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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-03-08
THE LEGISLATIVE CUCKOOS.
CONCLUDED.

CONCLUDED
They listened, and with loud acclaim
From every hill and valley came,
AS with one voice, the stern demand
That they should to their pledges stand,
And give the people that relief
From usury (which is, in brief,
The cause of greater crimes and woes
Than all the armed and marshaIled foes
That Britain has wheeled into line
Since Bunker Hill and Brandywine,
Or, our internecine strife,
When, years ago, the nations life
Hung in the balances for years,
The butt of evers despot's sneers),
Which had been pledged in sacred words,
So sacred that the lowing herds
Along the highways should cry out,
There can no longer be doubt
That traitors to common cause
Are masquerading where the laws
In solemn covenants are sealed.
Then the brigands, with honeyed phrase,
Began the rural yawps to praise
By letters, which, if lies had burned
To ashes would have quickly turned.
They knew they were but party tools,
A move, or two, above the mules
That do the drudgery, but know
Their masters crib within they go
And bray for forage, night and morn.
They praised them, but with burning scorn
Turned from them, to that vtnal gang
That on the lobby ratings hang
From week to month and month to year,
When Doodle legislations near;
And some late Ernest Seyds around
With some one hundred thousand pound.
Of English sovereigns, sent to bribe
The brigands of the Sherman tribe.
But now these statesmen, traitors dubbed,
Have fear by voters they'll be snubbed,
And fair hearing be denied
When hustings next are occupied;
For we'll they know they merit scorn
Through this and ages yet unborn,
And that their merited disgrace
They'll soon be called upon to face.
The confidence they have abused,
Will not by many be excused
And when the hustings next are used,
And genuine reforms have fused,
They'll fall as have their base compeers,
Through the numbered, vanished years
VIM. II. AMBI
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-03-08
MRS. LEASE IN NEW YORK.
[Continued from page /. |

WDlCn ndS DcCh SOhoOC'"oON w -"
erty. We see pale mothers and
starving children in the midst Of US.
Three-quarters of the people of this
city are crowded into one twenty
fifth of the city's area. We see
densely.packed layers of human be-
ings in the New York tenement
houses, and well may we put over
the doors of such places "All ye
who enter here leave decency and
hope behind" We are confronted
with danger. We learn that "a, 900
people are in possession of more
than one half of the wealth of the
land, and that 10000 people are
denied the privilege of that divine
injunction, Earn bread in the sweat
of your brow There are 1000, 900
men out of work whose families are
starving. We have heard, out ON
the prairies of the West, the cry OF
your starving thousands. But your
monopolies and corporations cannot
starve down the farmers of this
broad, free land. The farmers are
the hope of the nation. They are
the ones who lcaped forward on
every occasion to save the country.
Three-quarters of the people in the
Union are farmers, and the Peoples
party has enrolled as members the
agriculturists of this nation.
We are living in an age of tri-
umphs. of miracles, in an age OF
machinery and genius. All that
has been created by our intellect.
But God forgive US, for at present
our intellect has been set aside and
we have allowed ourselves to be-
come slaves of monopolists. We
have listened to the college bred
idiots who say that gold should be
the standard of nations currency.
We have permitted congress to
strike down silver, the money which
was considered good by the trainers
of the constitution. We have been
willing to have England's gold sys-
tenn fastened upon us. A man is
traitor who strikes his country's
flag, but one bundled times more a
traitor to the flag and libesty is the
man who strikes down American
dollars that make the liberty of the
American people.
We are confronted to-day with a
spectacle of starvation in the midst
of plenty. The skeleton in the ma
tional closet is the army of idle
men. AS Nero fiddled as Rome
burned, so the two old robber par
ties keep up a fight while the people
starve. The Wall street lawyer,
the agent of British gold, is tired of
the swamps of the Democratic party,
so he has gone over to the dismal
swamps of the Republican party,
and all the time the people starve.
The problems to-day for solution
are the direct results of Legislation
that gives to one man or set OF
men opportunities not accorded to
every other, regardless of wealth,
color or sex Legislation that gives
to one man or set of men all the
soil and money that avarice can
control. Our constitution has been
set aside. Justice has been ignored
by monopolists and self-seeking po-
litical partisans. 1t has been pre-
d;ctad that all this will end i'm social
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-03-08

Happy ana content is home with "The Ro-
CHESTER" a lamp with the light of themorning.
Catalogues, write Rochester, ampCo ,NewYork.
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TEMPERANCE TlolNes.

