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The times., 1897-05-23

Not only those few whose pl iAsant privi-
iege it was to be present at the intellect
ual fetes OF the sesqui-centennial of Prince
ton University, but those as well whose
interest in the news ana activities of
intellectual development attracted their
attention to the accounts OF these proceed
ings, will remember the agreeable impress
The times., 1897-05-23

source from which John might learn ths
history of his family. He tiien goes TO
Stonington, and thence runs away TO sea-
Heis capturedin naval engagement, taken
to England as a prisoner. escapes and faiis
among FrenchmeD, who turn out 70 De
his relatives With them, he, somewhaT
against his will, joins in a plan 70 over
throw Napoleon, but in crossing the chan
mel he escapes from these TOO jealous
friends and rejoins the American service.
Finally, on the ocean, he meets Mary Tan
ner, whom ne had known as a boy IN ston-
ington, and the book ends in love story.
New York. Harpers. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop)
The times., 1897-05-23

f1Hdily ON bHc OCtdils nc stieNNS -t-N- ~~-~
ner, whom ne had known as a boy IN ston-
ington, and the book ends in love story.
New York: HarpeIs. Washington: Wood
ward& Lothrop)
Speaking of Ferdinand Brunetiere, the
eminent French litterateur who has been
in this country some time lecturing on
French literature in Baltimore, Boston and
New York, the Book Bayersays: M. Bru-
netiere has not as yet made known his i'm
preston of our civilization and Institutions
II is, however TO be hoped that when tina
time comes he will show a disposition To
deal more fairly with us than his Ameri-
can critics have shown in dealing with him;
or, at least those critics VINO. without TAX
ing the trouble TO listen TO NJ Brunetiere's
lectures, or to make themselves familiar
with his published works, have character
lied him as a belated survivor of a moTi-
bund classicism. It is true that the dis
tin guished editor and acadefnician OPP
poses certain literary tendencies OF the
day. but it is not true that he has closed
his mind TO what is contemporaneoas
either in the literature or In the art OF his
country. One need not resort to paradox
to prove that, for all his devotion 10 Bos-
suet. NJ Brunetiere is, in lis own way,
quite as modern as either NJ. AnatoIe rance
or NJ. Jules LeInaitre, who are ms severest
critics. III proof is needed by those VINO
did not hear his Lenox Lyceum lectures,
his volume entitled 'Essais sur la Littera-
ture Contemporaine,' which was published
five years ago, may be appOsitely cited The
volume is made up for the most part. IL
not entirely from articles contributed by
NJ Brunetiere 10 the Revue ties Deux
Mondes, while he was still in charge Of its
literary department These essays, four
teen in number, reveal an aspect OF the
critics mind which is thoroughly and un-
qualfiedly modern. They show him as d
close student of the most contempOraHeOus
tendencies. To say that his knowledge in
plies his approval of what heobserves would
be to confess oneself singularly ignorant
of NJ. Brunetiere's critical attitude. The
fact rs that the editor OF the Revue des Deux
Mondes is eloquent mainly over his aver
sons. On the other hand, in cOntradistinc-
tion 10 his detractors, he has literary
ideal, and is without question the most
potent force in contemporary French criti-
cism. From an American point OF view, his
critical work ought TO be highly accepta-
ble''
The times., 1897-05-23

Mr. II G. Wells, whose Thirty Odd
Stories' was reviewed last week, was
tIsned by the New Vagabonds Club, In
London, the other day, and in his speech
incidentally brought fresh method or
grouping to bear upon reviewers. After
describing authors as seedlings" Mr.
Wells divided reviewers into various fam
lilies: slug reviewers, who prey on the
first, tender leaves OF authors; bird re-
viewers, who peck here and there, ani
possibly do damage; heavy reviewers, who
crush with their feet whole beds OF shoots.
Mr. Wells went on TO complain OF Their
methods of irrigation Some reviewers,
he said, so copioasly drench the plants
with the water of flattery as to rot
them at the roots: others withhold water
until the plants ale dried up. In addition,
there is, of course, the wise, far-seeing
horticulturist, but ne is not very com
mon.
The times., 1897-05-23

