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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-13

Simply and only to convince TIT
Northwestern Populists before The
November elections that the "soliC
Democratic South" cannot be brok
en-. In Alabama the great Demo
cratic majorities were cast in thu
Republican strongholds; but so large
majority of the white Democrats
voted the Populist ticket that tho
Republican scheme for that state
will ultimately fail. The same trick
was tried in Georgia. The most re
liable information from Populists
headquarters in Georgia show that
the colored vote was cast as a unit
for the Democratic state ticket, yet
up to the very day OF election the
Republicans had given every posi-
bic assurance that they would sup
port the Populists.
By falsehood, by deceit, by the
casting of the solid Republican vote
for the Democrats, they have been
able to prove to the casual observer
that the "sOlid Democratic South
cannot be broken; yet those who
have honestly analysed the vote OF
these two states know that IS pei
cent of the white voters Of these two
states voted the Populist ticket.
Had the Republicans staid at home
the Populists would have had good
majority in both states; and had the
Republicans voted the Populist tick
ct as they agreed to do, the Demo
Gratis in Georgia and Alabama would
have been overwhelmingly defeated
What do the Republicans hope to
gain by this move !? First, they
hope that tens of thousands OF vot-
ers in the Northwest will flock back
to the Republican party, and thus be
enabled to win back Kansas, Ne
braska, the two Dakotas, and the
silver states. When the November
election comes, the Republicans,
black and white, in the South, will
be instructed to vote the Populists
electoral ticket, and several South
ern states will thereby cast their
electoral vote for Weaver and Field,
If the Populists of the Northwest
stand steady and do not allow them
selves to be fooled by this far-sight
ed scheme of the republican party,
the Populists will have the largest
number of votes in the electoral col
lege, and become the most powerful
political factor in the nation. The
Republicans will then be defeated.
The Democrats will have to sneak
in by way of a vote in the lower
house of congress, which will be
the most demoralizing and humiliat-
ing thing that could happen to
them. There is yet hope that a
combination might be effected in the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-13
Do You See 1t ?

time for successful political trlckery
has gone by. The shrewdness, OF
their moves on the political chess.
board challenges admiration. They
invent theories and then manufact-
ure evidence to sustain them. To a
casual observer this evidence is very
convincing; hut one who pauses to
look below the surface finds only
the skilful combinations Of sharp po-
litical gamesters.
In this campaign the Republicans
nationally, have two theories. The
DRY number one: There is neither
freedom of speech nor honest cleo
tions in the South. Theory number
two: "The solid Democratic South"
cannot be broken, hence Republi.
cans in the Northwest who have
Joined the Populists should return to
the Republican fold.
To prove their first theory it has
not been necessary to endanger
themselves. There is new politi-
cal factor in the South. 1t is strong
and aggressive. 1t endangers Dem
ocratic success. The Republicans
have been willing to stay out OF the
field, apparently, and let the new
party bear the brunt of Democratic
intolerance. The corporate power
that backs Republicanism i'll the
', North has been busy in the South
urging on the hoodlum element Of
the Democratic party to deeds that
have disgraced the great state OF
Georgia in the eyes of the whole ma
ton Respectable Democrats have
been powerless to stem the tide of
brutal intolerance. The Populists
themselves begin to demand the in
PREVENTION of a power stronger than
state government dominated by
intolerant hoOdlumism, to protect
the natural and constitutional rights
of the people; while down the whole
Republican line goes up the shout,
1--WE told you so.'iss
Gen. Weavea, a union soldier and
the candidate of a great party for
the presidency is rotten-egged by
Georgia hoodlums. Suddenly the Re-
publican papers pause in their abuse
of Gen. Weaver and from side to side
of the nation ring the changes on
Southern Democratic intolerance.
How interested they are in "free
speech" and yet within two weeks
and within fifteen miles of this Of
fee Populist congressman, John e..
Otis, has been rotten. egged by Re
kpublican hoodlums, and other dis
graceful and criminal acts worthy
of the dark ages, have been justly
laid at the door of Kansas Republi-
cans.
The Alabama and Georgia state
elections furnished another Onnortu-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-13
County Ticket :

