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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-23
REASONS. FOR SUPPORT
ING SOUND MONEY.


Reasons why voters should sup
port the sound money plank adopt
ed at st Louis, for the maintenance
of the existing standard and against
the free and, unlimited coinage of
silver, unless upon a ratio agreed
upon and guaranteed by the concur
rent action Of the chief commercial
nations:
First-Because ii is upon the gold
standard that the United States has
for over fifty years accomplished an
industrial, commercial and social
progress unexampled in any other
country OF in any other age.
Second-Because gold as the stan
dard and silver as subsidiary money
is the only money recognized by
the civilized nations of the earth.
Third; Because it is only by the
legal adoption OF the gold standard
that we have been enabled to bring
into circulation 42O, 100000 of sill
yer dollars and maintain them at
par with gold although the metal in
each silver dollar is worth only 50
cents; whereas before that, when our
laws permitted the free coinage of
silver, no silver dollars had been in
circulation in this country for thirty
odd years.
Fourth; Because if we open our
minis to the unlimited coinage of
silver we shall sink to the. silver
standard of China and Mexico and
bring our labor down to their level.
Fifth; Because if we drop to the
silver standard all Of our 100000,
600 dollars of gold would disappear
from circulation, and we should
thus be robbed of half our metallic
money, and our silver and paper
money would sink to one half + it's
present value; making a total loss to
our currency of about l,2oo0,ooo,
900 dollars.
Sixth; Bccauce drop to the sill
yer standard would rob the work
ingmen of this country Of a, large
proportion of their wages and of one
half the value of all their deposits
in savings and other banks, and of
their life insurance, mutual benefit
and fraternity policies, while they
would have to pay nearly twice az
much for all the necessaries and
comforts of life.
Seventh; Because the first indie: :
ton of danger Of going from the
gold to the silver standard would
be the signal for an immediate and
general collection of all debts, and
for the sale of all securities held in
this or other countries, 50 as to re-
alize on them before they became
worth, under the silver standard On
lv so cents on the dollar, wit, a re-
sulting panic and a stoppage or
shrinkage of all industries which
would be UNNECESSARILY disastrous
to workingmen.
Eighth; Because the only persons
to be benefited by the adoption of
the silver standard would be the
owners of uncoined silver bullion,
of which only about 1000, 900 dol
lars are produced annually in the
United States which is immensely
less than the value of ovr annurl
product of hens eggs alone.
We might add many other rea-
sons, but these are sufficient to show
that it is the duty Of al pat iotic
cities to support the m ney plank
OF the St Louis convention and tue
candidate that stands upo it.
Pioneer Press
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-23
FREE SILVER g. WAGES.

According to the Chicago Times
Herald, the conductors and grlpmen
on the cable cars in Chicag re-
spond to the advances of free silver
advocates in this way:
eve do not see how free silver
is going to help us. If we have
free silver, and bread and meat Is
doubled in price, how are we going
to live on our present wages
Yerkes cannot charge more than a
five cent fare under the city ordi-
nances, and if the street railroad
company cannot get a double fare
how are they going to pay MS dou-
bic wages? No, sir; the boys are
looking out for No. l and are not III
favor of free silver.
Every man who works for wages
would find his living expenses IN
creased and the purchasing power
Of hi wages decreased ii the coun-
try went to a. silver basis. The
classes working for wages and sal
aries would be the worst. sufferers
bv the change. All legitimate in
terests would be injured by it. It
is impossible that when the PEG
Pile study the free silver proposition
they will vote in favor OF it and there
by rush to their ruin-Evenjng Wis
consin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-23

vey, who wrote that monstrosity on
finance-'Coin's Financial School,"
He had been in the employ of the sill
yer combine, and the lords Of the mines
had taught him the peculiar art of de-
ceiving the people on the question of
silver When the time came he put
that art to the best possible use for
himself, having made over $4,000 out
of the little book. He has duped the
farmers, but he has his fortune and
retires from public notire.-Ex
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-23

Entered st the Post Office at Eagle River
: Wis. as second class mail matter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-23

Terms. 81 80 PEI Year in Advance.
$500 after Six Months
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Confidence Come to Judgment.

