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

must be simple and harmonious with
the structural elements of design. and
the successful plans are pre-eminent
in this admirable kind of excellence.
A comprehensive examination Of the
entire design shows that the compost
ton Of the bridge as whole and in
its several parts is dictated by the re-
Quirements of the problem and that 1t
is common sense solution, possessing
the essential qualities of good engin-
eering and architecture.
Masonry construction was chosen on
account Of its more monumental and
lasting qualities, and this necessitated
the arch motive. The portion over the
river proper requiring free passage for
the current. as we'll as for ice in the
winter, is of comparatively open con-
struction, consisting Of graceful seq
mental arches of long span. The ap-
proaches are Of smaller and semicir-
cular arches. the very costly construc-
ton OF the river portion not being ra-
tional at these points.
The difference of function Of the
river and land parts is thus sharply
expressed, adding very much to the
true artistic quality of the compost
ton; moreover, the points at which
the thrusts terminate are REINFORCED
by masses of masonry built up into
monuments, which by their weight
add to the stability of the structure.
The eight heroic groups placed
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

ness and long series Of beautiful ap-
proach arches on each side of the river
are admirably adapted to the recep-
tion Of such emblematic figures, statu
airy or carving as may be suitable to
give 1t any desired intensity Of express
sion as q memorial to American pa
triotism. This additional embellish-
ment need not necessarily be given to
the bridge at the time of Its construc-
ton, but could be added from time to
time in the future as historical events
or epochs in the history Of the country
might require. There are many pedes-
tails along the entire course of the
structure which could receive from
time to time in the future statues Of
patriotic Americans, as was indicated
in the letter of transmission which ac-
companied the original plans. In con-
nection with this entire matter of Or
nate treatment 1t should be remem-
bered that the foundation elements of
the design for the best artistic results
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

The government has In contempla-
ton the erection of memorial bridge
across the Potomac river at Washing
ton to commemorate the patriotism Of
the American people. 1t will be a
structure surprising in beauty any
other Of similar kind in the world.
The designs have already been agreed
upon and contemplate roadway sixty
feet in width with sidewalks twelve
feet wide on each side. 1t was felt by
practically majority of both the SEN
ate and the house that the time had
come when the construction of such
a bridge as that exemplified by the
successful plans should be commenced.
A resolution favoring the appropria-
ton of 100000 for the beginning Of
work was passed by both houses.
A design has been prepared by
Architect Burr and is presented here
with. As designed 1t is very ornate
structure. and yet some Of the chief
elements of its effectiveness are SIM
plicity and grandeur. The river spans
Of such unusually long arches possess
an impressiveness as complete struc-
lures which 1t is essentially impossible
to realize from any plan on paper. 1t
has been suggested that the plan might
be moro ornate in character.
The structure is estimated to have
on 1t about 100000 worth of statu-
airy and carving. Indeed. the great
river arches, with all their impressive
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

it was one of the sights of the bay.
Eventually continued agitation by pi-
lots and others interested in shipping
bore fruit. and now Arch rock must
follow in the way Of the two Others
Contractors are working hard getting
ready for the coming explosion. The
sooner the work is done the sooner will
the government turn over the final
payment, and upon the length OF time
1t takes to get this money depends in
some degree their profit or loss. More
explosives will be used in blowing up
Arch rock than were necessary in the
case of the other two combined, but
no alarm is felt in San Francisco over
the coming blast. The more timid cit
liens there were much exercised pre-
vious to the blowing up of Shag rock,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

