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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
sRYAN.s STRAIGHT rHRusrs.

Mr.. Bryan, in his speech at Auburn.
Neb., referring to Republican incon-
sistencies, said:
you Republicans who said that the
greenbacks saved the country when
both gold and silver left 1t, didn't 1t
take you several days to turn around
to advocate the retirement of the
greenbacks?
"You Republicans who were boast
ing that the party was paying off the
national debt, didn't 1t take you some
time to turn around to that position
where you could say that a permanent
debt is good thing?
you Republicans that used to de-
nounce the trusts in the most vigorous
language, didn't 1t take you some time
to turn around where you could say
that there are good and bad trusts, and
that the good trusts are those which
contribute most literally to the cam
paign fund?
You Republicans who for years
have been boasting of the Fourth of
July, that we had country which did
not need large standing army, don't
you think you will refuse to turn when
the Republican party wants, an army
which is four times as large as 1t was
when this Republican administration
was elected in 1896? f-'1' 4
"And don't you think that some Of
you Republicans are, in a position
where you are not going to turn any
more?" N'-s
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

While the United States are still
carrying on the war in the Philippines
for the privilege of conducting
which they paid $4,000, OO0-Spain, re-
lieved of her colonial incubus, is max
ing rapid strides toward prosperity.
Private as well as public credit has i'm
proved, capital is pouring into the
country, new industrial enterprises
are getting under way, and there is
a notable expansion of commerce.
Meanwhile, in our struggle with the
white elephant we took off Spain s
hands in the Philippines. we have sac
rificed thousands of American lives
and sunk nearly $200,O00,000, and un-
less a radical change of policy is
adopted the waste of blood and money
promises to continue indefinitely
New York Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
A patrol of citizens has been keepin

A patrol of citizens has been keeping
nightly vigil, in Nebraska township,
over the home of man and woman
who recently founded new sect. The
religious enthusiasts have broken up
families and in other ways made them
selves obnoxious to the community,
but sober people have determined that
the towns good name shall not be
.marred by the mob law which wilder
spirits threaten. Hence the nightly
guard. With all propriety one may
call it "knightly" also, for there is
something as high and fine as the
spirit Of chivalry in the conception
these Nebraskans hold of the obliga-
itions Of citizenship.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Forty-two thousand seven hundred
and ninety exhibitors out of 1851
have received awards at the Paris ex-
position. The United States obtained
1881 awards; Of these 22O were grand
prizes, 4S6 gold medals, 5S3 silver
medals, 422 bronze medals, 27O honor
able mentions and long list of gold
silver and bronze medals of collabo-
rators. In the last exposition only
1000 prizes, including those for col
laborators, were given. The prizes
were as follows: Grand prizes, 80;
gold medals, 214; silver medals, 300;
bronze medals, 246; honorable men
lions, 229. The names of those who
received grand prizes or gold medals
have been made public.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Paris has been running to see new
pianoforte prodigy, Spanish baby of
three and half years. named Pepito
Rodriguez Ariola, who, though his
hand can stretch over only five notes.
repeats pieces that he hears and i'm
provises besides. AS he cannot strike
a chord, he plays the notes instead
quickly one after the other. He began
to play a year ago and has been in
spected recently by the Psychological
congress at the exposition, which finds
that apart from his music he is per-
festly normal infant. OF course he can
not read q nntA
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

The s2O,OOO,OO0 paid to Spain and
charging to the Philippines interest
on the war loan since June l. 1899,
the cost of the Philippine commission
and the various other civil expenses
which can be only approximately esti-
mated by the treasury department. the
total cost of the islands to date foots
up s1S6, 900. The figures here given
are based on a tabulated statement
prepared by the treasury department,
giving the army and navy expenditures
by months from the beginning Of the
Spanish war, without making any de-
auctions for expenditures not directly
due to current observation-disclosures
Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
The well-known Spanish painter

The well-known Spanish painter,
Joaquin Sarolla, has been awarded a
first-class medal in the Paris exposi-
ton. and all those who admire his
works are pleased at his success. The
Madrilenos call Sarolla 1.-The painter
of the sum-" because no one can sur
pass him in those wonderful scenes Of
outdoor life painted in full sunshine,
brilliant light everywhere, dazzling to
the eyes, with heavy shadows lying
where the light cannot penetrate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
Honored by the Shah.

