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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

From Detroit Free Press: w. D.
Mahon was found at his desk by a reE-
resentative of The Free Press yester-
day morning, one of the busiest men in
the city. He was asked If it were true
that he was interested in a co-opera-
tive colony.
YES" he replied. 81 am interested
in anything that think will be ben
eft of my fellowmen."
"Do you think success can be made
Of the colony?" he was asked.
YES" from the way things look now
l believe that it can; if stock companies
can form and make successes, / don't
see why stock company of labor can
not do the same, and l have no doubt
of success + we get down to a practical
basis, which we are at the present time
working hard to do
How will the members of your col
ony be chosen?"
THE greatest care will be exercised
in selecting the members. that is, to see
that each one is honest and upright,
and in every way desirable person to
be affiliated with a colony of that kind.
Poverty will be no barrier. We care
not how poor the man may be so long
as he is worthy"
Suppose member desires to leave
your colony at certain timer?
ooh, that will be all arranged, and
the colony will have to purchase his
share, which will increase as the
wealth of the colony increases"
How will it be ruled?"
How will the colony be ruled? It
will be strictly democratic and all laws
made and changed will be by major
ity of the persons in the colony"
Are you receiving any encourage
ment?"
Eyes, a great deal; number Of the
persons joining have some money, and
resources of various kinds. such as
tools. One man has signified his will
ingness to join who has a sawmill
another has some kind of a mill for
manufacturing coopering stuff; be-
sides this, there are several prominent
people who are interesting themselves
and will help us to raise the funds nee
essary to put it into operation, and II
nothing happens to give us back
set feel confident that it will be sue
cess. Constitution and bylaws are be-
ing carefully discussed by committee
of fifteen and every detail is being ar
ranged"
Suppose you are not satisfied with
North Carolina?"
"If the committee are not satisfied
some other desirable location will be
found that will be satisfactory"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
A Worthless Lot.

Visitor-I understand that Judge
Tophill's daughters all married badly?
Villager-Yes. One of 'em married
man who embezzled the church
funds, another welded a worthless
scoundrel who wasted her money and
broke her heart. the third eloped with
a man who proved to be a bigamist
and several other things equally as
undesirable, the fourth married n
chronic office-seeker and the fifth is
the wife of a chap who does nothing
but collect foreign postage stamps. 1t
looks as if the devil owed the judge a
grudge and paid him off in sons law.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
RESOURCES OF ALABAMA.


Recited in the Inaugural Address Of
Governor Johnston.
Governor Joseph F. Johnston was in
augurated governor Of Alabama Dec. l..
Before taking the oath of Office he de-
livered long address, sounding the
keynote of his administration, which
is to promote the development OF Ala
bama's resources and improve the con-
dition Of her people. Speaking of the
resources of the state he said:
with an area of but little more than
fifty thousand square miles, there Is no
territory Of like size in the known
world so prolific in the variety OF It's
resources; were a wall erected around
our state, cutting off all access, we
could produce within our borders
everything necessary for the comfort
or convenience OF man. Great veins
of iron ore and seams OF coal put at
our command almost boundless re-
sources in fuel, iron, and steel. Splen-
did forests Of yellow pine here stand
ready to build homes for millions OF
people. Building stone and marble,
fire clay, kaolin and lime exist in great
abundance; walnut, maple, oak, cherry,
ash and other hard woods await the
hand Of man for manufacture or the
ldornment of our homes. In the pro-
duction of pig iron we take rank as
the fourth state in the union; In iron
ore, third; in coal we stand fifth; In
the production of cotton, fourth, and
in its manufacture, fourth. In lumber
we are near the head of the list. 1t
would be unjust should l fail to in
clude in our minerals copper, lead,
graphite, mari and gold indeed, the
only mineral that we seem to be with
out and to want most is silver. Leav-
ing forest and mine and coming to our
fields we find that they produce gen.
erously cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats,
tobacco, rice and the grasses and here
is the home of the pear, the peach, the
are grown with great success, and this
industry is steadily developing. Our
splendid rivers, the Alabama, Coosa,
Tallapoosa, Warrior, Cahaba, Bigbee
and the Tennessee, are the liquid ar
teries of the commonwealth fed by in
Vulnerable creeks, all fruitful in power
to convert our raw products into arti-
Giles Of merchandise. Over 5000 miles
Of railroads traverse our state from
north to south, and east to west, fur
nishing quick transportation to market
for our products. When we come to
our climate we find that the Giver Of
all good things has not stayed His
hand, and that He has blessed us with
opportunity to labor twelve months in
the year without detriment to health or
comfort. Indeed, we can scarcely ap-
preciate the blessings we enjoy in this
respect when compared with less IA
vored regions, for even now we are
seemingly unconscious that roses are
blooming in our gardens, and the fra
grant air Is sweet with their perfume.
With a profound gratitude to
the God of our fathers, that our lots
have been cast in this sunny land, let
us beseech Him to send warmth and
vitality and enduring growth into
every field of endeavor, that will make
us strong to accomplish the things that
make state loved at home and re-
vered abroad"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
The Late H. c. Bunner.

