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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-06-07

BROTHER YOUNG, of the Star and Kansan,
SAYS man can't be a socialist and an anarchist
at the same time Still, we notice that the So
cialists and anarchists are all Pops at the same
time-Howard Courant.
A Republican lie without trimmings. The
only known gathering of anarchists in Kansas
was under the traitor Hughes, at Topeka, in
1893, and, under the same, or Democratic, lead
ership elsewhere.
By vote of 499 to Co. the citizens of New
ton last week decided that the city should own
and operate her own water-works. If anybody
had previously asserted that there were that
many socialists in Newton, it would have been
Indignantly denied by the whole town.-Tope-
ka State Journal.
THE friends of law and order have become
aroused, and have called mass convention for
July a.. There will doubtless be an absence of
many faces once familiar at such gatherings
faces of those who have gone over to the enemy
for political prefernent.-Topeka State Journal.
THE Rev. Bernard Kelly preached forcible
sermon at Cofeyville, Sunday morning, in
which he roundly scored officials high in author
ity who refuse to enforce the law because some
particular localities are opposing it. Morrill,
should hurry up and give Barney a job.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-06-07
NO. 3.

the rich of this country. Now it has stricken
down trial by jury, and has established govern
ment by injunction.
"Forty years ago, the slave power predomi-
mated; to-day it is capitalists The American
people crushed the slave power and saved our
institutions. Can they rescue them. again?
Many say yes, but they have not reflected that
the crushing force which confronts them is
greater than was ever slave power. Capitalists
are in the White House and legislate in the
capitol. The courts of justice are its ministers
and Legislators are its lackeys, and the whole
machinery of fashionable society is its hand
maid.
'Just see what brood of evils have sprung
from the power of capitalism since 1890.
"I. The striking down of over one-third of
the money Of the world thus crushing the
debtor class and paralyzing industry.
"2. The growing of that corrupt use of
wealth which is undermining our institutions,
debauching public officials, shaping legislation
and creating judges who do its bidding.
"3. The exemption of the rich from tax
alton.
"a. The substitution of government by in
junction for government by the constitution
and laws.
"5. The striking down of trial by jury.
'Never has there been so much patriotic talk
as within the last twenty-five years, and never
were there so many influences atwork strangling
republican institutions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-06-07

CHILDREN building cob houses and judges of
the supreme court rendering decisions are clear
ly analogous in results. The children build up
the cobs and then knock them down, and the
court renders decisions and then reverses them
whenever adverse and more powerful interests
demand. Judges Field and Shiras decided
against their previous decisions, and we cannot
help thinking they did so at the demand of
capital. Capital did demand just such decis-
ion as has been rendered. Laborers were the
cobs to be knocked down, and down they have
gone, and that, too, by nine men possessing the
most despotic power When the rich and infu-
entail and strong always in the end, triumph,
there is strong presumptive evidence that base
influences have been brought to bear upon those
adjusting the scales of justice. Courts, to-day,
can and do override every element of justice
and sound sense when capital enters the conflict.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-06-07

How THE Plutocratic press is rejoicing over
the fall of the people in the Knockout of the
income tax. Another feather added to the
camel's load Things are bending. The ten
sion is becoming too great to stand much greatr
strain. There will come a snap suddenly,
when the bond-robbers and usury thieves will
suddenly depart for some cline where monarchy
is acknowledged, and where a high-sounding
title given an empty head causes moral and
physical towards to stand with open-eyed Won
derment The ignorance of the masses and
the duplicity of the classes will yet baptize our
country anew with the blood of patriots.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26
TAX THE BACHELORS