Sir M. M. Bhownaggree, M. p, upon
whom the shah has conferred the
Knight Communicating Of the Persian
Order of the Lion and the Sun, As the
son of wealthy Parsee merchant OF
Bombay, and was long an official Of
the native state of Bhavnagar. He was
called to the English bar in 1885, and
in 1895 was returned as conservative
member of parliament for N. e.. Beth
nal Green. He has translated the
queens book. Leaves From the Jour-
nal of Our Life in the Highlands"
into Gujarati.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
soLEs SAVED LIFE.
II II Had Been Flesh and blood the
Man Would Have Perished.

Man Would Have Perished.
Mr.. West, young man from Michi-
gan, who is travelling salesman for
the Armour Beef Company of Chicago,
representing the, Boston division, was
in New Britain this week and in pass
ing along the street with customer
they had occasion to cross the tracks
Of the third-rail cars, says the South
Manchester News, The young man
and his friend were engaged in earn
est conversation at the moment, and
the New, Britain man, supposing that
the stranger knew Of the danger that
turks in hesthird rail, did not sound a
note of warning until the young man
placed one Nfoot on the third rail,
when. realizing instantly what had
occurred, he shouted to the drummer
to beware. Without knowing to what
the shout referred and thinking that
1t must have alluded to an approach
ing car or train, although he could
see neither, the westerner hurried to
step across the tracks and in doing
so placed his foot on another of the
rails, thus completing the circuit. He
stepped quickly over unframed,
whereas his companion expected to
see him corpse, as about $4,000 volts
of electricity were speeding through
the wires at the time. A lady who
CHANGED to be passing by on hearing
the alarm and in expectation of wit
Messing tragedy fell in a swoon. The
sturdy young westerner, who had
never seen the tracks of a third-rail'
train before, did not know what all
the excitement was about, and on be-
ing told Of what he had done his blood
began to run cold and he said that
he never experienced such a strange
sensation as came over him at that
moment. He also stated that he did
not feel the slightest electrical SHOCK
while on he tracks. The explanation
Of his almost miraculous escape was
in the fact that he had pair OF cork
soles underneath the leather soles on
his shoes, and these proved to be SUI
ficiently powerful as nonconductors to
save him from the effects of the dead
ly current. He realizes that those are
the most valuable pair of shoes he
ever owned, or hopes to own, and no
doubt will keep them as an heirloom
in his family and pass them down to
his posterity.. On investigation it was
found that the leather sole was burned
where, it came in contact with the live
rail. The young man says that there
are no third-rai cars or trains in the
west and that, therefore, while he had
read of such things in the newspapers
tie fact had never made serious I'M
preston on his mind before. He Is
not apt to forget this experience, how
ever. The YOUNG man was in town
here recently and gave the facts sub
stantially as stated to a representa-
tive of the News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
THE TRUTH ABOUT MORTGAGES

1nero are 8OOu many Stories HOat-
ing around the daily press about West
ern farmers paying off their mort
cages as a result of this wonderful
Mckinley prosperity of which we hear
so much. These tales usually appear
in the eastern papers and pass unob-
served and so uncontradicted by the
western papers. Doubtless the Kansas
farmers are being RECALLED by the Re-
publican papers which give glowing
accounts of the prosperity enjoyed by
the Delaware farmer.
1t is usually safe to tell these long
distance stories, but even then 1t is
better not to be too precise. Just say
Kansas" or Delaware" OF course
1t looks better to give some definite
information Of the prosperity. but this
may lead to the tale receiving an un-.
foreseen shock which will seriously
impair its usefulness. ,
The following article from the
Democrat of York, Nebraska. shows
just, how much dependence should be
placed in these paid-off mortgage
yarns: - ~.
Walter Wellman is man with a
national reputation. He is the nation
al correspondent of the Chicago Times
Herald. His parents reside in Brad
shaw, York county, Nebraska. Wal
ter visited his parents the other day
and wrote glowing account about the
nrOcneritv of tho forp,ars around prod
shaw. Among other things in the
Times-Herald letter from Bradshaw
we take the following.
"'They are sick of free silver. They,
admit they were for it in SO, and they
make no bones about the reason why.
They were in debt then, and then
thought cheap money would make 1t
easier for them to pay up. That's all
there was Of it. But now they are out
OF debt. They have paid off their
notes, mortgages and accounts. More
over, they have money ahead-money
in bank, money in their pocket, money
hid in their old stockings and in their
pianos at home. That's different you
see they don't want the dollar cut in
halves now, because they have the
dollars
I'VE would not say one word that
would injure the people of Bradshaw
township but the truth cannot hurt
anyone or any people. We must know
the facts and then we can form an
opinion. Without facts the opinion is
Of no value. We asked the well-known.
abstracters, Ferguson, Franklin & Co.,
to go over the records and make GER
tificate showing the amount Of mort
gage records Of York county.
The following is the reply: 49,
York, Neb., July "a. 1900.
1--WE, the undersigned, hereby certi-
fly that the records of the ONCE of the
county clerk of York county Nebras-
ka, show unreleased real estate mort
cages to the amount of $131,123 upon
the real estate Of Bradshaw township
in said York county, Nebraska, exclu-
sive of the village of Bradshaw.
FERGUSON, FRANKLIN & CO.,
Abstracters.
There you have the facts about the
paid off mortgages and money in old
stockings. There are 144 quarter sec
lions Of land in Bradshaw township
and $131 1923 Of mortgage Indebtedness
against that land. Nearly 81 900 to the
quarter section, or about $500 an
acre."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

