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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
Tact VS. Friction in the Home

A bright little woman writes asking
"How is it possible to carry on a mouse.
hold so evenly and quietly as yours
E 'erything goes on like clockwork'
want to know your secret"
There is no secret home must DC
conducted on business principles, ior
home-making is a business; indeed a
combination of many trades and indus
tries. If the homc-maker is business
woman with duties outside, she soon
finds that system and order are neces
sary. Hundreds of women have especial
duties like teaching, writing speaking
dressmaking and even store'keep'ng
hundreds of other women have only
their home duties and make them toe
often hard toll rather than labor OF
love.
Perhaps the very best possible tram
ING for a woman is to be brought up IN
a household with brothers; they take a
broad view of life, see and hear business
methods discussed, know the distinction
between theory and practice, and, what
il more and better perhaps, they learn tc
give and take things logically and nat
urallv-I might add. philosophically.
The very best housekeepcrs know arr
literary women-contrary to the Ole
fake stories of their carlessness ant
neglect of children. The more intelli
gent and cultivated a woman becomes
the better is she fitted to govern house
hold. She applies her knowledge. Sh
feels the responsibility OF her position
and she generally mourns in secret
circumstances compel her to lower he
ideals.
When the writer was about to marry
the wife of a well-known judge gave he
this advice:
"Mv dear. a woman needs the wisdom
of Solomon, the patience of Job and tn
,neekness of dove to get along witt
the best man that eyer lived. lhave m
third husband, all good men but al
cranky at times. When they are cranky
keep still; when they fret. hold you
tongue, and always remember that
takes two to make a quarrel
In writing the dear old lady after som
years of experience at the headquarter
OF an army where ! was surrounded b.
acme thirty tn ousand men. took occa
sion to say:
1.-THE more | see of men, the better
like them; and as to quarrelling, yo
are quite right; should like to add tina
your admirable advice might perhaps b
Supplemented by adding, exercise tact
and spell it large That will win min
times out of ten where open hostilit
and asgressiveness fails"
Lhe response was:
"You are right; we areimproving wit
each generation
Tact is very essential in dealing wit
servants and little children When you
boy bumps his head on the floor, do nc
pound "thc naughty floor" or give hi
too much sympathy; if the bruise
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
Got the Best of the Lawyer.

From the Massachusetts PlOughman.
In the incident related below, boy
twelve years old conquered smart
and shrewd lawyer fighting tor bad
cause. Walter was important witness
and one of the lawyers, after cross-qucs-
tioning him severely, sail: Your father
has been talking to you and telling you
how to testify, hascnt he?" YES" said
the boy. "Now," said the lawyer, Just
tell us how your father told you to ties
tity." "Wcll," said the boy, m0destly
"father told me that the lawyers woulc
try and tango me, but If | would just b'
careful and tell the truth, could tell tn
same thing every time The LAWYER die
not try to tangle up that boy any more
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

