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washing Away the Earth.

A French geologist has made care
full calculation of the amount of solid
matter yearly carried off into the
ocean by the action Of the rivers of
the world and other causes. He esti-
mates that the reduction Of the aver
age height of the surface Of the solid
land is 0.006 inches each year. Max
ing allowance for the corresponding
rise in the bed of the ocean, and TAX
ing no account of the occurrence OF
volcanic and other exceptional phe-
nomena - the general tendency Of
which is to hasten the process of dis
integration-the period at which the
solid land will have ceased to exist
and the surface of the earth will be
covered with water has been estimated.
AS, however, that period is $500, 900
years distant, the prediction need
cause no immediate disquietude.-
PitsburQ Dispatch.
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ing to the homestead that he might
save the expense of livery bills. Then
he would walk six miles from the
cabin to the county seat and pay the
interest on money borrowed from the
school funds by his father to enter
his land.
His last visit to the old home was
in December, 1861, after his election
to the Presidency. He cut a log,
split it, and carved his fathers name
upon the two boards, which he placed
at the head and foot Of Thomas Lin
coins grave in the Gorton Cemetery.
These humble monuments are gone,
and the resting-place Of the great
Presidents father is now marked by
handsome granite monument. 1t
was on this occasion that his step
mother, to whom Abraham was de-
yotedly attached, said: '"They'll kill
you, my boy, and l won't see you
again" She never did.
The ground on which the cabin
stood will be encircled by neat fence
and the spot memorialized by mon
ument. The association will en-
deavor to preserve the garden, with
its wreath of sage and hollyhocks to
remind mankind of the humble origin
of great man.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16
What Is Meant by Free Trade.

Prof Sumner, candid free trader, in
the economic sense, has defiped free trade
In the following terms:
"The term free trade although much
discussed, is seldom rightly defined 1t
does not mean the abolition of custom
hOnses. nor does it mean the substitution
of direct fer indirect taxation, as few
American disciples Of the school have
supposed. 1t means such an adjustment
of taxes on imports as will cause no
diversion of capital from any channel
into which it would otherwise flow into
any other channel opened or favored by
the legislation which cnacts the GUS
toms A country may co lect its entire
revenue by duties on imports and yet
be an entirely free trade country so long
as it does not lay those duties in such a
way as to lead any one to undertake any
employment or make any investment he
would avoid i'm the absence of such du-
ties. Thus the custom duties levied by
England with very few exceptions, are
not inconsistent with her professions of
being a country which believes in free
traAa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16
McKinley's Versatility.

When Ma, or Mckinley was nominated
for Governor of Ohio by the Republicans,
one Of the leading Democratic papers of
the country declared that he would be
defeated because he had no versatility
and was simply man with hobby who
had made protection his pet theory to
the utter exclusion Of knowledg. on all
other subjects. The idea conveyed was
that he was not we'll qualified for an
executive Office. When the Democrats
made the grievous mistake of putting a
free and unlimited silver coinage plank
in their platform, Governor Campbell
and DeTocra ic newspapers were dis
losed to make light of it and declare
that the finance question would be sunk
in the background in Ohio by the tariff
issue, and that in any event Major
Mckinley was not competent TO discuss
the silver question and make it an issue.
These Eighty prophets must have felt
exceedingly small in their own eyes when
they read Major McKinley's speech in
opening his campaign.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16
Our Own Market Is the Best.

Mr.. Henry Fawcett, M. p, free
trade writer, in his work on Stree Trade
and rejection" asserts that "the tariffs
OF al oSt every European country, since
1897, have all become more protective,
inc uding' Germany, Austria, Russia,
Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece. Dur
ing the present year Sweden and New
Zealand have been added to the list OF
nations once supplied by England with
manufactured artic es at prices cheaper
than they cou'd be made at home" but
which have been found quite too dear
for al that
England thus finds the markets Of the
world growing smaller for her, and, ac-
cording TO recent reports, nearly mill
ion of her workingmen who have de-
pended on other nations for consumers
of the products OF English manufactures
are now idle. The markets thus closed
to England, I'm spite of her diplomacy
and less reputable exertions, are not
likely to be opened to the United States
without concessions in prices OF our
products to which our workingmen
ought not and will not assent.
The only market we can certainly con-
troll is our own, and this, from the fact
Of being the best in the world, should be
most jealousy guarded against encroach-
ments in the interest OF foreign rivals
If outside markets really offered the
rich reward that free trade advocates
hold up before the eyes OF American
voters, it is quite safe to conclude that
those foreigners in whose interest free
trade is urged would be less persistent
in their efforts to get hold upon the
trade of this country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16
Those Erightfnl Taxes.

