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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-22

Have you written
me yet? If you
haven't, wisdom
and intelligent
ambition suggest
write io-,lay. j
promise you my
Special. personal
attention. ] nm
'dcrfakc 10 briefly
teach amy fairly
Intelligent person
|ot either sex, VINO
c an read an d
write, and who
after instruction,
will work indus
tiously, how TO
earn Three Thou
sand ID o1lars a
year in their own
localities, where
ever they live. j
will also furnish
the situation or
employ ment, at
W hen you can
earn thnt amount
l charge nothing
and receive moth
ing less sue
ccssful, as above.
Nothing difficult
TO learn, or that
requires much
time. I desire but
one person from
each district o.
county. ! have al
ready taught and
provided with en-
ployment q large
number who are
each. All Is new,
u know all, II you
one. Address,
VISTA, Maine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-22

called Loose Bros factory of the
American Biscuit and Manufacture
ing company. The trust includes
thirty-fve concerns doing business
in various parts Of the United
States, and was organized in May,
1860, with a capital Of one million
dollars. One by one it has frozen
out smaller concerns or forced them
to Join the trust until now the only
firm in the country holding out
against it is one in New Orleans,
which has been making the fight
singIe-handed and alone-the Claus
Spreckles of the cracker trade.
Among the firms in and around
Kansas City which belong to the
trust are the Loose Bros factory
and the Higgins factory, Kansas
City, the Standardization facto-
ry, St. Joseph, and the Dozier
bakery, St. Louis.
WHY CRACKERS WENT UP.
Notwithstanding the fact that SUI
gar is cheaper, -four is no dearer
and that wages have been cut, there
has been no reduction in the price
of candy, and crackers have gone
up rs to 40 per cent. under the OPP
erations Of the trusts.
Crackers" said a travelling man
who sells these goods, ''are not only
a recognized staple and general
food product, but they are one OF
the necessaries Of life, just as bread
is. In our country districts, and
outlying mining camps, where the
mills are far apart and people cannot
get -four, they depend on crackers
for their food supply. TO
raise the price of crackers is to
strike at the food supply of the
country, and yet there is no such a
howl about it as there would be if it
was Su oar or coffee.
"Prior to November 9, all the
cracker factories in and out of the
trust had the same list of prices, off
which they gave certain discount
to the iobber On that date the
American Biscuit company arbitrar-
lily advanced the price on XXX soda
and Pearl oyster crackers from six
to six and one-half cents pound
and other brands in proportion. |
mention XXX soda and Pearl oyster
because they are staple brands.
Some of my price lists contain the
names of no less than ITO varieties
of crackers and cakes. There was
no occasion tor this increase. Flour
and lard are no dearer and the cost
of manufacturing is no higher. The
trust saw a chance to squeeze the
iobbers, and they squeezed y
Kansas City Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-22

are to remain in the kitchen and
wear out their lives in household
drudgery as heretofore, such illus
ion will be dispelled in the very
near future. To-day, women are
exerting more widespread infu-
ence ON American morals and poll
tics than the casual reader has even
dreamed of. Fully half a dozen
women's organizations, of the most
Intelligent of the sex, are compel
ling the public to give them a
respectful hearing. Among the
most prominent organizations are
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, the Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton, and the Women's Alliance. 1t
is noteworthy, and sign of the
times, that the chief Of police, OF
Chicago, Illinois, has asked for the
advice of committee composed OF
women's organizations, in the re-
moval and appointment of city
matrons. 1t is also noteworthy
that the Women's Alliance, of Chi
cago, has attacked the city govern
ment-a committee report declaring
that the police stations are "tester-
ing nests for the incarceration Of
the poorer classes" and police
courts are dominated by political
and monetary influences.
In England, the working women
are better organized than in the
United States, and according to a
report in the Chicago Daily News,
the "woman laborer and friends
have become more and more con-
WINGED that her help lies, not in the
WORKOUT expedients of charity,
loans of blankets, and Dorcas meet
ings; or in the opening of reading
rooms-but rather in organization
and legal interference with existing
wrongs" A dozen years ago, and
working woman in England was
no better than a beast OF burden In
the estimation of the ruling class.
She is not much better yet, but she
has forced the ruling class to recog-
nize her humanity and right to legal
protection, and even though the
measure of recognition be ever so
little, it is step in the right direc-
ton, and promises grand results.
Let the good work go on. Let the
women organize to carry on every
good work, and the beneficial re-
suits can never be estimated. Every
field of thought or action that wo-
man has as yet entered, is better
for her presence. In lifting herself
she lifts all around her Her inhu
ence is to purify and refine, whether
at home or abroad {; in the family,
or on the rOstrum.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-22
PopuIist Hand Book.

