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SCIENCE NOTES. . Two processes, dependent upon the A Dry Salt Bath. That salt possesses tonlo qualities l( well known, Imt It tins remained for woman sufferer from nervous pros tratlon to une a diy sea salt rub wltb beneficial results. She soaks a coarse wash cloth In a strong solution ot the aoa salt, then dries It After her cold bath of a morning she wipes off the moisture with a towel, then rubs with tlie salty wash cloth till her skin Is In a glow. She s.iya she has found this to be far moro Invigorating than the more usual hath In salt water, ' Seasonable Neckwear. It does not seem possible for neck wear to roach a higher beauty mark than It has arrived at this season. The new confections from Tarts are so rarely rnd exquiBltely lovely, says the Philadelphia Bulletin, both In color and desugn, that they seem better Btted for the glass cases where they are shown than for the neck of even the fairest of women. One of tho new things Just unpacked Is a deep collar and cuff set of soft white kid bordere.1 with a rich run ning vine In pink and blue. This bor der looks like embroidery, but U Is really tho flnost kind of ribbon work, each flower petal a delicate bit of quilled and pMffed silk. This same ribbon embroidery dec orates the newest thing In circular collars. The groundwork Is a bit of One yellowish lace, wrought all over; In one collar, with a tiny lavender vine and leaves, and In another with min ute and blue pompadour roses. The delicate benuty of these lovely bits of neckwear Is beyond description. The Ring at a Symbol. ' Every Jewel that woman wears has some plea of use or ornament for Its existence, except her ring. That alone Is emblematic. Its shape typifies eternity the everlasting circle. Signs ot marriage, troth and mem , ory of the dead all are worn on the fingers. Tokens merely, yet even In these modern days revered almost as charms. Possessing such a scope for the dis play of imagination, It is disappoint ing how commonplace for the most part rings are. Of late, though, there Is observable an increasing significance In the wear ing of them that promises to develop. Instead of only glitter and display, historic value and delicacy of work manship are beginning to be consid ered. Those, too, who have a name flow er, or have adopted a bird or other algn as emblematic, are having In tagllos cut wherewith to Impress the waxen seal on any packet they wish to extra secure. Stone of birth months, and gems credited with occult virtues, as the turquoise against contagion and the ruby against poison, are also being affected by the fashionable. Even the old posy short for "poesy" graven In the ring's Inner aide, shows signs of revival. "Cutler's poetry," Shakespeare calls It "Desire, like fire, doth still aspire and other favorite jingles of the Elizabethan may have their 20th cen tury editions less picturesque, but aentlments have not so greatly al tared, and It seems a pity for such a fair field for pretty fantasy to be left unexplolted. Philadelphia Inquirer. . Changes In 8hoes. The shoemakers are not by any meaus behind In the fashion proces- alon and they are showing new shapes for wear with the tailor made walking and street costumes, says the Phila delphia Evening Bulletin. By com mon consent the colored shoe Is re tired, although some tans, principally In the darker tints, are on view to meet a possible demand. The rage for tho golden tinted shoe was one , that speedily ran Itself out. It was too pectacular and savored too much of stagy dressing to please the Conner- vat I ve; and besidos It undoubtedly did Increase the apparent size of the foot, The glossy black shoe Is the one that la most ahown In the new designs, There are the patent kid, patent colt and japanned leather; all of them oft and glossy, and the dealer will quite unlike our patent leather expert enees warrant them not . to crack ,. within a reasonable time, The arch beneath the Instep la much more ac centuated In the new models. Indeed It would look as though the flat-footed woman' will find it hard to suit herself. But tnen, what woman would ever confess to being flat-footed? The toea are more pointed, and the heels well, there la every possible . also In heels the military, the Cuban ad the French. I-aced boots are high r and the button boota follow suit. But In the Oxfords the three-button model la the loader. This comes both with a hand-sewed and welted sole and In the turned thin sole. There seema to be a waning of the fad for broad ribbon on the shoes, while the lacings arc growing wider and will doubtless take their place. Fashionable Woman. The fashionable type of