pretty hard, quietly apply simple rem
edy and talk of cheerful things all the
time.
If something goes wrong with the din
ner and guests are present, as, alas' we
know will happen, exercise little tact
and tell CHEEKY story. Tact VIII con
ouer the most stubborn of cooks. and
cooks are so often said to he Gross most
uniustly I fear. Cant they helpil always!
| Do YOU not find it laid to be good and
consistent Christian while swclterine
over hot range? DO you never feel like
the little boy who was quite worn out
with pain, and said to his mother:
ooh mama, please let me say some
thing wicked; l know shall feel better.
as it very, very wicked, Gnsse so bad
that must leave the room"
"Perhups you better, Mamma, 1t might
hurt your feelings
Mamma went into the hall land a smile
came to her anxious face as she heard
the little fellow say in a loud tone:
Darn, darn, darn, darn, darn" and
then add, "You eau come in; | feel
better"
Ifthat mother had argued ard reasoned
with suffering, nervous child, imagine
his condition Her tact helped him.
L me. e
pecially those who must strive to make
one dollar do the work of five, have my
Itendercst sympathy; bat even them tac'
lhelps. Go away from the pots and ket'
ties and even the babies, and pick up .
lgood book, read lew lines, or, 1t yor
are musical, strike a few chords on the
piano and then 90 back to the duties
| When piano is not at hand, take lew
lines from some poet, fix them III your
mind and walk up and down your yard
or room a few times, and the result VII
be comforting. When we learn to take
lour duties in the right spirit there VIII
he no more talk of drudgerv. We can
think high, however low our hands must
dig.
When Bridget first entered my kitchen
to take the place of longtime faithful
helper. she looked askance at some rules
printed and placed upon the wall. TN
mot be here long" said she to nurse In
ldade, I'll not STAY where things is like
that " A little tact, little urging just
to try it for a time. and Bridget herself
said after years OF service:
"Ah, Mary, do YOU know now, 1t Is
that easy to keep things a-goin wh'r
you know jst whin and where, that Is
asking my lady to give me the rules now
; that I'm gettin' married. for might get
off the track like. She calls 1t business
in the Kitchen but says It's just com
mon sinsc like, and things go on hk'
they was CREASED from one years end tt
the other"
II In the gaps without servants whicl
must come to all, tact will keep tn
, male members of the household in goot
/ humor and find them all ready to lend I
t Inland. AS the dear, st place in the worl'
4 lis home. so must Tact ever be the moth
S ler's faithful helper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

The department of commerce and
labor recently published the statement
that the average cost of living in Amer
lea has increased 16 % per cent. This
statement is based undoubtedly on
wholesale market quotations.
Since Nov. /, 1908, there has been an
average reduction of wages throughout
the manufacturing centers Of the east
of 10 to 90 per cent. Flour and other
foodstuffs have increased in price since
the same date.
The price of newspapers In the great
cities has been reduced twothirds il
fifteen years. The cost Of producing
them has increased Notwithstanding
these conditions" says William Ran
dolph Hearst, my papers pay hand
some profits, and wages are higher anC
the hours of toll reduced"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

This is a topsy-turvy old world, says
an exchange. One man is struggling
for Justice and another fleeing from it..
One man is saving money to build nim
a house and another is irving to sell his
for less than 1t cost him, One man
is spending all the money he can to take
n girl to an entertainment in hopes,
eventually, to make her his wife, and his
neighbor is spending his gold to get a
divorce. One escapes all the diseases
man is heir to and gets killed on the
railroad Another gets on the cars
every day of his life without getting
hurt, and dies with the whooping
cough Such is life
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
"Bohunks and DagOes."
From Appeal to Reason.

From Appeal to Reason.
A Cedar Junction reader writes that
Immediately after the floods, the Santa
Fe road employed a great many add
itional section hands, and paid them
81 Al day Tor ten hours; last tall, it re-
duced the hours TO nine aud pay TO $l.25;
in March, it Increased in hours to ten
without additional pay. When the men
along the line recently pctitioned for an
increase in wages, the foreman received
the following instructions: at you have
any men who cannot afford to work tor
S1.2 per dav, let them go, for there are
plenty of bohunks and dagoes anxious
TO work for that" Now what are men
going to do about it? Submit, ofcoursc.
There is nothing left tor them to do.
And if they continne to vote for the old
party politics, as they have been dong,
they deserve nothing better than the cut.
You cannot blame the railroad company.
They are not in business to see how
much wages they can pay-they are
there to see how little they can pay. 1t
the men prefer to vote the old party
tickets, rather thaa have the Socialists
gain control and put The industries into
the control of men who do the work,
then let them have their cut wages. II
they are too stupid to see the politica
game being PLAYED on them, they are
just about stupid erpHgh to have the
nav of dagocs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