"You may think / am interested In
this campaign because l am a candi-
date but l am more interested in this
campaign as a citizen than l am as a
candidate. (Great applause.) shall
be able to get along whether I am in
Office or out of office, and I think !
can get along fully as well under Re-
publican policies as some of the Re-
publicans who are responsible for
those policies. l am not willing to
have a government that Is good for
certain classes; am not willing to
have a government that is good for
the syndicate alone. / want govern
ment that will plant hope into the
heart of every child that Is born into
the world. (Applause.) want gov
eminent that will give every human
being something to hope for. want a
government that will protect every
citizen in the enjoyment OF
life and liberty and in the pursuit OF
happiness and guarantee to every toll
err fair share of the proceeds Of his
own toll. (Applause.) l want to ask
you older men whether you are salts
fed with the opportunities now opened
before the young man? want to
ask you who are middle aged whether
you art satisfied with the opportunities
now opened to young men: I want
to ask you, young man, whether you
have no aspiration in life than to be
somebody's servant or clerk?-W. J.
Bryan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

In the Chateau de Luynes, the beau
tiful residence of the family of the
Due Dues since the reign Of Henri
w., there are some fine carved wood
work, beautiful painted staircase,
and some chimneypieces Of marble
with Gauthiere mountings. These
have been purchased by Frederick
Litchfield during his recent visit to
Paris, and will be removed to the Sim
clair galleries, London.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

The founders of the republic had lit
tie thought that this would ever be
anything but an agricultural country.
Today one-third of our exports are of
manufactured goods. The great de-
posts Of coal and iron ore, to say
nothing of other industrial advan-
tages, are natures decree that we
should become great manufacturing
nation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

One Chicago man has escaped jury
service on the plea that he is preju-
diced against the city. But then some
men will say almost anything to es-
cape jury duty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Five thousand honey bees, as they
leave the hive, weigh about one pound,
but when the insects return from their
visits to the flowers, freighted with
honey, they weigh nearly twice as
much.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Thirty planning mills in Chicago have
entered trust with s4.0OO000 capital.
Trust promoters DO not seem to be dis
couraged by all the political opposi-
ton they hear of.-Binghamton Re-
publican.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Scottish clans have no distinctive
coat-of-arms. each clan being distin-
guished by its plaid. Individual fami-
lies OF the clans each have their own
distinctive coat-of-arms. We find no
history Of the Fairbairn family In any
book.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

1T is only a step from using soldiers
to shoot American ideas into brown
men to using them to shoot American
ideas out of white men.-Helena indie
pendent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Talk platitudes and avoid atti-
tudes" is the direction which cyni-
cal newspaper gives to the campaign
orator.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

The average man would rather lost
IS on a horse race than nickel
through hole in his pocket.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
KANSAS AGITATOR.
BARNETT, KANSAS,
KANSAS,

The untruth Of today is called lie;
the untruth Of hundred years Is call
ed a legend.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
Some figures, intended to show the
decline of the bicycles popularity have

decline of the bicycles popularity have
just been compiled in Philadelphia.
In August Of this year, 1t appears
only 40,037 bicycles passed through the
gates Of Paramount park, as against
'91, 1898 in August. 1899. For purposes
Of recreation and pleasure the bicycle
no longer enjoys the vogue it had one
or two years ago. But in its capacity
for usefulness there is no evidence
that it has suffered a decline.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

