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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-07-01

The carpenters on the -four mill
were laid off on Wednesday, on ac-
count of the plans and specifications
not arriving, they expect to resume
work in a few days. y
There will be preaching at Nor
row at II A. NJ, and at Cottonwood
at P. NJ, the second and fourth
Sunday of each month.
Rev. VIM. R. Pitt.
Buy ]. I. Case Threshers, Horse
Powers and Engines, for information
and prices, address Driscoll and
Thompson, Genesee Idaho, agents
for Nez Perce, idaho and Latah
counties. Sample machines, also a
full line Of extras on hand, also all
kinds lubrieating oils '''
HIP HURRAH.
1875 GRAND 4TH JULY 1898.
CELEBRATION.
AT MORROW.
Fine shade or tire wood as the
weather demands, good speaking
and singing.
Foot and horse racing, good time
assured everybody welcome.
J. G.. Downs w, R. GIBBS and
JOE KAUFMAN.
Committee on arrangements.
Lookout for posters,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-07-01
WANTED.

70 trade building material for a
good young work team well broke,
must be true to pull to weigh not
less than 1850 pounds. Call on or
address.
WEBSTER & WRIGHT.
Keuterville Idaho.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
Some Fashion Notes.

An observing young man of Roches.
ter, N. Y, has contributed the follow
ing comments upon fashions of the
day:
1t is still fashionable for a great
many people to be hunting for employ
ment.
1t is still stylish in England to en-
ploy women to pull canal boats; they
are much cheaper than mules.
Some women in this city are so poor
that they have adopted the epicurian
fashion of eating refuse out Of garbage
barrels. We have seen them.
It is still fashionable for labor unions
to be led by labor fakirs who feather
their own nests out of the funds; and
who tell the members to keep out Of
politics.
1t will be very stylish at the next
election, like many previous ones, for
workingmen to vote for what they
don't want, and get it.
1t is getting more and more fashion
able to make statistics show just what
the capitalists want the working class
to believe. They like the working
class to enjoy imaginary prosperity
while they steal the reality.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

When a man stumbles into a bog.
hole in a swamp, and makes a sudden,
violent leap to get out, it is an even
chance that he will land in second
hole worse than the first. Something
like that was the experience of a
swell" whose mishap is related by an
exchange: Just before a recent din
ner given in honor of colonial mag
nate, a young SWELL whose chief claim
to distinction seemed to be in the
height of his collar and an eye-glass,
addressing a stranger, said: "Beastly
nuisance, isn't it? Spoke to that fellah
over there-took him for gentleman,
and found he had ribbon on his
coat. Some blooming head-waiter, l
suppose?" ooh, no." replied the other,
that's Blank, the guest of the even
ing" Dash it all, now, is it," said
the astounded swell. Look here, old
fellow! AS you know everybody.
would you mind sitting next me at
dinner and telling me who everyone
ISL" Should like to very much" re-
piled the other man, "but you see /
cannot. I'm the blooming head-walt-
eri'"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
ENJOYED THE VOYAGE.

There has lately been istalled at ths
geological garden of the Jardin des
Plantes in Paris famous guest. His
name is Tobie and he Is an elephant
6 years old, which has been presented
to the president of the French repub-
lie by Menelik, negus or king of Abyss
sinia. Tobie was brought from Abyss
sinia on the French steamship Ava,
on the deck of which a sort of wooden
box stall had been constructed for his
accommodation. Though this case was
entirely comfortable, Tobie did not
like it. Waiting until no one was
near, he put his shoulder against the
side of the box and pushed it fiat On
the deck. Then he made his way
down the companionway and sudden
ly appeared, to the CONSERVATION Of all
who were there, in the saloon Of the
first-class passengers. He was dragged
out and placed in newly constructed
cage on the deck But the very next
day he upset the new cage, and, after
taking look at the ocean, he made his
way to the galleys, where dinner was
being prepared. Here he proceeded to
help himself to all the salads and veg
etables in sight. This time a cage
was built so solidly that Tobie could
not break it down. He was compelled
to stay in it until the ship arrived at
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

