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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11
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= Game Whioh Thrives Oupv Wbsso
There e. y Large leisure Glass.
Cricket is peculiarly game which
requires large leisure class; Il In
volves two innings matches. and lasts
en- an average OF two days, sometimes
longer Under the ordinary conditions
Of American, life. 1t has been found i'm
possible; except in rare instances, to
play more than one-day matches, usu-
ally played on a Saturday afternoon. or
course, with the boy at school 1t is dr.
ferent. During the summer holidays
he has an opportunity to play cricket
all day, and the boys in Philadelphia
have; as a rule, awaited Themselves Of
this opportunity. Again. in Philadel-
phia the cricket professionals have
been used merely as coaches, and they
have not played in the local matches.
thereby compelling each club to devel-
op its own bowiers, and not to rely up
on imported talent. The effect of this
policy has been to develop two fast
bowlers, as good, II not better, than
any audtCui ldoI UUWlCIS III IuC WOkA0
Charles A. Newfiall and J. B. King.
Newhall bowled with unvarying sue
cess In local matches and against visit
ing English and Australian teams from
1866 to 1884, comprising among their
number men who, at the time, were
in the front rank Of English and AM
erican cricketers. The great secrets
Of Newhall's bowling was his speed and
accuracy, coupled with the fact that.
even on a perfect wicket, the bali would
every once and a while whip back
from the of, and get the batsman out,
20 matter how well he would set. King
first came into prominence in 1892, and
today is easily the best amateur bowler
in the world. Indeed, the only pro-
fessiona1s who can be considered any
better are Richardson Of Surrey and
Mold Of Lancashire. King has great
speed, can make the ball curve either
way, and has a very fair change Of
pace. At times he is unplayable. The
writer will never forget the way
in which, in 1887, King bowl
ed out Sussex at Brighton and
Warwickshfre at Birmingham. The
Sussex team was particularly
strong batting side, including
George Brann, W. L. Murdoch, X. s.
Ranjitsinhji, NARROW and Bean, and the
fact that they made only forty-four on
a good wicket Is a convincing tribute
to Kings prowess. King is now only
"a years old, and there is no reason
why he should not improve steadily for
the next ten years and rank as one Of
the great fast bowlers in cricket his
tory.-George Stuart Patterson in Col
lier's Weekly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11

phia and used to live here. One day
a messenger came to my mother, tell
ing her that the general wanted her
to cook his dinner. so I went with her
and helped to cook him q nice meal.
They did not always have good meals
then. My father was once hungry and
met Washington. He asked him for
something to eat. The general put his
hand in his pocket and gave my faS
Their biscuit, which he was probably
saving for himself.
Gen. Washington was bonny man,
and the American people loved him.
Every time he would walk down
Chestnut street men would take off
their hats and the girls and ladies
courtesy. He would bow in stately
manner, and the people would say:
'Ah, what fine man! What brave
general!'
"And then came peace with Eng
land and the freedom of the colonies.
Every wagon, cart or carriage which
drove into town had big sign on II,
and every sign said Peace The city
was illuminated and the people
cheered, and the pretty girls let the
young men kiss them on their return
from the war
" was in Philadelphia when Gen.
Lafayette came to the city In 1921.
He was handsome young man, with
nice rosy cheeks and black curly hair,
ind every one seemed to love him. The
whole town was beautifully illuminat-
ed. The general paraded up and down
the streets, escorted by young men
who had fought with Gen. Washington.
When the general reached the arch
he got off his horse and stood near
q stand and saluted all the rest Of the
sGldiers as they came ~. In the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11
A YOUNG OLD WOMAN.
She KNEW GEMS. WASHlNo-'
TON AND LAFAYETTE. =
Mrs. Sarah Boron Terry. los Years Old,
Of Philadelphia, Tells How She. Once
Cooked His Dlnncr-Ssw Lafayette,
Too.

