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TUESDAY, APRIL 4. 1899.

THIS paper IS Democratic in principles
and is Independent in It's efelcs on an ioco
questions. -
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VETERANS OF 81

The annual reunion of the Second Bri-
eade Of New Jersey will be held In TrenS
ton April 10. The veterans Of 81, who
fought in that brigade. will all be pres
ext.
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MEETINGS.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The Annual Meeting Of the Stockholders Of
the JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY
will be held at the office Of the Company,
corner Wayne and Monmouth streets. Jersey
City. N. j., on APRIL II, 1893. at 2 o'clock
P. M. at which meeting seven Directors VIII
GEORGE E. LONG. Secretary.
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Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Tuesday, April IS, 1899. at two o'clock P. NJ,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10
HOW NINE. SEMBRlCH WORKS.
Said to Play Chopin Better Than Any
Ono Except PaderewskL

Said to Play Chopin Better Than Any
Ono Except Paderewski.
But for years l have continued my
studies as a singer" she said to the
Philadelphia Times reporter. Il still
practice one hour every day at the
piano and devote the same amount Of
time to singing. That hour, how
ever, divide into four parts and sing
for only fifteen minutes at time.
That is the history Of my musical stu
dies. 1t IS most impossible to say
when they begin. My fingers were on
the piano keys long before they could
stretch an octave. My studies have
not ended yet, and l cannot tell when
they will. The person who would
continue to keep place in music must
always struggle to improve. 1t is not
enough to keep up to ones own stand
ard. There must be constant effort at
something better" Nine. Sembrich
confines most of her hygienic efforts to
pedestrianism. The weather permit
ting, she walks daily for two hours.
Even when she sings, if the weather is
clear, Nine. Sembrich never misses her
walk. In diet she avoids sweets and
pastry, all cold drinks and never
touches coffee. She is most careful
about talking on the day she is to
sing, but is less strict in this respect
than some of the other singers. She
receives nobody on the day she is to
sing and will accept no invitations for
the day before. Like all great sing
ers, she is necessarily alone much Of
the time Nine. Sembrich is a fine
pianist and is said by some critics to
play Chopin better than anybody else
before the public except Paderewski.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10

For several weeks experts in the
employ of the government have been
busy at the DUPONT Conveys Point
powder works experimenting on
smokeless powder. One Of the diff
culties which has beset the manufac-
ture Of this modern product is that 1t
cannot be made absolutely smokeless;
another is that it loses a small per-
centage Of strength through storage.
The experiments included the use of
cornstalk pith, and it is said proved
so satisfactory that cotton may be ul'
timately abandoned as base Of the
smokeless powder, because it cannot
be ground fine enough. Should this
be true, a new source of revenue will
be opened up for the farmers, as
thousands of acres Of corIstalks are
allowed to go to rot every year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10
is NEAR TO EMPEROR.
MENZEL, ART ADVISER TO WILL
LIAM OF GERMANY.
BE Has Long Been Ono of tho Most
Notable Figures In Europe - He Is
tho Great Historical Painter Of the
Empire.
Berlin letter.

Herr Adolf Mcneil, who has become
the special adviser in matters Of art to
Emperor William of Germany, is one
of the most notable figures of Europe.
He is par excellence the historical
painter of Germany. Through him
every child in that country knows the
faces of Frederick the Great and the
great Emperor William, the two hero
monarchs of the Teutons. Although
he is now "a years old, the great paint
er is keen of wit, brilliant of eye, and
sound Of judgment. The kaiser could
have no finer or ADLER critic to prompt
his imperial taste in art. The eight
ieth anniversary of Menzel's birth was
celebrated deliberately at Berlin. The
emperor prepared a most delightful
surprise for the aged painter. When
Mcneil entered the room in which the
big reception was held he was met by
six enormous soldiers dressed in the
uniform of the time of Frederick the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10

gracsfully from the office with a re-
mark about some errand that must be
attended to Immediately.
Ralph advanced toward Marion and
taking her hand, said: II was the for
tunate finder of your photos and have
had this portrait for my daily COM
panion year. May hope In the fu'
ture to possess the original? We have
in reality known each other two years
and need not measure time in the con-
ventional way: / feel that I possess
your souls mate. Is 1t not true?"
Marion gave him glance full OF
faith and trust, saying: Even so my
heart is yours" 1t is needless to add
that Marion never went into another
trance. What could it be? Did her
soul leave its earthly surroundings to
seek its mate? She believe that 1t
did, and found 1t. too.-Boston Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10
WAS POKAGON CHEF.
Indians Who Deny He Ever Ruled The
POttawatOmies,

