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N Lake View there ouce lived as
neighbor* two children, a little
Ixyy named Milo Cox Atkluaun,
but cal'et! Butter, and a little girl
named and called Pearl Porter.
To this little girl her grundfutber,
Major Porter, «bowed au affection ao
devoted uh to be, popularly supposed,
almoat ruinous. "lie Ju«t apoila that
child,” Mrs. Atkinson would say as she
looked out of ber window and saw
Pearl fastening up tbe major'a mus
taches with balrplna, and she would
turn away with a nigh. It was per
haps thia devotion, but more probably
a native Impulse of tbe heart, that bad
made Pearl an unusually vain child.
Hlie was a pretty little thing, with a
Boating mist of hair and large brown
eyes, always beautifully dressed In lit
tle, stiff, white embroidered clothes.
She was born with a sense of carriage,
and she could not help knowing when
ladies said in loud whispers, "Isn't she
sweet ?”
Her reputation as "a proudy cat”
among the children of Lake View bad,
however, been founded less by ber per
sonality than by an incident of ber
early youth.
When she was only four years old,
she had been given a little blue silk
parasol with an Ivory handle. With
this at church she bad been left in the
pew by her aunt when that lady went
up to the communion rail. When Mrs.
Burden had reached It ami turned that
those returning might pass ber, what
was the amusement of the congrega
tion and her own astonishment on see
ing Pearl tripping lightly up the aisle
with ber new blue parasol opened and
held gracefully above ber bead.
Tbe aunt herself was a very dressy
lady, and she more thoroughly than
any other member of the family sym
pathized with Pearl In her taste for
making calls, for wearing kid gloves
and for carrying a small cardcase with
a rose folded In it.
This aunt. Major Porter’s daughter,
was a large woman, with long red
cheeks, tilted blue eyes and an over
whelming. tightly busked figure. At
the top of her small forehead, long face
ami towering bulk she always wore a
glittering little bonnet. She lived in
Washington, and she was able to pct
and Indulge ber niece only on occasion
al visits.
On these visits Mrs. Atkinson used to
watch with longing these two opposite
and fashionable types walking out to
the carriage together.
She loved Butter, but sbe had always
dreamed of liaviug just such a child as
Pearl.
All Butter's tastes were different
from Pearl's, lie had no Imagination
for the world of graceful convention.
His companions were other grubby,
freckled little boys, most of them dis-
regardfull.v dresse«l In trousers bagging
about two Inches below the knee. But
ter numbered among bls acqualntam-es
a boy wlio bad run away from home,
a boy who had a whip tattooed on bis
arm and a man sup|>osed by Butter's
circle to be a murderer. Butter cut the
man's grass, and when tbe man gave
him 15 cents—the market price is IO—
Butter banded him back the unneces
sary 5 and said, "No blood money for
me.” The man had laughed in a puz
zled way. Of course if he had done
anything else it would have given him
away.
Rutter also know a boy who had u
printing press, and in partnership with
him he bad conducted successfully an
enterprise of printing pink ami green
highly glazed calling cards for the la
dles of the neighborhood. Besides the
cash capital they derlv«-d from this
source, they reallzeil every summer a
large lucome of pins and newspapers
from circuses in the barn.
Major Porter sometimes attended
tlies«* circuses with Pearl and sat in n
box for ten newspapers, and. though lie
was so enchanted with Pearl, he used
to watch with a pang of envy Butter’s
lithe, wiry frame turning handsprings
in the back yard, for, though lie had
never liad golden curls or curried a
parasol, he had once tumbled on the
grass and chased fire engines In a dusty
and happy oblivion of the customs of
the world.
Once a year a circus came to on«- of
the empty lots of l.ake View west of
the Porters’, it stayed for one day and
then pursued Its glorious niurcb In
honor of more western cities. This
day was one long haze of delight for
Butter Atkinson. Its ecstasy began In
tbe morning, when be went w.tb his
friends over to the lot to see the tent
pltchi-d, and It lasti-d through the con
cert at the end of tbe clrcva.
Mr. Atkinson always took Butter;
bad never thought of not taking him
until one miserable day when an un
considering vice president elect and hfs
thoughtless wife spent twenty-four
hours of being entertained In the neigh
borhood when the circus was enter-
taUilug.
A large afternoon reception was giv
en for the Kendricks«-* at tbe Porter
home. Mrs. Kendricks was an old
friend of the major. Mrs. Atkinson
assisted tn receiving. Butter was In
vited by Mrs. Burden to open the door.
She believed this to be a piece of kind
consideration. Mrs. Atkinson, too, Raid
that Rutt«*r would be glad to remember
it when be was an ohl man. and she
could not understand why he looked
so morosely at the clean clothes she
had with such pleasure put out on bls
bed.