Miss Davis:
Grade 2, Josie Lyle
Grade 3, Anna Scott
Miss Everline:
Grade 3, Micha Il Lynch
Grade 4, Rose Winans
Miss Stewart:
Grade l., Eva Lay
Grade 5, I.cola Reynolds
Mrs. Kcezel:
Grade 6, Vera Johnson
Grade I, Bonnie Dellinger
Miss Lindsay:
Grade /, b class, Claude Stein
Grade / A class, Irene Graham
Miss Caldwell:
Grade 2, Bessie Myers
Grade 3, Lowell Baldwin
Miss Archer:
Grdae 4, Roy Watkins
Grade ., Grace Hutchinson
Mr.. Lawellin
Grade 6, Ruth McMurrav
Grade 7, Eva Jones
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
Americans Want Them.

Among the earnest and powerful
supporters Of the Panama canal and
the greater navy for America none die
more than Representative William
Randolph Hearst to bring about the
accomplishment of these two distinctly
American projects.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
Normal Institute

The twcnty-fourth session OF the An
derson County Normal Institute will be
held in the High school building in Gar
nett, beginning on Tuesday, July 9th,
and continuing four weeks.
The faculty will consist of the follow
ing professors: A. b. Carney, conduct
or; Geo. A. Brown. instructor; J. Il.
White, instructor; l.. r. Mcclellan, county
superintendent.
The institute examinations will be
held August list and I'd.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
AIaaka's PrOduct.

In thirty-six years Alaska has pro
duced in gold. furs and fish S150,0OO,'
900. The revenues and taxes collected
by the government since the, purchase
Of the territory from Russia amount to
SS,OOO,O00
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
For the Boys.
ON Wisconsin Good Templar.

From Wisconsin Good Templar.
Boys with hats on the backs OF their
heads and cigarettes and smutty words
in thier mouths are cheaper than Old
worn out horses Nobody wants them
Men will not employ them; girls will not
marry them. They well keep themselvs.
If anybody who happens to read thI'
answers this description, let him take a
look at himself and do what his cor
science says is best to do Only little
while ago, business man thought OF en-
blowing CERTAIN young man in this city
He asked aout the fellow. After giving
all the points possible in the young
mans favor, the gentleman asked,
"Dosen,t he smoke cigarctts:" When
informed that he did sometimes. he con-
tinued, "Wouldnt have him at any
price"
Mahins Magazine has been purchased
bv Lord & Thomas, Chicago, publish
ers of Judcious Advertising, and the
two publications will be combined, be
ginning with the June issue, under the
name of Iudicious Advertising.
After eliminating all Implications
5000 cash subscriptions will be added to
the list of Judicious Advertising, thus
giving it much the largest paid subscrip
list of any monthly publication devoted
to advertising.
Both OF these magazines have ranked
high from the outset, and both subscrib
ers and advertisers will benefit by the
combine.
Mr.. D. Herbert Moore continues as ed
itor of Judcous Advertising and Mr. ID
l.. Taylor as business manager, while
Mr.. Richard S. Thain, who has been as
ISOLATED with Mahins Magazine as man
aging editor and business manager, il
assistant business manager of Judicou
Advertising The special features VIII CT
made Mahin's magazine success vii
be continued.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

All diseases start in the bowels. Keep
them open or YOU will be sick. CAS-
CARETS act like nature. Keep liver
and bowels active without sickcning,
gripping feeling. Six million people take
ami recommend CASCARETS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17
The Roll of Honor

