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w"Eye nature's walks, shoot folly as It files."
'Crowing Hen Caught in the Act at Glen Bidge, N. J.
ffe Astonishment of the BoosterHen's Olub Said to
Be in Process of Formation.
BOY ZEUBBLER, hen fancier of Glen Ridgo,r
N. J., thought that a strange rooster was
amongst his fowls. He counted the chickens
several times and looked around, but could see noth
ing unusual,
The trouble was that there were too many crows
i for the one rooster Zeubbler owned, these crows
sometimes coinciding in time or lapping over each
.other. The rooster also appeared excited and inter
ested and was always looking around for some other
fowl to lick, but discovering nothing. So Zeubbler
began to watch.
One day after the rooster had sung his score, the
other bird started in. The rooster and Zeubbler made
a quick run around the barn and there, caught in
the act and just recovering from the recoil of the
crow, was a bantam henf The rooster nearly fell
'over with surprise, and then held one claw in the
air meditatively as much as to say, "Well, ding.my
wattles, if that hen didn't do that."
Afterwards Zeubbler caught her in the middle of
a crow and all. doubt was removed. Since then she
ihas become the pround mother of nine chicks. She
'celebrated the event by crowing! lustily. Zeubbler
humorously .states that he thinks the bantam is now
!preparing to establish a hen's sorosis.
Last year Walter Freeman of Plainfleld, N. J., won
$3,500 automobile on a $1 raffle ticket at the
carnival. LastHweek
at a New York billiard
parlor Freeman was watching a game between sports
*n butted in with a remark that a certain shot could
iiot be made.
I will bet you $1,000 to $100 I make it,'* shouted
jjl&e New Yorker, flashing a fat roll in Freeman's face.
S?he money was put up and the shot' was missed.
'Jftgaeman took the money.
The next day he was going down Cortland street
|(wheal a Plainfleld friend met him. "Say, old man,"
|the Plain&elder Btammered, ''loan me $25. I'll be
honest with you, I'm going to play the races. I'll
Igive you half of what I wixu"
Freeman handed out $25. The next day he met
bis friend again with his face wreathed in smiles.i
jOut of one pocket he pulled $25, saying:*
This is what I borrowed from you yesterday.''
ijpntting his? hand into another pocket he drew forth
{ft wad of greenbacks, and counting out $600, said to
{Fxeemsn "Here, take this. That is half the profits
jjof yesterday's bet."
i Sometimes it just rolls in on folks and at other
Karnes the grocery bill becomes a burden.
Louis Carr, a trolley-car conductor, at Paterson,
AST. was jerking the bell cord and ringing up fair
nd Turfairs when somebody notified him that he was
heir to a legacy of $50,000, bequeathed to him by
his uncle, Robert Carr, who was a wealthy photo
graphic supply manufacturer in Basle, Switzerland,
find who died six months ago.
Carr is still pulling the rope for the corporation,
,nd says he will continue to do so until he gets a good,
dear sight of the wealth.
I In a can of pressed food sent out from Chicago
jBnd openedbut not with prayerat Roxbury, Va.,
was found a metallic dog license tag bearing the
ijnystie symbols, "No. 13,506, ChicagoR. F. C."
The Chicago News sent out numerous reporters to
discover something of the canine decedent. That
same number, 13,506, has been issued by the munici
pal authorities to twenty or thirty, possibly. Records
are kept of such licenses for four years back, and
these were investigated. Some of the dogs are still
alive and kicking one or two howled out at the re
porters their disgust at the report of their death
others are gone, the neighbors know not where, and
it may have been one of these that finally landed
down in "Virginia.
It is also possible that some packingtown employee,
angry at the "speeding up process" or with a per
verted sense of humor, slipped the tag into the can
to "get even," as far as may be, with his packer
friends.
It may safely be affirmed that the man who finds
a dog license tag in his canned beef is cured of the
habit for some time to come. The dispatch from
Virginia stated that no canned meat had been sold in
town since the incident had come to public notice.
[Why should people be so beastly particular?
