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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-02-18

! and when YOU add TO- that, the fact
{! that his wife. and children must Be
deprived Of what they need, that
the annnaJ tribute in usury must be
emptied into the lap oil idasness and
luxury, he often becomes desperate.
They have TO- be- mean they avoid
meeting theiu creditors and the ta&-
gatkerer7 they wilD lde7 and finally
in sheer Encouragement seek to-
forget themselves i'm drink, OF ia
keenly sensitive, do as thousands
have done when unable to- pay, seek
~ suicides grave:
know the kardIfisted, hard
hearted utilitauian will say che.
should not have got i'm debt" This
is easily said. but the fact is, sys-
tenn has been built up, under the.
protecting wing of cum so-called
civilization by which there is mo-
choice. The. ffnancieps or Baaea-
neersr who manage TO- control the
law-mabimg powep, go Mmit the issue
of money as to- compel resort to-
credit; and last year, owing to- the
scarcity Of actual money, 9S per
cent. of the business of this coum-
try was done OH credit. Dit is the
PLAN and scheme to- make money 80,
dear and labor SO cheap, that wealth
producers wilt have to, pemain eteu-
nally i'm debt. s@ they cannot pay
the principal, but simply the andla@l
interest Dt is this that makes the
landlords oppose the issue of mere'
whether silver OF paper for'I
the more money there lis i'm eiucula-
tion the less need there is for the
use of credit
The figures just getting to- the
Eight of day. from the census but !
reaw of 1890 are eloquenS Inn them
of a. country OF debt
driven slaves, or of a political
revolution, that shall sweep from
the United States the, misery- breed
ing fiscal system that meets the.
of the. gamblers of WALL
street, Grower Cleveland amid Presi-
dent Harrison.
Men do not voluntarily put their
aeeks under the yoke. of debt, and
in this country they have been
breed there by Legislation i'm the
interest of ~ privileged class. 1t
would take volume. alone. TO pub
ish the laws made with this object
ia view the past twenty years
The Republican platform Of 1880
boasted of the fact that the party
has doubled every debt I'M the coun-
'ry- If any one doubts this let
nim call On nae for the proof
FL. c. RAEDwrN.
Nswga&uck, Conn
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l'sar Could

such vast railroad interests, as Mr.
Gould. With His own roads and
With his voice, in the management
of others, the nailpoad traaspOrta
tiOn interests OF this country are
practically i'm his hands.
The above appeared in the Toledo
Blade, something over a. year ago.
It also appears in the same editorial,
that Jay Gould was abroad for
health, and during his absence there
was a. stringeney i'm the. money mar
ket, and investors i'm railroad stocks
were numerically squeezed, until
the stock of some roads was selling
for mere song. Just at the, time
the panic had reached it's worst,
Mr.: Could suddenly returned fhom
abroad, and began at once to buy
deprecated railroad STOCK. He in
vested within few days. $D0, OoO,-
600, and il was these last invest
ments that gave him contpoD of the
railroad transportation interests of
this country. Now from an admins
sion of one of the most able and
influential opposition newspapers,
we are gravely informed that one
man.. and that man notorious rail.
road wrecker, is im position to set
wages of employees and name traffic
rates to- be- charged 1890, 00O Of
people upon I63, 1000 miles off rail-
way.
Congress may pass a. many laws
as it wishes to, and it may create a
dozen commissions, but with Jay
Gould at the. head of trSnsporta&ioa,
and with the late supreme court
decision, there is,. there. will BE-. no
law, or commission, controlling
transportation, but the win of one
man, and that man 90 utterly un-
scrupulous as to boast that he used
money i'm four states to- bride legis-
torsy man so void Of patriotism as
to boast chat sometimes Ne was
Democrat, sometimes Republican;
but he was always for Jay Gould. "
A man so cruel through instinct
that he could grind the face of the
poor employee down to the point of
starvation, without COMMUNICATION
or remorse. A wheel within a.
wheel. A power Within power
4 czar Within a republic. A grand
moguI~ A railroad rsbbsr- A tool
and agent Of the London money
power Verify, the people have
gone mad, or are hypnotized to.
suffer longer the robbery and arro-
gance- of this parasitic this excre-
esccnce; this scum, Of q great, free
neople
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-02-18