No system of national quarantine, no
matter how thorough, can prove effec-
tive so long as the yellow plague is al
lowed to breed at our very doors. Ev-
en- national quarantine cannot keep
away from our southern coasts the
contagion that flies in the air or creeps
in on the sluggish West Indian fogs
blown inland. Quarantine does not
prevent the spread of yellow fever in
a climate where the conditions are ripe
for it, and we cannot keep the germs
away from our coasts so long as the
fever is allowed to breed and grow in
Cuba, where it exists from years end
to years end. We must be able to root
it out and destroy it in its breeding
grounds. 1t must be stamped out of
Havana and other Cuban ports before
quarantine can prove effective.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
Two Great Political Weapons.

The vast volume of legislation is at
present the main obstacle in the way
of liberty. Even to know what laws
are passed in one legislature would &C.
cupy more than all mans leisure
time. Nearly air these laws are in
somebody's special interest and as no
one can have a special privilege except
at the expense of the rest, nearly every
such act has. some advocates more or
less informed and active.
That 600 to 800 laws, nevertheless, go
through the New York legislature each
year is due to the improbability and
futility of opposition by the many who
have small interest in each matter, to
the few who have a great interest in 1t.
BY putting weapon in the hands of
the leaders Of the inert majority, direct
legislation, especially the referendum,
would make opposition to private laws
easy and effective. Combined with pro-
portional representation, it seems to
me, it would reduce legislation to the
minimum, which is necessary for the
public interest.-Bolton Hall IN New
Time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

Then, there are still others with small
heads, small legs, and great wade
bodies, while others, again, do not
bear resemblance to any form of boz
ings known Of today. These idols un-
doubtedly represent the religious wor-
ship of this forgotten people. The
masks which we have found are most
ly Of stone, and in nearly every case
the face bears a stolid expression,
with the mouth wide open. They vary
in size from that of mans head down
to but few inches, and all of them
seem to be carefully made.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
WHAT IS MONEY?
THE TERM AS DEFINED BY
MANY AUTHORITIES.
The Reader Will Readily Note tho
Points Wherein the Following Emil
nent Men Differ from Wall Streets
Hack Writers.

Money is the medium of exchange
Whatever performs this function, does
the work, is money, no matter what it
is made of."-Prof Walker in Political
! Economy.
Money is simply employed for bar
terng, as a ship for carrying. It's
action is similar to carts, it fetches
for it's owner the things he is in want
of. "-Prof. Jevons.
"The intrinsic value of money was
the idea in the days Of crude barbar-
ism. The simplest and most perfect
form of money is that which presents
nothing but transferable ,debt, such
as paper. 1t is only when states have
reached high degree of civilization
that they adopt this perfect form of
money."-Rees' Encyclopedia.
whatever power there is over the
currency is vested in congress. If the
power to declare what is money is not
in congress it is annihilated.
We repeat, money is not substance,
but an impression Of legal authority, a
printed legal decree.-12 Wallace, 519,
United States Supreme court.
"An article is determined to be
money by reason of the performance by
1t of certain functions without regard
to its form or substance. Appleton
Encyclopedia.
Metallic money, while acting as
coin, is identical with paper money in
respect to its being destitute of in
trinsic value. NORTH British Review.
Money is a tool of exchange and
nothing more. 1t is not a measure OF
value, nor a standard of value. nor a
representative of property. 1t trans
fers property conveniently from one
party to another; as a wagon hauls
goods from one place to another.
Prof. Price.
Moneys are of great varieties. The
palpable characteristic which distin-
guishes money from the numerous
subjects that resemble it, but which are
not money, is it's mark of authority,
that it is issued, circulated
and made payable for debts, services,
fines, taxes and commodities by virtue
of law."-AleX Delmar in Science OF
Money.
Money is value created by law Ia
statutor law. The value of metallic
money is created by aw."-Henry Cor
nuschi.
1.-THE legislation assumes that in
of law, money OF every
species has the value which the law
fixes on it; that congress has the con-
stitutional power to say that ten
of silver shall hence
'orth be the dollar and do the office
heretofore done by sixteen penny
weights, four and one-half grains
Attorney General U. S. az Wallace,
U. S. Supreme court report, page 3D.,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
NORMAN RAPHLEE'S NUBBINS

