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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-08-22
FOR SALE.

We offer our property on Park st. for sale
at great bargain. Said property consists of
~ rooms in house and ell. large barn, ETC.,
and is situated in one of the prettiest spots
on Park st. surrounded by large trees. House
are ali large and in good order. Cellar has
cemented floor. There are ten acres of land
in the property and same can be cat up into
building lots and sold for more money in a
few years than price now asked for the place.
Please call and investigate.
MRS. LUCY ROBINSON.
stiff MRS. LUCY REED.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-08-22
A Galvanized Corpse.

What is remarkable about this thing
is it is all the time developing its dis
honesty. In our day it is ascribing this
evolution to Herbert Spencer and
Charles Darwin. It is a dishonesty.
Evolution was known and advocated
hundreds of years before these gentle
men began to be evolved. The PLHni-
clans thousands Of years ago declared
that the human race wabbled out Of the
mud Democritus who lived 460 years
before Christ-remembe that-knew
this doctrine of evolution when he said
Everything is composed of atoms, or
infinitely small elements, each with a
definite quality, form and movement,
whose inevitable union and separation
shape all different things and forms,
laws and efforts and dissolve them
again for new combinations. The gods
themselves and the human mind orig
mated from such atoms. There are no
casualties Everything.is necessary and
determined by the nature of the atoms
which have certain mutual affinities,
attractions and repulsions. - Anoxi-
mander centuries ago declared that the
human race started at the place where
the sea saturated the oartn LuCret1uS
developed long centuries ago in his
poems the doctrine Of evolution.
1t is an old heather corpse set up in
morgue. Charles Darwin and Herbert
Spencer have tried to galvanize it.
They drag this old putrefaction of
5000 years around the earth, boasting
that it is their originality, and so Won
derful is the infatuation that at the
Delmonico dinner given in honor of
Herbert Spencer some 10 years ago
there were those who ascribed to him
this great originality of evolution.
There the banqueters sat around the
table in honor of Herbert Spencer, chew
Ing beef AID turkey and roast pig, which,
according to their doctrine of evolution,
made them eating their own relations
S1icing up their own cousins! Driving
carving fork into their beloved kim
dred! Dashing Worcestershire sauce,
bedaubing mustard over their uncles
and is! And while Herbert Spencer
re,>4 patronizing lecture to Americans
the banqueters sat around the table
with their hands up, saying, dear
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-08-22
ON THE SQUARE.

ON THE SQUARE.
Yes, strictly, positively ana always. tn ats
orr metho of dong business. Our work and
display Of Photography is at It's latest ana
pest. We can always give YOU pict that
you can't hnd fault with. There's nothing
the matter with our prices either. Aristo Plat
mum, ~ 9S per doz., usual price $780, 5000
and S6C0 Glossy, S1.9S per doz., usual price
$500 and $500. II you want any ptCtu re taken
now is the time as we are making Ga en- az
great reduction. / shall be at West Burke
every w ednesday until further not Ice, My
studio here at Barton will be open as usual.
Sl.OO must be paid in all cases where Sitting
is made.
Crayoa Picture and frame, life size, from
81 so to 500. Come In and examine my work
studio i'm Opera Block.
II. Ell Glover,
Barton, VT.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

