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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-28
81 am Going to Keep the BOnd!"

These are significant words, purporting to
come from President Mckinley OF course,
we have to take the report of the newspapers
for the truth of the statement, and we get this
from the Chicago dailies. We have had some
experience with Chicago dailies for the last tn
years, and have learned to tax what they enun-
ciate with some degree of allowance. tits not
altogether improbable, however, that Mckinley
has declared that he purposes to keep the bond,
as he is under the direct influence OF the bond
holders, and they no doubt intend that the bond
business shall be Gagged by the the secretary of
the treasury, who would destroy the greenbacks
and issue bonds for the dear people WHOM the
bankers of Lombard and Wall streets love so
we'll and serve so faithfully.
81 am going to vindicate the sound-money
plank in the st. Louis PLATFORM says Nc
Kinley. "The President and Mr.. Gage see eye
to eye on the money question:" says the Chi
cago Post. The sound-money plank of the ST.
Louis platform pledged to the voters of the
country that the administration would labor to
promote an international agreement for bmeta-
lism.. There can be no doubt of the fact to the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-28
The Essence Of Socialism,

Christ taught His followers odespise riches
to take no thought of the morrow. To the
ruler who inquired how he should inherit eter
nal life, Christ replied: "Sell all that thou
hast and distribute unto the poor and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven; and come and follow
me-" Not only did Christ teach the very es-
sence of socialism, but He and His disciples al
ter Him practiced it, And yet there are church
members to-day who tell us that socialism Is
dangerous; that it would DESTROY religion and
disrupt the family Funny, isn't it, that
Christ should have set SO bad all example ?
The truth is that the church has repudiated
Christ, and the great need OF the hour IS new
John the Baptist to prepare the way OF His sec
ond coming Social Democrat
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-28

THE city of Boulder, Col, three years ago,
had some terrible wash-outs by the neavi rains.
The business men and bankeis besieged the
commissioners to issue s 900, 900 bonds on ten
and twenty years, to repair the injury, But
the commissioners said, ono; we will not bond
the people" Instead, they issued labor scrip
to the amount of $40, 900, repaired all the in
Jury with all nome labor, and to-day, just three
years after, the scrip is all taken up-redeemed,
if you please--without paying interest for ten
or twenty years. 1t is relief tc see the peo-
ole once in a while show a litIc sense, attic
it may be in isolated cases. Nevada ONO. }
Director.
Here is a good illustration Of the difference
between handling public work for the benefit
of bond holders Oh the one hand and lor the
people on the other. There is reason i'll the
worlt. for the issuance of bonds by either mu-
uicipaI, srate or national governments. Scrip
or paper money will take their place and be a
great benefit to the whole people, Instead OF
being an ever-increasing burden, as bonds al
WAYS Burlington Courier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-28

REV. 7. G. DoUGHERTY has resigned he pas.
torate of the First Congregational church OF
Kansas City, Kas. He has been preacher III
Kansas for twenty five ycars--hfe,n years at
Kansas City.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-28

The Popuists have another congressman
w. F. Aldrch, from the Fourth Alabama dis
trict He takes the place OF Thos. S Pow,
,man, who now occupies the scat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-28

',sastrous floods il Indiana.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
MULES AS TIMEKEEpER3.
Refuse to Work When Their Trick
on the TowPath IL Done.