If this is prosperity, save us from ad-
versity.
You can't down the trusts by voting
as they do.
Human rights are more sacred than
property rights.
A national debt is blessing to the
national bankers.
This is a government by the people
the rich people.
The more money there is, the more
happiness we have.
These are prosperous times for the
men who have money.
We are taking the "gold cure" now.
How do you like it?
People are still anXiously looking for
that promised prosperity.
Government ownership Of railroads
would let the water out.
J More money! That is plank upon
which every man can stand.
No, bub, public Office is not pub
lie trust. 1t is private snap.
I That wave of prosperity must be the
private property Of the bankers.
You can't whine away an evil. Stiffen
your backbone and vote it away.
What we need most is honest states
men, and then We'll have honest dol
lars.
Notice to workingmen out of employ
ment-get off the earth or be showed
off.
"Times are picking up" We notice
that tramps are becoming more numer-
GUS.
A silver dollar may not be worth but
40 cents, but it will buy five bushels of
corn.
Making "honest" dollars consists in
taking the debtors property and con-
veying it to the creditor.
While the bankers continue to con-
troll the currency they will grow richer
and the people poorer.
The farmer who sells five bushels of
corn for one dollar has the satisfaction
of knowing that the dollar is good"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

The taking of the next census VIII
shortly necessitate the appointment by
the President of a force of experts to
make arrangements for the work. 1t
will cost fully $10,00O,0O0 to take the
census, which will proceed, moreover,
contemporaneously with presidential
campaign. 1t is greatly to be feared
that the work will be very partisan. II
we ever get a genuine census the re-
suits will amaze the country. Hereto
fore the complaint has been that the
very subjects upon which information
has been most desired have been neg
lected. For example, the distribution
of wealth in this country has been a
matter of much speculation, but all
who look into this subject agree tn 1t
the census is taken in such way that
no particulars of value can be obtain
ed through the medium of the reports.
The Republicans always take a census
from the point of view of the tariff.
The experts on census subjects have
discovered that we get figures Of no
moment, and President Mckinley has
placed the patronage of the prelimi-
nary committee entirely at the dis
posal of General Grosvenor Of Ohio.
This man is quite destitute of the
qualities that go to make the statisti-
clan, for all he has ever done in the
way Of figuring is to calculate the size
of Republican majorities. The Popu-
lists in Congress ought to take hold
of this subject.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

If the American people would only
reflect upon the outrageous and auda-
cious demands of the banking clique,
they would at once see the danger
which surrounds the finances of the
country. These bankers are bitterly
opposed to paternalism, yet they boldly
demand that the government give
them, without cost, thousand millions
to carry ON their business. When the
farmers suggested that the government
loan money on their land at per cent,
they were called hayseeds and jays by,
the hireling gold press. The last de-
mand of the bankers is called Sound
business proposition" Will some one
tell us why the farmers suggestion is
not better Sound business prop osi-
tion7"-Silver ight-Watchman.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

