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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-30

VOTE for Rams Harrington for county COM
missioner and you vote for a safe man-one
who is in hearty sympathy with the taxpayers
of the county.
FAIR examinations and no favoritism. That
is what a vote for S. S. Irwin, candidate for
superintendent of public instruction, means.
You can't afford to defeat him at the polls.
]. H. Couch, the "rldde-of-t the-road'' ESQ.,
called) candidate for appellate judge, is rot a
Populist, and never was. He is simply tool
of the Republicans. Don't vote for him think
inc he is Populist
THE election of Alec Johnson for appellate
Judge means more decisions in favor of the
railroads, bur the election of Manford Schoon-
over means justice and fair decisions, in which
the common people have a chance.
If you are tired of having corporation attor-
neys on the bench--lnen who will decide in
favor of the railroads every time-vote for Man
ford Schoonover for appellate Judge, and elect
a man who will see that the common people
get justice.
R. HERRINGTON is one of the best county
commissioners Anderson county ever had An
examination of his official record, in the county
clerks office, will prove it. You can't afford
to see him defeated
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-30

S. S. IRWIN will make the best county super
intendent of public instruction Anderson county
ever had.
You who have business in the probate court
will do yourselves an act of justice by voting
for Ed Stein.
VOTE for M. S. Peters for congressman is
a vote to help the people onto their feet again,
financially. 1t is vote to help Bryan give us
free silver
A VOTE for J. N. Caldwell for state senator
and J. d. Stevens for representative means two
votes for a free silver United States senator
Remember that.
THE friends of W. A. Johnson, Republican
candidate for appellate judge, are offering to
trade everything else on the Republican ticket,
from Mckinley down. for votes for Alec.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-30

IT is very important that the office of pro-
bate judge should be in charge of competent
man. No better man could be found for the
place than Ed Stein. He is not OILY we'll
educated man, but he is careful, pains-taking
and thoroughly honest and will guard the in
terests of the people with jealous care.
DON'T forget that, in order to secure free
coinage, Bryan must have free coinage con-
gress. In order to secure and maintain such a
congress, we must elect the right kind of con-
gresslnen, and also the right kind of state sen
ators and representatives to select free-coin
age United States senator. Vote for J. N.
Caldwell for state senator, and J. d. Stevens
for representative.
SHOULD the two Bryan and Watson electoral
tickets receive an equal number of votes, or
even a fair division of the votes, it will give
the state to Mckinley. While both tickets are
headed for Bryan, but one ticket counts for
him. A division of the silver vote can mean
nothing but Republican success The originat-
ors of the so-caled middle-of-the ticket
know this, and their only object is to take votes
from Bryan. See to it that you vote only the
Peoples party ticket, and carry Kansas for
Bryan.
Watch the DOLLS and WUtch the count
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-30
VOTE FOR SCHOONOVER.

With the last issue of the AGTrATOR we are
glad to announce to our readers that Hon.
Manford Schoonover, of this city, has been
gradually growing in favor with the people
since the day he was nominated, and we conf
IDENTIFY expect to elect him by handsome ma
ority. He has made an honorable, straight
fight from the beginning. No tricks or schemes
can be laid at his door. Fairly nominated by
the Populist and Democratic conventions, he
has made gallant fight for silver, and for
every man on the ticket, from top to bottom.
We promised the people when lie was nomi-
mated that he would make vigorous cam
paign This promise he has fulfilled. He has
proven himself all able advocate of the peoples
~cause--a man worthy of our confidence and
support. If he is elected, there can be no
question as to his honesty and ability. He
will make judge that this district will be
proud of. We trust every Democrat, PopuliSt
and Free Silver Republican will rally to his
support, and show by your vote the condemna-
ton of the Republican 'mdde of-the- road" "
trick resorted to, to defeat him.
WATCH THE ELECTION OFFICERS.
Voters should trust nothing to the opposition
in the management of the coming election
Every election officer should be closely watched
A scheme which is frequently worked by Re-
publican Judges is to read Republican names
from ballot on which Populist candidates are
checked 1t will be worked this year in every
case where chance is given. Popu;ist cleo
ton officers should watch this and every other
point closely. And this matter of watching
should not be left to election officers only. The
statute gives every candidate right to have
not more than three representatives at every
polling place to witness the receipt and count
ing of the ballots. 'The right is absolute, and
representatives who have written requests from
candidates are warranted in using any force
necessary if an attempt is made TO prevent them
from being present. These representatives
should watch two points with particular care:
See that every name is correctly read from the
ballot, and that the clerks properly credit the
candidates voted for A fair count must be
obtained. After the count is completed take
the totals for every candidate. Then if the fig
nlres are afterward changed you can testify as
to the change. A free ballot and fair count
must be obtained. 1t rests with silver men
whether it is secured.-Topeka Advocate.
"BRAIN FooD FOR THINKERS" is the name
of splendid little book by Caska St. John, &C.
H." author of "Cold Facts, "Why Are We
Poor?" etc. 1t contains the Hazard Circular,
the Bank Circular, the Panic Circular, and
treats of two dozen or more other subjects of
interest to refoimers and the people generally.
If YOU read it, it is bound to set you to think
ing. It's just the book to get voters on the
right track. Send dime to c. St. John Cole,
Minneapolis, Mimi, and get copy.
A VOTE for the Peoples party state ticket
rneans true redemption from the gang of rob-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-30