Inc serlo- comic resolution in
trodueed in the State legislat-
ure recalls the attempt of six
teen old maids of Charleston,
S. c., who on March /, 1893,
presented the following petition
to the governor of that province.
ITO His Excellency, Governor
Johnson:
THE humble petition of all
old maids whose names are I'm.
derwritten:
Whereas, We, the humble
petitioners, are at present in a
a very melancholy disposition
of mind, considering how all
the bachelors are blindly cap
tivated by widows, and our
more youthful charms thereby
neglected, the consequence OF
this, our request is, that your
excellency will for the future
order that no widow shall pre-
sumo to marry any young man
till the maids are provided for,
or else to pay each of them a
fine for satisfaction for invad-
ing our liberties; and likewise
a fine be laid upon all such
bachelors as shall be married
to widows. The great disad-
vantage it is to us maids is,
that the widows, by their for
ward carriages, do snap up the
young men and have the vanity
to think their merits beyond
ours, which is a great imposi-
ton upon us who ought to have
the preference.
This is humtly recommend
ed to your eXcellency's corsid-
Grafton and hope you will pre-
vent any further insults.
"And we poor maids, as in
duty bound, will ever pray.
"P. ST., being the Oldest
maid, and therefore most con
cerned, do thihk 1t proper 20 Il
the messenger to youreXcellen-
cy in behalf of my fellow sub
scribers."
The above is taken from an
old magazine and may aid the
Legislators. j. NJ. Nickels,
Hampstead, Texas
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26
A NOTICE
ExeeFtive Department.
Office of ComctrnIIe7
O'@A' = - 'AANh
Austin. Texas, Mach %. 1896.


Austin, Texas. Mach %, 1896.
To Tax Collectors
Referring to redemption of
lands which have been sold to
the State for taxes, you are re-
specially advised as follows
1t appears that this Depart
ment for years past under its
construction of the lev, has held
that partial assumptions conld
not be made. This construction
Is not concurred in by me. 1t
would seem it be a reasonable
conclusion that persons whose
lands have been bid in by the
state for tax, have the right,
under Art, 1853 a Rev. Statutes,
70 IeueeH any portion Of their
rendition, by payment to the
Tax Collector of the amount
required to redeem that portion
Of the rendition sought to be
redeemed,
Tt is believed that the object
of the law is the collection Of
the tax, and not the acquire.
ment of land By the State.
You are therefore instructed,
that upon application being
made by the owner, OF his agent
for the redemption of any real
estate which has been bid in to
the State foT taxea, redemption
viii be permitted Of any part
of the original tract, block OF
lot, IN all eases where the Falue
thereof can be clearly detsrmin-
ed,and the identity of such tract,
lot or block can be definitely.
ascertained, upon payment Of
double the amount Of tax for
which sold and proportionate
cost of sale, and all accrued
taxes. Very Respectfully.
4. w. finley
Comptroller.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26
SUIT AGAINST K. OF P.

Rusk, Texas, March 2l.-
Mrs. Maude Jordan filed suit
against the Knights of Pythias
yesterday in the district court
here for $4,000. Shep Jordan,
her husband, two or three years
ago took out $4,000 insurance
in the Knights of Pythias for
his wife and children Novem
Der, 6, 1894, he was killed by a
negro here. 1t is claimed that
Jordan was drunk and had the
negro down kicking him at Che
time; the negro cut Jordan,
from which he died. Tie policy
provides that if the party in
sured is intoxicated at the time
of his death or is violating any
law Of the land at the time of
his death the policy viii not be
paid, hence they refused to pay
it and the suit resulted.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26

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Comptroller

Elder CIarsaldIe, The hermit of
6iz-MiIe Creek, Niagara county.
has posted over the door of his INIT
in the woods a sign reading: "Peo-
pie Net Wanted Here" He's only
Is. Most hermits are old and
tough
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26
TRADE RELATIONS
WITH MEXICO.
Mexican Press Opinion on The
Subject.