Refuse to Work when Their Trick
ON the TowPath Is Done.
1t was just before the canal was
closed. Snow covered the towpnth That
was marked only by the broad-soled
shoes of the driver and the narrow
hoofs of the three gnunt mules that
sleepily stretched in their collars with
the weight of the sodden towline and
the two boats dragging behind in the
dirty water Of the canal.
1t was just before seven o'clock in THE
morning and the sun had just come
enough way from across the sea to
climb up part way on the big globe
and cast pale gray light over the
awakening city. Laborers and shop
girls were hurrying to work, shiyering
in the chill air that marked the sudden
appearance Of winter.
On the bridge crossing the canal at
the weighlock two men stood watching
the approaching boats, and yawning
and stretching in contemplation of an
other days work One was canal en-
pioye.
See those sleepy mules" said he, as
he stretched himself again sympathet-
cally. "See that clock over there in
the tower of the railroad station across
the river, Two minutes of seven. Bet
you those mules will give the time first
before the whistle blows. They're great
on time. Know it better'n you do. Just
watch"
The three gaunt beasts with their
ears tapping in apparent forgetfulness
were urged into a trot over the bridge,
and the two men lodged the towline
that slipped over the bridge railing to
the other side of the canal.
1t was one minute of seven. The
mules stopped on the towpath.
All three loudly prayed and the cho-
rus of "Enh hows" awoke the sleeping
people along the canal bank for hun
dred of yards. And then the whistles
in all the factories sent out steam into
the cold air and in tones shrill and
somber sounded the beginning of the
days work.
"Wot tell you? Them mules beat
'em out by a minute" remarked the
canal employe leaning on the railing of
the bridge. "They won't go no further
They know it's time for feed and rest.
See the boatman. They're goin' to take
a snub and put on a new team"
Lines were thrown and in few min
utes the canal boats were tied fast to
the bank. Three deiected-looking
mules, still munching a wisp of hay,
scrambled up the gangplank, and their
places in the stable Of the forward part
of the boat were soon taken by the time,
keepers.
"Why. those mules" remarked the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10

TO the sao-1aceu young man SUING
down; my friend, would you have the
kindness to give this young lady your
seat; she is very tlTed?"
The sad-faced young man folded his
arms resolutely and replied mo,
will not have the kindness to give this
young woman my seat. Last Monday
morning she took my place in Blank &
Co.'S as boolslieeper, because she would
work for three dollars a week less then
I was getting. II she can take my place
in business she must take my place in
the street car. have wife and little
baby starving at home. 1 have been
tramping the streets all day trying to
find work. I am tired, too"
Everybody in the car turned to listen
to the sad-faced young mans words.
They were very earnest. The smart
young woman turned with sheer and
looked into the face of the young man
who stood beside her. Nothing more
was said.-Buffalo News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church Of Kewanee,
ILL.,, has organized night school in that
place.
by the opening of the new railway
to Bulawayo, the ZOmbesi missionary
stations are within three months jour
ncy from England,
Prof, Leonard, of Heidelberg, who
first discovered the cathode rays, has
received from the French Academy of
Sciences its prize of 10000 francs.
There are about a dozen strong
Presbyterian churches in London,
whose membership is made up almost
entirely from the working classes.
-Four persons have each contributed
$4,000 toward the Commercial museum
recently established on the university
grounds at Philadelphia, and aided by
state appropriation.
"A wealthy manufacturer in Bahia,
Brazil, recently gave new school build
ing, completely furnished and equipped,
capable of accommodating 1850 pupils,
to the Presbyterian mission Of that
place,
Germany is about to send a musical
mission to Italy headed by Arthur Nj
kisch, who has already had experience
with the Bostonese, TO spread the
knowledge of the music Of Wagner and
Humperdnck, Kaiser Wilhelm is in
terested in the scheme and will give
leave of absence to all the Berlin opera
house singers who may be needed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10

sponsible people OF the strange ana
picturesque scenes and adventures and
the vicissitudes Of fortune to be met
with there?"
Possibly you're right in looking at
the subject that way. But have read
everything about Alaska I could get
hold Of, AS far as l can make 1t all out,
some people are having enough to eat
and some are going hungry; some are
working for what they get and others
are trying to obtain 1t by all kinds OF
skin games; some are going to stick it
out where they are and others are going
to move along and see II they can't find
some place that will be more comforta-
BILE. Some are getting rich fast, others
are going ahead and saying nothing
about failure, and some are lying down
and giving up completely. Maybe it's
all different up there, as you say, but to
me it sounds great deal like the same
old story. Washington Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10

eral hours can be carried in the pocket,
and be replenished from time to time
with very little trouble.
One who has never had 10 contend
with London fog can hardly appre-
ciate just how important part these
helmet lamps may play. The fog set
ties down in thick yellow haze, often
rendering it impossible for person
to see his hand before him. Police
men obliged to stand on the crossings
on busy thoroughfares are often in a
very dangerous position. Several po-
licemen standing at their posts of duty
have been run down and killed. The
helmet lamp would be sort Of guidir =,
star to cabmen.
1t is proposed TO ms,so me bulb of
the lamp of rsdalsh glass, because
this color ia yisible at much greater
distance than ordinary white light. The
fogs Of London have a peculiar yellow
color which renders them almost I'm
penetrable to the ordinary yellowish,
white light Of the street lamps. An.
ordinary gas fame such. as burns at
the street corners, may sometimes be
seen only within radius of few feet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
DRESSES For WINTER.
Suitable Materials for servicenbIe
Costumes.