A. J. R.
A PEN FOB PESSIMISTS.
HE famous novelist was being lionized at a picnic.
"But how," said a young girl, "do you ever get
yourself in the mood to write such bitterly pessimistic
books!"
I use," the novelist answered, a fountain
pen
It was then for the first time that she noticed the
^arge black stain on his left breast, around the pocket.
if iVeal steak, 20 cents a pound.
i Summer squashes, 5 and 10 cents
iftaeh.
Beet greens, 10* cents a peck.
Pimentos, 10 and 18 cents a bottle.
j! Fresh figs, 30 cents a dozen.
\\k Pineapples, 20 cents each.+
What the Market Affords
[Veal is not often prepared in Span-
jish balk, which will be found very
good. Remove skin, bone and waste
from enough veal to yield one pound
'and a half (two pounds of veal steak
Will give this quantity), and chop the
,veal with one-fourth a pound of fat
salt pork or bacon. Rub over an earth
en mixing bowl with a crushed clove
of garlic, put in the chopped meat, one
eup of fine breadcrumbs from the cen
ter of a stale loaf, two unbeaten eggs,
j-a teaspoonful of salt, a dash, each, of
paprika and celery salt, a level tea
I spoonful of sugar, and a little flne
hopped parsley. Mix the whole to-
gether thorouly, then form into balls.
Roll these in flour to coat them light
ly, then set into a frying basket, and
plunge into, a kettle of hot fat. Let
cook about two minutes, just long
enough' to coagulate the outside and
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FROM ELIZABETH LEE
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For a School Girl.
Dear Miss Lee: I am 14 years old,
5 feet 1 inch tall, 30 inches bust meas
ure, waist 21 inches. I have brown
hair, gray eyes and clear complexion.
I have four yards of goods, 36 inches
wide, like the sample enclosed, to make
a suit and would like to have you give
me some advice as how to make it. I
would like to. have it made so I could
wear, the skirt for best with waists
and the jacket for cool days and even
ings. Also," how long should I wear my
dresses?,. Please answer^ as 'soon as pos
sible "y::.
'M.
Crystal Falls, Mich.
I am,afraid that you will find four
yards a very short length for a
whole suit, unless you have a corselet
skirt and a tiny bolero, and ,even then
i I doubt whether it eould be managed.
My advice, would be a nice full skirt
i and a skeleton or bib bodice to be worn
i with pretty waists and a sepatate coat
for which plain brown should be pur
\T~ehaeed. I am afraid if yon attempt the
y^whole suit the effect will be -skimpy
looking. I should have a skirt in five
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keep the balls in shape. Drain on soft
paper. Have ready, very hot, tomatoes,
stewed, and three or four thickened
with a level tablespoonful of "flour
mixed with half a cup of cold water
add a palatable seasoning of celery salt
and paprika, then drop in the balls,
one by one, cover, and let simmer
twenty minutes. .Serve in the, tomatoes
poured onto a pjatter, with,a,-Sprig of,
parsley in the top of each ball.'
Pineapples will be found to.have a
positive value in shortcake. Sift to
gether one quart of flour, one teaspoon
ful of salt, three teaspoons of .baking
powder, add two-thirds of a cup of but
ter, work it lightly thru and wet with
oold milk as soft as can be handled.
Roll it, spread with melted butter and
bake to a light golden brown. Lift
off the top layer, spread it with butter
and put the pineapple, which has been
sliced in small pieces and cooked for a
few minutes, with a little Bugar, be
tween" the two layers and on the top.
Whip a piut of rich cream with a table
spoon of powdered sugar and heap it
on the "fruit.
Fresh figs add another fruit to the
season's list and' it is a welcome addi
tion. ,LV
gores showing a boxpleat on eaeh
seam stitched down oyer the hips and
the. bottom finished .with a deep hem.
