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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03

Jack-Tom, I'm in terrible fix. Pm
engaged to three girls.
Tom Well. that's not exactly crime.
Jack-No; that's the worst Of 1t. If
it were, could go to prison and have
some peace.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03

To improve the golden moment Of
opportunity and catch the good that is
within our reach Is the great art Of
lfe.-Johnson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03
MODERN AMERICAN DESIGN.
ornEte and Convenient Dwelling.
Costs $4,000 to Build.

INoT. FIETT, II'- y 'I-Ts| IIflIlu-s, lrlLltect,
lf1 llathJsl avenue, Hr0ekAu.l
Wc'prcsout herewith the design Of
Residence recently built in brooklyn. Ii
Is clean cut design ~ modern American
style with colonial treatment aud detail.
The lines are sufficiently broken To- give
II an attractive appearance, and il has
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03

If woman tries to practice what
her husband breaches, she has no time
for gosslp.-Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03
VOL. XVIII.
t....xDistrict Probate Court.

Essex District prObate court.
-...rs uf said COURT will be held at
.-n4au tne second Tuesday nf No
and Man. West concord the second
Dad. I'd .ful,trlhs aud June. Luueuhurg
.. ......ra Tuesday ut January aud July.
..r -,.>~fsuS ,,iIi Ic held At any place in
.rr..Hs-tll,t hl agreement.
... ROBERT CHASE. Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03

Good roads at any cost will pay
Renwick Qa.) Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03
ORNAMENTAL LAWNS.
WELL KEPT GROUNDS HAVE A COM.
mERClAL VALUE.

They Also Stimulate Adjacent Prop
erT, Holders To EmuIation-A Little
Trouble VIII Make Town Beau
tifuL
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-03
COUNTRY DIRT ROADS.
HOW TO BUILD AND KEEP THEM IN.
GOOD CONDITION

Equipment of Road Machinery Re
CURED Horse Rollers Versus
Steam - what to DO With the
stoner-Grading and DraininE
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
AS TO THE STRIKES.

There is no explanation Of the
strikes that explains-labor is being
overworked or underpaid. For two
years the Republican press, their
speakers and their representatives in
congress, have been proclaiming that
old-time prosperity had returned.
The blazing furnaces and flying spin
dies have given evidence that there
was partial truth in the claim. Con
fidence was being restored" factories
were having more than they could
do" "old-time Republican conditions
are upon U.S." but wages were either no
better or not greatly advanced over the
scale of four and six years ago. OF
course labor has been in greater de-
mand, but the story of the strikes and
probable strikes Is strong reminder
that something Is wrong. We trust
that the troubles in various parts ct
the country will be settled as AMIGA
bly, and speedily as those Of the en-
ployes of the Central.
Here is brief but startling account
of the strikes of the past week as
taken from the headlines Of press dis
patches:
Philadelphia-Eight-hour struggle is
on in earnest.
Patterson, N. J.-Four hundred car
penters quit work.
Albany-Carpenters and plumbers
will strike.
Boston-Boston carpenters win
strike.
Great Falls, Mont-Trainmen dis
satisfied; strike.
Trenton, N. J.-Three hundred car
penters quit work.
Seymour, Ind.-Three thousand B. &
o. S. w. laborers out.
Savannah, Ga.-Eight hundred build
ing workers out.
Barre, vt-Granite polishers want
shorter day.
Oswego-Coal beavers are dissatis-
ied.
Binghamton-Tinsm want 80
cents more.
Springfield, Observation-Disclosures de-
mand more pay.
Ellsworth, Me.-Stonecutters de-
mand new scale.
All in all, about 10000 men have al
ready resolved to strike and serious
trouble is impending in Philadelphia
and Chicago. The strikes among the
building trades workmen Is said to
be the result of a concerted effort to
secure shorter hours Of employment
buffalo Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
FERTILE COLORADO.
Is the Best Medicine Money Can nj