How many voters realize what the
protective system has done for them?
democratic newspapers are careful net
10 make knowl the IA is, which are
nevertheless abundantly estab ished by
Official records. For example. let the
census report on wages testify as fol-
lows:
"A cotton spinner at Cohoes earned 81
In 1860, the last year of n Democratic
4 tariff, and the wholesale pr ce OF print
cloths was then :. 81 cents This same
spinner earned in the same works 81. 70
In 1890, and the price OF print cloths
was 3.S7 cents a days work under
Z Democracy would buy eighteen yards
under Republicanism forty-six yards. A
carpenter earned 81 in 1850, the last
year OF Democratic tariff, and paid
80 for a hand-saw He earned 81 in
1890 and paid 81 for better hand-Saw,
Undcr Democracy his saw cost him two
days labot, under Repubicanism half
days labor. A blacksmith earned
$l.t74 in 1860, the last year of a
Democratic tariff, and paid 1925 per 100
pounds for nails. He earned Sl.S0 in
1890, and paid in the same market SO per
100 pounds for nails Under Democracy
his days work earned 81 pounds an |
under Republican SIN 90 pounds OF nal S.
A glass-presSer in the O'Hara works at
Pittsburg earned $l.50 in 1850 the last
year OF Democratic tariff, and paid
So. so per dozen, or about n cents each
for the goblets he made. In 1890 he
earned i'm the very same establishment
SO. so, and yet he paid only IS cents per
dozen, or 3 cents each, for the goblets
he made, which were better than any
produced in 1860 nder Democracy
his days work earned 7 goblets and
under Republicanism his days work
earned SO goblets. A cabinet maker
earned Sl.50 per day in the last
year of a Democratic tariff, and paid
S35 for a bedroom suite. In 1890 the
cabinet maker in the same establish
ment earned 80. so per day, and paid $50
for the bedroom suite on which he
worked. In Democratic times the suite
cost twenty three days labor; after
thirty years of protection it cost him
eight days labor. A brick molder
worked for ST. in 1860 in New Jer-
sey establishment, and the hard brick
sold for SO per thousand. In the same
establishment the molder earned Sl.75
In 1890, and the brick on which he worked
sold for 81. To buy thousand OF brick
he helped to make under democracy he
would have given six days and a halt of his
work; under protection only four days.
A forger in Connecticut AK estab-
lishment earned s! per day in 1860, and
the axes he made were selling at 81 per
dozen. In 1890 he earned 1925 per day,
and the axes sold at $3.50. To buy a
dozen cost him five and one half days.
labor under Democracy; under protec-
ton about two and half days"
Illustrations like these from official
lNoo kar
cient to fill this sheet. And yet there
are Democratic organs which persist in
the cry that the tariff is a tax, and that
the poor workingman is somehow robbed
by the duties imposed on cotton, tools,
nails and glassware
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16
ABE" LINcoLN.s CABIN.
The Relic Removed to Chicago tor Ex
hibition.