Ell Economists MeXicano says:
eve have seen American news
papers saying that Mexico
doesn't show a willingness to
foment commercial relations
with the United States. But we
believe the contrary, that if the
United States, which has shown
that they care very little to TO
ment and cultivate these rela-
tons and in proof Of which one
has only toremember the result
OF the famous reciprocity treaty
which was never carried out, be-
cause the United States Con
gress failed to approve of its
regulations aud which only
served as an excuse for the
majority of the committee of
ways and means of Congress to
throw into our teeth the most
undeserved and grathitous in
suits. Later, when active com
merce in lead ores began devel
oPing itself, the finance depart
ment of the United States com
menced placing all possible OBJ
stacles i'll its way, taking adj
vantage of the elasticity of the
American customs regulations.
Furthermore, the new tariff
was too favorable to. the cattle
trade of this country, for it re-
duced the importation dues on
cattle and the elasticity of the
law was again called in to stop
this trade and the quarantine
laws were so rigidly enforced
as to make them effective to
all Mexico, when it was well
known that the cattle from the
States of Chihuahua and Sono-
IA, for instance, had never suf-
fered from any disease.
Last but not least, not con-
tent with legislating in their
own country against the deyel-
oping of commercial relations
with Mexico, they have just
passed a law prohibiting the
transit, free Of duty through
the United States, of foreign
goods destined for the free zone
of Mexico, which step is essen
tally aggressive and against
all sentiment of co-fraternity,
and which, to a certain extent,
is even humiliating to our So
vereignty as q nation, because
it appears an attempt to oblige
us to modify some Of our in
terror legislation. So far Mex
leo has not responded to this
economic war, except by liberal
steps, which all tend to foment
its foreign trade without any
odious determinations, but il
in the United States continue
these gratuitous aggressions it
will not be surprising that the
time will come when Mexico, in
her own defense, will adopt
!. some economic measure by
which she may compensate the
loss she suffers thereby"
A woman hermit is rather a no.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26

Skipper NORWOOD, The hermit Of
House Island, Ceseo bay, has given
it up and gone to live with his
daughter in Holyede. For thirty
years Skipper Nordwoon has lived
on this island summer aud winter.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26
A woman hermit is rather a no

II "OTll1''' 10 ~ ~
velty, but one is reported as living
alone on Che Upper Salmon river,
California, in a CABIN watched by a
couple of grizzly bears instead of
dogs. No afidarits goes with this
ssotg
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
Cotton In Surgery.

Tho fact is noted in technical journal
of tho already considerable rs we'll as
rapidly increasing quantity of cotton
fiber that is annually consumed in tho
manufacture of abs, .ent cotton for sur
gical uses The process of preparing the
raw cotton for such purposes is given as
follows: After boiling in q solution of
potash, which eliminates all tho greasy
and waxy matter, the residue cotton is
placed in SO called "whizzer'' and dried
Being then treated to the indicating proc
ess by the uso of such antisoptics as dilut-
ed corrosive sublimate and carbolic acid,
the cotton is placed upon cards and run in
to laps, being thus made ready for the
market, where it brings a comparatively
high price. Prepared according to this
method, tho cotton is in admirable condi-
ton for tho stanohing and covering of
wounds, and in tho sickroom is regarded
ase qually valuable in its simple and effect
i've action, absorbing, ms 1t docs. all mois
lures with great readiness.
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
A Trolley Telephone.

Passengers riding on the electric rail
way between West Farms and Mount Yer
non have the privilege of listening to an
acoustic manifestation that In q remarka-
BILE manner illustrates some of the earlier
experiments in developing the telephone.
Tho track is single one and the poten-
tial of the current is high It's amperago
is also considerable. AS aircsult, when a
car is waiting on switchfor one coming
in an opposite direction, the approach of
the latter is audible ut tho distance of a
mile to tho passengers NJ the waiting car.
The sound vibrations are carried along the
wire, through the trolley, to the wooden
roof Of the car. This acts as diaphragm,
which faithfully rcproduces the rumble of
the approaching car. A mile away the
noise of the wheels is distinctly audible
and at the distance of 1000 feet the sound
becomes q loud roar. Outside the car, how
ever, practically nothing is heard until
the moving car is within O few hundred
feet of the switch.-Brooklyn Eagle
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
A Presidents old Shears.

