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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12
Relief Departments.

Pensions for old workingmen, relief
for the disabled and insurance for the
families of deceased workers will no
doubt soon be provided for by all the
large corporations in this country, and
the movement may grow to such pro-
portions that it may be found neces-
sary to enact law providing for such
benefits to wageworkers which will be
general in its application" says G.
Henri Ware In the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune. 1.-The wageworkers in
Germany have succeeded in securing
these benefits, funds for which are
maintained by the government, the
employers and employees. So success
full have been the operations of the Ia
Dor laws in Germany in this respect
that labor insurance or benefits are at
tracing considerable attention among
organized labor in this country.
Among the large corporations that
have established relief departments in
this country for the benefit Of their
employees are the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn
sylvania Company Zines west of Pitts
burg and Erie), Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, Philadelphia & Reading and
the Plant system. In fact, labor relief
departments are confined almost ex-
clusively to these six railway systems
There are, however, some railway COM
panies that provide their employees with
free Surgical attendance outside of hos
pitfalls, and even contribute something
to associations formed by the employees
to provide themselves with relief. II
is also customary for railroad man.
ayers, when possible, to provide par
TALLY disabled employees, or those
grown old in the service, with the kind
of labor they are capable of perform
ing, but the railroad companies hav-
ing relief departments provide more
systematic and comprehensive relief
covering sickness, old age, accident
and death. Foremost among these rail-
road companies is the Baltimore &
Ohio, which was the first system to es-
tablish relief departments for its en-
ployes."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12
NAPOLEON LEARNS BUSINESS
Indifferent About Letting His Subordl
nates Soc His IGNORANCE

Indifferent About Letting His subordI.
mates See His Ignorance.
A few days after the thirteenth VEN
demaire l happened to be at the office
of the general staff in the Rue Neuve
des Capucines, when Gen. Bonaparte,
who was lodging in the house, came in,
says the memoirs of Baron Thiebault."
l can still see his little hat, surmount-
ed by chance plume badly fastened
on, his tri-color sash more than care
lessly tied, his coat cut anyhow and
a sword which, in truth, did not seem
the sort of weapon to make his fortune.
Flinging his hat on large table in the
middle of the room, he went up to an
old general named Krieg, man with a
wonderful knowledge of detail and the
author of a very good soldiers man
ual. He made him take seat beside
him at the table and began question
ing him, pen in hand, about host Of
facts connected with the service and
discipline. Some of his questions show
ed such a complete ignorance Of the
most ordinary things that several Of
my comrades smiled. I was myself
struck by the number Of his questions,
their order and their rapidity. =
But what struck me still more was the
spectacle Of COMMUNICATIVE chief per-
fectly Indifferent about showing his
subordinates how completely ignorant
he was of various points of the busi-
ness which the Junior of them was
supposed to know perfectly, and this
raised him a hundred cubits in my
pVpc
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12

A. G. Wines, ex-president Of the l.
T. u, has become salesman for
type foundry.
For the year ending June 80, 1896,
the net earnings of the 172,S69 miles of
railway in the United States were
1858, 675.O47.
An clearinghouse made entirely Of
compressed paper, the dining-room ac-
commodating $50 persons, has just
been opened in Hamburg.
Three large rubber works in Woon-
socket, R. l., New Haven and Nauga-
tuck, Conn.,, closed down during the
week, throwing 1000 men out Of work.
The officers of the International Ty-
biographical Union are opposed to ar
bitration commissions, and say that
such commissions have proved a failure
in all states where they have been en-
acted.
]. R. Morse, an American, has the
contract for the first railway in Corea.
1t will connect the port Of Chemulpo
with Seoul, the capital, distance of
twenty-five miles, and will cost $780,
900.
Says the Cleveland Citizen: 1.-THE
coal trust has taken the advantage Of
confidence to raise the price rs cents
per ton. 1t is stated that that means
an additional profit of $5O,OOO,OOO for
the trust this year.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Grand Rapids Typographical
Union admits reporters and editors to
membership, and President Prescott
expresses the opinion that the day is
not far distant when there will be nu-
merous well-organized writer's unions
in the country.
The Typographical Journal says:
MANY of our local unions are suffer-
ers on account of the recent bank fail
ures in different portions of the coun-
try. and in several instances assess
ments have been voted in order to re-
plenish depleted treasures"
In Berlin women are rapidly displac-
ing men Ill lut lcAlllc luuuSlTy. IN
Client there are 61S women to 1000
men employed. In all Belgium the pro-
portion is GA women to 100 men. There
are 1000 females between ten and
twenty years of age employed.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road employs on it's entire system 21,-
092 people at average daily wages Of
s1.96; the Chicago Great Western, 1920
at average daily wages of $1.S4; the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern.
3,O26 at average wages of $1.S5; the
Rock Island, 1858 at average wages Of
S1.97; the Iowa Central, 1,375 at aver
age wages of $1.75; the Des Moines,
Northern G Western, at average wages
of $163; the Burlington, 1896 at aver
age wages of SLIT; the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul, 20,246 at average
daily wages Of $1.9S.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12