Immediately after the election at
Jackson, Ohio, and in the coal regions
surrounding that place, the mine own
ers notified the operatives in the mines
that the rate of siXty-one cents per ton
for mining would no longer be allowed
but that thereafter only forty-nve cents
per ton would be paid. We are not at
present advised whether these mines
are the property of Mark Hanna, but
they evidently belong to some good re-
publican who has drank deeply from
the cup of confidence. This same kind
Of a dose of confidence will be given
to the other industrial occupations as
time rolls on until the laboring men
and the farmers who voted for Nc
Kinley will be chuck full of confidence.
Let the good work go on until con-
fldence becomes legal tender for all
the ills of the human race.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

The Republican party is the friend
and fosterer of trusts. Its legislation
has tended to allow combinations of
men to live and thrive on the necessi-
ties of the people. Although there is
a law of Congress against the creation
and maintenance Of trusts and combi-
nations, it has never been executed
against the trusts themselves, at which
said law was aimed. but it was used
to suppress labor organizations in their
efforts to resist reduction of wages.
1t was suggested by several senators
at the time the law was passed that
the law would be perverted to suppress
organized labor. They claimed that
the law would not be executed against
anybody but the. helpless laborers.
These predictions have been verified,
and to-day We find that notwithstand-
ing an antitrust law is on our statute
books, trusts are multiplying as never
before, and that they are forming their
unlawful combinations without let or
hindrance.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
FIND OF CURIOUS SKELETONS.
The Tops Of Human Skulls Sawed on
Before Burial.

A great deal of interest has been at
tracted to several finds of skeletons in
the vicinity of Anderson, Ill. The most
peculiar thing in connection with them
is the fact that the top of the head had
been sawed off or in some manner re-
moved. Editor Biddle has skull in
his collection that is fair sample.
The top Of it had evidently been sawed
off when the body was inferred. The
top piece was found lying right next
to the skull. It had been taken off
right above the ears, and evidently for
the purpose Of removing the brains.
The skeletons indicate that the people
were of large build-much larger
than the present tall men and women.
Similar finds have recently been made
near Montpelier, and, together with the
Indian mounds, a nice story is being
put together by the theorists, who are
of the opinion that the mound builders
made it practice of removing the
brains of the dead for some purpose.
Some of the most remarkable finds
that have been made in the way Of
skulls and skeletons have been brought
to light around the Indiana mounds.
All of them have been found very re-
Gently. The skulls are well formed,
indicating a superior race of aborig-
ines.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

Now that the election is over and
goldbug lies have had their effect and
the universal howl about the silver
trust is over, we desire to say that with
three or four exceptions all of the rich
men of the country who made their
money In the mining of silver were ard
ent supporters of Mr.. Mckinley and are
thorough goldbugs and there was not
the least semblance and is not Of a sill
yer trust In the interests of the free
coinage Of silver by any of these rich
magnates. With the exception of Mr..
mates. With the exception Of Mr..
Hearst, Senator Stewart and two or
three other men Of means, none of
those who wer charged with being in
the silver trust by the New York
World and other mendacious sheets
ever contributed one cent to the cam
paign in favor Of bimetallism under
Mr.. Bryan, but on the contrary they
gave millions to fasten the gold stand
ard around the necks of the people.
Men OF large means have almost uni
versally been led in the last election by
their private interests and in these in
stances they have concluded that their
interests were to make a dear dollar,
cheap commodities and cheap people.
The campaign made by the bimetallic
parties was largely made by Mr.. Bry-
ans own personal efforts and such little
money as was subscribed by men of
moderate means who had the good
wishes of the country at heart and that
many honest people have been de-
ceived into the belief that there was a
silver trust is not to be wondered at
when we take into consideration the
wholesale lying of the goldbug papers.
-Ey
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Excellent Farming Lang
A Good Fruit and Farming Regi&
Now Being Settled, y

