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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09
CAKES FOR HOLIDAY FEASTS.
Hints on Making Sweets for
Children as Grandmother
Made Them.

The fact that the HOLIDAYS are near IS
emphasized by the tempting looking
things to eat on exhibition in grocers',
ca terers' and bake shop windows
Cakes from time imme mortal have
been closely associated with all the
Christmas and New Year festivities. In
Dutch and German househ dds, holiday
cake baking is one of the most impor'
tant parts of the pre-festivcl ceremonies,
and good housewives would as soon
tlink Ct turning the Good Saint him
self from their doorways as to intrust
their holiday baking to nirel ng. Be
sides the Christmas spice cake or lebku'
Glen, made all over Germany, STOLEN,
the counterpart of our American fruit
cake, Springerbe, white and hard, mar
z;pan and baumkuchen and pfankuchen,
ard bund kuchen, peppernuts and bis
cu,t kippel, there must be square cakes
rolled in paper and tied with bright rib
bons as special Christmas tokens for
every maid and man connected with the
establishment. Small wonder that from
t lis time on orders of Sabean extrac-
ron, "tinct with cinnamon" incense
and myrrh, fill the house and float out
upon the air, notifying every passer.by
tuat the celebration of the Nativity
with carol, chime and Christmas cheer
is again at hand
For those who wish to make their
own cakes. with eggs, the following re
cipes are commended as accurate and
excellent:
Aud first by rights are:
Christmas Fruit Cakc.-Stir cup
and a half of butter with three cups OF
brown sugar until light and creamy.
Add half a grated nutmeg, tablespoon
tul of powdered cinnamon, one tea
spjonful each cloves and mace, dissolve
level teaspoonful of soda in halt-cup
OF sour cream; add to it half.cup OF
m,lasses and stir until it stops "pur-
1ing'; then add to the other ingredients
Mix well and put in six eggs, heating
VIGOROUSLY between each one. Confec'
ti,ners and French chefs kpead this
Gale with their hands, for it is too stiff
to beat properly, especially after this
fruit is in. Now stir in wine glass OF
fruit Juice. Sift four cups of flour and
add to the cske mixture little by little,
knealing all the time. Have ready one
pound of seeded raisins, one pound
washed and dried currents, quarter OF 4
pound of shredded citron and an eighth
81 pound each candied orange and
lemon peel chopped fine. Sprinkle this
fruit with two tablespoons of tionr and
mix well together before adding them to
the cake. Add and knead for ten min
nets longer, then put into brick shaped
tins lined with buttered paper, place in
moderate oven and bake slowly tor
three hours, watching closely lest they
bake too fast. Cover with paper if they
brown too quickly over the top In
case of a gas stove, it is safer to steam
the cakes for two hours first, setting the
fins in a close covered steamer, then
bakc an hour in slow oven. When
cold, spread with thick icing, in which
finely chopped almonds have been mixed
When this frostlng is quiet dry put a
plain icing over the almond one. As
these CAKES improve with keeping, the
sooner they are made now, the better
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09

A good plan is to mix them one day, let
them rest in cool place over night to
''ripen then bake the next dav. As
these cakes are not suitable for little
ones, there should he supply of plain
cakes made and baked IN little patty
tins. If these are attractively frosted in
pink, yellow. white and chocolate and
decorated with few biz, OF candied
cherries, cranberries or tiny candies they
will be quite as attractive and a,uch
more wholesome.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09

No. EOS makes connection at Ottawal
tor Emporia, and Colorado points.
No POI runs through To Carlsbad, "
NJ. making c. connection a. Winfield for,
points in Oklahoma and Texas
No 203 runs to Wellington. Kansas.
making connection at Winfield for points
in Oklahoma and Texas.
No. 202 makes connection at Ottawa
with through train for California
Makes connection at Kansas City for all
points east and west.
c. s. COLEMAN. Agent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09

Do you like GOOD Job Print
ing We do it. Prices right.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09
Ny Mother.

She gave the best years of her life
With Joy for me.
And robbed herself, with loving heart,
Unstintingly.
For me with willing hands she toiled
From day to day.
For me she prayed when headstrone
youth
Would have its way.
Her gentle arms, my cradle once,
Are weary now:
And time has set the seal of care
Upon her brow.
And though no other eyes han mine
heir meaning trace,
ITaad my history in the lines
On her dear face.
And mid His gems who showers gifts
On shining sands,
] count her days as pearls that fall
From His kind hands.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09
A Toast to Woman.

