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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

The old-fashioned stamped brass
-cornices for windows have been re-
vived These are now considered
more desirable than the universally
used pole.
Careful housewives always have
extra covers of heavy muslin over
the ticking of their pillows and mat
tresses, which are taken off at stated
intervals and laundered.
To make shrimp salad take equal
quantities of chopped canned shrimp
and celery cut in small pieces; add a
a little chopped parsley and chives
and mix with salad dressing.
After scaling fish and picking
ducks, geese, etc, did you ever try
rubbing them we'll with damp cloth
dipped in cornmeal? Try it; you will
be surprised to see how nicely it
cleans them.
A good layer of newspapers under
meath a carpet will prevent all dan
ger from moths, which have strong
objection to printers ink and will
not come anywhere near it to lay
their eggs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
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When the Whistle Blows.

The whirring' wheel and the rasping saw
And the kissing plane are still:
There's silence down in the darksome
mine
And silence up In the mill.
The hammer and AK are cast aside.
The shovel and pick repose:
And the sawdust settles in drifts of gold
When the whistle blows.
Beneath the shade of n spreading tree
They sit with their dinner pals.
A group of earnest and brawney men
With muscles as hard as nails.
Their lot is labor from early dawn
TO the daylghts weary close.
With an hour of ease when the CLOCK
strikes twelve.
And the whistle blows.
The breeze Is tanning their heated brows,
And to some a dream Ii brings
or a cottage small. and "A garden gay,
Where the robin builds and sings
A window curtained In spotless white
And framed in "A crimson rose.
And a smiling face a the open door
When the whistle blows.
They feel no envy of him who dimes
From damask and silver rare.
On delicate fruits and costly wines,
With lackeys behind his chair:
For the bread they eat is twice as sweet,
And the rich man seldom Knows
The keen delight of the sons of toll
When the whistle blows.
-Minna Irving, in Leslie's weekly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

The first gown is of brown cloth.
The skirt is plain, but covered half
its length with the full basque of the
jacket. The upper part of the latter
is in the = rm of blouse with plain
yoke exteA ding in rounded tabs over
the shoulders, forming epaulets. The
yoke is ornamented with passemen-
terie buttons and trimmed around the
neck and down the front with bias
bands of white silk bordered with
dark brown galloon or braid, the ends
finished with tassels.
These white silk bands and gal
loon trim the girdle, which is of dark
brown velve,, and from the cuffs, all
the ends being finished with tassels,
and the cuffs also finished with frills
of lace. The full upper part of the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Gold tissue, yelled in white chiffon,
,orms exquisite ball gowns.
Women as well as girls wear the
coil of hair so low on the back of
the neck that it rests on the Shout
ders.
Colored wells are conspicuous by
their absence. Milady seems to care
for noting but a black or white veil
or a combination of the two.
The matched sets of turnover col
lar and cuffs will be as popular the
coming season among tailored neck
wear as they have been this summer.
Chiffon wells ornamented with che
mile velvet, hand embroidery and
Mexican drawn work are on view,
but they are not nearly so popular as
the self.edged palmer sorts.
A sash of mousseline chiffon or
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Stained flower vases can be clean
ed by adding to lather made of
soap powder some vinegar. Shake
till all stain is removed.
To get nice polish on eyeglasses
mOisten with alcohol and polish as
usual with chamois. BY this means
all grease is removed
AS centerpiece small fernery will
be inexpensive and it adds greatly to
the attractiveness of table. Do not
select too high dish or too high a
plant
To destroy crickets place little
ginger cordial in saucer on the
hearth at night. This will attract the
crickets, which will die after having
partaken of it,
If you allow house plants, or rather
the pots containing them, to stand in
saueers containing water that has
drained through the pot rotting of the
roots will result.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
Corn Starch Merinaue.