THE man who has temperance prin.
ciples should not keep them in the dark.
THE census bureau figures show that
in 81 American cities there are i5,Si6..
l6T people, and 81, $50 SALOONS; an aver
age of one saloon, for every 60 families.
T. d, CRorHERs. VI. n, an American
authority on the subject. states that
alcoholism is on the decrease among
women in this country.
Or ANDREW CLARK SAYS; Good
health VIII IN my opinion, always be
injured 10y even small doses Of alcohol
AZ nl. even in snail doses will take
Il 'am off and injure the perfection
an, .1veliness of health, both mental
ani moral"
DIR. LAURENT. in his valuable work
on the habitues Of the Paris prisoners.
asserts that drunkenness alone. or com
bined with some other narcotic condi-
tion is 10 be found almost constantly in
the parents of criminals.
A KAFFIR maiden when visiting En-
gland was asked what she most wanted
for her own country. She replied:
Let us be treated at home as here,
not as cattle, but as human. Let us
have schools where we can be taught
useful arts. Let us have free education
and take away the drink"
IT is said that the wage earners of
the United States annually pay seOO.-
100000 for liquors. sum so large that
if it were saved for few years, and
properly invested, fund would be
created that, under wise management.
would render restitution among the
poor Of this cOu ntry forever impossible.
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FOR THE BOYS.
How the Notebook and Pencil can he
Used as y Means of Grace.

How the Motel Book aud Pencil Can h,
Used Means of Grace.
1t is gracious purpose of God that
birth into the kingdom be followed by
growth Alphabetic knowing is only 4
beginning. Whatever the Young Chris
tian knows, he should follow on Il
know more As means to that end lac
should carry about with him little
easily-tucked-away notebook. and a
pencil always sharpered to point.
!. Put down questions you can not
answer, problems You would like "a
solve. If someone asks a question. or
a question springs up out Of circum.
stances, You may be sorry that you can
not answer, and pass on, forgetting
soon all about the question. Would it
not be better TO note ii down. think OF
it. seek help of the first person or book
that can give light?
Such a note would be fa) record %
your Ignorance; and YOU win not real
lie it so wildly as when it is put down
in black and white; tb) definite state.
ment of your need, and, therefore tc}
a fresh incentive TO study.
II makes Worldwide difference in
character whether questions and prob
lens are allowed TO merely stir little
sorrow and shame in the heart. or be.
come the occasions of search, mastery.
joyful acquisitions
?. Put down any new glimpse o.
truth, any suggestive vein OF thought.
any object or event which aptly Illus
trates spiritual lessons: and this will
result Cd il will induce the habit @
observation, 10 il will cultivate
thoughtfulness, (c) it viii develop the
faculty OF drawing lessons from every.
lay experiences.
You will Thus have not only an aceu
mulatiny store Of thought, but an over.
low for prayer-mecting, sunday schoo
and private conversation. Having such
living. germinal. personal volum,
with you always, You will find golden
use for odds and ends of time ia look.
ing over, brooding over, its pages
Such hook when packed from
cover to cover with your own think.
ing, will be worth to YOU, in the long
run, more than a bulky volume that
has been written for You. The habit
of reading is good, the habit Of think.
ing is better. To read is to begin. To
think is to continue. To read is to re.
ceive; TO think for yourself is to put
yourself in the way of giving. Ii Is
more blessed to give than TO receive
Every Christian boy with such book
and pencil in hand is a modern little
Samuel listening to the voice Of God.
Continuing to listen. he may become a
modern prophet-B. A. Greene, d. d.
in Waterman.
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Trnm Iaihrr tn snn.

II have drank whisky every day for
thirty-fye years, remarked gentle
man Of sixty rather prou ily, 'and |
don't see but have as good constitr-
tion as the average man Of my age. !!
never was drunk in my life lie was
telling the truth. but to learn t.
whole truth you have 70 study his ch,l-
dren The oldest. a Young lady had
perfect health; the second. yoanp
man, was of remarkable nervous and
exeitable temperament, n different
from his phiegnatic father as possible;
the third. Young lady Of seventeen.
was epileptic, and always had very
poor health. Did the fathers whisky
drinking have anything to do with
these facts? The instance NAV be
duplicated in almost every community.
Think over the families of your ac-
quaintance in which the father has
long been moderate drinker, and OBJ
serve the facts as to the health of the
children The superintendent of
hospital for children at Berne. Swift
zerland, has found by careful observa-
tion that only 45 per cent OF those
whose parents used intoxicating liquors
had good constitutions
while 50 per cent. Of the children of
parents had sound bodies.
OF the children Of inebriates only 6
per cent. were healthy Can any man
drink and take the consequences, or
must his children take the eonse
quences2-Journal of luebriety
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FOR SUNDAY READING.
oooo-BY.