Lincoln's cabin is in Chicago, and
as soon as suitable building can be
erected the home in which Abraham
Lincoln passed his boyhood will be
placed therein, together with such
relics OF the martyr President as can
be procured and exhibited. 1t will
be one Of the permanent attractions
in Chicago.
Several months ago the existence
of a cabin built by Abraham Lincoln
and his father became known to q
party of Chicago gentlemen, and they
determined to secure the interesting
relic. Mrs. Norah Gridley was sent
to Coles County and visited the cabin,
which was at the time occupied, and
had for years been the home Of John
j. Hall, relative Of the late Presi-
dent. The Halls were well-to-do,
and had become attached to the place,
SO long their home, but they were
prevailed upon to part with it.
The cabin became the property Of
the Abraham Lincoln Association.
With the property deed to the land
acre garden Of Grandma Lincoln
passed into the possession of the asso-
citation. The purchasers have Sc
cured every link in the chain Of title
from the patent Of the Government
to Thomas Lincoln to the deed Of con-
veyance to the association. Among
them is deed in Abraham Lfncoln's
handwriting and the only known doc
ument in existence to which the joint
signatures of Abraham and Mary Lin
coin are attached.
The cabin was built in 1881, and is
constructed of oak logs cut by Abra-
ham and his father in the river bot
toms, and hauled to the spot where
the cabin was erected. 1t contained
one room and a loft, and is 16 feet in
length by Is feet in depth and 10 feet
high. In 1885 an addition of the
same dimensions was built of quaking
aspen with small storage-room of
four feet in width between, max
ing the entire structure thirty
six feet in length. Shortly
after building the addition young
Abe left home, but made it duty to
visit his parents twice a year, walk
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16
Up I'm the Business.
Uncle |

Mr.. Saunterer - Hello, Uncle
Where you going with that mule?
Q Uncle-Gwine take i'm ter de opery
house, sab! Dey tells me dey's oner
deze bally troops in town an de man
ager done got use fer dis ve'y sorter
critter.
Gin what way, I'd like to know?'
Gin dis way, sab. hearn dat de
mos high price pufformers in de
business ter-day am de high kickers,
an L lay yer wen dis quaderped lifts
Unset dey amt nary one onem kin
come so mar jarrin' de gildin' often
de stars. Yonkers Gazette.
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the cereal which he claims is raised at
loss, but he demands as payment for the
use of the land sufficient corn tat pres
ent prices) 10 pay for the original cost OF
the land to him, which was between ~
and $40 per acre.-Grundy County Re-
publican.
Governor Boies, OF Iowa, is very posi-
tive in his declaration that prohibition is
a failure i'm Iowa. This will give his
supporters strong pull upon the dis
tiliers and brewers of the country for
campaign funds Boston Traveller.
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Der OF voters to turn the ma .ority. either
way a between parties.
BESIDES, the nomination OF Major Nc
Kinley stamped the issue Of protection
indelb On the Ohio cont ,st-so in
delibly that ii cannot be removed by any
agency whatever. And so, while we
have tho tremendous advantage there
in the fooishness and laundering OF the
Democrats on liver, we have also the
bcre6t Of contest as the main issue on
the great American p.ihcip.e-protec-
tiop
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16
Political Pointers.

THE present indications are that the
great want of the Peoples party this
year will be people. - indianapolis
Journal
As SOON as the election returns have
come in Gov Poles will find himself
among the ruins OF the worst ca amity
party the State of Iowa has ever seen.
WE have a suspicion that Governor
Boies would like to put his executive
veto OH Iowa's big corn crop this year il
he could do it without being found out
If Campbell should carry Ohio Camp
bell or New York candidate would be
the inevitable logic of the next Demo
cratic National Convention. Troy Press
(Dem.).
THERE is another evidence that the
Alliance Is Demo ratio i'm its ffiliations.
Its financial agC hts are beginning to APP
propr ate the funds and go on foreign
tours Springfield Journal
AFTER reading one of PETERS or
Mills or Simpsons fervid orations, turn
over and read he crop rcpoI Is and the
nat on's re, oicings 1t is the best anti
dotc to the ca amity-shrieker's WALL
Inter Ocean.
A FEW Democratic editors are insinu-
ating in a mild way that Chairman Brice
ought to resign. They charge him with
lack OF judgment. A man may dodge
his taxes, perform feats of lcgerdemain
with railroads, carry Doodle into politics,
and still be the proper person to manage
the affairs OF the Democratic party.
But he must not get caught at it. The
Democratic editors are right Mr.. Brice
lacks Judgment He was caught at IT,
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Told In a Few Words.

THE husk of Indian corn Is being used
for tho manufacture of paper.
WooDsvILLE, N. H., expects to send
out 81. 600, 900 of whetstones during tho
present year.
A swoRDFIsu that weighed $50 pounds,
was caught last week by George Wake
field, keeper of the Cape Porpoise (Me. }
light
II Is said that there are more salmon
in the Merrimac River now then there
have been at any time for the last fortv
years
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Two Great Champions.