Here's to the gladness of her gladness
when she's glad!
Here's to the sadness OF her sadness when
she's sad.
But the gladness of her gladness
And the sadness of her sadness
are nor in it with her Madness when
she's mad.
Prom "Prosit, a Book of Toasts"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09
Missouri Pacific Excursions.

Dec. I'd and Sd. the Missouri Pacific
will sell round trip tickets to Kansas
City on account of Knights OF Pythias,
for 50. 10. good to return Dec. 9th,
Christmas rates will be one fare plus
30 cents, or one and one third fare where
this makes less. No distance limit. Tick
cts on sale Dec. @4th. 18th, 31st, and
Jan LIST; good to return Ian Eth.
s. c. BYBEE, Agt.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09

Pepper Nuts-These are tavorite
small cake that may be made in guam
tity and kept on hand for the holidays.
Cream together one cup of butter, one
OF lard aud two of brown sugar. Add
three eggs one at a time, beating thor.
oughly after each addition. Now add
the spces-One grated nutmeg, two
teaspoonsfuls of cinnamon and two Of
anise seed, one teaspoonful of ground
cloves, four spooniuls whole coriander,
one cup chopped almonds and an eighth
chopped citron. Next add four cups OF
molasses with which has been mixed
two tcaspooniuls of soda dissolved in a
little warm water and four with which
four teaspooniuls of cream of tartar
has been sitted, using flour to make
stiff dough. knead with the hands un.
til well mixed and smooth, then roll out
on Toured board into long rolls about
an inch in diameter. With sharp
knife cut into slices quarter of an inch
thick Bake in quick oven to light
brown, and when cold, put into tir
cake box, where they will keep long
time.
Patty Pancakes tor Children-Be to
4 cream a quarter cup of butter and one
cup OF sugar. Beat the yolks of two
Eggs until lemon colorcd and thick and
add to the butter Have ready a cup
and half of pastry flour siited with a
teaspoonful and halt of baking powder
Add little BY little to the batter, with
half cup of milk also poured in little
al time Flavor with haf-teaspoon
full of vanilla. then lastly fold in the
whites OF the two eggs and put into
patty tins well buttered. Bake in
moderate oven and frost when cold.
Scotch Christmas Squares-To four
beaten eggs allow four ounces of sugar
and beat twenty minutes. using fork
or egg beaten. Mix three ounces of seed
ed raisins with five ounces slightly
Drowned -four, and add gradually to
the eggs and sugar. Line a shallow tin
with buttered paper, pour in the batter
and bake fifteen minutes i'll hot oven.
Cnt in squares when you take the cake
from the oven.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-28
BRAvEST MAN OF YEAR
Awarded Stanhope Gold Medal for
Great Deed of Heroism.

London. April 26.-The Stanhope gold
medal, the highest award in the gift Of
the Royal Humane Society, has been
officer on the r. & O. steamship
Malacca, for an act of gallantry per-
formed at Woosung China, on the 18th
of December, 1902. For this act he re-
ceived the society's silver medal. which
he now wears. in February of last year.
The Malacca was at anchor about
two miles from land, in eight fathOms
of water, and while working cargo in
the early hours of the morning, A.
AvcstOn, a quartermaster, in descend
ing by a bamboo ladder into one of the
lighters missed his footing and fell into
the river. There was strong wind
blowing. which made it difficult for the
lighters to lie alongside. The night,
too, was dark, with an ebb tide run
ming from five TO six knots and the
temperature below freezing point. MI
Shearme, who happened to be near at
the time of the mishap. sprang in at
once without taking off his coat and
reaching AvestOn succeeded in MAIN
tanning his hold until ropes We're got
and both safely hauled out. Sir Cy-
prian Bridge. r-in-chief on
the China station, expressed the opinion
that once in the water Mr.. Shcarme's
chances of escaping with his life were
remote, and that his gallant action
merited high recognition. Or the
previous visit of the ship to that port
the same officer jumped overheard and
rescued European. Mr.. Shearme is a
native of London.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-28
BURIED IN RUINS
New York Firemcn Injured by Falling
Walls,