Scald one pint of milk. add two
scant tablespOonfuls of corn starch
mixed to smooth paste with cold
milk, stir until smooth and thick,
cover and cook for half an hour. Beat
together the yolks of three eggs, two
tablespoonful of sugar and one
quarter of teaspoonful of salt; add
to the corn starch and stir for five
minutes. then flavor and turn into
4 pudding dish Cover with mer-
ingue made by whipping the whites
Of the eggs to stiff, glossy froth.
with three tablespoonfuls of powder
ed sugar; dust with a little more
sugar and put into moderate oven
until pale brown. Serve cold.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

/ sleeves falls like ruffle over puS
of the material. The standing collar
is of lace.
The other gown is of sage green
cloth. The skirt is made with groups
of plaits on each side of which at the
bottom is trimmed with gold buttons
and the black galloon, the ends of the
latter finished with tassels.
The bolero is bordered with the gal
loon with tassels at the corners. The
revers-collar is trimmed with white
guipure in which the galloon is run.
The waistcoat is of white cloth orna
mented with gold buttons. The full
sleeves. bordered with the trimming
flare over puffs of the material fin.
ished with cuffs trimmed with the
galloon and gold buttons. The girdls
is of black velvet Wiener Chic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
A Toilet Hint.

Oatmeal for the face and hands
wet with water soon sours. but pre-
pared in the following way it will
keep any length of time: Take three
cupfuls of oatmeal and five of water
or less quantity in the same proper
ton; stir well and let it stand over
night in cool place; in the morning
stir again; after awhile SUR thorough
ly and strain; let it stand until it
settles, then carefully pour off the
water and add enough bay rum to
make the sediment as thick as cream,
or thinner if preferred. Apply to the
face with a soft cloth; let it remain
until nearly dry, then rub briskly
with a soft flannel. Shake the mix
ture well before using.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
A Good Dentifrice,

camphorated chalk is one of the
simple dentifrices that never go out
OEe can prepare it at home just as
we'll as to pay druggist to do it. AL
that is necessary is an ounce of pow
dered camphor apd fifteen ounces OF
prepared chalk. II it is desired tC
have the dentifrice foam, add little
powdered CASTLE soap. Mix thorough
ly by sitting through coarse cambria
a number of times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
The Secret of Good Coffee.

Most Americans boil coffee in a
pot over a hot fire, but that is not the
right way to make it. Nobody makes
better coffee than the old negroes Of
the West Indies. They are famous
for it, so If you want good coffee try
their way.
Put the coffee in an enameled pot,
pour the boiling water on it, cover
it up, and then let it just come to the
boil again. Do not let it stand, but
strain it at once through clean bag
made of flannel. The quantity of
coffee used should be one tablespoon
full to each breakfast cup.
Never use condensed milk with cot.
fee unless you want to spoil it. Always
serve and drink it hot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

1t ought to make men feel ashamed
to figure out how many bonnets all the
cigars they have smoked would NY
New York Press.
There are some men mean e Ugh
to think how many cigars all the IN
nets they have paid the miliiners or
would buy
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

In Germany an electric car has been
run on the Zossen military road at the
rate of JOG miles an hour, and the en-
gineers expect that rate of 1875 miles
an hour Will be reached. But who
wants to ride as fast as that?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
Blue Shaded Muslin.

Shaded muslins are the moments
fad A dainty gown of this descrip-
tion is of blue muslin in striped effect,
shading from dark blue to almost
white The skirt made perfectly plain
and full. The bodice is made with a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

1t appears that Prince Alert, the
new champion PAGER. has to be dosed
with whisky before he starts in race.
Well, Prince Alert isn't the only thing
that whisky has caused 20 set fast
pace.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Four of the five elk which were
placed in the Adirondacks last year
to breed have been killed by hunters
within two days. Evidently the hunt
ers were better marksmen than they
are citizens.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
For the Little Girl.

Outdoor costume of serge for little
girl the skirt forming box plaits
at the hem, and with box-plaited bo-
ero to correspond. The bOlero has
no collar, but is finished with a shad-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09
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chemisette of white Irish point lace
and deep collar Of same. Plain full
sleeves. The high waist girdle of the
darkest shade blue. The hat is of
blue lace straw, adorned with white
violets.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

ut seems strange" remarked the
philosopher, that the man without
any vices always aggravates ordinary
people into having more vices than
they had before"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

4 Now that Frank James, the former
outlaw, has announced his intention of
becoming a farmer other farmers are
wondering just where he is going to
settle down.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

An injunction restraining a Chicago
firm from paying debts is the latest
thing in the injunction line. Get your
application for an injunction in early
and avoid the rush.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

New York's water supply will be
drawn from three sources in the state,
but If there is any sign of famine
some of the Jersey corporations might
be tapped.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

A New York minister has found
Scripture sanction of yacht races.
Does he mean to insinuate that Upton
is Jonah?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