The bodice is just a bib-like pieoe, cut
out to the bust in a deep Touhd, and
away under the arms, leaving only an
inch or two of bodice under the arms
and just straps on the shoulders.. These
should lap one over the other and but
ton down, and all edges be finished-with
a bias strapping of the goods. Make
three small boxpleats on the fronts,
pointing one end of each, which will
be held down to the bias band finishing
the neck with a button, the other end,
of course, being taken in with the belt.,
Nowj if you will wear. a.dainty lingerie
waist or a blouse of'^-oale bliie "thjna
silk, siinply made, -y^ar^ tojlet 'will, be
very pretty. Then, i|"'ybu Ijriflh a coat,
get brown serge and^makfe:-it an pony
style, trimming with-.brafd^ I *m sure
you will find this more satisfactory in
the end. i vT^"
Your skirts'should'feach .".witnin, fbu*
or five inches of your shoe-tops.-
V-Elizabetti Lee/
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IN THE CITY WATER
It doesn't take a microscope to discover these in
the water supply near Hall's Island.
TOO HUMBLE A HUSBAND.
If chamois skin is wrung., out' of
soapy water without rinsing it will be
WOMAN looked u^ with a laugh from a heavy
volume she was reading.^
"Now I know," she said, "why Queen Victoria,
was so fond of the prince consort. This husband did
not merely regard his wife as his equal: he regarded,
her as immeasurably, his superior, saying that it w**r
.Jhis duty to sink 1 own individual existence in her*
Listen to this letter that Prince Albert wrote to .the
duke of Wellington. Here,is a champion of woman's
rights, indeed. Don't you think, tho, it is going too
far for a man to humble himself so low as this?"
She then read from her book in a sarcastic, voice:
"My Dear Duke: In the question whether it is
advisable that I should take command of the army,
I have oome to the conclusion that my decision- ought
entirely to be guided by the consideration whether it
would interfere with or assist my position of consort
to the sovereign. This position is a most peculiar and
delicate one. Whilst a female sovereign has a great
many disadvantages in comparison with a king, yet
if she is married, and her husband understands and
does his duty, her position, on tl.e other hand, has
many compensatory advantages, and in the long run
will be found to be stronger even that that of tho
male sovereign.,, But this requires that the husband
should entirely sink his own individual existence In
that of his wife, and that he should aim at no power',
by himself or for himself, being content to be the hus
band of the queen, the private secretary of the sover
eign, and the tutor of the royal children."
TRADES THAT SHOULD BE SHUNNED.
44C VERY trade has its peculiar disease." said Lecoq
Ct the detective. "Thus a criminal's malady will
often afford a valuable clue to his identity.
"Blacksmiths are liable to paralysis of the right
side, due to the shock of hammering with the sledge,
and they are also liable to weak eyes, due to the glare
of the forge.
"Carpenters are liable to varicose veins because
they stand so much, and continuous sawing tends to
injure the artery that carries the .blood from the
heart to the carpenter 'sr right arm.
"Bakers and miners/the one thru the wfirte dust
of flour and the other thru, the.black dust of coal,
get weak lungs. Miners get weak eyes, too, from
working always, in the dark.
"Coopers ge$ swollen knees from pressing them
against barrel^. Tjiis, tho, is, nothing like so bad a
swelling as housemaids (jSYgjQP. from the kneeling that
scrubbing entails.
India rubber workers are to be pitied, for they
suffer from headaches and mental depression, due to
the rubber fumes.
"Painters are %)xe most unfortunate of all. They
get lead poisoning, a disease that is often fatal. Show
me a healthy painter, and I'lj give you a $2 bill."
WHY SHE SHRANK.'
."THERE were tears in his large eyes!'
1 "Why be said, reproachfully, "do you
tremble at my touch? Why do you shrink from my
embrace, even as the woodland fawn starts and trem
bles at the rustle of a birch leaff"
"It's this openwork dress," she answered. "I'm
sunburnt in patches thru it till I'm that sore."
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BOOT AND SHOE TIPS
When a Shoe Is Tight.A shoe that
is uncomfortable from pinching may be
eased by laying a cloth wet in hot
water across the place where it pinches,
changing it as it grows cooler a num
ber, of times. This will cause -the
leather to shape itself to the foot.