Maternal LohG6 Conference.
The Trans Missouri Passenger
association has granted n one and
one-third fare rate, On the certificate
plan, for the round "trip to St Lsuis,
On account Of the. National Labor
Conference, to- be held I'm that city
Feb. q, 1882
The Chicago & Alton railroad,
who are mot members Of the asso-
eIation- have granted 10 /. rate Of
one fare for round trip, open for al.
All parties intending to attend
the convention are requested to
send their name and pessSAsce ad-
dress to me Immediately 20 that i
may make arrangements for their
accommodation j. B. FEEsCs-
Sec'y. F. A. & l. u, Topeka
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Debt
nom iowa Farmers Tribune.

toileps, that exists. ! am, aware
that jealous temperance men with
their eyes focused ON the nnm traffic
and the horrors that seem to- follow
in it's trail, will at once jlmp at the
conclusion that / am only paUaddng
my ignorance i'm making such a.
statement. i ana not blind to- the
horrors that spring from imtemper-
ance, nor can shut my eyes to- the
fact that poverty is as much, id not
more, the cause of imtemperanee.
than the reverse, but ! wild NOT stop
here to- demonstrate the TRUTH of my
propositions WHICH no doubt many
honest mem would be- inclined to.
dispute.
How comes 1T that mine out Of ten
of the Industrious and producing
classes are. weighed down by mort
CAGES and debt. that, i'm interest,
eats annually the wealth. that patient
toll produces2 D now refer only to-
private debts secured by mortgages
and pledges. I'm addition to- this
awful burden imposed to meet the
interest on such obligations, comes
the added burden levied by the in
exorable tax-gathereuy from which
there is absolutely mo- escape, to
meet the demands of the. 'usurers'
who hold the town, county, state
and nationaE bonds, whose cry is
"give, give. etsunally and ewerlast-
ingly~"
I use the words ~usurer~ and
"usuryy" because until the ban king
class got hold of the. Bible and
made so-cabled new version" the
word "'iAterest" was not found i'm
it,. but it was "usumy" and emphatic
curses on the takers; but now the
church of to-day composed, as it
largely is, of those who live ON
bread others have sweat for, feels
with Bible from which
EEEE. and usURY have been elimIns-
led and interest," added. Not !
content with having fixed over the
sacred book 30 as to- approve the
most damnable- SYSTEM of robbery
that ever despoiled labor and spread
lesolation, the same power has left
the mark of it's vile touch in our
dictionaries and school books, i'm it's
definition giving usury meaning
never attached to- III until modern
Zines. The books are made to- say
'usury" is rate Of interest beyond
he legal rate. ElT increase OF
money loaned is simply the refined
way of getting something for moth
ng, and that is what is digging the
swful gulf between the few and the
many in our country, and breeding
! discomfort that can't be- kept
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
THE FIREMEN's PAY.
Pay Rolls Approved Excepting That of
Truck Three.

Some four OF five months ago, j. H.
Mattocks, member of Truck 3, being
out of work, left town to seek job. He
assigned his pay for the coming six
months, ending January LIST, 1892, to a
creditor, putting on substitute to serve
the time in the department. Three
months afterwards he sent in his resigna-
ton as a member of the department to
the Board of Engineers. The amount
due Mattocks was 1852 The Truck 8
company, wishing to protect the substi-
t11te, fined Mattocks for absence at al
most every fire since July. In case of
fines, the money goes to the company to
which the member fined belongs. In
this case, it was intended to pay the
money to Mattocks's substitute. The
Board of Engineers, however, held that
inasmuch as Mattocks had provided
substitute the fines were illegal, the man
fined being represented at every alarm.
ThesBoard at it's meeting last night, APP
proved the pay rolls, excepting that OF
truck 8, which was sent back for correc-
ton. The department., excepting Truck
SIS men, can now be paid at any time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
JOHN A. ARTHUR.
He Claims To Be a Portland Young Man
and Is In Trouble in Boston.

