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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
MAKING MODEL TOWN
.s@Ee,AL eoRREseonoEneE,

A little more than forty years ago a
tall. angular young man, who had
grown up, like hundreds of other vii
lage boys, in the little town of Fair
haven, down on the shores Of Buzz
yards Bay, Mass, packed his satchel,
babe farewell to his mother-one OF
the old fashioned, common-sensed
Yankee mothers for which New Eng
land has been famed for generations
and started West to seek his for
tune.
AS he looked back on the old home 1t
certainly presented an interesting pic
ture; contrasted with that of to-day it
is amusing. No magicion with wave
Of his wand ever wrought greater
changes than have occurred in Fair
haven in that lapse of forty years.
Fairhaven was once a part of New
Bedford, and even after 1t was severed
from the parent settlement across the
along parallel lines with the old city.
But somehow, while New Bedford
grew and became great city, with
all that goes with a great city, desir-
able and otherwise, Fairhaven re-
manned village, never attaining more
than it's present population 4 perhaps
5000 or 1000 people.
About twenty years ago something
new dropped into the community. 1t
was message from the boy who had
gone out to the oil regions and from a
laborer had become prosperous bust
ness man. He had not forgotten Fair
haven, nor had he ceased to love the
quiet old village. And in his prosper
ity he had an idea that he owed
something to the village which had
given him his education. So he Of
fered the town new schoolhouse. OF
course the suggestion was received
with delight, but no one dreamed
that he contemplated the fine brick
building which soon grew up from a
field in the eastern part of the village
and provided for six hundred pupils.
1t cost probably twenty times what ths
town had ever spent for an education.
al establishment, although no one
ever knew just how much. 1t was
finished in 1885 and occupied, but so
modest was the donor that nowhere
upon it, inside or out. was there a
hint that it was gift. Not until
years later did the tablet, Rogers
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28

School," appear on its front, over the
entrance, and on a tablet inside.
Down in the lower part of Fair
haven, perched on rocky slope over
looking the harbor, stood dignifled
old mansion of the whaling dynasty
period. In 1893 great sorrow befell
the household within its walls, when
a favorite daughter, Millicent G..
Rogers, budding miss Of IS, died.
Within the next year her four sisters
and brothers announced their determi-
nation to erect in her memory pub
lie library, stock 1t with books, endow
1t and present it to the people of Fair
haven. Fairhaven was duly apprecia-
tive, but was not prepared for the as
constituent which followed when the
magnificence of the structure became
known. 1t is credited with being the
finest library in its architecture and
material in America. Two years were
consumed in its construction, and
nothing but the best of material, gran
lite, terra Gotta and faced brick, went
into its walls. When finished and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
BRAIN WAS STILL WORKING.
Conductors Eyes Were Poor, But Hs
Was Not Useless.

wac tNSe SoStCoos
AS the conductor received the fares
he gently scratched each coin on the
edge with the nail of his forefinger.
'ls that some now good-luck sign
that you are working?" asked the man
who rides on the platform and asks
questions.
mo; but I'll tell you what it Is,
though. It's one way Of beating the
company. The fnct of the matter is,
I am getting old. The company does
not know how old l am. If they did
they'd fire me mighty quick. Then
where would l be? l am getting so
old my sight is failing fast. If l put
on glasses it would be giveaway on
my age. can't tell by sight whether
coin is a quarter or nickel, nor
the difference between a new one-cent
piece and dime; so l just scratch
the edge"
What good does that do?"
"Why, it's simple enough. The sill.
yer pieces are all milled on the edge,
while the nickels and coppers are
smooth. "--Philadelphia Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
WESLEY AND CHRISTIAN UNITY.
Helped to Lessen Bitterness and Draw
Good Men Nearer Together.