For Probate Judge, j. w. MILLER.
For Co. Attorney, c. T. RICHARDSON.
For Cl'k of Court, j. j. ANDERSON.
For Co. Su'pt. Pub. Instruction,
j. K. WHITE.
For Representative,
MANFoRD SCHooNovER.
For Co. Ccmmiss'n'r, Sd Dist,
j. F. RESELL.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-13
For Congress :

At large, w. A. Harris, Linwood.
lst district, F. j. Close, Troy.
I'd district, H. L. Moore, Lawrence.
Sd district, T. j. Hudson, Fredonia.
4th district, E. Wharton, YatesC'r.
9Th district, Jno. Davis, JunctionC'y.
9th district, VIM. Baker, Orworth
7th district, Jerry Simpson.
For State Senator, 18th Dist,
D. O. MARKLEY, Linn Co.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-13

WHEN you go to buy nails see
that they arenot Carnegie nails.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-13

WE'LL pay you to getup club
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-10-13

DoN'r use Carnegie iron or steel,
in any shape.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21

than that to the rear. All the animals
were pioddlng slowly through the sand,
which, it seemed to me-. was hot enough to
roast eggs, their heads dropping, while we
were SIMPLY enduring 1T, grimly closing our
teeth, holding out to reach the post.
Was there anything to be a%pprehended
from tieronimo?- Gould we old campaign
ers be entrapped? Low, level sand on eyery
hand: We'll. right here, in the midst of
that flaming plain, with it's horrible sandy
waste IN which no spear Of grass could find
root, that frightful chieftain and his
Apaches ambuscaaed us. 1t sounds incred-
ible, but it is the fact.
Suddenly | heard rifie-tiring at the roar.
It had q dull, odd sound, but it was close
at hand, and as / turned in the saddle l saw
the squad fnrthest away were engaged in a
desperate fight with a party of Indians,
who were on foot, shooting, striking, and
darting hither and thither like SO many
demons.
We instantly wheeled and hurried back
as fast as we could to the help of our COM
saddles were emptled. and Geronimo and
his warriors were scurrylng across the plain
at q speed greater than any to which wa
could force our exhausted ponies, who sank
to their fetlocks at every step. We gave
them q parting volley, which wounded sew
e1al, but they managed to limp off with the
help of the others, Il all were soon be-
You'd danger. l don't know how far off they
travelled over that burning desolation, but
it may have been many miles, for they
were capable of doing it if they chose.
Those Apaches must have discovered our
approach while We We're a good way off.
knowing we were on our return to the post,
they could easily calculate where we would
pass. They then burrowed in the sand,
covering themselves entirely with the blis-
tering particles, 30 that only their snake
like eyes peered forth. Thus we passed
- a. fNr, eNl~ ~ tLr,.,
their presence.
In conversing with General Crook about
the extraordinary incident, that old cam
smiled and replied:
II am not surprised; l have seen them do
the same thing myself; but the Apache ia
the only Indian that can do it,"
II. L. ELLIS.
Copyrivht.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21

Yes, it is SO, but I ~never-er- don't
quite see why n body
SHOULD want to save it up? Well, I'll tell
you. DO you see this little invention here:
Its a decomposer--I call it a decomposer,
l give you my word of honor that If you
show mo Il house that produces II given
quantity of sewer gas in a day. I'll Engage
to set up my decomnoser there and make
that house produce 100 times that quantity
OF sewer gas in less than half an hour
Dear mo. but why should you want top
want to-! Listen, and you'll see. My
boy, for illuminating purposes and economy
combined, there's nothing in the world that
begins with sewer gas. And really, it don't
cost a cent. You put i'll a good inferior
article OF plumbinG-suchn rs you find every
WnerG-and add my decomposer, and there
you are. just use the ordinary gas pipes
n there Your expense ends. Think of it.
why. major. i'll five years from now you
won't see u house lighted with ANYTHING
but sower gas. Every physician l talk to
recommends it; and everv plumber"
but isn't it dangerously"
20, yes. more or less. but everything is
coal gas, candies. eleotriclty-there isn't
anything that amt"
ut lights up we'll, does itW'
70. magnitioently."
Have you given il q good trial?"
wei, no, not Il trstsrnte one. Polly's
~preludiced. and she Won't let me put it in
here; but I'm playing my cards to get it
adopted in the presidents house, and then
it'll go-don't You doubt it. l shall not
need this one for the present. Washington:
you may take it down to some boarding
house and give it Il trial if you like
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21