The youngest old woman in Ameri-
ca is Mrs. Sarah Doron Terry, who
one hundred years ago. was demure
little Quaker lass. Today she Is ono
hundred and eight years old and Phila-
delphia's Oldest inhabitant. Despite
her great age her faculties, with the
exception Of being trifie deaf, are
perfect. When Mrs. Terry reached her
one hundred and eighth milestone she
Joined the Quaker City Chapter of the
Daughters Of the Revolution. Her IA
Their was Stacey Doron, OF New Jersey,
who served under Gen. Washington
for seven years and distinguished him
self in the battle of Monmouth. Her
husband served in the war Of 1912, be-
cause Of which she gets pension. IN
til ten years ago she supported herself
by sewing fine buttonholes on silk and
other gowns Of fine fabric. She wears
no eyeglasses or spectacles. Her pres
ent weight is but twenty pounds less
than 1t has ever been. Mrs. Terry's
vitality and intelligence are the marvel
III oSiChliot ioy man k4OA
recollections Of the days OF Washing
ton and Lafayette are complete. She
can recall events which occurred nine
ty years ago as though they were OF
recent date. She is bright, quick and
witty, and her "reminiscences Of Euro
pean court life and early colonial days
are full Of interest. Mrs. Terry ad-
mires Queen Victoria as monarch
and mother almost as much as she did
not admire her as child. 1t was
sixty-eight years ago when Mrs. Terry
first saw the queen.
II saw her in London at the Ken
sington Gardens when she was
twelve. She wasn't attractive. She
was little and too chubby, but she
looked real neat and not bit proud
like" she says.
Seated in the home OF her grand
daughter, at No. 545 North Sixteenth
street, Philadelphia, she talked of
Washington and Lafayette to a re-
porter.
Gen. Washington loved Philadel-
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Notes.

In Chicago, and also in New York,
women are acting as agents and mana
gers of large Office and tenement
buildings and making a conspicuous
success. Hundreds of women look af-
ter their own property, rents, re-
pairs. etc.
Many employing foundrymen of New
York city are said to have signed an
agreement with local iron molders'
unions which provides for annual joint
conferences to fix wage scales and
methods for amicably adjusting inter-
yening trade difficulties which may
arise. Under it strikes and lockouts
will be averted.
The daily papers have all announced
that IT'S negro miners were recently
shipped from Tennessee to Weir, Kan,
to take the places Of union men who
are on strike there, but they have
failed to state that out of the entire
number only 10 went to work after
the situation had been explained to
them by the strikers.
What is probably the largest COM
mercial enterprise organized and
owned by American negroes has been
established by prominent colored men
Of Mississippi. They have obtained a
charter, incorporating the Mississippi
Cotton Manufacturing company, with
capital stock Of 100000. A site for
the company's mill has been chosen In
Jackson, and the work of erecting It
will begin as soon as the plans are
adopted. Colored workers are to be
employed exclusively.
The wharves being built by the At
lantic, Valdosta and Western railway
at Talley and Jacksonville, Fla, will
be 1900 feet in length and 80 feet wide.
In building these wharves over 1000
piles and over 100000 feet of lumber
will be used This line will also build
on the river front in the city limits
three covered piers, each so feet wide
and 400 feet long, with about 100 feet
space between each pier. Where the
shops are to be built new town Is
being laid out, covering about 80 acres.
on which so cottages will be built to
the workmen.
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the liquor a. we'll as in other habitA
Mr.. Ira Stewart says: Machinery u
discharging laborers faster than new
employments are provided. Machinery
must not be stopped. and tramps must
not be Increased" and he holds that
the remedy for these evils is reduce
ton Of the hours Of labor. Mr.. James
Hale: Inferior habits Of living are a.
much cause as they are a result Of
low wagea." The manager OF an ex-
tenslve European paper mill, after 20
years Of experience In that capacity
and with various systems OF employ
ment, adds the following very satisfac-
tory and self-explanatory testimony:
"The nature of the business requires
that the work be carried on day and
night. Up to May, 1894, the length OF
the shifts was ten hours. Eighteen
months ago determined to try and re-
duce the hours Of those working by
the day to nine, and OF those employed
on the shifts to eight. Instead Of In
creased drinking by the workingmen,
the result has been that the only drink
shop in the place had to give up busi-
ness, its place being taken by tea
shop, where only moderate quantities
CT spirits can be obtained. "St. Mon
day" (Blue Monday 8. CO. is almost
thing of the past. The older people,
as a rule, employ their leisure time In
filling their plot of land. = The
younger ones take to reading. An or
chestra and vocal union has been es-
tablished, OF which SO factory opera
tives are members. Between 40 and
500 operatives regularly attend lee
lures. Such things are impos-
sible under the old 12-hour system;
for there Is but one recreation for the
exhausted workers, which quickly
stimulates their energies"
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WONDERFUL CAREER.