Whereas, E. M. Paxson has also
labor, and has on every occasion when
an opportunity presented itself, used
his official position to injure the inter-
ests of wage earners, as instanced by
his action in descending from the SUI
preme court bench for the purpose OF
acting as a committing magistrate in
the case of the Homestead strike, in
order to throw the weight of his judi
cial position in the balance against
wage earners who are struggling for
living wages; therefore, be it Resolved,
That the executive council he instruct
ed to enter protest against his ap-
pointment as interstate commissioner
of commerce"
The foregoing was adopted at the
recent convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Nashville, and
relates briefly some of the objections
urged by organized labor against the
appointment Of Judge e. M. Paxson as
chairman of the interstate commerce
commission. He is opposed because he
is a lifelong and uncompromising enc
my to labor, and for that very reason
no doubt his appointment is pressed
by the railway corporations. The rail-
way brotherhoods are more strenuous
In their opposition to the appointment
of Judge Paxson than any other organ
izations, and, as will be seen below, for
very good reasons. w. F. Hynes, who
represents the five brotherhoods at
Washington, in recent interview,
gives grounds for this opposition as
follows:
We have three bills now pending In
congress which are of vital interest to
the railroad employees of this country.
They are the arbitration bill, the nom
partisan commission bill and the con-
tempt of court bill. The arbitration
BILL which we have strong hopes Of
passing at this session, provides that
the chairman of the interstate COM
merce commission and the commits
sioner of labor shall take cognizance
of all disputes between railroad en-
ployes and their employers which shall
be brought to their attention, and shall
endeavor to bring about a settlement
of them. In the event that they fail
they are to select arbitrator. Now,
with such an enemy of organized labor
as Judge Paxson is known to be, what
chance would the strikers stand in
such arbitration? We do not think
we would stand very much. If Judge
Parsons name is sent in we will OPP
pose his confirmation, and in the flu
ture, when there is railroad legislation
before congress which affects our in
terests, we will find out those who are
with us and those who are against as,
and those who are against us we will
be against and will do our best to keep
at home. This Is our privilege as
American citizens.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

"Will your listen to me, Lord Cara
ven-listen In patience? I have some
thing to say"
The earl laid down his cigar. The
lawyer was so earnest, so intent, that
he carried the others weaker will with
him.
81 have worked hard all my life"
said Arley Ransome-"wOrked as few
men have ever done before-from sun
rise to sunset, and often through the
long, silent night. I have worked be-
cause love money-becanse am am
bilious; because I have had an end In
view. You know, my lord, that, besides
practicing as a lawyer, I have been,
and am now, money-lender; it Is no
news to you that I advanced the mort
gage money on Ravensmere, and that,
unless you can pay it, the estate be-
comes mine"
The earl's pale, handsome face flush
ed holly. It was hard to picture his
grand ancestral home in the plebeian
hands Of a money lender.
There is, as Milton says, a lower
Depth and Ravensmere will fall into
it," he said.
1T becomes NINE" continued Arley
Ransome. 1.-THE castle, the estate, the
plate, the pictures-they are all mine.
Now listen, my lord. I have made
fortune-you inherited one, I have
made one."
"You might we'll do so, lending
money at hundred per cent"
"Never mind how it has been made
Il have made it," said the lawyer;
land my fortune amounts to two hun
dred thousand pounds"
Heaven help those by whom you
have made it."
1T has been honestly made. You
have gambled, my lord; l have spec
ulated-and my speculations have all
turned out WELL have two hundred
thousand pounds, and-I have daugh-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

Railway managers damn their own
business by saying Scent fares do not
pay, hoping to receive sympathy from
the aldermen and the mayor"
Thus speaks Governor Pingree OF
Michigan, in whose metropolis the car
fare battle is raging. And the COVER
nor speaks of that whereof he knows.
The street railway is complaining that
with Scent fares 1t can't pay dividends
and interest on its stock and bonds.
But the redoubtable governor shows
that the railroad did not cost more
than $1,800,000 to build, that bonds
were issued to that amount, and that,
moreover, when consolidation was eff
fected the people had TO be fooled some
way, so gratuitous $1,0O0,O00 worth
of bonds was presented to the owners
by themselves.
OF course they can't pay their inter-
est charges. It is the old trick OF wa
tering the securities to drown the pro-
fits, trick so frequently played, 30
stale, so tottering and decrepit with
age, it is a wonder anyone hoped the
people would allow themselves to be
deceived by it. If there had been any
danger that charges could have been
paid on this $1,OOO,OO0 Of water 1t would
have been made $4,000, 900 or $3,OOO,OOO
instead, or any larger amount neces-
sary to deceive and cheat. The railway
managers could fix it so they couldn't
pay charges if they exacted ten-cent
fares.
This is the habit of quasi-public cor
porations that know the public's prop
erty is part of their capital, but are
unwilling to allow it's owner a faiI
share of the profits. The city is part
ner with every street railway. But
when it demands an accounting II
finds the railway has juggled the books
and stands by protesting, THE firm
hasn't made cent. "-Chicago Jour-
nal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

