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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-20

the body stunted, mind destroyed,
and soul scared, don't prove that
children are having "good times"
in this country, is it because we are
living in Christian civilization
Coming Nation, Tennessee City,
Tenn
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-20

Say,my brother workingman, lend
me your sun.burned ear for a mo-
ment. You are working for some
man or corporation? Yes. And
they make a profit off your labor!
Yes. And are actually gather
ing in millions? Yes. You live in
the poorest part of the town, where
rents are cheapest? Yes. And you
wear the cheapest, coarsest cloth
ing? Yes. And you have the
coarsest food? Yes. Well wherein
was black slave south any worse
of? Did not his master make a
profit (but never millions) from his
labor; didn't he live in the shanties,
dress in coarse clothing and have
coarse food? But you have your
liberty? Yes, and sorry you are
when you have it-you are out
walking and begging for a master
to let you slave for him. Your lib
erty means starvation, because your
masters to-day own all things you
must have or perish. But the slaves
were sold apart, father from wife
and children from both. Yes, &C.
casionally, but very seldom. You
don't have to leave home and wife to
find a master, do you? Your
children don't have to leave home,
often a thousand miles, to find
master to employ them, do they?
Your daughters do not have to leave
home to make living, do they?
Whose daughters fill the houses of
prostitution, because they have had
to leave the home roof and mothers
loving care? Whose SONS, failing
to find a master, hunger and are
forced into crime and prison, or be-
come drunkards? You are a great
deal better off than the slave on old
masters plantation | don't think.
Now, my brother, another word. Do
you think the men who grow rich
off your labor are going to instruct
you how to get out of your present
bondage? Did you ever hear of
slave.owner telling his slaves how
to get away from him? Yes, there
is a way to work without being
employed for the profit of any man
or corporation. Public ownership
of the means of production and dis
tribution. In a simpler form-pub.
lie ownership of all monopolies. Do
you know of anybody making
profit off of labor of the letter
carriers? Not a bit. Do little
reading on socialism, brother, and
you will discover something of more
value to you than all the wages
ever paid to you in your life. You
need new and better ideas, before
you will have new and better con-
ditions of liie.-Appeal to Reason,
Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-20

|
Treasury official worried-Can't
understand why the syndicate hasn't
come to the rescue" This is the
heading of a Washington dispatch
to the associated press dated Sep
TENDER 9th, which tells how bad
Carlsle's crowd felt when the gold
reserve dropped below the $780,
900, 900 mark, without any move on
the part of Rothschild's agents to
fill it up again. Isn't it a pitiablc
spectacle to see the greatest nation
in the world at the feet of bank
ing syndicate and dependent on a
Jewish usurer to maintain its
credit? But that is just the depth to
which we have fallen in this third
year of Cleveland's gold-standard
administration. You'er proud of
your country, of course, and fairly
worship the men who are running
it.-Star and Kansan.
What a terrible condition il would
be for workingmen to work eight
hours day in shop that they
owned, ride on railroads that they
owned, buy their groceries and
clothing at store that they owned,
60 to the play at theatre that they
. owned, read books from library
that they owned by the light of an
electric lamp that they owned, study
the art of the world in galleries that
they owned, ride on street cars
that they owned, walk on and till
land that they owned, burn coal from
mines that they owned, build houses
that they owned from forests that
they owned-wouldn't it be
calamity? Slavery like that must
never be allowed 1t is much bet
ter for few to own the whole out
fit-and the workingmen with it.
Coming Nation.
Chauncey M. Depew and another
criminal, Richard Croker, of New
York, have been dining with the
Prince of Wales and having high
old time. The noted criminal, De-
pew, has caused himself to be inter-
viewed and he declares that Cleve-
land will most certainly be the next
Democratic nominee. As Depew is
fresh from Rothschilds it may be
possible that old Rotny has con-
cluded to give Cleveland a third
term. That bond deal with more to
follow has made Redkid admire his
American agent; or it may be he
intends to keep his colony in present
hands. -Sledge Hammer, Meadville,
Pa.
Socialism is dying. Anyhow the
daily papers draw rations for trum-
peting this idocy. About three big
editorials week seems to be the
"stint" set for the St. Paul dailies.
If we remember rightly, some OF the
alleged reform papers recently
prophesied and worked for the death
of the Coming Nation" In one
day last week that paper received
nearly 1000 subscriptions. Dying?
Well, just little bit! And that is
the style of death socialism is en-
joying. We pass our plate for more
of such death-and double portion,
please! - COOPERATIVE Age. st. !
Paul, Mimi.
1t isn't the men who are looking
back and telling what their party |
has done that the money power
fears. 1t is the men who are in a
party to do something and not to
brag about what they have done,
that worry the fellows who are rob.
bing the people.-Star and Kansan.
Have you converted anybody to
Populism? II not why not? What
are you here for? Are you going
to be drone? Hump yourself. |
Don't be holiday soldier. If you
can't do anything else send us
subscriber for this paper.-The Peo-
pie.
POSTAGE stamns are redeemable i'm |
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-20