woman changes almost as much as do her gowns one year It Is the bottla neck i : and ahoulders that are considered de sirable; the next year square shoul ders are ine vogue, wen aennau nips OM aeaaon are deemed ao csaentlal that dressmakers pad their slim cus tomers to give them the curved Una that they admire; and not long after. rd the lino from the waist Is only the thing when It Is perfectly straight Red haired women are the fashion one j year, black haired beauties the next. golden haired the third, and so on. Every nice looking woman seems to have her Innings it she only waits long enough. It is rather hard, however, on the woman who goes out of fashion. If er clothes are no longer In the mode she can give them away, and get oth ers, but she cannot make over herself, and her only chance Is to wait until the wheel of fashion makes another revolution. It Is very much the same thing with characteristics, although thoy, of course, may, and very often are changed to suit the requirements of the day. For several years the ath letic girl had It all her own way. She began by being very much admired; then she grew rather too Independent and mannish, and her stock began to decline, until a decided reaction set In. People began to have sweet mem ories of the "girl" piazza girl, with her curls and ribbons and diaphanous mus lins. Coquettes felt that their day was again at hand, and started In with their "little ways" and pretty clothes. armed for conquest, while their ath letic sisters, puzzled but not disheart ened by the desertion ot their male companions, solaced themselves not unsuccessfully with one another. But the 1830 woman and her clothes bid fair to have only a short reign. Al ready her novelty Is waning. She Is rather too sweet to modern Ideas a little cloying. So now everyone Is asking, "What next?" That some thing Interesting will evolve there la never a doubt. New York Tribune. When a Qirl Is Engaged. The wise girl needs no advice aa to hoW she shall bear herself during the period of her engagement There la no danger that she will not take it seriously. The risk In her case Is that she will be so much burdened down with her new duties that she will lose sight of the lighter and more pleasur able side ot it. That is not the hap piest engagement,' which Is conducted to the refrain ot the "Dead March" In Saul." A man may think It is very charming, for a while, to see his fian cee take almost a religious view of the new relationship, but It will not be long before he will crave the every dayness that takes fun as well as sol emnity into account Fewer girls of this type, however, are found than of the other. There are girls who consider all love affairs more or less as jokes, even those that lead to marriage. Their point of view Is determined sometimes by their as sociates and sometimes by the part of the country in which they have been reared. In certain sections It used to be the custom not to announce an engagement until a very brief per iod before the wedding cards were out. Under those circumstances a girl seemed to take a keen pleasure In concealing her new relationship from those about her. I have known of girls who would not hesitate to deny point blank the fact of their betrothal. even within a few weeks of their mar riage. I once heard a girl say: "All my fun would be at an end If my en gagement were announced. I shall have to live with one man for the rest of my natural life, and I mean to fly about a little before I settle down with him, One would be tempted to condemn this sort of thing unreservedly were It not that those same flirtatious girls often become the most devoted wives and mothers, and never bestow a look or a thought upon other men after marriage. But, although there are Instances of this kbad, It Is a decided ly unsafe rule to follow. More than this. It is unkind and unfair to all the parties concerned. Christine Terhune Herrlck In . "Success." Fashion Hints. Leather trims some of the new heavy waists. Accordeon pleated ruffling In ecru and white lace is among the newest things in lace trimming. A Bovelty for the bride Is the wear ing ot a dash of some delicate color with her white bridal gown, Orange gloves are ahown to match the suit of the vomaa who goes In for the new orange colored gowns. Even ambrellas must match the gowns. All the new bodice sleeve must have the fullness above the el bow, The evening gown with a Dutch yoke Is popular with women who have heretofore been unable to wear decol- lette. A new wrinkle for evening wear la the velvet slippers. They match the gown and are really beautiful, espe cially In black. The new shopping bags are patent leather lined with