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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

The New York Craftsman remarks:
In the matter of delegates, to the
American Federation, Mr.. Morrison
having already had the place two years,
should be willing to retire In favor Of
somebody else. He is eligible for the
Office of secretary of the A. F. of. l..
by virtue of holding the office now, SO
there can be no valid excuse for elect
ing him delegate" l so looked at it
from the day l discovered Mr.. Morri-
sons announcement. l don't believe
his motive is one altogether selfish
ness" as has been limited at, but mis-
take in judgment. Should he be elect
ed it means one printer less in the next
convention of the A. +. of L., and the
loyal members Of our craft will ncces-
sarily take this into consideration
when the voting begins. An influential
member of No. s at the last meeting
of this union in debating why the I. T.
U. should not withdraw from the A. F.
of L., contended that the latter body
could be called a child Of the l. T. u,
and 1t was our duty to see him grow
into manhood. This is true. On the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

]. r. Cravath makes some useful sug-
gestions to owners of electric-light
plants in towns Of 1000 to 5000 in
habitants. Towns of this size usually
have an electric-light plant, a water
works system, small factory or two
and dozen or more small steam
plants of from one to twenty horse
power. Mr.. Cravath maintains that
there is ordinarily no good reason why
the electric light company cannot sup
ply power to these varied industries
more cheaply and more satisfactorily
than under the present system of every
man for himself. In other words, the
power generation for the community
should be consolidated under the root
Of the electric-light plant, and the men
and boilers and engines there employed
made to earn money twenty-four hours
q day instead of two or ehree.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

That salaries and wages are govern
ed by the profits Of business has been
q commonplace of political economy;
but of late an interposing factor has
been unusually demonstrative in the
character and disposition of the em-
ployer. There are instances where q
sharing Of portion of the profits Of
business has made employees more will
ing, regular and useful. There have
been counter instances where the en-
ployer's hardness has kept his work.
men irritable and unhappy, to his in
jury as we'll as to theirs. Strikes are
not infrequently brought on or aggra-
waited by the arrogance or luck of SYM
patty of employers, and there is rea-
son to believe that comparatively
recently costly and bloody outbreak
would not have taken place had not
the superintendent met the represen-
tatives of the workingmen with curses
instead of Cancellation. Workmen are
too frequently hasty in action, and
reckless and unreasonable in their de-
mands. Ordinarily, however, II they
are met in a spirit of Cancellation, the
first impulse Of self-assertion soon ex-
hausts itself. Reason to some extent
then seeks control. At this point can
did statments by the employer will or
dinarily be candidly received. BY
them the wage-earners may be made
to see more clearly the conditions that
regulate wages, and which, wisely or
unwisely needed, make to their en-
ployers the difference between loss
and reasonable profit that is as justly
the employers due as are reasonable
wages to the wage-earner. OF course
the cordial acqu1escence of the work.
ingmen in the statements made de-
ponds wholly on their belief In the
truthfulness and moral integrity Of
their employers. Hard, graspiAg en-
ployers are always distrusted. They
simply reap what they have sown.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
ARMY AND NAVY WIVES.