Last evening there was report that a
young man who formerly lived in Port
land, but is now employed by Boston
firm, had got into financial difficulties of
a criminal nature. 1t was even reported
that his inroads into his employers till
would reach high into the thousands.
Rumor went so far as to give the young
mans name During the evening de-
spatch was received from Boston, saying
that John A. Arthur, % years old, claim
ing to belong in Portland, had been az
rested by the Boston police charged with
passing worthless checks. The police
have been on the lookout for him for
some time, and it is said that at least 10
cases will be put against him. All the
checks bear the name of John A. Arthur,
and each one was made out for $21.75.
The directory of Portland has no such
name as John A. Arthur, neither is such
man known to the police. 1t is very
probable that the name may be assumed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
A Triumph of Civilization.

There is a large farmer near me, a
clever and successful man in his way.
who married Gas men sometimes do) a
foolish wife. His daughters are placed
at an expensive school in Brighton. and
are carefully debarred by their mother
from all acquaintance, not only with
teamwork and Homework, but with such
elementary feminine knowledge as the
simplest servantmaid can enjoy. They
may not make or mend their own clothes;
they may not use the needle.
81 am happy to say" their proud
mother said lately to lady; a am
happy to say, ma'am, that my daughters
cannot even sew" But they can play
the piano-after fashion-they have a
s1nattering of French, they could and
would Gf they were asked) go to garden
parties in evening dress. So greatly has
civilization triumphed in their case
Notes and Queries.
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ASnovEK, Mass, Dec, 2, 1891.

ASDONER, Mass, Ley, q Lo0Is
A. L. MURDOCH:
Dear Sir-I would like to tell you of our OK
perience with your Liquid Food, for feel very
sure that i'll the mercy of God it saved my hus-
bands life.
Two years ago, my husband worn outwth ex-
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pressure of his duties as principal of q high
school, broke down completely, nervous ex-
hauston, severe rhematism, amounting almost
to rheumatic fever, and complete arrangement
OF the digestive system, so that he could not
keep milk on his stomach or the simplest nour-
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Our physician, nearly in despair, tried one
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he hit on your Liquid Food; the effect was mag
ical The very first dose made itself felt like
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rapid, his appetite ravenous, and he gained flesh
very fast. His rheumatism, too, which had
troubled him exceedingly for several years, was
very much relieved, and in short, he seemed
and felt like new man. To all who knew him
and his former condition, he was walking
advertisement of Murdock's Liquid Food. Since
that time, when he becomes debilitated through
oyerwork or indigestion, a little OF the Liquid
Food will soon set him right again.
Feeling that we both owe you large debt OF
gratitude, and this acknowledgement OF the
benefit received, 1 am,
Yours respectfully,
MRS. PERCIVAL F. MARSTON,
ian11M, W&FH Andover, Mass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
Ice Made BY Natural Gas.

An inventor in Buffalo has devised
process for making ice by utilizing the
intense cold created by the expansion of
natural gas when liberated from tho
high pressure at which it issues from
tho wells. In the experimental plant
the gas is used at its initial pressure. or
from $50 to 300 pounds to drive small
engine. After use in the engine the gas
exhausts into closed box, and the ex
pansion generates sufficient cold to form
slabs of ice three inches thick to the
amount of three-quarters of a ton in a
day. It is claimed that the principle
can be applied economically on a large
scale.-New York Telegram.
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Outing Notes.

DR.. W. B. Lapham has written series
of most interesting outing notes, relative
to trip over the Upper Coos railroad
and the Quebec division of the Maine
Central, which is artistically illustrated
and issued in pamphlet form by the road.
1t contains much valuable historical and
statistical information and is useful
addition to the library as well as guide
through the regions described The
pamphlet will be sent to any address by
the company on receipt of two cent
stamp.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
AN AERONAuT's FATE.
Lieutenant Mansfield's Terrible Fall while
Making Experiments.