Suitable Materials for servicenble
Costumes.
Busy housekeepers and others whose
work makes it necessary to wear dresses
that can be washed frequently prefer
cotton to wooden goods, and variety
Of outing fannels, fannelettes and
feece-lined goods have been manufac-
tured to meet the demand. They are
30 much warmer than calico or ging-
ham, and when washed require no
starch, hence are easier to iron. They
make excellent dresses and skirts for
children, and there is nothing better
for winter nightdresses than light-col-
ored outing flannel that is not too heavy.
Flannelette comes in plaid, narrow
stripes and small checks, in rich, dark
shades of green, blue, purple, red and
brown. They are handsome in appear
ance and very durable, while the price
places them within the reach Of all.
Fleece-lined goods come in the most at
tractive designs, the polka dot and Per-
sian figures on black ground being
the prettiest seen in large assortment.
The garments may be made in any plain,
pretty fashion, using no trimming that
will not wash nicely. Dresses for little
girls are pretty with plain, close-fitting
waists, full skirts made Of straight
widths, deeply hemmed, large, pointed
collars and full sleeves gathered into
cuffs. Another pretty style has a
square or round yoke, plain coat sleeves
with a ruffie put on the top, epaulet
fashion, and the neck finished with a
plain band. Sailor costumes are stylish
and comfortable, and are easily en-
larged when outgrown. Ladies' house
dresses are usually made princess shape,
or any Of the plain tea gowns are pretty
for them.
These goods do not shrink, and it is
easy to keep them from fading, If the
proper care is taken in laundering, but
careless washing will make the colors
dull and dingy in short time. Prepare
a separate water for them, for If washed
after the white clothes, the lint will
stick to them. Make good suds, using
ivory soap and water that Is little more
than lukewarm. Two soapy waters are
all that is necessary usually; rinse
quickly in lukewarm water, pass them
through the wringer, and hang where
they will not freeze. Take from the
line while still damp, and iron dry
Boston Budget.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10

canal man on the bridge, as he watched
the new team starting under way and
the towllne stretching as the lines we're
cast Off, "know more about the time o.
day than you do unless you look at
your watch, They work Just so many
hours. They 60 along the towpath with
heads cast down and ears dropping to
be awakened occasionally with the
whip, when they have to hustle across
bridges and take up the slack OF the
towllne, but when breakfast or dinner
or supper time comes, why you can
bank all your money on it every time
that they'll holler within minute of
the right time whether it rains or
SHOWS, whether it's dark MS pitch or the
sun shines out clear and bright. They
may call EN- jackasses, but there's wus
that wears pants."-Rochester IN. W
Union.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10

ernor OF cape colony. tle arranges tnaJ
a postal courier shall visit it annually
Last year the ship carrying the cor
respondence, the Pretoria, left the Cape
on October IA. She started for st.
Helena. where she was to deliver the
packet to the commandant Of the Eng
lish vessel Maggie, which would con-
vey II to Tristan d'AcunhO, The years
mail was composed Of ten letters, three
newspapers and two packages of books.
Thus the island inhabitants of 81 de-
grees 3 minutes south latitude will
soon be informed, albeit rather meager-
ly, Of what has taken place In the world
during the last 10 months,--Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
FAcToRY-MADE PALMS.
Mandatory of Artificial Plants in
New York City.