A sweeping reduction is being press
ed by the owners of New England cot
ton mills, the reason assigned being
that those mills can no longer sue
cessfully compete with those Of the
south. Statistics Of cotton manufac-
ture show some startling changes
which may have bearing on this mat
ter. The Wool and Cotton Reporter
points out that the spindlers at work
In the United States have increased
from 10,679,000 to 100000 since
1880. But the spindles at work in the
south have increased from $4,000 to
100000. According to the report of
a committee of Fall River manufac-
turers who went south for the pur-
pose of investigation, this large in
crease on the part of southern manu-
facturers Is due to natural advantages,
cheap labor, long hours and freedom
from legislative interference The
committee found that 1t was only in
the cheaper grades of cotton where
the southern mills could outbid those
Of New England, and, apparently for
getting that the greater intelligence
and superior workmanship of the
New England mill hands were due in
large part to wise legislative enact
ments, good factory laws and shorter
working hours, they recommend the
repeal of all such laws and freedom
to work as many hours as the mill
owners should elect.
At this stage 1t has been wisely
pointed out that the proper course for
the Fall River mills is to abandon to
the southern mills the making Of the
cheaper grade goods, in which natural
advantages are of most value, and con-
fine themselves to the higher grade
products, for the manufacture of which
greater efficiency Of labor and better
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04


ter" His voice sank, as though he
were somewhat ashamed of his words;
then he continued: 81 have made
money because I love it; l want to
make a position because I am ambit-
ious. Would to heaven that l had a
son! have spent my life toiling in
these gloomy offices; hope has bright
ened them. Would to heaven that /
had a son to carry out my dreams, my
hopes, my plans. If l had a son to
succeed me, my lord 1 would foreclose
at once and make him master of Raw
ensmere."
THANK you," interposed Lord Cara
ven.
"I have a daughter, and she must
take the place would fain have given
to my boy. My lord. I make you this
offer. You are ruined man-you tell
me there remains for you no hope,
nothing but death. Now, will give
you life, liberty, wealth. I will make
you greater than any of the Earls OF
Caraven have been yet. will give my
daughter dowry of two hundred thou
sand pounds if you will marry her."
Lord Caraven lost his self-possession
for half minute; then he proudly said:
ITO be continued)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

organization Of plant are necessary. In
this connection 1t Is significant that
not all Fall River mills have suffered
equally from southern competition. The
United States Investor, In carefully
prepared article on the subject, makes
the statement that dividend payments
have been maintained despite southern
competition by those mills that have
departed from antiquated methods OF
doing business that have accepted mer-
camille conditions as they exist, and
have conformed their product to the
needs Of the market, correctly gauging
the relation Of the suppl to the de-
mand." 1t remains to be seen whether
the Fall River mill owners will follow
this course or try to meet southern COM
petition under adverse conditions and
make the mill hands suffer the conse-
quences.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan.
backwards, Coleman Sc Evans will
dispatch special messenger to Daw-
son City for the express purpose of
carrying mails. He will leave Van.
couver on the Islander about Febru-
airy :. Only a limited number of let
ters can be taken up at So for half
ounce or under. A list Of letters will
be posted up at Dawson City immedi-
ately on the messengers arrival
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
STAMPEDED AT THE ALTAR.
How a French Bridegroom Was Round'
ed Up by His Intended.

ed Up by HIS Intended.
Paris exchanges tell Of French
Captain Bunsby, who was recently led
to the altar twice in one day by
Gallo Mrs. Mc5tinger. The ludicrous
affair took place at the little town OF
Issoudon. The Frenchman went to
the marie, in company with widow,
for the purpose of being married.
When asked, however, whether he
would take the woman for his wife, to
everybody's surprise he said emphatic
ally: mo, 1 was too unhappy in my
first marriage to wish to begin again"
Come, come" said the mayor, you
should have thought of all that before
you came here. You must have
known what you were doing" 1T is
never too late to avoid doing fool
ish thing" said the bridegroom, and
so saying he put on his hat and rush
ed out Of the place. The whole we'd
ding party, with the bride at their
head, ran after him through the streets
of the town, amidst the jeers Of the
passers-by. The fugitive was run to
earth at last and brought back in
triumph by the lady, who showed by
her manner that she was not to be
baked Of her prey. The wretched
man, now thoroughly cowed, went
through the ceremony as meekly as
a lamb. Loud cheers greeted the new
ly welded couple as they reappeared
on their way to the restaurant where
the wedding breakfast was being pre-
pared.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
A Workers Hymn.

