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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

WERE Christ now OH earth, He would find
many of the temples of the Most High nothing
but dcns of thieves. This is hard saying,
but do not present conditions prove.it? How
many preachers are to-day loanirg money TO
their less-fortunate fellows at rates of interest
that are simply confscation? And not
many of the leading members, the oficiary of
the churches, dealers in cut-throat mortgages?
Are not many engaged i'll forecosing mortgages
OH the homes of many rack-ridden laborers
selling the homes for much below their value
leaving the poor uniortunates without homes,
sending them forth to buffet with world ruled
by the diaboism of the present civilization?-
a civilization which these money-changers are
pleased to term Christian! When our Christian
ity is civilized, and our civilization Christian
lied, we will see no more of such cruel wrongs,
but, until that day, diaboism will rule-even
hosts of so-called Christians. Interest must
90 or civilization will again be cngulfed with
dark-ages ignorance
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

NEARLY two thousand years ago, Christ tray
eled, foot-sore and weary, throughout Palestine,
preaching the Fatherlood of God and the broth
erhood of man. The rich and influential made
IRON Him, melting the rabble to maltreat Him.
and, although the precepts of that great Teacher
have been propagated through the intervening
centuries, there is still rabble i'll the world
some wearing clerical robes, who are governed
by the same spirit that governed the mob at
Jerusalem when they cried out, "Crucfy Him!
cruelty HIM" This is established clearly by
the course of the pastor and trustees of the
First Congregational church of San Francisco,
relative to the teachings of Professor George
d. Heron, of Grinnell College, Iowa. For a
season, he has been arousing the sleeping con-
sciences of the prolessed followers of Christ on
the Pacific coast to the crimes committed against
the men and women who live by the sweat Of
their faces The live-at-ease, purse-proud
money-changers and mortgage-farming parasites
(including the PASTOR of the First Congrega-
tional church of that wicked city aroused,
and fortunate, indeed, is Professor Heron that
this modern Sanhedrim can go no further than
issue their money-changers' manifesto; or, like
the Master he is so earnestly serving, whose
bread of life he is so industriously breaking to
the furnishing multtudes, he would eXpiate his
devotion to duty by an ignominious death The
spirit of the Inquisition is manifest, bat they
cannot invoke the aid of Torquemado's laws.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

THE god that is worshipped the most in this
particular day of grace is the almighty dollar,
and some of the most devout worshippers Of
this god are some of the clergy and way-up
Iaity of the churches. They have forgotten
God. and, like the backslidden Israelites, have
made unto themselves a golden calf.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

A woman's heart is a well-spring of tender
ness. No matter how humble, what is hers has
\ value in her heart much greater than its
deserts Her little plush rocking-chair, which
was one of the first things she and her husband
bought When hey were married, has an honor
ed corner il her parlor. What though her
neighbors turn up their noses at it and wonder
why She keeps it with her newer and finer
things? She remembers how she sat IN it, when
evenings were long, and planned with her
husband their life work, and how, during the
long afternoons, she sat in it and rocked and
sewed and thought of Chin working Tor her
in the crowded, hot town. That little chair
had too many happy associations connected
with it to be put carelessly aside. Association
is everything to some women. They connect
everything about them with this or that sorrow
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

awe are standing on the threshold;
We are in the open door;
We are treading OH borderland
We have never trod before.
Then gather all your vigor;
Press forward in the fight,
And let this be your motto:
For God and for the right"
Reform Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

Col. c. w. JONES, one of the leading DEM
cratic politicians of Kansas, while riding in a
cart, OH his farm near lola, was thrown from
his cart, against tree, and his skull crushed.
He died soon afterward
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

