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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23

The government has Just purchased
two new battlcahirs from Brazil. One
q! them. the Amazonas, is ready for
"a and will conc Immediately under
he stars and stripes. The other IS so
a.ar completed that She can be
brought over IT, Thu side amsl finished.
f necessary. Spain has been trying
y buy these ships, bu, money talked.
and i'nrlc Sam had it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23

= The wal talk continues to be Of
all exciting nature and the whole
country is anxiously awaiting the re
port Of the board Of inquiry rs to the
Maine disaster, which will probably
he made this week. 1t looks like
everybody is ready IL fight, and every
body is fully confident of the strength
and ability Of the Federal government
/" amply protect It's coast line. 1t is
well understood. however, that %lrcsi-
dent Mckinley will not make war on
Spain unless he is forced to it by IN
overwhelming public sentiment. and
it ought to be equally we'll understood
that Scn"r >agasta will not make war
nn the nitcd States unless he is
forced to do 80 by the officers Of the
Spanish army in Madrid, who seem to
have the l. ,wcr Of bringing irresistible
pressure /" bear at critical occasions
upon the Spanish Government. The
war talk III S~iliim has been promoted
by these Spanish officers. because
they believe the lnitcl States to be
unrrcparcd for war. without ADEQUATE
coast dcfcnS,>. ana without Il fnr,ni-
dable navy. and therefore unwilling 10
fight, AMI anra>v rrcy for the Spanish
arms.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23

Pay "a you 20 clubs are being or
gained in many towns in the North
west. The members pledge them
selves to incur no debts, aud to rur
chase only such goods as they can
pay cash for. The whole country
Should be organized into one great
club Of this sort, and prosperity will
make its appearance, never again to
DEPART.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23

Is the f.neli>h ~ilnauagc destined tn
become UNIVERSAL! This question is
suggested hy the marvellous growth
which has cl,aractrri1cd the languages
since the beginning Of the present
century. While there were unly some
1000, 900 people who >l.ohc the E.nr
lish language at the beginning Of tho,
century, there are now some ; 5000
900. These English->rcakiny rco,lc
arc not restricted to Great Britain and
America. but are scattered about over
the entire globe. AS compared with
other languages the growth Of our
mother tongue is all the more signiti
cant. At the beginning Of the cen
tury the worlds most popular Ian
"uagc was French, which was spoken
by ii 900 900 people. As to the
others. German was spoken by 81. 900,
600 people. Russian by 80. 900, 900.
Spanish by : 900, 900, English by2l.-
100000 and Italian by lG.mn0, 900.
At the present time English is the
language Of l3O, 900. 900 people. Rus
sian OF > 1000. 900. German Of ~. 300
600, French of 3.00N, 900, Spanish Of
"A 900, 0o0 and Italian Of 81. 0DO. 900.
According to these figures the English
language has mounted during tho
present century from the fifth place
to the first, and j, to-day spoken By
nearly five times as many people as
spoke it in 1900. While the various
other languages. have made some
progress during this period, they can
not begin to compare in point of
growth with the English.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23
SPECIAL GLASS SALE.

This Special Sale begins TUESDAY, MARCH 9Th, and will continue
till March 18th Now, don't wait till the best has been picked re and then
say W &c ncver done it. Fall in the swim and let the tide bear you IL. Here
ire a few prices to give you an idea
Is good Tumblers for Zoe. Lamp Chimneys, 2c, Sc and 4c, Fancy Deco.
rated Lamp Chimneys sc and 10c each, Complete Lamps &c, Large Lamps
IL to lsc and 2c for large Stand Lamps, Fancy Decorated Parlor Lamps
att - each, Night Lamps and Shades 2Sc, Water Sets complete &c., Fancy
Lemonade md Water Sets complete at 93c, Salt and Pepper Shakers It &C.
~ l n g, C"stors at nc to zoe for a handsome one. while soc buys Silver
l1ated Stand with five Cuets, Individual Salts &c each, Bird Seed and Wa
ter M cups 4c' = Ice Cream Saucers 15c, Molasses Cans &c, Sc and 10c the
fancy Fme Goods and mbreakablc at 17c to BIC, Covered Buffers Sc, Sc
~ tc, cieam E. and csp0oners DC, Stand Preserves 13c and lc. 2c and
3@c large sizes, Extra Gobets 6 for 2c, Sugar Dishes &c and Sc, Hen Butter
a}ms lc' Handsome Hand Mirrors l5c Pocket Mirrors 1c, The Magic
Mirror &C., Large vases ut &c pair, Fish Globes, and everything made of
GLASS tor this Special Celebration Sale ut prices that n IA q stand for u
regular business Pretty Glass Mugs, with handles, at 4c. Large China CUP
and Saucer at DC. 'HalfgaNon Pitchers lac China Tea and Dinner Sets
also i'll this sale.
Ihelew will be those who don't believe it now, but IN a months time they
will he wishing they had believed it. give were wise and five we're foolish"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
The Immensely Wealthy.