But give me the fair one. IN country
or city, aoor
Whose home and its duties are ue"i
to her heart, .,,o,
Who cheerfully MARBLES some rus'io"'
ditty, - ,,,.-
While plying the needle with exau's
lite art. ,s. A..
The bright little needle--the swift-hy-
ing needle,
The needle directed by beauty anu
art.
If Love have a potent, maglca! toNeA'
A talisman, ever resistless ana true-
A charm that is never eVaoeu vi
broken,
A witchery certain the heart to SUBJ
due
IT'S this-and his armory never has
furnished .,,,
So keen and unerring. or polish'd a
dart;
Let Beauty direct 1t, so pointed ana
burnish'd
And Oh! it is certain OF touchins ,he
heart ,s. a.,
The bright little needle-the Swiftly
ing needle,
The needle directed by beauty and
art.
Be wise, then. we maidens, nor seek ad-
miration a..
BY dressing for conquest, and hirt-
ing with all.
You never. whate'er be your fortune
or station,
Appear half so lovely at rout or at
ball,
AS gaily convened at work-cover d
table,
Each cheerfully active and playing
her part,
Reguiling the task with a song orr
fable,
And plying the needle with exquisite
art.
The bright little needle-the SWIFTLY
ing needle,
The needle directed by beauty and
art
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12
The Good Old Days.

"People put on a heap too much
style nowadays with their formal calls
and all that sort of nonsense" said the
elderly gentleman. There was much
more real neighborliness in the days
when one woman just ran over to an
other woman's house and walked in
without knocking"
81 don't believe it," said the young
man with the thin upper lip. mo two
women ever got together in their liyes
without dom little knockin', if there
was any other woman to talk about. +"
indianapolis Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12

by turning 1t over" as he said. There,
fore my mother calls him ger.lersar.
"Mr. Druce," 1 ask, keeps his loan
office stili?"
Eyes, and Is quite rich man. All
the neighbors borrow Of him. They
pay him back little at time every
| week."
"You owe him nothing, I hope?"
"No, my son; manage without,
though It's hard pinch"
Il make it as easy for you as 1 can,
mother" say, sternly. 1T would be
harder the other way. All that have
is yours. You'll promise me never to
lay yourself under an obligation to
that man."
Il promise you, my son." she replies,
in a tone made piteous by my stern
ness.
do you think" I say, following
out the direction of my thoughts, that
Mabels mother owes him money"
1T is likely, my son."
"And has Mabel herself spoken to
you about it?"
mo, my son."
HAS she not spoken to you about
Mr. Druce?"
she has never mentioned his name
to me, Amos
This comforts me somewhat. II q
girl is about to be married, and her
heart is in the match, she would surely
speak of it to such friend as my
mother was to Mabel. How do work
out the sum, then? In this way: Ma
bells mother favors the match; Mabel
herself wishes to avoid it. l follow
out the current of my musings.
do you like Mabel's mother?"
"Fve seen her but few times al
together, Amos. l doubt there's no
love lost between u.s. She is a cold
woman"
mabel is the same to you as ever,
mother?"
my son." says my mother, with q
touch of rough wisdom which no pol
ishing can improve, IAN old woman
and a child go together; they fit in
with one another naturally But when
the child grows into woman herself,
it is different; other notions come into
her head-notions of counting and mar
riage. Then there's room for naught
else"
mabel is the soul of truth" I say.
"Mabers heart is as good as gold"
cay" repeats my mother in a Pc
culiar tone, "as good as gold"
do you not believe,"I ask slowly,
chat Mabel would marry a poor man
for love?"
mot when gold is flung before her
eyes. Like mother, like daughter"
MY mother and I have never ex-
changed a harsh word and, resolve
that one shall not be uttered now. Age
has its privileges as well as its in
firmities, and with increasing years
the Judgment becomes warped. So
say no more; but resolve that I will
test Mabel soon.
The opportunity arrives day or two
afterward in the early morning, and
speak to Mabel direct. Does any one
ever remember the exact words that
pass when he is following out pur-
pose such as was in my mind? I do
not. and cannot set down what was
said. I know that I was deeply agi-
tated, and that my first reference was
to Mr.. bruce.
HE is nothing to me-" Mabel says
ITO De CONTINUED
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12
HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERs.