Helped to Lessen Bitterness and Draw
Good Mon Nearer Together.
It would be unjust to ignore what
John Wesley did for Christian unity.
Religious differences were more ran.
corous in his day than in ours. Mac
aulay often exaggerates, but he did not
exaggerate in describing the old-time
country squire whose "animosities
were numerous and bitter. He hated
Frenchmen and Italians, Scotchmen
and Irishmen, Papists and Presbyte-
rians, Independents and Baptists,
Quakers and Jews" 1t did not re-
quire much provocation for mob to
pull down dissenting chapel or throw
stones at a Roman Catholic priest. In
this world of fierce denunciation NOV
ed scholar who gladly acknowledged
his Indebtedness to good men Of wide
ly different tenets. Wesley had learn
ed good deal from the early fathers,
he had read the great divines of the
Church of England, some Of his warm
est friends were Moravians, he admir-
ed the sanity characters of the Ro-
man and of the undivided Catholic
church, his sympathies, naturally
quick, had been broadened by read
ing. Since De Maistre warned the Ro-
man church not to forget the claims
Of her Anglican sister, since the Evan
gelicals gave new force to the Church
Of England, since the Oxford divines
made dry bones live, many lessons
have been learned. An increasing num-
Der Of persons is gradually awakening
to the difference between the faith
once delivered to the saints and the
opinions which merely date from Au.
gustine or Calvin. John Wesley was
In advance of his time. Should organic
unity come within a century or two,
he will be counted among those who
helped to lessen bitterness, and to
draw good men nearer together.-The
Living Church Up. E..
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
The Emperor and !.

The German Emperor and
Within the self-same year were born.
Beneath the self-same sky,
Upon the self-same morn;
A Kaiser he, of high estate.
And l the usual chance of fate.
Why, Just a farmer, that is all.
Stare still are stars, although some
shine,
And some roll hid in midnight's pail;
But argue, cavil all you can.
My Sire was just as good man.
The German Emperor and
Eat, drink. and sleep the self-sams
For bread is bread, and pie is pie,
And kings can eat but thrice day,
And sleep will only come to those
Whose mouths and stomachs are not
foes.
I rise at six and go to work,
And he at five and does the same:
We both have cares we cannot shirk;
Mine are for loved ones, his for fame.
He may live best, / cannot tell;
I'm sure l wish the Kaiser well.
I have a wife, and so has he:
And yet. If pictures do not err,
AS far as human sight can see
Say. would trade those eyes dark
Not for an empress and her crown.
And so the Emperor and I
On this one point could ne'er agree;
Moreover, we will never try.
His frau suits him and mine suits me.
And though his sons one day may rule,
Mine stand AL in public school.
So let the Kaiser have his way.
Bid kings and nations tumble down.
/ have my freedom and my say,
And fear no ruler and his crown:
For y, unknown to fame or war,
Live where each man Is emperor.
Boston Globe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28

mansion of the whaling days down
near old Fort Phoenix had given way
to a modern palace. called in the
parlance of the wealthy, cottage"
Here the man who loved Fairhaven
lived, whenever he was spared from
his responsibilities in the metropolis.
South Of this new house a great ledge
rose sufficiently above the surrounding
country to cut off some of the views
from the seaward windows, and a 10.
cal contractor began one day with a
big gang of men to cut the top Off.
People regarded 1t as pretty expen.
sive work to keep an army of stone
quarrymen at work all winter just to
get a view Of the water, but they soon
noticed that stone dressers joired in
the work; that as soon as the stone
was blasted out 1t was trimmed into
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
DISBURSEMENTS Among Scientists.

Who is going to decide when scien'
lists disagree? Here we find one group
of investigators, moved by recent dis
coveries, such as the remarkable prop
critics of the substance known as ra-
dunn, figuring out that the earth and
all that is in 1t must resolve them
selves into their original elements or
confusion of elements and that we
shall have chaos come again. Another
group Of scientists declares that this
Is utter nonsense and those who enter
tain such theories are dreamers. So
1t goes. Every discovery is met by
scientific doubt as we'll as scientific be-
lief and the unlearned is to be forgiv.
en- for not knowing where he is "at."
But he can probably rest his soul in
the calm confidence that the old world
will go on for some time to come at
least much as II there were no scien.
lists and no new and startling theories
Troy Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28