During a severe storm lightning
struck a telephone pole at the little
hamlet of Bateeyville, in the southern
part of Louisiana, wrecking a tele-
phone box in the store of A. Gaut-
reaux and exploding both barrels ofsa
shotgun which was standing near the
telephone. The gun was loaded with
buckshot and the charges tore q big
hole in the side Of the little building,
narrowly missing a crowd of men who
had taken refuge from the storm, there
The flash so startled Prudent Aver, a
workman in single mill nea rthe
Gautreaux store, that he seized a,
rapidly revolving circular saw, losing
two fingers and otherwise badly mang-
ling his hand.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

ried out along the whole length Of the
roadway. where bronze statues Of
celebrated men are to be placed on
each side, and these. together with
very elaborate electric light supports.
will hem in the approach to Arlington
with the most artistic surroundings.
The sculpture and ornament upon the
structure has been placed where the
artistic requirements call for 1t and
without regard to expense. The char
acter of the structure has been always
kept in mind, and vulgar overorna-
mentation avoided as being worse
than useless.
The entire structure as designed, in
Guiding the embankment approaches
and the granite arch masonry portions,
has length Of little over one mile
and would form a much-needed line
Of communication between the Ma
tional cemetery at Arlington, the ad-
joining country, and the city Of Wash
ington. Its roadway and sidewalk
surface, eighty-four feet in width,
would constitute, with the tributary
avenues at each end, one Of the most
impressive and beautiful avenues in
the world. Nothing could be more
fitting as a memorial to the lofty SEN
timent of American patriotism than
this suitably embellished great bridge
structure between the capital Of the
nation and the city of Its heroic dead.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
THE RETIRED LIST.
Bris.-Gen. Rucker the Oldest Army
OHcer Living.

The retired list Of the regular army
includes 764 officers. OF this total.
there are 1927 officers who are 65 years
Of age and upwards to SS, which is
the age of Brighten. Rucker. Four
officers are So, two 81. two so, three
81, two so, four 70, twelve Is, nine
II, sixteen 76, fourteen rs, fourteen
"a, ten 70, twenty 70, fifteen II, twen-
ty-six 70, forty-one 50, thirty 6S, twen-
ty-nine CT, thirty-three &c, and forty
IS. The Oldest officer in the army
now living, Brig.-Gen. Daniel H.
Rucker, was appointed to the army
from civil life in 1887. He was brew
cited for gallant and meritorious con-
duct at the battle of Buena Vista. The
next Oldest officer Of the army and the
Oldest living graduate of West Point,
is Maj. William Austine, of the class
of 1888, who was brevetted for gal
lantry at the battles Of Co1treras and
Cherubusco. Among the other officers
of the retired list who are veterans of
the Mexican war are Gems. Wilcox and
T. ]. Wood, Coils. Getty, L. P. Graham,
John P. Hatch, Fitz John Porter, l.
N. Palmer, M. d. Simpson, James
Cakes, and Capt. N. 1T. Dana. Among
the surviving Mexican war veterans
outside of the regular army are Gen.
William B. Franklin of the Union
army, who is II. and Gen. James
Longstreet of the Confederate army,
who is nearly 81. Among the distin-
guished generals of the Union army
upon the retired list are Lieut.-Gen.
Schofield, who is SO; Gems. D. r. Sick
les, n; Howard, 70; McCook, SO; Ru-
ger, 81; Wheaton, 81; Forsyth, 66;
Merritt, "a; Baird. rs; D. S. Stanley,
72; Parke, 70; Bradley, IS; Carr. SO;
Long, GO. Col John Green is 70, and
Maj. T. l. Eckerson is 70. Only rs per
cent of the total number of officers
upon the retired list are graduates OF
West Point; IL per cent were ap-
pointed from the army, and 63 per
cent were appointed from civil life
Portland Oregonian.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Shag rock No. and Shag rock No. 2
in San Francisco bay having been dis
posed Of. contractors are now busily
engaged in work preliminary to the
demolition Of the still more famous
Arch rock in the same maritime thor
oughfare. The forty-niner cannot re-
call the day when this picturesque
menace to navigation was not anathe-
matized by the sailor man. Many a
time it's destruction has been suggested
and its demolition would have been ac-
complished long ago but for the senti-
mental opposition Of few veteran
Californians. who hated to see their
odd-looking old friend disappear for
ever. Residents Of Sausalito have al
ways been particularly averse to Its de-
struction, their cry always being that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
The Takers.