bright ajlk and fitted with purse, note book, pencil. card case and vinaigrette. Variegated veils are the latest and offer many opportunities which 'here tofore had to be supplied by the wear ing of two and often three. Pompadour silks are used largely for corsage belt and wide girdles for dinner and evening gowns and shaded ribbons for afUraoon frocks. Potato Cakes. Take some cold meat, and an onion; mince very line Take some mashed potatoes, a little salt and pepper to taste. Mix all together on a well floured bake-board. Cut Into small cakes, cover with bread crumbs, fry a light brown. This is a capital way to use up cold meat. . Marconi Croquettes, Cut fine one cupful cold macaroni; add thla to a thick sauce made of one rounding tablespoon each of butter and flour and a cup ot milk, a heaping tablespoon of grated cheese, the beat en yolks of two eggs and salt and pep per to season. Cool, shape, egg and bread crumb and fry In deep fat. Banana Sandwiches. Among fruit sandwiches, banana takes the lead, and to this a slight variety can he given by spreading each lengthwise slice of fruit with whipped cream rather sparingly. Upon this sprinklo shredded cocoanut, pressing the latter well down with a silver knife. Boston brown-bread thus treat ed will be excellent. Kidney Omelet. Chop cold cooked kidney very fine; make an omelet mixture with three tablespoonfuls of milk, three eggs, salt and pepper to season; put one teaspoonful of butter In a frying pan; when it is melted turn In the mixture; cook slowly until a crust is formed on the bottom; In the meantime, sprinkle over the omelet the chopped kidney and chopped paraley; fold the omelet In half, lift It to a hot platter and serve .at once. Bermuda Pudding. Two ounces best arrowroot, two ounces powdered sugar, two cupfuls of milk, one ounce of butter, a few cry stalltied cherries and ratafias. Mix the arrowroot quite smooth with a little milk and boll together. Put a little into a mould, then some of the cherries, then more of the boiled ar rowroot, then some ratafias and pro ceed thus until the mould Is full, When cold turn out and serve with custard poured round. Celery Soup. Celery soup Is so generally popular that a recipe for It will be appreciated. Boil three or four large heada ot cel ery, with an onion and three large potatoes, until tender. Drain them, and pass all through a sieve. Dilute the pulp to the right consistency with equal parts of milk and water In which the vegetables were boiled, and half an ounce of butter rolled in flour, sea son with white pepper and salt, boll up and serve. Hand dice of fried bread with the soup. Apple Tart. Lay a disc of puff paste on a round tin, and place a strip of paste all round it as for an ordinary jam tart, Spread on the Inside a layer ot apple marmalade a quarter of an Inch thick. Peel and core some apples, cut them In slices a quarter of an Inch thick, trim all the slices to the same shape dispose all these slices over the mar malade, overlapping each other, and In sonje kind of pattern, strew plenty of sugar over, and bake In a quick ven till apples are a good color. Household Hints. Ammonia will remove white stain from furniture. Flatirons rubbed on fine salt will become smooth. A thick paste of molasses and flour will relieve burns. Bed bugs may be gotten rid of by the free use of alcohol. A pinch of salt added to the whites of eggs will make them whip easily A tablespoonful of sugar added to the water for basting roaat beef will give a rich brown color as well as One flavor. In flavoring cakes do not use lemon Juice If a light cake Is desired, since the acid sets free the carbon dioxide before baking. Wash fabrics may be set In color If given a thorough rinsing In a salt and water solution before being, put Into the regular wash. The waxed Usiag paper to cracker boxes Is exceltasut to wrap around' small cakes and loaves ot bread. It la fine to clean flatirons with also, Roll jelly cake can be more easily rolled if the edges of the cake are carefully trimmed off, aa they being stiffer cause the cake to break on the edge. To prevent tomato soup from curd ling add the tomato before the milk is put In, and remember to strain the tomato Juice before turning it over the flour and butter. A soft varnish brush with a string or wire through the handle to hang by Is a desirable utensil In every pantry te be used for brushing bread, roll and pastry wltb melted butter. Mildew stains may be removed from articles by soaking In a solution of four quarts of cold water and one tablespoonful of chloride ot lime. Wash well In clear water afterward ant bang la sun to dry. ew York City. Evening conta Hint rn't' full and