Col. M. ]. O'Brien. who has been
elected to succeed the late Henry B.
Plant, has been in the employ Of the
great Southern Express company fos
many years. He began as a driver OF
one of the wagons Of the Adams Ex-
press company, and worked his way up
in that service until the Southern COM
pany hired him. Then his real career
in business began. Thirty years ago
Mr.. O'Brien became the private secre-
tary Of the president Of the Southern
Express company, and now he Is him
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parade were all the school chifdseD &
Philadelphia, and each one carried o
roll Of parchment tied with q red.
white and blue ribbon, with Gratitude
written on It. As the children CANT
~ they laid these rolls at Gen. L.
fayette's feet He was nearly smooth
cred by them. He would take up arm
fuls and press them to his breast. while
tears rolled down his cheeks. Those,
were happy times. and Lafayette was,
as good as he was great. Wher :
went to Europe I saw his splendid,
house and estate. 1t was about seven
teen miles from Paris.
when was girl there, was an
Indian camp on the grounds now oc-
cupied by the big city hall. On Sun
days my father used to take me up to-
their camp and he would take to them.
That is nearly one hundred years ago."
MrS. Terry did not marry until she
had reached the age Of sixty. when
she chose her dead sisters husband for
a partner. He lived but few years
after his second marriage. When asked
II she thought marriage a failure she
said:
II had very little time to think about
It when I was young, but my advice to-
all young people Is to- marry. Do not
be in too great hurry. Pick out q
partner who is good and then lose no
time. had lots Of chances when 7
was young. but waited until was sat
isfied l would be happy. Although 7
was sixty years old when 7 married
Mr.. Terry we lived very happily. II
you cannot find some one whom you
can trust and love you had better re-
main single. 1t is much better to- be-
single than have a bad husband or
wife. There are plenty Of men and
women to pick AMI choose from. and,
the only way to secure happiness is to
bear with each other both pain and
pleasure and sorrow and joy"
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The Shorter worldly.

In the following paragraphs l pre-
sent few observations on the results
that follow tie shortening Of the work
day. The men who make them are
recognized in this country and Europe
as economic and social authorities Of
high standing. Prof George Gunton
in his Economic and Social Impor-
lance of the llight-hour Movement"
says:
1t is a flippant libel upon the labor
ing class, which fer more than half
century has been constantly repeated,
but never sustained-viz: That the re-
Cuction of the hours Of toll tends to
lower wages, raise prices, increase
idleness, dissipation and drunkenness,
etc. The elimination of pow
erty, ignorance, pauperism, intemper-
ance, crime and their accompanying
evils move parallel with and proper
tionate to the increase Of the social
opportunities of the laboring class.
Employers Of labor in the United
States or any other country, who have
the eight-hour system of labor, all bear
testimony to the general good resulting
from the change. If the results were
different, IL business did not easily and
readily adjust itself to the change to
the eight-hour workday, is 1t not
strange that there is no body of en-
ployers land the writer does not know
of a single case) which has given the
system fair trial, say Of one year,
which would ever return to the old
regime of a nine-hour or longer
worKiay. Those who carefully OBJ
served the changes which have come
to the workingmen from a reduction
in the daily working hours have
marked most gratifyingly the fact that
they have become most temperate In
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11
Organization Must Become Uniuer,s,.