A NEW paper is the Silver Knight, published
at Washington and edited by Senator VIM. M.
Stewart. As its name indicates, it is cham
pon OF the white metal. Send 81 .ooand get
it year
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

l have received copy of the San Francisco
Call from the Y. NJ. c. A. Of that city, i'll
which the president denies ever sending petit
ton to the city authorities asking them to pass
ordinances regulating woman's dress. Such
petition was sent to the authorities, but the
name of the " NJ. c. A. president, which was
attached thereto, was forgery. | make this
statement because scored the " NJ. c. A. for
wasting their God-given powers on such small
matters, while the saloon, granddaughter and
brothel go undisturbed.
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If ! should die tonight
My friends would look upon my quiet face
Before they laid it in it's resting place,
And deem that death had left it almost fair
And laying snow white flowers against my hair
Would smooth it down with fearful tenderness,
And fold my hands with lingering caress
Poor hands, so empty and cold to night
If should die to night,
My friends would call to mind with loving thought
Some kindly deed the 10y hands had wrought;
Some gentle word the frozen lips had said,
brands on which the willing feet had sped.
The memory of my seislness and pride,
My hasty words, would all be put aside,
A nd so should be mourned and loved to night
If should die tonight,
Recalling other days remorsefuly
The eyes that chde me- with averted glance,
Would look upon me as OF yore, perchance,
And soften in the old familiar way;
For who could war with dumb, unconscious clay?
81 might rest, forgiven of all, to night
Oh friends, pray night
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold brow
The way is lonely, let me feel them now;
Think gently of me- am travel worn;
My faltcrng feet pierced with many thorn.
Forgive oh hearts estranged, forgive, plead
When dreamess rest is mine shall not need
The tenderness for which long tonight
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

You need not blow against the "new women"
or new girl to me so long as she can hop on to
her wheel after we are seated at the breakfast
table, and scud away five blocks, get loaf of
bread and back again before we had missed her,
or noticed the lack of bread, and all this with
boomers on too. Scat! you can't hurt ghosts
around my house. Fall in love, if you will,
with the Chinese woman who can't walk, but
give me the new woman who can do something
quick with her feet.-New Republic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

The social evil is a political evil. 1t will
neverb be abolished till men are reformed. Teach
your boys to be pure in thought, word and
act, and their daughters will be pure in thought,
word and act. This is sound politics, for it
will save the nation.--Relorm Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27

Word reaches NE Of the death of Lulu v.
REYNOLDS editor of Living Issues, the state
Prohibition paper of Michigan. She had been
sick about five months. While not personally
acquainted with Mrs. Reynolds, was acquaint-
ed with her through reading her paper every
week She was only IS years old-had not yet
reached the prime OF life-a brave, fearless re-
former in its broadcast, truest sense. | feel that
she has given her life as a sacrifice to the cause
she loved Being i'll the same line OF work
myself, KNOW the cost. A friend that knew
her we'll writes me: "She was one of God
uoblest. and most fearless little women. She
was one of YOUR kind OF brave, persistent and
untiring workersin every good cause" Friends,
do YOU know such sacrifice of life would not be
made if YOU would all take hold and HELP a
little instead of standing back and saying,
"Don't be discouraged it will all come out
right bye-and-bye.' Yes; so it will; but before
it does, some more of us will have folded our
hands and been laid to rest, as has Lulu V.
REYNOLDS; and, while the learned doctors say,
"Ded from nervous prostration," WE know 1t
was from over-work-trying to bring Gods
kingdom on earth, while you were singing of
'"The land that is fairer than day.
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The Other Lee.