-For Muddy' Shoes.Vaseline ias a
^preservative for new Shoes which have
become wet and muddy is excellent.
First rub the shoes well with a soft
cloth and then remove all the mud.
Saturate- a cloth with vaseline and rub
well into the shoes stuff the shoes into
shape and let them rest for a day,
then give them another dressing and
rubbing, and they will appear as good
as new.
Keep the Ankles Warm.Doctors
say that unprotected ankles are respon
sible for many of the illnesses from
which women suffer, a very large pro
portion of which, have their origin in
what is termed "just an ordinary
cold." These ordinary colds would be
much, less prevalent if only women
.could be persuaded of the extreme folly
of wearing low shoes in cold or wet
weather. There is .but little risk of
taking cold in the. most
weather during the. walks if the feet
and ankles be well protected. Either
stout boots should be worn, coming well
over ihe ankle, or else gaiters in addi
tion to 'thick shoes.
AMONG THE WOMEN
Mrs. Lavinia -H. Foy, who invented
the-corset, died' the other day in New
Haven,.. Conn., aged 93. She was known
as Mme, Foy, and gave lectures 'on
beauty. She accumulated by her own
industry ah. estate of several millions.
..Mrs. JolarWischmeyer christened, the
flfrst shaft
'6%. the.silver and lead mines
which sfie discovered .at Oxford, Masav
while going abput the Goddawbiarm.
She has a natural- UHng- for collecting
geological specimens, but was somewhat
surptfsed to .find silver ihere-^the Chi
cago mining expert declaring that i is
at preiteftV paying $55 a ton.
Mrs Pike*'-an aged seamsjtress 6t
London^ who is now an inmate=of the,
Windsor *yjkhouse, made King Bd
ward'a -first waistcoat, and she remem
bers it as well as if she had made ii
a week go It was of velvet, with
beautiful silver buttons and its wearer,
i she recollects, was then a handsome
soft and flexible when dry, instead of she recollects was then a
iffi* was*.,, llitfle J*| in Jril** A^OT i dearth tf]day it 3sliae ettor'rf
THE MENHSTEAPOI^ JOURNAL. ^j-ir.
New York
Eress.y ARRJLCK used'.tov say that onl sudden death or
*v serious iilnesB excused.! a man from keeping a
dinner, engagement? 'or other appointment. To
keep" a dinner party waiting was little short of crim
inal.
That was before Carrick, married and long before
there was a Carrick, Jr. Nqw.he has his own private
house up on Washington Heights.
He may think the same way now, but he is too
wise a man or too much in love with his wife to say
it out loud.
Something like this explains why he and Mrs.
Carrick were distressfully late when they dined at
the house of the Kensingtons last week. It could
not be otherwise when it took them half an hour to
get away from their home.
First Mrs. Carrick kissed the babythis time
really to be the lastasleep in his crib. Then she
went back and kissed him again. She now ascertained
that the back and cellar doors were locked and all the
windows. He had carefully attended to this matter,
but she was afraid one might have been missed. Then
she tried all the gas jets with lighted matches to
make sure the gas was not escaping anywhere, and
*KiEDi:h
SZ3 ,JT,sJ
warned" the maid'about the stopcocks the gas
stove. She' explained to Bridget the use of the fire
alarm, burglar alarm and *the policeman's whistle.
The cat appearing just then, received his belated sup
per, the dog was stationed on guard in the front room,
and a newspaper wrapped around the canary's cage.
This much accomplished^She said she thought she
was ready. She looked the inside door and tried that.
Then she unlocked the outside door in order to try
the inside door again to make perfectly sure. Then
she locked the outside door once more and they finally
got a start.
When they had gone two blocks and Carrick had
begun to congratulate himself that they really were
en route at last, she eame to a sudden standstill:
"Jack," she said, ''I must go back for just a
second. I forgot to tell Bridget not to wake baby
unless he wakes himself.