and reluctant tongue in his head, wouldn't
be thoughtful enough to keep a few re-
sources in reserve for Il rainy day, when he's
got as many as l have to select from?"
already, colonel"
Have you ever been in my laboratory? p
"Why. no."
"That's it. You SEQ you didn't ever,
know that l had one. Come along. I've
got a little trick there that l want to show
people know anything about it. But that's
my way, always boon my way. Wait till
you're ready, that's tho idea; and when
you're ready, zip!-let her go!"
We'll, colonel, I've never seen a man
that I've had such %unbounded confidence in
as you. When you say u thing night out |
always feel as il that ends it; as If that is
evidence. and proof, and everything clse.'
The old earl was profoundly pleased and
touched.
Pm glad you believe in me, Washington;
not everybody is SO just
II always haye believed in you, and l
always shall as long as l live"
THANK you, my boy. you shan't repent
". Aud You can't" Arrived in the ''lab-
oratory," the earl continued. NOW, cust
your eve around this room-whut do you
SEP? Apparently. q junk shop: apparently,
y hospital connected with a patent office; IN
reality, the mines of dolcondu in disguise!
Look at that thing there. Now, what
would You take that thing to be?'
II don't believe l could ever imagine"
"Of course YOU couldn't. It's my grand
adaptation of tho photograph to tho ma
rins service. You store up profanity in it
for use Mt sea. You know that sailors don't
fly around worth n cont unless you swear at
them, 80 the mate that can do the best job
of swearing ia the most valunhto man. III
great emergencies his talent saves the shin.
But IL ship is a large thing and he can't 100
every where ut oncs: 40 there have been
times when one mate has lost y ship which
could have been saved if they had had II
hundred. Predictions storms, you know.
Well, Il ship can't afford N hundred mates,
but she can afford "A hundred c~ursing pho.
nosrnphs and distribute them all ovor the
vessel; and there, you see, she's armed at
every point. Imagine II big storm and N
of my machines NIL ouraing away
at onca--aplsndid spectacle. splsndid!-yon
hear yourself think. Ship goes
through that storm perfectly serone; she's
just ~ safe as she'd hs on Shore"
Its \ wonderful idea. How do you pre-
the thinRp"
Load it-silnply load it,"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21
AMBUSHED BY APACHES
Trick of Geronimo and a Dozen
Of His Band on Cav
alrymen.
Successful Trap Set in the Midst
of a Perfectly Barren
Plain. ""%..
lsurrnwed in the Sand and Concealed
Ihe'hselves-o Foot They Escape
the HorscInen. -
Written for THE HELENA JNDErEsDESr.l

Written for THE HELENA INDEPENDENT.
saw Geronimo and a dozen OF his
Apaohes do something in Arizona, in 1887,
which ! never Wonld have believed possible.
had ! not witnessed it with my own eyes.
The Apaches are unqueBtionably the most
fearful tribe of Indians on this continents.
They are tougher. more enduring, and
moro unconquerable thar any other Of
their race. An Apache can lope up the
side Of Il mountain with tho thermometer
marking l2O degrees, and when he reaches
the top he won't show a drop of extra per.
sp'ration nor will he breathe II whit faster
IMAM "ben ne started. He will 20 for LAYS
without a morsel of food or a drop of water;
ne Will live on snakes, mice and refuse.
Or II the worst comes to the worst will
shoot his horse and eat what he wants of
MN raw. Set out to pursue a band of
Apache raiders and il they are hard pressed
they VII separate. each tor himself, SO that
the only way to keep up the pursuit ID Ia
follow them individually. in which case the
Apache 10 sure to have the best end of the
contract. When the hunt is over the duskv
mlscreants will come together at soma
point twenty or thirty or more miles away.
There were twenty-five of US cavalrymen.
returning from one of our fruitless pur-
suits of the terrible Geronimo. Our horses
were worn out and SO were we. 1t was one
OF the hottest days | have ever known in
that th'obblng furnace of a country. We
had several miles of baked alkali plain still
to traverse before reaching the fort. where
we could secure shade and water and what
we needed most of all else--rest.
Whew! but it was hot. Had not the air
been perfectly dry neither man nor beast
could have STOOD it. The metal work on
our guns was 30 heated that no one could
bear to touch it with the naked hand. The
air shimmered and throbbed as it does over
a newly ,ploughed field at noontido of a
summer day.
North, east, south and west was one level
stretch of plain. on which not a tree. shrub,
or even a blade of grass grew. Far to the
westward could be seen the outlines Of the
fort, oddly distorted. through the quiver-
ing atmosphere, but in every. other direo-
ZION was the naked, burning desert.
several hundred yards. In fact, there was
a squad of five horsemen much farther
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21
Mt it's back. How could you d.
vine that! What was the process2 This is

