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S^tG Thursday
With the Long Bow
"Bye anion's walks, shoot toOr as Jr Mm."
Essay on Contentment, Showing that About All a
Man Really Needs in This World Is a Contented
Mind, a Good Cow and a Tew Hundred Thousand
Dollars in the Bank Against a Sunny Day.
iVy-^HE poor man is the man who knows to a cent
I exactly the amount of money he has in his
clothes. The capitalist is the man who some
times findB an unexpected $10 bill in his poeketbook.
It gives you a cheery, good-natured glow to ruu
thru your garments now and then and round up a
natty little government lithograph issued by the
bureau of currency as a popular discourager of that
cerulean feeling. And it is a cheerful thought that
the government is turning out these crisp little long
green recipes for plenty in vast numbers and that we
may all get our hands on them if we are smart
nough.
There is always room on top. To be sure, some
of our wealthy friends find this room on top of their
brothers, but there are others who have little privato
tops of their own where they get a nose up into the
free and untrammeled air of heaven and breathe deep
breaths of careless liberty.
What more does a man want than an appetite for
'breakfast, a good cow, ten acres of land, two or three
little 6-year-old girls around in the neighborhood, a
few hundred thousand dollars laid aside for a rainy
day, a good evening paper, a set of Dickens and an
'Open fire in winter with the wind too-whooing in the
enimney. There are a few other minor things which
will not mention here for fear of excising envy.
Looks as tho we might get a little rain. So dusty.
The country can stand a certain amount of for
nialdehyde in its baby food, but a slap is struck at
the bone and sinew of the nation when it is found
that that rusty tack taste is gnawing away at the
very foundations of our beer supply.
Mr. Moses of the eighth waTd became so excited at
the county convention that he consulted a political
Cnara-voyant. The seer rolled up her eyes, stag
gered a few times, scared off an Indian control
named Black Kettle who tried to talk Indian gib
berish and fell into a deep trance. This passive con
dition was seized on by Henry Clay, who stated that
the democrats in 1908 would nominate Bryan for the
presidency and that the footloose Eoosevelt follow
:ing would naturally flock to him. "The republican
'national convention," said Mr. Olay, "will then be
come the theater of mighty contending forces. The
plutocratic element will make a tremendous struggle
'to control it. If they do, the national issue will be
clearly defined as between ultra conservatives and
moderate radicals. Then the ultra radicals will go
to the socialists."
"Can you tell me, Mr. Olay," said Mr. Moses, very
much excited and leaning forward in his chair, "who
the republican candidate in 1908 is likely to be and if
|ie will win? I have used the Henry Clay cigar for
years and consider it an excellent smoke."
Here the statesman, vainly endeavoring to speak,
seemed to lose his grip on the seeress and faded away.
Several Indians took control demanding an issue
of beef rations. This broke up the interview and
Jtr. Moses gave up his dollar and left.
Later on when Mr. Clay finds out the* trend of
events a little better he will endeavor to get another
interview.
The Preston, Minn., Times is in hot water over a
I sensational article recently printed that ran as fol
klaws:
ft- "We all know where Henry was Saturday eve-
ning."
Other astounding exposures are promised.
Dr. Theodore H. or Thomas White is on trial at
Baltimore for using the mails to secure whatever
-surplus wealth of ours the Icemen of the United
(States overlook. Dr. White's stunt has been "life
readings," charms, love powders, wonderful roots and
a "Higher Correspondence on Hypnotism," telling
syou how secretly to do your neighbor and obtain
over him a wonderful control that will make him cower
in your presence or at the mere mention of your name.
You may get some idea of the magnitude of the
business when you learn that in one month 8,400
people, from Maine to California, each sent this man
la dollar and a lock of hair in order to obtain a "lifo
1 reading."' And every reading was identical. The
J-same reading was sent to every person who sent a
dollar, and a husband and his wife, both of whom
1 cent to Dr. White, were very much disgusted when
they each received the same reading.
Salmon, 18 cents a pound.
Crappies, 14 cents a pound.
I^Pike, 12% cents a pound.
Lake Superior whitefish, IS cents a
.pound.
New potatoes, 88 cents a peck.
Old potatoes, $1 a bushel,
Spaghetti, 25 cents a quart.
Bolls, 10 cents a dozen.