Pupils of the city schools neither alb
sent nor tardy for the school year 1908
o.:
Carl Rose Rernice Spearman
Row Purcell Pearl Wilcott
Milo McKisson Hugh Coppage
Fred Certain Eva Lay
Edna Shields Ralph Borror
Louis Mcdonald Preston Bowen
blanche Fraker Bonnie Dcllinger
Rubv Peck Bessie Warbrltton
Myron McKemy Alice Riley
Mabel Hutchinson Ida Blum
Hazel Stewart Ralph Archer
Ray Weidenbaker Ida Mckisson
Charles Mckisson Harrison West
Albert Coppage Harry Green
Mabel Bigalow Bernice Adams
Ray West Glen Lawrence
Wilmer Van Velson Marie Van Velson
Ethel VAIL Mary Adams
Percy Smith Grace DeWolf
Ruth McMurray Author Clark
Ethel Hollingshead Retta Alexander
Lillian Archer Mabel Elliott
Florence Hassey Zoe Kirkpatrick
Nellie Reeve Frank Fry
Ounce Wycof Edna Archer
Nav Certain Irma Davis
Homer Coppage Willie Severn
Raw Warbritton John Wilson
Hattie Cross Irene Massey
Eco Keenev Eva Lawrence
; Mary Myszka Grace fattie
Frances Osborne Myrtle Vail
The following named pupils belo y IL
eighth grade, received the SELF media
for highest average in grades:
Miss Steward:
Grade /, B class, Goldie Sutherland
Grade /, A class, Maynard Walker
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

Try HOIComb's Headache Pow
ders. They have cured Others;
they will cure you.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

Pupils of the city schools neither alb
sent nor tardy for the school year 1903
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

TRAINS NORTH
2OS Passenger, 1850 a III.
Except Sundays
2O4 " 4:l2 Il. III.
2O2 " 300 p. m.
PIG Local Freight, 4:lo p. M.
Except Sundays
TRAINS SOUTH
203 Passenger, 1900 a. IN.
POI " 1902 a. IN.
2O7 " $50 p. m.
Except SUNDAYS
2l5 Local Freight 1880 a. IN.
Except Sundays
No. 2OS makes connection at Ottawa
for Emporia, and Colorado points.
No POI runs through to Carlsbad, N.
NJ. making connection at Winfield for
points in Oklahoma and Texas.
No 2O3 runs to Wellington, Kansas,
making connection at Winfield for points
in Oklahoma and Texas.
No. 2O2 makes connection at Ottawa
with through train for California.
Makes connection at Kansas City for all
points cast and west.
{. S. COLEMAN. Agent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
ZIEGLER WANTED.
Briefs Sent to GoUerpor Odel Quot1
Roosevelt on Briberu.

Jefferson City. Mo-, Jan. 1.-Afr. JefcrfeA As-A
slstant Attorney General. and Judge Thomas a
Harvey. of ST. Louis. who represented tbs Stats
ziesier. Of New-YOrk. wanted here to stand trial
on a charge Of bribery. to-day sent brief. 70
Governor Odell at Albany. The briefs are ac-
companted by arguments OF the attOrneys who
say they do not seek the arrest Of a citizen Of
NeW-fork for a trivial offence. but for a nefa-
rious crime, which in its effects is destructive
Of the very existence OF the sovereignty of the
State in cOrrupting and Gebauching her Ieefsla-
ture, whence must emanate the laws needed for
me protection Of property and the lives OF her
citizens.
Ihey report the Presidents message on brfb-
cry and add; IF William ZiegIer were in the
Republic OF Mexico Missouri would not be so
helpless. as it is insisted she now is by reason
of his being in the sister State OF New-Yo~l
Regardless of the contested question whether or
not he was actually within the borders Of tbe
Z State of Missouri when the crime was COM
mltted. he would be extradited under the laws
Slo returned nom Mexico 70 answer 10 the in
Glctment charged against him.
The brief then declares that they desire 20 re-
sent the attempts Of the counsel for the defend
any 10 oeItte and disDarage the efforts of the
MISSOURI authorities. The briefs ask that a war
rant be issued for the defendant when the court
Can oy Aaoeas corpus proceedings determine
the legal right, and quotes Supreme Court de-
clslons IN support Of the contention.
Inc orlefs discuss the matter under two heads
FIRST, Ihe obligation of one executive 10 honor
the reGuisitiOn OF another executive and also
as 70 whether Ziegier is fugitive from justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
HOUSEWIVES, EXCHANGE