England Mt it's bnck. How could you d.
vine that! What was the process2 This is
iuterestinp.'
"There wasn't any process. A thought
like this happened to slip through my head
by accident, How much would make you
q me comfortable? A hundred thousand,
Yet yon nre expecting two or three Of these
Inventions OF yonrs to tnrn out some bill
hons OF money. and you arc wanting them
to do that. If you wanted $l0,O0O.GOO ]
conld understand thnt~--it's inside the
hnmpn limits; but billions! That's clenr
outside tho %liInits. There must DO a def
mite project back OF that somowhere.''
Inc ehrls interest N surprise aug
inented with every word, and when Haw-
ton. "
ITS wonderfully reasoned ont, Washing
Ton; ~ certainly 10. 1t shows what ! think
You've hit it;. you've driven the center;
you've plugged the buIiseye of my dream.
Now. III tell you the whole thing, and
yon'll understand it. / don't need to ask
you to keep it to yourself, because you'll
see that the project will prosper all tho bet
right time. Have you noticed how many
pamphlets and books Ive got lying around
relating to kussia2"'
Yes, think most anybody would notice
that-,anybody who wasn't dead"
We'll, I've been posting myself a good
while. That's a great and splendid nation.
ana deserves to he set free He paused,
Then added in Il quiet matter of-fact way,
when get this money Pm going to set it
free" N
Great guns!''
why, what makes you jump like that?''
Dear me, when you are going to dsoD a
remark under a mans chair that is likely to
DlOR MIN ont thr1nUh tina r1nf Uhu #Irp>t
yon put some expression, some force. some
noise INTO it that will prepare him? You
shouldn't flip out such a gigantic thing Az
this II that colorless kind Of Of u way. You
40 jolt a person up 80. Go on. now, I'm all
right again. Tell me all about it. I'm all
'nterest-yes and sympathy. too"
We'll. I've looked the ground over, and
concluded that the methods Of the Russian
PATRIOTS, While good enough considering the
way the boys are hampered. are not the
best; at least, not the quickest. They are
trying to revolutionize Russia from within:
interruption all the time, and is full of per-
lis for the workers. Do you know how Pc
ter the great started his army? He didn't
start on the family promises under the
noses of the Strelitzes; no, he started it
away off yonder. privately-only just one
regiment, You know. and he built to that.
The first thing the Strelitzes knew, the reg
iment was an army; their position was
turned, and they had to take a walk. just
that little idea made the biggest and worst
OF all the despotisms the world has seen.
The same idea can unmake it. I'm going
to prove it. Pm going to get out to one
side and work my scheme the way Peter
did,"
This is mighty interesting. Rossmore.
What is it YOU are going to dor"
II am going to buy Siberia and start a
republic"
ITO be continued.)
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21
A Warning-Don't Use Big Words,