J There is an emergency clause in the
sultan's constitution which always en-
ables him to act at once when he
needs money from any of his rich sub
jects.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Punch has the exclusive news that
the British museum will henceforth
be devoted exclusively to picture pos
tai cards. Mr. morgan has bought All
the books.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

That child that was christened in a
lions den in New York will probably
live to be thankful that its parents
were not fool enough to have the cere-
mony performed in the stock ex-
change.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

The Boston Globe issues warning
against the practice Of eating great
big heavy dinners of sixteen courses
and the like. The advice is wasted on
ua.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Now that the American Indian cuts
his hair, washes his face and goes on
:. strike he may be considered strictly up
to date.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

: 1t must be comforting to King Peter
of Servia to realize that the world is
betting on how long it will be before
he is assassinated.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

When we read in the papers that the
beef trade or flour trade is promising
the consumer is always able to sup
press his joy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

A man who knows himself to be in
the wrong generally tries to end the
conversation, whereas, a woman-is
meyer in the wrong.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Maxim has invented a gun that will
kill faster than any present device.
He ought to be able to sell it in Bull
garia.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

A lady has been elected professor of
language in the University of St.
Louis. This is thoroughly in accord
with the fitness of things.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Capt. Mahan, the naval expert, is ar
'aldermanic candidate in New York. He
is now about to have the fight of his
life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

F, DR.. Wiley announces that we are
soon to be a hairless race. And what
are the BARRIERS going to do about that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

liberty silk is a charming finishing
touch. 1t SHOULD be gracefully
draped around the waist and is best
with either no loops or only one.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Telegraphic communications 20
Nome being now established we can
have our gold stories fresh.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

! All that was left of Sir Thomas
after the yacht races has succumbed
to American indigestion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

There are agreeable signs that the
Balkan war cloud is about to take a
well-earned vacation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

A fine, well-appointed hospital IS
what every great college football Gen.
ter should have.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

! King Alfonso. of Spain recently
slaughtered his first wild bull, but has
he ever busted a broncho?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

Adam Bede attended the Associated
Press banquet in New York. Rip Van
Wrinkle was unavoidably detained.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-09

He laughs best who laughs at the
Jokes you crack.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-05

ought to demand more painting, more
of every noble and comforting art: 1t
ought to encourage every relief TO the
monotony, every inspiration, and
every spiritual joy. In other words.
it will be thought, by most of us who
think at all, that the community is a
small one when looked at from the
standpoint of intelligence. II is a lit
tie country. perhaps as big as Holland,
when we talk of intellectual pursuits
and intellectual pleasures, but a great
nation in its external aspect and, no
tably, in the aspiration of its youth.
Hence it is that the art schools have
within the last 10 years sent forth in
to the community 100 times as many
persons who would like TO be artists
as there is any room for. And the
worst of it is that a certain percent
age of these aspirants toward a goal
which is out of their reach are potelI.
! tial artists. For them it may not al
ways be worse than for their fellows
who could never be artists; but for
I the community ii is sad enough that
| these art students who have the d.
vine gift, in some measure, should be
hidden from our sight by the crowd OF
! the incompetent
This is one reason, among many,
why mural painting should be insisted
on and kept to the front as the true
graphic art. 1t is we'll to set the pace
1t once, so that none but the poten-
Ual winners shall be entered in the
race. Well-intentioned and ambitious
/ inferiority, looking at the water color
of FLOWERS" or Still Life" thinks
well of its own chances of doing that
much; but it may stand in awe of fig
ure painting on a great scale and evil
gently sufficient for its place, and may
hesitate before going farther toward a
probable failure.-Forum.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-05
CONCERNING WIT AND HuMOR.
Difference Between the Genuine and
the Cuack Humorist.