Organization Must Become Uniuerssl.
The labor movement, before it can
be completely successful, must be so
extended that It shall cover the civil
lied world, and those semi-civilized
portions whose industrial products
come into competition with the prod
ucts OF the former. Uncle Sam To-
Gently opened a door whereby organ
lied labor may enter some semi-clyil-
lied countries, and already organizers
are passing through 1t. A few weeks
ago a representative OF the Cigarmak-
ers' International Union started for
Manila to investigate and report upon
the condition Of his trade there. Other
trades are already more or less off1cial-
ly represented in Japan and China, and
more are to follow. But 1t is even more
necessary to bring every inch OF this
country under the same beneficent in
fluence. In an official report to the
Federation OF Labor, Mr.. P. w. Greene,
q general southern organizer OF that
body, tells OF his experiences in Vir-
ginia. He called on Mr.. Archer P.
Montague, commissioner of labor stat
istics, Of that state, and told him that
the law relative to women and to chill
dren under IA years working but 10
hours in any "a, was being ignored.
In turn Mr.. Archer showed his extracts
from his report in which he will say
that the manufacturers of the state
have entered a protest, claiming that
they are not allowed the same advan-
tages as other southern manufactur-
ers, inasmuch as they cannot legally
work women and children the same
number of hours as men and as other
southern states work them. He also
volunteered the information that there
are quite a number of other labor laws
in the statute books of the state that
the people paid no attention to, but
promised to enforce them when his
attention was directed to violations OF
the same. Here Is the whole case in
nutshell. One state enacts laws; an
other does not This often puts manu-
facturers in the more progressive
states at real disadvantage. They
ignore the law. The public is indiffer-
emit. Once this Indifference of the pub
lie dispelled, good laws will speedily
be found on the statute books OF every
state, and it will become fashionable
to comply with them. In the cause OF
labor, as in every other cause where
the masses are concerned, all must
stand together or they will fall sepa-
rately.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11

Ida Hustled Harper OF Washington,
D. c., has this to say on the intimate
relations existing between the labor
movement and the advancement OF
women:
At the recent national suffrage con-
vention letter was read from Samuel
Gompers, in which he said: 1.-THE
American Federation Of Labor, at
every convention where the subject
was brought up and discussed, has I'M
falteringly declared for equal legal, po'
litical and economic rights for women.
At the convention held at Detroit some
10 years ago a resolution, to that eff
feet was unanimously adopted. A pc
titon to congress for the submission
of a constitutional amendment, en-
franchising women, was circulated
among our various unions, and within
two months 1t received 100000 sigma
lures and Endorsements" This ques-
ton of the enfranchisement of women
ultimately will be resolved into a fight
o. the workingman in behalf of the
working woman, who Is deprived OF
the power to protect herself. An an
alysis of the anti-woman suffrage
movement, which has taken official
shape within the last five years, will
disclose, beyond doubt, that 1t Is
backed by the so-called aristocratic
element. The men Of this class are
opposed to universal male suffrage;
the women enjoy a life Of ease and
comfort with no conception Of the toll
and privations of the wage earners
Both men and the women are hostile
to the American spirit OF equality
which finds its strongest expression
at the ballot box 1t is beyond their
power to restrict this privilege in the
case of men, but they are determined
it shall not be extended to women.
Kipling says:
"The toad beneath the harrow knows
Precisely where each sharp tooth goes,
The butterfly upon the road
breaches contentment to the toad"
The labor organizations Of our coun-
try can win this battle whenever they
choose to make woman suffrage an
issue.
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Either Side Up.

One Of the most amusing novelties
in the shape of entertainment at after
noon parties at present is the impress
sionist artist, who executes clever
sketch in oils, generally of mountain
scenery, very ''impressionist' in style.
He then asks his audience whether
they would prefer genre" picture,
and turns the canvas upside down,
when it is discovered that the land
scape is lady riding a bicycle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
4 Variety Of Jokes, 0ibes and Ironies,
Original and Observation-Disclosures and
Jetsam from the Tide Of Humor-
Witty Sayings
He Remembered.

mot long ago." says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, "the pastor dlned with
the family, and Master Tommy was at
the table. He behaved pretty well
until the cake was brought in. Then
he suddenly lurched forward and
snatched the piece he sized up as the
biggest. -w
"'Why, Tommy cried his distressed
mother. you are forgetting that DR..
Choker is here!'
"The boy gave the worthy pastor .
whitening look.
Nav, amt forgettin' it, he
snarled; IL he wasn't here I'd git two
pieces!'"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11
TELEPHONES IN HAWAII,