The white of an egg answers well in
place of mucilage.
Carafes and glass decanters may be
made to look clear and brilliant by
shaking wet shot in them.
Small pieces of raw potato in lit
tie water shaken vigorously inside bot
ties and lamp chimneys will clean them
admirably.
Porcelain or earthenware that has
become dingy or stained is much i'm
proved by rubbing or securing with
salt busted upon a cloth.
When clothing has been wrinkled
and crushed by packing, if shaken out
vigorously and hung up or spread out
in a hot room over night It's appear
ance will be much improved.
The wick of lamp chimney which
has become short may have new one
darned to the lower end, and in this
way be entirely used up instead OF be-
ing thrown away. Wicks should always
be long and the lamps kept as full as
possible and not to run over.
Baking soda used with water to
which little ammonia has been added
makes good polish for silver when no
other is at hand, but its constant use
would have a bad effect on the finish
Of the silver unless the surface were
perfectly plain and highly polished.
When ivory ornaments get yellow
wash them we'll in soap and water, and
place them while wet in full sunshine;
wet them for two or three days, several
times day, with -soapy water, still
keeping them in the sun; then wash
them again and they will be beautifully
white.
In the cleaning of.a stove If little
soap is used 1t will tighten the labor.
Wet flannel cloth and rub it over
piece of soap; then dip the cloth into
the stove polish and rub over the stove;
finish with a dry cloth or brush. 1t is
said that polish will last much longer
than If used without soap.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12

eff you don't get out Of here" said
the bartender, who was somewhat CIV
en- to circuitous statements, cit will
become my painful duty to soak you
in the neck"
might I inquire" responded the
gentleman who had stood against the
stove for two hours, might I inquire
if this is to- be an external or internal
treatment indianapolis Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12
CHAPTER V.

HE ugly, thin, In
quisitive face that
1 have seen but
once, lhany years
ago, appears again
b e fore me; the
bony fingers again
m a Ike themselves
felt W | thin my
palm. 1t seems but
yesterday that they
lay there. l spit up
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12

on my palm to rub off the fancied con-
tact. He offered to lend me money,
this man, and doubtless has made more
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12
CHAPTER Nv.

T WANTS but six
weeks to Christ
m a s, an d t h e
weather is cold and
cherries. l expect
to have a long
stay at home this
t / m e to spend
Christmas there, in
fact. Tomorrow I
am to take tea
with Mabel and her
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12

Names spruce gum output for 1895
Was bigger than ever.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-12
THE TOILER'S CORNER
SOME TIMELY TOPICS OF IN
TEREST TO UNION LABOR.
Rev. Flavius j. BrObst, the Celebrated
Chicago Divine on the Sex Problem
Six American Railroads Have Adopted
che Pension System-Notes.

HE gay bellies OF
I "a , h | o n may
boast of eXcell-
ing
In waltz or cotll-
lion, at whist or
quadrille;
And seek admira-
ton by vaunt-
ingly telling
OF drawing, ana
pa n t ing. ana
musical skill;
Evening star., 1897-01-23

