The Weiser signal. [volume], December 19, 1901, Christmas Number, Image 7

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OF INTEREST TO LADIES.
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Many Oirci
Spurned l>y n Widow.
In a mining center some eighty miles
from Coolgardie, in Western Australia, a
carpenter died, and his widow had offers
of marriage from the doctor who attend
ed the deceased, the undertaker, the der
gymau who read the burial service, the
local apothecary who made up the medi
eines prescribed for the departed and the
here lie was
custodinu of the cemetery
interred; likewise from about a score of
mine managers and miners. She did not
accept one of the suitors and departed
for her home in Melbourne.—London
News.
A SLUMBER ROLL.
A Neat Christmas Present Which May
Be Made
A slumber roll Is a gift that can be
made by young fingers and will bring
blessings from the lips of the elderly
recipients. To make it, buy one yard
of plush, half a yard of silk for lining,
one yard of heavy cord and enough
pieces of silk and satin to cover the
center with crazy patch work,
lay the cotton lining straight. Tack
the plush and silk lining together and
sew them, leaving the plush half
Inch outside, like a binding. When
Any Household.
First
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SLUMBER ROLL.
this Is done, put the crazy work partly
on and sew it down neatly with but
tonhole stitch. After this sew up the
whole into a sack and fill the Inside
with feathers or with fine curled hair.
Some prefer a slumber roll stuffed with
hair. When hair Is used, nothing re
mains to be done but to tie up the ends,
leaving some of the material protrud
ing to look like a rosette. The cords
should be stitched so that they will re
main firm and keep the ruffled ends In
shape.
A Pretty Christmas Gift.
A new fancy can be wrought by tak
ing doll furniture and fitting It with
cushions for pins. The cushion can be
full or not, richly ornamented or rea
sonably plain. Gilding and ribbon also
find place, and the cunning little sets
can be put around a dressing table
with a decidedly novel effect. Pull par
lor sets of doll furniture can he had
at a trifling cost, and the stools, chairs
and sofas can be made into pincush
ions easily. By using horsehair to
stuff some and having the cover of
some loosely woven or knitted stuff
they can he used for hairpins. When
one begins to think about the Idea,
many delightful fancies unfold, and it
would be a change from the usual run
of such things.
BOX CABINET FOR TOBACCO
Present Which Will
Please the Smokers,
Since men will smoke In spite of
wholesome advice to the contrary, how
much better it would be if feminine
friends would supply a man with a
A Christmas
cabinet In which to keep his pipes and
tobacco instead of bestowing upon him
the inevitable box of cigars which he
scorns at the hands of women who pre
fer bargains to quality in what goes up
In smoke.
To make this cabinet one should have
five or six cigar boxes of the largest
size, uniform In color,
the covers and
fit them with
small hinges, so
that they will
from the
First take off
JXl.
open
right to left. If
the maker can
carve, this is an
opportunity
!
to
shine. If not, a
a
piece of common
leather can be
cut out in pret
ty designs and
glued
doors. When this
is varnished, it is
quite ornament
al. When thedec
oration is finish
ed, the doors are
to be supplied
with hinges and
the boxes ar
ranged one
top of the other and fastened together
with glue. Pretty pictures, such as
finds on calendars, can be used to orna
%
to the
smoker's cabinet.
on
one
ment the doors in place of the carving
or leather work, and these should be
varnished over with shellac varnish as
if It were carving. A gilt line around
the edges will he an Improvement. All
the weight possible should be put on
top of the pile of boxes and left there
at least twenty-four hours to allow the
glue to set Two good coats of shellac
varnish should be put over the whole
as a finish. _
of Married I>lfe.
The Critical Year
"Some folks have a way of declaring
that the first year of married life is the
most trying," writes Edward Bok in The
Ladles' Home Journal. "But where one
gets a close knowledge of several families
the conviction is brought home that the
trying period lies beyond the first year. i
should fix it rather at the third year,
when the pretty trousseau Is » how '°*
and needs replenishing; when the
■wedding presents have lost their 'isl
and this thing has worn out and that
thing has to be replaced; when a little
family is growing up and doctor s bills
are introduced into the family reck °"'"f g
That is the trying period when interests
are apt to become very close, likewise
calculations. Then it is that the saving
of the comparatively care free and less
or me comt married life comes
wear
expensive first year .
In handy or is sadly missed if the income
was then lived up to in unnecessary buy
i ng a nd foolish entertaining-. A grea
of Happiness in this world is wrecked by
debt, and generally the debt could have
been avoided if a little more c:
common sense had been exercised,
ionwihl
ire and
A BUF.Lm,- „KEEN,
llan ill
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'ft'
K einem bra nee.
