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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-01
Treachery Of Republican Lead

The Republican leaders of the
Republican party have betrayed
every cause it ever espoused. 1t
espoused the cause of the African
slave, freeing him as war measure
and then left him to "root, hog, or
die" All the leaders cared for was
his vote to boost them into power.
Republican leaders espoused the
cause of the homeless, and after
making great show of giving
away homes, gave the lions share
to railroad combines, and surround
ed the homesteader with conditions
that will eventually wrest away the
homestead, both improvements and
land. Republican leaders pretended
to espouse the cause of labor in a
high protective tariff, and to-day
the laborer is in the depths of pow
erty, and the manufacturer is a
millionaire. Republican leaders
pretended to espouse the cause of
the old soldier, and while the pen
sion bill has been run up to one
hundred and twenty-five million
dollars, the mass of the pensioners
do not get enough to buy their
coffee and tobacco; the largest
share going to big bugs (humbugs L.
Republican party leaders espoused
prohibition and betrayed it, going
so far as to fuse with re-submissiOn
Democrats in the election of Demo-
cratic re-submissi0n judges. Re-
publican leaders are false to the
masses.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-01
Parity Of silver.

Republican papers and politicians
generally claim that it is the policy
of their party to maintain parity OF
silver with gold. The claim may
be true, but it must be admitted
that the party had adopted the worst
possible methods. In 1878, silver
was demonetized by Republican
congress, which repealed the law
providing for the free and unlimited
coinage. The financial distress
that followed this uncalled-for act
of oppression aroused public sentl-
ment to that pitch that congress
was forced to pass silver bill in
1878. By the act of 1878, silver
dollars are only legal tender IN
payment of debt for only 500 when
otherwise provided for in con-
tract, and the amount to be coined
was limited. Under the present
silver certificate law, the certificate
is not legal tender for any sum, if
otherwise provided for in contract.
Now let the contracts be drawn to
be paid in gold, and gold will soon
bring a premium, and this is really
what the Wall street congress has
aimed to bring about.
The assumption that the Repub-
lican party is aiming to keep silver
at par with gold shows either a
lack of judgment, or insincerlty.
1t is most probably insincerity, for
the financial Legislation of the Re-
publican party has been to give the
people the dearest possible dollar.
A school boy ought to know that to
limit the amount, in any case, OF
any kind of money that might be
proffered in payment of debt, would
have the tendency to discredit that
kind of money. Future develop
ments will probably show that the
Republican party has deliberately
planned to depreciate silver money,
and in fact, the first step looking to
depreciation of silver money has
already been taken, in that contracts
are now being drawn, not only in
Kansas but in New York, that pro-
vide for their payment in gold,
Wait till large number OF such
contracts have been consumated,
and the policy of Wall street will
be so clear that even the blinded
partisan devotee can see, what is
now clear to large number Of
voters in the Peoples party, namely
that the people are deceived.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-01
Populist 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, 1891-12-01

SEND TEN CENTS for bundle of
Reform papers, for distribution
among your weakened friends.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-01

THOSE who were at the Peller-
Burton debate in Salina Opera house
will remember that Mr.. PETER claim
ed-and gave good proof to sub
stantiate it-that the 7-30 treasury
notes passed as money. This the
mighty Burton claimed as not true.
The following is in proof that Mr..
PETER knew what he was talking
about and Burton did not.
Charles E. Hunter, office Of Traf
hazen, Hunter & Co., bankers, New
York, in letter to John G. Drew,
of New Jersey, says:
Referring to yours of the Sth,
asking if, in my experience, the So
called 7-3O treasury notes did or
did not circulate as money, have
to say that they did so circulate,
and were used and paid out with
the same freedom as the greenbacks
were.
Here is another:
Amos Clark, First National Bank,
Elizabeth, n. j., said:
In compliance with your request
that | should define the relative po-
sition of the 7-30 to the general
balance of the currency in 1865, l
have to say, | was then daily in the
habit of receiving them and paying
out the same in my business the
same as greenbacks.-Salina Union.
PETER quoted from the secretary's
report that the 1905 were classed
as currency.-Alliant, Concordia.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-01

ORG ANIzE /! Unite !
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
FOXY OLD SITTING BULL.
now He Plays the Role or Prophet and
Practices HypnotIsm.