A VOTE for the Peoples party state ticket
means true redemption from the gang of rob-
.bers who now infest the state house.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
CRANKLESS
Pedals Which Allow a Straight Instead
of a Rotary Stroke.

Pedals Which Allow a straight Instead
of a Rotary Stroke.
Various inventors have of late tried
to change the propelling mechanism OF
a bicycle, so hat the riders foot will
not describe a circle, but move to and
fro in nearly straight lines. T. C,
Gates, of Hoodville, Pa, for instance.
has hit upon the following plan: On
each side of the frame, a little forward
OF the rear wheel, ile puts a rocking or
swinging attachment, to which is fast
ened one end of a strap or chain. The
latter is carried back under and art
way around a sprocket-wheel, which is
loosely mounted on the same shaft as
the rear, or driving wheel; then it goes
forward and upward, around another
| sprocket-wheel pretty near the saddle,
and finally downward, almost straight,
1t is now fastened to Il nearly hori-
zontal bar, a pedal, whose rear end is
pivoted to the frame, and to the front
end of which the foot is applied. When
the pedal is depressed the chain is
pulled down, the front or upper
sprocket wheel revolves a little, like a
pulley, and SO does the real or lower
sprocket-wheel. A pawl attachment
to the latter engages a ratchet on the
big rear wheel, to which in consequence
the motion of the chain is impaired. AT
the end of the stroke the rocker pulls
the chain back again; and in the mean.
time the other foot is operating the
pedal and chain on the other side of the
machine.
The particular means employed to
fasten the chain Tor strap to the pedal
bar is a sliding clasp, which ordinarily
would be very close to the foot; but on
occasions the clasp could be showed
part way back toward the pivot. A
greater leverage would thus be secured,
and more power, but with reduced
speed.
Mr.. Gates system would add slightly
to the weight of a bicycle, and it would
be necessary to stop in order to make
q change in the adjustment of the
clasps. But the inventor claims that
these can be set so as to represent any
gear, and a greater variety of grada.
tons of speed are thus attainable,
Moreover, the full power of the leg is
exerted at all stages of the stroke
(which is not true with a revolving
cranky. and he believes that he gets less
friction.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
HUMOROUS.


-"When I'm a man" began Bobb.e.
what will you do?" asked his mother.
"Ill name my boy after pepper, and
myl how I'll spank him!"-Harper's
Bazaar.
what would you say she asked
her dearest friend, 'if l told you 1 was
engaged to the count?" 'T'm sure I
don't know" replied the dearest friend
absent-mindedly, because / never did
think much of his taste."-Chicago
Post.
Standardization" she said,
will you do something that is for your
own good2" "What is it?'' 81 want You
to give up smoking. You are simply
running your health and my lace cur
tains. "-Washington Star.
-Wraggles-"Well, Adam was a lucky
man." Barker-"In what particular
way?" Wraggles-"He didn't have to
prance around the garden like a blamed
idiot holding Eve on a hundred-dollar
bike."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Young Medical Student Ito charity
patient)-"I-I think you must have a
IA some kind of "a fever; but our
class has only gone as far as convuls-
ions. I'll come in again in a week, when
we get to fevers. "-Tit-Bits.
That's a curious typographical
error" said Mrs. Partridge. "The title
of this new book is printed The Viking
Age" 'Well, why not?" asked Part
ridge. 'What ought it to be 2" 'Why-
Biking, oughtn't it?"-Tit-Bits.
-Tramp-"Want your grass. cut,
num-" Lady-"No; no one cuts their
grass at this time of year." Tramp
well, I'll contrack for mex year.
Lady--"Mercy! l may be dead by that
time" Tramp-"Ill contrack to see
that your grave is kept green."-N. Y.
Herald.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
WONDERS OF BIRD MIGRATION.
Some Fly During the Day and Others at
Night,