If there be good in that I wrought
Thy hand compelled it, Master. thine;
Where / have failed to meet thy Thought
l know, through thee. the blame Is mine
One instant's toll to thee denied
Stands all eternity's offence,
or that did with thee to guide,
To thee, through thee, be excellence
Who. lest all thought of Eden fade,
Bring'st Eden to the craftsmans brain
Godlike to muse DER his own trade
And manlike stand with God again.
The depth and dream Of my desire'
The bitter paths wherein 1 stray;
Thou knowest who has made the hre'
Thou knowest who has made the clay.
One stone the more swings to her place
In that dread temple of Thy worth,
It is enough that through thy grace
saw naught common on Thy earth.
Take not that vision from my ken;
o whatsoever may spoil or speed,
Help me to need no aid from men
That may help such men as need!
-Rudyard Kipling.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

Don't lose sight Of the Importance OF
the shorter work-day agitation. Its
destiny lies in the hands Of organized
labor. Its success depends upon the
ability of the workers to enforce 1t.
anize!-Quincy Labor News.
The Sacramento Council of Federated
Trades at its meeting last Monday
night passed a resolution emphatically
denouncing Labor Commissioner F1tz-
gerald, who is at present in Washing
ton laboring in the interest of Hawaii
an annexation. Fitzgerald has stated,
in support of his position, that he has
been delegated by the organized labor
of California to work for annexation.
The fact is that this is bare-faced lie.
Every central labor body in California,
except the Building Trades Council OF
San Francisco, has adopted ringing res
olutions against annexation, and Fitz-
gerald knows it.-Signal, Sacramento.
The man who objects to the unions
interference in his business forgets that
labor may have business with which
he has no right to interfere.-Labor
Herald Kenosha.
The union label is a power the trades
union places in the hands of the people
to prevent the further trespass OF gree
DIV and INSCRIPTIONS individuals and
corporations upon both producer and
consumer of their product.-Blue Label
Advocate.
# is not always those who are in
constant employment who are to be
credited wholly with the maintenance
of a scale of prices. The burden falls
largely upon those having but casual
employment for it is they who make
the most sacrifices.-The Carpenter.
Won farmers and merchants that
want cheap labor, did you ever think
that cheap labor wears nothing but
bobnailed and wooden shoes, and buys
no clothing and but little of the lux
uries of life? They live on that which
ia CHEAP. and there is but little profit
for the middlemen and none for the
nroducers. Yet we hear merchants
and manufacturers abusing labor I'M
ions and seeking to destroy the combi-
nation of men who are doing more than
anv other set of men to uphold the use
of modern necessities. They hire Japs
and Chinese to make goods to sell to
we'll paid workingmen. How long will
this last? Not very long.-Voice OF
Labor.
That organization, no matter Of what
nature 1t is, when after accomplishing
it's own particular purpose, squats com
fortably down and, with a well-satis-
fed air says, We've got what we
want" instead of helping those organ
izations that have assisted it. will fall
and deserve to fall-Hudson River
Trades Review.
A good union man in the right place
is very good thing; one whose whole
soul is devoted to cause Of labor, whose
ambition is to see the cause of organ
lied labor rise higher day by day; one
who does not go around and brag what
he has done for the cause and what he
intends to do, but one who goes on day
by day working for it's interest slowly
but surely, and never wishes for any
credit, never asks for any, but knows
that he is doing his duty to his fell
low workman.-Labor Union Citizen,
Detroit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
venS.'

and moaned would have asked for
time and for pity. He faces ruin much
as his ancestors faced death on the
battlefield" Then, seeing the earl's
eyes fixed on him, he said, ut is a sor-
ry ending, my lord"
Eyes, sorry ending for the last of
the Caravens. My poor father called
me Uric, after one of our ancestors
who saved kings life by his bravery.
I have not been worthy descendant
of the Uric Caraven who received in
his own breast the sword meant for his
liege lord"
Arley Ransome looked at the calm,
handsome face.
"Yeu do not seriously mean that you
will take your own life, my lord?" he
Intercepted.
at seems to be the only thing left
for nae to take" replied the earl; 81
have lost everything else"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