The establishment of $1,000 prize
endowment in memory of the late
Henry G. Bunner was formally an
nounced by President Low at the last
meeting of the trustees of Columbia
university. In announcing the fact,
Mr.. Lowe explained that the income
from the fund would be used annually
for the purchase of gold medal which
would be awarded to the writer of the
best essay on the subject chosen from
American literature. l am unable to
say at whose suggestion the memorial
was subscribed, but am certain that
no better way can have been chosen of
honoring the memory of one of the
most American of writers.-The Illus
trated American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

The result of the first meeting of
delegates from local unions charged
with the task of organizing new CEN
trail labor body in this city, and which
was held at Brick Layers Hall on
Monday evening, Nov. 8, was given in
Hour Herald. The second meeting was
held at the same place on the follow
ing evening, Tuesday, Nov. 10, when
the preliminary organization was COM
pleted by the election of the following
officers: President, Thomas R. Preece,
bricklayers' union; vice-president,
James H. Payne, boxmakers and saw
yers; recording secretary, j. w. Steele,
machinists; financial secretary, George
]. Thompson, cigar makers; treasurer.
Thomas Griffin, horseshoers; sergeant
alarms, E. J. Morrissey.
After considerable debate it was de-
cided to name the new organization
the Chicago Federation Of Labor. The
temporary officers were instructed to
apply Immediately to the American
Federation of Labor for a charter, and
the following committee appointed to
prepare a constitution to be presented
to the next meeting, which will be held
at Bricklayers' Hall on Sunday after
noon, Nov. %, at 2:30 o'clock Robert
Nelson, James Donegan, P. F. Doyle,
Frank Morrison, James Kelly, William
Jones and NJ 7. ungstrand.-Eight
Hour Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

Edward McHugh, the British labor
organizer, visited President Gompers
in Indianapolis recently in furtherance
of his object to practically combine the
British and American seamen and
longshoremen.
The Cincinnati Tribune prints a list
of more than 100 concerns that will
resume operations or increase the num-
Der of their employees. The idle men
thus set to work number upward o.
100000.
The condition of the Florida cigar
trade is becoming alarming to manu-
facturers. The supply of Cuban tobac-
co is nearly exhausted, and one manu-
facturer says it will be at least two
years before they can hope to get any
tobacco from Cuba.
The American Federation of Labor
has issued call for conventions of BIZ.
cycle workers, butchers and coremak-
ers to be held in Cincinnati simulta-
neously with the convention of the
American federation. The object ie
to form a national union of each order.
Among the business men of Yank.
ton, S. D., an organized general effort
is being made to boycott the hard coal
combine throughout the northwest by
inducing as many customers as posi-
BILE to substitute corn for fuel. 1t ia
proposed to hold a convention at some
central point, where an organization
can be formed and the boycott made
complete.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Machines Replacing Manual Labor.