-Monroe's double-pressurc cider
mill will run Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays. One block south
Of west end Of It'll Avenue. If
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-20

PITY THE RICH.

John Jacob Astor, from which you
will infer that--well, read them and
see:
"The houses, wares, ships and
farms which own, and have to take
care of, are for the accommodation
of others. can do nothing with
my income but buy more land,
build more houses, and lend money
on mortgages. In short, ! am found
with the necsssaries of life, and
more than these cannot get out OF
my money. Meantime my labor is
inccssant, and know no peace by
night or day."
Then why in the name of God and
humanity didn't he return the stuff
to the people from whom he had
stolen it and thus get rid of his bur-
den?
He had no right to enjoy it any
way. Neither had he any right to
hold and deprive others who were
capable of enjoying even small
portion.
Poor, miserable hog, drowning in
trough of buttermilk, and too in.
fernal mean to get out
If the stuff he "owncd" was for
the accommodation Of others, why
did he continue all his life to rob
others instead of accommodating
them?
Better ten times have thrown his
income away than to have gone on
increasing his means of robbery and
extortion.
Suppose he did work necessarily,
what value was his labor to the
world, to the community, to society,
to liberty and equality!
He worked necessarily against
the principles Of God, humanity and
the constitution of the United
States.
Who cares how hard he worked?
The harder he worked the worse for
society.
No doubt the devil also works in.
cessantly-but nobody will set up
the plea that the devil is entitled to
any honor on that score. Dishonor-
able works deserves no honor,
Even the very lowest order of
mind instinctively recognizes the
Injustice of a man like Astor own
ing millions of dollars while millions
of people are unemployed and half
starved.
The man whose house has to be
guarded by soldiers is a man who
has wronged society, else there
would be no cnmity against him.
The Astor and the Gould, the
Carnegie, the Pullman, and the
are not only useless as
society is now constituted, but dan
gerous.
Still it is not so much the fault Of :
these particular individuals as it is
the fault of our system OF govern
ment, class legislation, corporation
ownership of the courts, and the
insane money worship of all man
kind.
Such men as these will rule and |
ruin just as long as the people allow
them to. 1t is the peoples own
fault to begin with, and now the fell
lows who have taken advantage Of
the carelessness on the part of the
masses have secured such a foot.
hold that it seems doubtful il any
Thing short Of force can restore the
the government to the people, where
it belongs.--The People, Erie, Pa.
A few days ago a hungry man,
stripped of his natural and social
rights by our Christian civilization,
broke into bakery in Chicago and
stole a loaf. lie was arrested aud
sent to the house of correction. A
day or two later the discovery was
made that some respectable" mil
lionaire heads of the packing con-
Germs of Chicago had tapped So
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21

Those Of fus not yet fifty years
OF age haveprobably lived in the
most important and intellectual.
ly progressive period Of human
history. Within the halfcentiry
the following inventions and dis
coveries have either been placed
before the world or elaborated.
Ocean steamships, railways, tele-
graph lines. street tramways,
ocean cables, telephones, phono-
graph. photography. and d score
OF new methods OF picture md
king, aniline colors, kerosene oil,
electric lights, steam fire engines.
chemical fire extinguishers, aes-
thetic and painless surgery, gun
cotton, nitroglycerin, dynamite.
and a host of other explosives,
aluminium, magnesium, and
other new metals, electrotyping,
spectrum analysis, and the spec
troscope, audidhone, pneumatic
tubes. electric motors. electric
railways, electric bells, type wri-
ters, cheap postal system, steam
heating, steam and hydraulic ele
vators, vestibule cars, cahtilever
bridges. These are only a few out
ofa multitude. All positive knowl
edge Of the physical constitution
of planetary and stellar worlds
has also been attained within
this eriod.-Selected.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21