MANY and wierd are the tales told
about Sitting Bull, but the most un-
canny yarns of all are those that have
been related of him since the red men
have been looking for an Indian
Messiah. 1t WAS not until the craze
had become widespread that Sitting
Bull began to convert it to his own
use. but since then he has been work.
ing it ~ its total value. The cunning
old ro.ue was not so foolhartly as TO
attempt the role of the Messiah. but
has found it more convenient and just
us much to his purpose TO play the
part of prophet. He tells long aud
rather pretty story of having been inn
PEELED by some strange influence. while
wandering in the woods one night. to
follow star which was moving west
ward through the sky. All night the
star guided him. and in the morning
he came upon the Messiah clad in u
white robe. He had long waving hair
and beard. and manifested desire to
speak to Sitting Bull.
Then follows the familiar story OF
the promised return of the buffalo and
the restoration of dead Indians to life.
But the manner in which Sitting Bull
makes converts and maintains his in
hnence is the remarkable part OF the
whole affair. says the Minneapolis
Tribune. A Carlisle boy--educated
and intelligent-testiiies that when he
approached Sitting Bull the latter be-
gan singing and incidentally seized
him by the left foot. He felt as if u
charge of electricity had been passed
through his system and all the lights
shone blue or purple. Sitting Bull
then blew upon the crown of his head
and he became cold. He asked the
young man to pat his arms about him,
hut he was unable to move them.
Dozens of other instances of the big
chiefs mesmoric or hypnotic power are
cited. and he has employed it freely
and with convincing effect among his
people.
Sitting Bull has evidently been read
ing the Scriptures or listening 10 the
missionaries quite attentively, as his
story of being led by a star is evident
~ plagiarized from the Biblical account
of the star of Bethlehem. That he is
also a newspaper reader. or in somo
other manner keeps up with the fads
Of the times. is evidenced by his expert
ments in hypnotsm. If he and his peo-
pie were not so hemmed in by civil
ization and so directly under the eye
of the Government there is no telling
what mischief he might do. AS it is,
his capers in the role of prophet have
been merely amusing
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
Color And Cowardicc.

Colonel Mosby has Il peppery temper
and it was my misfortune TO excite it
on the occasion of our first meeting.
says writer in the Los Angeles En-
press. Our talk after time turned on
the subject OF courage. and l repeated
the old story of General Custer and the
recruit. Custer is said to have been
one of those rare men who are born
without the sense of fear, and never lost
color in any moment of peril. His
troops were standing under fire, not
permitted TO return it.
Say" said the quaking recruit 20
the veteran next him. "when are we
going to get the order to retroat?"
WELL" the old soldier said. there's
Custer on his horse just before you.
Keep your eye on him and the moment
you see him turn pale you must cut
and run"
Fudge" snapped Colonel Mosby. "a
man who turns pale has no business
going into battle"
why not?"
Because he's coward, SIR"
Then l treated him TO the other
chestnut about the duke of Wellington,
who pointed to a ghastly-faced young
officer marching past with head mp
toward the field of Waterloo and said:
There goes a brave man. He knows
his danger but goes to meet it."
also stated the fact that had seen men
in mining camps 60 into shooting
scrapes white as sheets. but neverthe-
less fight coolly and like the very
deuce.
''Pah!" was all Mosby said, and CIV
ing ME look which might have meant
that he suspected the color of my own
liver, he wheeled and left me. But he
came back presently and talked of
other things to show that he forgave
me.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
One Trial Was Enough.

"When the Kansas Pacific was first
opened" said Il. w. Veddar. a loco
motive engineer, 1.-THE Indians were
very hostile and there was constant
fear that they would wreck the trains.
That they did not is due to their igno-
rance of the iron horse and of the best
methods of destroying it.
"One of my firemen had an expe-
rience with the Cbeyennes that he will
never forget. He was on the road
near Fort Wallace when he saw that
the Indians had cut the telegraph wire
and knew that he might look out for
squalls. They were never satisfied
with simply cutting the wire, but
chopped II into inch pieces with their
tomahawks 10 effectually stop the mys-
FERROUS messages. As the train came
near a large patch OF suniiowers which
grew on both sides of the track over
100 Indians rose up. stretched strong
rope across the track, braced them
selves. and prepared to receive the
shock of the locomotive. As was aft
erward learned. they had taken raw
hide strips. braided them together.
and. with force of fifty at each end
of the rope, thought that they would
be able to stop the train. The instant
the locomotive struck the rope the air
was full of Indians. They were thrown
in all directions. Some were jerked
clear across the train and more than a
dozen were killed or seriously injured.
This was the last attempt made for
years to stop the trains. "-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