Machines Replacing Manual Labor.
In an article in Self-Culture, George
lies says:
"Since 1916 machinery has on an en-
| ormous scale supplanted manual labor.
| The knotter of the self-binder COM
| pletes a round of mechanism which
threatens to make the farmer man of
sedentary habits. If the cotton boil
remains unpicked by machinery it may
be because the botanist must first pro-
duce a plant maturing all at once in
stead of at successive periods. In SUI
perseding the hand the inventor often
succeeds by feats far removed from
imitation. Mergenthaler replaces the
typesetter by arranging matrices from
which lines Of solid metal are cast.
Lanston's machine for a similar pur-
pose exemplifies a noteworthy aim of
invention-initiation by means involv-
ing the slightest exertion possible. An
operator at keyboard symbolizes a
manuscript as a series of punctures in
strip of paper, the pin-holes free
pulses of compressed air which actuate
the machine. Initiation, however,
reaches its final form in electrical de-
vices. A clerk in New York perforates
successive messages on paper ribbon.
which, driven between electrical
springs, transmits three thousand
words a minute to Philadelphia. In
telligence, in such a feat as this, is
given only-in part of a task for which
it is Indispensable; all else is commit
ted to mechanism actuated at speed
and with force denied to nerve or
muscle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Tho Ayerted Duel.

NJ. de Villemesssant, the founder of
the Paris Figaro, being insulted daily
in Belgian paper by writer whose
nom de plume was Marco Spada,"
took the train to Brussels, with two
friends and pair of swords. On his
arrival he wrote to MARCO Spada"
that at 2 p. IN. sharp he should call on
him to arrange an encounter On the
stroke of 2 p. m. De Villemessant ap-
peared at the editorial Office, and asked
for "Marco Spada." What was his
amazement on seeing an old lady, all
wrinkled and with curls about her
ears, appear from behind window,
and hear the reply, II am Marco
Spada, sir, and am at your orders"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
ATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOILET

IUCAS COUNTY. S.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of f. j. Che
ney g. Co, doing business in the city of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th Day of December.
A. d. 1856
(SeaL) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taket Internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testi-
monials.
+. ]. CHENEY & Co., To ledo O
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the Best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

Eyes" said the old man, addressing
his young visitor, "I'm proud of my
girls, and should like to see the m all
comfortably married, and as I've made
little money, they won't go to their
husbands penniless. There's Mary, 90
years old, and a real good girl. l shall
give her $1,000 when she marries.
Then comes Bet who won't see IS
again, and shall have 1000, and the
man who takes Eliza, who is 40, will
have 900 with her."
The young man reflected a moment
or so and then nervously inquired:
"You haven't any about SO, have you?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

ing to fear from full investigation
of existing conditions, their cause and
specific trend. 1t is only when this
knowledge is general that the people
are capable of discerning between
right and wrong in dealing with the
labor question, and we are of those
who believe there is a right and a
wrong to every phase of this question
Eight Hour Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Fortune Seeking Emigrants.

Many poor family that seeks the Western
served from that insidious foe of the emf
grant and conference.-the and fever
by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.S SO effectual-
~ does this Incompatible medicinal defense
fortify the system against the combined in
fuence of 4 malarious atmosphere and MAS
ma-tainted water that protected by it the
with it, may safely encounter the danger.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

Charlie Barnum-Papa, can l have
the skeleton of the turkey after the
meats all off?
Mr.. Barnum-What do you want of
that ugly old thing?
Charlie-Why, I'm going to paint it
green, glue rats head on it, tack on
some clothespins for legs, put in some
red paper for eyes, and then exhibit it
to the kids around here as the fossil
lied remains of the only genuine ring
tailed glbble gobble ever discovered.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Not to he oyerrea chsd.

