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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

Considerable Importance is attached
to the distance measuring field glass
invented by Mr.. Zeiss of Jena. 1t Is
simply an extension of the natural
power of the eyes to estimate the dis
lance of nearby objects. This power
depends upon the fact that the space
between the eyes serves like a base
line in surveying, the lines of sight
converging upon selected object from
the ends of the base. In the telemeter
The effective distance between the eyes
is increased by means OF prisms, and
double images of the objects looked at
are formed. The distance between the
images varies with the remoteness of
the objects, and scale shows what
the real distance is. Up to about two
miles the results are said to be fairly
accurate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Eight-Hour Day Holiday.

President John Mitchell of the Uni. :.
ed Mine Workers has designated
March 81 as holiday in the mimi.
industry, it being the anniversary q
the declaration of the eight-hour day
1t is expected that in addition to the
100000 miners who will refrain from
work on that day all others engage,
in the coal industry will join in cele-
brating the holiday, it now being con-
coded that the short hour day has
been Of advantage to operator and
workman alike. Eight hours is now
the rule among miners of bituminous
coal, except in such districts where Or
CARNATIONS has not yet gained con-
trolling influence.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

1t must submit to official arbitration.
The employer must do the same, and
cannot in the meantime lock out the
employees. When a decision is render
ed by the arbitration board both sides
must abide by the judgment, and II
either fails to do so punishments and
penalties are provided Speaking of
the law, Mr.. Reeves says: THE basic
principle in the measure is that the
interests of the community at large
shall not be jeopardized or involved in
or by controversies which in their far
reaching results extend beyond the
sphere, influence or control of those
concerned in the strike, lockout, or
dispute. The employer. whether an
individual or a corporation, is the unit
on the one side and the trades union Is
the unit on the other. 1t would not do
to allow any individual workman to
make his private grievance the basis
for public hearing. New Zealand is
divided into districts, and in each is
a Cancellation board, elected by en-
ployes and trades unions in equal rep
resentation, with an impartial person,
frequently a magistrate, to act as
chairman. Any case may be appealed
from the decision of this board and
tried by the Central Court of Arbitra-
ton. Whenever there is a dispute or
threatened trouble either the employ
er or trades union may ask for arbi-
tration. But the workingmen cannot
strike, nor can the employer discharge
them while the case is pending, under
the penalties provided by the law"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

A paper on the blue fox (vulpes lago-
pus) of the Pribiloff islands, Boring
sea, by Mr.. Lucas. is timely now that
furs are in season. Fox farms or
ranches" for breeding the animals ex-
list not only in the Aluetian islands,
but in islands off the coast of Maine.
The foxes of Pribiloff feed on sea
birds, seal pups, and dead seals. for
which they go out on the ice foes in
spring. "Dead-fall' traps have been
superseded by "box traps" which do
not kill the animal, and the blue fe-
male Is set free. White females, how
ever, are killed in order to produce a
breed which does not blanch in win
ter. Male foxes are spared If the sup
ply is likely to fail, and all foxes let
loose are marked by clipping ring
from their tails. 1t is hoped to turn
the blue fox from a monogamus to a
polygamous animal in order to in
crease the supply of fur. This fox is
not crafty or wary of man and is taken
everywhere with bait.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

Among the as yet UNEMPLOYED spots
on the earth which are to be scientifi-
cally attacked during the coming year
is Sannikoff Land, lying north Of the
New Siberia Islands, about 300 miles
from the nearest point on the Siberian
coast. A Norwegian party will try to
reach the place in 1901 from the
mouth of the Lena River, where they
propose to spend next winter. The
coming summer will be consumed in
fixing the camp on the Lena.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Scotch Aggressiveness.

The parliamentary program adopted
by the trades unions of Scotland goes
far beyond any project of American
trades unionism. 1t relates to meas
ures for legal eight-hour day, for old
age pensions, for the cumulative taxa
ton of all forms of unearned incre-
ment, for the organizatio ion by govern
ment of self-supporting industries, by
which the right to work shall be Sc
cured by everyone, for the fixing of a
minimum wage by law, particularly in
the "sweated" trades, and for ample
provision for those disabled at their
employment. This program is evil
IDENTIFY based on ideas that have been
found practical in New Zealand. where
many industrial regulations that are
commonly styled socialis.ic have been
put into successful operation. New
Zealand guarantees every working
person a job and living, and has
found 1t possible to make good the
guarantee, 1t has gone even further
and now treats its worn out working
men and women, not as paupers, but
as pensioners. Every one who has
been in the colony twenty-five years,
and as a citizen, and has an income
OF less than $170 year, is entitled to
a pension of, shilling-a quarter-a
day. This is not merely tenderer
form Of charity than that which OBJ
tains in other countries;, it is dis
tinct recognition of the honest toiler's
right to a share in the wealth he has
created.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Ancient Mines OF Sinai.