Some Fly During the Day and Others at
Night.
The n of travel differs greatly
among the birds. Nearly everybody
has seen or heard the focks of wild
geese passing over in the night, MAX
ing tremendous leaps, so to speal-,
across the country on their way south.
That the shore birds bound to Pata-
gonia travel in like fashion has already
been told. Probably the great majority
of birds travel south in great 1locks
at tremendous height from the earth.
They are thus able in pleasant weather
at least to see the landscape and so df-
rect their way unvaryingly. In storms
and fogs they lose their way, become
confused, plunge about among the tree
tops, fly through the streets of cities
and dash themselves to death against
the windows of lighthouses. To my
mind this gathering of timid birds like
the thrush-birds that live the sum-
mer through close to the ground and
are never seen 100 feet above the soil
the gathering, L say, of birds like these
in great focks that go ~careening high
in air for vast distances over the land
by night is the greatest marvel of mi
grafton. 1t seems a matter of course
that swallows should do so, for they are
tireless.
On the other hand there are birds
that are see by day in "a ceaseless tide
of migration" 'They pass leisurely
from tree to tree, cleaning as they CO.,
says n observer writing on the char
acteristics of warblers. 1t is worth not
ing that the birds who migrate in this
fashion are peculiar in their habits as
workers-they never waste any time in
play. The robins, the orioles, the bobo-
links make a picnic excursion of their
annual flight, but the plodders of the
feathered race must needs carry their
knitting to camp meeting. 1t has been
supposed that the birds who migrate
by night do so to escape the attacks
of predatory birds, but these plodding
migrants are quite as subject to at
tacks as any. Besides, on the clear
nights when the night flyers go they
are certainly subject to attacks from
owls. There are so many things we do
not know about the habits of birds
that it seems worth while to call atteli-
ton to points hat may be disputed
in the hope that some who seek knowl-
edge out of pure love of it may turn
their attention to this most interesting
part of life in nature.-Colette Smiley,
in Ch~autauquan.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

Astronomers are not yet all agreed as
TO the causes of the variations of color
and brilliancy which are exhibited by
many stars. In the constellation Ce-
pheus, in the northern sky, there is a
star named Delta Cephei, which in the
course of about three days alternately
gains and loses a large part of its light.
The spectroscope has proved that Delta
Cephei consists of two stars revolving
around n another in a very elliptical
orbit, although they never get far
enough apart to be separately visible
from the earth. Even when viewed with
q. telescope their light is blended into
a single star disk, although if we could
go neal enough to them we should find
that they are, in reality, millions of
miles apart. When brightest, the united
light of the twin stars is two or three
times greater than when faintest. One
of the explanations recently offered by
astronomers to account for these
changes is that one of the stars compos-
ing Delta Cephei has a very thick at
mospheric veil, consisting of clouds OF
condensed metallic vapors, and that
when the stars draw near one another
in their orbital motion the increase OF
heat dissipates the %obscuring veil, and
permits the star to which it belongs to
shine with a splendor hat it cannot oh
tain when its rays are interrupted by its
envelope of clouds. 1t is hard : o be-
lieve hat the inhabited worlds could ex-
ist in the neighborhood of such a pail
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
PUBLIC BICYCLE STANDS.
Clever Idea Suggested by an EnterprISIng
German Dealer.