The death at Bombay of Lieutenant
Mansfield, a British officer of the Royal
Naval Reserve, who was killed in horri-
BILE manner, has caused much regret in
English military circles. Lieutenant
Mansfield had made the science of aeron-
autics a speciality. His aim was to make
balloons of practical use in strategy and
perfect them so as to render them relia-
BILE. He made successful ascent on
November Is at Bombay. On that occa-
sion he descended safely by his parachute
a height of about 11,OOO feet, or more
than two miles. He himself gave the
following description of the descent:
Finding my apparatus all clear, I took
the ballon ring in my right hand, drew
myself clear of the trapeze and dropped
down into space. After descending with
terrible velocity for some distance the
parachute began to open. At 10000 feet
was falling at great speed, but was fully
able to control my apparatus At 49,
900 feet he was sailing calmly in space.
Then he drifted to and fro in various
counter currents, and at 1000 feet exact
ly, felt the heat from long, red, iron
chimney.
Now comes the more remarkable part
of the narrative. Steering my para
chute,'' he continues, 'sto the eastward |
dropped her rapidly to clear the build
ings ahead, and seeing nothing but
houses to descend on / selected the fat
test could find and dropped down on
it, "Such a complete master of the
air." says an eyewitness, sshas never
been seen before in this country" The
balloon fell, as was intended, in the sea,
where, being fitted with cork belts for
the purpose, it was easily recovered.
Lieutenant Mansfield announced that his
next ascent would be with an entirely
new apparatus specially adapted to milf
tary warfare.
On November IS he arranged to go up
in his balloon and to descend in the para
chute, and an immense crowd was
gathered in the Victoria Gardens antici-
pating an interesting feat of boldness and
skill. The balloon was filed with gas,
and as soon as the lieutenant was ready,
it was released. Up went the balloon
with tremendous rapidity owing to the
undue amount of gas which had been
forced into it.
When the balloon reached height OF
about 400 feet, however, it burst with a
loud explosion and began to fall with an
ever increasing rapidity. It was horri-
BILE sight to see the doomed man making
wild and desperate efforts to disengage
the parachute from the debris of the
balloon. He tugged and tugged, his
head dizzy with the rapid motion and
the fear of horrible death which was
approaching nearer with every throb OF
his heart. But his efforts were vain. He
the EN- mass ass Of o entaneIed ropes. The spec
tators were powerless to render him any
assistance. The remains of the balloon
fell violently, and in an instant the hardy
officer was a bleeding, shapeless mass.
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over 1900, 900 pied from Want

European cala1nities from famines
dwindle into insignificance when com
pared with the colossal dimensions OF a
famine in the crowded countries Of
Asia. In 1887 over 100000 human be-
ings starved to death in Northwest
India, and in 1860 another famine car
ried off 10000. In 1865 100000 peo-
pie were supposed to haved starved in
Bengal and Orissa, and in 1868 the death
roll from famine in Rajpootana exceeded
10000 Even at late as 1877 about
500, 900 persisted in Bombay, Madras and
Mysore. Providence Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
An Interesting Contest for the Secretary
ship to Come Up.

The annual meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture will occur at the State
House, Augusta, January 10th and Dist.
This is the programme:
WEDNESDAY.
100 A. naturalization of members and Or
ganiZation of board
Presentation OF business
900 n m-sfScope and Character of Tnstit1Ite
Work. by Professor Walter
Balentine.
Discussion of the subject.
THURSDAY.
$50 a. m-New business;
Members by J. w. Green. Fol
lowed by w. H. Vinton. b. f.
Briggs, B. w. McKeen and 9TH
ers.
Work. by DR.. M. G. Fernald.
Closing business.
The most interesting business of the
meeting is not specifically mentioned in
this programme. 1t will be the election
of a secretary to succeed Hon. 2. A. Gil
bert of Green, who has held the position
for long time. Mr.. Gilbert is candi-
date for reelection, but has strong
competitor in Mr.. B. Walker McKeen Of
West Fryeburg, who is at present presi-
dent of the board. The Board of Agri-
culture consists of 16 members, one
from each county. The member from a
county is chosen by the agricultural So
cieties in the county; and the whole
board chooses its secretary. But although
the secretary is chosen by the board, he
really has great power, since there is
considerable patronage in his hands. He
holds farmers Institutes, hiring speak
ers, aud determining the location of the
Institutes; he also has source of infu-
ence in the distribution of the stipend
which the state gives the agricultural
societies. Once elected, a secretary is
quite likely to have a considerably long
lease of power. Mr.. Gilbert has had
such in spite of the efforts of many pow
erful enemies. He put himself very pro-
nouncedly on the let-alone side in the ag-
itation over tuberculosis; and in several
other ways has created antagonisms.
This year the elements opposed to him
have concentrated on Mr.. McKeen, who is
making an active and promising can
vass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
3,Os4.69
CIR.
Balance 49,.
3,o94.69
Port Wardens' Report.