DR.. w. F. Edmonds of Gate City, Va,
hos in his possession two pairs of scissors
with which Andrew johnson worked as
tailor ut Greeneville, Tenn. Major A. r.
Edmonds, the DOCTORS father, who died
about eight years ago, was in partnership
with Johnsoa Mt Grcencville, and the lit
tie shop in which they worked still stands
with the sign, "A. johnson, Tailor" over
the door. When they dissolved tho part
nership, Johnson made Edmonds present
of tho largo scissors, and they have been
carefully preserved. Baltimore Sun.
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13

other day arc inclined to think that they
received liberal return for their invest.
ment OF niikol apiece. In addition to
being carried, safely and expeditiously, to
{ their destination, they were given an op
3portunity OF becoming acquainted with
the brayest young man In all ct Louis.
That, at all events, is the light In which
they regard him.
. He was good looking, stylishly dressed,
boyish young fellow, and next to him sat
ashabby woman holding in her lapa whin.
:. ing, unattractive baby Something about
the young mans appearance seemed to
please the baby, and 1t stopped whining
long enough to smile brightly and extend
its arms toward him. The young man
blushed furiously and two or three girls
on an opposite seat Uttered, which made
the young man blush still more He
edged away as far as possible and tried,
with Indifferent success, to look uncon-
cerned When the baby renewed its adj
vances, he refused to respond to them, and
the mother, annoyed and embarrassed
made an effort to distract its attention.
: But the baby was not to be put off, It
liked that young man and wanted to see
more of him. When 1t became evident
that there was a combination to prevent 1t
doing SO, the little one fell back upon
childhood's last resort and cried Justify.
Vainly the mother tried to sooth her.
Whispered assurances that 'she was
good girl had no effect Endearing
epithets made her cry more loudly. She
had eyes and cars only for a very badly
ratified" young man, who did not seem
to return her affection. She cried as If her
: heart were breaking.
And then the young man roso to the &C.
CaS1nn bo
smiles of a car full of passengers he took
the.child from its mother, rocked it mo-
ment In his strong arms then walked for
ward and sat down. Instantly tho baby's
wall gave way to laughter. Her towzled
little hond was laid upon her now friends
shoulder, her arm was about his neck, and
not once again until Broadway was
reached did she utter a sound, save In
glee. The mother didn't quito know what
to make of it. Neither did the young man
himself, for that matter and, as for the
girls who had Uttered, why, 1t was entire
~ beyond their comprehension.
And tho strangest part of the story is
that the young man looked like dude
One of the girls however, explained that
as she left tho car
"Of course he can't really DO dude"
she said to her companions because he
has lots of sense and great big heart. He
just dresses like dude to deceive people
wonder why he does it?"-St. Louis Re-
public
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
Forgot How to Walk on All rours.

Speaking of tho force of habit" said
s. b. Daytcr, reminds me of a pct dog
belonging to q cousin of mine. Thoy had
taught the animal to walk ON his hind
feet and hold up his front legs like arms
There were number of children in tho
family, and they kept the dog performing
this trick until he began to do 1t of his
own accord. 1t was not long before he
won't everywhere on his two feet, the 9TH
ers becoming practically useless to him,
and for the last throe years / have never
seon him stand upon oil tours, except for
a very few minutes at time. He could
walk as rapidly as be could when four feet
were used, and as bo goes up the street
every one stops to look at him. "-Cincin-
natl ENQUIRER
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
The ThrOstle.

In his declining years it was ono Of
Owen fayorito ADJUSTMENTS to observe
the habits of birds which frcquented his
garden. OF the throstle he says: There
are few old cherry trees in the garden,
one of them a Bigarrcau. This l netted
in my first summers possession to preserve
the tempting fruit When tho dish came
to table, thought of tho frequent pleas
ures which the morning and evening war
blings of the little robbers had given me
and felt ashamed at fencing off what
could cheaply get, as fresh and better,
from ncigh5oring market gardens never
repeated the practice, but left tho Bigar-
reaus with the other cherries rs SALARY of
tho orchestra "-Lifo of Richard Owen.
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13

the Queens hospital Birmingham, the
other day, by their youthful owners, the
ono suffering from broken leg and the
other from dislocated shoulder The
s1gs wcrc kindly treated by the medical
staff, were bandaged and walked away
Two days afterward tho one with tho bro
ken leg walked into tho institution alone
In the surgery 1t lay down while tho doctor
unfastcned tho splints and redrcssed the
injured limb. After tho operation had
been performed the dog gratefully licked
the doctors hand and departed.-Ladies.
Kennel Journal
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
A Toilet Hint.