In the Nickel Magazine for June is an
article by Washington writer, Miss Ina
Capitola Emery, on one Of the most pictur-
esquely romantic events iii our history. the
John Brown effort TO free the bonded
negroes. The man famous in song as hang-
ing to a sour apple tree is called the Lero
of Harpers Ferry because here culiuinatetl
his single-handed attempt TO do what the
armies cf the nation, backed by the moral
support of great people, did only after
four years OF desperate battle. But his
earlier career in Kansas, reconnoitering g and
Eassaering lis full OF crude heroism, though
the means and methods seem now to have
been il-advIsed, unnecessary and fanat-
ical. In the present article Miss Emery
dwelIs interestingly on both these epochs
in the famous Abolitionists career, narrat-
ing her history with all the instinct of
born story-teller. 1t is an absorbing theme,
and the writer sustains its interest with
potent effect The illustrations have beeu
gathered with evident care and tell the
story in picture as a graphic accompani-
npnt To the text.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
To Draw the Boodler's Fangs.

The action of the last Illinois legis.
lature in practically giving the Chi
cago Consolidated Street Railway the
use of the streets free for fifty years
has resulted in state convention Of
those favoring the initiative and refer
endum. The convention met during
the week and was attended by many
prominent citizens. "The Chicago
Times Herald points to the thirty-year
lease of the Philadelphia gas plant by
the Common Council of that city as
an evidence that municipal ownership
will not protect the public from corrupt
practices" said labor leader, one day
during the week. "The paper is right.
Municipal ownership alone is delu-
sion and snare, and there is nothing
to prevent the Detroit Common Coun-
Gil from doing the same thing and
leasing our public lighting plant to Q
private corporation for song. Blu.
it would never be done if the people
had a vote on the question. Municipal
ownership must be accompanied by The
referendum-it is the referendum that
will draw the fangs of the boodler."-
Detroit Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
ton of the millionaire during the past

ton Of the millionaire during the past
quarter of century but what Is ia
miliar to this author, and by him used
to the best advantage to bolster up his
argument. He evidently adores the
capitalist without knowing why.
Without doubi the man who begins
life in humble way and, overcoming
all difficulties, becomes a millionaire
through his own strength Of charac-
ter, frugality, shrewdness and indus
try, Is deserving of credit and respect,
and 1t would be a rare thing to find
case where this praise was not ex-
tended under such circumstances. But
the author under discussion worships
the capitalist without making any dis
tinction as to the character of capital
lists. Here is what he says regarding
trusts:
Some of our 'bagpipe' politicians
go about blowing their wind instru-
ments to gain the confidence of labor
by denouncing trusts" and they cry
that trusts" are formed for the sole
purpose of cheating and depress-
ing labor, whereas, in truth, COM
bines are formed to save them
selves from crushing competition,
which causes bankruptcy. AS long
as any class of business men are pros
porous they never think of consolidate
ing with others in their line. 1t is On
ly considered when business is in a
ruinous condition, and by consolidat-
ing capital advantages are derived
that will strengthen commercial abil-
ity and afford profit"
What captivating innocence! What
guileless gullibility!! OF course, our
author never heard of the futile efforts
of our law makers to enact laws that
would prevent the formation of these
trusts and combines. And, of course,
he never heard of the successful ef-
forts of these trusts and combines in
crushing the lives out of all COMPETE
tors, or men engaged in the same line
Of business, who did not wish to be
saved from destruction by surrender
ing their manhood and joining the
trust. And again, Of course, our au-
thor never heard Of the sufferings en-
dured by labor through suspensions in
operations for the purpose of regulat-
ing the output so as to control the
market, and, incidentally, the selling
price. Having never heard of these
things. our author naturally was un-
able to see anything wrong about
trusts and monopOlies. - Eight-Hour
Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
What Is q Strike,