"You want as much for this Their
mometer," said the woman who had
arrived before the store opened so as
to be the first at the bargain counter,
as you did for those you showed me
last August"
"Of COURSE" said the salesman, 'it's
the same thermometer"
"No, it isn't. There ought to be a
reduction in the price. Those others
had nearly twice as much mercury in
them as these have. Washington Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Dust.

See the man and the porter.
Is the porter brushing the dust out
of the clothes of the man?
The porter isn't doing a thing but
brush the dust out of the clothes of
of the man.
Will the porter leave enough dust in
the mans clothes to buy breakfast?
All, yes! The porter is no hog. De-
trOit Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Homeseekers, Excrrsions.

Very low rates will be made by the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway,
on, December LIST and 18th to the South.
For particulars apply to the nearest
local agent, or address, H. A. Cherrier,
N. P. A., BIG Marquette Bldg, Chicago,
Ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones are i'm
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when in need Of the laxative effect
of gentle remedy than by any other.
and that it is more acceptable to them.
Children enjoy it and 1t benefits them.
The true remedy. Syrup Of Figs, is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Company only.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

"Are there any Indian ornam onts or
weapons to be picked up about here?"
asked the Eastern tourist as he alighted
at the station on the plains. "Well,
yes" said the bystander. 81 think you
might find scalping knife at the rail
way ticket office over yonder."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
The Man We Pay for Swearing,
Iillie-What's a notary, pa?

Willie-What's notary, pa?
Father-He's person who admins
tiers oaths. When a man wants to
swear to something he goes to the no.
tary, pays him rs cents and the notary
does the swearing.
Willie-Oh, see. When a man
wants to swear, but belongs to some
church, he goes and hires it done.
Good thing You don't belong to a
church, amt it, pa?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
THE TOILER'S CORNER
SOME TIMELY TOPICS OF IN
TEREST TO UNION LABOR.
To the Bricklayers-The Chicago FEEDER
alton of Labor - Unions Taking Up
onomics-Machines and Labor-Co-
operative Colony-Notes.

:: !: ! !; ! :: :; 6: :;
T-7G7 ", 10 tne up VI lhe
HI1II towering wall!
@-lV il IT'S the master ma
EkNIN sons rallying
<N%" III To the scaffolding,
.EkXNE1N boys, now mer-
-S&S%IE rily climb,
.&NSNAO IT'S eight o'clock
Ky 100 by my true
,S1S watch time.
~ Bring to your work
good muscle and Drawn,
And a keen, quick eye when the line
is drawn.
Out with your saw-tempered blades Of
steel,
Smoother than glass from point to
heel.
Now steady, and clear from turret to
port,
Ring out your challenge: Mort! oh,
mortv'
Clink, clink, trowel and brick,
Music with labor and art COM
bine;
Brick upon brick, lay them up
quick;
But lay to the line, boys, lay to
the line.
CHEEKY as crickets all the day long,
Tightening labor with laugh and
song;
Busy as bees upon angle and pier,
Piling the mud blocks tier upon tier;
Climbing and climbing still nearer the
sun,
Prouder than kings of the work they
have done.
Upward and upward the brick layers
go,
Till men are but children and pigmies
below,
While the masters order falls ringing
and short
To the staggering carrier: Mort! oh,
mortv'
Who are the peers of the best of the
land
Worthy meath arches of honor to
stand?
They of the brick-reddened, mortar
stained palms,
With shoulders of giants and sinewy
arms;
Builders of cities and builders of
homes,
Propping the sky up with spires and
domes,
Writing thereon with their trowel and
lime
Legends of toll for the eyes Of time,
So that the ages may read as they
All that their magical might has
done.
So clink, clink, trowel and brick,
Work by the masters word and
sign;
Brick upon brick. lay them up
quick;
But lay to the line, boys, lay to
the line.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

"Did your son Harry marry an intel
lectual woman" intellectual? Why
she understands having fannels
washed so they won't shrink even an
eighth of an inch.''
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

Julia, you remember how George
used to love to stuff my sleeves before
we were married?" Eyes" "Well-
now he says Great guns, can't you get
some kind of cloak that you can get
into by yourself?'"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
In Cuba.