Now Being Settled. n
This tract Of land lies In the Eastern pad
Of Colorado County and Northern part'd
Wharton County, Texas, about fifty mild
west of Houston, the great commercial cer5
ter Of the state. The soil is a rich, produd
tive sandy loan. This district in Texa3
has plenty of rainfall for crops, and one Oh
farm is to have land that lays smoothly
and has high enough altitude for perfect
drainage, which can be secured In tht1
tract, as 1t is smooth rolling prairie, lyinQ|
on the divide Between the San Bernardo
and Colorado Rivers.
This district has mild, delightful
climate, enabling you to produce somei
thing almost each month in the year. AMI
other great advantage is that through thii;
tract there are two lines Of railroads, and
within the limits Of this tract, which ID,
twelve miles North and South, and eight
miles East and West, there are two townf'
located, one on each road, which gives spell
cial advantages to any farmer locating
there.
We anticipate that you desire to invest
in lands for a farm and home, where the
prices are low, the terms easy, and where
you can purchase and pay for the land I'M
three or four years, as cheaply as you are
now paying rent.
G., r. l. e. p. to TT. Worth, and from there
over the Santa Fe to Wallis, Texas. We
secure you the lowest rates and will ac-
company you. Write to us for our book,
"Fertile Farm Lands" excursion rates,
dates and how to got
FREE FARE TO TEXAS.
SOUTHERN. TEXAS COLONIZATION CO.
JOHN LINDRRHoLM, Mgr,
ITO Rialto Bldg, CHICAGO.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
A Popullst Daily for Kansas.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. ii. E. Lati-
mer, editor of the Pleasanton Herald,
who is making a strong fight for state
printer, informed friend here that if
elected he will start daily paper in
Topeka about February Is. Mr.. Lati-
mer has been identified with the reform
forces of Kansas for fifteen years, hav-
ing edited the Herald, one of three
Greenback papers left, before he
was of age. The other two Greenback
papers left to tell the tale are Shows
Ottawa journal and John Davis paper,
the Junction City Tribune. Mr.. Lati-
mer says he will be unable to devote
much time to the paper as his desire is
to give the people of Kansas a credit
able administration of the office, but
that he will put the best brains of the
nation in control of the paper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Cyclone Davis,

ALAS, for Cyclone Davis; the pines
of eastern Texas are sobbing a mourn
full requiem for his departed glory"
said Mr.. T. ]. Cunningham, Of the Lone
Star state, at the Riggs House, Wash
ington, D. C. Cyclone was an original
middle of-the-road' Populist. He was
one of the mo Watson, no Bryan
shouters. 1t looked like Cyclone had
a cinch on succeeding the Hon. David
B. Culbertson in the House. And
really he had, but Cyclone got gay and
in an evil hour advised his disciples
to vote for the Mckinley electors. He
wishes now that he hadn't done it, for
it resulted in his own undoing. His
fellow-Populists resented the sugges-
ton; they were for Bryan and free sill
yer, and the Cyclone himself could
not turn them from the white stand
ard. Sic transic Cyclone
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
THE MOHAMMEDAN MESSIAH.
His Coming VIII he Foretold by SIXTY
Forerunnors.