1--WE knowed," said Uncle Hiram.
"lots O. fellers in my time
That had some right good theories,
yet never had a dime.
They talked quite hifalutin' an they
made heap O. spread,
An calkerlated somehow on some
thin jes' ahead!
A Teller you are KNOWN tells you con-
fidentially
OF a scheme fer maxim money jes'
hand over fist.
But the situation sizin' up, although In
workin' prime,
He isn't dom anything at jes' the pres
ent time.
"He's alters goin' t. do it, an he's
meanin' well, no doubt,
Though good at theorizin', amt with
shucks t. work it out.
A crank you couldn't call him; cranks
persistently'll dream
OF jes one thing-this Teller passes on
from scheme ter scheme.
Then there's the other Teller, close re-
lated t. the one
I've mentioned-he's the Teller alters
tellin' what he's done.
Once he was rich and honored; had
his praises sung in rhyme
But he isn't dom anything at jes' the
present time.
They're never dom nothin', as far
as anyone can see.
An that's jes' why their talkin' ain't
Of interest to me.
I'd rather with Teller that was busy
keep in touch;
I can learn heap more from him,
though he doesn't talk as much.
An So" said Uncle Hiram, ''jes' OBJ
serve, fer yourself,
You'll find these two I've mentioned
in your struggle after pelf-
The ones been t. the top an ones pre-
parin' fer t. climb
But they amt a-doin' anything at jes'
the present time"
Detroit Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
Sprlnlxling in Switzerland

Primitive sprlnkling in Switzeriand.sss
While Bern boasts Of numbering
sprinkling cart that would do justice
to the middle ages, the ordinary meth
cd of laying the dust is very primi-
tive Men are employed who first fill
with water an elongated metal ar
rangement shaped like the baskets
used for carrying wood and open at
the top. One side of this can Is fiat
so that 1t can be strapped to the OPP
orators back. At the bottom is,
stopcock and rubber hose which has
sprinkling nozzle at the end and
when ready the watering man marches
down the street swinging the rubber
hose to right and left, impartialiy
sprinkling the lodging pedestrians as
well as the street in his wild, Tapping
energy. The supply generally lasts
until fountain is reached, when the
can is unstrapped and refilled for the
next course.-Leo ]. Frankenthal in
Chicago Record.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
PRINCE ALFREO'S REVENGE.
He Gets Fully Even with Naughty

He Gets Fully Even with o Haughty
Girl.
Many of the newspaper biographers
Of the late Prince Alfred, duke OF Sake
Coburg- Gotha, overlook the fact that
he was one of Americas small list OF
royal guests. Several years ago, while
a mldshipman in the British navy, he
made a brief stop at Vancouvers is
land, and was entertained at ball
given by the governor. He was very
much struck by the appearance OF a
girl who seemed to be the belle OF the
assemblage when he entered the room,
and learned by inquiry that she was
the daughter Of the governor, whose
wife was a full-blooded Indian. The
prince asked the honor of dance;
but the girl, having been educated at
a finishing school in Portland, Ore,
held her head very high, and not know
ing the princes social station, re-
sponded that the governors daughter
was entitled to dance with officers OF
higher rank than midshipmen. The
prince took the rebuff good-naturedly.
His time for revenge came when one
of the governors suite, not knowing
of what had happened, begged his roy
al highness' permission to present the
governors daughter as a partner for
the next waltz. The prince politely
declined, remarking that his mother
would be deeply mortified to hear that
he had danced with a "squaw. San
Francisco Argonaut.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

In Berlin a manufacturer received
in one shipment four truckloads of
chicken feathers from Russia. Tur-
key feathers came from America In
great quantities. Chicken plumage
brings from $1.50 to $3.50 pound.
Turkey is worth about the same. Fine
wing and tail feathers bring little
more. Peacock plumage sells for from
$41O to $3.50 a pound. The most ex-
pensive of all this is the soft egret
plumage. Paradise birds are also cost
ly. They sell always by the whole
bird and cost from SIS to SO.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
Wage Slavery.