LONDON, Jan. Sit is said that the
war office is about to request the re-
sigpation of the young Austrian tinan-
cier, Albert Frederick Calvert, from
the colonelcy of the Twenty-second
regiment of Middlesex volunteers.
The ground is that Calvert conspired
to buy the place, to which he was en-
titled neither by birth nor service.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

fastened, shelves filled with works on
the British law and constitution, bill
files that could literally hold no more,
maps of different estates lying care
lessly open, large inkstands, pens and
sheets Of blotting paper.
Pen in hand, his keen, shrewd race
full of deep thought, the owner and oc-
cupier, Arley Ransome, sat at the
square table, a large parchment deed
spread open before him. He read on,
the lines of his face relaxing until a
cold, satirical smile curled his lips He
started as though half alarmed when
his clerk, opening the door of the room,
suddenly announced:
1.-THE Earl of Caraven, sir"
Il am ready to see him." was the
reply. But before the earl entered the
lawyer quickly folded up and put away
tho deed that had engrossed his atten-
ton.
"Am 1 too soon?" asked a mellow,
indolent voice.
Arley Ransome looked up with a
smile at the speaker.
'No, my lord was expecting you"
ut is something after the fashion In
which spider expects fly" said the
young nobleman. "There is one thing
to be said, l am a perfectly resigned
fly. l know that evil hours await me,
and l am prepared for them"
The clerk placed a chair, and, at a
signal from his master, quilted the
room, but the Earl of Caraven declin-
ed the proffered seat. He stood by the
mantel piece leaning with careless
grace upon it.
at is not the thing to smoke in a
lawyers Office" he said, "but I must
ask permission to do so. l shall derive
some kind of comfort from it,
Arley Ransome bowed, and the Earl
of Caraven applied himself to the task
of selecting and lighting cigar.
81 suppose" he said, that I should
furnish an excellent moral as lesson
for all bad boys"
"You would form an excellent warn
ing, my lord" was the grave reply.
at is the same thing. And now I
am prepared for the worst. What is
it,"
Arley Ransome looked at the
speaker. There was something of ad-
miration, of pity and of contempt in
the long, lingering glance Of those
shrewd eyes; yet he could not have
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

Eyes, always let people know thai
my wife is Republican and I'm a
Democrat. 1t saves me lots Of explans-
TONS"
I'm what way?"
"Why, when people hear us raising
merry turmoil they think, of course,
1t is only a party dispute. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Signora Crispi,
wife of the former Italian premier,
has set the new fashion in Italy of APP
pearing at outdoor festivities accom-
panied by a tame calf which, attired
in richly gilded coat of vellum with
ribbons, follows her Ikea dog. Other
fashionable ladies have followed her
example.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04


looked at comelier face or figure than
those of the young earl.
"Now, Mr.. Ransome," he said at
last. with naughty Impotence, there is
no need, figuratively speaking, to keep
the ak suspended over my head; tell
me the worst at once"
"The worst, my lord, is utter, ire
trieyable ruin-ruin so complete and
On entire that / do not see a chance of
saving even one shilling from the
wreck"
The earl listened quite calmly; his
Inns half hidden by the fair mustache.
grew trifle paler-but there was no
finching in the handsome, haggard
face,
"JJtter ruin" he repeated. well, as
thew say in bonny Scotland, you cam
not both eat your cake and have it. I"
"True my lord" assented the law
yer.
"I have eaten my cake" continued
the Young man, "and | do not deny
that the taste of it is bitter enough in
nv mouth-it has turned to ashes, like
Dead Sea fruit. Still, 1t is eaten, and
there is an end of it,
ut is eaten, indeed" said the lawyer.
"You see no loop-hole-you can sug-
gest nothing?" said the earl.
every loop-hole is closed, my lord"
was the brief reply.
"And you are quite sure, Ransome,
that there is nothing left on which I
can borrow money-nothing more that
I can mortgage?"
"I believe honestly that the only OBJ
iect belonging to the Ravensmere es-
tates which remains unmortgaged, my
lord, is yourself" replied Arley Ran
some.
"It is equally sure that no one will
lend money on me-" said Lord Caraven,
laughingly. "Give me-not the details,
hut a resume; give me some faint idea
Of how l stand"