The visit Of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has
started story which he told about
himself several years ago, and which
Is q good Illustration Of the love the
confederate soldiers bore toward Gen.
Robert 3. Lee. As Is well known, Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee was at the head Of the
cavalry, and these were much envied
by the infantry men, who had to walk
through the mud and dust
After Gen. Robert Z. Leo had sur.
rendered Gen. Ntzhugh Lee rode away
from Appomattox. While riding
through a lane he met an old North
Carolina soldier.
"Ho, therer' cried Gen. Lee, where
are you going%
i've been Of on a furlough and am
Aow going back to Join Gen. Bob Lee
replied the old soldier.
you needn't go back, but can
throw your gun away and return home,
for Lees surrendered
Lees surrenderedP"
That's what l said," said Gen. Lee.
ut must have been Fitz Lee, then
Bob Lee would never surrender" and
the soldier put on a look Of contempt
and walked on.-Louisvills Courier.
Journal.
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ment. Yet that was his sad fortune.
His youngest brother was there. a boy
in delicate health, who had been
carried away from the old homestead
by soldiers for some reason, and
lodged in this opcn-air prison, with
nothing to protect him from the
weather but an old shawl which his
mother had wrapped about him.
1t was a strange meeting for the
brothers, who had been separated for
II long time Both were prisoners, one
by the fortunes Of war, and the other
In consequence Of suspicion or of wan.
ton barbarity.
The night was bitterly cold, and
there was snowfall. The stockade
was forty feet in diameter, and there
was no fire. The officer wrapped his
overcoat around the sick boy, and,
mufliing him up In the shawl, held him
through the long night in his arms.
When daylight came they we're sepa-
rated. The officer was taken to Wash.
ington and put into the Old Capitol
prison, where he remained until the
end OF the war. The sick boy was con-
veyed to Alexandria, where he died in
the common Jail without friend near
him.
That one night in the binding snow
storm was the last that they spent to-
gether, and the memory Of 1t brings a
shudder Of horror to the veteran even
to this day.
The pathos Of such = story as this
may helpa younger generation to re-
allie how heartrending and barbarous
war invariably is.-Youth's Compan.
Ion
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JOCK SAID afterwards that when Whit.
fords girl knelt down by his side, and,
In the somber stiffness of that deserted
mine, prayed for their rescue, he felt as
II he was "chumming with a blessed
angel; who might spread her wings an
hy at any moment"
docs anyone know that you were
coming down here, Mr.. Wildcrs?' the
girl asked, presently.
"Nary q blamed SOUL was the dele
full response, ''but tramp, who was
starting of for Ishpcming just before |
come here"
Elsie's courage failed at this.
There was just the bare hope that n
book she had been reading and had
flung on the ground at the mouth Of
the mine before her hurried descent
might be fonnd by her friends, who,
alarmed at her absence, would be sure
TO search spot she was SO well known
to frequent, and might suggest to them
the idea that she had fallen down the
shaft, which would induce them TO
make an exploration which might lead
to their rescue. beyond this frai
chance she had not hope.
llarkl
Surely there was n nolse--a low
whine, as though from some animal.
Wilders half-raised his head, listened
acntely, anl said;
"The dog! BY the Lord. that's Nell
SON."
The idea to Elsie seemed preposter-
GUS, as how could any four-footed ami
NAL reach that dreadful depth?
"The Indians Jack whispered, for
his strength was fast failing, worked
this mine years ago-always thought
= long natural passage out to the foot
Of the HILL"
SEEKING the lantern the girl started |
for the spot whence the sound came;
but her progress was barred by u
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And what are you going to do about

"Mass labor against capital"
"By trades unions?'
"Yes. BY concentrated action. By
the power Of the ballot box"
Talking Of trades unions, l want
your advice as to q case in point"
Proceed"
1--WE had two men In our yard who
have scamped their work and, as the
saying goes, 'sassed the boss, who
give them the sack. Now, there's
some kind OF fuss about the matter
and some Of the men are attending a
meeting tonight to talk the matter
over. don't suppose it will amount.
70 mneh, bnt I'm kind Of uneasy. and
that's why came upstairs.
"Oh, that is all nonsense. The work.
ingmcn Of this country are too intelli-
gent to make u mountain Of such a
molehill us that. wouldn't worry about
It II were you"
Nevertheless, Just as IIarland that
night was going to bed, a tap came to
the door, and fellow workman beck
oned him outside.
1--WE been to the meeting, George,
and ! thought I'd drop in and tell you
how things went"
"You might have saved yourself the
trouble llarland laughed. ~ know
how things went, just as though Id
been there. Windy Atkins made
screed on the bloated lumber lords,
there was a good deal OF beer con-
sumed, and then Fred Sawyer and
few old hands just sat down on the sill
ly performance"
you are wrong, George" was the
seriousreply. 1.-THE only man who spoke
at length was the walking delegate
from New York, and"
"Who In thunder's he?" Ilarland
asked fercely. "What can n New
Yorker know about our local quarrels?
And what did he say?'
"Orlered as all ont on a strike witlom
an hours notice."
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The HORRORS oF WAR.
a Pathetic Incident Of the Struggle for
Southern Independence.