WATEB FROM JORDANITS USE AND PRICE,
tt DOTTLES of Jordan water," Baid a Baptist, "can
usually be bought at ecclesiastical supply shops.
The price is about $5 a quart.
**J*waB baptized in the-RiveT Jordan. Few men
can claim that honor, tho every royal child born in
Europe for several hundreds of years has been christ
ened with water from the holy river.
"Whenever a royal christening is expected, word
is sent to the Holy Land, and a bottle of Jordan water
is dispatched to the clergyman- who is to officiate.
"The German emperor ever since his accession has
kept a cask of Jordan water-in his cellar for christ
ening purposes.
"Every now and then ah American baby is christ
ened with Jordan water. In-the Vanderbilt family a
number of these christenings-have, occurred. There
"are perhaps several hundred bottles of Jordan water
In this country now*"
Jean Oharet, a boy of 11, ascended Mont Blanc
last summer.
Sectors
A
her-late majesty bad times obliged Mrs trays slant just right it is the color of
Pike to take refuge in the workhouse, happiness and it is the beauty color.
Mrs. Wjlson and Miss Spencer, pros
in the Mohave desert, southern
alifornia, have made a valuable dis
cevory. They had lighted a fire in a
creek, when a dense smoke arose which
showed the presence of asphaltum de
posits to a considerable extent. Di
rectly the'news became known there'
was a' ruih to, occupy, the, land.
THE WOMAN IN PINK
The woman who is pink this year
is the woman who will be admired.
Your cheeks must ,be a bright pink
your flesh must be a faint pink the
palms of, your hands must be a ripe
pink, and your UpS must bev
inclement [the hammock she has a bunch of' pink
blossoms, and for afternoons she is a
dream in spicy-smelling carnations.
It may be that she is French in her
tendencies, and in that case she wears
a black gown with a touch of pink
somewhere. Pink and black are ef
fective. They are the kissable colors.
One is pathetic, the other is tender, and
the combination of the two is irresist
ible.
Then pink is the youthful color. A
woman dressed in pink, even tho it be a
pink wrapper, never looks old. Pink
gives her that youthful touch which
she wants.
It. is .the color of babies. Babies are
a soft delicate .jink, and somehow the
woman, in pinkv looks babyish. Even
tho^she be .60, and as ugly as sin, there
jis something babyish, about her if she
puts on pink."
Pink is the becoming color. It is the
color of baeltgrbunds. The, painter sur
,roundVhV s^terl with a pinkish halo
and the decorator, if he knows his busi
ness, wiU wori^a little pink into the
draperies.
Blue is poTralaty'but it is cold com
pared. ***$& piafc.
Piak is this boudoir color it is the
color of the atmosphere on a pleasant
cherry
pink. They mus^ be so deep a pink
that.if they were any pinker they
would'be red.
That is the/beginning of the list of
necessary pinks of the year, but there
are many others*
When the up-to-date woman dresses
herself she pins a bunch of pink flow
ers in. her,corsagey when she goes out
she wears pink roses when she rests in
SOME HOPE FOB HIM.
The GeniusDo you think there is any chance that
I shall ever become a contributor to your paper?
The EditorYou may. I shan't live forever.
A MODEL SALESMAN.
MILLIONAIRE shovelmaker, as he sat in the
smoking-room of an Atlantic liner, said:
I have been over to England trying to sell shovels
to the British government. I failed. I didn't sell a
shovel. And a dead man named Jones was the cause
of my failure.
"Jones was alive, very much alive, during the bat
tle of Waterloo. He sat on horseback near Welling
ton's tent. Wellington, seeing him there in civilian's
dress, said angrily:
'Who are you?'
'I am a shovel salesman,' said Jones, 'and I
came here from Brussels to see the battle.'
'Now you are here,' said Wellington, 'are you
willing to carry a message for me to one of my gener
als? It will be a dangerous errand, but just now I
have no one else to send.'
'I'11 .carry your message,' said Jones, 'and as for
danger, one part of this battlefield is no more danger
ous than another part today.'
