impression is
wholly erroneous. The Peoples mOve-
ment is not movement of class against
other classes. The rights and interests
of all classes are fully recognized. 1t is
not possible to build up one interest by
taking away from another without
eventually destroying the Whole struc-
ture, Each of the classes of which So
ciety is composed is part of the whole,
and the equilibrium of building can
only be maintained by keeping all parts
in repair. Every building must have
foundation, and every one will admit
that if the foundation is defective,
the building is insecure. Agriculture is
the foundation upon which society rests.
Impair or weaken it by undermining it
and the whole building is in danger. 1t
is agriculture that makes the cities; ag-
riculture builds and operates railroads;
agriculture nerves the arms of miners
and moves the wheels Of the manufac-
tories. The more money farmer
has the more money will be invested in
boots, shoes, clothing, machinery and
lumber, and so it follows, that if the
agriculturalist is prosperous, the mer-
chant, mechanic, operative and miner
are prosperous, and this prosperity acts
and reacts by employing the toiler and
supplying him with the necessaries of
lite.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-01

At the beginning of this session of
congress, Senator Plumb, while admit
ting that the farmers were having il hard
time, had noremedy to offer and no SYM
pathy. He said that the farmers contrib
uted to their weakness by selling what
they produced at one season of the year
and buying it back at another season of
the year. Figuratlvely speaking, he
he dismissed the farmers with lofty
wave Of his imperial hand and proceed
ed to mature his justly celebrated and
bill. After the farmers refused to ac-
cept the bison bill as a remedy for exist
ing evils, the senator put on his red
necktie and advocated free coinage of
silver, but when he thought the farmers
had been sufficiently fooled he voted for
the bill that is to demOnclize silver.
The senator put on his red necktie re-
Gently and is now fighting the Mckinley
tariff bill. Just wait and see If the BIZ
son bill senator doesn't vote for bill
just as bad as the Mckinley tariff bill, il
not worse, land pronounce it as he did the
silver bill. every good" In all this we
see the usual political jugglery Of Re-
publican leaders. Senator Plumb is
paving the way for Senator Ingalls, to
come in without it being too noticeable.
The game won't win. The people are
onto all such games. Senators were too
slow in finding out the peoples needs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-01
The Patriotic BOndh oIder.

So much has been said about the pat
saved the nation, that a word or two
concerning his patriotism, even at this
late day, is not out of place. 1t will be
remembered that congress, early in the
war, authorized the secretary of the
treasury to issue treasury notes 10 be "A
a legal tender tor Ill dues; and upon
this first act sixty million dollars were
put in circulation, which passed at par
with gold Wall street had all the gold
in the nation and wanted a market
therefor. Congress at the Dehests of
Wall street changed the law, and under
the change the treasury note was not
receivable for duties on imports, and
thus Wall street found a market for its
gold. Importers had to have gold to
pay duties on imports. Wall street had
all the gold and was in position to de-
mand in exchange for treasury notes
what it pleased, and i'm consequence the
price of gold was advanced until one
dollar in gold would buy over two uol-
lars in treasury notes. Wall street was
reaping golden harvest; but it might
not last. Congress was again approach
ed, and again became the tool of Wall
street. The treasury notes were with
drawn from circulation in exchange for
government bonds. A current dollar i'm
bonds was given Wall street fol forty
cent dollar in treasury notes. The bonds
bore interest, and the interest was paya-
bic in gold. After the war was over
congress changed the original contract
and agreed TO pay the principal in gold.
a little study will convince any one that
an interest-bearing national debt was
deliberately created; debt for which
tnere is no possible excuse; a debt that
has cost the people OF the United States
in interest, in gold, two billion four
hundred and fifty million dollars, and
principal in gold. one billion five hun
,Ired million dollars, and still owing
about one billion dollars. Instead of
Wall street saving the nation, Wall
street robbed the nation and is still rob-
bing it.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
Hard Fight With Vicious Stallion.