ample below fitted voices are nmong the most fashionable SHIRRED COAT. of the season, and are both eminently smnrt nnd eminently comfortable. This one Is suited to many materials, A Late Design soft finished cloth, silk and velvet, but as Illustrated Is made of Burllnghnm sacking in mahogany color and is com bined with self-colored lace aud trimmed with handsome baudlng, frills of Llerre lace finishing tne sleeves. The coat is made with the yoke, which Is cut In two portions aud fitted by seaus of shoulder seams, fronts, back and sleeves. The sleeves and coat are shirred at their upper edges to form a band, finished with tiny frills at each edge, and are joined to the yoke beneath the upper heading. The cuffs are wide and flaring and t-un be made to roll over outo the sleeves or to turn down over the hands as ahown In the small view. The quantity ot material required for the medium size Is six and three quarter yards twenty-seven Inches wide, four and seven-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide or three and three-eighth yards tifty-two Inches wide, with seven-eighth yards eigh teen Inches wide for yoke and enffs, A Brautr a mf Valval. Very lovely Is a deep silvery gray velvet coat, with collar and cuff fue lugs of white broadcloth. The buttons are of antique silver. The coat Is worn over a broudcloth kklrt ot the sume color. Full Sklrti. Full skirts are here, not without much discussion in advance as to their mission In submerging millinery lines r.ud the delightful sleuder aud silin Hues of the Gibson girl heroine. list nil III five yards of banding am! thrort yards of lace for frills to ninko as illstilratcd. l.lltln ran HfihIi. Smart new hatpins have the heads made In shape of a spreading fan In st end of In the familiar bend shape. In Jet, silver or gilt they are extreme ly modish. More expensive hatpins In this good shape nre enameled In col ors to match fashionable winter mil linery. Home hatpins show fancy heads mounted with colored beudwork or Imitation jewels. Rlilrrcd MnuiiletRlra Hlaavra. Fancy sleeves lmve already become established facts and nre necessary to the fashionable gown. These very graceful ones arc quite new and nre peculiarly well adapted to nil the soft and pliable materials of the season. As Illustrated the sleeve to the left Is niiule of willow green crepe poplin, the one to the right of mnhogony colored messallnc but appropriate materials are many. The sleeve to tho left Is snug just at tho shoulder, while the one to the right is more mouffant. Which In better dependH entirely upon the special llgtirc to be considered. The sleeves consist of the fitted lin ing, which Is the same for both, and the outer sleeve, on which the differ ent shlrrings arc Indicated. Each sleeve is cut in one piece the one to the left being shirred In several rows at Its upper nnd seam edges, while the draped sleeve Is gathered once only at its edges and shirred on vertlcnl lines for n short distance from the shoulder, forming a draped puff. by May Manton. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is two and one quarter yards twenty -oue, two aud one eighth yurds twenty-seven or oue and SHIRKED MOUSqCBTAlBR BI.KICVEH. one-eighth wide. yards forty-four luches lu Marl Anlulnalla Mlyla. A gem ot n large Marie Antoinette ,bcnnet hut, sort of mukhrooiii, is of black silk. It U wreathed with small pink roses, a bit of blue bow being at tho left front. There's u full of treuOi luce under the brim A Valval down. A uiuuve velvet gown, richly em broidered In chonlllu of the same shade has a slightly draped bodice cut low to show a round yoke or gulmpe of flue trausnureut crcuui lace, - tact that some oils, When brought Into contact with finely crushed ore In wat er, have the remarkable power of ab sorbing the particles ot certain miner als to the exclusion of others, have been developed. A square foot ot uncovered pipe, tilled with steam at 100 pounds pres sure, will radiate and dissipate In a year the beat put into 8718 pounds ot steam by the economic combustion ot 398 pounds of coal. Thus, 10 square feet of bare pipe corresponds approxi mately to the waste of two tona of coal per annum. But for their expenslveness It Is pro bable that pavements In India-rubber would be largely used In city streets. That, at least, Is the Inference to be drawn from experience with rubber pavement in London. In 1881 the two roads under the hotel at Boston Sta tion were paved with rubber two Inches thick. This pavement, under heavy trafllc, remained in continuous use for 21 years. In 1902 It waa re newed, having been worn down to about half its original thickness. I-ato-ly a rubber pavement has been laid