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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
LOW FARES UNCONSTITU-
TIONAIv

Two years ago the city council Of
Cleveland, Ohio, passed an ordinance
establishing three cent car fare. An
accommodating federal judge has just
declared the ordinance unconstitution-
al. The people will now pay five CENTS
or walk.
Courts were established for the pro-
lection of the people, but most judg S
think they have performed their whole
duty when they have protected the
corporations. 1t is going to be hard
struggle to establish public ownership.
for we have to contend first, against
the ignorance of the people and after
ward against the venality of the
courts.
In this country the people pass
laws and the courts repeal them. 1t IS
harder to get good legislation here
than in most European nations. In
people pass a law all the courts IN
the empire cannot repeal it. In this
country congress or the state legisla-
ture can hardly pass a law which the
courts do not nullify If the trusts re-
quest them to do so.
We talk much about the corruption
of our legislative bodies, but legisla-
lures are not nearly so dangerous as
our venal courts If we could reform
our courts, it would be easy to take
care of our legislatures. A judge hav-
ing a life tenure is in no way respon-
sible to the people. He can decide
cases as will be most profitable to
him and there are none to modest or
make him afraid. When we thought
we had an income tax, convent mt
judge with reversible mind killed the
measure and that judge still continues
to sit on the bench and renders de-
cisions affecting the rights, the prop
erty and the lives of seventy-five mil
lions of people.
The reforms that are well establish
ed in other countries are almost unat-
tainable here because some court
stands as Waterman before ev>ry
closed door of privilege.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
TIME FOR POPULAR VOTE.

The people of Pennsylvania elected
a legislature pledged to defeat Matthew
S. Quay for the United States senate.
BY corrupt means some members OF
the majority were induced to break
their pledges and Quay was chosen.
The people of Delaware elected a
legislature pledged to defeat Addicks
for the senate Addicks created dead
lock and the 4th of March found Del
aware entirely unrepresented in the up
per house of Congress.
The Montana Legislature, after dis
tinguishing itself by the election OF
Senator Clark. was almost stalled in
the attempt to choose his successor.
Both parties in the Nebraska legis-
lature were broken into fragments and
fourteen candidates were scrambling
vanly for votes.
Is there any state anywhere whose
people are not ready for the Ameri-
cans policy election of senators by
the people,?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Robert Hall used to say OF early
what time you get up. but what you do
when you are up; and, in the same
way, it should be remembered that to
keep your appointment is infinitely
your business when you have kept it.
1t is, generally speaking, better to do
thing well and late than to do 1t
punctually and i'll. 1t is important not
only to admit this, but to dwell upon
it, because the minor qualities are
much better able to plead their own
cause than the greater ones. The eff
fects of real ability and sound judg-
ment are often slow, and not immedi-
ately obvious. The effect of punctual-
ity is instantaneous. 1t produces
erect and immediate agreeable results
to all the parties concerned. 1t greases
the wheels of life sensibly and effectu-
ally, and thus frequently obtains a
degree of credit which is far from de-
serving. There are, on the other hand
many cases in which the highest quail
ties are lavishly employed upon re-
suits of which the Importance is never
tested. A man may wisely employ
deep thought and great mental labor in
providing for contingencies which may
after all, not arise, or which he may
prevent so effectually as to discredit
the very precautions by which he pre-
vented them. If this is done in slov-
emily and dilatory manner the only i'm
preston conveyed to those who are
aware of the fact will be unfavorable;
whilst foolish measures, the absurdity
of which is undetected by the event
will often. if punctually carried out
give a man a high character for pru-
dence and energy. In days like these
when the mechanism of life has been
so greatly improved, and when there
is comparatively little room for the
exhibition of the larger individual
qualities, the smaller ones are invested
with greater practical Importance than
they ever possessed before; and thus
it becomes doubly necessary to remem'
Der that their only real value is de-
rivative, and that they have no more
power to do the business of life thar
pulley has to lift weight. AL
that they can do is to regulate the d.
rection and expenditure of the force
which is the real cause of notion
James Fitz-James Stephen in Montrea
Herald and Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

The cattlemen of the northwest have
been complaining for many years
about the growth Of poisonous weeds
upon their ranges, and last summer
the secretary OF agriculture sent out a
couple of botanists to make an investi-
cation. They found six plants OF a
poisonous nature growing wild in diff
ferent parts of the territory, all fatal
to cattle. Antidotes were discovered
for three of them, but the other three
thus far have no cure.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