"So Wellington gave him the message, and Jones
delivered it, but failed to return. The duke thought
him slain, but one day, eight or nine years later, a
man accosted the duke in London.
'Do you remember me!' he said.
'I do,' said Wellington, shaking the man's hand
warmly. 'You saved two regiments of mine by the
delivery of that message. Why didn't you return to
me!'
"Jones said his horse had been killed by a cannon
ball as he was returning, and he himself had been shot
in the side, but not badlya few days abed had
brought him around.
'Well,' said the duke, 'what can I do for you!'
'I am a partner in that shovel house of ours
now,' said Jones. 'The firm name is Smith, Jenkins
& Jones. And I'd like to get a government contract.'
"He got it the millionaire ended sadly. "From
that day to this all the shovels used in the British
army and navy have been supplied by the house of
Smith, Jenkins & Jones. I wasted my time trying to
compete with that firm."
A SCENE THAT FAILED.
44VOUR most cherished effects," said David Belasco,
apropos of playwriting, "are too often the ones
that fan most dismally. It is like the tale of the
young Lothario.
A youth, poor but vain, was starting on a rail
way journey with a friend. Two very pretty girls
appeared, and the youth said to his companion, who
was dressed less carefully than himself:
'Don't you sit with me, Bill. You sit in the
smoker, and I'll sit near these girls. And I'll tell vou
what you might do for me, if you would. Just before
the train starts, come up to me, and take off your hat
and say: I have wired for the automobile to meet
you at the station, sir, and the yacht will be in com
mission by tomorrow afternoon. Any further orders,
Mr. Vanderbilt?" Do this for me, will you, Bill!'
"Bill promised, and the youth got on the train,
chose a seat behind the pretty girls, and watted for
the wonderful and dramatic scene that was to come.
"What came was this. Bill, just before the train
pulled out, ran to his friend's car, and shouted thru
the window at the top of his lungs:
'Tell yer boss to be sure to have both them pairs
of shoes mended by Saturday.'
Leaden tobacco boxes are apt to cause lead colic
and paralysis, the metal impregnating the tobacco
with acetate of lead.
LABOBEB'S WIFE AT COURT
For the first time, probably, in the
history of the court of St. James, a
woman has been presented who is dis
tinctly not in society a woman who is
not above keeping house herself and
does not mind being seen sweeping the
dust fTom her front doorstep.
The lady thus presented is Mrs. John
Burns, wife of the labor member of the
British cabinet. The haughty duchess
es, English and American, stared when
they learned her identity after her
name had been given to the king and
queen. Their majesties were unusually
gracious to the woman from the unaris
tocratic* section of London called Bat
tersea.
Mrs. Burns' manner was above .criti
cism. She is pretty and was dressed
becomingly and properly. Like her
husband, she was not at all awed by
the plendors of this gathering of Eng
lish aristocracy and American heiress
es, titled and untitled.
Unlike the other ladies presented at
this court, Mrs. Burns wor no jewels.
Mrs. Burns is her own housekeeper.
She probably was the only woman in
all the glittering throng capable of
cooking a dinner for her husband.
A very amusing correspondence
passed between Lady Haversham, a
new peeress, formerly known as Lady
Hayter, a well-known society woman
and "lion-hunter," and Mrs. Burns.,
John Burns has, of course, been feted
a great deal, but' it was only when
Mrs. Burns appeared at court for the
first time, looking very sweet in a gray
dress, that his wife attracted any at
tention-'at all. Lady- Haversham, who
has the idea of becoming a liberal
hostess, wrote a note' to Mrs. Burns to
her humble home in Battereea, as fol
lows:
"Dear,Mrs. Burns: I should be glad
if you would come to my 'at horde.'
You wiH excuse my not calling on you,
but I find Battersea is such a long way
from Grosveiior square."