Clevcr Idea Suggested by an EnterprIsIng
German Dealer.
A novel way of hiring ~conEeyances to
go from one part of the city to another
las been devised by an enterprising
bicycle dealer in Berlin. He has re-
Gently petitioned the Berlin City coun-
ell for a concession to place some $50
stands all over the city of Berlin and
suburbs, where bicycles and tricycles
can be hired for a small fixed sum.
The wheels hired by the public can be
taken out from any n of the stands
ind returned to any other of the stands
of this company. The wheels are paint
cd a light gray, provided with bell,
lamp and holder to. carry small pack
ages. A large number is stamped upon
the tubing in front and at both sides
Of the frame, so that it would be impos-
sible not to recognize such a wheel as
one belonging to that company. The
hire for either bicycle or tricycle. is to
be 10 pfennige (2Hsc) for the first IS
minutes, and 5 pfennige more for every
additional ten minutes. From mid
night to four a. m. the tax will be 10
pfennige for every ten minutes the
wheel is in use. An exact check is kept
on all transactions by means of dupli-
cate coupons, which are issued when
the wheel is taken out and stamped
with q time stamp, n coupon being
kept at the station where the wheel is
rented, the other coupon being taken
by the rider. At the time he takes out
a wheel the rider pays 1 mark (24c),
and when delivering the wheel at any
other stand of this company he receives
his change or pays an addition, what
eyer the tariff calls for.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
lCYCLEDOM.
BICYCLE FOOT.


oAit ne List OF Ailments Peculiar
- WheeImen.
Hor 81 horrors-here ome the
cycle III
Thin 1t, madam, if youpersist in
eycl will eventually swell your
4otl in swell the muscles, thicken
e bo spread the joints, enlarge the
4rtila us tissues, destroy the con-
sur 81, tur ankle, broaden your heel,
ld-u Ia strict confidence, madam
it WI nake you wear a bigger shoe.
The sortant question before wheel
omea -day is: Shall bicycling be
banda and the diminutivenes of
be fd reserved, or shall the health
the dy be preserved, even at the
Kpens the poorf foot This of course,
a sd 81 that each lady must solve
Ipr hef /. 1t lies entirely between
Ter con ence and her foot.
Here how the feet ARE married. The
inge Is between the tibia and fbu-
and ragalus is capable of very
title non, consequently the effect of
bntiha8s motion is felt mostly in the
rticu ods of the small tarsaI bones
nd Il mes of the metatarsus. Grad
ally igaments and muscles unit
lg thaa bones become elongated and
nlars be bones spread slightly, and
be rea is an abnormal development
Il ins md ankle. Then again, con-
liant nre upon the sole of the foot
Rardef HE hexor longens ligitorum,
ar Ion fexoR of the toes, and thus de-
stipys tat pretty curve that is sup
posed u be the index to aristocracy.
Iyefih Ia calcis, or heel bone, feels the
ercct his violent exercise. The ten
don 81 hilIes is brought permanent
II inf ton, and is greatly strength
ened Enlarged, thereby rounding
pu5 apfmally slim heel, much to it's
pwnef Nispleasure.
Eadtf the small bones of the tar
BUS b Wo Or more ligamentous at
tachrmfs s, and there are from II to 20
inuscb hitting the seven bones of the
tarsuA tn the four metatarsal bones
md IA phalanges; consequently,
wheI b of these muscles is developed
ever tile beyond the ordinary size
It cad help but make the owners
feet siderably out of proportion to
ith } f the body.-N. Y. Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

pressed, and when nearing the end OF
he stroke a spark mingles with the
charge, converting it into a perfect gas,
which is rapidly ignited by the second
spark. This takes place when the
crank has got well over the dead center.
To illustrate how very different the
Pennington motor is from n other:
a fcur-cylinder engine developing four
actual horsepower when running at
500 revolutions per minute weighs 1cG
pounds. This is at most one-ffteenth OF
the weight of the ordinary type OF
Gngine.-N. Y. Herald.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
Water from Solid Rock.

A most interesting fact has been dis
covered by a Swedish scientist. 1t is
that water can be found by boring into
granite and other crystalline rocks to
a depth of 100 to 700 feet. A well was
sunk in the Island of Akro, eff the Swed,
ish coast, lot long ago, and at a depth
of 10 feet fresh water was tapped, pro
viding an apparently inexhaustible sup.
ply.-Chicago Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
ghe AdIuatment III Rearlnrs.

ball bearings ordinarily used on
y should be SO adjusted that no
lay is p%erceptible, but not tight
to Bind This is in reply to a
r. Of readers who have asked
FER the bearing should not be loose
d to allow the shaft to move
~ aidewise. In the language of
msn8at bicycle manufacturer,
should be absolutely tight
pegfectly loose" Although
ig pradoxical, there is a point,
4 Hry narrow one either, where
may run perfectly free, and
INT enough so that no 'lost
apparent.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