New York, April 1.-TWO probationary
firemen are supposed to be buried in the
ruins of the John Stanley soap works
IN West 3Hth street. which was destroyed
by fire. early Wednesday, One other fire
man was caught by falling walls and was
taken to Bellevue hospital seriously in
lured. Many narrow escapes were had
by the large number of firemen who re-
Sponded to the four alarms that were
sent out, one great source of danger being
the frequent, explosions of chemicals in
the building.
The damage to the soap works is esti-
mated at $4,000 The lumber yards of
the Dunbar Box and Lumber Co. also
were badly damaged. The injured fire
man is Hugo Aragoni "a years old. He
released after hard work. when it was
found that his back was badly injured
and he was otherwise bruised.
When he was taken from the ruins
probationary remen of his company were
caught by the walls that buried him.
They are Thomas F. Madigan and John
c. Rehan The spot at which they are
inside of one of the burning buildings
and after the crash of the falling walls
was an almost insurmountable mass of
bricks. mortar and timber
Relief crews were placed at work at
once on the tangled mars, but the men,
if they were buried. undo ,ibtetiIy were in
stantly killed. If they were not. there
was no hope of taking them out alive.
Fire Chief Croker said later that there
was little doubt that the men We're buried
He said it would he hours before their
bodies could be reached. as they were
buried under tons of machinery and
wreckage.
The fire in the lumber yards ccntiued
to burn for many hours but was held in
control. The loss is estimated at 500.
900.
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THE FILIPINO SCOUTS
Who Taught Us Water Cure at ST.
Louis Fair.

st. Louis. April Pa battalion of
native Philippine scouts accompanied
by its own band has arrived in St
Louis and will be an attractive and
novel feature of the Philippine exhibit
OF ~ acres on the Reservation at the
Worlds Fair. The battalion consists of
TOUR companies Of 104 men each, COM
posed respectively Of Macabebcs.
N1sayaEs, TagalOs and IlocanoS.
1t is under the command of Major F.
de l.. Darlington, First u. S. Infantry,
and all the commissioned officers are
from the regular army. The battalion
is in fact part of the United States
regular army. These troops occupy a
model camp on the Philippine Reserv-
alton and will give daily drills during
the Fair. Besides being an exhibit the
Philippine soldier will do police duty
and preserve law and order among the
one thousand and more Philippine
natives who inhabit the villages and
towns that have been built on the
Worlds Fair grounds.
1t was this branch of Uncle Sans
standing army that taught the Ameri-
can soldier in the Philippines the effec-
tiveness Of the water cure" The first
cruited from the Macabebe tribe at the
beginning of the Instruction The
Macabebes We're then at war with the
Tagalos and as the former tribe was
loyal to the United States, q body of
them were enlisted in the capacity of
scouts. These scouts We're of great
help in obtaining information Of the
enemy and in some cases the water
cure" was used. Later on several other
cOmnanfcs were enlisted from the diff
ferent tribes with the result of the
Provisional Battalion Philippine Scouts
being formed and made 4 part of the
regular army.
The scouts wear the regulation army
uniform ard while at the Fair they will
receive the regul?r army pay and
rations. When in the Philippines their
pay is slightly smaller than that Of the
American soldier. 1t is said that the
battalion is one of the best drilled and
disciplined body Of infantry in the SER
vice
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SUPPER CAoE FOR ROOT.
Lumbcrman Client Ready to Spend
$1,000 ito Get Even"