Mandatory of Artificial Plants in
New York City.
This is the age Of things artificial. A
palm manufacturer has recently opened
a salesroom on upper Broadway, and a
huge sign lower down on the same thor
oughfare notifies the mob that another
store of the same sort will soon be
ready for business. The artificial tree
industry is comparatively new and it
must be profitable, All over town one
sees counterfeits. Many of the large
stores, and most of the more prominent
hotels of this city, including some of
those that are most tasteful in their
decorations, now have huge palm trees
in their halls or entrances, and even in
private houses it is not uncommon to
find plants with removable leaves. The
prepared palms, such as are used to-
day, are infinitely more real in appear
ance than the old artificial plants of a
few years ago, Many are so close in
their resemblance to the live plant that
1t is hard to detect them as limitations
without close scrutiny. The leaves are
real leaves, and not constructed out Of
enameled tin, like the old kind, and the
fiber on the trunk is real fiber. 1t is
Nonly on approaching them and exam
ming them that the leaves are seen to
be painted and the stalks inserted into,
but not growing out Of, the STEM The
price of the manufactured article varies
from so cents to $25 for the ordinary
specimens, but some of the larger and
finer ones amount to $50, or even 500.
A small fen palm sprig of some Is inches
high is sold at half dollar; tree, such
as those that are seen in the halls of ho-
tells, measuring, say, nine feet high, and
with about 1S removable leaves, will
cost SIT. The sage palm is a more ex-
pensive variety, d tree of five feet SELL
ing for as much as $50. We may rail
against humbug to our hearts content,
but, somehow or other, the laugh is sell
dom on the fellow who fools us.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
DETECTED A SIMILARITY.
1t Sounded Like the Same Ola story
to Him.


to Him.
"Well," remarked the man who Is al
ways full of adventure in his converse
ton, but who never leaves home, "I'm
going"
"Where?" inquired his next door
neighbor.
ITO the Klondike, I'm going next
spring"
"Are you?"
ayes. You can stand back and as
sumo an attitude of indifference now il
you like. But the time'l come when
you'll wish that my efforts to fire you
with enthusiasm and persuade you TO
come along had succeeded"
Maybe / will"
"The troubles that you haven't taken
pains to look into the thing. You have
gotten so completely into rut that
you are afraid to step out and do soms7
thing that will require you to lace a
change of conditional 2ya {
"How 40 you Know it will be any
change Of conditions?"
Haven't you read the reportsP
Haven't you seen the accounts from re-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
PoLICEMEN,s HELMETS.

I'm London They Are to lie Equipped
with Electric Lights.
A plan is under consideration by the
police authorities Of London to equiv
the policemen's helmets with small
electric lights to help illuminate the
streets on foggy days. The device con
sists of n small incandescent bulb,
mounted on the helmet without shade
or globe. The current required to OPP
crate the light is furnished by small
pocket battery, which the policeman
carries about with him.
1t is estimated that sufficient current
to run the'little helmetlamp for sew
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
Indians practIced Dentlatry,

Charles Noel, who has been examin-
ing u number Of Indian mounds near
Portsmouth, o., while recently excavat-
ing n mound on the Feurt farm, five
miles from Portsmouth and on the
banks of the Scioto river, found a
skeleton which partially crumbled
away when brought to the surface.
Enough was saved, however, to show
that the aborigines practiced form OF
dentistry. All the teeth in the skull
were sound save two, and these were
allied by peArls.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10

(Sallsbury's Probable Successor In the
British Foreign Oflce)
tered the royal artillery in 1858. For
four years he acted MS secretary Of Lord
Northbrook, his cousin, while the latter
was vlceroy in India, In 1877 he was
appointed commissioner of the
Egyptian public debt and in 1870, when
the Khedive Ismall was deposed, he rep
resented England and France as one of
the controllers general. In 1850 Lord
Cromer's services in Egypt received
public recognition in his appointment
to the office Of finance minister on tho
vice royal council of Indln, under the
Marquis of Ripon, In 1883 he succeeded
Sir Edward Malet MS British agent, con-
sui general and minister pienipoten.
tlary in Egypt,
Lord Cromer Is a man OF quick de-
cision and great determination. He
would, so his friends believe, conduct
the foreign Office with such heartlness
as to leave no doubt in the mind Of the
world MS to what England proposes to
do in the snarl in China. In Egypt he
ruled with an iron hand and his titles
and decorations bear witness to the es-
TEEN he Is held in as an uncomproms-
ing servant Of British supremacy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
ROMANCE OF A CENTURY
Indy Millais, Once RuslSin'H Wife'
Meets Death from Kisses.