had the pleasure the other day,
says George L. McNutt in the Indian
apolis News. to hear two representa-
tive working men give their views on
the labor problem. They belonged to
different and yet allied skilled trades,
trades in which the sway of the union
Is absolute, and the wages relatively
high, though work Is not constant.
They were men of more than average
Intelligence, educated not in books, for
both have been in factories since they
were boys. In the hard school of ex-
perience they had gained a goodly
grasp of economic facts and some in
sight into the philosophy of the prob
lem. Every man, learned or unlearned,
Is unconsciously, but necessarily, a
philosopher. These men represent in
their theories two great schools of eco
nomic philosophy. AS they are repre-
sentative types Of thinking men among
iaborers l will parallel their views
and pass them on.
One man said without equivocation
that wage slavery is worse than chat
tel slavery. A condition Of society in
which one set of men own the tools
Of production, implies and necessi-
tates that mother set Of men must
come to them for work. These tool
and material owners can and do open
or close their factories as they choose.
10 be compelled to depend for work
and wages on the will or the whim OF
other men is state Of dependence
aptly described as wage slavery. From
this economic premise, our friend went
on to show how the chattel slave en-
joyed privileges and immunities the
wage slave can not, at least does not
have, and while human nature is what
1t is, can not have. Therefore the only
hope of the laboring classes is an eco
nomic evolution. revolution or trans
formation, that will displace the in
dividual of private corporate owner
ship of tools of production and natu-
raj and municipal monopolies.
He cited the fact that, the chattel
slave had an individual value. He
was worth $1,000 or $4,000 to his mas
ter. BY virtue of this value his master
has personal interest in his personal
welfare. The master of the chattel
slave has a concern and a care when
his slave is sick. 1t Is a matter of
Indifference to the wage master. If
a man grows sick or breaks down,
there are others eager to take his
place. If the chattel slave grows old
or feeble, his master could only get
another by paying the market price.
The wage slave in the open market
costs nothing, or at most an adver"
tisement. If the chattel slaves fam
lily were sick they had care, because
of their growing value. The family of
the wage slave is nothing to his mas
ter. He is not his slaves keeper, much
less his family. 1t is none of his bust
ness. Charity is another question. If
the chattel slave died, he was secure
in the hope of burial, and the cash
value of his wife and children was a
sort of life insurance policy. The
wage slave has no such hope of decent
exit from the stage where men play
their little parts. If he has grown
old, friendless' and penniless, he may
ind pauper's grave. His wage mas
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Regard for self, up to the level OF
justice, is just as necessary a rule of
conduct as kindness to the neighbor
is, and without such justice-demanding
self-assertion, without righteous re-
sistance of evil, no stable order of So
ciety will ever exist among men.-Rev.
Dr. Utter, Universalist, Denver, Col.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12

Prof. Jacob H. Hollander Of Johns
Hopkins University, the treasurer Of
Porto Rico, has just returned to Balti-
more on a short visit. "The people as
WHOLE" he says, "are paying little
attention to the furore that the politi-
cal situation in this country has raised
and seem perfectly contented. The
raising Of fruit in the island. which
heretofore has not been practiced so
extensively, has become quite an in
dustry. and with encouragement and
q little time should do well there"
The United States are known in
China as Nei-Kwo, or "the beautiful
country" though the Chinese masses
today always call an American a Kwa
Kee Kwoh Yui. which may be trans
lated as "countryman of the flower
flag" The reason of this Is that when
first the stars and stripes were seen in
Canton harbor the natives flocked to
the shore. hailing 1t as the Kwa Kee
Cheun, or the flower flagship"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-10-12
Good Work Costs Something.