The Populist, or Peoples Party,
Hand Book, published by the Vim
cents, is ready for delivery. Call
at this office, or send, and get one.
Price, so cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-22

SEND TEN CENTS for a bundle. Of
Reform papers, for distribution
among your weak-kneed friends.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-08-05
Chinese In California.

Notwithstanding the Chinese cx-
clusion act, the Chinese population of
California 1T this time numbers 7l,GS1,
showing that there has been q very
slight decrease within the past ten
years. Many of the Chinese residents
of the stItc have returned to their
native country within these years, and
many hcvc left California for other
Statos. There has been no increase of
the Chinese population through the
birth of children, rs but very few
Chinese women have ever been brought
to this COUNTRY There need be no
doubt, says the New York Sun, that
Cinnamon reach California from Dritis!
Columbia, to which t.icy tall3 passage
from Hong Kong. The federal govern
mont is trying to put u stop to this mi
grafton, which goes on in violation of
the exclusion not, and it is reported
that letter on tho subject was recent
ly sent to the British Canadian customs
department, which replied that it had
no power to interfere with the move
mcnts Of Cinnamon who nrrivo in
Canada nnd pay the poll tax. It 10 only
by the vigorous enforcement OF the OK
clusion act along the whole line of tho
Canadian border that tho influx Of
Cinnamon to this country can bo pre-
vented,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-08-05
WASHINGTON RELIoA

High Prices Paid for Them Mt q Recent
Sale.
Two years ago, during tho cclcbra-
tion of the centennial of Washington's
Inauguration Us first president of the
United States, much interest was dis
played in anything pertaining to the
"Fathcr of His Country" All the relics
of his day were admired by large and
curious crowd, AID the loan exhibitions
were very popular. That this interest
was not cphcncral, says IIarpcr's
Weekly, or merely aroused by the pa
triotic display during the celebration,
Is clearly proven by the attention that
has been called forth by u recent sale
in Philadelphia Of collection of Amer
icana. Tho prices that these relics and
curiositics Of the oldcn day. especially
those connected with Washington, have
brought have been q general surprise.
The silver plate from the outer case of
WashinGton's coffin, which wcs regard
cd as tho most curious relic of all, be-
ing only valuable fT3:a tic collectors S
point CT view, WIS sold for eighty dol
lars. VIC Grc led to believe that the
cares Of War or Of state did not cngross
NIL the time of the great general. as one
OF the books exhibited was an Atlas of
the World complied and indcxcd by
Washington himself. Sir Matthew
IIalc's Contcmplations tLondon, 1861,
which bore the name of Mary WASH
.ington" on the title page, and the in
scription beneath, written by her son:
Smother of q. Washington" was re-
gardcd rs very valuable, and brought
one hundred dollars. A looli of Wash
ington's hair, which was cut end pre-
scrvcd by his barber. John Pcrric, sold
for twenty dollars, and IN autograph
letter of tho generals. written from
Mount Vernon in 170S, was sold for two
hundred and fifteen dollars, while n
lottery ticket signed by him brought
forty-two dollars and fifty cents. The
historical books nnd documents were
sold Mt very high fiGurcs, and the cncr-
getic bidding that all the relics called
forth gave evidence OF the regard and
esteem in which he was held by his
adnirinS countryracn of to-day, almos:
o century after his death.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-08-05
a Royal Cnp In Pawn.