He walked out to the woodsh«*«! aft
er lunch, kicking bls heels sullenly and
listlessly against each other, and when
be came out bis eyes were red.
Tbe thought of tbe .white elephant
bad been too much for him. Ills fa
ther's suggestion that It had liven
whitewashed was not alleviating. Is a
whitewashed elephant an everyday
sight?
He had visions of running away, but
he knew be should not run away. He
would stay, scrawling bls fingers In
uncomfortable gloves and opening Por
ter's door for dressed up and worth
less ladles, perfectly healthy and able
to do It for themselves, while amid the
sawdust the opening procession was
ahlning and glittering past unseen, nev
I
er to ue seen, oy me longing eyes.
He observed In tbe open window
Pearl and Major Porter at their dally
after dinner game of "old maid.”
Major Porter was not a kindergart
ner, and be was almost Invariably "old
maid." each time, with ringing shouts
of glee from his victorious grandchild
poised elegantly on the window sill.
But today ber poise seemed less airy
In Its light euse. Butter beard no
shouts, and when she turned and waved
her hand to him be saw that ber eyes,
too. were red.
Major Porter was smiting bls head
with despair and chagrin at being a
third time doomed to a single life and
eliciting from bls opponent only a very
faint smile.
Was Pearl, too, not going to the cir
cus?
Far from it. For days her grandfa
ther had been bringing home handbills
amt posters; for days he had discussed
with Pearl what they both should wear,
what time they should start, how many
glasses of lemonade they should have,
whether they should look at the ani
mals before or after the performance,
and now all this was to be on the day
He observed Pearl and Major Porter al
their after dinner game.
or the reception. There were to be only
ladies at tbe reception. There was no
reason why Major Porter should re
main at home for It, and his enthusi
asm for the circus had shown no change,
no abatement.
lu the presence of bls mistaken devo
tion Pearl could not endure to confess
even to her mother that her heart was
torn at the thought of her new fringed
sash, the gift of her aunt, and how now
she could not wear it at the reception
or walk around with tbe ladies. She
had the dignified delicacy of many hon
orable little girls, and she felt that it
wcjuld be disloyalty to ber grandfather
to acknowledge that sbe was no longer
interested in the circus.
Iler aunt said sbe bad cried because
tbe heat made ber nervous.
“She doesn't look to me able to go
toting off to that hot circus, father,”
sbe said, coming up to the window.
"I'm afraid so,” said Mr. Porter, fol
lowing her. "Do you care so much
about It. darling?”
Pearl’s eyes tilled again at this.
“Oh, Snooks ’ll be all right for the
circus,” said Major Porter, with hasty,
blind consolation, as Pearl's mother
started into the bouse with her to bathe
her eyes. It was bis fixe«i belief that
the circus was-the most ecstatic pleas
ure of every child and any alternative
an outrageous disappointment.
“Never mind If you are not all right,
pet,” said Mrs. Burden, with inspired
dullness. “Here’s Butter. lie isn’t go
ing and doesn’t want to go. He wants
to see Mrs. Kendricks. And, Butter,
Mrs. Kendricks has some little boys of
ber own—such nice, polite little boys.
I wish you could know them.”
Butter looked submissive as Mrs.
Burden's benevolent, unperceiving eyes
were impressively fixed upon him.
"Why isn’t Butter going to tbe cir
cus?” Inquired Major Porter. Butter
made no reply.
"Father too busy, I guess,” pursued
the major. “That It?”
“Butter Is going to see Mrs. Ken
dricks this afternoon,” replied Mrs.
Burden. “He is going to open tbe door
for the Indies.”
Major Porter whistled. He looked
suspiciously at Butter's red eyelids.
"Well, how would It be to have But
ter come along with tbe circus party
this afternoon and let Mrs. Kendricks
open the door for the ladies herself?"
He gnve Butter a nudge under the
table at this last abominably weak jest.
Butter could not refrain from a smile
of hope.
“We’ll all get ready right away,”
continu«*d tbe major. "You can get
your hat. I can black my shoes. Sam
ran hitch up the horses. Pearl can
have a B. and S. or something, and
then we'll go.”
"Father,” ff’nr.’ur.-od Mrs. Bvrder In
Important haste. “Mrs. Atkinson got a
new suit for him especially for this.
Don’t think’’—
"Well. Rutter. Ijmees I’ll havy to go
over and got your mother to let you
• pen the door at tbe evening re«-eption.
That’s the way we’ll fix It up with
her."