New York. April 26.-Because a res
taurant man charged $3.50 for "a dou-
Bile porterhouSe steak, two inches thick,
broiled dry, served on a hot platter, ami
with 4 patty of butter on top of ii just
as it left the kitchen. without gravy or
mushrooms, but with red ripe dollhouse
tomatoes. peeled and sliced and served
on dry lettuce leaves; asparagus tips on
toast, and two bottles of Wine." Eihu
Root may have Il retainer in a suit for
damages. The announcement of in
tcntion to call Mr.. Root into the case
was made early yesterday morning by
3. a. Gillette. Il wealthy lumberman,
with offices at No. l Madison Square.
who called at the West Thirtieth- st
station, ana said nc wanted the manaG-
o. & Of tn" t'rte dcS HcauX Arts. at For
t: III st:r'.t ana Sixth avenue. arrested
RE declared thHt he had been robbed
ti,"I|. II" sad t.lat after attending the
con. rr' IA Carnegie Hall on Sunday
eyrnins h. went with his wife and
a.!oticr woman and man to the rcsta ur-
ant. Champagne was ordered and a
double pOrterhouSc ste ak, with the
special directions mentioned as to the
way it should be served. lii half an
hour siIloin steak was served. and the
other Instructions given to the waiter
mad been apparently ignored. Mr.. Gil
lette protested. the waiter apologized.
and after another period of waiting the
party was properly served. The bill,
however. came to $3.50 both orders
having been charged for.
Mr.. Gillette paid the bill under pro-
test. and told the sergeant he would
spend $4,000 il necessary to get square.
! He was advised that his only redress
was by Il civil action A bystardeg
handed him a lawyers card, but he
pushed it aside, declaring that E.lihu
Root was his lawyer. and that he would
, put the case in his hands.
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public service be purified and the GRIM
inals be brought to justice.
I'm our demand for tariff revision,
control of the trusts-a half in the
march toward imperialism. in a return
to simplicity, frugality and integrity In
administrations; Democracy finds
platform broad and firm for the assem-
bling of it's united hosts.
The occasion and issues transcend
expediency or manipulation. We de-
clare the position of the Democracy Of
New Hampshire and send delegates to
the national convention voicing our be-
liefs.
with confidence in the wisdom OF
the Democrats therein assembled we
are assured that such declaration of
principles will be enunciated and such
representative nominees be selected, as
will put the historic party of the coun-
try in united array for the accomplish
ment of success and its attendant ben
efits to the people"
After voting to sub the word ''con-
troll" for the word dominion" where
ever the latter occurred, the convention
adopted the resolutions.
Balloting for delegates at large was
at once begun.
Nominations for delegates at large were
| then in order. Judge Calvin Page Of
Portsmouth, presented the names of John
NJ. Mitchell of Concord, jeremiah J. Doyle
of Nashua, True l.. Norris of Portsmouth
and Joseph =. Chattel of Manchester
The nomina ton was seconded by John r.
Amcy of Lancaster. Samuel b. Page OF
IIaverhill, then placed in nomination John
d. Nash of Conway. and Clarence E. Carr
Of Andover. and presented the name of
Oliver L. Branch of Manchester
While the candidacy of Branch should
be expected, nothing more definite than
rumors concerning Nash had been heard
before the convention. Still the prcscnta-
ton of his name did not come as a sur
prise to the convention. The proceedings
had been apparently harmonious up to the
time of the nomination Of the two extra
candidates. In addressing the conven-
ton Mr. Page of Haverhll, accused Mr.
Amey of being an employe of the Bos-
ton u Maine railroad and said he had no
authority to force his so-called regular
ticket upon the convention. Mr.. Amey re-
torted that Mr.. Page had been in the
employ &c the railroad as long as they
wanted him and said that he had misused
transportation privileges.
That's a lie burst out Mr.. Page.
You're another was the quick re-
sponge of Mr.. Amey.
The incident threw the convention into
confusion. in the midst of which John 2.
Dowd of Portsmouth. who secured recog-
milton, began a speech attacking Judge
Page of that city. He accused the judge
of having deserted the party in 1886 on ac-
count of which action, he said. Judge
Page was not qualified to put in nominal
ton ticket before the convention. This
caused renewed tumult which the chair
man with difficulty finally quoted.
Balloting was then begun and when
the polls were closed the convention took
q recess of half an hour.
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NOT GUILTY.
Acquittal in Young Dexter's
Case at Oedham, Mass.
Charged With the Killing Of His
Young Brother.
Verdict Not Unexpected by Court
Room Occupants.

Dedham, Mass. April 27.-Harris E.
Dexter, the 14-years old Randolph boy,
who has been on trial In the superior
court here on charge OF causing the
death Of his brother. Parker, was
found not guilty this afternoon. The
jury took the case under consideration
ut 1881 and returned verdict at 4.12.
Judge Wait ordered that the Cefen-
dant be discharged from custody.
Young Dexter expressed no surprise
when he heard the verdict, which was
not altogether unexpected by the oc-
cupants of the court room.
Parker Dexter, who was 10 years Of
age, was shot and killed at the home
of his parents on Sunday, March u.
No persons were in the house at the
time except the two boys. Harris per-
sisted for a long time in the statement
that the shooting was committed by a
stranger.
At the end of lengthy investigation
on the part Of the state police the boy
admitted that he shot his brother but
maintained hat the shooting was ac-
cidentaI. He was arrested on a charge
of manslaughter.
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CARNEGIE'S PRIZE HERO.
Fireman Who Saved Maniac on Lofty
Window Ledge.