It is quite impossible fully to CON-
prehend the vastness of the enormous
wealth held by few men in the
United States. The fortunes of nine
different American families aggregate
the almost inconceivable sum of ST.
754O00,O00. A competent authority es-
Inmates that, by ''the pure force of
accumulation alone" William Waldorf
Astor will probably, before he dies,
possess fortune Of $1,000, 100000. The
daily income of Astor is $25,027, OF
S9,135,000 annually. There are eight
other men whose daily incomes vary
from $4,137 to $4,000. Rev. Josiah
Strong estimates that it would take
workmen, earning $1,000 year, over
1900 years to earn as much as the an
nual income of the 100 richest Amer
leans; and IL workman could earn
$40 a day, lie would have TO work until
he would be SAT years old and never
take day off, before he could earn as
much as some Americans are worth.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

At Bevier, KY, settlement Of negro
miners have saved some money, bought
200 acres of coal land and are peace
fully digging living out of the earth.
Lac La Belle property, better known
as the Delaware mine, in Keeweenaw
county, Mich, is to be bought by new
corporation having nominal capitali-
cation of $2,50O,00O and an actual cash
capital of 81 100000. Local capital will
furnish s75OO00, and Boston and New
York persons $25O,00O.
The differences between the Chicago
Virden Coal Company at Virden and
Auburn, ILL.,, and the striking miners
have been settled, and the shafts arc
to be operated again soon. The COM
pany agreed to pay the state scale Of
forty cents per ton, but did rot want
to tear down the stockade. FinalT the
company accepted the offer of the min
ers that they would take 1t down and
charge the company nothing for the
labor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
ATTACK UPONT HEPOSTOFFICE

Loud of California, an agent Of the
Southern Pacific railroad, has been re-
elected to congress, along with Re-
publican majority, and he will renew
his attacks upon the peoples post
Office system, with better chance OF
| success. Loud, in report rs chair
man of the house committee on post
offices and post roads in the 59th con-
gress, began the fight of the railroad
trust for the absolute control of the
UEited States postal system. in the
following words:
There is much maudlin sentiment
among many of our people about the
postoffice department Pri-
vate means could as well, or better.
be adapted to the transmission of our
mails. The principal wrong
in the continuance OF the present sys-
tenn is that it encourages the growth
of an agrarian sentiment which points
to the postoffice department and ex-
claims: "See how well the postal sys-
tenn is managed in the interests Of us
all, and how cheaply it is operated.
This is our strong bulwark of defense
and illustrates in golden letters that
the true course for the government is
to become the owner and operate all
means Of transportation and transmits
sion. Still, there is not sane business
man in the country who has given the
matter any thought but what knows
that the postoffice department could
be operated by private individuals on
our present appropriation and return
net profit of from thirty to forty
millions of dollars per year."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
Our Heritage.

Life seemeth to me like beautiful
poem,
Its tenderest line is the innermost soul.
And youth is the preface the heart-touch-
ing poem,
That like golden sunlight illumines the
whole.
Some drift through the spring time ne'er
needing its beauty,
And crush the shy roses that lie at
their feet;
yhey tread in the paths leading only to
duty.
And miss all the glad that makes living
SO sweet.
Tho thirsty, they hear not the low
splashing fountain
That scatters its spray on the grass at
their side;
Tho weary, they toll up the high sun
scorched mountain,
Nor rest in the vale where the cool
shadows bide.
They let all the brightness shift ever be-
fore Them
Nor gather share ere 1t flutters away;
The clouds, filled with hope. that bend
lovingly Ter them,
When touched by their glance, turn
from rose-tint to gray.
oh! why should we walk all our days In
the shadow,
And wound our tired feet with the
brambles of care,
When life of itself is green-daisied
meadow,
When each may weave garlands OF
flowers to wear?
TITS well we should cling to the standard
of duty,
But not to walk blindly, unheeding the
sun;
God gave us the world with its blossom
ing beauty,
And we may blend brightness and sha-
dow in one!
I S. Taylor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