| known 10 have expressed similar
views In private conversation at least
six months before his Buffalo speech
own bill, when he saw the rapacious
trusts of which 1t was the mother, or
he had reached the conclusion that II
was good economics, as well as good
politics, to trim tariff duties down. He
certainly knew that the manufacturers
no longer needed tariff duties for their
existence, for they were selling goods
to foreigners on a free trade basis,
while charging Americans much
higher prices. These facts were, I'M
der his direction. being chronicled in
government documents, notably in the
August, 1900, report of the Bureau of
Statistics. AS politician he knew
that the voters would not much longer
support party that would not show a
willingness to reduce tariff duties
which served only to tax the people
for the ber eft of the trusts. Hence
his change of position. He most GER
tairly would not be a stand-patter
were he alive to-day.
But, as a consistent protectionist,
was he not right when he said that
his bill had done its work." II, as
claimed by protectionists. and espe.
cially earlier ones, the object Of pro.
lection is to develop and establish
manufactures In this country by shut
ting out foreign competition, that OBJ
ject has most certainly been gained.
Not only are our manufacturers now
supplying our own needs and markets,
but they are exporting annually over
$400,000,000 worth of all kinds of
goods to all parts of the world. There
is no denying this fact the Republi-
cans are boasting of it, even while
shouting for continuance of high
tariff taxes to continue to keep us at
the mercy of the trusts. AS protec-
zionist, then, Mckinley was right when
he said that now gradually but inevi.
tably our tariff must be reduced"
There is no sound reason, in or out of
the protectionist's logic or theories,
for continuing the present tariff sys-
TEN. The stand-patters are unsupport-
ed-except by the greed and gall of
the protected trusts. Is their position
safe one? Can they maintain 1t
long?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
Our Polyqamous Ally.

The sultan Of Sulu, that good snt
great friend of ours, is so enamoret
of life at Singapore, where he has
been taking a vacation, that he con
templates abdicating his sultanship
His majesty is rich from his pearl fish
cries and disposed of his minor wealth
tTsfore quitting his principality.
This is the esteemed monarch who
In in receipt of pension from the gov
eminent of the United States for main
tenance of his luxurious tastes, includ
ing his harem.
While we are threatening to bar
from seat in the senate Of the Unit
ed States a man accused of polygamy
it is a scandal to the nation that its
money should be lavished upon So
raglio-keeper in foreign country.
The allowance TO the potentate of
Sulu was official only. 1t ought to ex-
pire with his abdication.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
FACEGRAVEPROBLEM
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
American Teachers Give Up Their Pc.
sltions-Educatlon Of Our Sub
Jects" In the Philippines Must Be
Left to Paroohial Schools.

A new and wholly unexpected dan
ger threatens American supremacy in
the Philippine archipelago. 1t is that
the American public schools in the isl
ands will have to be closed for lack
Of American teachers.
The Philippine commission lured a
large supply Of American teachers to
the islands by assurances which have
not been verified. Neither in salary
in mode Of life nor in predictions of
popular success have the American
teachers found existence in the isl.
ands what they expected.
They expected to be paid in the
money of the United States. They
have been paid In the local money and
have thus suffered serious loss. They
were told that they could live as com.
fortably on the islands as at home.
They find the temperature at 80 all
the year, the nights bringing no re-
freshment. They cannot easily adapt
themselves to the tropical costumes
and suffer more than the natives.
They find tropical customs as to bed
ding, sleeping, bathing and diet more
difficult Of assimilation than they
hoped
Worst of all, they do not find them.
selves welcome, and it is the opinion
OF the most experienced among them
that the alien pedagogue will not be
acceptable in the islands during this
generation. The American teachers,
like the army officers. find the climate
facilitating first, finally exhausting
and its evil consequences apply to
both body and mind.
The American teachers are resign.
ing as rapidly as they find sufficient
reason to do so without violating their
engagement to the government. There
are no applicants for the vacancies.
What is to be done? Parish schools
will be opened by the new American
bishops wherever there is none. Exist
ing parish schools will be strength
ened. After the last American public
school shall be closed for lack of
teachers the government Of the United
States will be dependent upon the
parochial schools for developing love
of American institutions in the ISL
ands.
The task will not be an easy one.
Will they suppress the declaration of
independence from American litera-
ture and all the gallant romance and
thrilling verse associated with the
eighteenth century on this continent?
The new American danger in the
Philippines is more serious than shall
low politicians may be willing to be-
lieve. AS the Philippine twig is bent
the tree will be inclined.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28