Pittsburg. Pa. April 27-Capt Matthew
Clark. the gallant fireman who fought for
life with a mailman on the ledge of q
window of the seventh floor of the Man
haitian Eye and Ear hospital in New
York. may be the first hero in the United
States to participate in the Carnegie S.
GoO.o0O fund for heroes
The board having in charge the fund
has not yet been organized. nor have the
millions been placed at its disposal by MIR.
Carnegie; but just as soon as the board
is organized Capt. Clarks gallantry will
be taken up and the board will decide
whether he shall get a Carnegie medal or
its eTuiv2 lent in cash.
The heroic action of Capt. Clark in res
cuing the mailman 20 feet above the pave
ment has gone over the world. and h can
wait until the board acts on his case.
Pittsburg firemen say that Mr.. Carnegie
should not wait for tho action Of the hero
board. but should be the first to present
Capt. Clark his prize
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ARE UNANIMOUS,
Continued from page ~

tice to all. improvement in material
conditions and the spread of education.
10 that policy we will steadfastly ad-
here.
we favor the principle of arbitration
III the adjustment Of International dis
pntes where they do not involve the
national honor
We commend the administration of
President Roosevelt for it's efforts to
embody this principle in treaty COM
Pacts with other powers.
The republican party can never for
get the heroic services of our soldiers
and sailors upon land and sea.
We believe in a just pension policy
towards those who have borne the bur-
den and heat of battle, their widows
and orphans.
Senators Fairbanks and Beveridga
are heartily endorsed as well as the
state administration.
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LYMAN'S LENGTHY WILL.
Voluninous Document Filed in a Chi :
cage Court.

Chicago. April 27.-Although disposins
of an estate valued at only $1,000. the will
of DIR. J. Chester Lyman. collector Of
relics. who died. March 80, Is the longest
document filed in the history Of the Cook
county probate court. The instrument
goes into minute details. describing eacn
article owned by the tcstator its origin.
its history and its present whereabouts.
So many thousands of words does the Will
contain that it was reproduced In printed
form and fled in the probate court, to-
gether with the original document.
A Washington saucer valued at $1,000 is
benueatheCi to the Field Columbian NH
scum, az is a Peruvian image made in
bronze 1t is said to be 1900 years old
and was recovered from an ancient mouno
in the Andes.
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VANDERBILT BUYS BEAULIEU.
Cornelius Said to Now Own Astor's
Newport Estate.

Newport. r. l.. April 26.-Therc is a re-
port in Newport that Beaulicu. the New
port estate Of William Waldorf Astor. has;
been purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Mr.. Astor has no representative in New
port to confirm or deny the report. Mr..
and Mrs. Vanderbilt have rented BaauiciI
for number of years. and still have a
lease OF the place.
It was reported two years ago that Mr.,
Vanderbilt was to build villa here, but
this plan has never matcrialized. The
rental asked for Beaulieu is the largest
ever asked for a Newport villa. 1t has
been occupied by the late Calvin s. BIice.
and Mrs. Potter Palmer and for the last
three years by Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt.
The estate is an extensive one, and is at
the lower end of Bellevue Ave. running
through to the Cliffs. 1t is taxed for
soc 600
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ON STEAMER YUCATAN.
Panama Canal Commission Arrives at
New York, Wednesday.

New York. April 27.-Among the passen-
gers who arrived. Wednesday. on the
steamer Yucatan from Colon We're the
following members of the United States
canal commission:
Admiral j. G. Walker. Prof. r. NJ
Burr, Gen. G. w Davis. C. L. Grunsky
Col; F. H. Hc .ss r., b, :, r. Harr2d: Mag.
r. Gillette, Drs. l.. a. Lagarde. r. f.
I,edbetter and J. w. Ross. Mr. Grunsky
said that the commissioners had accom-
nIished the object of their visit. He had
nothing to add to the statement of Mr.
parsons. who arrived here, last week
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Concerning the fundamental nature
of electricity itself. there is still no
certainty, but there are several
hypotheses, says Electrical World.
There are several theories for explain
ing both electricity and magnetism in
terms Of the ether. None Of these
theories seams capable of being SUBJ
mitted to experimental demonstration.
1t is certain. however. that since the
interconnection Of electricity and mag
netism is known. a demonstration of
the nature OF the one must. by corol-
larry. include a disclosure of the nature
of the other. Moreover, it would not
seem likely that the complete unravel-
ling of the nature Of electricity would
necessarily include a revelation of the
nature of both matter and gravitat:on.