'si'lH'ES With the new year. the Housewives Er-
Ahze NiH on-r "A weerIy prize for tho best diseoy-
' " suggestion sent IN by contributor. Nearly
e'eiF woman who follows the calling of housekr.nar
Aho horn~ier successfully Uncovered some Iahor
nm iiins saving device. inexpensive WAYS of
oons uings. some novel and attractive arranrsn,.,
" ''o" These II handed 20 other housewives,
-. - % no little interest md value TO them
Ihss u precisely the of thing the r,cb.,. -.
10 gu a. Zach week beginning with the Grst wei,
" ""n""rs' u W. giCe eookbook-any on. In. M
'""irh'u'"r may seIect-for the most y,,,,h,
80, - su''ert FOR each week VIII be a,
signed IL advance. For III. ,v.eL .,r, y IS
-" subject "iR be Ideas for the Practice, ,d
-'''''" Arrangement; of Boys Room.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
TWO GOLDEN WEDDINGS.
HI ToffcnriUe Celebrates Tonight
in Honor of It's Oldest Residents

Golden weddings are not common luXuries any
where but when two take place on the same night
in The same town-and that town little one like
Touenville Staten Island-the place may. fairly be
said TO be addicted 10 pleasing pastme of golden
weddings.
To;5engills is n this happy case-or viii be to-
night. when Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee and Mr.
and Mrs A c. R.owa celebrate the htueih ami
versary OF their marriages Fifty years ago To-Day
Miss Mary Rcckow and Robert /. Lee were mar
ris6 al the home Miss Reckow's parents MI ana
Mrs Abram Rechow. OF Tottenville. The ReckoWs
were a large and prominent family. ana Mary was
me Of the bellies Tottenvle. so il was no wonder
that half the countryside attended the wedding
riding through the crisp evening air in their sIelghS
over The tops Of the stonewalls and coming, some
of them. from far away as St. George, fourteen
Of the Richmond Episcopal Church, unite the young
woman and the rls;ns yoIng GonlLie Sl-.,a,7 COW,
enty-five years ago lie came 10 America Win ms
parents when boy and settled IN me lower ga o.
which he has been active ever since.
is I5 Tkaby enerre.. and we'll preserved The
couple have three children liying-MrS Kathryn
Ware. William b. Lee aud James w Lee. t I4eg
stiI reside in the same picturesque nt5!e CoflIc
nous WiaICN -. IT, heir marriage The house
stands in tho Oldest section Of Tottenville. and is
be decorated in gold and white for the celebra.
ton tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have received
he celebF 5 s 9rnr7 Canada ada e-'
Down on The Pentiey Road, few blocks below
Amboy-ave where the Lee house stands. is a
large old fashioned house covered with INES IN
which Nj and Mrs. A. g. Brown have lived for
fftv years surrounded by their family and grand
children. a short way from the ole homestead
and down by the Arthur XIII Sound Is the ship
ward where Mr. Brown has built some OF the
largest tugs ever launched n these waters. b,s
nancee Miss Emily Watts, accompanied BY ms
sister and Miss Watts's brother. started from
North Rellevfle y I. for a sleigh ride. When
Beneville was reached the young couple suddenly
concluded 70 got married they called at the
parsonage OF the Belleville Reformed Church and
Cd ny no Rev [. e,
then pastor Of the church.
Mrs Brown was an English girl. having been
borr in Warwickshire. England. siXty-seven years
ego She came 70 this country at the age OF SIX.
She and her husband have lived for fifty years In
he thev
Tonight viii see congregated az the old home
the friends and relatives of the happy
old couple Of the relatives coming from Los
Angeles especially 10 attend the celebration Mel
Their Mr. nor Mrs. Brown looks over fifty. They
have six children and nine grandchildren.
An Totterville IS preparing 10 celebrate IN good.
old fashioned style the cycles OF married life
happily rounded out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
QUESTIONS TEACHERS DOUBLE WORK.
Accounts Commissioner Owen Also Deplcres
Distribution of $4,000 Among "AliensD