THERE is no fixed limitation on cant.
OF nothing can it be said ''this is essen
TALLY cant" or essentially not. The
worst falsehood, if really believed and
felt as true, may be as far removed
from cant as the highest truth; and tho
highest truth in the mouths and minds
OF those to whom it had no meaning
may be the merest cant. Often it is
the WORST for the truth in cant alone
makes its falseh0Od dangerous.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

IKE wife of Senator Stanford had
occasion, when her husband was gov
ernor of California, TO dismiss from
service in his house an educated China
man. This man afterward applying
elsewhere for housework mentioned his
having formerly worked for Gov.
Stanford" "Why did you leaveP
inquired the possible mistress. "Oh,
I could not stay there" said this supe-
rior Celestial. II could not work fo1
such man as he is. You know,
ma'am, that Gov. Stanford is a very
illiterate man."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
How to Preserve the Voice.

How to preserve the voice and keep
II presumably fresh is almost like ask
ing how to keep from growing old.
Some people grow faster than others
because they are imprudeut and do pot
take care Of themselves. The voice
should not be imposed upon, and i'm
stead OF growing husky ia decade IL
should remain comparatively fresh for
two aud even four decades. PATHS
voice Is fine example Of one that has
never been imposed upon, never been
forced to sing six nights in week and
once at a matinee. A grand opera
singer should sing only once q week.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
A Chapter OF Beginnings.


Bicycles were first used in France
about 1915.
The first church bells were used in
France about $50.
Suspension bridges wero the first
form of bridges in use.
The wheelbarrow was invented by
Leonardo da Vinci. the painter.
Barrels were first made century or
so b. G. IN the Alpine valleys.
The first telescope was used by Hans
Lippershim Of Holland in l60S.
The first railway locomotive was
patented by Trevethiek, Welshman
In 1902.
The earliest known coins were issued
by the Greeks In the seventh century
Ii. G..
The first electric telegraph was con-.
structed by Lesage of Geneva in IVA.
1t had wire for each letter of the
alphabet
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

SOCIETY does not take its tone from
the tramp, but from those who refuse
him the lictuals until he has sawed the
wood. And the tendency is to make
them think moro OF their own advan-
tage in the matter OF stove-wood than
of the tramp's in the matter of victuals.
And this tendency is clearly to exag-
gerate the evil which is always most
dangerous in organized society-that
of selfish acquisitivenesssin the strong.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

In the great future battle of the
world between the two systems OF
socialism and individualism, one of the
vital points of difference is to be
privacy; and it is important to note
that it is between individuahsm and
socialism that the point of difference
lies, and that privacy is not by any
means an attribute of aristocracy as
opposed to democracy. That Western
citizen who raised the curtain Of the
newcomers shanty and desire to know
"what was going on so darned private
in here" was the typical socialist,
not the typical democrat.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

EXPERIMENTS recently made in Ger
many have added convincing evidence
to a fact already noted, TO wit, the
variability Of terrestrial ATTITUDES, for
example, the ATTITUDES of Berlin, Pots
dam and Prague, diminished between
August, 1889, and February, 1890,
about half a second of arc. In the lat
ter year, between April and August,
the latitude OF Berlin increased four
tenths of second. In other words,
Berlin is nearer the North Pole in sum-
mer than in Winter. The periodicity
Of these variations would indicate that
the direction of the earth's axis, under
the influence of some external or inter
nal disturbance, was changing. The
phenomenon is attracting very general
attention.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

IT is very unlikely that the wheat
crop OF tue Coming year will sell any
lower than the present crop has sold.
Stocks are well depleted now, and the
new crop will come on market more
nearly bare than has been the case for
years. Should the coming two months
prove favorable we shall not have so
large a surplus for export as three or
four years ago. Population is increas-
ing faster than the increase in acreage
of wheat, and within eight or ten years
at most we shall not produce more
wheat than the people of this country
will want for bread and seed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

perhaps three times II his or her ply
steal condition warrants it. Sin gers
should have plenty of sleep. good APP
petites. nothing to make them nervous,
and, il possible, more or less phlegm-
attic disposition. The latter they rare
ly possess TO any great degree. Over
work Is death TO a voice. A singer
will not notice at first the inroads that
gradually undermine voice and leave
IL an echo of its former sweetness
Cdinpani'ii. in Ladies tom: Journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