Lenoir Topic: The last ol
December. 1882, two yonng
men met at the house of Mrs.
Catherine Holt IN Orange
county, near where the town
of Graham now stands. They
remained there all night and
slept together. Thesnow was
II inches deep on the ground
next morning. They separa
ted, and one went into the
ministry and went as a mis-.
sionnry to India, where he
spent several years. The 9TH
or returned to his home In
Burke county. The other day
they met again for tie first
time in 63 years, and both of
them were in good health.
Both were 70 years Of age.
They were Rev. John C. Kad-
kin. of New Jersey, and our
esteemed countyman, Mr.. N.
A. Powell.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21
wtsE WORDS.

| Asmall .ree may bear good
fruit.
What science says il mans
best guass.
History ia what character
has written.
II we knew more We could
forgive more.
There in still n ions den
for every Daniel.
Do to-day what you would
do or your Inst day.
Weeds grow fnst when q
lazy man hoes the corn.
An hOnr spent in had CON-
pany can never be blOtted
out.
Kill off the FOOLS, and Won
will throw the lawyers out OF
work.
A chOrns in which many
love To join-"Diden't l tell
von SOP
Self-assertive men often
do n large business on a small
capital.
The man who would go to
heaven alone if he could isn't
fit to gO
Many people are not at
home when a golden oppor.
tunityty knocks.
A civil tongue ia n better
protection than steel arln0r
an inch thirk.
Pray for yonr enemy, M
matter whether he il trying
to kill You with liis tongne
or a gun.
The manNwl.o can paw his
debts andlwon't do it woul !.
steal. If he coul.l do it without
being locked np.
Some ppople show that they
are not on the way to hen ven
hy what they tel others they
mnst do to get there. Rams
Horn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21
A Baoheior's TIlbute to q Bride.

Hon. John r. Webster. ed
itor of the Reidsville Weekly.
is a bachelor. That fact adds
point to his admiration for
woman. A lady in Reldsville
was married last week. Here
il what the bachelor editor
said about her, incidentally
giving his idea OF matrimo-
ny:
"She ia as graceful as a
fawn. bright, vivacious. fasci
mating, sparkling, magnetic
a queen among beauties. the
incarnation OF grace and the
poetry of motion. Her many
charms Of mind and person,
her gracious manners, cheer.
ful temperament, indepen.
dence of character and kind
ness of heart have attracted
a host of friends and admit
ers whose hest wishes will fol
low her to her northern home.
She is a rare type of beauty
not the cold. stately order
that awes the sonl. but full
OF life and music-a ray of
sunlight or a crystal brook
ripping and laughing on it's
journey to the sea. Beauty.
like life, elndes analysis. There
is a beauty of star, of sky,
and of tiny flower and above
woman, the crown of crea-
ton, the fairest jewel in the
diadem OF God, the sweetest
blossom, whose smile is a half
blown rose, whose laughter
is the cadence of cooling doves;
who gives to the man 3 h q
loves her hope and her for
tune, and who sacrifices up
on the altar of manhood,
health, beauty and comfort
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21
10 Pail or Motto Pull.
Shelby Aurora.

Shelby Aurora.
A we'll. dressed countrylnan
accompa MED his wife this
week to- a dental office in
Shelby for the purpose of her
having an aching tooth ex.
tracted. When che reached
the dental chair the fear OF
pain silenced the nching tooth
and she declined rc haveit ex
tracted. The husband insis
ted upon her having it pulled,
but slle AZ firmly refused his
entreaty. Then the husband
became excited Fand in Ian.
guage more emphatic than
polite commanded it to be
extracted at once, but she
had Il will OF her own; then he
nnErily drew out his pistola as
if tn add force to his com.
mand. Then the dentist felt
sorry for the lady and told
her he would not pull it un-
less she so desired. The wife
finally consented, the offend
ing tooth was pulled a n d
peace reigned once more. No
doubt the husband regretted
his anger afterwards.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21