To .which Mrs. Burns promptly re
plied:
"Dear Lady Haversham: I have been
studying the map and find that Gros
venor square is exactly the same dis
tance from Battersea that Battersea. is
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During the summer outingS you will
often find your pleasure interrupted by
the attack of mosquitoes and gnats. No
matter how you try to protect yourself
with veils and gloves, smudge aijd
smoke, these blood-thirsty little demons
will devour you and your life is made
most miserable,. Since it is almost im
possible to be immune from these at
tacks it is well to provide yourself with
a cure to use at once. If you are wise
you will always carry in your pocket a
vial tightly corked containing ammonia
or witch hazel. Pure ammonia rubbed
on the bite will neutralize the poison
and prevent swelling. Arnica is anoth
er, remedy to allay inflammation. In
riding thru a country infested with
these insects you will find it much
more comfortable to have either one
of these articles with you, and when
you return your face will not look as if
you had a sudden attack of the measles.
Another most excellent remedy which
will often prevent the attacks is fifty
drops of corbolic acid to one ounce of
glycerine, if the bites are lightly
touched with this they will almost in
stantly disappear. Bicorbonate of soda
made into a paste with water and
bound on a sting from a bee will cure
it in a few minutes.
Those having a delicate skin are
often covered with a heat rash or
prickly heat, children particularly suf
fer from it. A very soothing and heal
ing lotion is found in this: Glycerine,
one ounce Bosemary water, half
ounce carbolic acid, twenty drops.
Hives or nettle rash is. a most unpleas
ant affliction, the result often of a tem
porary derangement of the stomach by
eating food containing too much acid.
The digestion should be gotten back to
its normal condition and this lotion
used several times a day on the affected
parts: Powdered borax, half ounce
glycerine, one ounce camphor water,
one quart,
Excessive perspiration causes a most
Uncomfortable condition Ifiat of
chafing. Bathe with warm water and
castile soap, add a few drops* of car
bolic acid to the water dry very gent
ly with a soft towel dust with a car
bolated powder or a powdered starch.
This treatment you will find to give
rnneh relief. When there is excessive
perspiration perfect cleanliness, should
be observed, otherwise unpleasant odors
may arise, and often when perfect care
has TteemapA will make itself mani-
A String of Good Stories
"I cannot tell how the truth may be
I say the tale as 'twas told to me."
WASTED SYMPATHY.
AUGUSTUS HEINLE, at a dinner in Butte, praised
a western orator.
"At the start," said Mr. Heinze, "this man se
cures the sympathy of his audience. To secure sympa
thy at the start is very often the secret of success.
"There was, for instance, a distracted fellow who
entered a grocer's shop and said:
'I believe I am an injured husband, sir, and I
desire to verify my suspicions by watching a house in
the next street. But I can only do this safely from the
rear of your shop. Will you be good enough to ,let me
sit by the open window there for half an hour?'
"The grocer, patting the man's shoulder in kindly
fashion, said:
'To be sure, my friend. Make yourself at home.
And good luck to you.'
"Some time passed. Then the jealous husband
rushed thru the shop, rolling his eyes and muttering:
'I'll kill her! I'll go home and get the gun and
kill her now.'
'Your wife!' said the grocer.
*Yes,' groaned the man. 'My false wife, my
adored May. I cannot doubt her guilt, and before
sundown I shall be a murderer.'
"The grocer tried to detain him, but he got away.
Nothing happened in the way of murder for an hour
or more, and then a little disappointed and suspicious,
the grocer made an investigation in the back of his
shop, to find that there had been passed out thru the
open window three tubs of butter, a crate of eggs, two
bags of flour and a dozen hams."
A GBACEFUL REBUKE.
B. OMORI, professor of seismology at the Univer
sity of Tokio, told one day in San Francisco, dur
ing his study of the earthquake there, an interesting
anecdote about a graceful rebuke.
"The favorite horse of the Chinese Emperor Tsi,"
said Dr. Omori, "died thru negligence on the part of
the royal master of the horse. The emperor was so
enraged at this that he drew- his sword, and would
have run the careless functionary thru the body.
"But the learned mandarin, Yent-Se, struck up the
emperor's sword, saying:
".'Sire, this man has not yet been,formally ac
cused of any crime. He deserves to die, but his ac
cusation should come first* It is the law.'