SIS DE boss in2" asked the man with the
three days whiskers and the reversed dol
lar. "Hain't in to you," said the office boy.
''Wot's de reason he amt in to met" HE
amt in to you because l am on to you,"
answered the boy, and went back to his
perusal Of "Rednose RUDE, the Nicholson
Detective. indianapolis Journal
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

had q days sickness since l moved into nv
new house2" Yeast-"How do you account
for it2' 'tMy wife gave up doing her own
cooking the day we moved in."-Yonkers
Statesman,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
rhE oaEAT
louisiana, No. Roekport, n1s.-VisitSd ~
Gov. Colman, E1-sec'y ARri. and the
Hort. Ed, Judge Miller.

"Oh, how insignificant all my fifty years
OF nursery business seems, all combined,
when compared with this stupendous es-
Establishments where they count by millions"
said Judge Miller, that veteran horticulture
list, as he, in company with the writer, were
being driven to the various Departments Of
this vast nursery.
In an experience Of over forty years we
do not remember to have passed through a a
establishment where so large o number OF
hands were employed whose duties were 50
thoroughly systemized, and where BUSH
ness capacity Of aShigher order was mani
tested.
It is not in the soil Of every farm that one
dnds qualities essential to the growth of
the different kinds of Nursery stock, hence
1t has devolved upon these gentlemen, who
were born to the Nursery business, to select
from among the hills and valleys OF the W.
Pixies such portions as are adapted to their
purposes. But in this very fact of selection
of soil, we see their exceeding care for the
future success of their stock.
Missouri and Illinois have no more worthy
Institutions than the Stark Nurseries, and
surely no better or more representative
men than the proprietors. The business Is
growing on their hands as it deserves to
grow.
They have a system of 4o, 1000 acres Of COM
Inercial test orchards located in great fruit
growing regions.
The canvassing force is being increased,
. 1000 fine outfits ready. Stark Nurseries all
ways have room for more active workers
because they have millions of Stark trees to
seQ.-Colman'S Rural World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
KuHN,s uNIcYcLE.

bid aft of the wheel beneath the
What kind Of mechanism the
contain the inventor refuses ia
claiming that it is a simple
hd one that will astonish the
rade when it is made public.
ire is of the ordinary pneumatic
made twice the usual weight, to
7 twice as strong. The running
the model is so inches, but can
adc to suit the rider. The weight
ehine is % pounds. 1t is the
res belief that a man or woman
! greater speed out of one of his
achines than those in use, from
It that there is less friction in 4
wheel.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12
saltlss Tor wheelwomen.

ovelties Tor wheelwomen have
bght out recently. A compact
ling ease for stripping on to
Inc is made in either moss
maroon morocco, or in pig
md it contains a card case, a
4 a scent bottle, a mirror, a pin
watch, which hitter is fixed
It'd in such a manner that the
cen from the outside, and the
d not be opened to see the
mother receptacle for all these
articles is in the shape Of a
which can be had in moss green
room morocco, AMI also in brown
or heliotrope>crushed morocco.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

If a picture is daubed with many glaring
colors, the vulgar eye admires it; whereas
ne judges very CONTEMPORARY Of some adj
1nirable design sketched out only with a
black pencil though by the hand of Raphael.
DIR. /. Watts.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

SHE-"Harry, tell me, do you love me for
myself alone9" He-"Of course, darling;
and Pm so glad to know that you are to
come alone. / was a little afraid that your
mother might be thrown in as q sort Of
handicap, you know.'-Boston Transcript.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

more willingness than those we see: he.
cause we envy the present and reverence
the past; thinking ourselves instructed by
the one and overlaid by the other.-Ben
Jonson.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

TOMMY Gnquiringly J-''Mamma, is this
hair oil in this bottle?" Mamma1"Mercy,
no! That's glue" Tommy (nonchalantlyj
THAT'S why Ican't get my hat off,
Golden News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

THERE is in mans nature a secret inclina,
tion and motion towards the love of others,
which, if it be not spent upon one or o few,
doth naturally spread itself towards many,
and maketh men become humane and char.
ltable.-Lord Bacon.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-09-12

HUMAN NATURE .-''There's one trouble
about vacation complained Johnny.
"Why, what's that?" asked his surprised
mother. "You can't have no fun playin'
hockey, I'M it's the excitingest game going"
Bazaar,