The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
has Just published second edition Of
THE FERTILE LANDS OF COLO.
RADIO" which gives concise descrip--
ton Of the vast area of agricultural.
horticultural and grazing lands located
on its line in the state of Colorado
and the Territory of New Mexico. and
full information as to the stock inter-
ests, the sugar beet industry and farm
ing by irrigation. 1t is a truthful
representation of the numerous and
wonderful products Of the soil in
that portion of the country and Is.
of especial interest to all who are in
terested in agriculture or kindred pur-
suits.
Copies OF this book will be sent free
on application to S. X. Hooper, G.P.A.,
D. & r. G. r. r.. Denver, Colo.,.
or any official Of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

ter and thus show their hands to the
public. There are millions Of voters
who would oppose any members Of
congress who would vote against this
and many other like propositions II
such members should vote against
them. But by suppressing the matter
in committee, they do not have to vote
on it and can kill it just the same.
Until a majority of the houses shall be
favorable to the proposition, no vote
can be had. Your laws are really made
by the committees and the railroad and
other interests have only to buy 4
majority of that committee to control
legislation, and to buy that five or six
woes. Hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars can be paid to each and the total
sum paid out does not amount to much
to corporations. 1t will be so, as Con-
gresham Ridgely writes me, until the
people get direct legislation and can
force a vote on any matter of public
interest. But then the person who
says the people are not self-governing
and make the laws is fool! But there
are others.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
CONSULTING THE VOTERS.

From the Appeal to Reason: l wrote
Senator Pettigrew recently asking him
If it were possible to have a resolution
presented in both houses OF congress
directing that on the ballots OF the
election this fall be printed these two
lines:
For the public ownership and oper-
alton OF railroads-Yes.
For the public ownership and opera
ton of railroads.&c..
Below is his reply:
Mr.. ]. A. Wayland, Girard, Kan
Dear Sir-There is no way in the
world that l can get vote in either
house on the question Of the referen-
dunn of the railway question, for my
resolution would be referred to Com
mittee, and they would never report 1t.
Very truly yours,
R. F. Pettigrew.
Here is something that the average
citizen voter and sovereign king
knows nothing about. The senate
committee Is composed OF ten mem
bera-eight lawyers, an editor and a
manufacturer in trust. To this COM
mittee would be referred the resolu-
ton and unless the majority OF the
committee we're in favor of the res&u-
ton it would not be permitted to come
before the senate for vote. These
eight men are in the pay, directly or
indirectly, of the railroads, many Of
them owning stocks and bonds In
them. Now to control legislation 1t is
necessary only to control this commit
tee or a majosity of it, and it can
and has for years prevented any legis.
lation that the owners Of railroads dc
not want. This committee, as you will
see, is made up of lawyers, whose
training is such that they will take a
fee on any side of any case and often
on both sides. BY preventing the prop.
osition from getting before congress
they do not have to vote on the mat
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

that sets in in earnest the end of good
times is In sight. A presidential cam
paign is approaching, and one in
which the agitation will be Of the kind
that will frighten away the investment
of new capital and extension of bust
ness. Under the most favorable cir
cumstances that it Is reasonable to ex-
pect, the outlook for good, healthy
business conditions is not Of the best,
and continued labor disturbances can
only result in precipitatng what we
call hard times, and that condition Of
trade where many men roam the
streets, willing to accept any kind Of
work with no quibbling about union
hours, or the recognition of this or
that amalgamated council"
1t is natural enough that Republic
ans should not wish to see many labor
disturbances just now at the opening
of the presidential campaign. 1t ha:
been one of the particular boasts of
Republicans that their party rescued
the country from a period of business
depression, put it on its feet, so to
speak, and started it along the high
way to prosperity. 1t is singularly I'M
fortunate for it that Just now, as the
presidential campaign is coming on,
there should set in period of con-
siderable depression in commercial
activities and a general season of low
er pressure. The truth is that the
claims of the Republican party in this
particular were enormously and eyre
giously over-stated. The Democratic
party was in no way responsible for
the financial stringency and business
depression of 1898, and consequently
the Republican party was entitled to
no credit whatever for the country's
recovery from that period OF depres-
sion. 1t was one of those periodical
changes in business that come what
ever party is in power, and the recov-
cry was Just at natural and inevitable
as was the depression. The American
people by their energy and enterprise
and great resources will commonly
have a good degree of prosperity, but
there will always be currents in the
tide of fortune and these are quite
commonly independent Of any party.
The Republican party did not make
the prosperity Of the last two years,
and II now there should come days OF
less activity in business 1t must not
claim the Democratic party is respon-
sible. The Mail says that the outlook
for good healthy business conditions
is not of the best. Why not, pray, II
the Republican party is entitled to all
the credit for the business prosperity
of the country that has been claimed
for it?-Lawrence (Mass.) News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