A strike, in the labor sense, is re-
turn blow, says Helen Hamilton Muir
ply, in the Liberator. Some labor re-
formers assert that the employing par
ty who infiicts the alleged injury is
the real striker, and is, therefore, the
principal in every strike. This is not,
however, the accepted sense of strikes.
A strike implies revolt against an in
justice complained of. Even when
men strike for this or. that an injury
is presupposed, just as much as in the
case where men strike against an at
tempt of the employer to enforce
something declared to be to their detri-
ment AS question of abstract NOR
ais no strike is defensible under
the golden rule, but when all human
conduct comes to square with abstract
morality we shall have become like
unto angels. There are strikes now
pending which the Boston clergy as
we'll as the most conservative press
declare to be just. In the strike of
the garment workers against further
aggresions on the part Of those prose-
cutting the sweating system, confined
in filthy and disease-breeding tene-
ment-house dens, the victims of sweat
shop slavery have had one infection
after another goaded upon them I'M
til at last life itself became intolerable
under the conditions imposed. 1t has
been shown that the clothing turned
out of these pestilential dens goes in
to every household in the land. Sat-
urated with deadly pestilential germs,
these sweat-shop garments become
vehicles for the distribution of dis
ease. The tasks" laid upon the poor
creatures who make them are revolt
ing, anil the resultant harvest of death
startling. One of two things is GER
tainly true. Either a strike is justifi-
able or else the authorities are guilty
of criminal neglect in not wiping out
the sweat shops completely from every
city, as they would do in the case Of
any other dangerous disease breeding
nuisance. But even in this case a
strike would still be present, for So
ciety would become the striker in the
place of the wretched sweat-shop sys-
TEN.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
NAVAL BURIALS.
Regulations Require That Christian Ine
terment BE Provided.

Regulations Require That Christian In.
terment BE Provided.
The chaplain's official station in most
ship ceremonies and in time of battle
is at the sick bay, where lie the sick,
says Donahoe's. Discipline and fresh
air are wonderful personalities of
health, and a chaplain's duties to the
sick in times of peace are very light.
At naval hospitals, however, whittier
are brought from the ships the very
sick and the seriously wounded, a
chaplain finds ample field for the exer-
else of that tender sympathy which
wins souls to God and for the minister
ing of the consolation of religion. 1t
is also the duty Of the chaplain to as
sist at naval burials. The regulations
require that Christian burial be provid-
ed for all men who die in the service.
If possible, the body is inferred with
the rites of the church to which the
deceased had belonged. When this sad
duty is required at sea the ship is hove
to, the flag displayed at half mast,
and the officers and men are mustered
on deck to pay their last tribute to the
departed. The funeral services follow
and the body is then consigned to the
deep. A guard Of honor fires three
volleys over the watery grave and the
bugler sounds the last ''taps"-sad,
mournful notes of the bugle which tell
OF the hour of sleep. II the death oo-
ours at a hospital, an escort and
guard of honor from the ship to which
the deceased had been attached ac-
company the funeral cortege to the.
grave. AS the procession enters the
cemetery the bugler proceeds, followed
by the chaplain. This spectacle is al
ways impressive. 1t naturally suggests
the prayer that angels, led by the angel
guardian, may bear the soul of the de-
ceased before the throne of God as
friends bear the body to the grave;
that the angel, at the judgment seat,
may proclaim welcome, joy and glad
ness as the bugler at the grave recalls
loss, sadness and regret.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24


And smiling heaven o'erhead!
Oh, the waves of life danced merrily,
And had a joyous flow,
In the days when we were pioneers
Fifty years ago!
The hunt, the shot. the glorious chase,
The captured elk or deer;
The camp, the big, bright fire. and thcn
The rich and wholesome cheer;
The sweet. sound sleep. at dead OF night
By our campfire blazing high
Unbroken by the VOLTS long howl,
And the panther springing by.
Oh, merrlly pass'd the time, despite
d Our willy Indian foe,
In the days when we were pioneers,
Fifty years ago!
We shunn'd not labor; when t was quo
We wrought with right good VIII;
And for the home We won for them,
Our children bless us still.
We lived not hermit lives, but OFT
In social converse met;
And fires of love were kindled then,
That burn on warmly yet.
Oh, pleasantly the stream of life
Pursued it's constant flow,
In the days when We were pioneers.
Fifty years ago!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