History furnishes records Of the
working of the copper mines of Sinai
from about 5000 B. c. to 1900 B. G.
These possessions brought on several
bloody wars. The scepter of Pepi II.
of the sixth dynasty is preserved in
the British museum. The entrance,
the ruins Of the furnace, the crucjbles,
the huts Of the miners and some frag-
ments of tools still exist. In the de-
bris have been found remains of fur
naces and crucibles, Stag and cinders.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

In his System of Ethics" Mr.. Paul
sen says that acts are called good
when they tend to promote human well
fare; bad when they tend to disturb
and destroy it. The highest good of
an individual as well as of society
consists in the perfect development
and exercise of life. He also says phil
osophical pessimism is not proved
theory whose propositions can lay
claim to universal validity, but the ex-
preston of individual feelings, and as
such can be merely subjectively true.
Inasmuch as we have no statistics on
the happy and unhappy lives, the sue
cesses and failures, the author says he
is for the present inclined to put as
much faith in the judgment Of plain
man of the people as in the eloquence
OF a pessimistic philosopher.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Canadian Boat Song,
(Old Favorite Series,

(Old Favorite Series,
Family as tolls the evening chime,
Our voices keep tune and our oars keep
time,
Our voices keep tune and our oars keep
time:
Soon as the woods on shore look dim,
Wen sing at st. AIMS our parting hymn;
Row, brothers, row. the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's
past,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's
past.
Why should we yet our sail unfurl?
There is not breath the blue wave to
curl,
curl:
oh! sweetly we'll rest the weary oar;
Blow breezes. blow, the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's
past,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's
past.
Utawa's tide, this trembling moon
Shall see us float DER thy surges soon,
Shall see us float DER thy surges soon;
Saint of this green isle, hear our prayers,
Oh! grant us cool heavens and favrng
airs!
Blow breeZes, blow. the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near, and the daylight's
past,
The rapids are near, and the daylisht's
past.
Thomas Moore.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Cleanse
Your Blood

The thing most desired of Spring
Medicine is thorough publication OF
the blood. With this work of
cleansing going on. there is COM
plete renovation OF every part of
your system. Not only is the cor
rupt blood made fresh, bright and
lively, but the stomach also re-
spends in better digestion, its
readiness for food at proper times
gives sharp appetite, the kidneys
and liver properly perform their
allotted functions, and there is, in
short, new brain, nerve, mental AND
digestive strength.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

"Can you tell me who Ananias was?"
asked the old man of the proprietor
Of the bookstore.
"Of course can," was the reply. "Ha
was the champion liar of the world
at one time. Did any one call you
Ananias?"
Yes, sir. Yes, called me Ananias,
and durn my buttons If didn't think
he was giving me bushel of praise.
Next man calls me Ananias won't
know what house fell on him!"-Wash-
ington Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

Population of the four greatest cit
ies of the Russian empire is given as
follows in the figures Of the recent
census: st. Petersburg, 1,l32,677;
Moscow, with its two suburbs, 9SS,614;
Odessa, 405,041 "a great increase since
1922, and Warsaw, 626,O72. Contrary
to what is observed almost universally
throughout Europe, the men outnum-
Der the women in the three first-nam-
ed communities, while in the last,
Warsaw, the proportion Of women Is
but slightly superior to that of men.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

The director of the Geological Sur
vey has had an appraisement made
by experts to determine the value of
the specimens Of fossil dinosaurs be-
longing to the collection of the late
Prof. o. C. Marsh, which have been
turned over to the National Museum
In Washington. According to this
estimate the skulls Of the monster
triceratops, or "three-horned beast"
are worth at least $4,000 apiece, while
other skulls vary in value from $50 to
s250. The head and neck Of the tri-
ceratops were covered by an enormous
bony helmet seven or eight feet long.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

Chicago papers are still telling what
a great failure Rev. Sheldon made in
trying to run a newspaper as Christ
probably would. The Kansas preacher
may not have come up to the standard
but If their columns are to be judged
as a standard 1t would be difficult to
edit papers as the devil probably would
more perfectly than the editors of Chi
Cages dailies are doing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

1t is curious to note that the last
three theaters burned in Paris have
all been state or, as they are called in
France, Subsidized houses-the
Opera (1S73), the Opera Comique
(18SO and now the Francois. But
whereas twelve years elapsed between
the burning of the Opera Comique and
the rebuilding, the Francois will, it is
said, be reopened by the middle OF
July.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

A Kansas paper says: Judge My
ers pronounced Staynczstraw Baczyn-
ski citizen last week." If the judge
pronounced Staynczstraw's name at
the same time he ought to go out lee
turing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Domestic Reminders.

Wife-Do you know what you re-
mind me Of? Husband-No, but 1 do
know what you remind me of. Wife
What? Husband-Of every little thing
forget to attend to that you ask me
about.-Detroit Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Placed.