In the courtyard ot the Buyoy Hotel, London. The cost for covering an area of 75 by 60 feet was nearly $10,000. It Is announced In an English scien tific Journal that the high-level observ atory on Ben Nevis will be closed next month. The annual coat of the double observatory, high and low level, la close to $5000; of this sum about three-fourths Is spent on the high-level and one-fourth on the low level sta tion. The treasury has offered to pay direct to tho Scottish Meteorological Society on behalf of the Uen-Nevls Ob servatory the $1750 recommended by the Committee of Inquiry Into the ad mlntstratoin of the Parliamentary grant for meteorology Instead ot mak ing this a ii mi a charge on the meteoro logical grant. The continuance ot the observatories could, however, only be undertaken on a guaranteed lncomo ot $5000 a year. The directors have there fore decided to close the observatories. In Dr. Cbarlea Repln'a method ot freeing the blood from toxic sub stances, which haa been applied at the Pasteur Institute In Paris, the blood Is literally drawn from the body, wash ed and returned. The blood Is taken from a punctured vein by aspiration, is at once mixed with eight or ten times Its volume of a saline solution, the mixture Is sent into a centrifugal separator collecting the blood corpus cles all at one point, and then the un Injured corpusclee with the artificial serum replacing the poison laden one and then pumped back Into the sys tem. The operation is automatic and continuous. At Its close the system contalna blood freed from the toxic matter that had been absorbed, and with fresh liquid correctly adjusted In volume, tho surplus having been drawn off. The apparatus guards against co agulation. Tulip and Poppy Dangerous Flowers. The florist held a tulip in his hand. 'Some pecple claim that a tulip haa no amell" he said. "As a matter of fact. It haa a dangerous amell. Take a tulip ot a deep crimson color and Inhale it with profound Inspirations and It will be apt to make you light headed. You will say and do queer things dance, sing, fight, swear and so cn. For two hours you will cut u In this way. Afterward you will be depressed. 'The popy Is another dangerous flower. A young woman of a nervous temperament. If she lingers among a bed of popples will grow drowsy, the same as If she had amoked a pipe of two of opium. In Asia Minor, wher the opium manufacturers cultlvatl vast fields of popples, tourists inspect lng the beautiful flowers often becomt altogether Incapacitated. They gel so sleepy they can hardly talk. The) reel In their gait In some cases the) have to be put to bed." Boston hi vertlser. The Many 8srvlcea of Salt Besides being such an essential pari of culinary art. salt has many other uses perhaps not generally known Salt cleanses the palate and furred tongue, and a gargle of salt and water Is often efficacious. A pinch ot salt on the tongue, followed ten minutes after a drink of cold water, often cures a sick headache. Salt hardens the gums makea the teeth white and sweetens the breath. Salt aded to the water in which cut-flowers stand keeps thom fresh. Salt used dry In the same manner as snuff will do much to relieve colds, hay fever, etc. Salt In warm water, for bathing tired oyes, will be found refreshing. Salt and water will stop hemorrhage from tooth-pulling. Christian Advocate, The Health Vslus of Laughter. It is good to laugh. There Is pro bably not the remotest corner or little Inlet of the minute blood vessels ot the body that doea not feel some wave let from the great convulsion produced by hearty laughter ahaklng the central man. The blood moves rapidly prob ably Its chemical, electric or vital con dition is distinctly modified, It convey a different Impresaion to all the or gans of the body as it visits them on that particular mystlo Journey when the man la laughing from what It does at other times. The time may come when physicians shall prescribe to torpid patient so many peala ot laugh ter to be undergone at such add such a time. London Health. During the last five years ths govern ment of the Dutch East Indlea has spent over $8,000,000 on railroad bridges In Java and Sumatra, PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Alt service ranks the same with Ood. Progress, man's distinctive mark alone. He who did well In war Just earns the right to begin doing well in peace. What can a man do more than die for his countrymen? Uve tor them. It Is a longer work, and therefore a more difficult and a nobler one. Charles Klngaley. A grain of honesty and native worth la of more value than all the advent! ous ornaments, estates or prefer ments, for the sake of which some of the