Indians Who Deny He Ever Ruled the
Pottawatomies,
Was the late Simon Pokagon ever
chief of the Pottawatomies? Promin-
ent Indians say that after the death
of Francis Pokagon, some forty years
ago,Joette Topash was properly elected
their chief. Topash lived near this city,
and died just west of town, nearly 20
years ago. He was brainy, shrewd
man, and commenced the agitation for
the payment of the government claim,
which was settled two years ago. Up
ON his death Motay Setone was chosen
chief, with one Cheniga as interpreter,
to be followed about ten years later
with the election Of Alexis, with Simon
Pokagon as Interpreter.
Last fall another election was held,
the choice falling on Cow-Tuck- Muck,
or williams" as he is called, with
Thomas Topash as interpreter Since
then no other election has been held.
If this history is true, and your cor
respondent obtained it from the ex-
chief Alexis, and other Indians of the
band who are personal friends and re
putable, Pokagon was never their
chief, but assumed the leadership of
the band through his superior intel
ligence and gift for leadership.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10
HER EYES NET RALPH'S.

that subject was ready to be posed;
it was the work of a moment to put
the negative for exposure into the
plate-holder.
As Ralph walked toward the camera
what he saw took his breath away.
The vision of his dreams! The same
womanly face, the graceful form!
The pleasant voice of well-known
society woman broke in "Allow me,
Mr.. Thorndyke. to present my friend,
Miss Marion Beane, to you and your
best effort in art" Tie artist bowed,
expressing himself the best he could,
with such whirling brain as pleased
to favor them.
He posed her, then she went to the
dressing-room to don another cos
tune; her friend, Mrs. Claremont,
chatted with Ralph, saying: I'm so
glad that you two have met to-day,
Marion is so romantic; would you be-
lieve it? She is waiting for an ideal;
she believes that every one possesses
half soul; that somewhere in the
world the other half Is waiting to be
recognized and claimed: If the two
halves join, then is the union perfect
and two lives made happy, otherwise
unhappiness and discord result from
the ill-assorted union Of two people.
1.-TWO years ago she went into a
trance or sleep at midnight while at
Newport, nearly frightening every one
out Of their wits. She came out of 1t,
however in few hours; year ago
the same thing occurred at the same
hour, while she was visiting me. She
returned to her home the next morn
ing and lost two photos of herself,
made in New York. / advertised the
loss and received them the next day."
Marion's appearance at this time put
a stop to further confidence, and Ralph
had all he could do to control himself
to be the artist.
When the ladies were about to go he
said: II would like to have you ladies
visit my sanctum sanctorum." to which
they gave glad assent.
When they entered the door Marion
gave a violent start, for, facing the
entrance, was her own figure in life
size; under the portrait the words.
Looking into the future" She blush
ed, then turned pale. and her eyes met
Ralph's with something like recogni-
ton. Mvs. Claremont saw that there
was sorpeahing in the air and retired
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10

Women's membership in the trades
unions is almost wholly confined to
the clothing and tobacco trades.
Of the number Of unemployed, the
report gives these facts: In the third
quarter of 1898 there were 9,734 per-
sons belonging to unions unemployed
during the entire quarter, 81 per cent
of the total; the first quarter Of the
year saw 1881 idle during the three
months. In many other calculations
Mr.. McDonough deduces that the de-
crease in the number OF unemployed is
general in nearly all trades.
The report compares in detail the
earnings and number of days work for
seven quarter years, or periods of three
months, in 1897 and 1898. Thus in the
first quarter of 1897 all the men aver
aged So days work and earned $155.O6;
all the women, 60 days, earning, $685.
In the quarter following-the best OF
the seventeen worked 50 days, earn
ing S15912; women, 81 days, for $S1S9
In the third quarter, of 1898 men
worked IS days, for s175.41; women, Ga
days, for $S165. The average earn
ings for 1898 were higher than those
of 1897.
hope to see the day when all who
work will be members of unions. We
have found that union is indispensa-
BILE to the maintenance of a govern
ment. We see every year that in poll
tics union Of minority prevails
AGAINST an unorganized majority. And
we must come to the point when we
shall see that it is just as essential
that there must be union to obtain
satisfactory industrial conditions.
When the war with Spain was being
fought it was treason to the United
States to aio Spain. And justly so.
There will come the time when in the
struggle for just Industrial conditions
not a struggle of arms or physical
force, but a struggle on the forum, in
the press, on the floor Of state and ma
tional legislatures, at the ballot box
it will be treason to self and wife and
children for toiler to be found any
where but in the ranks of organized
labor. I know that to many this may
seem radical and to involve too great a
degree of surrender of personal liber-
ty. But We don't regard personal lib
erty at all when it comes to maintain
ing the dignity of our country; we
brand as "kickers" those members of
a political party who don't adhere to
its formal declarations; and we will
come to the point when we shall see
that only by united action can We es-
tablish just industrial conditions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10
The Lacking Combination.