! 5ood-by Is 9 dificult word TO speak
When one is lonely. and worn. and weak.
Tempted on those true friends TO lean
Who come so few and so far between
Like angels visits And yet ween
lis letter so, or the God OF love,
fenderly watching from above,
Would make it otherwise.
SoIknow
That though from my touch friend must 60
Steadily onward the rivers flow
Gois rivers Of peace. While whirlwinds tloW
In temptations blasts, through the drifting
snow
or hearts chill pain, or the fiery glow
OF the furnace flames / murmur low
Yes, Lord Yes. Lord BY Thy gracs I've
stood
Through fire ana storm. but twas all for
good"
For the Interest trials their deep cups FIJI
with eternal good when Gods sweet will
Ia thorny paths doth vet instill
The incense rare Of the soul that prays
Amen Amen TO His purpose.
Into all lives some rain must fan
But we, who answer the MASTER call.
Look TO the sun, in spite OF fears
See rainbowed promises through our tears
Surely. the Lord hath perfect riqht
We long the more for the day again:
SO after the pleasure. the pillow Of rain
Cuts deep through the heart with glowing
share
That out OF the death OF our aching care,
MAY srring through the elements warning
strife
The flower and fruit OF a perfect life.
And so will speak the word. Rood-hy'
God lie with We and my prayers deep cry
shall clasp the foot OF the starry throne,
hat. under the tilows monotone,
All the way 10 the distant strand
Hen lear thee Graded within His hand,
And keeping safe from fear or harms.
A out Thee fol1 the eternal arms,
And may tie LORD Christ come 10 thee
On every wave OF LIES stormy sea.
Deep In thy soul, with royal VIII,
Aasterful speaking. vi Peace. te stiIlt"
Capt 3, X. Carrier ia \. Y o server
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CHOICE SELECTIONS.

1t is better TO suffer than to sin
Rams Horn.
Strength alone knows conflict.
Weakness is below even defeat. and Is
born yanquished Madame Swetchine.
-Reticence of profession and pub.
licity of conduct are far safer than
publicity of profession and reticence
of conduct outlook.
The Christian knows himself to be
a king, and yet refuseth not to be any
mar S servant. Venning,
"A new version for the old saving.
God helps him why helps himself" is
God helps him who helps another
Chicago standard.
II do not believe any man ever vet
genuinely, humbly, thoroughly gave
himself to Christ without some other
finding Christ through him. Phillips
Brooks.
-Being in Christ. it is safe to forget
the past; il is possible to be sure Of the
future; il is possible to be diligent in
the present. --McLaren.
Men must judge Of their religion
by examining It's foundation; If that
fall. the superstncture is perishable
and worthless -Flavel
Woe unto those who use their
power over a human heart to destroy
the simple pleasure il would naturally
enjoy.-Cleveland Leader.
Above all things be cheerful happy.
hopeful Some Christians always feel
bad when they feel we'll, because they
fear they II feel worse afterward. Rest
Islander.
Through the artist beauty strug.
giles into life. Patriotism dies without
the patriot. Justice disappears unless
championed by the prophet of right
eousness, DR.. E. w Donald.
"A clean conscience can turn Jail
into station on the road to the Ce-
lestial city, as John Bunyan proved at
Bedford, and find material in a dun
geon for hallelujah chorus. as Paul
and Silas showed at Philippi.-St.
Louis Republic.
-Thankfulness is not SO constant in
Christian people as it ought to be
Many think little Of their Indebtedness
to God for the blessings they possess.
and not few when anything occurs
which they deem adverse. will allow
one trouble to blind them to all the
good of life. Christian Inquirer.
Education should open to religious
thought new realms by disclosing the
wonders of Gods work in nature and in
man. Religion should elevate all
knowledge by making us feel that all |
life is sacred, and that all beauty and |
all truth are but the outshining of the
glory OF the invisible Gods. ). Times |
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Around the Campfire.