To construct a burlap screen one
must have a frame made of light wood
supplied with casters. The size of the
frame is optional. If It is four feet
high, It should have the folds fourteen
inches wide. The screen illustrated
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BURLAP SCREEN
here Is of flax colored burlap, an admi
rable ground for every kind of orna
mentation. The burlap should be first
measured to fit the screen, allowing a
border of half an Inch for the takcup
In working. When the measure has
been verified, prfcss the seams apart to
give one smooth surface, lay the bur
lap flat and with red chalk mark the
design.
That part marked black In the pic
ture Is dark green, having a little light
er green for the velnlngs In the leaves
and shading In the conventionalized
palm trees. The flower heads are deli
cate pink and white, and the barrings
around the palm trunks are very light
tan. The ribbon streamers are pink,
and the little stretches for Islands In
the distance are In a pale yellowish
green, like the shade In the velnlngs.
The scroll patterns all around the
screen are done In light and dark green
burlap, with small yellow dots to rep
resent nail heads.
The embroidery Is done In coarse
chenille, with Kensington stitch. The
idea Is to achieve a bold and artistic
effect.
When the embroidery Is done, the
screen should he tacked to the frame
with pretty brass nails. The lining of
the screen may be of sateen or almost
anything, hut It must be put on neatly
to cover the raw edge of the burlap.
A Black Silk Shopping Bas.
A large bag of black silk or satin Is
of value to any woman. It would
be a most acceptable holiday present.
One can be made by working the Ini
tials of the recipient In steel or jet
beads and making a fringe of the same
kind of beads at the bottom. Floral de
signs can also be worked out, but the
glittering heads are so showy that It
does not need much else. Clasps with
strong chains can be purchased In al
most any store, hut many would prefer
that the top should fasten with black
ribbon run In to draw them up for the
reason that such a hag seems to be al
most elastic and can be made to hold
much more than any clasp bag can.
To make one of these It needs a yard
of silk, for It must double and also be
hemmed over In such a way as to allow
for drawing strings. A deep ruffle at
the top will serve as a finish. It should
be lined with strong black linen and
stitched at least three times around
with a seam an Inch deep so that it can
never wear out or rip. When the seams
are finished, run In the places for the
gathering strings. These are better
made of heavy cord, but good black
grosgralu ribbon will do.
CHILD'S HOME LIFE.
THE HOME ENVIRONMENT AND THE
INFLUENCE IT WIELDS.
Teaching tlie Leaaon of Obedience
and Ilablta of Thrift—An Example
Germany — Parents* Share In
Child'll Education.
In
Chapter upon chapter and volume upon
volume have been written and might still
be written in regard to the child's home
life and surroundings.
In this age of psychology and child
study no effort should be spared to incul
cate the lesson of self reliance, obedience
and responsibility in the mind of every
child. The most successful men and wo
of today have not traversed a path
men
of roses. Their schooling has been a rig
and hard one, and they were oblig
orous
ed to learn the very valuable lesson that
they are to become units In the great
world of activity and useful effort to the
end that each one can perform with ease
and deftness bis or her part in the social,
political and commercial world.
It Is perhaps no exaggeration to say
that at the present time more thought
and painstaking effort are being exercised
than ever before by mothers and teachers
in striving after right methods in the
care and rearing of their children.
It is very important in order that the
child may remain well and strong and
acquire the admirable habit of regularity
that he retire at a usual early time and
arise each morning also at a reasonably
early hour, say half past 6 or 7 o'clock.
It also must be insisted upon that
in
dressing he waits upon himself as far
possible and that he does this quickly
so as not to keep any one waiting for
breakfast. Obedience is God's first law,
and henc e the cornersto ne upon which all
as
physical and mental growth la T.asêd.
The sooner that a child is taught to re
spond immediately to n call and to obey
promptly those in rightful authority the
firmer will be the foundations for u sym
metrical development of character and
the better will be the preparation for the
sterner realities that come to all sooner
or later in life. On the other hand, if the
will of the child is not properly directed
ami controlled at an early age ho will
find for the first time as lie passes the
threshold of adult life that he is unable
to walk alone among his fellows anil that
he will be obliged throughout life to en
counter many unnecessary obstacles, to
say nothing of the crutches he will carry
around with him to lean upon as a re
sult.
A few years ago, while visiting in the
family of a man of wealth, I was most
forcibly impressed by a little incident
that happened during ray stay. The
pride and joy of the family, a little lad of
10 years, was very anxious to have a
wheel. His father, who was a wealthy
lumberman, but earlier in life, as is gen
erally the case with the self made busi
ness man, earned his living by hard la
bor, said. "You shall have a wheel, but
you must earn it." The little fellow was
delighted and said he was perfectly will
ing to do so. After talking matters over
it was agreed that he was to mow a cer
tain portion of the lawn, spending one
hour each day at his task, receiving as n
remuneration $1 an hour. This dollar
was to be deposited in the family safe,
and at the end of 00 days ho was to take
out the money, send for his catalogue, de
cide upon his wheel and pay cash. Of
course, $1 an hour was big pay for the
amount of work done, but nevertheless
this arrangement taught the child a good
lesson in business ethics, of infinite value
to him ever after.
