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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06
W. Fl. M'CLURB, ACT, GREELEY.


/. We demand the abolition of national
banks and the substitution of legal tender
treasury notes in lieu of national bank MOI es,
issued in sufficient volume do the business Of
the country on Il cash system, regulating the
amount needed OH II per CAPITA basis as the bus.
iness interests of the country expand; and that
all money issued by the gov eminent shall be
legal tender in payment OF all debts, botn pub
lic aud private.
q. We demand the free and unlimited coin.
age of silver.
3. We demand that congress shall pass such
laws as shall effectually prevent the dealing IN
futures in all agricultural and mechanical pro-
auctions, preserving such a stringent sysI EN- of
procedure in trials as shall secure prompt con
vction and imposing such penalties as shall Sc
cure the most perfect compliance with the law.
4. We demand the passage of laws prohibit
ing alien ownership Of land, and that congress
lake early steps to devise some plan to obtain
all lands now owned by aliens and foreign
syndicates; and that all lands now held by
railroads and other corporations In excess of
such as are actually used and needed by them,
be reclaimed by the government and held for
actual settlers only.
s. Believing in the doctrine of equal rights
to all and special privileges to none" we de-
nand that taxation. national or state. shall not
be used to build up one interest or class at the
expense of another: We believe that the mon
ey of the country should be kept as much rs
possible in the hands Of the people, aud hence
we demand that all revenues, national, state or
county, shall he limited to the necessary ex-
pensrs OF the government ecOhOmlcally ana
honestly administered.
6. We demand that congress provide for the
issue of IA sufficient amount OF fractional paper
currency to facilitate exchange through the
medium of the United States mail.
Z. We demand that the means Of communi-
cation and transportation shall he owned by
and operated IN the interest of the people, AS Ii
the United States postal system.
The Kansas F. A. aud !. U. add to the above
these:
8. We demand such legislation rs shall
effectually prevent extOriion OF usurious inter-
est by aud form of ST. tntory provisions.
9. We demand such legislation Will pro-
vide for u reasonable stay of execution in all
cnses Of foreclosure of mortgages on real estate
and u reasonable extention Of time before the
confirmation of sheriff's sales.
10. We demand such legislation as will eff
fectually prevent the organization or niainte.
nance of trusts and combines Tor purposes OF
speculation in any of the products OF labor OF
nee essiies Of lite, or the transportation of the
same.
IL. We demand the adjustment of salaries
OF public officials to correspond with existing
financial conditions. the wages paid to other
forms of laior. and the prevailing prices of the
products of labor.
~. We demand the adoption Of the Aus
tralian system of voting and the Crawford sys-
TEN Of primaries.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06
A Voice from the Pulpit.

The following tt>.ths were given out
by Rev. E. R. Andrews. president of
Brown University at Providence. in a
sermon delivered from the pulpit Of the
First Baptist church of Brooklyn: IA
strike is like revolution-an effort to
extort justice by means which at the
moment are terrible. No strike can sue
coed without hurting many people. 1t
is at best drastic remedy. If resorted
to without enforcing the desired effect
the evil appears wanton. and the public.
aggravated. is rendered deaf to labor's
Just complaints. Laborers ought never
to go out till their preparations are so
ample and so wise that their act will fall
like a thunderbolt. Many
strikes have done great good. The knowL
edge that men may strike does good con-
tinually. AS wisdom and justice grow
more to character re laborers and en-
ployers alike. this last resort will become
more fateful. hence less often necessary
and finally go out of use altogether"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06
Happy HOLSTERS.

VIM. TimmOns, postmaster of lda-
vile, Ind, writes: Electric BitterS
has done more for ne than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feeling
arising from kidney and liver trouble"
John Leslie, farmer and stOckman of
same place. says: Find Electric Bit
tiers to be the best kidney and liver med
icine, made me feel like new man"
j. w. Gardiner, hardware merchant,
same town, saws: Electric Bitters is
JUST the thug for man ali run down
and don't care whether he lives or dies;
he found new strength, good appetite
and felt just like he had new lease on
life. Only SOC. bottle, at Lathen's
drugstore.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