In promulgating e~soteric cogitations or
articulating superficial sentimentulities
and philosophical or psychological obser-
v%ations. beware of platitudinous ponder
osity. Let your statements possess II cluri-
fled co~ncisenoss. co,npactod comprehensi-
bleness. coalescent consistency and u
concentrated cogency. Eschew all con
glomerations of fatulent garrulity. jeiuns
babblement and asininu affectations. In
trying to impress upon others the superior
ity of the Wisconsin Central lines. and why
you II 30 many others use this thorough
fare from st. Paul and Minneapolis and
Duluth and Ashland to milwaukee,, Chicago
and points east and south, it is not neces-
sary to use iawbreakers. Let your extern
poraneous d%escnntinGs and unprecedented
expatiRtions AVE in~telligibllity and vera
ciCus vivacity. without rhodomontade or
thtasonical bombast. Sedulous sly avoid all
all polysyllabic %profundity, psittaoeous vac
ulty, ventriloquial verbosity and vsndilo-
quent vapidity, shun double entendres,
prurient ~iucosity and pestiferous profanity,
obscurent or apparent. In other words
talk plainly, naturally. sensibly, and truth
fully say the Wisconsin Central lines 10 the
route, and that ends il.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-21
THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT,
BY MARK TWAIN.


and ! don't really reckon ! can do it right
hut II l can We can break the butcher"
"unqusstionably, you confederate
mean you1-your fsllow-crAftsman-is a
great colorist-''
"Oh. danks sohon!-" -
I'm fact, a quite extraordinary ~colorist
Z colOrlst, l make bold to say, without imi
tator here or Abroad-and with a most bold
and effective touch. = touch like = batter
ing ram; and a manner 40 peculiar md ro-
mantle, and e~xtraneous and ad libitum,
II Notwithstanding, that-that-he-hs il
an impressionist, presume?"
Presbyterixn.'
IT accounts for it all-all--thsre's some
thing divine about his a~rt-sonlful, unsat.
isfactory, yearning, dim-heArtening on ths
VOID horizon, ysgus-murmuring 70 the
spirit out of ultramarine distances n far
sounding cntac1ysms of uncreated space
Tho captain answered up with energy
Not if he knows himself! But his dog
has, and" NJ"
oh. no. it vas not my dog"
Why YOU said it was your dog"
ooh, no, captain, l."
Ut was = white dog, wasn't it, with his
tail docked, and ono ear gone, and
Dot him! Dots him der ferry dog.
Wy, py Chorgs. dot dog ne would eat baint
yoost the same like"
well, never mind that now-'vast heav-
ing-I never saw such q man. You start
him on that dog and he'll dispute a year.
BLAMED if l haven't seen him keep it up a
level two hours and q half"
Why. captnin!' said Barrow. ~ guess
that must be hearsay."
mo, sir, no hearsay about the disputed
with NO.
II don't nee how you stood it,"
oh, you've got to-if you u with Andy.
But it's the only fault he's got"
Ain yon afraid of acquiring it?o
"Oh, no. said this captain, TRANQUILITY, 'no
danger of that, ! reckon"
The artists presently took their leave.
Then Barrow put his hands on Tracy's
shoulders and snid:ss
Look me in the eye. my boy. Steady,
steady. T%hcre-it's just rs I thought
goodness. Nothing the matter with your
mind. But don't do that again even for
fun. It isn't wise. They wouldn't Jaws
believed if you had been MI earle son.
Why, thsy couldn't-don't you know that?
Whatever possessed you to take such u
not talk of it. II was a mistake, you see
that yourself"
"Yes-it was a mistake" s-
well, just drop it out of your mind: it's
harm; We all make them. Pull your
courage together. and don't brood. and
don't give up. I'm at your back, and we'll
pull through, don't you be afraid"
When he was gone, Barrow walked the
floor q good while, uneasy in his mind. He
Anid to himself, .I'm troubled about him.
He never would have made q break like
that if he hadn't been a little off his bal
But l know what being out of work
and no prospect ahead can do for a man.
First, it knocks the pluck ont of him and
drags his pride in the dirt: worry does the
rest, and his mind gets shaky. must talk
to these people. No-if thero's any human
ityi in them-and there is at bottom-they'll
DO sasier OIL him if they think his troubles
have disturbed his reason. But I've got to
find him some work; works the only medi-
cine for his disease. Poor devil! away off
bore, and not FRIEND"