Toward the formation of this ideal, the
GOOD Citizenship League Is doing, per-
haps, the most efficient work. The en-
thusiasm for the flag, and the military
drill in school do not. in themselves,
teach intelligent patriotism. But every
year greater efforts are being put forth
to train our youth into patriots to
whom bosses, municipal spoils and fat
contracts will alive be abhorrent, and
under whose coming reign corruption
will not exist either In peace or war.
With the present generation the defect
in American patriotism can scarcely
be entirely remedied. AS in all reforms
our hope is in the children.
AMELIA II. BOTSFORD.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

BY Eltweed Pomeroy,

A certain very rich man said unto
himself: 81 have many interests and
| will turn over the most important OF
them to q body of men whom III
choose for year or two years, and
I'll call them Legislature" And he
did it and went on his way. And the
body of men met and they made money
with the rich mans goods and sold
some and mortgaged others and de-
spoiled others. And the suffers and
lobbyists focked around as vultures
around a carrion, and the rich man re-
monstrated and held a mass meeting
and screamed himself hoarse. And
the body of men looked at him de-
risively and said to itself: Surely we
have worked for these Offices, and they
are ours, and you can't put us out, nor
reverse our acts, but are bound by
them" and they laughed in their
sleeves at the rich man.
Again an election came around and
the rich man chose another set of men
of the same sort, and having untram-
meled power. They did likewise. And
many moons waxed and waned and
the rich man did not seem to learn by
experience, but really he was growing
very angry, and at last he rose up and
said: 81 will choose you as councillors,
but you shall do naught that l do net
wish, and you shall do the things l
wish. and I'll veto any acts of yours
that l do not like by the referendum,
and If you will not pass the laws l
wish, 1 myself will start them by the
initiative" And the latter end of that
man was better than the former.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
The Question of Life and Death T.
Nations.
BY Wilbur F. Crafts.

Nations.
By Wilbur F. Crafts.
Must every nation, must our own,
grow old and die? Nay, for in the
very nature of the case, nation may
be as immortal as our earth or like a
river, its drops ever passing on to the
sea, but ever renewed from its noun
tain springs. II we maintain the
Christian morality and popular edu-
cation, which Washington declared to
be the high sources of national pros
perity, and keep unbroken on either
hand the banks of liberty and law, our
nations life may so on ceaselessly.
But eternal life to a nation can come
only through eternal vigilance" Many
who firmly believe nature goes by law
act as If history went by luck. AS
surely as effect follows cause Baby
lonian vices will produce Babylonian
fall.
Babylon. Greece, Rome, the renais-
sance kingdoms Of Italy and France
and Spain form a national series, all
showing that the highest art, II 1t be
mental culture, without moral, II 1t
be the art whose motto is art for arts
sake" the goddess estheticism OF nude
art, that puts beauty in the supreme
place instead of duty, not only can not
take the place of religion in checking
immortality, but ever increases 1t,
dragging the nation down the three
steps to national ruin; first, moral,
second, physical, third. political decay.
France is on the second step, the only
civilized land in which the birth rate
Is falling below the death rate, blaz-
ing warning on the walls of this mod
ern Babylon of the retribution to men
and nations that follows the violation
Of the fourth and seventh command
ments.
Why should we cast aside our ira
ditions to welcome the nude to our
literature and homes, when every ma
ton from which we have borrowed it
is either dead or dying? Since France
is dying of the worst of plaques,
French pictures, French plays and
French novels should be quarantined
like ships from infected ports.
The problem of purity is the ques-
ton of life or death to nations. AS
we look through history we see that
nations have died chiefly of internal
causes, not of American free silver or
of British free trade, but free love.
Therefore, moral questions should be
the supreme question in politics, those
that conform to Gladstone's definition
of the purpose of law-"to make it as
hard as possible to do wrong and as
easy as possible to do right"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

1t has been ascertained that in nine
years the fire insurance trust (now
judicially declared to be such) collect
ed in this state, says the San Fran.
cisco Star, some $55,000,00O for insur-
ance rates, and paid out about s25,OOO,-
900 for losses-thus charging 100000
600 for their services. In Kansas they
are said to have collected about three
dollars to every dollar they paid. Kan
sas enforced some legislation against
them; but however squarely their bust
ness might be conducted, it is costly.
The state should do the business.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