Custer post, G.. A. r., of Benning
ton, has procured a new flag, which
flies over its post headquarters.
The L. A. s., connected with VIM
A. LOOMS Camp, S. of ", of Lyn.
donyille, are planning for social
dance 10 be held at Music Hall, Tues
day evening, Sept. 25-tirst night Of
the North Caledonia Fair.
Last week, Mrs. Emma Dana Howe
of Brandon presented a memorial
volume TO c. j. Ormsbee post, g. A.
r. The presentation speech was
made by Rev. DR.. Wheeler, and the
acceptance speech was by Ex-Governor
Ormsbee.
John Sulliyan,an inmate of the Sol
diers' Home hospital, died there sun
day. lie was u years of age and was
admitted TO the Home, Sept. II, 1889,
from Middlebury. He served during
the war in Company +, 69th New
York, and Company X, I'd Vermont.
During the Mexican war he served III
the United States Navy. The remains
were taken to Middlebury for inter-
ment. His death was number "A at
the Home.
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neanltIan Of Cod.

child's definition Of God was given
to me the other day; nowhere in phi.
losophy have found one better; God
is something we think about and want
To be like Yes we do think
about Him. In vain Atheism. Posi-.
tivism, Agnosticism, bid the world
cease thinking about Him, in vain
they declare all thinking about Him a
vanity Of vanities, worse than tink.
ling brass and sounding cymbals
The thinking still goes on; the very
protests OF non-theistic philosophy
against thought inspire thought And
with the thought desire: a desire 10
know this invisible and unknown
Ideal, this Someone who is greater.
wiser and better than we are; a desire,
too to be like Him because lie is bet.
'er.-Lyman Abbott
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The SLAVES STORY.
II Is about Rebellion That r.nd.,
Fiat Failure

That wise old slave. lEson tan.
jaws and arms refused to sunni,, ~ tne
GRIND 1000 for the stomach. Wb1ch 70
SAID, was lazy thing living or ~ tney
I bors. vi course the rebellions ~. ga-
suffered and grew weak. As va, ~. -. = oers
science did not exist in Esou's dss &c !. eail
llkeiy That even be Understood ~. ~ ~.
force OF this fable 'ne iull
we understand TO day the supreme :;
portance OF treating the stomach NetI =,
.ne consequences oil Indigestion eYtan5
from the brain TO the toes. Becsnsa lend zen
digestion, there are 30 many sxir,,,, - oad
bloodless men and women in IN p aie,
Nothing VIII iatt+n and strengt Yan tt 'iu'
unless they can IND food thal viii '..ll
from The stonarn into the blO,, "a it,t,l- -
digestion. Paskola is such d lrea,y.s,es
Iood. 7s9'eo
lit gives me great pleasure. - saws n, q
w. paddock VI Ihelsva, GLASS. ~ er,as,,
In ire highest terms Of your deIigbtfr1
preparation, Paskola. have lafelS 1 r.s
seriDed II for one of my lady patients. and
am greatly surprised at its wonderful
power as flesh producer The vonns.
lady has been out of health and Iosia.,
flesh. She began taking Paskola as 4
rected. Her weight was l03 pounds ~
has taken four bottles and now weis,te
10y pounds,and j. looking much innroysd
she says that she feels ike ne A c,e.tnse
This change bss been brought about bv
Paskola.n "
Another physicians testimony:
OswkGo, n. y, May n, 1874
Gentlemen The bottle OF PsskoJa "a
ceived week ego to-day and imp,s5i
ateiy ommenced the use Of Il 10 connec-
tion with Poland water / am feeling 80,
much better and have increased ~
pounds IN weight. During the eight davs5
use Of Paskola, TO eructiUns Of gas. in faef
seeming perfect digestion. II this con6'2
ton continues, ] shall be a devotee Of Pas
kola and wlll prescribe IL " hen indicated
TO my patients. Sincerely yours,
+. N. MANWAREN. ND
Paskola may be obtained OF any repu-
table retail druggist and pamphlet. fulIv
descriptive, viii be mailed upon applica.
tiOn to
The Pre- Digested Food Co. 80 Reade st.
New York.
K. q. Morton, West Randolph, VT
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4 ness of the changed heart muscles. the
sunken energy of the nervous func.
lions ard the frequent accompanying
diseasv of the brain, give a bad course
10 every disease and high mortality.
The close relation of alcoholism tc
insanity is shown by the statement OF
a specials. tKrafft-Ebing) that all
forms of insanity, from melaneholia to
imbecility, are found in alcohol
ism. 1t is artificial; it begins
with slight maniacal excita-
ton: thoughts flow lucidly, the
quiet become loquaeious, the mod
est bold; there is need of muscular
action; the emotions are manifest in
laughing, singing and dancing. Now
the asthetical ideas and moral i'm
pulses are lost control of; the weak
side of the individual is manifested. his
secrets revealed; he is dogmatic. cruel,
cynical, dangerous; he insists that he
is not drunk, inst as the insane insists
on his sanity. Then his mind becomes
weak. his consciousness dim. illusions
arise: he stanmers, staggers, and like
a paralytic his movements are uncer-
tain
The principal character Of these
mental disturbances consists In
moral and intellectual weakness: ideas
become lax as to honor and decorum.
There is "A disregard Of the duties of
family and citizenship. lrritabi.ity is
concomitant; the slightest thing
causes suspicion and anger which
is uncomfortable. There is a
weakness Of will TO carry ont
good resolutions, and con
seriousness Of this leads some TO re-
quest to be placed in an asylum, for
they are morally certain in advance
that they can not resist temptation.
Thus one has been known 70 have his
daughter carry his wages home, A. lac
could not pass saloon on the wag
without going in II he had any money
with him. Now il is a weakness of
memory. a difficulty in the chain Of
thought and weak perception until
imbecilitv is reached.
There may be disturbances in brain
causing restless sleep.
anxious dreams confusion dizziness.
headache. such circulatory disturb
auees In the sense-organs can give rise
10 Authorizations There is a trembling
in hands. face, lips and tongue. In
short. there is gradual mental and
bodily degeneration.
In the past wine was used almost
wholly by the well-to-do classes, and
beer was 81 such a nature that harm
was out Of the question Excessive
nse Of alcohol first began with the art
~ distillation, and with the obtaining
u strong concentrated whisky from
.orn, potatoes and the like With the
nnivcrsalizing OF the use Of whisky.
series Of phenomena have appeared I
which are designated by the word al
'oholism
The climate is an important factor
Drunkenness IS more frequent in cold 4
han in warm countries. and IS more
brutal and injurious in its effects as
We 90 north Yet this is not always
rue, for .vithin the last ten years alco-
lolism has greatly decreased in Swe-
len. and increased in southern France
nd northern Italy In tropical regions
is at present spreading fast, and with
'reat injury Washington star.
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RELIGION IN PRACTICE.
Some Lessons Which Are Learned ONLY
from Actual Experience.