A terrible conflict with an ugly stall
lion occurred recently at Castle Hill.
Prosquc isle, Me. During the winter
Harvey A. Smith drove a team in the
lumber woods. one of his team being a
large stallion of such vicious disposition
that no one but Smith could handle him.
At the close of the winters operations
Smith took the stallion with him to his
home in Castle Hill. On this day he
harnessed him and his mate to the
horseshoe and began work, when all at
once the stallion became vicious and
frantically attacked his mate with teeth
and hoofs. Mr.. Smith quickly unlocked
the traces and succeeded in uncoupling
the horses. Then the stallion attacked
his master. Smith Is a powerful man.
and after fierce Struggle, in which he
was severely wounded in the hip by the
animals feet. he succeeded in subduino
the horse and led him to the barn, where
he hitched him. He removed the har.
ness and was taking the horse to his
stall, when the vicious animal violently
attacked him again. The wind blew the
barn door shut, and Mr.. Smith found
himself imprisoned on the barn floor
with the frantic brute. For nearly half
an hour he fought him with no weapon
but his fists, leaping aside to avoid the
assault as much as possible, but being
often Knocked down and fearfully
bruised. Hefound his strength failing,
and was just making up his mind that he
must be killed when the horse in some
way disengaged sled-stake from the
side of the hay-mow and Smith saw it
rolling toward him on the floor. Selling
the stake he swung It with all tbs
strength Of desperation, and, striking
the stallion just behind the ear, with one
blow laid him dead at his feet. A re-
porter drove out to see Smith and found
him badly bruised in all parts of his
body, and in sadly crippled condition.
The physicians in charge say that he will
recover.-INew York Tribune.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
Minister President StambulOff of Rul

Minister President Stambuloff, of Bull.
garia, says that in the regeneration of
Bulgaria one of the most important fac
tors for good has been the American
Roberss's College, kept going by the
Presbyterian Church in Constantinople,
Turkey. The Professors were the Gov
ernment's friends and councillors TWEEN
ty-ive years ago, when Bulgaria was
never heard OF outside of Turkey. For
aquarter of a century forty or fifty young
Bulgarans we're graduated from this
model institution, fighting ever unselfsh.
ly on the side of their country. There
are now six gymnasia in Bulgaria, so very
few students so away 50 far off as SIAM
boul. But" says Mr.. StambouloG,
"we recognize with gratitude what
staunch friends these American Profes.
sors were to us in the days when we had
the most need Of them"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
A Chemical Experiment.

One of the kindest-hearted of men
was the late Isaac L. Hopper, of Bos-
ton, member of the Society of Friends.
His fondness for practical chemistry is
illustrated by the following anecdote ::
When he met boy with dirty face
and hands, he would stop him and in
quire if he ever studied chemistry. The
boy, with wondering stare, would an
swer no.
well, then" said Friend Hopper, II
will teach thee how to perform curl
GUS chemical experiment. Go home,
take piece of soap, put il in water,
and rub it briskly upon thy hands and
face. Thee has no idea what Q beauti-
full froth it will make, and how much
better thy skin will be. That's chem
tcal experiment. I advise thee to 60
home and make it."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
MISS ANSTRUTHER'S TRIAL
BIZ ANNA SHIELDS,