A Pathetic Incident Of the Struggle 70,
Southern Independence.
During the last year Of the civil wal
q Virginian officer, who had entered
the southern army at sixteen, and
fought gallantly in all the campaigns
in his native state, was taken prisoner
in q skirmish. He was conducted to
the headquarters Of Ten. Meade, near
Culpeper court house, and then tenn.
porarily confined In what was known
as . bull.pen. This was an open
stockade, made Of split pines, twenty
feet long, set upright in the ground.
This stockade was not more than
twenty-five miles from the homestead
where his mother had lived before the
war. The farm itself had been sban.
doned, but the family had occupied
the house about the time Of the
skirmish.
The officer thought Of his old home
when he entered the stockade, but he
was not prepared to meet ono Of his
own family In such . place Of confine.
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CHAPTER TX.
A oHroAoo IsrEpIoR.

y don't know what to say about
buying so much on credit, George. 1t
Y very nice to have SO many pretty
things about the house, but this easy
seeming installment plan may lead
into deep waters. There's the quarter.
y payment on the house and lot, the
assessments for insurance in the
Mutual company, and sixty cents
WEEK a the sewing machine--still the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-11

DR. De l'ossv, lIavre physician. is
in his one hundred and second year,
and still practices medicine, and has a
vast number of patients His calls are
usually made on foot. lie has never
been i'll u miantc In his liza,
AN ex-confederate tells the following
story illustrating Gen, Wade Hampton's
kindness to his soldiers during the war
AT one time when the generals com
mand was encamped on the banks Of
the Potomac, an order came to break
camp and retire. The cx-confederate
at the time was lying III with typhoid
fever In his tent, and, hearing that
Gen. Wade Hampton was making his
rounds, asked to see him. General,
for Gods sake, don't leave me | want
to die with you," pleaded the soldier
Although the physician declared there
was no hope for the mans recovery.
the general personally superintendent
his removal to an ambulance, and gave
orders that he have medical attend.
ance night and day. lie recovered.
and returned to uty.-philadelphis
Press
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~" AaND ~ AhouND THE Duu y NECK.
stream OF water whose depth or width
She knew not Saturating her hand
kerchief In the precious fluid, she made
her way back to Wilders, whose brow
she laved with infinite tenderness.
Then again that whine and the sound
Of something scratching the earth
away How eagerly she listened,
"Nelsonl Nelson!H Her trcmulous
cry reechoed through the caverns.
splash In the water, and the dog
for dog 1t was-came swimming to.
wards her, and in minute wus stand
ing beside her, shaking the drops from
his long coat.
The intelligent creature seemed to
understand 1t oil Il glance. Licking
his masters hand and whimpering, he
first paid his tribute to the sufferer,
then came and gazed with sympathetic
brown eyes into Elsie's, saying ms plain
% looks could speak; II am ready to
help you--wlat shall l do?"
She took the dogs head tenderly on
her lap and kissed the honest face, then
drawing from her pocket All old envel.
ope ahe hastily scribblcd In pencil.
FOR Coda sake help Rescue US quickly.
Jack Wlldsss lies badly hurt In the third raj
lery Of tho old New York mine
ELSIE wHIvroRD."
Wrapping this In her handkerchief
she tied II around the dogs neck.
Nov, You dear, noble fellow, homcl
homel homol I say" while shc pointed
toward the way he had come.
But Nelson had other views; for a
time her voice and gestures only served
70 make him wag his tail and cringe
around her, but at last, when she had
despaired Of making him understand, a
lash Of intelligence leaped to his eyes
and hc dashed of across the pool into
the darkness
. An hour Of dull expectancy, and then
the girls heart leaped with Joy, for
right over her head voices were heard,
lights glimmered like stars, and mans
hosrse tones came ringing below,
"Hellol Hello, therel"
"Hellol We are herel"
whats np9"
"Wilders han fallen down the ladder
and Is badly hurt"
'Can he move9"
mo, you must lower cot. But
some Of the rungs Of the ladder have
been sawed away. So, on peril Of your
lives, do not try the descent without
ropes"
How many rungs are broken2e
Seven or eight"
"All right we'll soon be with you;
cheer up"
But II seemed to her an age before
they brought short ladder and dashed
i 10 the old one, so as to bridge tho
broken part, and then when eager
lsces were gazing with sympathy upon /
hem, and tender hands were helping
hem, Elsie Whitford, who had done
ind dared 50 much, proved her title to
vomanhood by letting the little crowd
md cavern walls reel around her and
Iuietly and unostentatiously fainting
WAY.
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Bucklen's Arnica Halxa.