oohNinS Up braVoiy AS IhoH husD@Hu"
Go to the Front.
A Chicago woman who, was IN
Washington when Captain Sigsbee,
formerly Of the warship Maine, left to
take command of the st. Paul, hap
pened to be at the railway depot when
he took the train. The captain was
accompanied by the members of his
family and when seen by the people
at the station was given a hearty
cheer. The captain kissed the women
of his family affectionately before he
passed through the gaze for his train,
but they made no fearful demonstra-
ton. They looked thoughtful, but ap-
parently had themselves under per-
feet control and refrained from max
ing even the slightest suggestion of a
scene. The Chicago woman and some
female friends who were with her
marveled at the quiet parting and
could not help commenting on the
scene. How can they let him go at
that?" they inquired of each other.
After what he has been through,
saved from death only by miracle
less than two months ago, how can
they see him departing to face more
danger without being simply out OF
their minds? If he were my husband
he shouldn't go!' The women who
made these comments did not bear IN
mind the fact that this sort of self
restraint, which appeared so strange
to them, is as a rule the fruit of years
of training on the part Of women
whose male relatives are attached to
the land or the sea forces OF the gov
eminent. Self-control is bred in the
bone of army and navy women. In
no country in the world is there so
much Service" intermarrying as there
is in the United States. There are ex-
traordinary ramifications of relation
ship by marriage in the American
army and navy. The results of this
is that most Of the women whose hus-
bands, fathers and brothers are now
llhSlN " ulA III tuC lhASh Vi thS iAAA
pending war are thoroughly imbued
with that spirit of abnegation that an
imates the men. They are subscrib-
ers to a code of nerve of their own
and the very first clause of the I'M
written but all-pervasive code is that
it would be quite as weakened and
cowardly for them to wilt in the face
of trouble as it would be for their men
to show the yellow. There is, OF
course, no lack Of womanly feeling on
the part of the feminine members OF
the households of American army and
navy officers, but their whole environ
ment is such as to. bring out the
strongest common sense Of which hui
man beings are capable when the dan
ger to their men becomes more immi-
nent. Their spirit is such that they
would take shame unto themselves If
they interjected any whimperings into
the preparations for the departure of
their men.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Road
Now Beats the World.
The two splendid new trains, happi-
ly named "The I, Pioneer Limited"
which have been constructed for tho
Chicago, Milwaukee G. st. Paul Rail-
way company, are ready for service be-
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul
and Minneapolis, A private view"
proves the assertion that they are the
most magnificent product of the car
builders art ever yet exhibited. These
duplicate trains consist of the usual
mail express, and baggage cars (the
latter furnished with bicycle racks, and
carrying a Westinghouse engine and
dynamo to furnish power for the elect
trio lighting of the entire train); buzz
fet smoking and library cars, standard
sleepers. compartment sleepers, dining
cars, parlor cars, day coaches, and re-
Ginning chair cars. Entrance to each
car is by way of massive flush" vesti-
buleS, finished in San Domingo ma
hogany, the elegance of which is but
IL
buffet smoking cars are composed Of
main apartment, card room, and buff
fet. They are finished in st. Jago ma
hogany, carefully selected for its color
and beauty, richly carved and inlaid
with the most delicate and elaborate
marquetry work. The style used in
the ornamentation throughout the
trains is the Empire, with a suggestion
OF the classic Greek a combination pc
culiarly adapted to producing rich eff
fects. The standard sleepers are mas
sive structures constructed on a model
to emphasize lofty ideal md display
ing in detail the architectural perfec-
tion prevalent throughout the train.
They contain siXte sections, commo-
dious smoking rooms and toilet rooms
at either end. The compartment cars
consist of seven double compartments
and two drawing rooms, divided in the
center by a corridor. The compart-
ments, in suites of two or more rooms
are finished in different woods-pa-
douk, st. Jago mahogany ana Circas-
sian walnut, and the colors of the drap-
cries used in connection with the diff
ferent woods are in perfect artistic
harmony. The day coaches have some
new features, contributing alike to
comfort and elegance. They are fin
ished in Mexican mahogany, hand
semely decorated with carving and
marquetry; the ceilings done in green,
with effective geometrical designs. The
main room of the dining car is hand
some apartment, finished in mahogany,
richly carved, and decorated with
marquetry. The exterior of these
trains is unusually beautiful, all the
cars being painted deep rich yellow
in different shades, and finished in
gold. The panel decorations and strip
ings are noticeably elegant, including
the Empire designs adapted to conven-
tional figures. The actual cost of THE
Pioneer Limited Trains" (two) Is said
to be $3.50
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
Pardoned.