There is perhaps no man living today
who is so well equipped educationally
for his life work as is the emperor of
Germany. Fie is decidedly practical and
can turn his hand to almost any occupa
tion ns the result of the superior mental
and manual training he received when
young. Were he to be thrust out in life
penniless he could help himself in at least
a dozen different ways. While dining at
Hotel Cafe Belvue in Berlin a short
time after the death of two German
emperors (old Emperor William and his
son Frederick) a most interesting arti
cle In the Berliner Tageblatt came to my
notice.
It was on the domestic and social life
of the young emperor and his five young
sons, the oldest of whom was then a lad
of about 10 years of ago. How astonished
I was to learn, and I presume some of
our readers will be, that every hour in
the day of the little crown prince's time
and that of his next younger brother was
taken up with a curriculum of stmjy they
were obliged to follow out to the letter.
The hour to arise was at 0 a. m. One
quarter of an hour was allowed for dress
ing. Fencing and riding took up the time
until 7, which was the time for break
fast. After the fast was broken came
the regular school lessons until 1 p. m.;
then dinner was served to the children.
From 2 until 8:30 was the time for rec
reation. After this lessons in music,
manual training, military drill and tac
tics were resumed until the evening meal
at halt past 0. From 7 to 8:30 were the
preparation hours of study for the next
day.
I refer to this not because it relates to
royalty, but to emphasize the groat value
and exceeding importance of an all round,
symmetrical culture and training of the
entire child nature—of the hand and
heart, as well as the head.
The long vacation season serves to im
press upon the minds of parents the great
help good teachers are in the rearing and
training of the young. During this pe
riod parents have the full responsibility
of caring for the children all the time.
The teachers as well as the pupils are
having their vacation and presumably
are enjoying their well earned rest. There
is too great a tendency among parents to
shift the entire task of the education of
their children upon the overburdened
shoulders of the teacher. By so doing
great injustice is done to the children
themselves, as a very important element
of their rightful educational life Is thus
denied them. The teacher, however faith
ful and efficient, cannot do all that should
be done. The parents must do their
share if the best results be attained.
When the little ones are small and in
the kindergarten, the parents as well as
the teacher should be thoroughly imbued
with the true Froebellian spirit. So, al
the child advances through the
various grades of school and college life,
he should be made to feel by his parents
that they are ns deeply interested! in ev
ery phase of his school life ns the teacher,
and even more so. The efficiency of n
good teacher is often more than doubled
by the intelligent and interested co-opera
tion of parents.—Eda W. Von Allen in
Pilgrim. _
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Food Changed To Poison
Putrefj ing food in the intestines
produces effects like Ihose of arsenic,
but Dr. King's New Life Pills expel
the poisons from clogged bowels,
gently, easily but surely,curing Con
stipation, Biliousness,Sick Headache,
Fevers, all Liver, Kidney and Bowel
Only 25c at Churchill's
troubles,
drug store.
3-4
Bow Ar« Your Kidney* I
Sparagu» Pill* cure *11 kidney til*. 8am
I. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. T.
A, J. Snell wanted to attend a
party, but was afraid to do so on ac
count of pains in his stomach, which
he feared would grow worse. He says,
"I was telling my (roubles to a lady
friend, who said;
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Dr. Hobbs' I
pie free. Add
'Chamberlain's
will put you in condition for the
party.' I bought a bottle and take
pleasure in stating that two doses
cured me and enabled me to have a
good time at the party.'
is a resident of Summer Hill, N. Y.
This remedy is for sale by Churchill
Drug Co. __
WANTED-SEVERAL PERSONS OF CHAR
acter and good reputation in each «täte (
this county required) to represent and advest se
old established wealthy business house of solid
Salary 118.00 week y with
each
Horte and
Mr. Snell
in
;
financial «Unding
exoenae« additional, all payable ln ca«
\Vedne«d*y direct from head office«,
carriage furnt»hod, when nece««ary. Reference*.
Endo«« »elf-*ddre««ed lumped envelope. Man
ager, SlfiCaxton Building, Chicago.
Do Vou Want a ^
Suit for Christmas?
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If so, be sure
and call on <£
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We can assure you that we carry the largest and
best assorted Stock of Clothing in town. We make
it a special object for anybody to visit our Clothing
Department between now and Xmas.
Don't spend your money for cheap and useless
presents when you get full value for every Dollar
Yours anxious to please,
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spent with us.
morris Sommer,
IDAHO.
WEISER,
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HOUSES!
If You
want a
New one
Let me give you figures on any
thing from a collage to a mansion.