W. A. Mcclure, a we'll known
citizen OF Mckay, Ohio, il oil
the opinion that there is no.
thing as good for children
troubled with colds or Group
as Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. He has used it in his
fa mily for several years With
the best results and alway s
keeps q bottle in the house.
After ha vingln grippe he was
himself troubled with a severe
cough. He used other RENE
dies without benefit and then
to try the chill
dren's medicine and to his de
light it soon affected a per-
cure. 25 ard SO ct.
bottles for sale by all drug
gists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21

John d. Rockefeller has made
another magnificent gift 70 the
University Of Chicago. His la.
test act OF munihcence is the un.
conditional presentation Of ST..
OOO.OOO. available January 1st,
next, and the gift of $2,O0G ,0o0
conditional on the raising Of the
same amount rom OF ilersoutces
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21
Will It be Cleveiandi I

| Vsss - w VsVsoAenws
News and Observer.
Nothing affords a better il.
lustrarion Of the divergent
views of the South and the
North than the comments on
the recent election. Tn the
South, even among t h o 8 G
who endorse the Presidents
financial views. the opinion
prevails that the divisions in
the party are in some meas.
ure due to his lack of wisdom
as u manager. Those VINO do
not believe in his financial
policy, hold his refusal to
make concessions to the al.
YER men in the party, when
the Sherman act was repeal
ed, IN the first great cause of
democratic dissension n n Il
bitterness which proceeded
and insured defeat.
On the other hand, in ma
ny sections ofthe North there
is a strong conviction that
all the disaster to the party
is attributable to the unwil-
lingness to follow Mr.. Cleve-
land and those who differed
from him are made solely
chargahle for the disaster.
The New York Herald voices
this sentiment saying in an
editorial headed "Will 1t Be
Mr.. Cleve!and?"
The republican wave that
swept over this country from
East to West last week con
fronts the democratic mana.
gers with a new condition. 1t
is an omen that next year
will be arepubli"an year, and
that If thu democrats hope
to win at all they must set
tie their differences among
themselves and agree upon
tEair very hest ard strongest
man for the Presidency. 1t
will be no time for dark h0r-
SEES, aud they cannot afford
to experiment with new and
unknown conditions.
This vital consideration
would seem to make the re-
nomination Of Mr.. Cleveland
inevitable il the democratic
leaders are able to read the
signs OF the times, and want
to save the party from disas
irons dpfpat.
Without Mr.. Cleveland the
democrat ts cannot win; with
him they may win. 1t was 1is
great popularity, firnness
and wisdom that wrested the
from the republi-
cans four years ago, and had
the democratic leaders heed
ed his warnings and followed
his counsel there would not
have been a republican tidal
wave this year. His strength |
with the masses saved t h e ,
party from defeat in '92, and
it is the only thing that can
save it from defeat in 1896.
w. A McG,,irp q rall known
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21