Major Mckinley and John Sherman
make magnificent team of political
orators. Each i a master in his own
special branch Of politics. and the two
issues of the campaign in Ohio this fall
are precisely the ones that these two
champions have made their own With
Major Mckinley making ringing appeals
for the system that protects American
labor against the cheap labor of the
world, and Senator Sherman enunciat-
ing unanswerable arguments for the dol
lar that shall be always worth 100 cents
to the working man, the Republicans of
Ohio should be able to make winnin :
fpht this fall
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-16

APARLoR match led to the discovery
of house breaker in Kalamazoo, Mich.
After entering house, he imprudently
endeavored to light his way by ignitipg
n match that made swapping report
like toy torpedo. The noise awoke n
sleeper, and he captured the house.
breaker,
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III ANY DON'T REALIZE THE
VALUE OF PROTECTION.

Inc Great Issue I'm Ohio-What Is Meant by
Free Trade Our Own Market the Best
Mckinlcy's Versatility-Two Great Cam
paigns--A Tariff Picture.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY
CONSIDERED.

Scholarly Exposition OF tho Lesson
Thoughts Worthy Of Calm Reflection
Half an Hours Study OF the Scriptures
Time Well Spent.
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A Tariff Picture.

The furnacemen employed by the Wales
makers of tin plate get s1.75
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Next Lesson. Quarterly Review. Mis-
sions or Temperance. Temperance Lesson:
Prov. 4: 1910.
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per dsy. Those employed making black sheets
or plates In the rolling mills OF Pittsburgh
get $3.50
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Christ the Good Shepherd.

The lesson for Sunday, Sept 20, may be
)und In John 10: Lie
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

This week the KANSAS AGITAroR
comes out in brand-splinter-new
dress, and is issued from Garnett,
the county-seat of Anderson county.
We did not come here to fill a
"long-felt want" because Garnett
already had three papers, but we are
here to champion the cause of the
common people,; to oppose ring
rule, monopolies, political trickery;
to stand up and fight the battles of
the oppressed against the oppressor.
We will always be found on the
RIGHT side of every question of re-
form. The hundreds of people who
have read the ,AGIrAToR during the
past six months know its policy, and
that policy will not be changed.
I'VE make no apology for coming
to Garnett, and we deem further ex-
planation unnecessary. We simply
ask that those who believe that the
moral and financial affairs of this
nation are at a, very low ebb, and
that reform. and new deal are need
edS"hold.upour. hands" and strength
en- us in the conflict.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

1t is written that God created
woman mans help-meet that she
has been, all history corroberates.
During the Dark Ages, and with
the heather tribes, she has been his
faithful, loving and trusting slave.
Among christian nations, she is the
queen of his fireside, his kitchen;
his dining room and his parlor. She
is constantly advancing to higher
plain of usefulness, and in this gen
Grafton she is mans equal in all res
poets except at the ballot-box. She
is his adviser and sympathizer in all
his business transactions. She
shares his sorrows and adversity in
every degree. She nurses him
when sick, and leads him to- better
and purer life. She is the first and
the last to minister to his wants.
She rocks his cradle and smoothes
his dying pillow. She stimulates
him with hope during the dark hour
of his final dissolution and silent
transit to his eternal home beyond
the grave. The AGIrAroR says give
her the ballot, not alone for her
good, but for the benefit of her
brothers, also.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19


We have given the money ques-
tion considerable thought Of late,
and our conclusions are that the
way it is managed and manipulated
by the government, the banks, the
bondholders and the loan agents, it
is one Of the great curses Of the age.
1t is robbing the farmers, the me-
chanics and the laboring men of
their homes and their independence.
AS the "iridescent dreamer" said in
his late speech in the senate, it is
making this country the "home of
the rich and the land of the slave"
We arise to point of order and
humbly ask this government to dis
pense with it altogether. or issue
and control it in the interests of
Gods toilers, instead of the gam
blers and gold worshipers. -.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