0 Bed cherries, 12% oents a quart.
Cherry PieLine a plate with pas
try, put in as many stoned cherries as
the pastry will conveniently hold, prob
ably about a pint, measured after ston
ing, sprinkle with half a teaspoonful,
scant measure, of salt, about two
thirds of a cup of sugar and two table
spoonfuls of flour. Dot with bits of
butter, a tablespoonful in all. Brush
the edge of the pastry with cold water.
Bake about forty minutes. Tart cher
ries make the best pies. A little lemon
juice improves a pie made with sweet
ish fruit.
Bhubarb FachonettesiSelect young
And tender stalks of rhubarb. Peel, if
4 FROM ELIZABETH LEE
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For a Spring Jacket.
Dear Madam: Gould you give me a
plan for a nobby spring jacket? I want
_rone that can be worn with anything,
0? are the full suits the only thing this
Spring? I was thinking of some light
colored material, such as a mixture of
pearl gray and green. My height is
|&tfeet 5% inches, age 20, bust measure
HSMW inches, waist 23, and hips 39. What
i color would best become a person of
j: my description? My hair is between
A light and dark brown, my eyes are a
jclear blue with heavy dark eyelashes
i-and eyebrows. My complexion is not
j^rery clear, but I have a good color.
j^It A Subscriber.
Dassel, Minn., March 20, 1906.
a my opinion covert doth makes
the smartest kind of a separate coat,
as this looks well with almost any
gown. If you decide upon a mixture
(.such as yon describe, then I should cer
tainly hay a whole suit. The skirt
-nd pony eoat model will become you,
f'jand if the coat is cut to eever the hips
find the material selected i& somewhat
neutral in tone, there could be no ob
jection to the coat being worn with
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EvenJnsr.
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Seventeen surpassingly beautiful typewriters were
kept busy by "Dr." White in conducting the corre
spondence incident to the business in love powders,
magic breastplates and dispensing diplomas conferring
the degree of Ph.D. on graduates, who had established
their title to that degree by paying for "Dr." White's
book, "Blessings for All Mankind."
What the Market Affords
bother than its own skirt, thus prowid-1 tents. 246 Hennepin avras.
needed, and cut the stalks into quar
ter-inch slices. Set over the fire and
heat quickly to the boiling point. Let
cook a moment, then drain, pressing
out the liquid. Over a pint of rhubarb
turn a cup of sugar, sifted several
times with half a teaspoonful of salt
and three level teaspoonfuls of flour.
Stir and cook till the mixture boils.
Then add a tablespoonful of lemon
juice or a grating of an orange rind
and the beaten yolk of one or two
eggs. Mix thoroly and set aside to be
come cold. Line small brownie or othei
tins with pastry. Fill these with tho
rhubarb mixture and set into the oven
to bake. Let cool a little, remove from
the tins, ""cover with meringue and re
turn to the oven to- cook the meringue.
MeringueBeat the whites of two
eggs until dry. Gradually beat in two
level teaspoonfuls of granulated sugar
and continue the beating until the
mixture is very stiff and glossy. Then
cut and fold in two level teaspoonfuls
of granulated sugar and flavor if de
sired.
ing one smart, up-to-date suit, and also
a light wrap for general wear. The
colors you speak of will become you,
an^a circular skirt, pleated down the
front and trimmed on the bottom with
folds of goods win be a good model.
The pony eoat will'show seams from
the shoulders (making it semi-fitting),
covered by bias strapping or fiber braid,
and a tuxedo collar of pale green broad
cloth strapped in with braid. The
closing will be a Httle to the side, by
means of fine cords passing over hand
some buttons. Strictly speaking, the
sleeves should be after the coat, model,
and, if the coat is intended for a sep
arate wrap also:, should advise the
long sleeves. A^iyway, I believe we
shall see sleeves to
THE UNINSTRUOTED DELEGATE
Hennepin's representative to the Duluth conven
tion seems to be a pretty "wise guy" for all that.
One occult stunt to produce a few of the choicer
of'fchese "blessings" is described in the book thus:
"Place an egg before the fire and watch it with
out uttering a sound until nightfall. Then the egg
will sweat blood, and when the words 'Abra cadabra*
are uttered a tempest will rise, and all the evil spirits
which were ever neard of since the world began will
appear.