Pardoned.
The hour had struck for the felon's
Over the trap swung the dreadful
rope,
And far above, with a solemn boom,
The bell of the prison was knelling
hope.
Through the long passage, with meas
ured tread,
Came the condemned with the priest
at his side
Over the crucifix bowling his head
And breathing prayer to the Cruel
fed.
Then in the court yards unroofed
space
One look he gave to the vault OF
blue.
And a sunbeam glanced DER the lifted
face,
Which smiled with a happiness
strange to view.
For he knew as he sank to the prison
pave
That the laws decree had been
set aside,
For Fate in mercy had struck to save,
Thank God" he breathed, as he
smiled and died.
A hero this. But offended law
Cried for his blood. He had taken
life
From wealth, whose brides had forced
his door, r.
And left behind dishonored wife.
Yes, he had struck the despoiler down,
But Honor was low and Defilement
high,
And pampered justice, in rustling
gown,
Denounced him murderer, doomed to
die.
Thus the avenger of lives laid waste
For a little space the winepress
stood,
But the doom unjust was in time ef-
faced
And the hero saved by the hand OF
God.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

This is the season when even the
alarms Of war cannot repress the en-
thusiasm Of the disciples Of genial
Izaak Walton. BY special courier from
the camp of Grover Cleveland we learn
that the enemy is beginning to accept
proffered bait with avidity and that a
general engagement with terrific
slaughter may be expected within a
few days. The only serious hindrance
to Corporal" Cleveland's movement
on the enemy's Notifications is the
temporary absence of his aid de camp,
Captain Robley Evans, who has OBJ
tanned furlough to whip Spain before
he again returns to active duty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

At an Illinois town the other day
the Rev. E. A. Ross, the revival preach
er, asked all those in his congregation
to rise who had read passage in the
book of Hezekiah. About a dozen
arose, some of them longtime church
members. The evangelist said: why,
God bless you, there's no such book in
the bible!" There was roseate flush
oerspread some cheeks that had been
sallow for years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

Austria, aside from its rulers, is moi
nearly so Spanish in its smypathies as
has been generally supposed. The
Deutsche Zeitung of Vienna, referring
to this subject recently, says: 1.-THE
great North American republic con-
stitutes a warning for all European
princes and governments who are
steering for absolutism. Were it not
for the American union the cause oil
civil liberty in Europe in our days
would be in a bad way" 1t would
probably surprise most rulers of the
more despotic countries of Europe to
know to what extent sentiments such
rs the above prevail in their domin-
ions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
SOME RAILWAY STATISTICS.
One Passenger Must he Carried Five
Miles to Earn Cent.

One Passenger Must BE Carried Five
Miles to Earn IA Cent.
Last year the railways of the United
States carried over $4,000, 100000 pas
sengers one mile. They also carried
95, 900, 100000 tons of freight one mile.
The total amount paid in dividends on
stock was $S7 ,633, 371-call it $SS, =
900. OF the total earnings of the rail-
ways about 70 per cent came from
freight service and 30 per cent from
passenger service. Let us assume,
then, that of the $SS,O0O,OOO paid in di-
vidends 10 per cent, or SP1 ,000, 000,w was
profit on freight service and s26, 400, 900
was profit on passenger service. = Let
us drop fractions and call it s62, 100000
from freight and $26,OOO,OOO from pas
sengers. By dividing the passenger
profit into the number of passengers
carried 00,OOO,000) we find the
railways had to carry passenger 500
miles in order to earn 81 of profit, or
five miles to earn 1.ceut. Their aver
age profit, therefore, was less than
two-tenths OF cent for carrying
passenger land his baggage) ! mile.
BY dividing the freight profit into
the freight mileage $4,000, 900, O00) we
find that the railways had to carry
one ton of freight 1880 miles in order
to earn 81, or over fiftean miles to
earn i cent The average profit,
therefore, was less than one-fifteenth
Of cent for carrying ton of freight
tbesides loading and unloading it, one
mile.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

How precious the memory Of writ
or Of uplifting hymns! The late Rev.
Henry Francis Lyle, author Of abide
with Me-" and other hymns sung the
world over, has been dead half CEN
fury. Brixham church, Devon. where
he ministered for many years, is now
in the course of rebuilding. With gifts
and words Of sympathy for the object,
come loving and grateful expression
which testify to the service the poet
yet fulfils. Such ministry has an
Immortality Of its own.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