| it looked, at one time, as if none
but old soldiers, or old soldiers
daughters, need apply.
One member of the house, an old
soldier, states that he was offered
six thousand dollars for his vote for
United States senator, but declared
that he would rather die in an aims
house than touch Ingalls, money.
We have met quite number of
members who received free railroad
passes, but returned them in every
case.
After Sundays slanderous assault
by the Capital, Tuesdays issue is as
meek as a lamb; and the way it
"sidles up" to the Peoples party
members of the: house would be be-
witching, if we did not know it to
be lying, scurrilous sheet. 1t says
"The Capital is glad to congratulate
the Peoples party, and the state, on
the conservatism of the views Of
certain gentlemen" who are named.
."The 'cat's-paws' of southern
statesmen" all at once become con-
servatiye gentlemen, and the state
is to be congratulated, as also the
party built upon ''class prejudice. "
There is a rumor -afoat that j. j.
Ingalls, is to withdrawn from the
race and Judge Perkins to be run
for United States senator.
The above notes were intended
for last weeks issue, but as we is-
sued no paper last week, they ap-
pear now, although little stale. We
will publish a letter from Topeka
each week during the session of the
legislature.-ED.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19
CAPITAL NOTES.

Sundays Topeka Capital, unde
the heading of 1.-The Alliance an
the Commercial Credit Of Kansas,
proceeds to score the Alliance an
it's policy in unmeasured terms, an
with it's usual disregard for truth
charges the. Alliance with holding
principles that would do discredit t
anarchists, if true. If the farmer
of Kansas do not boycott the To
peka Capital we miss our guess
Any public journal, Republican o
Democratic, that could, or does, 81
willfully SANDER so large and intel
ligent a part of society as the al
lance farmers, should not b.
received into any family that ha
any regard for the truth.
AS sample; and as showing th'
animus of the articles referred to, WI
clip the following sentence:
"The political organization of th'
Alliance, built upon class prejudice
controlled by secret organization
a cat's-paw of southern politicians
can only last brief hour" =.
Mark the Words "a cat's-paw;'
"class prejudice" etc. The Cap
ital, as the organ of the state-houss
ring, and as leading journal.in the
G. o. p., has, from the beginning
slandered the farmers of Kansas
without stint, and if it reflects the
sentiments of the party, any farmer
in Kansas who continues to affiliate
with that party is certainly work
ing against his best interests.
The Alliance members: of the leg
islature went into caucus, Monday
afternoon, and made their selection
for house officers. P. P. Elder was
the unanimous choice for speaker
Ben Rich, clsrk; Dick Chaos, sar
geant-at arms. The harmony was per
feet, for in a sessionlasting, altogeth
er,twelve hours, there was not sin
gle jar. So our readers may be
sure that the Alliance members will
stand together as one man. John
j., Ingalls, has not the. ghost of a
chance for reelection 7'""a: e.. o.
The members of the new: house,
though taken from the farms" are as
fine looking body Of men as can
be found in any, Similar body, we
venture to assert, in America.
The old soldier element is well
represented in the house, and the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

The following is a quotation from
St. Glare, a slave-owner in "Uncle
Toms Cabin:
He is as much at the will of his
employer as if-he were sold to him.
The slave-owner can whip his re-
fractory slave to death--the capital
list can starve him to death. As to
family security, il" is hard to say
which is athe worst Ito have ones
children sold, or see them starve to
death at.home. -. ,
.J:.J. Ingalls,, in his. speech in the
senate, Jan: "a, I ls, admits. that we are
fast becoming "a. nation of rich peo-
pie, nation of slaves that is,
capital owns labor: And yet, the
Demo-Republican party has been in
power for the last thirty years.
...a,.,. ;McGINrY.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

A PAPER called The National Farm
and Fireside is being sent abroad
free, that claims to be a friend to the
farmer. Beware Of its statements,
for it is an enemy in disguise.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19
Our Location.

THE KANSAS AGITAToR is located in
the, Huff building, east of the Grand
Opera House-up-stairs. We ex-
tend cordial invitation to our
friends to call and see us.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

AccoRpINc to the highly verac-
ious ring press, the Alliance is
splitting up in the northwest over
the action of the Ocala convention
ON the Conger lard bill. All news
to the Alliance.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

THE Federation of Labor claims
FIVE hundred thousand voters, and
its national assembly declared for
woman suffrage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-01-19

JOHN D. RocKAFELLER is opposed
to "parentalism in .government =