Special attention to country work
—houses or barns.
A. J. HOPKINS
CONTRACTOR and
BUILDER
Weiser. Idaho.
ARE YOU A
BUSINESS
MAN?
If so, you will be interested
- in a monthly magazine devot
ed solely to jour needs. Its
title is
A JOURNAL (or the
COUNTING ROOM
BUSINESS
and every issue contains departments
on practical subjects, such as these;
Office Management
Great Business Institutions
Legal Decisions
Credits and Collections
Commercial Law
Practical Accounting
Bookkeeping
Profitable Publicity ,
Advertising
Whether you are well established,
whether you have just started, or
whether you have not yet begun,
BUSINESS will be sure to be of ben
efit to you. Send 10c fi r a copy. Per
year, 81.
Books for Business Men
Promissory Notes, Checks, Drafts, etc.
82 00
200 pages bound in cloth.
Successful Men of Business....
Partnership.
Bookkeeping Frauds and Meth
ods for their Detection.
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Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. It is received through the
nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself. Dniggi
Bell the 60c. size ; Trial size hy mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
the treatment.
ibIh
Announcement.
To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou
tlet, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will he known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form embodies the med
icinal properties of (ho solid preparation.
HEAD ACHE
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nein If CASCAKETS and they are the beat
medicine we bave ever bad In tbe bonne. Last
week my wife was frantic with headache for
twodaya. she tried some of yourCASCAKETS,
and they relieved the pain in her bead almost
immediately. We both recommend Cascarets."
Chah. Stidwokd.
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acter and good reputatlou in each state (one in
this county required) to represent and advertise
old established wealthy house of solid financial
standing. Salary 118.00 weekly with expenses
additional, all payable In cash each Wednesday
direct from head offices. Horse and carriage
furnished, when necessary. References. En
close self-addressed »lamped envelope. Man
ager. 310 Cmxton Building, Chicago.
$ 15.00 to $ 18.00 a Week
salary for an intelligent man or woman in each
town. Permanent position. 30 cents per hour
for spare tine. Manufacturer.Box 1102, Chicago.
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The Traveling Public will find this to be the most convenient as well a« th*,
most comfortable and respectable hotel in the city.
EXPKRIKNCKD WHITK COOK».
Sample Rooms, magnificent Bor and Billiard Rooms, and Barber Shop, with
hot or cold battis, connected with hotel.
CÜAKLEY BROTHERS. Proprietor». |
Weiser Meat Marke'
FrcHh Beef, Pork,
V oui, Maldiu,
Et«.
always on band.
Leave your orders with me and 1 will
deliver the meal al your house.
FRA3VHL K.OR.UP,
Telephone 5
Hotel Weiser
BLACK ft BRIZENDINE, Props.
(Successor, to K M Harten.)
AMERICAN PLAN
100 ROOMS.
BILLIARD, CLUB ROOMS
BAR,
Bell Call System, Steam Heat and
Bath Rooms. Every obtainable
convenience for guests.
The Hand that
Rocks the Cradle
u
Is the hand that rules the world." But
before the Hand Rocks the Cradle it
Must Have One to Rock
Now we have everything needed
In the home-many things as
good as new, bm ail at second
hand prices. The great trouble
about second hand furniture Is
that though ever so good they
must be sold cheap.
G. H. FERGUSON,
Proprietor Second Hand Store.
Bears,
UNDERTAKER
AND
EMBAUMER
f
WEISER. IDAHO.
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You Need...
OUM BOOTS
FKLT BOOTS
OVERSHOES
GUM SHOES
GLOVES
SOCKS and
HOSE.....
OUR STOCK IS NEW
Because we have just added these lines
E. VERBE O K,
The Cast Iron Grocer.
I AM
Now selling to the people of
Weiser, milk from tbe only herd of !
county,
delivered twice a day to any part of /'
the city.
j
I Sell 16 Quart-Tickets for $1
Cream at 35 cents per Quart. 8
arated Milk at 10 cents per Qalloi
GIVE ME A CALL ....
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A. C. Mitchell.
COUNCIL
—and—
MEADOWS
FREEMAN BROS., Prop*.
Leaves Council every day except Sunday at
8 a.m. Arrives at Meadow» at 4:00 p.B.
Leaves Meadows at 8:00 a.m. Arrive» at Conn*,
cil at 4:00 p. rn.
Connects with stage running fron Meadows
to Orangeville. White Bi»d, Pollock, Lnoila and ■
all Salmon River pointa.
Passengers and freight carried at reasonable
rates.
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COUNCIL
[Cuprum '
To Decorah
Xandore
KRAMERSTAGE LINE
And alii
other j ,.
Seven {
Devils i
Points I
leaves Council dally, except Sun
day, at 1 p.m. Leave* at Seven
Devils point* daily at 1 p. m.