I magniflcently carved with sculptured
detail and finished inside as is no build
ing of this part of the country, the
church particularly will be gem. The
great memorial window has already
been exhibited to congress of artists
in New York, and has been accorded
no end of honorable comment The
lofty tower will have chime Of bells,
which the Troy bell founders say
eclipse anything they have ever turned
out in quality of tone, while the great
modern church organ will be the best
product of years of study by one Of
the leading organ firms of the cCun.
try.
Another great enterprise in the de.
velopment Of Fairhaven is now in
progress which will do much to make
it a garden spot. In the center of the
old town lies Thorndike pond, which
for generations has been breeding dis
ease and mosquitoes. Repeatedly the
health authorities have considered
abating the thing, but the way has
never been apparent. But within a
year proposition has been made and
carried into effect that If the abut-
tiers on the pond agreed to surrender
their riparian rights, private citizen
would fill the pond, drain away it's
water supply and convert its area into
a public park. The offer has been
accepted and within a year the I'm.
slightly old pond will literally blossom
as the rose.
A few weeks ago big, sleek, white
steam yacht, one of the fastest on
the Atlantic coast, dropped anchor off
Fairhaven. From her side a launch
sped to the shore and a tall, white
haired, dignified man, leaning feebly
on the arms Of his attendants, slowly
climbed the steps to where carriage
was waiting.
Up in the village, every flag was
flying and as the news of the arrival
spread, every heart bounded with Joy.
For days the whole town had lowered
breathless for the news of the wire, to
inform them of the progress of pa
eient in New York, lying almost in
the shadow of death. Now that the
suspense was over the whole town re-
joiced, and it has continued as day by
day the patient at the Fort was grad
ually restored to health.
Syl
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
THE ARMY SOCKS SCANDAL.
Further Proof of Rottenness in tn
War DEPARTMENT.

war department..
The specifications were so written
down in the call for bids for furnish.
ing 100000 pairs of wooden socks for
use in the regular army that only one
firm could meet them. Peculiar mark.
ings on heel and toe were demanded,
and also longitudinal instead of lat.
eral ridges where. the segments of the
rounded parts are Joined together, and
these details shut all bidders out ex.
cept one Taggart of Philadelphia. He
was the only bidder. The socks called
for are made by the Nelson footer,"
which is controlled by the Taggart
firm.
Just why Taggart, whose pull"
amounts to a monopoly, limited him.
self to 20 cents pair, when he might
have secured twice or thrice that sum,
is not explained. The moderation of
Taggart does not, however, change the
essential feature of the bidding In
which competition had no part. It was
Taggart socks or nothing-another
case of Hobson's choice. AS things
stand, or stood, Taggart was sole sock
maker to Uncle Sam, and no one else
had ghost of a chance to furnish
socks to the army.
Thus far the department experts
have not been fully heard 1t is said,
however, that they claim that latitude
nal ridges in wooden socks create
corns and bunions and what not on
the feet of soldiers of the regular
army, whereas longitudinal ridges are
remarkably happy in actual wear.
They therefore drew up the specit.ca-
lions SO that the Taggart concern had
q cinch. The peculiar markings and
the longitudinal ridges are solace
and comfort to the feet, while lateral
ridges and no markings are distress.
ing to the feet of the regular army.
Long live the government and the
war department, which seems to be
rotten at both extremities-in socks
as well as in gloves. It may be best
to confne the recruiting hereafter to
those sections that wear no socks at
all, thus cutting out Taggart and his
extraordinary monopoly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
President Mckinley Was Not Stand.
Patter -

Mr.. F. O. Shuster, governor of the
Union Bank of London, England, in a
recent speech there, stated that he
had private interview with the lato
President Mckinley two years ago." In
which President Mckinley said:
"My tariff bill has done its work.
We have been able to build up many
great industries in a. short time, and
now gradually, but inevitably, our
tariff must be reduced"
Not only are these views consistent
with Mr.. McKinley's last and greatest
speech, In which he said that "the
period Of exclusiveness is past" and
strongly intimated that some tariff du-
ties should be reduced, but he Ia
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
The Other Fellows Tariff.