The Court-Was there nothing about
the dead man to identify him?
Officer-No, sir. All that we found
was few dollars, an empty flask, a
siX-shooter and a dirk.
The Court-Um! Undoubtedly from
Kentucky Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Man at n nlsa va tare.

kitty, what do you think! My en-
ployer told me l must hereafter get to
t1e office in the morning on time.
"Oh, Nancy; how did you feel?"
81 felt all right, but he looked as II
he felt horrid silly."-Indianapolis
Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
joys of MatrlmOny.

The Count-It's strange, madam,
that l failed to discover how very tart
you were before our marriage.
The Countess-Oh, there's nothing
strange about it, at all. You had no
taste for anything but papa's sugar"
Chicago News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
KANSAS.
| aARNETT,

Count de Castellane says The future
of this country is perilous. The re-
6uction of the counts income has fill,
ed him with an alarm that is hardly
justified.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

What sort of a fellow is Bobbers in
a social way?"
ooh, he is one of those idiots who
would say sweets to the sweet when
he was passing the pickles to a lady Of
uncertain age. "-Indianapolis Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
HOODS
Sa1-SaRSaz,EsIa

Possesses the peculiar qualities
Peculiar to HSe!f-which accom-
plish these good things for all
who take it. An unlimited list Of
wonderful cures prove its merit. ::
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
To Scare the Wolf.

"Ah, yes!" sighed the artist, 81 am
compelled to paint to keep the wolf
frohl the door"
"Oh," exclaimed the critic, then you
are going to hang the picture outside,
are your"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

He-Would you scream If I were to
take you in my arms and kiss you? She
What good would that do? Papa
and mamma are away, and the walls
and floors and ceilings Of this fiat are
eadened.-Chicago Times Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
First Boarder-Why do you enjoy
Lent?
Second Boarder-It's pleasant
change from hash to fishballs.
Happiness.

What" she asked the man who had
written famous poem, sis your great
est pleasure in life?"
Getting others to understand what
a miserable lot they are" he replied
through his tears.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
A Humorous Proceeding.

II am sure burglars are trying to get
into the house," said Mrs. Blink.
WELL" answered old Blink, sleepily,
"if burglars enter this house the joke
will be ON them. "-Philadelphia North
American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Cases Alter Circumstances.

Maude-Would you marry man
you didn't love.
Clara-No, indeed!
Maude-But suppose he had a mil
lion?
Clara-Oh, then I'd love him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Hoping for the Best,

Benham-Everybody says that baby
looks like me-"
Mrs. Benham-But he may outgrow
1t, dear.-Harper's Bazaar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
His Name.

Does he bear good manner"
"Well-er-er-it Is Smith. What
do you think about it yourself?"-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13

The German war authorities have
duplicates of all bridges in France. If,
in case of war, any of these bridges
were destroyed, they could be replaced
in aSx hours.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME NOTES OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKERS.

Japan Prefers American Cotton - Com
pulsory Arbitration - Living Brought
Down to Hard Pan - What Central
Organization Can DO.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Still in Doubt.

$50 you have a new baby at your
house?" What is 1t, little brother or
a little sister?"
II dunno" said little Jessie; eve
haven't called it anything but it yet"
Chicago Timss-H Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
Foiled Again.

Young Freshleigh (abruptly)-How
old are you, Miss Winters?
Miss Winters-Old enough to know
that you haven't reached the age OF
observation-disclosures News.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
THE SENATOR'S CRIrIcISH.
Washington correspondence of The st. Louis Pc
Dispatch.

Washington correspondence of The st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
One of the most lovabIe men 1 ever knew is r. r.
Hit, of Illinois. chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations. He has spent nearly his whole
life in the practice of craftsmanship When mere
boy he reported stenoSraphicaliy the great Lin
coln-Douglas debates, which in itself was liberal
in office in Washington. For eight years he was
Secretary of Legation in Paris under Elihu B.
WaShburne, and for much of that time Charge
d'Afaires. He Assistant Secretary of State
under Blaine. He has been in Congress many
years. He eXcels in the delicate art of story
telling
Not long ago in the cloakroom I was talking with
him about Thomas Hart Benton whereupon he told
me an anecdote of Bentons most masterful an
tagonist Senator James Stephen Green, of Mis-
souri,.
Senator Green" said Mr.. Hit. was not only
a man of splendid genius but also of charming
manner He boarded at the National Hotel where
found out that the Senator was much of a
churchgoer, and insisted that he should mend his
ways in that regard. One Sunday he was late for
dinner The women asked him why.
" ! have been attending divine worship replied
the Senator, graVely
." To what church do you 60 senator?' asked a
81 don't know answered the courtIy Mis-
sourian
Who preached?' they asked
" l don't know, he said. walked up the ave-
nue.. turned up Fourth-st. and entered a church
on. the left hand side This Episcopal
" How did YOU like the service? asked another
woman.
4" 1t appeared to me- answered the Senator that
there was too much reading of the journal and
too little debate. "
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
A FAIRY STORY.
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE BOSS"
PLAYED HAROUN-AL-RASCHID
From The Chicago Times-Herald.