ONE Of the most unique and impress
i've exhibits at tho worlds fair will be
the naval display of the United States
government. 1t will take the form OF
enormous war vessel built of brick up
on piling along the lake front The
beauty of this great and original idea
ought to be obvious to everybody. 1t
gives the visitor at the fair an oppor-
tunity to see an American man-o'-w
at an inland city, and the vessel being
secured in a stationary position the
collisions with coal boats and the other
comical accidents to which our navy is
prone are entirely avoided.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

ACCORDING to Judge Thayer OF the
United States Circuit court an Ameri-
can manufacturer who induces foreign
workingmen to come to America by
sending them the means Of transporta-
ton, with the assurance that he "can"
give them steady work, does not
violate the contract labor Law, but
would do so should he write 20 them
saying that he will" give them work
II they will" come. 1t is very easy
thing to evade law in this country
when the interests of bosses require
its evasion.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
THE farmers of the o5Intry MAJ

THE farmers of the oJmtry mar
thank a woman for the overthrow a
the proposed harvester trust. The
widow of Cyrus Mccormick, opposed
10 the trust from the start, finally re-
fused to become a party to the scheme,
and as the other manufacturers did not
dare leave the great Mccormick Reaper
Co. out, the project had to be aban-
doned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-13
MIR. Heller IMPROVING.
No Clue to the Men Who Assaulted and
Robbed Him.

No Clue to the Men Who Assaulted and
Robbed Him.
Mr.. Heller, who was found on the railroad
track Saturday night after he had been robbed
and thrown from the train, as published in
yesterdays STAR, is improving His assailants
are as yet unknown to the police. There has
not been an arrest made in connection with the
case.
Since the affair happened Saturday night the
conductors on the trains have been on the
lookout and every suspicious-looking individual
has been closely watched. Three men who
reached the Baltimore and Ohio depot yester-
day on western train going east left the train
long enough to rest themselves after long
journey. and while in the depot they were
pointed out to railroad employe az desperate
criminals. This employe in turn pointed out
the men to the conductor, and they turned out
to be two employees of the railroad and a rela-
tive of an ex-United States Senator.
year or more ago the police and railroad
detectives experienced some trouble with some
of the passengers on the late trains that went
up the Metropolitan branch. Those who gave
so much trouble we're principally colored men
who lived along the line of the road. They
used to come into town every Saturday and
when train time arrived many of them were in
tozicated, but beyond being noisy no difficulty
ever occurred. The police and railroad de-
tectives soon rid the trains of these crowds,
and since then no annoyance of that sort has
been repeated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-13
ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY.
Interesting Exercises at the Lincoln Memo
rial Church.

The Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church
held its tenth anniversary on Sunday. The
pastor. Rev. Geo. W. Moore, preached the his
torical sermon and addresses were made by
Rev. S. p. Smith, who served ss pastor the first
two and half years, DIR. o. +. Presbrey. Ellis n.
Whedbee, r. S. Smith, J. W. Tolliver and MR..
G. ". Moore. The Sunday school MAS repre-
sented by Misses Lizzie Moore and Susie Guam
der and the Junior Endeavor by Misses Hattie
Quander and Louise Florence. Last night
there was large social reunion, when pastors
Of other churches extended fraternal greetings.
After an address Of welcome by Pastor Moore
addresses were made by Rev. Drs. Newman
Seymour, Small, Smith, Grimke. wiseman and
Messrs. Wood and Chestnut The music Was
led by the choir, under the direction OF Nrs-
Moore. After the fraternal greetings 800 Of
the members of the church and their friends
par.ook Of the refreshments which had tseen
prepared by the ladies Of the church.
The church was organized January 10. 1881,
with eleven members and Its present enroll
merit is 30. 1t has sustained a sewing school
in which over 400 girls have been Taught 10
held night schools until night schools were
opened IN the public schools and it nov sus-
tains kindergarten. 1t has sustained various
branches of missionary, temperance and char
liable work. Ii has hourishing SUNDAY school
and senior and junior societies of Christian En-
deayor. The present pastor, Rev. q. ". Moore,
and his wife have been in the service OF the
church seven and a half years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-13

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TOBACCO TAX kNESpxESrx
The Speaker laid before the Hous. yesterdu-
communication from the commissioner 81 the
internal revenue recommending certain amend
ments TO existing statutes relative 20 the TIA
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