According to the statistics of the
bureau of labor, just published, the
brick and cement trades in New York
have been during the past year the
most IcoIiy paid. while thoSe con-
nccted with the theaters AMI with
music have done the best. Brick and
cement work has yielded on the
average only $l.10 per day, or
1929 for the year, while the followers
Of the theaters and makers of music
have received $3.2S day, or 1855 FOR
the year. The next most profitable
trade Is that of engineers and firemen.
Their average wages are $9lS for the
year. Workmen employed in ship
building rank next with an average
income of $500 a year. The street
railways pay $455 on an average.
The printing trades rank rather
high in the list, with an aver
age annual income Of SS79. Glass
workers earned during 1900 some
$3.50, and the building trades Jared
worse with $74S each. The work
classified as malt liquor and min
eral water trades yielded but $7O6,
the rest falling below the $500
mark. The trades connected with
woodworking and Notwithstanding,
which are commonly supposed to be
fairly profitable, received only $671.
Workers on shirts and laundrymen
received $685.; the hat, cap, and fur
trades, $3.50; the tailors, $549; boots.
shoes, and gloves, 1882, while the
textile trades received but SAB.
The liquor trades are credited with but
s6O5 a year, and the tobacco trades
with but $513 The average income OF
the miscellaneous trades was $522 For
doing the same work women are paid
from 30 to 50 per cent less than me..
In the tailoring business we find wom-
en- receiving but 1908; in the printing
trades. $41S; boot and shoe trades,
s2S6; in the textile trades, $41S, and in
all miscellaneous trades, $99S. There
is but one trade in which women are
better paid than men-theater and
music-where they received in 1900 an
average income of $500 year. The
railroad men rank next with $SSl.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

men said that there was already too
little work for cabinet makers in Eng.
land, and they preferred to go on in
the old way and not try "new-fangled'
machines. In the United States, how
ever, the workmen are more intelli-
gent and have gladly welcomed any
new device for aiding them in their
work. The result is that America has
now almost monopoly of the trade in
office furniture in England and is
gradually getting the trade in domestic
furniture.-New York Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
HARRISON VS.. M'KINLEY.

The republicanism of Benjamin Har-
rison was of the most sterling char
acter and his services to his party
were of unreasonable value. Both the
public and private life of this distin
guished man were irreproachable and
the United States has never had a
more patriotic citizen. His death will
be sincerely mourned by all his coun-
trymen.-Omaha Bee.
If Benjamin Harrison's republican
ism was all right, then VIM. McKin-
leys republicanism is all wrong. They
held opinions entirely different on the
principal question that has made this
administration famous. Harrison op-
posed imperialism, while Mckinley
favored it. Harrison favored the indie
pendence of the Philippines while Nc
Kinley wishes to hold the islands as a
subject province. Harrison believed
in free trade with the Porto Ricans.
Mckinley wants to tax them without
representation Harrison has been in
direct opposition to the administration
on many other questions. How, then,
can Harrison and Mckinley both be
true blue republicans? II one is
right the other must be wrong. If
Harrison was republican, Mckinley
must be something else.
These two men differed materially
on another great question. Mckinley
treated the Beers with discount sy and
ignored every petition Of theirs for
sympathy. He and his friends seemed
to be anxious for the success Of tn ir
oppressors. Harrison was friend to
the fighting farmers of South Africa
and towards them his heart was full
of warmest sympathy. Here is a
touching story from his dying bed,
that will confer lasting honor on the
memory Of the dead president:
indianapolis, March 13.-From one
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
A W0MAN'S HEART.
Mrs. Samuel q. Dyer Tells Narrowing
Tale OF Suffering.

