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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

The benencence Of the absolute
reign of gold is illustrated by the lat
est report of the Pennsylvania bureau
Of labor statistics, which shows that
not only average wages of laborers
actually employed have fallen IL per
cent since 1892, but the average num-
Der Of men who are getting any wages
at all has fallen "a per cent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
Unconstitutional"

When the law exempting from taxa
ton $500 of improvements and $500
of personal property was pending in
legislature Of the state Of Washington
last winter, all the leading lawyers
said it was certainly constitutional.
About two-thirds of the land values OF
Washington are owned by spectators,
mostly non-residents, whose taxes
would be increased by such exemption
of the fruits and industry, so a pressure
the pressure of great wealth-was
brought to bear on the supreme court
of the state, and it decided the exemp-
ton unconstitutional. 1t also decided
the old law, in force for years, by
which $500 to each head OF family
was exempt, to be unconstitutional. The
court held that even the clothing on
the back was not exempt, and that as
SCISSORS had the right to examine and
see il the undershirts, drawers, etc.,
worn by men and women were Of cot
ton, wool or silk, and assess them ac-
cordingly-at least this is the inter-
probation made by the encouragement
to the assessors.
This decision has at least the merit
of consistency, though there's nothing
in the text in the constitution Of Wash
ington to justify it. The people Of the
state were practically unanimous for
the new law and are very hot in the
collar over the decision. Fortunately
the same legislature submitted con-
stitutional amendment to be voted on
in 1898 for local option in taxation,
and it is sure to carry.-Mound City
(Kan) Standard.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
Ignorant Politicians.

Many politicians of our time are in
the habit of laying it down as a self
evident proposition that no people
ought to be free till they are fit to
use their freedom. The maxim is
worthy the fool who resolved not to
90 into the water till he had learned
to swim. If men are to wait for lib
erty till they become wise and good
in slavery, they may indeed wait for
overwhelmingly ESSAY on Milton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

Perry Belmont returned from his
master, Rothschilds, across the ocean,
a day or two ago, and reported that an
international conference depended up
on the action of France and Germany,
and that these two nations would do
nothing unless England consented. He
says England will not consent because
the gold standard benefits her, and she
knows 1t. Coming from headquarters
Mr.. Belmont's report is authentic, and
verifies our prediction that an interna-
tional agreement is out of the quastisE.
Silver Knight-Watchman.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

My friends, unless our children have
more patience and courage than saved
this country from slavery republican
institutions will go downgEtbefore
moneyed corporations Rich men die.
but banks and corporations are i'm
mortal. They are never afflicted with
disease. In the long run they are
bound to win with legislation.-Wen-
dell Phillips.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

One Paper away down east. the
cSnstop Rhode Island, Beacon, re-
fuses to Join tbs trained chorus set
up by the plutooratic press. that proc
perity has already arrived, and sayG
1.-THE wave OF Mckinley prosperity
arrived with such force that 1t caused
a reaction. The business world was
not prepared for it, the shock was too
great, and therefore factories and mills
are shutting down just to make sure
We are not dreaming"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
McKinley's Prosperity.

The babies cry in the darkness
And the wantons ride in the light,
And the voorhees, workman walks all
day,
And goes to his home at night.
To find the landlord at the door
With the rent bill IN his hand;
And to hear the wife and children pray,
God, give us where to stand"
Oh, the spindles rust in the factory
And the foodstuffs rot OH the farm,
And the hungry laborer cannot lift
His starveling babe on his arm.
His wife goes out to the washtub
And his daughter goes to the bad,
And he goes down to the cheap saloon
There's drink, at least, to be had.
The merchant goes to the assignee
And the banker goes to the Lake;
And all of the gold and the land it buys
Goes under the croupier's rake.
For the gold-bugs go to the Temple,
And the workman goes to the Cross,
And the profit goes to the financiers,
And the game-to the Peoples loss.
Oh, the cottage goes at the "sheriff's
sale,"
And the farm to the money king,
And the virgin prairie the good God
gave,
It goes to the land-grab ring.
And the boy goes out to Cuba,
That once would have gone "ou\
West"
For a few of us own the whole wide
world,
And there's no room left for the rest.
Virginia M. Butterfield, in San Fran
cisco Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
Cold Facts.

