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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Negro Education.

One of the most serious mistakes
that have been made all over this
country in the treatment of the negro"
the principal of one of the colored
schools said to a Baltimore Sun man,
has been the establishing of schools
In every way like the schools for white
children. The white children have the
inheritance which have descended to
them through generations Of cultivated
and intelligent ancestors. The ne
groes have no such inheritance. The
education that is adapted to the higher
intelligence of the whites is too high
for the negro in his present state
Three or four generations hence he
will be ready for the kind Of education
that is offered him now. What he
needs now is industrial training, COM
bned with some literary training.
1.-THE present system of training has
a tendency to qualify them for clerical
positions, but nine-tenths of the color
ed people earn their living by manual
labor, and for many years to come will
polytechnic institute for colored boys
here in Baltimore, but more attention
Is given to the grammar grades to pre-
paration for the high school course
than for the polytechnic course.
Il don't want to give the impression
that think they get too much literary
training in the primary and grammar
schools. What they do get is too much
in certain space of time. They can
not accomplish the grade work as read
lily as the white children can and the
two schools ought to be graded differ
emily. Longer time ought to be al
lowed for the accomplishing of the
grade work, and the course, by all
means, ought to include manual train
ing.
After nearly twenty years expert
ence as a teacher in colored schools 1t
seems to me that it would be wiser to
recognize the existing conditions-to
recognize the dense ignorance which
prevails among the majority of the col
ored people; to recognize the fact that
the standard of living is not the same
among the colored people as among
the whites, and to make allowance for
it in our school system. Neither the
income nor the intelligence of the col
ored people enables them to live as
the majority of the white people live.
Why not recognize the fact? Some
of the colored children must add to the
family income. Instead Of making
rules which refuse to recognize this,
why not rearrange the systic} so that
they can have the advantage OF :he
very necessary training?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Labor Notes.

Cleveland CO., bakers use 100000
union labels weekly.
There ars 10000 women trades I'M
ionists in Great Britain.
Chattanooga stonecutters secured TIE
eight-hour day without trouble.
Philadelphia bricklayers get 40 cents
an hour, eight hours day and have
a half-holiday Saturday.
The general assembly of the knights
of Labor will be held in Chicago tho
second week in November.
The street car strike at Chippewa
Falls, Wis, is off. The men work six
teen hours a day and get $50 week.
The Hod-carriers' Union Of Bloom
ington. ILL.,, asked for an increase OK
2h cents an hour, and were successful
after a strike of a day and half.
An agitation is going on in New
York city to enforce the ten-hour law
for railway employees, some of whom
have been compelled to work as high
as twenty-five hours continuously.
A machine has been perfected to dc
tobacco stripping. Hundreds of boys
and girls are employed at this work.
and it is said one machine, operated
by boy, can do the work of nifty
strippera
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Textile Workers.

The general executive council Of the
National Union of TextileWorkers Of
America met in the Hotel Cadillac
New York, the other day, and discussed
the advisabi lity Of making demand
for fewer hours Of work and higher
wages all over the country. The union
it was said, may soon have fight upon
its hands in the South, where the
wages of employees have already been
reduced. A member of the executive
committee was directed to confer WITH
the local leaders in Augusta, Ga.
where trouble is expected in the KING
& Sibley mills.
Local Union No. 100, Wool-Pullers,
of this city, was pledged to the finan-
cial and moral support Of the National
Union in it's endeavors to obtain
shorter hours and better wages.
The council issued statement, call
ing the attention of manufacturers to
probable danger to the cotton industry
of this country, in the event OF the
annexation of the Philippines. The
council said that if foreign capital were
to build factories there the southern
manufacturers will suffer greatly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The Germans, who are SO far ahead
Of many nations in certain class oil
technical skill, have incorporated into
their plumbing practice non-freezine
water pipe, which will save an meal
culable amount Of annoyance in a sin
gle winter. The purpose of the in
vention is not only to prevent the wa
ter from freezing, but to provide an OPP
portunity for it's expansion by cold. In
to the iron pipe, as far as 1t is above
the ground, there Is inserted second
narrower pipe of thin sheet tin or lead
which is filled with an elastic sub
stance, such, for instance, as rubber,
This insertion remains unaffected by
the ordinary pressure. but If the water
should be frozen by extreme cold the
elastic insertion is compressed by SO
much as the volume Of water Is in
creased by the freezing. With the COM
ing Of the thaw the insertion expands
again to It's original circumference.
The object Of the tin or lead around
the insertion is to prevent an unpleas-
ant taste or odor being impaired to
the water. 1t is said that water pipes
provided with such an insertion have
withstood cold test Of 40 degrees CEN
tigrade, while others that were not so
provided invariably burst at that tenn
perature.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