! A real humorist is man who, with
out spasmodic effort, uses his gifts as
mere condiments to the expression OF
his happy thought; but your quack
humorist is one who strings his jokes
like beads. not materially to illustrate
thought, but to make his quips and
quirks constitute the whole burden of
his empty speech This effortless
power of humor, which wraps some
gifted men like an atmosphere, is a
rare gift 1t has been possessed by
none of our notable public men in any
large measure save Mr.. Reed and Alb
raham Lincoln. Great wit and power
of satire have been exhibited in many
of our leading statesmen, but fine
humor has been denied to them. Fine
wit implies a keen intellectual vision;
fine humor implies more than this, for
humane earnestness and sympathy UNI
derlie humor. while fine wit does not
date from moral sensibility, but not
seldom from intense cynicism of
spirit.
The humorist belongs to the land
Of sweetness and laughter and light in
literature. the land to which we may
fairly claim our own Hawthorne,
Lowell, Bret Harte, and Holmes be-
longed for they all had wit mingled
with wisdom, sense warmed and light
ed with feeling, moral sweetness and
humane sensibility married to intel
lectual light. Your true hunorist is
the maG who makes the body and
form and Juice of all sound and lasting
literature; he is the fellow whose
colors are always fast; he is the phil
osopher Of the permanent as separated
from the transient in human feeling
and action. Your mere satirlst is
different being Your humorist is an
optimist; you atirist is a pessimist
Your humoris the prophet of the
permanent, lie your pessimist is
the prophet of the transient, the pres.
ent; he feels nothing but the chill fog
that obscures but never extinguishes
the orb Of day. In life of literature
your satirists, your prophets of pessim-
ism. are, when sincere, morbid men.
the pure flame Of healthful genius
blackened with the gloom of diseased
spirit. Humor is always the sign of
unspoiled spiritual health, while satire
is the symptom Of spiritual malaria.
Portland Oregonian.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-05
Answers to Anxious lnquirers.

Sally Sayles-The only infallible
preventive of seasickness is hanging
Birdie-If you desire an especially
light mattress buy one that is stuffed
with blond hair.
! Small-After calling a large man a
liar it is well to run, and still better
to start in time. You should never be
rude TO anyone who is not paid to
stand it.
Inquirer-Robinson Crusoes forty
third birthday fell on Friday. How
ever, in spite of Fridays proverbal i'll
luck the faithful fellow was not SER
iously injured.
Housewife-A cheap floor stain may
be made by combining a baby and a
bottle of indelible ink; also, baby
stain. Remove cock, place in juxta-
position to and leave opportunity to
apply.
Dubb-Do not be cast down because
you do no, possess a striking person
atty. There are always others.
Some men are born inconsequential,
some achieve inconsequence and others
ticket
Jujy-You can concoct a punch that
will delight your gentleman visitors
by mixing the ingredients in equal
uantlries-one-half whisky and the
other half whisky and water. Sweeten
to the taste and flavor with a few
dashes of whisky. Serve literally.
Phwisk-If your friends are correct
in their diagnosis that your side
whiskers make you look like Emperor
Franz Josef of Austria you can either
cut them off by telling them to attend
to their own business, or you can send
your photograph to the emperor, with
a request that he have the court gard
ener rearrange his foliage.
Knopv-There is at present no in
fallible remedy for removing a wart
from nose. The only one there ever
was l once gave to an anxious inquir-
er, who wrote me 10 days later that
his nose was completely gone, but the
wart was still there. That was
pretty good joke. wasn't it? If it
were not for the little sunbursts of
humor that illumine my pathway now
and then I'd be driven from this bus
mess by nervous prostration. But
every once in a while something hap
pens to break the monotony. For in
stance, about year ago, wrote re-
cipe for thin hair and another for the
proper bringing up of suffering chill
dren, and after they were put in type
they became pied and a careless
and prayer1ess printer set them up all
in one item, according to his lights.
The result was something that makes
me wake up in the night even yet,
laughing at the thought Of any of my
friends trying it on either thin hair or
suffering children.-Smart Set.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-05
The Indians Christian Science.

An Indian trader in western Colo
RADIO claims that the Navaiooo medi-
cine men treat their patients by means
of belief, nothing more nor less than
Christian Science. All sickness is
the evil spirit, says the Indian. The
remedy is to get rid of the devil The
enemy of man is mortal mind. claims
lief in material things and there will
be no sickness or death. That the In
dian has practically no knowledge of
even the simplest medicinal remedies
is well known among anthropological
students. Many of the medicine men
do not employ herbs. but rely on in
carnations and commands. Their
claim to power is not based on any
special training or education, and
some of their most remarkable cures
have been imputed to hypnotism.
At any rate the belief of the afiict-
ed Indian in the power of the healer
has much to do with the
cures effected. When a brave is i'll
and calls upon the tribe doctor, the
wise man will begin a wild, invig. At
ing chant, while dancing and running
in a circle about his patient. He con
tinues this until the latter is properly
enthused, finally commanding him to
arise and join in the heroic exercise.
invariably he is obeyed, and almost as
invariably the evil spirit in the form
of belief is Gentleman
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