Do we no. ~ it as a duty to our
children to leave to them as good a
soyernr emit as our fathers left us? II,
as we are about to pass off life's stage
we find conditions much worse than
when we came upon it, who can our
children blame but us? We may be
able to hog it through some way, but
how about those who follow us-our
children, for instance? ff
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

President Mckinley has sent meb.
sage to congress urging an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for the starving Amer
leans in Cuba. That Is patriotism.
A proposition to appropriate money
for the starving Americans In Ameri-
ca would be called demagogy. PA
triotism" has evidently come to mean
Glove of some other country. Coast
Seaman's Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
No Right to Live.

The whole machinery of government
stands ready to protect the property
of plutocracy, however it was acquired.
But not word is said of the homeless
mans right to live as he wanders over
the idle acres of the monopolist.-Com-
mon Cause.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
, Ancient Wisdom. Il

One thing ought to be aimed at by
all men--that the interest Of each, in
dividually and collectively. should be
the same; for, If each should grasp at
his individual interest, all human So
ciety would be dissolved. ACicero..
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

Preventable misfortunes consist,
chiefly. of manifold things, little to do,
but immense things to have done
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
A Tangled Wer, u.

The law is web where thy weak
are caught and the strong EsSak
through. Bacon. p" AZ
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

consisteney. II am reliably informed
that this is the only gold filled tooth
he has, while he has sixteen other
teeth each one Of which has been filled
with silver" ri-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

IN every race the loser finds but a
rev friends.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
A VIEW0F THE FIELD.
THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO-
OTHER IN EVERY STATE.

Activity and Room for More Activity
within Party Limos and Without
Mckinley Prosperity of the Invisible
sort-pemocrats and Populists.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.
Money is not made to be redeemed
but to circulate.-Southern Mercury.

The assessor is often tempted to
pass around the hat for the benefit oil
some OF our poverty-strlclen million
aires.-Minneapolis Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

A people heavily in debt cannot be
. tree people, for 1t is conceded that
NO power in civilized society is so great
as that Of the creditor over the debtor.
Farm, Stock and Home.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

Powderly has been appointed by the
powers. Kings ere always willing to
reward such labor leaders" as have
misled those who have reposed con-
fidence in them. And still the masses
vote for their pressors.-Appeal tc
Reason.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

Every dollar Of gold in the world has
cost over 81, and Of every $4,000 gold
mines in the world only two have paid
These are statistics which ought tt
stagger even a person who is getting
ready to go to Alaska.-Baltimore
American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

The most pronounced goldbug can
no longer consider the silver question
a local one. Colorado is getting along
under the gold-standard better than
any other state in the Union. Colo
RADIO people are for free coinage be-
cause they think it is for the interest
of the whole country.-Pueblo Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

AS usual, the bright newspaper writ
.rs who have been trying to provoke
laugh at Jerry Simpson because he
got tooth filled with gold Instead of
white metal, find that the laugh is on
themselves. Mr.. Simpsons colleague,
Mr.. Lewis of Washington, has taken
the wind Of these funmakers' sails. ut
is true" he says, that Mr.. Simpson
has had but one of his incisors tipped
with gold. but far from being incon-
sistent. he has been very model at
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

We hope to live to see the industrial
system under which the destruction OF
won't be godsend to the
who are employed to re-
place it.-Star and Kansan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

There can be no question that the
state has the right and the power to
provide that every man shall have an
equal right with every other to use
a part of the land-the opportunity to
labor. Once this is secured 1t Is sim
pie and easy thing for the wealth pro-
ducers to protect themselves from any
fleeing by the non-producers. When
a man can always employ himself and
have all he produces he will never work
for another man for half what he earns.
Knights of Labor Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-27