The Furniture men, at their annual
meeting, have been placing themselves
on record as favoring certain steps In
tariff revision. They omitted. how
ever, to say anything about reduc-
ton Of the duties on furniture. A
great many other infants think some
other infants could get along with a
little less pap.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28

HV9STo 1IVUSS 0OutH VISWs
neat square blocks, suitable for build
ing.
Again the architect whose genius
had conceived and executed the other
magnificent structures was called in
and was told to build the most mag
niflcent church he could to the memory
Of Mrs. Mary Huttlestone Rogers. His
commission was absolute without re-
striction as to cost Half block was
purchased and on it three magnificent
stone buildings are now in course Of
erection, church, parish house and
parsonage.
OF pure English Gothic style, of the
Tudor age, built entirely of stone,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
Extravasance sesets Extravasanc..

Madam, can't you gimme nickel?''
asked the tramp, with his eye on the
brindle pup.
"Why. SIR" exclaimed the lady Of
the house, 81 gave you dime yester-
day. What did you do with it,"
81 bought auttimubble, Teddy" re.
piled the migratory genius. "but now
needs nickel t. pay de family of a
gentleman wot l run over in my keer
less ways
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
Rogers House-North View.

Rogers House-North View.
turned over to the public it was recog-
nized as one Of the most thoroughly
beautiful libraries in the country, in
side and out.
Three years ago that dear. good
Yankee mother who had kissed her
boy good-by as he started for the
West forty years ago entered into her
reward. For years her declining days
had been glorious sunset, well won.
With no further record than her own
life, she would have been lovingly held
in the hearts of her neighbors, but
her son preferred more tangible me-
mortal and went about putting his plan
into execution III his Enthusiastically
novel way.
Several years before the modest
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
All Seem to Be sm,rched.

For a proposition primarily charac-
terized as hot air" the postal rotten.
ness continues to break out in more
numerous and unexpected quarters
than any similar scandal in the pres
ent generation. If the postoffice de-
partment is any index to the other
governmental bureaus there are going
to be some mighty interesting devel-
opments during the coming year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
Getting Ready to Repeat.

Rumblings from Washington re.
specting Cuban reciprocity warrant
the belief that Beet Sugar Oxnard is
again taking exercise preliminary to
swinging the United States around by
the tail once more,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28
Choosing a Possible President.

Choosing Possible President.
National conventions should quit
making vice presidential nominations
purely matter of party expediency.
Perhaps it is not, necessary to 60
further in this line of argument than
to point to the 'expedicnt" vice presi-
dent who now disports himself In the
White House.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28

The hair of the head grows faster
In summer than in winter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-28

The chronic kicker never has time
to do anything else.
Arizona republican., 1903-04-20
GOVERNOR TAYLOR
MAKES A DENIAL
He Knows None of the People in the
State of Kentucky.

Indianapolis, April ia. s. Taylor.
ex-governor of Kentucky. who lives
here against whom a great deal of the
evidence in the trial of James B. How
ard at Frankfort, KY, for the murder
of Governor Goebel is directed, says in
an interview that so far as he remem-
bers he never met Howard and did
not know him while governor of Ken
lucky. He also says that he does not.
so far as he knows, know Frank c.
Reil, who gave evidence on Wednesday
charging him with being responsible
for the murder of Goebel.
He also says that he did know Henry
Youtsey, but not intimately. and that
he did not even know what position
Youtsey occupied around the state
house and never conferred with him
on any matter. Mr.. Taylor denies hav-
Ing dictated any letter to Howard. He
does not fear another plan to kidnap
him.