IN report submitted yesterday sos Mayor Low
oeIore his successor was seated Edward Ow.n
inc commissioner Of Accounts raised the question
or the legality Of teachers employed in the day
SCHOOLS also teaching in the night schools acting
as superintendents Of free lectures. eto He sur-
gested mat II Is violation OF Section l54s Of IN,
charter. which provides that no person shah hold
two city or county offices except where special pro-
vision is made in the charter
Commissioner Owen shows that eOs tsacbara q,
the I'VE ooroughs earned in the evening school.
S2l0562 is in addition to their regular sa1ar,o.
amounting 70 SlZS3.l5 The report shows fIIrtbes
InaI IN vacations teachers the regular monthly
pSyroAs were employed in vacation schools anf
Fairgrounds at extra pay, In 1903 in NanbattaT
anu 4Ao bronx. numbering us, at an avera % !.
leaCher OF Slu 50, and in Brooklyn. s. at an ave.
ako 'saCHer or Sli 20 In 1892 20S thus en-
PIoyeu ~ the Two oOrOughS, at average OF S75O7
e{Stch FROM January l. 1893. 70 November Iq0g
LIE EeCIedIOn piers gave extra enplOvrnart ~,
manhattan and Brooklyn to eleven teacbars a. -
1917 10 May. 1893 lecturers and stIDeriTt
OK Ieetures teachers employed IN that way at mis- ht
anu numbering ntnsty-SiX, drew Sl4 OBS from tbs
cry treasury IN ADDITION to their regular nav
froIIheht IN the dual salary list the report s9vs
was LInSl X. van NdrdrOfH, who got an arrf,..i
saIary OF 500 as teacher in Erasmus Hail FIigb
az $I % each IhtrtyOHe teachers drew from thrsa
dlHereht payroIIS. and one four. Two HUNDRED
anu tMeniy-three nonresident teachers did this
extra Work az an aggregate cost OF S2l TO N ~
theSe non-residentS, 81 came from Nev-Jarsev e
rom OUTSIDE or the city IN this State II from Con-
neeIcSI ana the rest in smaller numbers from
otner states and Canada
The practice OF employing nonresident teac5ara
Ior vacation school service. entafng the fIsfrfb1
tlon oI more than 1900 In one season 10 "aIjen
benehciar1es" strikes Mr. Owen az STRANGELY go
nlctng 70 the automatic New-York Tor New
4orkers policy. The report shows that 11S4 teach
ers Ia all get Ssls 3 extra money from this extra
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
CALIFORNIA; 100000.
The Golden State Said To Be Capable of Sup
porting Such a Population

San Francisco. Jan. THE Chronicle's' annual
largely devoted to reviews by leading experts OF
the State OF what has been accomplished In tia
last years estimates OF CALIFORNIA; ability TO main
tain twenty million people at the close OF this
century. IL is estimated that the population OF
San Francisco at that time will be ave millions
During 1898, in round numbers. SIS 0o0OpO in gold
and SSo0JOO in silver were produced by the mi1es
The orange crop reached total o. g. Ut0 cars AZ
$50 boxes each. against 2+o00 cars last year Two
thousand cars OF this years orange sh1nent went
from Northern California Lemon shipu ents reacheJ
1850 ears OF Sl2 boxes each Other products we're
follows.
walnUts 1lst0u0o pounds; almonds. 100000 pounds
beans. u..5y-oV POunIs; salmon 2,i-0G19 cases
OIL 23VV0V0u uarIes, worth 80 cents barrel at tide
water; Frunes. l5,JotO1 pounds. peach 80 go 0SO
pounds apIlcOts. l4-v0o1 pounds rlssus - ara "a
pounds. canned -rulJ, 100000 cases. wool ~ 20 0C0
pounds, and. beet sugar. lji0J-.y0J pounds