You then command these spirits and they posi
tively sweat themselves doing whatever you desire.
The love charm is also known as the Adam and Eve
charm and the breast plates sold by the hypnotic col
lege were charged with "magic solar fluid." Do you
suppose this referred to beer? Probably not.
When the United States found out .what was going
on and how Dr. White was getting all his money, in
spite of the tariff, it was awfully mad and it sicked
its postoffice department on the doctor. The postoffiee
didn't do a thing but raid the college of higher hyp
notism and seize the love powders, breast plates, solar
fluid, a stock of big fat books called "History of
Magic Art, Hindoo Magic and Occultism" and some
stuff in tin boxes called "The Greatest Hair Restorer
on Earth." From this it is evident that the doctor
was also author the bald headed money.
So It seems that there are others besides the
packers and that our indefatigable government is on
their trail. This administration is certainly there to
administer, praise be! A. J. E.
DOCTORS IN 1600.
N ANTIQUARY read from a gray little book:
A Comb made of the right Horn of a Ram
cures the Headache if it be on the right Side of the
Head, being combed with it of the left Horn for the
left Side."
He smiled and resumed:
"The Cough is eas^ cured if the Party troubled
with it spit Xb.T&%jiT four Times into a Frog's Mouth,
but it must be into th^ liouth of the same Frog. You
can keep her alive in a little Water."
The antiquary's book was called "Culpeper's
School of Physick, or the Experimental Practice of
the Whole Art." Its author was Nicholas Oulpeper,
and the date of its publication 1623. For the volume,
which was a first edition, the antiquary's price
was $75.
He read from the book the following odd extracts:
"To draw Teeth without Pain, fill an earthen
Crucible full of Emmets or Ants (call them by whicli
Name you will), Eggs and all, and when you have
burned them keep the Ashes, with which if you touch
a tooth it will drop put.
"Mark where a Swine rubs himself, then cut off
a Piece of the Wood, and rub any swoln Part with it
and it will help it, with the Proviso, that where the
Hog rubs his head it helps the Swelling of the Head
and where the Neck, those of the Neck, etc.
"Shave the Crown of the Head of one that is sick
and lay upon the shaved Place Rhue stamped with
Oil of Roses, binding it on, and if the Party sneeze
within six Hours after he will live else not."
wrist by the
autumn, so that, *|8fce|ftl of your feel
ing out of date, -just imagine you are
wearing advance^ styl^,, that is, if
you decide upon th$ coat^sleeves. The
cuffs will match the collar, and, in the
ease of short sleeves, ^ha-^thent made*
leg o' mutton brought *^J^*^$M
You can wear black, cream/'pa^eylnlij
dark blue, gray, mauve, heliotrope^wtne
red, golden brown, pale pink, old ros^
dark green, if not sallow, and blue
gray. Elizabeth Lee.
You can exchange your dollars and
cents with H. O. Heal for awnings and
rl
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DANGERS IN FACE CREAMS
"If women knew the danger that
lurks in stale face creams they would
exercise more caution in the use of
these complexion aids," said a down
town druggist. "People who would
not think of employing rancid oil or
stale fats of any kind singly as an ap
plication, seem to lose all fear of the
same elements when they have been
melted together in the form of a toilet
preparation.
A cream, salve or ointment con
taining various oils and greases is al
lowed to remain on the dressing table
for a space varying all the way from
two months to a year to be applied at
regular intervals. Of course, the tem
perature of the average house is not
low enough to keep the preparation
long fresh in winter, while in summer
it will become unfit for use in a few
hours.
"You know what a disagreeable
flavor table oil takes on when kept long
in a warm room or closet.
"-Actnal cases of face cream poison
ing are by no means rare. The skin
absorbs the rahcid stuff with all its
germs, and the latter pass slowly but
surely into the blood. If there hap
pens to be an abrasion of the skin
where the stale cream is applied, bad
results are much more rapidly devel
oped. The proper place for all such
preparations is the refrigerator or
other cool spot where,^ perishable pro
visions are kept."