Henry Clews' Weekly Review says
"populism, anarchism and socialism
thrive on depression and discomfort"
Good. Then this country is the ripest
field for their growth in the world,
for there is no end Of discomfort, and
If you will ask the average Republican
and Democrat how he is getting along
howl against conditions, especially
trusts, that ever greeted your ears.
The retailer has the same amount of
discomfort and depression about the
department stores and the trust prices
and regulations concerning trade.
Thanks, Clews, thanks, for the informa-
ton. The future belongs to socialists,
and forget 1t not. Again in the same
article Clews says: There is some
prospect of gold exports, but not sufti-
cient to cause uneasiness under pres
ent conditions" And yet in the last
year the balance Of trade has been in
our favor" to the amount of nearly a
billion! That is. this country has
sent out nearly q thousand million
dollars worth of merchandise (gold
prices at that more than was brought
in, and yet there is a prospect OF
gold exports!" We have to give for
eigners more merchandise than they
send us, and have to send them gold
by the shipload to pay them to take
our merchandise. And that is states
~ ho III v,1 q
what brains rule the world! And the
Americans sweat and produce and
send away and need the things that are
shipped! A tribute Of thousand mil
lions in real wealth annually does not
satisfy the foreigner-he must have
our dearly beloved and most wor-
shipful gold, too! We would be happy
if he took all the food and all the
clothing and all the houses and all
the instruction and all the entertain
gold. With gold we are rich, though
we possess nothing else-without it we
are poor, though we possess everything
else! 1t seems to me that l detect
small feeling of discomfort and de-
preston in this observation in Clews.
If the gold exports should become
greater it might cause uneasiness,"
and then we must bar the gates of
populism, socialism and anarchism
against Clews or he will break into
them. Clews, we don't want you, so
please don't get disconnected or de-
pressed-J. A. Wayland.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

Social and economic conditions, as
they are reported to exist In Guam,
seem almost idyllic. Almost every one
owns land, and lives happily in cult
waiting it; and only men do that nee
essary work, for the women remain
at home, engaged in more appropriate
duties. No mans necessities ccnstraln
him to work for another. He is his
own capitalist and hired man, conse-
uuently there are no strikes, no lock-
outs-no labor problem" in fact, to
perplex and disturb, Since there is
no defective demand" for what the
people do not produce themselves, they
do not need money. There Is neither
store nor market on the island In
which household necessaries may be
bought by exiles from the outside
world, and according to Governor
O'Leary, upon whose authority the
more essential facts stated above are
based, "You have to beg people to sell
things" Obviously. modern progress
and modern ideas have wide field in
Guam.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
Public Ownership.

One of the strongest arguments yet
presented in favor of city's owner
ship of its lighting plant is furnished
by the annual report OF the city cleo
trician of St. Joseph, Mo. The St.
Joseph plant is eight years old. The
city has owned it four years. A COM
parison of the cost during the two
periods shows a total saving of $685.
914.6O during the last four years, or
an average of more than $1,000 a
year. The average cost per lamp dur
ing the first four years was $S1.95,
during the last four years. S61.73, an
annual saving of s2022 per lamp per
annum. These figures speak for them
selves.-Baltimore News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