40 OhO ICiOPuOhC w CVOIy
fifty-two inhabitants in the Hawaiian
islands. and one to every forty-ona
persons in the principal island of Oahu;
and Honolulu letter to the Chicago
Record makes 1t clear that In these
new possessions Of ours the telephone
is really public institution"
Isolated as the islands are, the ar
rival Of steamship from a foreign
land is of interest to almost every one.
The government maintains a lookout
station on Diamond Head, from which
approaching vessels can be sighted
while still from twenty to forty miles
distant. AS soon as steamer II
sighted central is notified.
Central" then notifies the pilot
Office, the port physician, the board Of
health, the custom house, the post
Office the newspaper Offices and few
other persons who have a particular
interest in early information of this
character. Then the electric light
company is notified, and it gives two
long whistles If the steamer is from
America, and three II it is from any
other part of the world.
For two minutes after these whistles
are blown no telephone connections are
made, but the force at central" keeps
repeating the name Of the steamer and
its location, as Australia off Koko
Head" or "China off Waianae," 80 that
all any one needs to do Is to go to the
nearest telephone, put the receiver to
his ear and learn what steamer It Is
and where it is.
II the steamer brings any striking
piece Of news of general interest Cen
trail" gives 1t to everybody who calls
UP for connection. In this way the
destruction of the Maine was known
all over the island within ten minutes
after the Zealandia, which brought the
news, was at the wharf.
If an important parsonage dies, tho
news Is distributed in the same way,
and central" can always be depended
ON to give the hour and place Of a
funeral as soon as the hour Is fixed.
In New York and Chicago, if you want
to make an inquiry, you ask a police
man. In Honolulu you ask central"
The meat markets have a list Of
their regular customers at central"
and at about 6 o'clock each evening
central" calls them all up in order
and takes their orders for the next
mornings breakfast.
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self the president of that great con-
Germ. When Mr.. Plant died Mr..
OBrien was taking rest in Europe,
but he at once returned to Georgia,
and his election as president followed
Immediately. Col. O'Brien served in
the Confederate army during the war,
and was attached to the feet Of Com
modore Poindexter until 1t was de-
stroyed to prevent its falling into the
hands of the enemy. When the colonel
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-08-11

Tho Prodigal Son In Africa.
The cannibal chief stood with his
hand shading his eyes. A solitary flg-
ure was timidly creeping towards him
from the jungle.
Suddenly the old chief stared. He
took a quick step forward.
1T is" he cried, cit is my son! He
is coming home again!"
Then with his eyes still fixed on the
slouching figure he shrilly called to his
head hunter:
"Mbongwa, the prodigal is return
ing! Kill the fatted Kaffir"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Triumphant Instinct.

TrIumphHht InbtInCt.
Fuddy-Remarkable cure, that case
of Mrs. Blanke's.
Duddy-Haven't heard about It
What was it?
Fuddy-She has recovered her voice.
You know she hasn't been able to
speak for three years. They induced
her to play game of whist, and she
was talking before she knew it.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Far, Far Away.

Far, Far Away.
"How do the really Independent Ger
man thinkers feel about this idea OF
miner" asked the kaiser.
"The Independent thinkers" echoed
the official vacantly.
Eyes. Those who aren't in any way
personally influenced by my lese maj
esty threats or my other facilities for
assuming autocratic power"
II don't know how they feel, your
majesty. haven't heard from Gin
cinnati or st. Louis lately."-Washing
ton Star.
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Tho Obstacle.

Tho Obstacle. j..
: Tommy, aged S, and his cousin WILL
lie, aged 6, had several little alterca-
tions, in which Tommy invariably got
the worst of it. One day his mamma
said to him:
Tommy, tomorrow is Willie's birth
day. Wouldn't you like to give him
something?"
"You just better believe I would"
was the reply; "but. you see, he's big
ger than am, and l can't."-Tit-Bits.