Evidently, there is a screw loose
or more likely too tight-somewhere
We have the best sort Of lands, in
practically limitless area, and rich in
all that nature puts into land; mon
ey, we are told, is a drug" in the
market; we have tens of thousands
willing to werk to earn the money to
buy the things that make life pleas
ant, but we lack the combination that
would make it possible for us to get
the best possible results from these
elements that under proper conditions
could and would insure competence to
every person in the country, with
abundance to spare for those of other
nations. l have no sympathy, nor do
/ think any right-minded man has, for
those who see no good in the world,
no hope for the toiler, and whose argu-
ment, boiled down, is practically
kick against God and the millionaire,
because the former didn't construct
the universe on different lines, and the
latter doesn't give all he has to the
kicker and go hang himself. But l
do sincerely believe that it is in the
power of men, If they be sufficiently
honest and intelligent, to so arrange
productive industry and commerce
that there will be a respectable job
at honorable work for every person,
with the certainty of comfortable pro-
vision for self and family during life.
We have progressed in this direc-
ton. The fact that we have taken
some steps along this road justifies the
belief that We can travel farther on
the same way. This inquiry, being in
stituted by the Federal industrial COM
mission. is long stride forward.
When the Federal authorities created
this commission they did one thing
that stands as a monument of adj
vance, altogether distinct from any
other beneficial results that may or
may not soon be felt as a result OF
the investigation, and that is this:
They recognized, at least by implica-
ton, that it is the duty Of government
to not only guard the so-called legal
rights of its subjects, but to take ac-
tive concern in their well-being, and
to create such conditions as will make
life pleasant.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10

Great These soldiers brought their
ancient muskets to present" before
the painter. The contrast between
the uniformed giants and the diminu-
tive artist, by whose skill their uni
forms had been made familiar to
everybody, was most amusing and pa
thetic. Not long ago the Berlin
sculptor. Karl Pracht, made portrait
statue Of Herr Mcneil which was
most faithful likeness of the little
man as he appears daily in the streets
of the capital. This statue has been
placed in the Berlin Academy of Fine
Arts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10

Last winter a club in Moscow gave
an amateur performance of a comedy
by Count Tolstoi, who had promised
to be present at the last rehearsal. A
policeman was stationed at the door of
the club house with orders to admit
no one but the count. Presently a
peasant dressed in sheepskin came
along, passed the policeman .uncere-
moniously and proceeded up the steps.
He was told to halt, but paid no at
tention to the command. This was
too much for the policeman, who ran
after him, seized him by the collar
and landed him in heap of snow.
Then the count told him who he was,
and the policeman, with apologies, al
lowed him to enter In the comedy
to be performed a peasant is shown to
the door by his master. The part of
the master was not played to the sat-
isfaction of the count, who said the
actor did not properly enter into the
spirit of mis- Fart. 81 how what l am
talking about" he added, "for I have
Just been thrown downstairs myself"
Whereupon he related the incident, to
the amusement of the club members.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10

The Federal Industrial Commission
has issued three outlines of its plan
of inquiry, which give some idea Of
the Wilderness of the scope as we'll as
the Importance of its proposed inves-
LEGATIONS. These outlines indicate to
me that the commission is going to
try to answer, industrially, the great
question originally put in politics:
''Where are WEI" Here are a few Of
the matters to be considered:
How can the principle of arbitration
be effectively applied to the settlement
of industrial differences?
Is compulsory arbitration possible,
as some say, and is it advisable, even
if it is possible?
How can the store order system"
which robs the ill-paid mine hands,
for instance, at the other end Of the
line be modified. if not wiped out?
Should the injunction be eliminated
as an interference in the settlement Of
labor differences?
What has machinery done for the
Industrial classes? Has it helped them
more by bringing new comforts with
I'm their reach than it has hurt them
by closing old fields Of activity to
them? Or is the trend the other
way?
OF the women's prevalence in the
Industrial fields and the employment
of children to cheaper wages, what
are the effects?
That all-absorbing topic of convict
labor. If the convict Tor prisoner)
must not be condemned to maddening
fdleness in his cell, how can he be
employed to minimize the harm Of his
competition with the free labor?
What. too, of the overshadowing
trusts? Are they crowding the small
er factors out of business, and is the
loss compensated for in the reduction
of the prices of the staples they pro-
vide?
How Is the insidious method of
blacklisting and preventing men from
earning their living to be met?
What can be done to minimize the
damage of great trunk line strikes
that are wont from time to time to
paraiyze the trade of the nation?
The agitation for government own
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10
LYING AS AN ART.
Some Curious Examples as Related by q
Critic.