In speaking of her niece, Miss Letitia
Anstruther was accustomed to plain.
lively call her ''the trial of my life, and,
Tor once, the expression was a simple
truth, entirely devoid of exaggeration.
Matte Anstruther certainly was trial.
You know, my DEAR" Miss An
struther would say to one intimate friend
or another, my brother John went to
Texas twenty years ago. Don't ask ME
who his wife was! don't know. never
saw her. | never heard her name until
John died, and somebody sent his
child to me, with her baptismal rec
ord, Johns marriage certificate and the
lawyers letters, telling Inc she will have
about hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars when she Is twenty-One. John made
his money upon a ock-farm. and after
his wife died, appears to have lived alone
with Matilda, on the place ranch she
calls it. She was sixteen when she came
here, and she was perfect savage: a
Mcage, my dear, and is very little better
now"
And savage the girl appeared to her
neat, prim aunt, who nearly went into
commissions over crooked table cloth,
and looked upon knowledge of house
keeping and needle-work as the climax
Of womanly education.
Miss Anstruther's house was small. a
cottage set in an exact square of prim
garden, but every room was the perfec-
ton of order and cleanliness, and a small
income was economical and nursed to
give q margin for berlin woods apd t;Sr
cotton, wherewith in the leisure hours
left by household care, the old maid
manufactured wonderful articles for the
ornamentation Tor otherwise of her par
tor and guest ROOM
Into this domain there had been thrust
lank, tall girl of sixteen, in shabby
mourning, grieving violently for the loss
Of her only friend. her father. A girl
who wore thick-soled boots which She
never wiped upon the door mat, whose
profusion of hair was gathered into net
loosely, anyhow" as her aunt remarked.
who had never owned a collar or a pair
of cuffs, nor had ever seen carpet.
And yet, a girl who could read Homer
and Virgil in the original. was acquaint
ed with Shakespeare, Milton and Chau-
Ger as familiar friends, could solve geo.
metrical problems and make the church
organ speak, but never had fashioned a
garment or knotted Berlin wool.
And she seemed utterly untamable. In
vain Miss Anstruther scolded and
yroaned. in vain grew pathetic and tear
Jul. Matte would litter up" her neat
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25

/ knowing no maidenly vile to hide hcs
stricken heart.
THAT am richer TO-DAY than was
Yesterday" he asked. "That is true y
''Yes, heard that-and-you are hav-
ing the house" but her lips were
parched and she stopped.
81 am max ing the house more comfort.
alb c, or rather Margaret, my house.
keeper. is She has been so long lament.
ing over faded curtains and ragged car
pets. that l could not resist giving her
the intense happiness Of renewing til, m
You look happy. too" Matte said.
'Shall l tell you why!' he asked,
drawing her hand upon his arm, and 50.
leading her ont of the city of the dead
down the path to the willow and brook,
her favori:e resting place.
Il have tried to hide my secret from
you" he said. '.but now | am free tc
speak. | love. and was bound in honor
to be silent, because the woman | love
will be rich, and was very, very poor
Poor Matte bent her head away from
the tender eyes seeking to sean her face.
She pictured stately. beautiful woman,
accomplished and graceful, some queen
of society Albert had met and loved be.
fore he came to DOnccstcr.
IL never thought to have this money!
continued Mr.. Mathew. ''for my uncle
was angry because would not leave the
pulpit and learn his business. But lie
has left it to me-, and | can do good with
it; only wan; tender. faithful wo.
mans help in my liic-work. want
ah, Matte, want nome; some one tc
love ne, TO welcome me there; some one
who will let lie b ing her happiness,
will let me shield her from all harm will
make my life perfect
eyes, Matte said," wondering where
her voice had gone, 'you will make her
very happy"
do you think so. Mattie:'
why" she said, simply as child,
''she must be happy with your love-"
Then will she come now into nv
heart, into my life. Matte, do you love
me: Can YOU give me love for love, be
my wife, my other self 4? Will not the
quiet parsonage be a prison to you, littls
wild bird."
70 me: You love mc!' She gasped.
with all my heart"
'But you said she" and just then.
not before Matte remembered that she
would he rich. In her humility, the
money had never crossed her mind. and
She shuddered as she thought it might
have been bar to this perfect cloudless
happiness.
She scarcely knew what she said. but
it satisfied her grave lover, and they went
home in the cleaning to astonish Miss
L: was nine day wonder at Doncestei
how Mr.. Mathew ever came to perfect
that ''harum-scarum girl to the steady,
gentle misses Of his congregation, but in
the parsonage there is no regret, and the
Minister does not find his wife or married
life burden, though Miss Lettie still
alks of Matte as a dreadful trial The
Ledger.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
Order Of the Longest Rivers.