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BATH teABS
The invaluable bath bags are made
by filling a thick muslin or thin calico
bag with two-thirds of bran or oatmeal,
bits of soap and orris root, just to give
a sweet savor. Let this soak in the
water before entering the bath and
make a splendid lather all over the
skin. If you nse this o^ly two or three
times a week it will make the body
smooth. But each bag is good only
?twiee asing. Once sour it does more
harm than ^od. It is a great secret
.%&ile frehf There is a most delrght
j&ifl -oream^feBich works veritable won
ders if employed as soon as it is made
and never after it has been mixed mote
than a week or so. Blanch for the pur
pose four ounces of sweet almonds and
pound them until they are quite smooth,
add the yolks of three eggs and mix
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THEFMINNEAPOUS JOURNAL.
The Newspaper Reading Habit
IS not unusual to hear- some pne say with an
affectation of superiority that he never reads a
newspaper. The remark is Attributed to one of oiujr
well-known historians) an examination of whoso ad
mirable volumes will show that in order to write them
he had been compelled to make a careful jrtqdy of the
journals of the period of which he treats, *nd that he
relies upon them for many of the facts he makes use
of. Acoording to him, then, it is worth while to go
back nearly a hundred years, and pore over the col
umns of the dull and comparatively insignificant sheets
of the time,-in order to know and understand its his
tory but the much more comprehensive and interesting
papers of today, reflecting and chronicling contempor
ary history much more completely than they did theirs,
should be thrown contemptuously aside as unworthy
of attention. Many a man gives himself up to his
torioal study with a feeling that he is doing something
very scholarly and meritorious, who fails to realize
that we are living history every day, and are in the
very midst of one of its most fascinating and signifi
cant periods, and that every morning in any first
class newspaper he may see just how it is made.
In earlier days, before tho telegraph, it was recorded
in driblets. Nothing that happened more than forty
miles away was heard of the same day, and months
elapsed before events transpiring on the other side
of the globe became known. Now it is like a flash
light picture. The history of the world for twenty
four hours is thrown upon the white sheets. We can
see its main outlines almost at a glance, and possess
ourselves of all its details1
enment that has been knWn to any age of the world
Doubtless there is such a thing as the newspaper
habit, which comes to be a form of mental dissipation,
and tends to weaken the power of
closeeattention
prevent the sortto oy study and concentration which
leads tom intellectual growth. That should be avoided
VDa
da
a
sorbed in his occupation, or however much he may
pride himself on a culture that consists chiefly in
knowledge of bygone things, can afford, to neglect or
be ignorant of the marvelous daily record that is made
14 print of the time fn which, he lives,Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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LOFTY $dsiTION
t*T S HIS new Aero club," said Tete de Veau, "what
you would callera Bwell organization?"
*'Decidedly so,'' replied 'Oignon. Iter members
move in the very highest circles."
Elderly SpinsterYou know, doctor, I'jn always
thinking that a man is following me. Do yon think I
suffer from hallucinations?
DoctorAbsolutely certain you do, ma'am.Sketch.
Where Feminine Fancy Lights
would a custard, stirring all the time,
and remove as soon as it thickens then
add the perfume you prefer. Seal while
hot.
SUGGESTION FOB THE
SEWER
1 most toilitr preparations to use themlstole yoke and? jiftrrpw tacks* Jt Js.
hand .embroidered and finished with a
narrow German Valenciennes lace, but
thg same effect may be gainejj^ by "the
Use df machine embroidery nurehasablfi
at reasonable cost! For a soft'silk,
crepe de chine or organdie the design
will prove pleasing/ "For the medium
size the pattern ealis for 8% yards of
with fresh- milk or cream boil as you J[ 36-inch material"
jfc&'^twft.
it-
in half an hour. In one
country thousands of miles away a great battle is
fought before our very eyesj in another we watch the
changes leading up to a political crisis, and see spread
out before us the' condition and incidents that bring
it on. Somewhere else we listen to the discussion of
an international conference, and hang on every word
as the chances of peace or war seem to turn the scale.