A new and highly important inven-
ton was tested at the German maneu-
vers this autumn. 1t was in the shape
of a Greek Phoenician fire, invented BY
a Berlin engineer. 1t ignites on con-
tact with the air or water and cannon
be quenched by either water or other
things. 1t burns with brilliant fame,
and 1t can be sunk under water or I'M
der ground and when brought to tho
surface instantly bursts into flame az
any desired point. 1t was tested dur
ing the night, off the island of Heligo-
land and off Kiel, and proved most EN-
cient in detecting the presence OF the
enemy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Woman as Business Advisers.

It is said that the only two coun-
tries where women are the leaders and
men in leading strings are France and
the United States. Frenchmen COM
ment on the fact that English ana
American women often are utterly ig-
norant as to whether their husbands
are making or losing money. while the
Frenchwoman, even in business, is her
husbands adviser, and is made his
confdante in regard to all his busi-
ness transactions. The critics think
that the different positions occupied
by American and English women are
due largely to education, boys and girls
being educated in the same schools In
America.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION.
Some False Assumptions and Self-Evidcnt
Propositions.

Some False Assumptions and Self-Evidcnt
Propositions.
It is often urged that business must
be good and everybody prosperous be-
cause we as nation can and have pro-
duced so much, in the way of agricul-
tural products and manufactured ar
ticles. Production Of itself cannot
make business for any length of time,
unless there is a sufficient outlet for
that production in the way OF con-
sumption. The farmer does not make
money, and cannot purchase supplies,
no matter how many bushels of wheat
per acre he has raised, until market
for that wheat is found and it is turned
into money. Nor can the manufacturer
make a profit by mere production, if
he could all that would be needed in
a dull period would be to start his ma
chinery and forthwith he would be-
come wealthy. These propositions are
80 self-evident that It seems waste
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
NO TIME TO LOSE,
Write at Once for Mermod g. Jaccard's
Great Illustrated Catalogue Free.

Great Illustrated Catalogue Free.
As Christmas approaches you should
write at once for the grand
new Illustrated Christmas Gaia
logue of the Mermod &c Jaccard
Jcwelry Co., of broadway and
Locust St., st. Louis. 1t contains 25o
pages, brimfull of the latest and most
beautiful things in Diamonds, Watches,
Jewelry, Silverware, Silverplated ware,
Clocks, Music Boxes, Silk Umbrellas,
Cut Glass, Spectacles. etc. 1t tells you
how very, very low their prices are for
these splendid high class goods, which
range from 25 cents to $4,000. 1t is sent
to you free on receipt of your name
and address. Better write at once for
it SO that you may order in time for
Christmas. The MermodJaccard jew
elry Co. guarantee to give you intire
satisfaction. Orders are carefully filled
by a member of the firm no matter how
small they may be. Kindly mention
This MINER
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

II never cheated an honest man"-so
says notorious green goods" dealer
who recently finished term in the
penitentiary. We see no reason to
doubt the truth Of this statement. The
man who offers counterfeit money for
sale does not expect rush of honest
customers. Whether he be a dealer
in bogus currency or mere pre-
tender, arranging to exchange blank
paper for lawful currency, his custom
ers know that he is rascal and they
believe that he is going to sell them
counterfeit money. Their object is to
become rich by committing felony.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

From Chicago News: In his report
to Chicago export association Consul
General Stowe confirms what has been
said in these columns about the neces-
sity of American manufacturers study
ing the requirements of foreign trada.
On the subject of fly screen Mr.. Stoves
expresses volumes in single para
graph:
81 received bid recently" he says,
''for four cheap screen doors and seven
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
How to PROPOSE to a Queen.

A young man on the island OF Malts
wanted to marry queen of one OF the
south Pacific islands, 20 he wrote her
letter. Most gracious queen" were
his words, II read about the steamship
Bonanza being drifted on your island
and the women under you began to Sc
lect husbands from the crew. and that
you, my queen, wanted for husband
man that would love you and make
you happy. If you will have me Tor .
husband write back and let me know
and send me the money for my pas
sage. Send me a paper note for +zS
and will come to you at once.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The growth Of fraternity among the
nations of the world is strikingly
shown in the fact that the Japanese i'm
perial court officially went into mourn
ing over the death of the Empress OF
Austria. When that empress was born,
Japan knew no more Of Austria than it
did of the planet Mars, and cared as
little. Today the two nations are
united by formal treaties of friendship,
and by the ties of common human sym
pathy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

Industrially, l divide mankind into
two great classes-wealth- makers and
wealth-takers. A farmer, mechanic,
a laborer, is a wealth maker. A mil
lionaire, Q usurer, capitalist, is a
wealth-taker. A tramp is wealth
taker on small scale. He begs for
what he gets; the other fellow simply
takes it without begging.-J. A. Edger-
ton
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
The Man Who Is Ready Now.