II one of the Melbourne journals Is f.
be believed, says tho Pail Mall Gaac*,
in tho shop Of d pawnbrolicr in Swan
ton street, in that city, is n largo 90.
cup, the inscription on which stat
that it was presented many yeGrs u
to The prince consort. Tho duke {
Edilbnrgh md tho two sons OF t.!
prince of Wclcs arc the only rncrnlH
Of tac royal family who bnvc viz
Melbourne.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
@THE FINEST STORY
IN THE WORLD"
BY RUDYAKD KIPLNG.
lcopyrisht-1S91.l
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


Tn aushor Of this story discovers In the
oerson OF Charlie Mcars, who 10 an ordi-
nsrv. EVERYDAY sort OF London bank -ciefk K
the trsnsmigratcd soul OF Greek galsey-
siava Charlie declares his own AMBITION
10 become a writer, and he submits 70 n's
litnrarv friend examples OF composition.
ccnersily verses. which are very badIy
done. When be tells OF his conceptions
Cor stories and poetry. however, no -
original and brilliant; but by ms own
awkward handling OF them the tnen'p 70
friend instruc;s and advises him, and ieeis
well repaid for the time thus spent, Tor one
RI Chnylie'. ideas for O story" strikes the
author As q splendid thing. Charlie plahs
20 write n romance of Greek calIey-smNo,
and in describing II in haif.crea,hihe
Vay he convinces his listener that ne -
speaking of real experiences ana tlas 90
soul was once that OF Greek over z.ooo
wears ago. He depicts the terflo,e eol-
lures Of galley-slayes by their cruei ina,,
Sers. how they were obliged 10 Work III
Sba aark with poor food and little sleep,
until as one by one they became mao OF
iied. they were cut into pieces ana thrown
ont through the Oar-holes. lie describes
6cbf between a feet of such boats. OF
successful mutiny OF the slaves. ana "n,io
by the general vagueness OF MS recllhi hc
coufuxes the now GREATNESS anthof. We, "
Che abundance Of incidents convinces MN
that he Ia narrating from Two sepaia.s
cpochs of his souls existence. one that OF
The Greek slave. and the other that of
sailor under o Morse Viking, on q voyage
10 America about the ninth or tenth
century after Christ. The author has be-
come intensely interested and believes
that undying fame awaits the writer OF the
story made up Of the adventures OF
Charles transmigratory soul. But getting
the data is slow work, for the bank cleik
like Yecitals. The close of the first half of
the tale left the author eager TO 60 on ana
impatient over delay caused by Charles
intractability.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
cheerfully.

Il don't care d-n what she says"
At twenty the things for which one does
not care d-n should properly be many.
but one must not include mothers in the
list. | told him this gently, and he de-
scribed her even as Adam must have de-
scribed to the newly named beasts the
glory and tenderness and beauty of Eve.
incidentally | learned that she was to-
bacconist's assistant with weakness for
pretty dress. and she had told him four or
Ave times already that she had mover been
kissed by man before.
Charlie spoke on and on, and on. while /
separated from him by thousands of years.
was considering the beginning of things.
Now | understood why the Lords Of Life
and Death shut the doors so carefully be-
hind us. 1t is that we may not remember
our first wooings. Were it not so our
world would be without inhabitants in a
hundred years.
Now, about that galley story said still
more cheerfully In pause IN the rush of
the speech.
Charlie looked up as if he had been hit.
THE galley-what galley? Good heavens !!
don't Joke, man. This is serious. You
don't know how serious II is !"
Grish Chunder was Fight. He had tasted
the love of woman that Kills remembrance,
and the finest story IL the world would
never be written.
SO have decided to let it go at that.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
There Is No Death.


"There Ia no death. The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heavens lewolled crown
They shine forever more.
"There is no death The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer shower
To golden grain or mellowed irait
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
"The granite rocks dlsorganize
And feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest trees drink daily life
From out the viewlo5s air.
aThere Is no DEATH The leaves may fall
And flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
Tho coming Of May-day.
"There Is no death! An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread
And bears our bestowed things away,
And then We coll them dead
"He leaves our heart all desolaie:
He plucks our fslrest, sweetest fiovers;
Transpianted into bliss they nov
Adorn immortal bowers.
"The bird-lIke voice, whose Joyous tones
Make glad these scenes Of sin and strife
Now sings IN everlasting song
Around the Tree Of Life.
"Where'er no secs q smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for faint and vice,
He bears II 10 that world OF light
To dwell In Paradise.
" Born unto that undyin9 life
They lsavs us but TO como again:
With Joy We welcome them tho samc,
Except their sin and pain.
"And ever acar US, though unseen.
The dear immortal Spirits tread,
For all the boundless universe
u We-zAeys ere No dada
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
CuAPTER ".