We published an article which pur-
ports to be a fair and frank review Of
the numerous contentious of capital
and labor, but which in reality is an
insidious attack on labor from begin
ming to end. The article was originally
published in one of our local daily pa
pers, for which it was written, and
which takes occasion editorially to
praise its "broadness" and fairness"
on the day of publication. There IL
nothing that has been said in glorifica~
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

Theodore Rebenstroff, hardly
young coal miner of Coal Miner, willis
blasting in the Reutchler mine, was
buried up to his mouth in coal. Piecs
by piece he removed the mass. When
finally released he called for help anc
tainted. Both legs were broken and
he sustained serious internal injuries
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
Ills the Gun.

"Why is it that Chumpley always
buys another new gun at the opening
of the game season." Because the
one he had the year before never killed
anything. Detroit Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
Fifty Years Ago.

SONG for the early
times out west.
And our green old
forest-home,
Whose pl e a $ a n t
memories freshly
yet
Across the bosom
come:
A song for the free
and gladstone life
In those early
days we led,
With a teeming soil
beneath our feet
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

Suddenly she remembered what the
milk-woman had told her; she would
go to the English neutrality-suspicious.
he would give her relief and enable her
to get home.
She paused once or twice to ask her
way, but she could get no answer. She
was nothing more than street waif
and was accordingly thrust aside as
such. At last a little gamin gave her
the information she asked. The place
she sought was three miles off.
Three miles! She was Iootsore and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

An up-to-date parrot gave an alarm
of fire in the house of Frederick Mahla
Media. Pa, and saved the lives of the
family, The house was destroyed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24

delight the passers-by in the chief
thoroughfares Of Paris. 1t is signifi-
cant that, although both in brushmak-
ing and kindred trades many sharp
instruments are used, blind workman
seldom If ever cuts himself. A large
trade in chair-caning is done at the
school.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
CHAPTER XXXIII.

HEN Miss Hether-
intgon was hasten
ing to confront
Caussidiere, Mario
rie, with her child,
was walking weari-
ly through t h e
streets of Paris.
AS the daylight
faded away the cold
had increased; the
snow was falling
her through and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

Government by 1njunction-Extracts
From a Series of Papers on the Sub
ject by H. G. Y.--Rights of Capital
and Labor-What Is a strike?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-24
THE ECOLE BRAILLE
FRENCH SCHOOL WHERE BLIND
CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED.
Learn Chiefly by Observation-Disclosures
Sight Presented by u Glass In Natural
History - Boys and Girls Become
Skilled In Useful Trades.
paris Lottery

OOI VlSltOrS Su
Paris and other
large French towns
have been in turns
moved and disgust
ed by the unsightly
mass of 5eggars
who crowd round
the porch of each
French church and
pu Bile building.
M ore particularly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-25
A RADICAL CHANGE.
A New idea in Regard to Penal In
situations.

A bill abolishing the board of direc-
tors of the state penitentiary, the board
of managers of the state reforma tory
and the board of pardons, and placing
the entire work now performed by these
boards in the hands of three men, to be
appointed by the governor and known
as the board of control of the penal in
stitutiOnS of the state, will be recon-
mended to the senate for passage this
week by the committee on penal insti-
tutiOns. If passed it will accomplish
saving of several thousand dollars
year to the state.
Senator Armstrong, Pop., Barton
county, is the author of the bill.
Each of the three members of the
board of control will receive 81, 800 per
year salary, and will be required to
give bond to the amount of $4,000 Four
years will constitute the term of office of
each member.
The bill also provides for the classifi-
cation of prisoners at the state peniten-
tiary, and a merit system will be es-
tablished by which prisoners not SEN
fenced for capital offenses, can be liber-
ated on conditional parole.
The most radical change that is made
by the measure is that it takes from
judges the right to sentence prisoners
convicted of any but capital offenses
for any stated length of time and leaves
the termination of the imprisonment of
all such prisoners to the Judgment of
the board with the proviso that the dur
ton shall not exceed the maximum
term provided by law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-25
WHEATLING.
e. Delicious Breakfast Food, Made
From Choice Selected Wheat.