The Amazon, in South America. falls
from the Andes through course of 2, 500
miles; the Mississippi, from the Ssony
Mountain, runs $500 miles; La Plata.
from the Andes, 2.215 miles: the Hoang-
no, in China, from the Tartarean chain
of mountains, is 3, $50 miles; the Yangtse-
Kiang runs from the same mountains and
is 4, O6O miles long; the Nile, from the
Jihel Kumri Mountains. courses 1890
miles; the Euphrates, from Ararat, is
2,OeO miles long; the Volga, from the
valdais, is 100 miles; the Danube, from
the Alps, is 1,79O miles in length: the
Indus, from the Himaiayas, 1,75O miles:
the Ganges runs from the same source and
is 1850 miles long; the Orinoco. from
the Andes, 1900 miles in length; the
Niger, or Wharra, is 1900 miles long;
the Don, the Dneiper and the Senegal
are each over 1000 miles in length; the
the Rhine ana the Gambia are sSS miles
in extent.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
Animal Application for Music.

A naturalist has begun series of in
vestigatiOns in regard to the amount of
appreciation shown by animals for music.
He finds that sheep and pigeons are
fond of the flute; pigs, oxen and COWS
attracted by instrumental combinations,
and dogs delighted with sleigh-bells.
CAnaries generally respond to musical
sound, and hares have been known to
stand listening in a field to the chant
ing of choristers. Seals are peculiarly
susceptible, and follow ships for many
miles where violin is discussing. The
hippopotamus is visibly affected by the
drum. Squirrels are not only fascinated,
but actually spell-bound by the music
box or guitar" Alligators and hyenas
are either insensible or frightened by ex-
periments, and as yet only tradition can
settle the taste of wolf. A Scotch bag
piper, according to an old legend, was
travelling in Ireland one evening when a
wolf came upon him. He was obliged
TO open his wallet and supply him with
che whole stock Of his provisions, after
which he made his pipes skirl. This
the monster no sooner heard than he
took to tbs mountains. "Aye," said the
piper, chad I'known your humor YOU
should have had your music before your
supper" Tradition, however, would re-
quire in this case to be corrected bv fur
ther experiment.-London Graphic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
Che neekIp hlssssnper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ALBERT EIENVENU.

A revolution is taking place in the
drinking habits of the japanese. The
rice brandy called "saki," which has
long been their national beverage, is be,
ing supplanted by beer brewed after the
German method. In Osaka the number
of beer saloons has increased from thir-
teen to almost GOO in the last four years,
while the number of resorts where "saki"
is sold has fallen off. Years ago the Japs
were wont to drink 100, 100000 gallons
of "saki" annually.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25

The demand of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Firemen, assembled in convea-
ton at Hartford, Conn, that Congress
require railroad companies to adopt safety
brakes, is, in the opinion of the New
York Herald, reasonable and just. On
nearly all the railroads in the United
States the old fashioned hand brake and
coupling are still used. The danger OF
these contrivances is proved by the fact
that thousands OF employees are thereby
killed and injured every year. The STA
tistics are simply startling. They show
an appalling loss of life and limb.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25

Professor Mayo says the power of the
Mormons is broken in Salt Lake City,
Utah, and vicinity. They are now in the
minority and have hardly hand in the
government of the city in which they
were once supreme. The entire munich
pal government and the schools have
passed into the hands of the Gentiles.
The social customs which distinguished
the Mormons are fast disappearing. There
Is even society of young Mormon wo-
men who pledge themselves no. to marry
q polygamist, all of which, remarks the
Times Democrat, is very encouraging.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-10-25
Gloves While You Wait.

Julga, of London, will deliver pair
of kid gloves an hour and quarter after
they are ordered, provided he has q skin
of the correct shade in the house. Tho
neare.. approach to this g done here by =
firm who make gloves to order, ana Will
always give them in two days, unless they
have to dye the skin to match some par
ticular color. They can deliver pair
for the evening if ordered early in the
morning, though they do not like such
hurried orders. They charge fifty cents
more for an ordered than a ready-made
pair Dry Goods Economist.