/ want to join the army
And wear uniform:
/ want to be a soldier, since
There are no forts to storm.
1 want to have brass buttons.
I'd like some shoulder-straps.
So that l might look down upon
All ordinary chaps.
I want to be a soldier,
/ want a sword to wear;
! want to ride horse and smash
The hearts of maidens fair;
I'd like to join the army
At the present moment, for
I'll be long, long time before
We have another war.
Cleveland Leader
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The authorities at Washington have
decided that the Southern states which
have failed to live up to their promises
in the way Of trust fund payments fol-
Indian lands cannot have the money
they have spent on equipping troops
returned to them. The cash is to &c
to liquidate the claims of the federal
government against them. The de-
cision will cause complaint but the
Justice of the move is self-evident
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Reaps What He Uus SOwn.

Wretched old John Sherman says
that Hanna and Mckinley buncoed him
out Ct his seat in the senate and bit
terly complains of their treatment of
him. John, how about that little bunco
game you played upon the American
people in 1873? Are not these men you
complain of pupils Of yours ?-Silver
Knight Waterman.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
That Ia Another Story.

What would barrel of fiat paper
money be worth If the government
should go down, shouts the ofiice-seek-
er? All! yes! What would barrel OF
government bonds be worth if the gov
eminent should fail? Don't all speak
at once.-Noble CHI Pilot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Public Utilities.

Virginias foremost newspaper, the
Richmond Times, says government
ownership of public utilities is I'M
doubtedly becoming more and more
popular, and that it is useless to deny
the fact.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

All along the line the opponents Of
the gold standard and the allied mo-
nopolies are expressing their conf
dence that in two years more. when
the Hannaites now in full control of all
branches of the national government
have shown their hand, there will be
a complete political overturning and
the people will be in the saddle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

When hear a man complaining that
some cause which he has at heart will
be put back for years by a speech or a
book, l suspect that his attachment to
it is a prejudice; that he has no con-
seriousness of standing on a rock
William Ellery Charming.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
They Have It In South Dakota.

Direct legislation will give the peo
pie any reform that they want. Rep
resentative government will give th0
monopolies anything they will pay for.
The Sentinel.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Weight of Bees.

Careful weighing shows that an orr
binary bee, not loaded, weighs the
$1,000 part of a pound, so that it takes
5000 bees to make pound. But the
loaded bee, when it comes in fresh
from the fields and flowers, freighted
with honey or beebread, often weighs
nearly three times more.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

We believe that the negro school, as
a rule, especially the school of higher
grade, has inculcated false and vicious
notions in the negro, has made him
feel that he is too good for his natural
and proper place, while it has failed
utterly to fit him for higher sphere
of action. The wisest negro leader
In America, Booker Washington, adj
mits this.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

What an oversight it was on the part
Of the Creator to make sleep necessary
for poor folks. Sleep is non-produc-
tive, thriftless, unpatriotic habit, and,
like property, was certainly never
meant for the masses.-Coming Nation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

It is said the snipe has a nerve run
ming clear down to the end of its
bill. The plumber must be that kind
Of bird.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

It Is reported that Cubans are anx-
ious to enlist in the United States
army. They have had considerable
experience in soldering, but desire to
acquire the sensation caused by the
sight of a paymaster.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
Honds Are All Right.

Issue lots of bonds, but don't make
them over ~ inches loIg and inches
wide. Then make them full legal ten
der, and pay no interest on them, and
there you are.-Pittsburg Kansan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The explosion Of another powder
mill calls to mind the fact that the
United States has lost almost as many
of its citizens through such explosions
during the past year as they have
In battle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

Although a man may acknowledge he
has faults he seldom owns up to t1ose
his friends accuse him Of.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

It's a consolation to some men who
are short on hair to know that they
are long on brains.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

Negro Educatlon-Why the Training
Should BE Industrial and Not Literary
Georgia and the Currency Question
The Textile Workers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

Too much of the repentance nova
days is done in broadcloth and ashes OF
roses.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

We will soon begin to hear OF draft
riots" caused by people failing to shut
the door.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16
The Kings Crown win FAN.