better sort ao often turn knaves. Choftesbury.' God .dwells In all things; and, felt In a man's heart, He Is then to be felt In everything else. Only let there, be Ood within us, and then everything outside us will become a Godlike help. Euthanasy. The true moment at which to call upon one's self to take any new step In virtue Is at the fatntlng-polnt, when It would be so easy to drop all and give all up; when, If you do not, you mske of yourself a power. J. F. W. Ware. THE MAKING OF A MAN. 8chool Boy's Plea for an Education Which Revealed His Rugged Qualities. A boy from tho farm stood before the Judiciary committee of 'the board ot education and made out a case for himself. He set up an excuse for Ur ns; that appealed strongly to the oth er qualities In the make-up of the coramltteo besides Its judicial bent. Ho la a student at one of the high schools, and as a non-resident was confronted with tho $40 fee whlcn the board Is trying to impartially col lect It developed that the farm lad came to the city to get an education and to support himself by doing mes senger work. But he couldn't earn the extra $40 without leaving school for a long time. Hard linos for the boy. He was what they call "up against It." A splendid opportunity Confronted him to pass down and out and) Join . the shiftless ranks of the many who, finding the road hard, the bill steep, and tbo admission fee uncharitably high, take to bemoaning their fate and to cursing the Judiciary committee that runs tho universe. But this boy did not follow the majority. 'I'll not Rive up. I'm bound to get good education and make a man of myself and be somebody In this world." That Is what the boy said to the committee, which thereupon sat up and looked at him. "There are a lot of other children on the farm, and my father couldn't afford to edu cate me properly. But I'll not give up. I'll work until I get money enough a'liood," he said. There Is good stuff in that farm lad, and It will require more Ingenuity that circumstances can usually furnish to defeat the strong purpose that evidently actuates hlra. No doubt ho knows what It Is to walk home from the fallow with mud balls on the heels of his boots and to count the wasps' nests on the rafters ot bis sleeping room, but bis ambition has been whetted by a keen wind. It is remarkable how a course of "bring ing up" on the ragged edge of a stone bruised farm gives a boy not only a deaire for better things, but the requis ite energy to achieve them. Thla farm lad Is In the direct line of pro motion, and he Is his own promoter. Detroit Tribune. Only a Trivial Error. In the course of a long and eventful life Msrtln Boggs had never been known to admit that any of the fail ures which hsd bespinkled his career bad resulted from a mistake on his part If his potatoes did not turn out well in the new place he bad chosen for them In the face of advice, it was be cause he had "planted thom there as a warning to his sen, who bad a notion to try experiments." If his children had scarlet fever because be had failed to take bis wife's wlahos into consid eration in regard to a visit to an In fected house, "he wished them to have it, and get ever with it, although he hadn't thought best to say so." If an Investment turned out badly he "had Just put the money In to en courage the company, although he knew It was no use." When he opened the cellar door of a neighbor's house one night under the impression that it was the one which led to another room, and then stepped off Into space and landed on the cellar bottom. It really seemed aa If for once he would have to own to a mistake. When It was sscertained that beyond some bad bruises and one or two easily remedied dislocations Martin was safe and sound, one of hts old friends ven tured a little mild banter. "Seems as if, for once In your life, you did make a mistake, Martin," said this courageous person; but Mr. Boggs turned a bandaged and reproachful countenance toward him. "It Isn't what I'd expect of you, Ezry," he said, mildly, "to call a little intlcalc'latlon like that a reg'lar mis take." Ycuth's Companion. A Hundred Years Ago. At a wedding In a country church In Somersetshire the bride, who had been by her worthy pastor well grounded in the church catechism, and who had not, perhaps, studied the matrimonial service with that laudable teal whloh many ladles think necessary, upon be ing, as usual, asked ' the question, "Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband?" cut short the clergyman by innocently replying, "Yea, verily and by God's help so 1 will, and I heartily thank our Heaven ly father that He hath brought me to this state.- London Times, Oct I, U04.