The peculiar condition Of the atmos-
phere over southern England and
western France on January 18th gave
rise to extraordinary exhibitions OF
solar halos. or sun dogs, described In
the scientific journals Of both coun-
tries. The phenomena were very beau
tiful the sun being surrounded with
concentric circles and inverted arches
showing rainbow colors, while mock
suns appears among the halos. They
were caused by clouds Of minute Ice
crystals floating at great elevation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

A writer in the North American Re-
view calls attention to the evils of
excessive legislation. 1t appears that
at their last annual sessions, the legis-
latures of our forty-five states enacted
more than fourteen thousand laws
good, bad and Indifferent. Such in
dustry might be said to speak volumes
for the public spirit Of the American
people If we could wink out OF sight
the facts that many Of the "acts"
spring from an unwholesome desire to
accomplish social reforms by short
processes, and that many more OF
them represent Individual or corporate
contrivances to utilize the power OF
the state for the turning Of private
grindstones.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
Just Like Her Father or tho Story of
. Burning Love Anair-seiling Stale
News-Consolation in Griof-some-
thing Wrong.
just Like Her Father.

just Like Hor retner.
The wooing had progressed splen-
didly. 1t had even progressed to a
point where she had been won-that Is.
ostensibly won. If she proved to be a
truthful girl, she would in time be his
wife. If she were not truthful-well,
no man wants a wife who is not truth
full That's the way some men console
themselves when they fail to marry.
But she seemed to be truthful, and
as he drew her closer to him he whis-
pered:
"And when we are married, dearest.
we will have the happiest home in an
the wide, wide world"
Eyes, George" she replied.
There can never be harsh word
in our home"
mo, George"
"And when l come home tired and
worn out with work at the Office and
the worries of business you'll be kind
to me?"
Yes, George"
II knew you would. You'll soothe
me and put me in better humor?"
"Y-e-e-s; but say. George!"
eyes, dearest.
"Why shouldn't you do a little OF
this yourself?"
why, darling"
eyes, that's all right. But to come
right down to business. as papa says
why shouldn't you also be kind to me
when things go wrong? l don't want
to do 1t all, you know. You're not
looking for private nurse, are your
"Why, Mabel?"
when the cook leaves Unexpectedly
to go to the bedside Of her second cou-
sin, yCu might be just trifle consid-
crate, you know"
How strangely you talk, pet"
"Well, they say I'm papa's girl, yo,
know, and notice when any one tries
to make a bargain with him he gen.
orally gets some stipulation to his
own interest put in. just as a precau-
tion."
George and Mabel have now been
married exactly five years and three
months, and at the moment of going
to press have never had single quar-
rel!-Tit-Bits.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

Some curious spiral fossils, recently
discovered in rocks of the Permian Pc
Rod in Russia, appear to represent a
kind OF sawlike appendage, armed with
enamelled teeth, and capable Of being
rolled up in the manner Of spiral
spring, which once belonged to a spe-
cies of fish related to the rays and dog
fish Of today. A French geologist,
Monsieur PREM, suggests that the fish
carried this singular weapon as an ex-
tension Of it's upper jaw. Except in
its capability of being rolled up, such
an appendage seems to be no more
wonderful than that of the sawfish or
the swordfish.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
WEsrr1ELp, MASS. Nov. q, 1899.

The GEHEsEE PURE FOOD Co., lie Roy. N. Y.
Gentlep,sn:-Hnving used your GRA1N-O for
the past three months, thought would write
and let you know how much good 1t has done
me. When was away on my vacation last,
summer the people visited asked me to try
some GRAIN.O and l drank some, but didn't
like 1t at oil, but the more drank 1t the better
l liked It, and now / wouldn't drink anything
else. never weighed over io6 pounds, and last
winter was down to 1903 pounds: now weigh
Just 100, and never felt better In my life 1t
gives me an awful appetite, and makes me
strong. It is doing me more good than anything
ever took, and would recommend 1t to every
body. Very truly, MRS. GEO. b. BROWN.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

One Of the most important facts
which developed during the late war
with Spain was the great need by this
country of more coaling stations for
the navy. The navy department, real
izing this. has been for some time at
work planning for the establishment
of stations at various parts Of the
world, and all now depends upon the
negotiations in progress between the
state department and the various coun-
tries concerned. The government OF
Liberia has recently consente1 to the
establishment Of coaling station at
a site to be selected by the navy de-
partment, and 1t is the intention to
Immediately begin the necessary work
The department will establish stations
at Page Page, Guam and Honolulu.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
To Fool the Farmers.