"Bribed by the rich 10 rob the poor, "
was the scathing verdict pronounced
by Hon. Wayne McVeagh upon the
legislators Of Philadelphia, who leased
the gas works created by the vote of
the people, and in the address at the
commencement exercises OF the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania last year the
same gentleman said to the students of
that institution that the "black flag of
the corruptionist is more to be feared
than the red flag of the anarchist"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this: to visit
the fatherless and widows in their
affiiction, and to keep himself I'M
spotted from the world. l. n.
We know that the word Trans
lated religion" means outward SER
vice." 1t does not refer to the mans
belief, but to the way in which 1t
ought to be shown. There are various
forms of worship whereby Christians
display their faith. Religious rit-
ual has many shapes. These
give prominence to one feature
or another of our Creed, &C.
cording to the mind of the worship
er. St. James does not here trouble
himself about these. They may legiti-
mately differ. Whatever they may be,
he points to that which should always
mark the outcome Of our faith, and
is "undefiled before God and the
Father" The true notes of our out
ward Christian service or observance
are sympathy" and purity" These
are required by God of all, and they
are illustrated by a mans visitation
of widows and fatherless in their af-
Fiction, and also by keeping of him
self unspotted from the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

Newspaper correspondents In Berlin
report that Denmark is beginning to
retaliate upon Germany for the expul-
sion of King Christians subjects from
Northern Schleswig. The activity OF
the Prussian government since these
evictions began has been unparalleled.
Hundreds of persOns-men, women and
children of all ages-have been forced
to give up their homes and flee over
the frontier into the northern peninsu-
Ia. Germany, however, is not invul-
nerable, and the Danes know it. The
Danish press is urging the striking OF
a blow at German trade. Denmark i'm
ports from Germany goods to the value
of not less than $35,000,000 annually,
more than half as much as from all the
rest of the world Danes are urged to
stop the importation of German manu-
features, and the temper of the people
is favorable to the proposition. An as
ISOLATION of merchants has been form
ed in Copenhagen, the members OF
which are pledged to buy nothing that
is imported from Germany. The threat
is not lost on Germany. Berlin mer-
chants are tremendously stirred up
over the prospect Of losing SO good a
customer. Already Prince Hohenlohe,
the imperial chancellor, has received
scores Of communications-so Of
them numerously- signed petitions
begging that the persecution Of the
Schleswig Danes may be- forbidden.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

It is the road We are travel , the
everyday tread of our lives, whi,A de-
cides our moral and spiritual quality.
The ends which we propose to our
selves are but points in our lives,
whose life itself is made up by the
means we take to further them. All
neglect Of these means. all indifference
to them, all undue haste to get through
them, or to brush them aside as tire
some or unimportant, must therefore
be fatal to the value Of life and the
growth Of character.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

A most extraordinary and astonish-
ing development in respect to woman's
work was found in the fact that five
hundred girls and women are employed
in the foundries of Pittsburg, doing
work for 81 and S. per week for which
men were formerly paid from $14 to
SIG per week. This is in Pennsylva-
MIA, the recognized stronghold Of pro-
lection for labor.-New York Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

the railroad pool has already been set
aside as o matter Of no consequence,
as will be seen by an article else
where in this paper. and as we pre-
dicted at the time 1t was rendered. The
pool was such an open and fragrant
violation OF the law that the court
had no recourse but to declare against
1t; and yet there are good reasons for
believing that this adverse decision
never would have been rendered II the
judges had known in advance that the
railroad magnates would find a way
to evade its mandate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

The government claims and exer-
cises the right to supervise the rail-
roads as common carriers and neces-
sary public institutions. Why not,
then, advance one step and assume
the natural sequence Of full owner
ship and control? Under proper man
agement the railroads Of this country
can be made to pay the whole ex-
pense Of the government, in addition
to a remunerative interest on the pur-
chase bonds. At their present enor-
mously watered capitalization of more
than eleven billions Of dollars, and
management of the most reckless ex-
travagance, they are paying an aver
age dividend Of nearly per cent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

There is an electric fire in human
nature tending to purity, so that
among human creatures there Is con-
tinually some birth Of new heroism.
The pity is that we must wonder at 1t,
as we should in finding a pearl In
rubbish. No doubt, thousands Of peo-
pie never heard of have hearts COM
pletely disinterested.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23
Not Much Difference,

If some of our successful men were
compelled to earn living by honest
methods there would be less talk of
some having so much more ability than
others; they would soon find that abil-
ity and sharp practice were two differ
ent things.-Co-operative Age.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

There is more Catarrh IN this section OF the
country than all other diseases put togetnei.
and until the last few years was supposed TO Do
incurable. For great many years doctors pro,
nounced it local disease. and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing 10 cure
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tionai disease, and therefore requires consul
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh cure, man
Is the only constitutional cure on the market
It is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to
. teaspoonful 1t acts directly upon the BLOOD
me hundred dollars for any case II falls to cure
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
r. j. CHENEY q CO, 90.
Toledo. OhiA
Sold by Druggists, TO-
HALLS Family Pills are the best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-23

It's positively cruel to keep up the
foxes at the expense Of the dude when
he isn't capable Of understanding
them.