Some Lessons Which Are Learned ONLY
from Actual Experience.
The value of religious experience is
largely that Of any form Of experience.
1t promotes confidence, develops sound
ness of Judgment, stimulates helpful
ness and qualities one to impart wise
suggestions TO others. But there are
some elements in it which are not char
acteristic of other forms
1t is peculiarly an experience Of for
giveness. In business and society-ex-
cept as modified by religion-and. j;
might be said. even in the natural
world, the law of retribution for evil
doing prevails Where religion has
not obtained some recognized in
auence. retaliation for injury is the
rule and forgiveness the rare exccp-
ton. Even where religion has become
powerful revenge continues all too
common. But the lesson of forbear-
ance and forgiveness is one which. hav-
ing personally learned a truly re
ligious man earnestly practices and
teaches. lie knows by experience
the JOY of pardon following his re-
pentant shame for his sin. lie has
learned. also. in some measure. both
that he ought to forgive those who
have injured him and how to do it.
1t also is an experience peculiarly
promotive of inward peace The mind
matured and expert in trade. law. art.
or anything else may be conscious not
only of conceded superiority but also
practically of actual mastery, yet /:
may be disturbed and almost tor
mented by some fact, or even some
threatening possibility. in anyone OF
many other departments of its life
But religious experience Gains and
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what Do You Fake Medicine for2

Because you are sick, and want to get
well,of course.
Then remember that Hoods Sarsaparil-
la Cures.
All we ask is, that in taking Hood Sar-
saparilla you will do so with perseverance
equalling or approaching the tenacity
with which your complaint has chung to
you. II takes time and care to eradicate
old and deep-seated maladies, particular.
the system that they have become chronic
Remember that all permanent and posi-.
tive cures are brought about with reason
able moderation. Hoods Sarsaparilla at
tacks disease vigorously and never leaves
the field until it has conquered.