Relieve your Cough in time
or more serious results win
follow. If unchecked, Con-
sumption may be fastened upon
you before you are aware of it.
A slight cold neglected may
grow to such an alarming state
that your Hte can 30 saved only at
great expense in doctors fees.
Coussens' Compound Honey
of Tar, a combination of Honey
and Tar with Tolu and three
rare herbs that grow in ma
lures garden, any one ofwhich
will in itself make a valuable
Lung Medicine, will speedily
cure all Throat and Lung 7roublss
if taken in time, and prevent
that most dreaded disease,
Consumption, which annually
carries off more of the human
family than all other diseases
combined.
This Great Cough Cure is manu-
featured by Coussens & Tabler Medi-
cine Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Sold by prominent druggists and
merchants everywhere, 60c and 25e.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

Master Workman Miss Rose McBrear-
ty reports Florence Nightingale assem-
bly,, K. of L., to be in most fourishing
condition. Forty members are enrolled.
and keen interest in the affairs of the
assembly is being felt. The might of
the only w.:man's assembly of the order
in the city is becoming greater daily,
and the Importance Of the assembly in
the order is fast becoming as great as
those Of the ruder sex.-Detroit News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

member Of a Nationalist club and an as
sembly Of the Knights of Labor. Be-
sides, she is an earnest worker in the
efforts put forth by the good women of
Baltimore for the alienation of the suf-
ferings of the poor. She is member Of
the Literary club. of Baltimore, and is
fastreceiying the recognition her literary
abilities entitle her to. JARB.
New York.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

The Novoye vremya is informed that
several societies agitate the project of
petitioning the government for laws by
which the number of foreign laborers in
Russian factories shall be diminished.
This, the paper says. would be great
benefit for the Russian laborer. who can
not compete with the foreigner either in
skill or in the ability to econom;ze time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

AS soon as you read this paper,
hand it to some neighbour, have him
read it and hand it to another neigh
Dor, and keep the ball a-rolhng.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

The United Labor League of Philadel-
phia is making an effort to have the city
council adopt the eight hour workday on
all municipal works.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

Colored girls to the extent Of over 200
took the places of the Philadelphia strik-
ing cloakmakers. They went in under
the form of partial organization.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-10-06

Get up a Club and catch a Prize.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
New Crops for Delaware.

We repeat what we have several
times before said, says the Farm ard
Home If the failure of peaches shall
open to the farmers of Delaware, Mary
land and New Jersey new industries,
better methods or such diversity in
their specialities so as more surely to
provide against adverse circumstances,
then our great loss will not be an I'M
mixed evil. By our exchanges we see
that the Gamers from Baltimore, and
buyers from other cities, are purchas-
ing tomatoes down the Peninsula at a
price that nets the growers about SO a
ton. This is an advance of fully so
per cent on the prices of the several
previous years, and awakens the ques-
ton Are farmers benefited by con-
tracing their crops before these are
grown? We notice what hope DIR. A.
I. Neale gave the farmers of Kent
county, Delaware, concerning the fut-
ure of sorghum growing With more
leisure our growers have been able to
demonstrate in different localities what
science has announced for some years
that the black rot in the grape and the
leaf rot in the pear can be controlled.
Silos and ensilage and herding and
butter separatOrs and improved herds
of mich cows are extending over those
states the area where gilt-edged but
ter can be made. Our farmers have
now more than their usual labor and
incentive to study these and kindred
subjects, and the more progressive are
taking hold in a way that will tell for
the good in the near future.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Russian Advances Upon Asia.

The announcement that the Ameer
of Afghanistan has sent an embassy to
Russia for the purpose of concluding a
commercial treaty between the two
countries is not likely to be relished in
Great Britain, in view of the advance
of Russia in Central Asia and her
gradual absorption of its decaying
principalities. The history of the last
twenty years shows that Russia has
been drawn-partly of her own free
will, sometimes against it-intO con-
quest after conquest, till she finds her.
self in possession of an Empire that
Alexander would have envied, and
which outshines that of Tamerlane.
Along the prOdigiOus expanse of terri
tory which stretches from Chinese
Mongolia, and which embraces more
than half a continent, Russia's posses
sions are cO-terminOus with those of
China, Afghanistan and Persia and
in the Russia Afghan frontier England
has a direct and commanding interest,
arising from its vital bearing upon the
integrity and peace of the Indian
Empire.
1t is worthy of note that while Rus
STA at home seems incapable of satisfy
ing her subjects, the moment she goes
abroad she shows a marvellous apti-
tude for assimilating those people with
whom she comes into contact. In
Eastern Turkestan, where there is
wide and growing discomfort with
Chinese rule, a deep sympathy and
respect have grown up for the Russian
name, and the people have begun to
long for the arrival of the Russians as
liberatOrs. Recent events have shown
that the much-lauded friendship Of two
centuries between Russia and China
hangs by thread which any day may
snap asunder. Russian spirit and Rus
sian courage are potent factors, whether
in the heart of Russia or in the Asiatic
Far East.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Useful and Ornamental.
CYRUS FIFLD's sUNFLOwERs RAISED
TO SUPPLY CHICKEN FEED.