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or no pay required. II is guaranteed
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For sale by J. NJ. Gleissner.
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MT a. Gr.ct uwst a,
.sr.or ~ s.s- ..'. 49,, "'' VI ~ ~ ~
.rot i, hsd h..a s o.s VIZ.
vps;,,or IL $500 . !. p'ss u
20 90 m,nv d"sd 80 .. W. n u.s"' "
~ rann:n. 1890 ~, ~. ''ns :.
w. c;.an ~. . .oasss. wv w ''"e
fresh division was already up, and
when the lines sprang forward II
seemed as II nothing could check them.
1t was the same thing over scsin-a
great crash Of musketry-the roar Of
six or eight pieces Of artillerv-the re-
treat OF one out Of FIVE alive.
Four different times that horseshoe
was charged by men who had no fear
Of death, and with little result every
time. Bushes had been cut down to
the roots by the bullets Trees had
been denuded Of their lower limbs or
cut in two by grape shot. Tho earth
itself WAS plowed and rakad !. - a.,
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OF Fort Wayne, Ind, writes on Nov. %, 1854:
II was afflicted for forty years with heart
trouble and suffered untold agony. lhad
weak, hungry spells, and my heart would
palpitate so hard, the pain would be so acute
and torturing, that became so weak and
nervous | could not sleep. was treated by
several physicians without relief and gave
upevcr being we'll again. About two years
ago commenced using Dr. Miles Remedies.
One bottle OF the Heart Cure stopped all
heart troubles and the Restorative Nervine
did the rest,and now sleep soundly and at
tend to my household and social duties with
out any trouble
Sold by druggists. Dock sent free. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Dr.. Miles, Remedies Restore Health.
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ITO BE CONTINUED
QuADRuPED HEROES.
Dogs OF France that Have Had Military
Huuarsla

Dogs Of France that Have Had MilItar,
Funerals.
A Paris paper tells the story of sew.
eral dogs who have received In France
or in the French colonies, the honors
OF military funeral. It Is customary
with many companies in French reqi.
ments, and especially with those sta,
toned in Algeria, to have a company
pet, and this pet is oftener a dog than
anything else.
These dogs supplement in Africa,
very usefully, the work Of the sentincls
at night They not only give warning
OF the coming of a human enemy, but
also Of the stealthy approach Of jackals
and other beasts of prey.
One OF these company dogs, Dellys
by name, warned the detachment to
which he belonged of an ambuscade
while on the march in hostile couu.
try. The soldiers themselves were 10.
norant Of the Arab trap, and would
have fallen into ii If the dog, marching
in advance, had not flown yelping at
the rocks behind which the savages
were concealed
In reward for this service Dellys was
formally made n sergeant, and wore
proudly on all dress occasions the
gallons, or insignia of his rank. When
he died he was buried with military
honors.
A military picture by q noted artist,
preserved IN Paris. commentaries an.
other such funeral 1.-The burial of dog
named Moustache, This animal was
also company pet" in Algeria. lie
went into an engagement with his
company, and received a wound which
necessitated the amputation OF one of
his forelegs,
In due time Moustache's comrades
presented him with Il wooden leg: and
instead of retiring to live at the "ln.
or soldiers home, for the rest
OF his life, as a human veteran with n
wooden leg woulA have done, he con.
tinued to stump around with his com.
pany until he had filled out the meas
ure Of his days.
Then he was given q military funer
al; and the artist who witnessed 1t per.
petuated the fame Of 1t on canvas.
Youths Companion.