The port wardens reported as follows
and their report was accepted and Or
dered on file:
During the past year we have visited
officially 81 steamships, all British; five
barks, four foreign and one American;
one brig, British; eight schooners. four
American and four British. All of the
above were from foreign ports, and sew
en- schooners from coastwise ports, all
American.
We have called surveys on 10 vessels
which have arrived at this port in a
wrecked or disabled condition, only one
of which was condemned. The others
were either wholly or partially repaired
here so as to enable them to return to
some home port to complete repairs.
We have to report slight falling off
in our department from previous years.
BENZ AMIN W. JONES,
JAMES L. HOWE.
These officers were elected:
President--Jacob s. Winslow.
Vice Presidents-William G. Davis, Jos. E.
Blabon, George Walker
Directors-Woodbury S. Dana, George W..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Bunch of Keys.
The Philadelphia Ledger says:

The Philadelphia Ledger says:
IA Bunch of Keys with its comic
situations and pleasing songs, was per-
formed at the National Theatre last eve
ming. The fun-proyoking powers of this
farce are so well known that it is almost
superfluous to say it kept the large au-
dience in continuous state OF amuse-
ment. Produced, as it is, by a company
that fully enters into the spirit of the
piece, it could not fail in its mission to
entertain There will be no change of
bill during the week.
GA Bunch of Keys will be given at
Portland Theatre tonight and Wednes-
day evening
Dudley Buck Quartette.
The Dudley Buck Quartette of New
York, and Fred Emerson Brooks, the
California poet-humorist, will give the
Fifth Popular at City Hall tomorrow
evening. Mr.. Brooks, who recites his
own poems, is a graduate of Madison
University, Hamilton, N. Y. Returning
from California to New York city in 1890,
to deliver the poem on Memorial Day at
the Metropolitan Opera House, he Gre
ated an enthusiasm never exceeded on
any occasion. He was recalled five
times. His poems are as good as his
marvellous voice.
Around the World.
1t is not necessary to waste much
space on ''Around the World in Eighty
Days. as produced at Portland Theatre
last evening. Such scenery as was pre-
sented was fair, but the grand ballets
and Amazonian marches were decidedly
limited in the point of numbers if not in
drapery The dramatic part was about
on par with the spectacular. There
was a light house down stairs and a fair
ly good one in the gallery.
Little Puck.
The famous original Clipper Quartette
has been engaged by Mr.. Frank Daniels
and will appear in 'sLittle Puck'' at the
Portland Theatre next Friday and satur-
day nights. There will be no matinee
to matinees.
Lucier's Ministries.
Lucier's Minstrels will appear at Port
land Theatre soon.
The Singers Club, with Ada
nowski, soloist, will give a concert at
Kotzschmar Hall, January 10Th; the
Kneisel concert will be given at the same
place January Goth, and the Rossini Club
concert, Miss Van Storch, violin soloist,
January 29th.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12

Court for the quarter ending January 1,
1892. A comparison of the amount paid
for support of this court for this quarter
with the amount paid for the correspond
ing quarter for the year 1891, will be of
interest:
Amount paid for quarter ending Jan
uary 1, 1891 -.....-:...... $2,484.64
Amount paid for quarter ending Jan
uary /, 1892 MISREPRESENTATION. 1,516.37
Decrease observation-disclosures. 968.17
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
DIR. Blanchard's Lecture.

Raw. Dr.. Blanchard will deliver the
seventh lecture of his course on Ameri-
can History this evening at 7.45 o'clock,
in the vestry of Congress square church.
Subject: Patrick Henry, the Tribune of
the People" The public are cordially
invited to attend.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12

Nellie McCusick, servant in Mrs. Sarah
Welch's family on Free street and who
comes from the eastern part of the state,
was arrested yesterday for the theft of a
dozen silver spoons and half dozen sill
yer forks. She confessed the crime.