Wonderful inventions, newjsocial movements, religious
changes, vast commercial growths and industrial de
velopments, philanthropic schemes', educational and
political revolutions, are wdven into the history of our
own time, the history whiei of. all others it behooves
us to know, and looking on we see each thread take
its place in the changeless picture as the loom of
destiny flashes back and forth around the world. His
tory for us, if we are awake, is not a narrative of
deeds long gone by, a musty tale of vanished kings and
crumbling ruins, but the daily chronicle of the life we
are living, vital, vivid and real, that we feel and are a
part of. It is this history which the daily papers
bring us, and while there is much in them of purely
local interest, much that is trivial and negligible, and
much that, perhaps, is not worth the time spent in
learning what it is, {he press, taken together, is 'the
greatest teacher, the most powerful means of enlight- 5
and
however much may be ab
HOME
There is an atmosphere of dainti
ness about the lingerie waist which
gives the wearer an appearance of be
ing well-dressed1'no
matter how un
pretentious the*Waist. It is an article
f dress which any woman may,fashion
and with as little/expense as desired.
A- blouse which is bi different if rent
the. usual assortment is always t.pf
greater style value.- The blouse^ shown
will be especially-pleasing for its deep
iife
Defective Page
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SOMEONEl
6702Sizes, 82 to 42 inches bust
measure.
Name Ko.. Street.
Town. list*.
Ellen E. Richards of. Boston gives
the following health rules:
Breathe with your mouth shut.
"Acquire the habit of taking long,
deep breaths.
''If you lack the opportunity to have
daily exercise in the open air, atone
for the deprivation in part by doing
something briskly for ten or fifteen
minutes to accelerate the actiort of the
heart and stimulate the circulation of
the blood.
"Educate your nose to detect the
general effect of dirt, the presence of
Bewer gas and of old food smellses
pecially if it is your lot to hunt board
ing houses.
"Use as little friction as possible in
doing your work."WfcttG Sat*****.
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SHAKSPERE IN OPERA.
The latest things In operation fn London town these days
Are playful little parodies on Mr Shakspere's plays.
They put on "Hamlet" with a ghost who does a song and
dance
And springs a moldy gag or two while all the chorus
chants,
And Hamlet, on beholding him, lifts up a lively clog
And says. "Is that you, father, dear, or just a London
fog?"
When old King Lear goes maundering across the can
vas lea
His graceless daughter winks and says: "Now, don't you
Lear at me1"
And Kent exclaims when thru the storm he hears his
monarch shout
"It's pretty windy, ain't it, king, to take those whis
kers out?"
And when his subjects hail the king the old man says,
complaining:
"Away with you' How dare you, knave, to hail when
am reigning?"
When dark Othello from the wars comes double shuffling
back
Iago says: *Tm scared of him because he looks so
black."
And Desdemonia's stifled while that villain calmly smokes,
Remarking philosophically the while: "I hope she
chokes"
And when Othello stabs himself lago, with a roar,
Shouts out: "There's always room where you- are bound
for just one Moorl"
When Gaesar gets the gleaming knives he's circled by a
bunch
Of showgirls, while lean Cassius mourns: 'Twae too
much Roman punch!"
Macbeth beholds the aged crones dance round their bub
bling pitch
And asks them with a grin of glee: "Now tell me w'lch
Js witch?"
They're turning crowds away, they say, and down by
Avon's wave,
It's said, the bard Js turning, too*e*s turning in his
grave. Montreal Star.
A CLINCHING ARGUMENT
HE Primrose Elegants Debating society, a colored
center of literary enlightenment in the borough of
the Bronx, New York, was engaged in a fierce mental
and vocal struggle with this time-honored questions
"If your mother and your wife was a struggling
in the water and you could save only one of them
which would it be?"
Finally a member closed the debate and silenced
the oppositing side by this clincher:- "If you lose*
your wife, Lord love us, how easy it is to get another
one! Just like picking dandelions in May.
"But if your mother goes where in the world are
you to get another?"
The judges decided without leaving their seats.
HE WISHED IT WERE TRUE
ft*
started a harsh story at the expense of
Interna Revenue Commissioner Yerkes. Its^pqint
was that Mr. Yerkes was trying to defeat the bill re
moving the revenue tax from denaturized alcohol be
cause he owns stock in the Standard Oil company.
Mr. Yerkes was asked about the matter. I hope
somebody will print that story," declared the revenue
commissioner. "If it gets around town that I own
stock in the Standard Oil company it will help my
credit/'
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PATTERN WO. 6702
UPON BBOBIPT OF 1,0c, THE PATTERN
DBPT. OF THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL
will end the abort-mentioned pattern, as
per directions given below. (Writ* the
name carefully.)