The only work that will tell must
cost you something. Gold, silver and
precious stones can never be built
into the New Jerusalem, unless you
are parting with them from the stores
of your own life.-Rev. F. B. Meyer.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-05
SCHWAN Is ADVANCING

Washington, Jan. 25.--General Otis
cabled report received this morning in
dicates that General Schwan is con-
Quoting the campaign in the South of
Luzon with the greatest energy. He
has located southeast of Laguna de
Bay which is probably the last con-
siderable force of insurgents remain
ing in one command, and today's re-
port shows that with small loss to him
self and heavy loss to the enemy, he
has managed to completely dissipate
this force, probably beyound the pos
sibility of reconstruction. General
Otis cablegram is as follows:
Manila, Jan. 25.-Schwan concen-
trated 30th Battalion, 37th and 39th
Infantry at and near San Pablo, Lagu-
ma province, on the afternoon of the
goth, Hayes with cavalry striking for
Tayabas by lower road. The enemy
had advanced from Santa Cruz to very
strongly fortified positions at San Di-
ego, Majayjay and adjacent points in
country very broken and mountainous.
Schwan struck the enemy at San Di-
ego and in an engagement lasting two
hours killed eighty-two and wounded
idi sc huihDtis oui CdSudltltS WtIt
one enlisted man killed and fourteen
wounded, including three native
scouts; captured several rifles, ammu-
milton, bolos and stock of uniform
clothing. On the 22d Schwan pushed
on through to Lilo, driving enemy
back on Majayjay, where force re-
ported by an escaped Spanish prisoner
to number between fifteen hundred and
three thousand well equipped and sup
piled had concentrated waiting ap-
proach Of troops. This position was
impregnable via reads or trails and the
troops were working around on right
flank of enemy, when the enemy re-
treated rapidly with 30th Infantry and
cavalry in pursuit. 1t is believed that
the insurgents are widely dispersed.
The country is now covered by troops
and our force occupied Santa Cruz, a
few minor engagements at other points
resulting in considerable loss to the
enemy. Macarthur telegraphs that
McRae struck an insurgent post in the
mountains northwest of Prac, captur-
ing the arsenal, barracks, ten cart loads
powder and ammunition, three insur-
gents with rifles.
"The barracks and arsenal were de-
stroyed.
Otis"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-05

is. The land situated at Kapulona.
in Honokaa, Island of Hawaii, formerly
leased to J. NJ. Horner & Sons and now
occupied under said lease by the Pa
cific Sugar Mill. Containing an area
of 17k acres.
Also the leasehold estates in the fol-
lowing lands: The land of Ha,awa, the
land of Kahauiki, the land of Leilehua.
the land of Mikilua, the land of Mana
kuli and the land of Aiea, all situated
on the Island of Oahu.
Alho all the live stock belonging to
the Estate of James I. Dowsett, de-
ceased. comprising: 6OOO head of cat
tie, more or less, 60 head of oxen and
bulls, and 213 head of horses and
mules.
Also all and singular the lands, chat
tells. chooses in action, and property,
real and personal. belonging to the
Estate of James /. Dowsett, deceased
or to which said Estate may be en-
titled, whether herein enumerated and
specified or not.
Terms of sale are Cash in U. s. Gold.
Deed at the expense of purchaser. For
further particulars, apply to Paul Neu-
mann, Esq, or
GEORGE LUCAS,
Commissioner.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-05
Agents, Brokers and JObbsrS.
W. G. & Go.
Limited
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Francisco.
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Reeds Steam Pipe COVERING.
ALSO OFFER FOR SALE
Parafiine Paint Co.'S p. & B. -.
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Indurine "a cold water painSV. n
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-02
Great Shoe Sale.

l.. B. Kerr & CO., Ltd, having
bought the stocks Of the Fairchild
Shoe House and A. Il. Murphy &
Co. at prices that enable them TO
sell at Que half the original cost
prices, the public will be offered
bargains, call early and secure first
choice.