The titles Of the king of Spain sug-
gest large part of the history Of the
world. He is king Of Jerusalem, which
is Turkish; Of Navarro. which is
French; of Gibraltar, which is British;
and of the East and West Indies. which
are largely British; Duke Of Brabant
and Count Of Flanders, now the two
Independent kingdoms of Holland and
Belgium; and sovereign Of numerous
other lands long since independent or
under the undisputed sway of other
powers. He bears upon his person.
indeed, an options of the glory and
the fall of Spain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

Farmer swett-"You say you belong
to the army of the unemployed? Well,
now my friend, guess kin give you
something of job today" Toyle
Knott-"What! An have me be a
deserter from de army? Ye don't know
military ethics, do ye?"-Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

While the captain general at Manila
is encouraging the authorities at Ma
drid with fake reports Of, the submis-
sion Of insurgent chiefs in some por-
tions Of the Philippines, he discounts
them by reports of fresh outbreaks in
other portions and In the Caroline Is
lands.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

Look here, George" said Mrs. Pep
per, 1--WE been aggravated enough, so
don't you put me out" Certainly not,
my love-" returned George suavely
Ill go out myself. Don't sit up for
me. "-PickMe-Up.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

Father-Did l hear that young man
kiss you in the parlor last evening?
Daughter don't believe you could
have papa. land a mystified look in red
took possession of her beautiful face.)
Detroit Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

Stra ge Bedfellows-How to Help the
Label-The Kansas City Printers Have
n Plan Worthy of Initiation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
KANSAS,

Those Krupp guns sent as Kitchen
furniture" from Germany to the Span
iards will probably next be heard Of
In Uncle Sans kitchen or in some
junk shop.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

In all countries more marriages take
place in June than in any other month
in the year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

"They amt enough pudding to go
round" the waitress said hoarsely.
Tell the rest of 'em as they come"
said the landlady, that 1t is Spanish
sauce. Then they'll refuse It,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

There was little girl, and she had .
little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead;
And when it was on she looked very,
very nice,
And when it was off she looked hor-
rid.
Pick-Me. Up.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
Pick-Me. Up.

BY beginning to nag boy at eight
in the morning, he can be induced to
begin piece Of work by the time he
should be getting ready for bed at
night.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

SIS his book a problem novels"
Yes; and a hard one. 1t is the worst
form of Scotch dialect. PUCK.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

Some men are hard drinkers, but
many others find it quite easy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
TWO COSTLY TRAINS.

Every man who starves his wife, is
said by his neighbors to be rich.
The herald., 1898-11-06

of Daniel Beals, the son of wealthy farm
er. Because of religious differences on the
part of the parents, Beals did not keep his
engagement. The records of the court of
common pleas show that Miss Buchwalter
was awarded judgment for $3.50 dam,
ages against Beals for breach of promise.
After several years Mr.. Beals married, and
after the death of his wife became quite
poor Miss Buchwalter owns one of the
best farms in the county.
Three years ago Miss Buchwalter's home
was entered by three masked men who beat
her terribly in an effort to make her tell
where her money was secreted. Three OF
the best known citizens of Mount Eaton
John j. Schlaffy, a justice of the peace;
Simon Schlaffy and Louise Klein were in
dicted and after sensational trial were
acquitted. The three men brought suit
against Miss Buchwalter for $1,000 dam
ages for false arrest. Mr.. Beals offered his
assistance to hunt down the offenders, and
it was largely through his efforts that Miss
Buchwalter won the only one of the three
damage suits that has been tried, although
the jury gave the plaintiff a verdict, asess-
ing his damages at ST..
Through his efforts in her behalf the old
love was rekindled a new engagement fol-
lowed, and the couple were married last
week.
The herald., 1898-11-06