afraid Ord be lonesome, but MOya bid m,
how'd me tongue an put an me besh
clothes. an befoor OF knew it OF wor there
clappin' me hands an shoutin' ioike the
finest
But tell me, Dolan; wor ii in the or
chesthra ye slt?"
thractor. had bought two safes. but ct
the last minute his wolfe changed 'er
mOind ty go to a wake, an SO Casey gev
'em ty me. An we put an shtoile wild the
besht av 'em. Oi had an me plush vest an
me polky-dot neck-tie, an many toppy-
lookin gint I'm me neighborhood had moth
in betther round is collar than bit av
whoite rag; which shows the truth av
what Ofve been sayin' ty yez about the
hard tonnes. But 'twor a dacint mob; Oi
wull say thot fur en-
'Iv'rything wint fri'Edly an paceable?''
"'Tw or more than anythin' else OF re-
mimber loike the tonne thot Murty Nc
ManGs an Larry Shea shtarted in a con-
tist ty decide furiver which wor the besht
player the pipes. They shtarted in
fri'nGly an paceable, but the excitement
This opry had foive rounds I'm il. At the
ind av aich they let down the curtain,
thot the contestants might be able ty rest
up undisturbed. 1t wor the fddlers agin
the singers an horn-players. Whin they
sntarted in. Oi thought the fellys and the
insthrumints had the besht av 1t. The
captain av 'em Samed very confidint, an
before the first round wor half over, OF
foive ty four that his gang 'ud take the
purse. He was av my. opinion. too fur
he wudn't take the bet. Oi must saw SYM
pathies wor wild the fidders, fur they
didn't put an near the airs that the others
did wild their fancy fiub-dubs. thot wor fit
only fur a masquerade.
The captain av the fiddlers wor shakin'
'is shtick at 'em an they yelled back de-
foiance. Thin he waved Encouragement till
his min an livery wan o. them toed the
marx Oh nfvver heard so many languages,
If me judgmint aim wrong, there wor Ger
man, Eyetalian, Scandinavian. an livery
wanst In whole Oi made sure OF cud
pick out q word or two av pure Oirish
Afther the singers had doEe their besht in
a scattherin' way. out shtips a felIy ty
take charge av 'em. Thin the leader av
the flddlers shuk lis shelaly at i'm, as much
as ty say: 'Ho. no. me bucko; you're afther
a taste, are yez?
But the new man niyyer got shea red
He shtarted in at the top av lis voice.
Arrah. says he. ye murtherin' spalpeen!
Come up here an lave ye're gang behOind
yez: Come here if ye dare an see phwat
Of'n do ty yez.''
"Ah. It's f2ine scholar ye must be-" said
hanerfy, admiring1y, 'ty understand all
Thin foreign worruds loike thot.'
"Av cOorse," said Dolan uneasily, sthot's
just a free thranslation as Oi picked It
up from the gestures an the expression
av their faces This felly had a high
keyed voice. that wor daisy. Yex cud
hear i'm fur NOR than q shquare, an the
way he Gem at 'em put new courage fnty
them an his soide av the loine o. ioights.
Wanst or twoist he turned an says ty
thin:
:. .Shtand boick an take It aisy: OF kin
hold em down single handed An thin
tney haQ 1t fur dear ioife. They played the
nodies sounded the horns an pounded the
Evening star., 1897-01-23
just an Easy One.

Let the children ask all the questions
they want to-" is the domestic motto of
gentleman connected with tee Smithsonian
Institution. In mis- case, the rule is safer
than it would he in most homes, for he is
regarded by his acquaintance as a COM
pendum of almost any branch of learning
that happens to come under discussion.
His boys, having his reputation an in
dorsement of their natural confidence in
his wisdom. regard him infalIible. Be
ing youths of active intellect, they never
allow him to run any risk of ennui. lie
had just put on his overccat and had his
hand on the doorknob when one Of them
nailed him.
Father. will you please tell me some-
thing"
Il haven't time now"
Il only want to ask one question"
Cant you wait until tonight?
Il might forget IT."
Try TO remember IL. IL will be good
mental discipline. Goodbye.
Il wanted ever so much to know right
away" he persisted.
But"
1T won't take you n minute
Are you sure?'
Yes"
His father looked at lis watch and said:
Well go ahead. What is yer guess
tion?'
why, all I wanted 70 know Is now they
work miracles and MAKE condensed milk
Evening star., 1897-01-23
\ GOODLY FIGURE,
\ BIZ. Price Paid for Poetry Which
Made Il Precedent.