The woman who has wept until her eye
lids and her nose are purple, her eyes
bloodshot and her face swollen always
feels trifle embarrassed when she has to
receive callers or go down to dinner i'm
mcdiately. She frequently makes bad
matter worse by washing her face in cold
water. If sho will, instead, battle it gently
with rosewater for few minutes and
chen lie down for few moro with soft
Jag saturated in rosewnter over her eyes,
She will BIO prepared to face any company.
New York World
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
The stomach a Distillery.

What are the prohibitionists going to do
about Kate Fielda We find this aggressive
and always picturesque woman thus as
sailing the cazse:
'Atchison, Kan, under prohibition in
one year spent So, 600, 600 for groceries and
$1,0O0,0O0 for drugs Prohibition has
ruined tho inhabitants of the Aleutian is
lands, who now drink Florida water and
pcrfumery and any vile connection they
can buy. Alcohol is in everything. Tho
Creator understood his work, and let us ac-
cept the situation. In human stomachs
undigested food ferments and alcohol re-
suits. Every dyspeptio is a walking dis
tillery. Must they be abolishedp If SO, a
goodly number of our American race must
perish. Total abstainers eat great quanti-
tics OF sweets. These ferment, and the
.prohibitionists themselves form a grand
1op pf Illicit distilleries "
II tho full import of this--Gcn
n amhulatory tank, Miss VIII
Ftilleryi Docs Miss Field
that she says'- Chicago
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
Poetry Is Not an Art.

To sum all up, poetry is not skill, a
pleasantly, device, an art 1t is tho Sc
cret life and light without which not any
thing was mado thut is made, writes Mrs
"A. d. T. Whitney in Tho Ladies' Home
Journal. 1t Is the sanrcdncss of being. In
1t there are these threc Sense soul, spirit
-nature. life, revelation. Such is the
trinity of inspiration. A perfect poem is
natural human and divine
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
1t DEPENDS.

Tho Inpuiring Boy-How long time
is jiffy, fatherp
Tho Perspicacious Parent--It depends
on whose jiffy it is, my son. When n
woman is putting on her bonnet and says
she'll be ready in iiffy, it means from 10
minutes to two hours. mans jiffy is
from one to five minutes. London An
swors
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
Acoidentallx overheard.

Maud, arc you going to the psychology
lecturcs?" asked one very nice chic girl of
another as tho two went swishing past
Knot of men on tho sidewalk.
Yes, sirce!'' replied Maud, ''you bet I'm
going to grab all tho culture that goes
by."-Chicago Tribune.
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
Georgia's Accomplished Poultry.

A little l9-yearold daughter Of hotel
keeper at Baxter, Ga, has pet hen that
sings to a piano accompaniment. Tho lit
tie girl will go into the yard, pick up the
hen, bring her into the parlor, place her
on tho piano and commence playing some
thing lively, and the hen will sit back on
her dignity, raise her head and sing like
her life depended on the effort Georgia
leads in tho poultry business MS we'll as
In everything else.-A tlanta Constitution.
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
An orane outang.s Nest.

Tho most Of an orang outang taken
from tree at Borneo has lately been
placed in the Natural History museum, at
Berlin. The nest measures ~ feet long
and l foot to 2E feet wide by about 4
inches high. 1t is made of 20 to %
branches locked and twincd together.
Berlin CoErespopdent
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
Against Their Will.

Believe me. women do not like these
sleeves"
Greatness thrust upon them, as it
were. Detroit Tribune.
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13
Ceremonies.

:, A very ceremonious Spaniard, whom
asked why he was not present at the fu-
neral of n certain parsonage, replied:
a. because no owed me a call. "-"Hu-
NOR of Spain"
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13

Helmets recovered from Pompeii are of
Iron, and generally very plain. They were
not inado for show, but for use.
Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-02-13

Passaio, N. j., has an Indian name
meaning tho valley