Cyrus W. Field raises an acre of cul.
tivated sun flowers on his country es-
tate, Ardsley, near Tarrytown, on the
Hudson. But these flowers are not
alone to crafty Mr.. Fields aesthetic
taste. The man who connected Eu-
rope and America with an electric ca
BILE is nothing, if not practical. He be-
heves in uniting beauty with utility.
So when he drives out by his sun flow.
or grove and his love for the beautiful
is touched by that sea of bobbing vel
low heads, the practical part of his ma
ture finds solid comfort in the thought
that these flowers are put to good
use. Others may delight in the ten
der orchids, or the gay crysanthemum,
with their endless variety of shades,
but these are only fair to look upon.
Not so with the hardy yellow bloomer
which Mr.. Field loves so well. When
the trOsts of autumn shrivel up the
petals Of the flowers, and the centre
turns deep rich brown, then the tops
of the flowers are carefully cut and
hung up to dry. In about a month
the little, black, fat seed which fill the
heads of the flowers are thrashed out
and fed to the chickens in Mr.. Fields
extensive henneries. So on the days
when fine specimen from the GOODS
lies on his back, nicely Drowned in the
platter, with the drumsticks lifted
heavenward, Mr.. Field naturally re-
fleets in the strain of the family nurs.
cry rhyme This is the cock that ate
the seed that grew on the top of my
sun flower weed" And how gratify-
ing must be the thought that the beau
ty of summer has been transformed in.
to the toOthsOme breast and the tender
wing. This reflection might escape
the aesthetic Oscar, but it is no doubt
a source of much pleasure to the mil
liOnaire who cultivates and admires the
same flower.
DO you sow new seed for your sun
flowers every spring." was asked of
Fred Allison, who has charge of the
field. EYES," he said, I'VE plant them
in hills as we SOW corn. About the
middle of September we cut off the
tops, hang them up to dry and in an
other month they are ready to shell.
We mix the seed with the other chick
en- feed"
"How many chickens do you keep,P"
"About 2,OOO," he said ,:"as that num-
Der takes up all the space in our three
houses. From these chickens we gath
er over 5000 dozen eggs per year. All
eggs that the families don't use we sell.
There are three families to supply
Mr.. Field, his son, Edward M. Field,
and his son-in-law, d. A. Lindley, and
they use from fifty to sixty dozen per
per week"
"Do you keep ducks?n
Eyes, we have about 600 ducks and
about sixty geese We sell what
ducks we don't want for home use, but
the chickens we keep as the families
use great many. The three families
use from fifteen to eighteen chick ems,
four or five ducks and about two geese
a week
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Youthful Thieves Caught.

A number of petty robberies occur
ring at Laurel the past month have
been alarming the people of that town.
The rObberies were of almost nightly
occurrence. All efforts to discover the
perpetrators failed until Thursday
when John Hill and another boy, both
8 years of age, were caught while at
tempting to sell some of the private
property. They were arrested and af-
terward confessed their fault. Young
Hill is the son of Joseph Hill, an ex-
member of the Town Council, and his
accomplish is the son of Alfred Can
non. The boys were given a hearing
and were held for court, the magis-
trate Withholding sentence because of
the youth of the prisoners. They were
afterward released on bail.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Is Cheese Digestible.