The Star reporter was taking an jnte,lec
tGal fall or two out of the literary person.
just to show that Individual that all the
lit, ratuie in the world wasn't centered in
ole human being when the literary person
became catech hetical.
DO you know he said "the highest
price ever paid for single short poem?"
That was easy for the reporter.
Course l do" he said at was that thou
sand one of our American periodicals paid
up to Tennyson for couple of dozen lines
or So"
The literary person simply withered the
reporter by a look.
II beg your pardon he said. "but the
isheSt price received for short
poem was by man, an Englishman too
by the way. bearing the pIebeian name of
Smith. His poem was shorter than Ten
Lysons, and he got fifteen times as much
for it,"
.Ill bet YOU" interrupted the reporter,
that no American publisher. however an
slomaniac he may be. was fool enough to
put up that amount for a poem''
IN admit, 1t was Englishman who
paid the money" said the literary person
in tone of regret. This Mr. Smith. who
died in lS:s9. at the age OF sixty-flve. was a
brother of Horace Smith and the two
smiths wrote those very clever things of a
by-gone day. known as The Rejected Ad-
dresses, being limitations of famous au-
thorS. On one occasion our Mr. Smith
dined with Mr.. Strahan, the kings printer
who was suffering from old age and gout
though his mental faculties were as bright
as ever. and the next morning Mr.. Stra-
han received from Mr.. Smith the following
stanZa OF eight lines:
Your lower limbs seemed far from stout
When last I saw you walk;
The cause l presently found out
When you began to talk;
The power. that props the bodys length,
In due proportion spread
In you, mounts upward, and the strength
All settles in the head
This compliment was pleasing to Mr.
Strahan that he forthwith added a codiciI
TO his will by which he bequeathed f3,OOO
In cash 915,OOO) to the poeticaI Mr.. Smith"
This price," concluded the literary per-
son. lis at the rate of $1.S75 a line Of our
money. and as there are forty-seyen words
in the poem each word brought the LUCKY
genius about $319.10. price for poetry
which even the promised era of prosperity
viii scarcely bring to modern bare ba cked
riders of Pegasus"
Evening star., 1897-01-23
THE HISTORIC OLD IRONsIDEs.
What Congress Ought to Do With the
Ship.

What Congress Ought To Do With tho
Ship.
From the Chicago TimesHerald
Another appeal is being made to Con-
gress to appropriate a sufficient sum OF
money to repair the old frigate Constitu-
tion-'1Old Ironsides'-and put her into
brought TO Washington to be preserved
a naval relic.
For years this historic vessel. once the
pride of every American, has been lying
neglected and half-forgotten at the Ports
mouth navy yard. 1t has been used for
menial Offices, just sometimes a great
race horse has been degraded to the cab
and the cart. More than once some brutal
naval economizer has proposed to break
her up and sell her for junk. Some such
proposition Was made about the beginning
OF the civil war, when II was found she
was not seaworthy, but DIR. Oliver Wendell
stirring poem, ''Old lronsides," and II has
not beer mooted since. But the old vessel
has long been suffered Ito lie in cold OBJ
struction and to rot Ii is a shame to our
patriotism that ii should be SO.
The pride OF the English navy today the
vessel that has the place OF honor before
all others, is the old line-of- battle ship
Victory, that carried Nelson to death and
to undying fame at Trafalgar. That great
ship Is preserved as sound and as perfect
when she was I'm truth and in fact one OF
the wooden walls of England" She is
kept as a perpetual memorial of England's
conquest of the sea
What the Victory was to the British
navy the Constitution was to ours She is
the memorial of our naval victories over
Britain in a war In which she never lost \
battle.
Why should she not be preserved?
Evening star., 1897-01-23
Day Dreaming,

In the Somewhere region that's ever bright
In the glow of the Someday sun.
Is a castle that rears its columned height
Where the mirroring waters run:
Where the tranquil moments like music
To answer each longing the heart can
know.
And the air grows sweet with the gentle
sigh
OF the roses kissed as the Zephyrs fly.
Like the fabled tokens of maaic's power
1t rises. swift as thought.
From the wistfulness of an idle hour
Are its dazzling splendors wrought.
But alas to dust are its glories flung,
By the passing jest of AN idle tongue.
They are gone, those beauties of form and
hue
That were built of the things you meant
to do.
There's another place where the roses are,
Though il boasts arch nor spire;
1t rests to the hitherward. by far,
OF tie land of the Hearts Desire.
'Tfs built of the things that you've really
DONE
And the hours smile back at the gliding
sun,
And you love il weil-tnough you sigh
anew
For the House OF the Things You Meant
TO Do.