Mrs. Samuel q. Dyer Tells harrowhg
Tale OF Suffering.
M'Carron, Mich, April S.-(Special.)
Mrs. Samuel G. Dyer Of this place
has given the following interesting let
ter for publication:
For years suffered intense pain in
the region Of the heart | doctored
with the best physicians. Some Of them
would relieve me for short time. but
the pain always returned. My heart
was so bad that would have to sit up
In bed for hours, to get relief. | would
lie awake almost all night | am G2
years of age. and no one can under
stand how much l suffered with this
Heart Trouble.
About year ago I heard OF Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and commenced to use
them. From the first my condition
improved. The pain in my heart grad
ually grew less, and my general health
much better, and now l can say posi-
lively that l am entirely cured. can
sleep all night. and enjoy almost per-
feet health. thank God for the cure
that has come to me through the Use
of Dodds Kidney Pills.
81 have thought long over the matter
of giving this letter for publication,
and am doing so now without any So
licitation whatever, and simply be-
cause feel it to be my duty to express
the profound gratitude | feel for my
recovery and to let others who may be
suffering as was know how they may
find a cure. know that nothing else
but Dodds Kidney Pills cured me, be-
cause | have taken no other medicine
for over a year. I feel better now
than l have for many years, and 1t 10
all due to the use Of Dodd's Kidney
Pills"
Mrs. Dyer's case and its cure has at
tracted a great deal Of attention. and
her letter is a splendid tribute to the
curative properties Of Dodd's Kidney
pills
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Among the old letters addressed to
George Washington, now collected in
the State Department library. is one
from a lady who writes in the post
script that she is sorry not to be able
to use note-paper worthy of his royal
station, but had she used gold that
would have required an outer wrapper,
and it would have been too much to
ask one in his position to open two
wrappers in order to get at so unwor-
thy a note as her own. This polite
speech" suggests that even in paying
compliments there are fashions" as
in other things. 1t is not certain,
however, that the letter to Washing
ton typifies the fashion of that day.
Doubtless President Mckinley would
be greatly surprised to find such a
compliment in a letter addressed to
him. and perhaps General Washington
himself was surprised and amused by
his effusive correspondent. The things
done in Jest or In eccentricity in one
generation are oftel taken as wholly
serious by those who read of them in
a later one.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

There ,s more Calarrn III TINS section or the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed TO Do
incurable. For great many years doctors pro,
remedies and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incuranie.
Science has proven catarrh TO De consIivui-
tional disease and therefore requires consul
tutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure man
lfactured bv F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo ONO
is the only constitutional cure on ING MARX sarke y.
a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system They oner
Send for circulars and testimonials. Addr-ps
F. j. CHENEY 8 Co, Toledo, ohia
Sold by Druggists, tho.
Halle Family Pills are the best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
The VOL.

The VOL.
rhe wolf came smiling at my door,
But the wolf had prowled on my track
before
And his sniff, sniff, sniff at my lodge
door still
Only made me laugh at his devilish
will.
l stirred my fire and read my book,
And joyed my soul at my ingle-nook,
His sniff and snarl were always there.
But my heart was not the heart of
hare.
cursed the beast and drove him away.
But he came with the fall of night each
day.
And his sniff, sniff, sniff the whole
night through
could hear between the winds that
blew.
And the time came when l laughed no
more,
But glanced with fear at my frail lodge
door,
For now | knew that the wolf at bay
Sooner or later would have his way.
The Fates were three and | was one,
About my life net was spun;
My soul grew faint in the deadly
snare.
And the shrewd wolf knew Of my
hearts despair.
A crash, and my door flew open wide,
Ny strength was not as the beasts at
my side,
That night on my hearthstone cold and
bare
He licked his paws and made his lair.
John II. Boner, Century
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
MY EMPIRE, IT'S OF THEE.
My Empire, it's of thee,
Land of manifest destiny,

My Empire, it's of thee,
Land of manifest destiny,
OF thee | trill;
Land where the Indian died
because We tanned his hide),
Land of the Jingoes' pride
Oh, how l thrill.
My native Empire, thee,
Land of the aboriginee,
Thy bulk / boast;
| boast thy forts and guns,
Thy big ships, tons on tons,
Thy strenuous beer-filled sons
On every coast.
Let bullets shred the breeze
And whistle through the trees,
Both near and far;
Let wealth and laborer spurn,
Let niggers hang and burn,
And let the islands learn,
What shots we are.
o Mighty Mars, to thee,
In blood-red panoply,
We offer song;
Help us to hang and shoot,
To outrage and to loot,
Help us to play the brute,
For We are strong.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

A woman was recently arrested for
begging in the streets Of New York.
She was well known to the police. and
when her case was called some curious
information about her was brought
out. She always had thin. fretful
baby in her arms, and the baby con-
stantly cried. That was her capital,
and to keep it unimpaired and produc-
tive, she made practice of pinching
the child whenever it seemed inclined
to settle into quiet. The ruse was so
successful that the beggar had COM
Portable bank account and we'll
furnished home. All of which bears
out the wisdom of little investigation
before bestowing charity, even when
the case appeals strongly to the SYM
pathies.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

An order has just been filed in Con-
necticut for 100000 pounds of coppe'
trolly wire for an electric road in In
dia. The reels upon which the wi e
was wound required nearly 100000 fec
of lumber for their construction I he
reels and wire combined will W Ugh
100000 pounds. Twenty-s ven ca s
and two engines will be used in ans
porting the shipment to tidCwa e..
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