Although, so far as its constituents
are concerned, cheese is fairly entitled
to its fame as a model food, yet in raw
cheese these constituents are very diff
ficult of solution by the digestive juices
that is, raw cheese is indigestible to
a degree that makes it unavailable for
food except to the strongest and heal.
thiest of stOmachs, and should not be
eaten by any one who finds on trial
that it gives his stomach the least dis
comfort. 1t is found however that
cooking the cheese removes this diff
Guilty, and makes cheese easy of diges-
ton, and as nutritious as ordinary
meat, or more so. Various methods
methods have been adopted for this
purpose, from plain brOiling frying
and tOasting to the most elaborate
compound dishes. The main point is
to get the cheese cooked so that the
stomach can digest it.-American In
dLVst.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Excursions to Historic Battle
fields.

A series of special excursions to the
Battlefelds of Cedar Creek, Middle
town. Winchester and Harper's Ferry,
under the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic are announced for Sep
TENDER 16 and October Is, 1890, af-
fOrding a rare opportunity to visit His
tOric ground where the contending
hosts struggled for victory.
Tickets for these excursions will be
sold from all ticket stations on the Bal
timOre and Ohio r. r. east of the Ohio
River at one fair for round trip on Sep
TENDER Is and 16, and October 10 and
16 1890, valid for return journey ten
days including day of sale.
For the accommodation of those de-
string to visit the Battlefelds of Antie-
tenn and Gettysburg, the Baltimore &
Ohio r. R. Co. will place on sale ex-
eursion tickets at one fare for the
round trip to these points at Harper's
Ferry and Weverton, to be sold Sept.
16 to "a inclusive good to return until
Sept. 25 inclusive. Oct. 16 to "a inclu-
sive good to return until Oct. 25th in
elusive, for rates and time of trains
call on or address Agents B. & o. r. r.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
A New Kind of Insurance.

has been put in operation by the man
ufacturers of DIR. Pierce's medicines.
His Golden Medical Discovery" and
"Favorite Prescription" are sold by
druggists under the manufacturers
positive guarantee. Either benefit or a
complete cure is thus attained, or
money paid for the medicines is re-
turned. The certificate or guarantee
given in connection with sale of these
medicines is equivalent to policy of
insurance. The Golden Medical Dis.
cOvery" cures all humors and blood
taints, from whatever cause arising,
skin and scalp diseases, scrofulous
sores and swellings. The 'Favorite
Prescription" cures all those derange-
ments peculiar to woman.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
A Ghost in the School.

A panic occurred last week in large
public school in the Friedenstrasse,
Germany. 1t seems that the children
were possessed by the idea that the
school-hOuse was haunted by the spir-
it of former teacher, who had COM
mitted suicide many years ago. At
noon a girl of the first class became
hysterical and ran into the main hall,
crying out that the ghost was choking
her. All the pupils caught the ner-
vous crisis and rushed from all their
Glass-rOOms, catching frantically at
their throats and yelling out that the
ghost had attacked them. The teach
ers were powerless to restrain the ter
rifed children and the staircases were
soon strewn with them, topping over
each other. Fortunately the exits were
ample and all gained the street with
slight injuries. The school building is
being watched by the police in order
to find out the cause of the fright,
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Civilizing tne Indians.

The work of educating Indian chill
dren which has been in progress at
Carlisle, Pa, and Hampton, Va, is be-
ing extended and is producing benefic-
ial results. While it is improbable
that the Indians, as race, will ever
reach high plane of civilization, it
can scarcely be denied that their condi-
dition has been greatly improved wher-
ever they have been induced to ex-
change their predatory life for settled
habits of labor. The Indian boys and
girls who are taught various trades,
when sent back to their homes, may re-
lapse to greater or less extent, into
the practises of barbarism, there will
always be percentage of good remain
ing, which cannot fail to have a bene-
hcial effect upon those by whom they
are surrounded, and by a gradual pro-
cess, the widest tribes may in the end
be brought to practise, as the inhab-
itants of the Indian territory and many
of the tribes on reservations are doing,
the arts of the husbandman aud the
mechanic. The experiment of educat-
ing youth is said to have been attended
with particularly gratifying results at
the Educational Home, in Philadelphia
where white boys and Indians are
trained together. Many young Indians
1t is said, have Outstripped the white
boys after becoming familiar with the
language. Half of the day is devoted
to the learning of useful trades and
halftO studies. The Indians show con-
siderable aptitude for mechanical Occu.
pations, and in comparatively short
time acquire a practical knowledge of
shoemaking, harness making, baking,
farming and other occupations. No
difficulty, it is stated, is ever exper-
fenced in obtaining pupils, as there is
a very general desire among the tribes,
and often anxiety, to have their chill
dren given the benefit of such training.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Mr.. Blaine Again on the Stump
Most Suggestive Recip-
city Speech.