MeasurementWaist. Bust.
Age (If child's or miss' pattern)
CAUTION-Be careful to give correct
tfumber and slse of pattern wanted. When
the pattern Is bust measure 70a need only
mark 83, or whatever It mar be When
in "waist measure, 22, 21, 20 or whatever
Jt may be. When miss' or child's pattern
write only the figure representing the age.
It is not necessary to write "Inches" or
"years A fe days may be necessary to
get the particular pattern you want, so
don't be disappointed if it does not come by
return mail.
ELLEN E. BXOHABDB'
RULES
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HEAL' iT
ity of the
demonstra-
young
"The well-known ve
Russian women is forciU
'ted..in Miss Tchaykovsky/'a
Russian, who is assistant lecturer on
chemistry ,in a college in England. She
is very popular among the other girls,
and is clever both with her brains and
with her fingers, an unusual combina
tion. She is versatile in her guts, and
is sid to be "able to do anything from
I washing clothes to sondneiing aft, or
I chestra." rf-
Man is a mystery!
Excellent ladies there be who think
they can read him thru in one glance.
In fact, the popular theory is that,
while woman is a terrible perplexity, a
mysterious puzzle baffling the most
astute man to the end of his days, the
masculine nature is as simple as A, B,
C, and can be read by she who runs,
even tho a fool.
Now this is all wrong, as a little
close study of both species would show.
There are women whose natures are
no more deep and concealing than the
shallow waters of a noisy little brook.
Ton can see all there is to them in a
painfully short time. They hide noth
ing. And so there are men whose mo
tives and meanings are so deeply,
darkly mysterious that a disembodied
spirit couldn't fathom them, let alone
a flesh and blood woman.
This question of mystery is not a
question of man or woman. Man -is not
always the frankly open-faced instru
ment lie is credited with being, any
more than woman is invariably the be
witching, tantalizing will-o'-the-wisp
she ought to be.
As a matter of fact, the longer y6u
live with a man the more discoveries
you make about him, and the woman
who imagines she can get to the bot
tom of his mental makeup in one look,
or one day, Or even one year, has mucn
to learn. And this is true whether the
man in question is her husband, her
brother or father.
-She may superficially suppose, for
instance, that he refuses favors be*
cause he is grumpy and disagreeable,
but if she has the spirit of divination
she will come to discover that he re
fuses because he is asked when he is
hungry, or hurriedr or tired.
Also, she may come to observe that
his judgment is subtly influenced by
so small a tning as a rose in a woman's
hair.
likewise, ttaf^he will carry out a
.scheme tweefj&8)enthusiastically if he
thinks he iuggJested it himself
Also, that, however much he may
adore his infants, it htfrts him to have
to play second fiddle to them.
That he still has-atf eye for beauty,
and is personally gratified to have his
"women folk" carry on* the palm for
appearances.
That he will drive tacks in the car
pet twice as willingly if his sister, or
his mother, or his wife stands around
{to hand him the tacks.
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of Real Artistic Value
The Journal's Gibson picturesreproduced from the originals of "Life"-
^worthy of a place in any home. They are clear, distinct and reproduced on the
best enamel paper, fitted with a heavy, gray mat. These Gibson pictures are
not to be confused with the inferior reproductions given out free by many Sun-
day papers in different sections of the country.
How to Get The Journal Gibsons
Cot out the coupon in the half-page ad on Page 8 of the Editorial Section of
last Sunday's Journal. This coupon, with the nominal sum of 7 cents, when pre-
sented at the Journal counter will entitle the holder to one of these rare repro-
ductions, handled exclusively in the Northwest by The Journal. These Gibson
reproductions are far too valuable and heavy to send out in a Sunday paper.
Why She Didn't Get the Place"
Is the Gibson subject for this week. The man behind the paper ventured the
opinion that the pretty applicant would do, but the big, homely wife thought
otherwise.
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Curios and Oddities
Tts Passing Sterna ft*
A SHOWY BATHING TRIOS.
TT HE early bather, as he floated on the chilly billows.
1 had a cigar in his mouth. Two girls watched
him from the beach.
The man lay on his back, with folded arms, and
the smoke shot from his mouth in abundant clouds.
All of a sudden he gave a loud cry"Hi, smokin"
under water!"