"Of course" said the secretary, 1--WE
have claimed the victory"
by what plurality?" asked General
Weyler, absently.
The unfortunate warrior had been
studying the methods of American
campaign. Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
WHAT SHALL l GIVE FOR CHRISTMAS,

You can easily settle this question by send
ing IS cents to the MERM0D & JAccARD
HWELRY CO., Broadway, Cor. Locust, st.
Louis. who In return will send you SOLID
SILVER Handled NAIL FILE, and their new
illustrated CATALOGUE, showing 5000 of the
most beautiful things in JeweIry and Silver.
wares.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
The Universal Curse.

Housewife-It is dreadful to think
what whisky will bring man to.
Tramp-That's so, mum. Afore l
took t. de road never thought would
hev t. eat such things ez are bein'
handed out to me every day. Judge.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

She-Do you believe in long engage
ments? He-Well, think an engage
ment should be long enough to test a
mans constancy and to give the girl
time to learn to cook.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
A Chestnut.

Mr.. Rosenbaum-No, Miss Isaacstein
l half no ancestors-I STARTED by mine
selluf.
Miss Issycstein-Ach.M Mr.. Rosenbaum
don't spring dat old spontaneous
combustion ragged on me! Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Precious Metals.

First Plumber-You don't think the
government stamp can make so cents
worth of silver worth dollar?
Second Plumber dunno! Many a
time l made quarters worth of lead
and solder worth five dollars.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

j. E. Tuten detected negro steal
ing salt mullet from his store in Jas
per, Fla, and he then forced the thief
to eat the fish raw.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
A Victim of Science.

"They have invented method of
photographing in colors, see."
sis that so? Well, it's rough on us
red-headed people,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption. = John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 81, 1896.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

FITS stopped free and permanently cured No fits
after lrst day use OF DIR. IKline's Great Nerve
Restorer. Free % trial bottle and treatise.
Send to Dr.. kLIgR, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

1t never occurs to boy that he will
some day know as little as his father.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

Wise men change their minds occa-
sionally, but fools haven't any to
change.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

Goes Cough BaIsam
Is the oldest and best 1t will break up Cold quicker
than anything else 1t is always reliable. Try it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

An ounce of keeping your mouth shut
is worth pound of explanation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-05-14
FOR PERMANENT UNION.
American Federations of La
Dor Meet at New York.
TWO MILLION MEN REPRESENTED
Propose to Unite All srican Labor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Arbitra-
tion of All Difficulties.

New York, May 13.-The Herald
this morning says:
A long step toward a permanent
union between the American Fedora
tions of Labor, which together control
about 100000 organized working
men. was taken at last nights meeting
Of the Central Labor Union, which is
purely local body, unattached to
either, but containing unions owing
allegiance to both. A letter was re-.
ceived from Samuel Gompers, president
of the federation, asking the Central
Labor Uuion to sink all differences and
join the federation. When the letter
was read, Charles W. Hoadley, of the
Electrical Workers Union, a Knight
of Labor, warmly endorsed it. A mo-
tion by James G. Edwards, knight of
Labor, to refer Gompers' offer to afil-
lated unions for a vote, was carried by
a large majority.
A letter was received from District
Assembly No. 70, Knights of Labor,
which controls the street railway
union of Brooklyn, alleging that Presi.
dent G. L. Rossiter, of the Brooklyn
Heights trolley road, violated agree
ments entered into with it, by discrim-
mating against union men.
The district assembly explained that
it did not wish to inconvenience the
public by another strike, and asked
that the members of the Central Labor
Union patronize the rival roads.