/ saw no more of him for nearly a week.
When next | met him IL was In Grace
church street with q bill.book chained to
his waist. Business took him over London
Bridge and accompanied him. He was
very full Of the importance of that book
and magnifed il. As we passed over the
Thames We paused TO look at steamer
unloading great slabs Of white and brown
marble. A barge drifted under the
steamers stern, and q lonely COW In that
barge beloved. Charities face changed
from the face Of bank-clerk to that of
an unknown. and, though he would not
have believed II "A much shrewdcr man:
lie flung out bis arms across the parapet of
the bridge. and laughing very loudly said /:
when they heard our bulls below the
skroelings ran away
waited only for an instant, but the
barge and the COW had disappeared under
.he bows Of the steamer before answered
"Charlie, what doyou suppose are skroe-
lingsI"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
Both Ashamed.

Old Gotrox: Look here. to come right
down to the sohd truth, aren't you Just a
little ashamed Of your old daddy! Honest
now.
Young Gotrox: Why, guv'nor, cawn't
say ashamed exactly, but you know you
are not always in good fawm, ye know.
being ashamed of me. Every time look
at you and think what o job made Of your
bringing up l am ashamed of myself.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05

Charlie. He spoke Of q landing on an
i.land and explorations in its woods, where
the crew killed throe men whom r 1nsy
l nhnsts Charlie said, followed the galley,
thinning m and choking In the water. and
,ha crew cast lots aud threw one OF their
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
A Surprise.


Widower Ito his little daughter, aged ten):
Dora. do you know that Susanna. our house
keeper, is going TO be married!
Dora: Oh, Pm so glad we are getting rid
of the old pelican. Won't IL be jolly
But who is going to marry her?
Father: Well, am.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

ers when Don NJ. Dickinson. bearing oa
ne eoansenaDee tAe rstleetloa OF BABY
Rata's sassle. walked tae speakers
lobby Ike senJy on guard;
shsa Bsyafd. from as sAge's seeia-
sos, wTots lhAt Mills should be
tae nan, when Villas rubbed his fresh
&c stesssl toga IA the DIRT of politics
that aia not eoncssn him. AID al for
Mills aud when All these lnnaenees
came 70 ua0ghs without siopping tie
rolls uf the uniyerse, then tue dfm-
ocFais ssoke 10 tie fact that their god
Was after ali stuffed thing OF 20
practical account, and that nis prophets
were as pogerless ss those Of baal la
the light ut events, II Is small wCadeF
that the prophets themselves are
tumhiinv over themselves 10 explain
ihst they were pEephesying on another
job, aud had no faith ia Mills what
ever.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

2Essspsets OF any radical legislatsos at
sas hands oi the party doHsEAnt IN tas
popaIar brAneh OF congress &c wssh-
lagtoa. The appointment of tbs eaa-
aiistses by tue speaker eiesriy Ind dseatss
the program ta Do followed ~ tee
aominSssnx lnnaepee OF the democrat
&c majority. There vii be no eompre-
henavs tArlf bsll reported 70 the house
at the present session. Records Of the
Douse n tavof Ct lsEid reform viii BE
made by sending - tue senate separate
oslls dealing With slagle items OF tsritf
,seheGues. IL enc OF these. or more
shan oBe. can be worried througH the
senate AID sent to the white house, the
d mocEstic sjority ia the house VIII
l.e we'll satisfied. Tasy will be almost
efaaliy well satisfied Il tue senate re-
leets each Of these measures and moth
ing IS sent to the president. No tariff
legislation is expected 20 become law
Ia either case. The only difference i
that II one or two measures pass the
senate, the president will he obliged 10
put himself on record personally and
specifically against tree wool, or free
coal. or free iron ore, or free cotton
ties, as the care may tie. II nothing
goes 10 him, the senate and party in
power there will bear the responsibility
of defeating all legislation. While this
Is the general program as mapped oul
the committee ON manufactures ap.
pointed by Sps aker Crisp contains sew
ersi of the most sg gsressiye tariff re-
formers IN congress. Two OF them,
John Dewitt Warner. OF the New Yorl;
Tariff Reform club, and Michael ID.
Harter. OF Ohio. are not afraid OF the
name of Free Traders" These grn-
tlenen are not likely To be blind.olded
or To be easily deceived, and the con
ferences OF the committee are not
likely to be at all times harmonious.
Whether their differences will be car.
ried on TO the floor of the house and
aired for the benefit of the country or
throttied outside the halls of legislation,
time alone can tell. Developments at
Washington the coming winter will be
watched With more than ordinary in.
terest.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28
DEFINITIONS OF HOME.
ssne ssatinents About That Place which
Ii Lcves by ALL