Meets Death from Kisses.
What the world has discovered of the
life Of Lady Mllais, whose death fol-
lowed soon after the recent demise OF
her husband, proves again the time
honored truism that the truthful ro-
monces of everyday life are stranger by
farthan the fancies of fiction. Even death
itself has been brought to the once beau
tiful woman through the kisses she
pressed on the lips of the great painter
who lay dying Of an incurable, con-
tagious throat disease. She knew, but
he did not that every caress meant
step to her death
Ii was a fitting climax and termin-
alton to a tale of wondrous love, to the
story of the life of John Millais; the
story of the splendid self-abnegation of
an heroic soul; the love-life of John
Millas and Euphemia Chalmers Ruskin,
as the painter first knew the woman
who was to be the guiding star Of his
destiny.
At this time John Millais, young
painter Of promise, and at that time a
disciple of Ruskin's school, sought
Ruskin's acquaintance. The art critic
recognized Millais' talent, at once be-
came his friend and often was his host.
Olillas was about four-and-twenty
when he first saw Mrs. Ruskin, and he
was one of the handsomest men that
ever lived.
The young wife, as she first appeared
to Millais, was also a vision of beauty,
grace and purity. To his dying day
NIillais repeated times without number
that in no other woman had he ever
found so perfect an incarnation of love-
Illness. The young painter, with the
keen, unerring eyes of love, OWNED her
unhappiness. Ruskin's temperament
and that Of his wife were radically OPP
posed.
The picture of "The Huguenot Lovers"
was at this time first contemplated and
afterward executed, with Mrs. Ruslsin,
at her husbands suggestion, posing for
the figure of the woman. John Ruskin,
silent and taciturn, studied the paint
ing, "The Huguenot Lovers" What be
had not seen in the eyes Of the living
man and woman he recognized in the
eyes of the painted figures. In the ex-
preston of the heart-brolien> faces of
the Huguenot lovers Ruskin saw the
whole truth. Then he performed an act
of supremest wisdom, Of magnificent
courage. He sacrificed his life for the
woman.
He gave up his most precious treas
ure--the woman whose happiness was
dearer to him than his own. Quietly
and without heroics Ruslfin told his
wife that he had OWNED her secret.
Mrs, Rusl1in, without the slightest scan
hal, without the shadow of imputation
Nippon her character, was divorced with
the courts consent to her resuming her
maiden name. Three months later she
was married to John Millais, and the
bride was given to her husband at the
altar by John Rusllin.
Stories of love usually end with the
marriage ceremony. John Millais' love
story really began with his bridal day.
It continued uninterruptedly until the
gates Of eternity opened to receive his
beautiful spirit.-Chicago Chronicle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
On the Snmn nIinninn

The Judge-Look here, Cephas, what
were you doing prowling around my
henhouse last night at such late hourP
Cephas-Who, me?
"Yes, you"
"Oh, come to reckerleck now, I was
jes' arter dat Henery of mine, but 1
couldn't find him, so lef'. What YOU
doin' out dar so late, Mars John?"
"Oh, was looking after that hennery
Of mine, too "-UD-to-Dnte,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-02-10
HE KEPT HIS SEAT.
Furthermore, He Explained Why HC
Didn't Surrender 1t.


Didn't Surrender 1t.
A little episode in street car illus
trates peculiar condition of society in
the average American city. The car was
humming along through the upper part
Of town. 1t was a rainy night and the
car was filed. At every street corner
women were crowding in, laden with
water-soaked bundles and all looking
more or less bedraggled and out Of
sorts. At Main and Mohawk streets a
smart-looking, well-dressed young
woman entered the car, and stood hang
ing to the straps. Directly in front Of
her sat sad-faced but very respecta-
ble-looking young man. He looked up
at the young woman, but gave no indi-
cation that he intended to give his seat
to her. One by one the men had sur
rendered their seats to the women un-
til only two or three men remained
sitting. Standing next TO the smart
young woman was another young man,
evidently a man of position, who knew
her. AS the car rushed along toward
Cold Spring the smart young woman
swung about on the straps and showed
signs of WEAKNESS. Still the young
man in front of her made no motion
toward surrendering his seat,
ooh, I'm so tired; it seems as though
l would drop down." she said to the
young man standing by her side. OF
course, that was too much for her gal
liant friend, and, STOPPING over, he said