Birchard, Bridge & Co, of Norfolk,
Neb., manufacturers of 'Wheatling," a
wholesome breakfast food, have one OF
the largest booths taken by exhibitors
a. the Pure Food Show. 1t occupies the
center of the hail. first floor. Mr.. W. h
Bridge, who has charge of the exhibit,
is of very hopeful and cheerful ma
ture. and has great confidence in their
product and in the Nebraska town
where it is made. He says of Norfolk:
1T is a most wonderful booming city,
and during these hard times has been
one of the most prosperous cities in the
United States. All who wish to be able
to accomplish what it has, can call at
our booth and get instructions" Mr..
Bridge intends to give away 5000 sam
pies of 'Wheatling'' to visitors at the
Food Show. Wheatling will also be
cooked and served at the booth with
cream and sugar. The Pure Food CO.Of
ST. Louis, a near neigbOr, will serve
Wheatling in the form of gems, cakes,
etc. Wheatling is a delicious and whole
some breakfast food, made from choice
selected wheat. The company claims it
to be absolutely the best cereal food on
the market. 1t consists entirely of glu-
ten germ and inner coat the starch and
bran of the wheat being removed Glu-
ten is the only food known which of it
self is capa BILE of sustaining life. Wheat
ling contains phosphates for the brain,
iron for the blood, and is a great pre-
tentative of dyspepsia and constipa-
ton. Wheatling enjoys large sales in
Chicago, and is handled by the leading
grocers over the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-25
WOMEN VOTERS IN A MIDDLE
They Hear That Their Men Repre-
sentatives Are Thieves.

Denver. Col, Jan. 25.-Women voters
of Colorado are in a muddle. The re-
form department of the Women's club.
the most fashionable and prominent of
any in the west. met at Masonic Tenn
pie today with a number of women
members of the legislature present, and
was startled by Mrs. Martha A. 3. Con-
inc, who said:
They say the legislature is a gang of
thieves; they say it is composed of
thieves and robbers, and that we. the
women of Colorado placed them there.
When these reports circulate through
out the country, what can people think
of us? They will believe we cannot
think for ourselves; that we are led and
cOerced into voting for fnachine-made
tickets, and for gangs. What is more,
the people of this state will begin to
believe it themselves. They will Won
der if they were right, and if this sort
of a thing continues they will revoke
their action, the wisest thing they ever
did, by repeating the law enfranchising
the women of Colorado
She concluded that if the legislators
were thieves it was more the fault
of the women than the men. Her re-
marks caused q sensation and were Wig
orously replied to, and the men OF the
city who voted against suffrage are
saying, 4 told you 50"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-25

the foam thereof will be seen to rise
a. foot or more above the surface of the
water and will remain there for three
hours The leavening power of this
powder can also be learned by eating
some of the delicious breadstuffs which
are cooked and served free at the booth
Mr.. J. E. Startling, who has charge of
the exhibit, is an expert in chemistry,
having studied il in Heidelberg, Ger
many, and also served eleven years
with one of the largest baking powder
companies in the country. He says:
Pure Food Baking Powder is entirely
free of lime and other authorizations,
such as commercial cream of tartar,
for instance 1t is made of chemically
pure cream of tartar, bi-carbon of
soda and potato starch. Hence it is
entirely free of any adulteration. We
have the best and purest baking pow
der made, and intend to introduce it in
every grocery house in Topeka We
will give 81, 900 to any person who finds
any aduIteration whatever in it. Every
lady who buys a pound can of this
powder of any grocer, and is dissatis-
fed with it, can have her money re-
funded and be presented with a like
quantity of flour to that destroyed.
Every grocer will have a written guar
antee. Our powder is put up in three
sizes, cans: six ounces, one pound and
five pounds, retailing respectively at 10
cents 25 cents and one dollar" The
conpany's booth is located on the first
floor