Forerunnors.
According to tradition, says the Con-
temporary Review, the true mahdi will
be preceded by sixty forerunners
John Baptists or Eliases-called
babs (bab means the door through
which enters the messiah). AS rule
those holy personages-ulemas, or de-
scendants of the prophet. who end by
setting up themselves as the messiah
begin by calling themselves only babs,
or doors, and if they meet with sue
cess and are accepted they then pose
as the actual mahdi.
AS to the babism of recent times,
this is it's simple origin About fifty
years ago a young native of Shiraz
named Mira Ali Mohammed was the
favorite pupil of a celebrated shika,
who was looked upon as a sort of bah,
died his young pupil, Mira ALI Mo-
manned, announced himself as also
bah. He was soon surrounded with
disciples. His popularity alarmed the
reigning sha. He was arrested and kept
in prison for some time, but as his fol-
lowers increased in number the ulemas
thought it prudent to condemn him to
death by torture. The subsequent mas
sacre of the babs is matter of recent
history. The babs that were left, in
spired by thirst for vengeance, now
plotted the assassination of the shah
and each attempt has been followed
by more bah massacres. Now you have
the key Of the situation. The late shah
succumbed at last to one of these as
sassins, who had unsuccessfully at
tempted his destruction several times
before. The bah. young Mira, was
not a highly educated person, but very
proud and Of irreproachable life. He
was not otherwise remarkable but pos
sessed of strange faculty of writing
with extreme speed (you would call 1t
mediumistic writing, an accomplish
ment considered miraculous by our
adepts). Still, he wrote little about
his doctrine or his person, but after
his death his apostles made a mahdi OF
him, and from that to a divine incar-
nation was q step easily accomplished,
as we have seen illustrated In your
own Christian religion. To mahdism
were soon Joined mysticism and pan
theism, which have always dominated
the philosophic instincts of the Ir6niAn
people. II you want to understand
present Persian politics you must bear
4 L. -
been and is now full of sects like bah
ism, which are called souf hakem,
sheikhi babs, etc.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

The wave Of good times has struck
the coal trust since Mr. McKinley's
election, and they have raised the price
Of coal twenty-five cents per ton to the
people of the country. This means to
that crust not less than fifty millions
Of dollars. They raised the price prior
the election one dollar per ton. In
the meantime the wages Of the miners
have not been advanced, and in several
instances have been cut down. This
is as we expected, and Is but the ma
tural consequence Of the advance C.
Mckinley and prosperity.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

I Longfellow has been called the uni
versal poet A London editor recently
remarked Of English working-people:
Thousands can repeat some Of his
Uongfellow's) poems who have never
read line of Tennyson, and probably
never heard of Browning" An Amer
lean has just given this testimony: He
was travelling on Mediterranean
steamer, and Longfellow was men
toned. Six nationalities were repre-
scented by the passengers who recited
selections from our poet A Russian
lady repeated the poem beginning, Il
stood on the bridge at midnight" An
English captain returning from the
Zulu war, repeated "A Psalm of Life"
The captain of the steamer, who was
an officer of the French navy, rendered
Excelsior" in broken English. Others
united in this expressive tribute to one
who sang for all lands in language
of the heart, that all can understand.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Silver and Wheat.

Arguments are now being made by
the gold press to show that the price
Of wheat and the price of silver have
nothing in common with each other,
and to demonstrate their contention
they point to the recent advance in
the price of wheat, while the price of
silver has remained the same or has
somewhat declined. The argument of
the silver men that wheat and silver
have kept pace with each other is
based upon the price of both commo-
dities for a given number of years.
OF course, occasional bad yields of
wheat would cause it's price to rise,
and. on the other hand, when large
crops were produced wheat would de-
cline. But taking the price of wheat
and the price of silver for given num-
Der of years, and the average price Of
both will show correlative leaning Of
one toward the other. The advanced
price of wheat for a month or two will
make no great divergence between the
price of silver and wheat when taken
on an average for year or more.
1t has been conclusively shown by
statistics, which have often been print
ed, that since 1878, when silver was
demonetized, silver and wheat have
kept pace with each other, and that
the price of a bushel of wheat was
about an ounce of silver. 1t will take
more than temporary advance in the
price of wheat to refute these statis-
tics. The gold press will receive very
little comfort from making COMPARE
son between the price of silver and
the price of wheat for month or two.
The argument of the friends of silver
is more substantial than that which
the gold men make by taking short pc
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

There is generally lots of fun in the
girl VIII tells mamma everything"
One would think girls never did have
any silk things before they were mar
ried.
If man can remain a mystery long
enough to woman she Is pretty sure
to fall in love with him.
Men like to make girls think they
are awfully careless about their health
SO they will take to mothering them.
The man who will stop to look into
q shop window at a lot of women's
fussy clothes is all right; it's the man
who don't seem a bit curious that needs
watching.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