Cheer, boys, cheer! Money is king in
California, crowned and enthroned by
your votes.--San Francisco Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

1t may be cowardly to kick man
when he's down, but it's sometimes
necessary in order to get him up.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

One rap from a policeman's club is
sufficient for the wise.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

Art may be long at times, but it's
usually too short to make both ends
meet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The scene-shifter Is the principal &C.
tor in many moving scenes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

A loquacious friend is often worse
than a discreet enemy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The argument of action Is more con-
vincing than that Of words.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

Uneasy lies the root that wears a
Town" says a dentists victim.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The blunt man often mas.s the most
cutting remarks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

The bewhiskered old humbug is
more popular than the barefaced lie.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

Mrs. winsiow-s sooJning syrup
or children tcethng softens the gums REDUCES nnon
nation allays pain cures wind collie rs cents bottle
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

In a presidential election the voters
all vote, and in the west and south the
majority for free silver and against
monopoly control of the government Is
as great as 1t ever was, while the cleo
ton returns showed that in the middle
west and the east the goldbugs have
decidedly lost ground.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-16

In South Dakota the direct legisla-
ton constitutional amendment, sub
mitted by the fusion legislature, carried
by decided majority, thus establish
ing forever. Populist government in
one state at Disagreement by the
people. The only reason similar
amendments have not been submitted
in Kansas and other western states is
that the fusionists did not have enough
votes in the legislatures. They will
have the votes two years hence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
IN THE CORTES.
The Cuban Blockade and Other cues.
tiOns Discussed,

LONDON, June r. - The Madrid CORE
spondert of the Times. telegrap hing Satur-
day, says: I'm the Chamber of Deputies
to-day Senior Osma, highly respected dep
uty, questioned the government, amorg
other matters, as to whether a blockade
can legitimately be made effective by ob-
structing a port with sunken ships mines
or torpedoes; whether it is allowable for a
belligerent in this fashion to obstruct
port which is not formally blockaded:
whether an effective blockade once inter-
rupted, must be formally reproclaimed and
whether it is legitimate for a belligerent to
employ as allies semi-civilized natives liv-
ing under the jurisdiction of an opponent
especially when there is reason to appre-
bend that the latter will commit all manner
of excuses now happily unknown in civ
ilized warfare.
Duke Almodovar de Rio the foreign min
lister, in the course of a very guarded re-
ply, expressed tine opinion that an interrupt
ed blockade must be reproclaimed. He said
the question as to whether the blockade
from Cardenas to Bahia Honda was for
nlally proclaimed had been submitted to the
powers, but they had not yet replied
America, he proceeded, was operating
against Santiago apparently on the as
IL
never been formally proclaimed. Duke AL
modovar said he would not conceal his opin-
ion that the attempt to block the entrance
to Santiago harbor was unjustifiabIe, add
ing that the use of mines for such purpose
had been condemned by such eminent au-
thorities in international law as Sir Rich
ard Webster. the British attorney general
and Das Jardins, the French jurisconsult
With reference to exciting and arming
barbarians," the foreign minister was care
fu! to avoid accusations against the Wash
ington government, but he gave the. cham
ter clearly to understand that in his opin-
ion nation protesting humanitarian SEN
timents would certainly. by instigating re-
bellion among population capable of pill
Laying, devastating, violating and torturing,
incur a tremendous moral responsibility in
the eyes of the civilized world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13

sailed away The battle ship Texas is coal
ing to-day, to be followed by other ships.
The squadrons of Rear Admiral Sampson
and Commodore Schley are still off SAM
tiago, maintaining a strict watch day and
night to prevent the possibility of the escape
of Admiral Cervera. From men who have
landed to take observations of the harbor it
is learned definitely, all agreeing on the
point, that the Spanish cruisers and two tor
pe6o boat destroyers are there, but these
vessels are regarded by naval experts, after
ALL as 'men in buckram." AS a high naval
officer remarked to-day: Spain throughout
her whole history has never sought a naval
fight, and never will. She has always
lodged, and is lodging now. Cervera never
intended to fight. He intended to dodge, and
he has succeeded. Spain will never send an
other fleet to these waters during the pres
ent war"
Severe storms prevail in the channel be-
tween Santiago dc Cuba and Jamaica. The
press dispatch boats have encountered these
storms for the last ten days, making the
voyages very difficult. The heat adds to the
discomfort, but daily service is main
tanned.