Critic.
I seem to have had a rather large
acquaintance with liars, and find that
they divide themselves naturally into
four classes, says David Christie Muir
ray, the writer. There is the cruel and
scandalous liar, who makes mischief
in your home or among your friends,
and who Is one of the greatest curses
of social life. There is the man who
lies for profit, and he also is a danger
to the trustful and unwary. Then
there is the man who lies because Of
his own exaggerated sense Of self-im-
portance and the constant craving to
astonish, or interest, other people. He
is almost harmless, and is generally a
man of excessive amiability. Then
there is the purely humorous liar, who
is an unadulterated boon and blessing.
had written for magazine poem
called England to America" One OF
these gentle prevaricators told me that
he had received letter from Prince
Bismarck about it and made grope in
his pocket and hunted through a heap
of documents. He was awfully sorry
that he had left Bismarcks letter at
home. He remembered now exactly
where he had bestowed it, and he
would bring it down town the next
day. l met him next day and he ran
to me with enthusiasm. 1--WE got
that letter of the Kaiser's," he said,
with a beaming triumph. "The Kali
ser's?" asked. Eyes; the letter about
your poem. The letter from the Kai-
ser. l told you about it yesterday"
You forgot the Kaiser yesterday; you
only spoke of Bismarck" Really? Is
that SO? Well, I've got 'em both to-
day." There was new search and
there were new laments. He could
not guess how he had come to be so
stupid. He had left both letters at
home, and what a pity it was that /
was going to the continent that even
ing He finally overdrew his account
when he assured me that he had just
left Salisbury" and had learned from
that distinguished mans own lips that
| was in the running for the laureate
ship! The odd and notable thing was
that, outside this aimless, shameless
foolery, the man was astute and hon
est. | believe that he was scrupulously
exact in money matters, and that the
world could not have tempted him to
an inexactitude in business which
would have brought dishonest shill-
ing to his pocket.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-10
THE ARTISTS DREAM.

1.-TWO souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
Ralph Thorndyke was possessed of a
dreamy, poetic nature, far beyond the
ordinary. He owned pretty photo
graphic studio. and his business was
congenial to his artistic temperament;
there was so much in it to cultivate
love Of the beautiful.
He had reached the age of n, heart
whole and fancy free" or apparently
so to his friends. To-day is his birth
day, and he is thinking intently of
realistic dream of the night just pass
ed. Just a year ago vision came to
him; a face not beautiful, but strong
and earnest and sweet. She appeared
to him in a portrait which he seemed
to be looking at. The light brown
hair was in natural waves over a
smooth forehead, and the calm, stead
fast eyes were Of deeper hue.
Now, year later, the same face had
again appeared, and Ralph Is thinking
of the message that came to him.
Patience, one more year, and l Will
come to you" He finally awoke from
his reverie and started for his studio;
on the way he picked up package
from the sidewalk. Soon reaching his
cozy little office, he opened it, to find
two photographs by Sarony in fold
ing frame; one was draped figure,
the right hand raised to the forehead,
the face profile, the other, ah! the
same true brown eyes witch had haunt
ed him for a year! The brown hair,
with golden tints in the high lights;
the fair complexion, deepening into
wild rose pink on her rounded cheek.
The photo was beautifully painted in
water color and lifelike. The artist
soon made copies of both pictures and
took his plates into the darkroom to
develop, with good results.
Toward night little urchin stuck
his head in the door and shouted:
Journal
Here, boy" said Ralph, never
mind the change" as he flung him
nickel. He read the news, then glanced
at the advertisements. Under Lost
and Found" appeared the following:
Lost-Two photos of lady, in fold
ing gold frame, between Wellington-st.
and postoffice. Finder please send to
D $40, The Journal.
Ralph sent them to the address
named, congratulating himself that he
possessed such satisfactory copies, and
resolved to enlarge the profile for him
self. 1t was labor Of love, to work
on 1t day by day, and most beautiful
work of art it was when finally fin
ished. Time went on apace; another
year, with its pleasures and trials, has
passed.
About II o'clock next day the cleo
trio bill rang three rings" a signal