A Mrs. White of Detroit, Mich, is
having an easy life at the expense OF
the saloonkeepers. The law of the
state make a saloon-keeper liable if he
sells liquor to husband after the wife
has forbidden him to do so. Mr. White
keeps on drinking, however, although
his wife has forbidden all the saloon
keepers to sell liquor to him. Conse-
quently she goes out every now and
then and collects something from the
saloon keepers, to prevent her from
having them prosecuted. One man
gave her IS in cash and ten cords of
wood Tuesday, and altogether she has
collected about 5000 this month in a
similar manner.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
Beer Tax.

The republican papers have already
commenced to howl that beer should
have an additional tax placed upon it.
The great breweries in the United
States have made many millions and
are making millions all the time, and
this annual crusade against them is
very important in the way of helping
impecunious congressman and sena-
tors to a little spending money, be-
cause the trust no doubt is generous
in its favors. BY all means tax beer
a dollar barrel more than it is now.
That should be the battle cry of all
politicians until the beer trust sees
them. Then, of course, they can come
out and say that beer is the poor mans
beverage and all the poor man has, and
it would be sinful to tax the poor man.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

A dispatch from Webster City, Iowa,
states that it is thought that rabbits
have caused an epidemic Of diphtheria
In the county and has spread to several
towns. Twelve deaths have been re-
ported. For the past five years diph-
iberia has annually broken out in the
immediate vicinity of the Tybithra
Lutheran church. which is used as a
school building. A large number of
rabbits have been living under that
building for long time, and the ply
sicians have reached the conclusion
that the little animals have planted the
germs of the disease. which spread
among the children. The church will
be burned.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

In the course of an address to some
Of his people, a colored man said:
you hear a good deal about a new
woman, but 1 tell you there is a new
negro who is coming up in this coun-
try" In an important sense, every
man who makes better use Of his OPP
portunities is a new man. A man OF
any color who is thus new will always
be welcomed in his appropriate sphere
and work.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

"The Dutch have taken Holland" is
O jocular pharse, to be sure, but it
wells deep meanings. Eight hundred
years ago less than six hundred square
miles of that country were beyond the
reach of the tides. During these eight
centuries, twelve thousand square
miles of land have been taken" from
the ocean by bikes and drainage; and
now it is proposed, at a cost of fifty
million dollars, to drain part Of the
Zuyder Zee and add eight hundred
square miles to Hollands present ter
ritory. That is the spirit that makes
nations.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
To Keep the FrostIng on Ton.

To prevent the icing Of a cake from
running down the sides, double piece
of oiled paper three inches wide and
pin it closely round the cake, letting
the band come half inch above the
cake.
In this way a cake may be frosted
evenly and with thick layer to its
edge. Do not remove the band of paper
until the icing is thoroughly dry.-New
York Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
A young lady in Oshkosh was being

A young lady in Oshkosh was being
seriously loved by one Clemens F.
Luckaschonski. and, as you might in
fer, it was little too much for her.
She rallied, however, and told him last
week that she would marry him if he
would change his name. He consented,
and on the wedding cards the groom's
name will appear as Clemens F. Luck.
Young ladies' who are keeping steady
company with gentlemen burdened
with four-syllabled and almost unpro-
nounceable names will know just what
to do after this.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11

We are informed by the dispatches
that great bread riots are now in vogue
in British India and that there is i'm
minent danger of from million to a
million and half of people perishing
for want of food The British troops
are in charge and they are very kindly
shooting these rioters who are starving
to death, believing that pellet of lead
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-11
The Widows Feelings.

''If she were young girl" said the
plump juryman with a metropolitan
air, II would be in favor of assessing
the damages you wish. But it seems
to me that widow is not entitled to
quite so much for the damage to her
feelings by breach of promise" ! don't
look at it that away at all" said the
long juryman with the red clay on his
boots. 81 take it that a widder's
feclin's 'ud be hurt the wust, cause
she realizes what she is losin'" Gin
cinnati Enquirer.