And with the cigar between his lips he disap
peared. He was gone a couple of seconds. Then he
came up, and lo, the cigar was still lighted, still burn
ing freely. It smoked almost as well as before.
"Ain't I a wondert" the man called to the girls.
Afterwards he explained the trick to them.
"As I went under," he said, I shifted the cigar
unbeknownst to you I put the lighted end in my
mouth. Then, as I came up, I shifted it again. Thas
the cigar kept lit. I didn't burn myself because I
was careful. This is a very showy bathing trick. I
learned it from a professional life-saver."
A SPONGE FARM.
4*T KNOW of several sponge farms in the Mediter*
A ranean that pay well," said a druggist. "Th
sponge in the past was always gathered wild, like the
clam. It is only of ltte years that a tame or culti
vated sponge (a farm product like the oyster), api
peared.
"The world owes sponge farms and sponge farming
to Professor Oscar Schmidt, a Styrian. Schmidt, some
years ago, made a study of sponges. He selected a
good place in the bed of the sea, and, breaking off
pieces of living sponge, he planted them.
"The result was excellent. The planted sponges
grew as well, or better, than the wild. At a cost of
$45 Schmidt raised 4,000 sponges worth $1,000.
"Oysters are cultivated. Lobsters are cultivated.
Pearl-bearing oysters are cultivated. Sponges are
cultivated. Mark me. it won't be long before coral
and whales will be cultivatedbefore the sea, like the
land, will be owned and farmed by man."
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IN FLY TIME.
HE biologist brushed a fly out of his beard.
"It is early for these pests," he said. I wish w
could exterminate flies. They are as useless and as
harmful as snakes.
"And how prolific! From June to September the
average fly mother accumulates a family of 2,000,000
children. If all these children lived, the flies would
crowd mankind off the earth.
"But flies, as it fortunately happens, are particular
ly afflicted with microscopic parasites and with in
numerable sorts of germ diseases. These things kill
them off, and they are also killed off by birds and bats
and toads.
"An odd fact about flies is that they never sft
down.- They could if they wouldtheir hind legs
would fold under them like a dog's or a horse's. But,
no no sitting down for Mr. Fly. He comes into the
world on his feet, and on his feet he departs. Think
of it, not to sit down once from birth to death."
One man in six in the American navy is a total
abstainer.
Not Always So Easy as He Seems
By POLLY PENN
That he is most docile when most
flattered and most flattered by being
credited with virtues which he does not
possess.
That he is most devoted to the wife
who thinks herself as good as he is
and succeeds in making him see it.
That he is always a little better
than he might be as long as he thinks
that his wife believes that he is a
great deal better than he iswhich is
a complicated sentence, but one that
will be understood and confirmed by ths
initiated.
In short, there are many subtle ten
dencies of the masculine disposition
which only long and patient study
will disclose. You can't learn them in
a courtship. Not in a honeymoon.
Not muchl
It takes- a good long lifetime. And
even then the wise woman will go
about it with a velvet touch and a
wary eye for surprises, and in addition
to her microscope she will carry a lit
tle bit of rose-colored glass, which a
wise judgment will teach her when to
slip before her eyes.
TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEAS-
URES
Two tablespoonfuls liquid equal one
ounce. One tablespoonful salt equals
one ounce. One heaping tablespoon*
ful of brown or granulated sugar
equals one ounce. Two tablespoonfuls
powdered sugar equal one ounce. One
heaping tablejspoonful sifted flou*
equals one ounce. Three tablespoonfuls
grated chocolate equal one ounce. Pour
tablespoonfuls liquid equal one wine*
glass. Two wine-glasses equal one
gill. Twenty-five drops equal one tea
spoonful. One quart wheat flour equals
one pound. Ten ordinary eggs equal
one pound.The June Housekeeper.
INTERNATIONAL COOKS
An international" congress of cooks
has been TreH in Vienna, under the pat*
ronage of Grand Duchess Maria Josefa.
with the idea of showing the people of
Austria what improvements could bo
made in their diet with advantage to
their health and pocket. Each nation*
ality represented had a day to itself in
which characteristic dishes were cooked
and tested. At the end, prizes were
awarded for single dishes and samples
and the recipes from which they wsct
Bade were given to all visiton,
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