'Well,' said the emperor, 'tell him what he has
done.'
'Listen, you rogue,' said the mandarin, turning
to-the trembling master of the horse, 'listen to a cata
log of your heinous offenses. In the first place, you
have allowed a horse to perish that his majesty had en
trusted to your care. In the second place, it is on
your account that the emperor became so exabperated
that he was about to slay you with his own hand.
Finally, thru your fault, our sovereign was actually
on the point of disgracing himself in all his people
eyes by killing a man for the sake of a horse.'
'Enough,' said the emperor, appreciating the re
buke. 'Let him go. He is pardoned.'
THE MISEB OF LOBETTO.
CHARLEdescribing
S M. SCHWAB, in a studio in New York,
was a very mean dealer in picture*
who had tried to cheat him.
"For meanness," said Mr. Schwab, I can only
compare the man with a Loretto miser. To show this
miser's meanness many stories, more or less true, are
told of him. For instance:
"It is said that the miser once lost near Loretto a
pocketbook containing $1,000.
"The pocketbook was found after some days by a
poor farm hand, and he, as soon as he discovered the
name of the owner, returned it.
"The miser, on getting back his money, counted it
again and again, and the oftener he counted it, the
blacker became his scowl.
'What's the matter!' said the farmhand anxious
ly. 'Isn't it all right!'
'Right! No,' growled the miser 'Where's
the interest!'
COUNTRY SHOPPING.
R. HENRY VAN DYKE, the author of "Fisher
man's Luck" and many other charming books, is
fond of the wilds.
"Give me for vacation,'* he said one day at
Princeton, a trout country where the nearest town
j|s ten miles away, and where this town, when you
visit it, is so primitive that the storekeeper will say
to you:
'No, sir them two articles I dont keep but
the clams, I reckon, ye kin find at the postoffiee, an'
the onions ye kin git at the barber's acrost the
way.'
HOW GOULD SHE?
44l""\ID you not tell me," the count whispered,
vour father had an automobile factory?"
"Yes," said the belle of Altoona, "and a motor
cycle plant, and" twelve dozen repair shops."
"Oh," he cried passionately, "and you can still
doubt my love?"
How to Treat Temporary Blemishes
By ELEANOR MORRIS.
H.*-
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'that
fest. In this ease dust the body with
powdered borax and it will destroy the
slightest odor. A lotion which can "be
used to check excessive perspiration
by bathing the body with it very liber
ally is made from, water, eight ounces
lump ammonia, one ounce powdered
tannin, half ounce. As it often hap
pens that pleasures of the evening may
be interf erred with by the accidents of
the day it is advisable for every mother
to keep the above reminders on hand.
FOTJB BULBS FOE LIVING
FirstBreathe at all times the open
air as much as possible, without con
traction of the chest and abdomen by
clothing.
Second-Drink freely of cool water
whenever thirst is present, except witk
meals, and no other liquid at any time.
ThirdSleep at regular hours with
the stomach entirely empty.
FourthEat only when hungry, and
never within four hours previous to
or after a night's sleep, with no lunches
or nibblings except as a part of the
regular meal.
All persons who adopt these four
rules for their guidance will find that
if they are now in good health, they
will continue so if they are suffering
form any curable, diseased condition,
relief will soon show itself and in a
short time will become so manifest as
to convince the most skeptical that
they are on the road to physical hap
piness.
DONT'S FOB BUSINESS GIRLS
Don't be late to your work and then
expect consideration because you are a
young lady.
Don't expect to be treated as if yon
were in society. You are probably do
ing the work that was done formerly
by a man, and if in small ways you are
not considered as much as you are at
home, remember that you are in busi
ness.
Don't have your friends come in to
see you during business hours.
Don't let your friends ring yoa up
at the office, even in the lunch hour.
Dont complain constantly about
your work. If your work is not congen
ial to you, make up your mind to get
some other employment, but dont
whine. That never helped anyone. '?Jj
Hot bread may be cut as easily
cold if tiis knife is heated before
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