| once more in the wilderness of South
western Mexico delving in the ruined
remains of the prehistoric inhabitants
OF that country. There he will remain
| many months to come. The following
letter, which was written by him from
scientific interest: Our journey was
rough one. We had some trouble in
hnding the old roadway, but finally
struck 1t, and shortly afterward began
to encounter the little detached groups
OF ruins. Presently, as we began to
get near the great mass of decaying
grandeur that once formed the ancient
metropolis itself, l got good view CT
the ruins. They seemed to me most
wonderful. 1t must have been an i'm
mense nation, and this city, or district,
l should judge, was fully as large as
Babylon, or Thebes, or other famous
cities of remote antiquity. It's build
lngs, save those that were built on the
tops of huge pyramids, were of rather
low construction, but exceedingly mas
sive. AS we journeyed along through
the tangled underbrush we could Gee
the faint outlines of a great mass of
ruins that rose majestically up from
the plain some distance ahead of u.s.
This we have since found to be an i'm
mense arch, or doorway, and it seems
probable that it may at one time have
been one of the chief entrances into
the city. 1t is made of great unhewn
stones piled closely together and held
in place by clay substance resembling
cement. The next day we began ex-
plorations in earnest. We came upon
the foundations Of huge buildings in
fast decaying state, and that l have
no doubt in the next few centuries will
have crumbled away altogether, and
upon the walls that had sunk until now
only few feet remained standing
above the ground. Many of these
measure from 40 to 50 feet square. We
made a general survey of the place
and on every hand encountered monu-
ments and walls of the greatest inter-
est. In many places great mounds of
decaying stone marked the sites where
huge structure measures 300x200 feet.
In the center of it we found huge
altar of solid masonry fifteen feet
square by nearly twenty feet high, and
in a remarkably good state of preser-
walton. There are many such affairs
oh inc Th1x
appear to have been used for sacrifice
purposes, and some of them are built |
upon the very apex of huge pyramidal |
piles, evidently constructed solely for |
their foundation.
At each corner of the foundations of |
the building mentioned we unearthed
circular towers six feet in thickness,
and most remarkably designed. After
digging through thick layer Of ma
;onry we effected an opening and found
ourselves in an immense circular
filled with dust and fragments
If timber This wood had remained
10 long sealed up here that upon con-
act with the air it became soft as
Under and crumbled at the slightest
ouch. The chamber also contained
/ quantity of broken plaster, painted
brilliant red and white, and which
lad undoubtedly once formed the coat
ng of the inner walls. The pigment
appeared to have been of excellent
Iuality. Mixed with this debris were
arge boulders, gravel and many parts
II broken statues. In the center of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
TIPPING IN FRANCE.
The Best Solution of the Question Yet
Evolved.

The Best Solution of the Question Yet
Evolved.
Time was when tipping was prac-
tically unknown in America, but it is
now as firmly established on this side
of the water as it is in Europe, though
there is far less of method about the
system than in the old world. In
France, for instance, tip giving is grad.
uated by definite tariff scheme. There
is no doubt that this treatment robs
the custom of it's most pleasant feats
ure, but it also prevents the heart
burnings that come from the custom
Of unsystematic tipping" where re-
spect and courteous treatment are too
apt to be graduated in accordance with
the size of the gratuity. The French
sum, but the innate courtesy of the
French people Though they would
consider its omission an affront, and
openly and worldly resent iD never al
lows them to consider its presentation
in any other light than that of a kind
ly gratuity. The Partisan cocher ex-
poets certain number of sous pour
boire, but when it is given him he tips
his hat and thanks you politely. II
you increase it all the better, but he
does not expect it. The restaurant
garcon expects certain percentage of
the amount of your bill, and it is al
ways Forthcoming, but he makes you
feel as though it were a kindness and
favor 1t would be unjust to him 10
neglect it, as it goes to make up his
pay and is counted on by the proprie-
tor. Thus in French restaurant you
pay yourself for your service, and you
will generally find that the food is
cheaper accordingly. This is, perhaps,
the best solution of the "tip" question
that has yet been evolved Where it
is employed large tips for light service
are considered as being in as bad
taste as small tips for heavy service
in this country. 1t is an artificial sys-
TEN, however, and to such an extent
foreign to the en-handedness of the
that it will no doubt be
long before we shall be willing to
adopt it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

The so-called "bye elections" in Eng
land, by which are meant the scatter
ing elections to fill vacant seats in the
House of Commons, which occur from
time to time between the general cleo
tons, are always watched with inter-
est as indications Of public sentiment.
There have been twenty-five such cleo
tions since the general parliamentary
election of 1895, in which the Conserva-
tives won their great victory. AS a
result, fourteen Conservatives and
eight Liberals have been replaced by
thirteen Liberals and nine Conserca-
tives. A Conservative majority of 6,025
in these twenty-five constituencies has
been changed into Liberal majority
of $3.50.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