ded as a joke. He is sariousl.,
In the field and has a litpra.
~ bureau working up sentl.
ment in his favor. At first
glance one in inclined to say
that Quay in throwing good
mone.i away, 40 small is his
chance to win, but when one
considers that Quay h a {
made big government ap.
preparations and liberal ex.
nenditurps upon all sorts ol
internal improvements" the
corner stone of his candi.
dacy, and remembers the sue.
cess OF republicans in t h &
past who had no other polit-
i'.nl capital than the o ! d
flag and an appropriation
one doesn't feel 40 certain a.
bout 1t. 1t may be that Quay
thought that Tom Reed was
having too much Of Il walk
over, and that his candidacy
ls put forth merely as Il foun-
dntior{Nr Il good dicket.
Hon. WIN. F. Harrity, Chm
ot the National Democratic
Committee, who has been in
Washington forseveral days,
believes it IL alwaysgood pol
itics to keep a stiff upper lip
no matter how the returns
come in. This is the way he
sized up the effect of last
week II election on the demo-
riatic party. while the cleo
tions showed great republi-
can victories, they have not
disheartened US, by any man
ner Of means. We shall get to
gethpr again 10y next N0vem
her and we will make a good
showing in the next cam
paign. We will select a good
'mnlidnte and We will show
/ he country that the demo
cratic party isstill very much
Ex Congressman Somers.
Of Wisconsin, now in Wash
lngt0n on private business.
has Il record AZ a good demo
rat and a shrew1 observer
nj the trend Ofnemocra tic sen
t'ment IN his state. He said
when asked who the demo.
rats of that state favored
ior the presidential nomina-
nations "They are thorough
" in accord with President
Cleveland, and I believe that
we're he to announce himself
~ Il candidate for n third
term he would receive the ell
ire delegation. Carlisle
stands second, with Vim. e..
Whitney very close to- him.
Either would make a good
candidate and a strong cam
nnign." CongressmanHol
nan, of In iiana, who thor
knows the democrat
c party Of his state, says In
ilana democrats have never
'erinusly considered t hat
here was any probability of
President Cleveland again be
'oming a candidate and that
hey do not believe it h n &
,ptn seriously considered any
where els.. MI. Holman links
hat if no mistake is made i'm
he national ticket Indiana
will go democratic next year.
Henry Wilson, the postmas
er at Welshton, Fla, says
'e cured a case of diarrhoea
# long standing in six hours
1itb one small bottle of Cha m |
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21
WASHINGTON LETTER,
From our Regular Correspondent.


OF the old political max
i'm, that "a party is never IN
such great danger ms just
after 1t has won a great vic.
tory" and that it il q wise
maxim the political upheav'
als Of The last eight or tie n
years fully prove. No great.
er, political victory was ever
won in thisconntry than that
which in 1892 put the demo.
Gratis in possession OF the exec
utive and Legislative branch.
es of the government. Yet
look what followed. In 1894.
dissension ir democratic
ranks. and a republican Con
gressional victory; in 1895.
more democratic dissens!on
and republican victories in
states heretofore safely dem
ocratic. The di.senslon in the
ranks of the victorious rrpuh
lican party is already mark
ed. and it il not confined to
the fight over the presiden-
tial candidacy OF the party
but includes the policy to be
followed by the ovprwheln-
ing republican majority in
the house during the coming
session Of Congress. These
dissnns,ons even extend to
tn" tariff question. Senator
Sherman lately said that he
would vote for no bill amen
ding the rnriff that did not
provide 4 duty for wool, and
REPRESENTATIVE Dn lzrl, of
Penn. who may bp the next
Chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee, says
the tariff is going obp amen
ded and duties raised. Now
comes OK Senator MandprSun
of Nebraska, who pointedly
says: "The republicans can
not Afford to oren u, III he
tariff question. If an attempt
il made to put a duty on
wool or any other articles.
every industry will rush in
and demand more protec-
ton" This heing the situa-
ton. it il natural that demo
crafts should expect their pros
poets in the national ca IN :
paign to be much impr ,ved
by existing dissrnsions in the
republican party and those
certain to be engen'lered du-
ring the session of Congress.
.As Senator Mitchell, of Wis.
consin; now in Washington.
aptly puts it: II haye seen
much darker days than these
for the dnmopra tic party. But
there was a vital principle in
the doctrine of democracy |
which was destined to make
the party great, and which
will always make it impor-
tant."
The political whirlagig turns
up some queer things, but
when it turned up Boss Quay
AS II candida te for the pub.
lican presidential nomination
IL turned upsonlething queer
er than usual. When it was
first mentioned in Washing
ton that some of the little re-
publican papers in Pennsyl.
vania were booming Quay
for the nomination It was re-
garded as a sort OF joke on
Quay, sprung by sore we'll
meaning editor who was serl
ously grateful for favors
done and hopeful ofthose yet
RI oOu,a and uhn vool1,, 10
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-11-21

Henry Wilson, the postmas
ter at Welshton, Fla, says
he cured a case of diarrhoea
of long standing in six hours
with one small bottle of Cha m
beflain's Cole, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. What a
pleasant surprise that. mus5
have been to the sufferer.
Such cures are not unusual
with this remedy. In many
instances only one or two do
ses are required to give per-
manert relief. ltcan always
he depended upon. When re-
duced by water it is pleasant
70 take. For sale by all drug
gists.