President Andrews will be more ap.
plauded by all fair-minded men OF the
country, irrespective of their financial
views, than will the trustees of Brown
university. They granted him the
right to think, but they do not accord
him the right to speak. That would
cost the university money, and as
President Andrews would not sell him
self he was permitted to resign" All
honor to ndrews!-Colorado Springs
Telegraph.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

Here is some testimony from a source
that makes it valuable. The Chronicle,
OF Augusta Ga in commenting on the
fact that Afro-American men of the South
are rapidly Cling the trades and thus
crowding on the whites, explains how it
happens in the following candid state
ment. To say the least it must greatly
encourage those people who have al.
ways had faith in the o-American. il
he was given fair chance in the race OF
life. Tie Chronicle says:
A glance at the white schools and at
the Negro schools in the South will show
that the Negro schools are teaching their
pupils more of the practical needs of life
and fitting them to earn q livelihood bet
ter than the white schools arc. For
every white chronological school the
Negroes have half a dozen. + ** When
a young Negro man or women leaves any
one or more than dozen schools in the
South. he or she is equipped for earning
livelihood and for advancing the stan.
dard of the race"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

cannot bestow the title ofmen upon them
have broken all records. According to
reports: Sunday night one rapist (?) was
burned in his own home by posse OF
deputy sheriffs; Tuesday morning the
lifeless body of a murderer (?) was
found dangling from a railroad trestle;
Tuesday night six men were arrested
accused of having participated in row
in which two whites were Gu, one Of
these was instantly lynched the others
escaping after being shot several times
The mob then, signing for more gore,
hunted mp six more unfortunate Afro
Americans and hanged them. Comment
is uni ecessary. Language fails US. It
looks like God IS dead.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

Modes and Fabrics for August has descriptions
of fancy garaen party dresses, early autumn IA
brics, seasonable millinery valuable ideas for
dressmakers and other good things. Modes and
Fabrics Pub. Co.,
Stories of Missouri, ~ John R. Musick, author
of the Columbian Historical novels. Cloth 12mo,
2sS pages. Profusedly illustrated. Price, 80
cents. American Book Company, New York,
Cincinnati, and Chicago.
Large varities Of latest models can be found in
the late numbers Of McDowells Fashion Journals
published at West 18th Street, New York. J
LA Mode de Paris'' is $50 "a year, IS cents q
single copy. French Dressmaker'' is s. 90 year
and 80 cents q single copy.
Nc Calls Magazine. The queen of Fashion for
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such as Amusing Mistakes of Great Writers''
Dancing AID Some Of its Exponents' "How to
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The Queen OF Fashion for August contains IN
excellent article, "Good Health and Good Looks''
Then follows "Hints for Singers" "Garden Part
ies," "Games for Recreation Month";" Fancy
Work for Summer Days" and Of course all the
latest fashions. Mccall Co., Publishers, New
York.
Liable Constantin. A comedy in three acts by
Hector Cremieux and Pierre Decourcelle. Adapt.
ed from the romance of Ludovic Halevy. Edited
for school use by Victor E. Francois. Boards.
12mo, III pages, with notes and numbered lines,
Price, IS cents. American Book Company, New
York Cincinnati and Chicago.
A. Mcdowell & Co., West 18th Street, New
York, publish the only cheap imported Fashion
Journal sold in this country. La Mode de Paris
is $3.50 year, IS cents. copy, and French
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
sT!R]'IvINGs
Contlnued from 1sr.. Page.

Negro, not in opposition to. but in CON-
formity with, the greater ideals of the
American republic, in order that some
day. on American soil, two world races
may give each to each those character
istics which both so badly Ia, k. Already
We come not altogether emptv-han ded:
there is to-day no true American music
but the sweet wild melodies of the Negro
s'ave; the American fairy tales are In
dian and African; We are the sole oasis
ofeimple faith and reverence in dusty
desert Of dollars and smsrtness. Will
America be po>rer If she replace her
brutal, dyspeptic laundering with the
light hearted but determined Negro
humility; or her coarse, cruel wit with
loving, jovial good humor: or her ''Annie
Rooney" With "Steal Away?" .
Merely stern concrete test of the IN
DERIVING principles Of the great republic
is the Negro problem, and the spiritual
striving of the freedm ems sons is tie
travail of souls whose burden is almos
beyond the measure of their strength,
but who bear it In the name of an his !,
tor,c race, in the name Of this land of
their fathers fathers, and in the name
of human opportunity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