sSme Sentiments About That Place which
In Loved by All.
The London Tid-Bits offered prize
for the best definition Of home. Here
are some OF the best of Eve Thousand
answers sent ia:
The golden setting In which the
brightest jewel IL mother"
A world Of strife shut out. world Of
love shut in.
Al srbor which shades when the sun
shine of prosperity becomes too daz-
ring: a harbor where the human bark
Apds shelter In the time 81 sdversitv.
Home is the blossom Of which Heaven
a the fruit.
Home is persons estate obtained
without Injustice. kept without disquict-
ude: n place where SINE is spent with
ont repentance. and which is ruled by
Justice. mercy and love.
A grand old mirror through which
both sides of us are seen.
That source Of comfort which ycuth
does not fully appreciate, which the
young men and uaa,dens lovingly desire,
which the middle aged generally poe
sess and which the old rightly value.
A hive in whieh. like Ne indnstrions
bee. youth rarners the sweets snr
memories for age 10 mediss&e and fed
upon.
The best place for . married man A.
t<r business hours
Home is the contest. lindiis~t- sweet
est place in al the ~orld- The scene o.
our paress esrthly joys and deepest sor.
rows
The only spot on earth where the
fauits and fsillnrs of fali~1 horssnit-
are hsdden under the mantle of ohsrity
An abo~e in which the inmate. tbs
superior h>iaz called Essn. eso pa
back at night with ffsS res cent Inter
esf every snsoFaece that hzs met hiR
an business during the day.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28

The hulk Of the Chinese today believe
that the United Statss. ErgiAns', GERMANY.
France aud the other countries OF Ihris-
<ndom are trtbntsry 10 Caias. fwss told
ia PeAias that alne-tenths Of the p~opis
thrrs believe thai our nsinisssr SD The
diplomats rrpresentiss tAe other Grest
ssaats.e@ ef the wcrid are ~ Psaisg sclesy
te pay homage TO lac emperor aod %
bfia4 tFthate "a him. This is - TO ssch
"a ssisnt that ins street ia Pekms ar,ss
vtlea the foreign issstseas frentA - ksSwa
sAere :. shs street 81 sh~ sosless NastonA
ID lies ~isAis q stcaes tArow 81 the gr~As
~sIi wAieA ss-~ sfsuaa the s1e~rcr's
palaces, sad the hsss ef All the Gv~ss ceas-
trsa= ef the wefld Gest fssm tka b.ans
essagzelss "a. -~fFsak a. C~spsssss h Ne
okssal fFshass.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28
SCHUYLER sKAaTs' ESTATE.
The Relatives Quarrel over His Prop

The Relatives Quarrel over His Prop.
erfy.
New yoRK, Dec. 27.->MoIe pecu!iari-
ties of Schuyler skaats, over whose
ss00,Ooo or so of property his relatives
are d.sputing before Surrogate Rams m.
came out in the testimony yesterds, /.
The evidence so far has deserted him
as a man who had committed many
verses to memory, which ne sung or
recited unsolicited IN company. He
also kept a diary for several years. not
ing every few cents be expended, but
leaving ont nisuy of his larger expend-
iturcs. Charles NJ. Weatnerbee. pro-
prietor of hvtcl where skssts lived f. r
several years. testified that Skasts .is
in the habit of triuging a SICK cat into
the dining room. Skasts repeated the
esMe pune so often that Il became tire-
some. When Mr.. Fuli,r. partner of
the witness. was tending the dining
room, Skaais would say: Are you any
"a Ter than wncn you went inT' Tn s
went on nine years. Mrs. Susan X.
Minor, 20 years old, testified that
skssts was continually rtlnniug the
four summers he spi Mt al anches,ef,
VI. lie attended the episcopal church
AMI made his resi- onscs 10 the seiy.c
ous of season. lie would fall aslsep.
breathe heavily and snore.