From The Chicago Times Herald.
One of the prOprietors OF a big department store
decided the other day to find out how customers
were treated in his establishment. He is so seldom
seen around the place that few of the clerks know
him by sight hence it was not necessary for him
plan for the success of his undertaking.
Going into the shoe department he sat down to
be waited on. A clerk who had been in the store
only few weeks hurried forward and asked:
he I'OM merchant SF 'F sad o. 81 Would like TO look
at some; but don't know I'm ready to buy
Very, well" said the clerk, well see what we
can find"
Then he made some inquiries as to the style his
employer preferred and the size he wore and began
One shoe after another was tried on. but the
toner could not be suited. The toes were not
right' or the shape was wrong. or it didn't fit, or
there was something else about every shoe the
clerk produced that not it should be.
Ihree or TOUR times the proprietor said he
guessed he would have TO give it up and try again
suaded him to wait just moment Then he would
get another par and make a new effort TO suit the
gentleman, setting forth eloquently he could
the merits of the shoe and expressing confidence in
his ability to find what was wanted sooner or
At last the merchant looked up at his employee
,. You don't seem to be worried over the fact that
you have wasted an hour here with me?'
clerk replied. People are invited to come here and
cant be suited they ought to have as much right
Still you have left it all to me. Don't you think
you ought to know more about it than l do? You
sell shoes every day, you know"
Il sell shoes every day" the clerk said "but
can't wear yours for you and | shall not try to
persuade you to buy sonnet hing you don't want
The proprietor went out saying he might return
at some future time and try again. After he
gone the head of the shoe department went over to
the new clerk and whispered something to him.
The latter turned little pale along the sides of his
nose and said
Then l suppose I may well begin hunting
around for another job"
On the following, morning the manager of the
said
''The president of this company went to the shoe
department yesterday to get pair of shoes"
les KNOW IT, the clerk replied:
He couldn't get what he wanted"
floor. ~ - "
=. You told nm you were not anxious to sell goods
people didn't show proper eagerness to buy" the
manager went on.
The clerk nodded that it was So
~, " WeiL ell 90 you think it would pay us to keep
Feeling that it would profit him nothing to be
a9Ject, since he was to be discharged anyway, the
I suppose not: But if I had it to do again I
would do as did yesterday"
cIobry well & we need man to take charge Of
have the place. because you were kind euough "a
give him credit for knowing what he wanted better
than you did" - ~ "o''o'
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
SPRING POETRY FROM NEBRASKA.

From The Nebraska Journal
In the spring the whiskered farmer drinks hard
guage at the indolent hired In the spring the
grand Old granger plants his succotash and corn,
sleepeth in the morn. In the spring the old SOW
wanderS to some quiet fen brake, and returns
the spring the good dog Rover hides behind the
bushes damp. waiting always, wailing ever, for a
gentle. which has been pet for years, cores the
poor c0nhding farmer, sits on him and eats his
picnic in the woods packing with them in their
baskets sandwiches and other goods; and they fall
into the river, and the chiggers eat them up, and
they come back from the picnic swollen like a
poisoned pup.
of whack, there. are rumbings in my stomach
there are creakings in my back. When to bed
tastes nke a men 5 nest ana my mead feels like a
stone. And read the daily papers, where they tell
kinds OF yernal ills. And buy the pills and eat
them and feel a whole lot worse; there are times
AND the ancient danes come to me, and they brew
their magic tea, and they say if will take it III
coctions only make me shrek and wall and wish
that all herb doctors could be carted off to iai In
Ihe spring lhe WHY stranger comes 10 sell patent
oat, and he gets the names of victims TO a thou
sand-donar note. In the spring you make a garden.
come and scratch it all to thunder and repeat In
the spring your lawn is pretty and you point it
with pride TILL some cattle come and spoil ii in the
silent eventide.
In the spring the groaning husband eats his
VlctualS in the barn. for his wife must clean the
is full of carpets and the trees are full of sheets
anu ne mas 10 l!Fe on Sauerkr4ut clStern water and
sIiCeu DettS. On woman ; IN her glory When she
tears things all apart piling beds and chairs and
pillows in a way to break your heart. And "a
nlSht the groanng husband has TO sleep upon the
porch and he feels so plum disgusted that he can't
enjoy his torch When the blamed old ceaning's
husband busted buying dope and drug and pill;
and the mansion is no cleaner than it when she
began, but she'd slay him if he said so-and he is
prudent man.