In circus performing in Paris there
is troupe of dwarfs. Two of them
the leading lady, height two feet, and
the strong man, height three feet
were the other evening discovered at
the railway station on the point of
leaving for Vienna. They were taken
charge Of, and brought back to the
circus just in time to allow them to
appear in the ring for their ordinary
turn. But the ringmaster, another
member Of the troupe-height feet 6
inches-was already the lover Of the
leading lady, and the news of the at
tempted elopement gave him such a
shock that he had fit, and now lies
in precarious condition.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

One of the striking things shown by
the last census is the remarkable in
crease of tenant farming. Ths per-
centage of farms operated by tenants
showed a considerable increase by III =
census of 1890. For the whole cou y
try this percentage has increased in
the last ten years nearly twice as fast
as the per cent of population of the ma
ton, four times that of the purely
agricultural population and twice tn t
Of the farms operated by their owners.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Giovanni Andrea ScartaZzini, the
well-known Dante scholar, died recent
ly at the age of So years at Fahrwan-
gen in Switzerland, where he had been
the village pastor for thirteen years.
He was Swiss-ltalian, native of the
Grisons
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

The billion-dollar steel combina-
ton" will have one interesting result,
at least. in that it will serve to show
whether we have yet developed bill
ion-dollar man. Americans who are
equal to every demand of a million
dollar business are numerous, and the
reader will recall masters of trade and
finance who successfully manage en-
terprises representing many millions;
but the billion-dolla man-if the steel
magnates can find him-will be one
of the most interesting figures of the
twentieth century.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
Ari.tocratlc Funeral of q Dog.

At Wichita on Wednesday dog was
buried in fine coffin with satin pill
low under his head, and the coffin was
covered with flowers. The dog was not
the smashed nose pet of some wife
who doesn't love her husband, but a
setter belonging to man who hunts,
and who says it was the best dog In
the world.-Kansas City Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
One OF Ten Thousand.

At sale of crown mining lands re-
Gently held in the Klondyke, man
named Dawson purchased a claim on
Gold bottom for ST. He Immediately
began digging and next day struck a
rich streak Before the week was end
ed he had been offered $4,000 for the
claim, but refused to sell at that fig
ure
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
UPLIFT OF INDUSTRY

The office boy" of 1866 is the pres
ident of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad to-day. Reason? He
did not Minneapolis Journal.
The office boy of 1901 won't be the
president of the road in 1886. Reason?
The "office boy" nowadays will always
remain in subordinate position I'M
less he has pull.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Boston, like New York, suffers from
an inordinate waste of water, and the
waste is increasing in deplorable dis
proportion to the increase in the pop
ulation. During 1900 water to the
amount Of 1852 gallons was used daily
for each inhabitant, as compared with
Ill gallons in 1899 and 109 in 1898. A
reasonable allowance for each inhabit-
ant is eighty gallons daily.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
Haud-to- Mouth Living.

In all the Chinese cities a very large
percentage OF the population lives in a
sort OF hand-to-moush fashion, buying
food from restaurants. Hot water Ia
sold from stands by people who make a
business Of providing it. The great
necessity for economy in fuel seems to
be the primary cause of this mode Of
living.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

A Roma. mob unveiled a new bronze
fountain in the Villa Nazionale by
force recently. An injunction had
been obtained against the exhibition
of the fountain, on the ground that the
naked figures of Maids that adorned
1t were immoral. A crowd armed with
tools marched to the place and tore
down the boards that enclosed the
fountain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
IA NSAs

Lake Copais in Boeotia, famous in
antiquity for Its cells. has now been
completely drained and turned into
$4,000 acres of arabic land.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

AS a curiosity of the recent German
census, it is recorded that the returns
showed the village of Reutenbourg
contained 444 inhabitants, 222 being OF
the masculine and 222 of the feminine
gender.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn ?

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions. Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

The system cannot be in good condi-
ton when the bowels are constipated.
Take Garfield Tea, 1t cures constipa-
ton and effectually regulates the liver.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

A st. Louis politician having been
appointed inspector of sewers" con-
suited the directory for the purpose Of
locating all the dressmakers in the
city.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
q cough cure.-J. w. OBRIEN, ~ Third Ave.
N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. o. lsO0
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

To civilize man you must begin
with his ancestors.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Drugs have their use, but don't store them in
your stomach. Beemans Pepsin Gum ards the
natural forces to perform their functions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Each package Of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES colors either Silk. Wool
or Cotton perfectly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Tell a dignified individual to pull
down his vest and you raise his choler.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

A mans house may be his castle, but
that doesn't make him nobleman.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

The stock ticker is always bundled
up in read tape.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Spring fever germs are looking for
work.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

A man likes to feel that he is loved
and woman likes to be told.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-12

Some of the wealthiest planters in
the West Indies live on coffee grounds.