The population of the Dominion Of
Canada, according to the census taken
in 1871, was 3.635,O24: the census of
1881 made 1t 4.324.Sl0. and that of 1891,
4,833.239, an increase over the pre-
ceding decade OF ll76 per cent
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

The island of Guam is $500 miles
from Hopalulu and 1000 miles from
Manila.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

The woman who seldom makes re-
marks is remark able.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

A man is dead when his sense Of
Justice dies.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
PROSPERITY AT WORK
sAMPLEs OF THE GENUINE RE-
PUBLICAN ARTICLE.

Strikes and Lockouts tho Order In All
Parts of the Country-Some Examples
of tho Good Times We Hear So Much
About.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

There you have the facts about the
paid off mortgages and money in old
stockings. There are 144 quarter sec
tions Of land in Bradshaw township
and $131, 1923 Of mortgage Indebtedness
against that land. Nearly 81, 900 to the
quarter section, or about $500 an
acre"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-24
SEW YORK THE PIVOTAL. STATE
AGAIN

Cen GroSVcnor figures out IA electoral
votes for Bryan ana 26o Tor Mex nley,
rviuG the latter thirty-siN more votes
than the 22i required to elect. Blu hc
gives Mckinley Wyoming. Washington.
and South Dakota. all of which were car
rlcd by HrYun in 1896 The latter also had
one vote i'm California, all of which State
j. now claimed for Mckinley, says les
lies Weekly. GroSVcnOr allows BrYan the
thirteen votes of Kentucky. although he
had but one in 1876. and the eight votes
OF Maryland. which were cast for Nc Kin
ley four years ago. when Bryan had l,G
clcctnra. votes as against the IA which
GloSV,uor comedies to HIM in 1900. BrN-
ans friends estimate his electoral vote
ibis year at l9G and include la it the ten
votes from Kansas. besides the six from
West Virginia ana three from Wyoming.
which GroSvcuor claims for Mckinley.
and the three from Delaware. which Gros-
N,uur marks as doubtful. While GrosNtn-
on classes only Two States Delaware and
kansas--as doubtful, with their fourteen
votes, Eiyan'S fIicnd> classify four Stafts 5.
New York with thirtY-siX: ohio, twenty
three; Indiana. fifteen; MINNESOTA. nine
or total OF eightN-threr doubtful cleo
toral votes.
The significance of this situation is the
vital inheritance Of New York. to Eryau.
for. according 10 GroSNcnOI'S ngur"s. win
New York. BRYAN will have as many cleo
toral votes as Mckinley and will only
need three from Delaware OF Wyoming,
or ho ~iN from West virginia. or, i'm fact.
a single vote from any State where "a di-
vision may occur, to give him tn" Prcsi-
dcncN. New York. once more becomes the
pivotal state
| Nur should another singular and not al
! together hopeful circumstance be lost
sight Of and that is that during the past
! thirty-tWO years the electoral vote OF
/ New York has alternately been cast fur
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-24
HERE'S WHAT'S WANTED.
A Citizen of Burlington
Supplies the Informal
ton.

over half the complaints Of mankind
originate with the kidneys.
a slight touch of backachc at first.
Twinges and shooting pains in the loins
follow. They must be checked. they lead
to graver complications
The sufferer seeks relief
Plasters are tried, and lmiments for the
back.
SO called Kidney cures which do not
cure.
The long-looked-for result seems mat-
tanabe
If YOU suffer. do you want relief?
Follow the plan adopted by this Burning
ton citizen.
Mr.. IIcnry Prince. Of South Chamrllin
street, saNs:-"l went TO ". J. IIcnde,-
sons drug store for Doan's Kidney pills
required them for my back achcd terri
bly, II worried and panied mo for quite
while II ! sat it had TO be just 20. and
if | stood / had to assume particular
position or oNcrucatng pains ran through
cnviahlc position to bc i'm and anybody
who has obtained relief from it can ccr-
tainv appreciate tho means and recon-
mend it to his fellow citizens
Doau'. Kidney Pills removed all the
lamucss and my back was strong and
supple after the treatment"
For sale 10y pl dealers. Price 80 cents
-Mlburn co.. Buffalo, y. Y. Sol,
agents for the l.. :.