The New York state forest preserve
board has practically completed its
purchases under the S1,0O0,000 ap-
preparation made by the last legisla-
ture. The board has expended $780,
600, with which it purchased 100000
acres OF land within the boundaries
OF the Adirondack state park. The ex-
pense attached to such purchases was
$4,000. The average price paid was
$3.50 per acre. The lands acquired in
clude many of the choicest primeval
tracts in the north woods. The 100000
remaining of the appropriation will be
used to clear up outstanding adverse
tax titles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

A competent witness, connected with
a state board of charities, lately said
that thirty years of close official con-
tact with the legislature of the COM
monwealth in which he lives convince
him that the moral tone of legislators
and legislation is improving and not
Ideteriorating. The legislative corrup-
ton which actually exists is menace
to the republic, but it does not help
matters to exaggerate the evil and fan
cy it where it does not exist. Some
people believe every evil report they
hear. Accused persons should be pre-
sumed to be innocent until they are
proved guilty-even such maligned
creatures as judges, senators and con-
gressmen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

If 1t is somebody else that rides it we
are quite sure to call it a hobby, but if
It be our own selves who amble along
in this fashion, we are apt to dignity
our steed by the name Of very strong
bent or an enthusiastic inclination.
We are quite apt to apply the terms
"crank" or "opinionated idiot" to
those who oppose our pet theories for
getting that we, in our turn, may be
even more intolerant Of theirs. 1t is
q most difficult thing for the ordinary
man to maintain what would be called
a rational equilibrium. The tendency
to extremes is so strong in the average
character that often insensibly one
drifts into arbitrary holdings of be-
liefs and ideas, and is either unable or
unwilling to allow that other manners
and methods can be even approximate
~ correct. Hobbies are very comfort
able and desirable things if one rides
them with tight rein and sufficient
intelligence to keep them from pranc-
ing over other peoples preserves. But
the hobby that lifts it's heels whenever
1t comes near to any of our special
friends, or that throws dust in the
eyes of" the community at large, and
mud spatters everything that passes by
1t, is simply nuisance, and it and its
rider ought to be impounded until they
are somewhat tanned down or at least
taught the wholesome lesson of re-
epect for the rights Of others.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
Read the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get into the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford n most interesting study and
will put You in the way of getting
some excellent bargains. Our adver-
tisers are reliable; they send what
they advertise.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
of ointments for Catarrh rha.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucous surfaces Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tons from reputable physicians, as the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
l.. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.. contains
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine
ledo, Ohio. by f. j. Cheney e. Co Tes-
timonials free. Sold by Druggists, price
T5c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

Pretty mending bags for silk stock
ings are made in the half-moon shape
familiar in cretonne as the general
darning bag. A soft silk of an all
over pattern is selected, and the usual
needle case added in the center of the
semicircle; the whole bag is made upon
n slightly reduced plan from that gen.
orally uset.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

Students OF South American politics
are not necessarily given over to I'M
Just conclusions, but there are some
signs that they know never fail. For
instance, when the press dispatches an
nounced that large shipments Of arms
and specie are being sent to the repub
lie OF Colombia" it is perfectly clear
that a Colombian election is coming
on.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14
PIatt is entirely WILLING n have . "a

Platt is entirely willing to have a re-
united party in New York. All he
asks is that the republicans that do not
approve of his leadership, that are OPP
posed to his methods, that want the
party rid of bossism, shall simply drop
their foolish opposition and come to
mis- support. Now, could anything be
more reasonable?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

Leaving politics to politicians
whether in national or municipal af-
fcirs, is as fatal to a country as leav'
ing the defense of its territory to mer-
cinaries.-Joseph Chamberlain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-01-14

You will never DE worthy of happi-
ness or escape wage-slavery while your
hatred of capitalists proceeds from your
mad wish to be capitalists in their
stead.-Zola.