Vassar College was ''all torn up" last
week because, forsooth, Anita Hemm-
ings young woman so fair that the fact
that she had African blood in her veins
was not suspected, was among the
graduates. She did not disclose the fact
until just before graduation, when re-
marks she made to her roommate led to
an investigation, which brought out the
facts. The girl says that when young she
was clever and bright and wealthy
white woman offered to educate her, see
ing in her possibilities of noble woman
hood, if properly reared. She studied
hard, passed the required examination,
and entered Vassar. This college is
noted for it's exclusiveness, and every
official of the college refuses to say ausht
regarding this girl graduate. She has
been known as one of the most beautiful
young women who ever attended the
great institution of learning, and even
now women who received her in their
homes as their equal do not deny her
beauty. At the reception, ON founders
day, Philalethian day and the other
holidays of the college year, none of the
fair students was more eagerly sought by
the men from Yale, Harvard, and other
universities who attended these events.
Her fellow students called her "The
beautiful brunette"
We suppose, now, those ladies who re-
ceived the "beautiful brunette" and the
men from Yale and Howard will not
speak to her as they pass by. What
foolishness. She is just as much the lady
now as then, Just as much the equal and
just as pretty.
The ''beautiful brunette" is the Oldest
of the four children of Robert and Mary
Hemmings, of No. 9 Sussex St., Boston.
Her father is hard working man, and
owns his home. All the children, two
girls and two boys, are ambitious and
studious. Anita has been lover of
books from childhood. She stood high
in her classes in the public schools being
graduated with honors from the Prince
School and the Girls High School Then
she went to Dwight L Moody'sseminary
at Mortified, where she prepared for
Vassar.
My, how it hurts some Anglo.Saxonsto
be brought face to face with the fact that
they have actually treated an Afro-Ame.
rican as they would one of their own
number. They always seem to feel that
some special treatment is necessary for
an Afro-American. Unwittingly the
folks in and around Vassar treated Miss
Hemmirgs just as she should have been
and now they are kicking them
selves.
We are pleased to state that Miss
Hemmings has since graduation, secured
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

purpose of association with the Prospect
adj white women. We feel sure that
this class of white women are not the
kind that are given to serving Afro-Ame-
ricans, with tea at Kensington social or
else that would tend to place
them upon the same plane of social
equality. If such was the case, which
we very much doubt, isn't it about time
white people, North and South, should
learn little common sense? In the
North there are many establishments
that employ Afro-Americans in the
mechanical trades and such thing as
the question of social equality is not
even limited at. 1t is simply a matter of
earning ones bread by the sweat of his
or her brow. The Picayune makes a
very poor apologist for the actions of a
lot of prejudiced, ill-bred, vulgar men
and women. However, the Afso-Ameri-
cans: will soon have establishments OF
their own in operation, where by men
and women of The race will be given en-
ployment and a chance to earn an honest
living with the hardy hands that God
has provided them with and IL will M,
be necessary then to outrage the society
of respectable white women" by forcing
contamination upon them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
Dressmaker" is $500 year, 80 cents a copy
These journals make special feature Of lessons
on practical dressmaking each month.

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These journals make special feature Of lessons
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

For a ell-informed man to start for
the Alaska, gold regions at this time of
the year requires more physical courage
than was necessary in charging the
Heights Of Fredericksburg. In that
charge there was chance for some of
the boys to come back. In winter
charge on the Yukon there is almost no
chance for q return.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28

What has become of the New Orleans
Republican? For several weeks it has
failed to appear. We venture to suggest
that it's versatile editor should make
provision of some kind for subscribers
when he is away spending his vacation,
even lift should be necessary to put his
office "devil' in the editorial chair DUR
ing his absence.
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