One of the laughable features in
the Republican state platform Indi-
anal is the plank about controlling
trusts. The famers see in it no hope
of relief. In fact the plank was put
there for the purpose of holding in
line the Republican farmer suckers
who have been voting the Republican
ticket for the past thirty years and
who are about to break away from the
present corrupt organization Hoosisr
democrat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
THE LABOR PROBLEM.

The Lowell Mail regrets to notice so
many labor disturbances in different
parts of the country and though IT
says 1t has not word to say of the
organized labor representatives of the
country, it goes on to deprecate the
movements now in operation and any
others that are likely to be seen. 1t
says:
ANY continued interruption to the
employment of such a large number OF
men as are represented in these labor
troubles reported from thi9 and Mat
section of the country nus 'urely re-
suit in curtailment of-rchas-
ing power Of the maRANcH! when
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
Something Wrong.

Mr.. Benny Benedict had been read
ing his paper in quietude for almost
five minutes. Presently he looked up
at his wife with an agonized expression
of fear and dread.
"What's the matter with the baby?'
he cried.
Mrs. Benedict jumped up like buck
Ing mule. Good gracious, nothing l
hope!"
There must be. I feel inwardly that
there is something grievously wrong
with the pet"
"Why, Benny-oh, why?"
HE isn't howling!"-Ally Sloper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

Adulteration Of milk is rather DIFF
ferent matter from the ajulteration of
wood alchol or plug tobacco, and this
difference should be more adequately
recognized by the statutes. Milk that
rs loaded with a deadly drug is Sim
ply poison and II It is fed to a delicate
child that child is murdered as sure
ly as though the mflknan had given
It paris green. Injurious adultera-
tions put into the diet Of grown-up
people are bad enough. but doctoring
ordinary foods has kind OF respect
ability compared with poisoning the
food of babies
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

It has been said that any nation
which collects an indemnity from Tur-
key ought to receive additional COM
pensation for the time lost and the
strain on the nervous system. The de-
lay in paying for losses inflicted upon
our people in the Armenian massacres
is entirely in keeping with Turkish
traditions. The approved theory in
the sultan's domains seems to be that
'he pays twice who pays promptly"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

The curious gymnastic feats which
parrots sometimes perform in the.i
cages have been ascribed to the desire
Of the birds to vary the monotony OF
their life in captivity. That was the
opinion Of Mrs. Maudsley, the wife OF
the Central American explorer, until
she saw the parrots, in a state of per-
feet freedom, indulging in all the feats
practised by their Gagged cousins.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
RudieIv Shattered.

"Chumleigh says his first love was
his school teacher"
Indeed"
"Yes. But he says loves yoxng
dream was shattered the nrst time she
took him on her lap"
THAT seems funny"
"Not at all. He was face downward
at the time. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
To De Euvied.

"There's a man who has a good ear
for music" remarked the dyspeptic'
man, who was bothered by the piano
playing of the young woman next,
door. "Who. Dumley? Why. he's
deaf as a post" II know he is" said
the dyspeptic man.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
willing to Show EN-.

An honest young man who had es-
capped a great peril by an act OF hero
ism, was much complimented for his
bravery.
One lady said: II wish l could have
seen your feat"
Whereupon he blushed and STAN
mered, and finally pointing to his pedal
extremities, said: well, here they be.
num-"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

Whenever a scandal crops out Of the
Chicago water Office the temperate cit
izen consoles himself with the thought
that 1t would have ben much worse had
the fluid been beer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01
Arc You listing Aliens Foot Ense1

It is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, q powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-01

Louis F. Waibel, Phi G.. St Louis, Mo,
wrote: have recommended TEETHINA when
the doctors gave up the child and 1t cured at.
once.