Monaghan estate moving entails consid-
cradle expenditure, and Now Sang en-
ploys six of his countrymen to work in the
garden and peddle the produce. He pays
them per capita $25 per month and boards
them. In return for which they work daily
from $3.50 to p. m. Five horses and two
wagons are important factors in making a
success, the wagons being principally used
for peddling in the city.
Now Sang and those of his employees who
are depicted in the accompanying group
seemed very contented and happy, and GER
tainly were much pleasanter and more oblig-
ing than the followers of Confucius who
neighbor on the south side of Now.
GEN-SANG.
On patriarchal pepper tree at the en-
trance to the ninety-tive acre Chinese gar
den, which abuts on the south end of Now
Sang's cabbage ranch, on stenciled sign
board is the name under which the large
heather garden rests.
A huge mastitf, chained to giant euca-
lyptus- rostrata, savagely showed his incis-
ors and evinced an extraordinary desire to
make a closer acquaintance with the inter-
viewers. Nor did soft, persuasive English
epithets tone down his ardor and jealous
ness. The massive mastiff had evidently
been coerced into a belief of serving only
one master, and that master a Chinaman.
A cross-bred Dalmatian coach hound
chained to kennel by the irrigating ditch
was seated upon the bank, trying hard to
shake off the effects of canine jag, which
had an aspen-like effect upon him. Wheth-
er the flowing water by his side, the imag-
mary fumes of dope, or the degradation he
felt upon being compelled to keep watch
over his unaristocratic masters was what
effected his nerves so, he did not communi-
cate by any visible signs, save the tremolo
canino.
A few yards from the dwelling is the
mess room. The Chinese flag was hoisted
to signal the workmen that the hour for
''lice and lest (rice and rest) was at hand.
AT the back of the mess room, in very
close proximity, was the dwelling of ''the
gintleman that pays the rint." His Sleep
ing and eating apartment was in the same
condition as Tor if anything little better
than the habitations of porcine gentlemen
generally. He was enjoying his siesta, but,
sleek and fat. he opened one eye and
grunted
The herald., 1898-11-06

threadbare smile which hangs around the
features of all who are so unfortunate as to
be interviewed by the persistent raker OF
news Then and there did Now Sang find
that his "unruly member" could speakee
good English; and he at once began to di-
vulge the points needed for the information
OF newsloving people.
For the forty-two acres Of city sand Now
pays rent amounting annually to S594. His
city licenses monthly are $40, while the
county also collects from him for the latter
period 81. Water for irrigating costs him
as much as 81 per diem, and Now dwells
upon the fact, which is In ocular evidence,
that he uses only clean water for his gar
den, and only recognized sanitary fertiliz-
ers for renewing the component parts of the
soil necessarily weakened by the continuous
drain upon its vitality and resources for
market garden produce. Now is apparently
a good manager and is not chronic kicker
The clouds have Tor many months been very
chary of dispensing their favors, favoring
neither the Caucasian nor the Mongolian,
while the sun has been shining on the Just
and the unjust with extreme warmth, and
/ the water works people have not been lavish
with their supplies: but Nov has kept on
| plodding, working, hoping and receiving
pretty good reward for his patient, perse
vering industry. On the subject of profits
he was not inclined to be communicative,
| his reply to pertinent questions being, "Me
| all litee." His cabbages and caulhowers,
| extending over eight acres, would tempt
any donkey that ever roamed over Wands-
| worth common to make break for a sight
| OF them; and the creamy flowers of the
broccoli would lend grace to the dishes of
the most fastidious Sweet potatoes and
"lrlsh" potatoes cover seven acres; turnip
field OF four acres is in a thriving condition,
while lettuce, celery, Spanish onions and
sweet corn each call for two acres space
Lima beans on a three-acre patch assert
their popularity over their kinsmen, string
beans, which have to be content with two
acre plot. Tomatoes, beets, carrots, alb
sorb the earth food of three acres between
them; three acres on barley hay for the
horses; an acre and quarter in radishes.
asparagus, cucumbers, summer squash, a
small patch of spring onions and the nurs-
cry plots, complete very compact. we'll
arranged, industriously titled and carefully
irrigated vegetable garden. To keep this