An important and valuable speech
was made by Secretary Blaine at a
meeting held at Waterville, Maine.
He spoke mainly on the tariff issue
now before the country, and the branch
of that subject which he treated in the
most mastery and suggestive manner
at that meeting is that relating to re.
ciprOcity in trade interests and advan-
tages between our country and the
other independent american States. AS
to this we make from his Waterville
speech and introduce here an extract
that has great suggestiveness and sig
nifcence. The analysis he makes of
our foreign import trade, separating
that which comes from the american
Continent from the import trade into
our county from the import trade
into our county from all other coun-
of the commercial world-furnishes an
other example of Blaine's mastery
ability as a student of our American
political ecOnOmy-sO often pointed
out in these columns, Without at this
moment TO fully endorse either his
conclusions or his ggestiOns-we
commend the following passage from
his speech to the earnest attention of
our readers
ave shall find it instructive and
valuable to examine into the source of
our imports and the destination of our
exports and to strike a balance be-
tween the two. Take last year 1889.
in that year our whole exports to all
the countries in the three continents of
Europe, Asia and Africa and to Austria
liza, Canada and Hawaii amounted in
round numbers to 1858, 100000, and
our imports from all these countries
amounted in round numbers to $529,-
100000, showing that from the vast
trade we had a balance of 1929, 900,
in our favor, equivalent to that amount
OF gold among our people. But when
all the accounts were closed, instead of
having $129, 100000, in our favor, we
had balance of $13,OOO,OOO, against
us from our foreign trade. We must,
therefore, have lost $142,OOO,O00, in
our commerce with the countries out
side of those to which I have referred.
Where could we have found such a
large adverse balance? Let me tell
you. We lost $41, 100000, in Cuba
from which our imports were $4,000
600, and to which our exports were
only Sl1 100000 Forty one million is
a pretty large sum to lose in one is
land in a single year. In the Repub-
lie of Brazil we lost SOL, 100000. Our
imports from Brazil were $6O,OO0,OOO.
Our exports to Brazil were 100000.
In Mexico we lost $10,O00,0UO. I'm
ports from Mexico were $21, 100000;
our exports to Mexico were $11 ,OOO,-
600. To sum it all up, our imports
from countries south of us, both insu-
lar and continental, on this hemisphere
were $2l6,OOO,OOO; our exports to
to them were S74,O0O,OOO. The bal
ance against US in our trade with those
countries, therefore is $142, 100000, ex-
ceeding our gains from all the rest of
the world by $18,OOO,OOO. By no fig
ures of speech can we flatter ourselves
into the belief that our trade with our
American neighbors is in prosperous
condition. How can this state of af-
fairs be Observation-Disclosures.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Fifty people poisoned.

Fifty people were poisoned by eat
ing at Laurel ice cream at festival
Thursday at Mt. Harmon NJ. P. Church
The poisonous symptoms began in nau-
sea which became so prevalent that
the festival was abandoned. The per-
sons affected by the poison suffered
great agony. and were Immediately
sent to their homes and medical aid
summoned. There have been no
deaths reported. Impure milk used
in making the ice cream is supposed
to have caused the poisoning.
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10

"Do you think your sister likes me,
Tommy?"
"Yes. She stood up for you at din
ner."
"StoOd up for mel Was anybody
saying anything against me ?"
mo, nothin' much. Pa said he
thought you was a good deal of an ass,
but sis right up and said you wasn't
and told pa he ought to know better
than to Judge a man by his looks"
Smyrna times., 1890-09-10
Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow,
disgusting everybody, but use DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy.

"Don't you think I look we'll in re-
pose ?" said Mrs. Gushleigh to her hus-
band, as she reclined in a graceful atti-
tude on the sofa. "Yes, you look all
right enough in repOse, but, calling
to mind certain snoring propensities)
you don't sound well. Galveston
News.