Meanwhile Mra. Porter had by in
spiration divined tbe cause of her
daughter's dlstrtws. She came back as
the major was starting off.
"I think Pearl would better stay
with vs. father.” she said. “I really
Itelieve she wishes to assist in receiv
ing. I am going to let ber pass around
the crackers.”
It would seem that Providence has
arranged for a variety of tastes In tbs
world, fix- ou that afternoon Pearl
floated airily and elegantly among
groups of gloved ladles, and under the
bulging, billowing tent, amid tbe odors
of sawdust and the cries of lemonade
men, sat Butter. Iietween Major Porter
and Ram. throwing peanut shells be
tween tbe open board benches, his hap
py eyes absorbed In tbe passing gi
raffes an«l ponies.
Major Porter was not looking at the
ponies and gtrnffea, but be waa very
happy. He was watching Butter.
FOUGHT AT SIX PACES.
Saagalaavy Duel That Took Place
la LeaOaa la 11MM.
Dueling In England In 18U3 was often
a very sanguinary business.
On a Friday mornlug in March of
that year a most extraordinary duel
took place In Hyde park. Loudon, be
tween Lieutenant W. of tbe navy and
Captain J. of tbe army. Tbe antag
onists arrived at tbe appointed pli.ee
witbin a few minutes of each other.
Borne dispute arose respecting tbe dis
tance, which tbe friends of Lieutenant
W. insisted should not exceed six paces,
while the seconds of Captain J. urged
strongly the ra «lines« of so decisive a
distance and iusisted on its being ex
tended.
At length the proposal of Lieutenant
W.’s friends waa agreed to, and tbe
parties fired per signal, when Lieuten
ant W. received tbe shot of bls adver
sary on the guard of bis pistol, which
tore away the third and fourth fingers
of his right hsn«L Tbe seconds then
Interfered to no purpose. The eon of
Neptune, apparently callous to pain,
wrnpfied his handkerchief round his
hand and swore he bad another which
never failed him.
Captain J. called his second aside
and told him it was in vain to urge a
reconciliation.
They again took their ground.
On Lieutenant W. receiving the pis
tol In bls left band be looked stead
fastly at Captain J. for some time, then
cast his eyes to heaven and said in a
low voice. "Forgive me!"
The parties fired as before, and both
fell. Captain J. received the shot
through the head and instantly ex
pired. Lieutenant W. received the
ball In his left breast and Immediately
in«iuir«*d of his friend if Captain J.'s
wound was mortsL Being answered
In the affirmative, he thanked heaven
be had lived thus long, requested a
mourning ring on his finger might be
given to bls sister and that she might
be assured it was the happiest moment
be ever knew. He had scarcely fin
ished the words when a quantity of
blood burst from his wound, and be ex
pired almost without a struggle.—Glas
gow Herald.
•
NONSMOKERS HEALTHIER.
People
Who Do
Ise Tobsceo
De vela» More Ma»l41y.
“There la an easy way. if you are a
cigarette smoker, to tell whether or
not tbe habit injures you," said a phy
sician. "Do you feel, after smoking, a
languor, a sinking and a great depres
sion? Do you feel melancholy, bup«*-
less, weak? If you do you should aban
don smoking at once.
"Tbe tendency of tobacco la to weak
en tbe action of tbe l»art. But In very
Strong, robust persons this weakening
effect is very slight. It is not felt at
ail, and these persons tobacco cannot
be said to injure. But in persons whose
hearts and constitution are frail the ef
fect 1 h strongly felt, the symptoms be
ing those that I have Just d«xicribed.
and such |>en«ons ought not to smoke.”
This specialist has tabulated the rec
ords of all the smoking and nonsmok
ing medical students of his acquaint
ance for a perlo«l of nine years. He
ha3 found that the smokers are shorter
In stature than tbe nonsmokers nnd
that they do not develop as well. In
the course of four years nonsmokers
gain 24 per cent more in height and 2*1
per cent more in chest girth than the
smokers. The former, too, are quicker
than the latter. They learn quicker,
walk quicker—excel in the speed of all
the physical and mental acts.—Phila
delphia Inquirer.
WOMAN AND FASHION
ROASTING MEATS.
Fer a Little Girl.
a Chef Says the Proper Prove«« Is
Almost lakaewa.
For afternoon wear little gowns like
the one illustrated are very modish for
little girls. The one shown Is made of
mercerized linen In its natural color,
and is made with a full gathered skirt
held out arouud the bottom by properly
rutiled petticoats and a blouse waist
A Remedy For Saake Bite.
There is a most remarkable account
of the exploring trip of an orchid hunt
er named Andre through an unknown
part of Venezuela. The party met
with terrible hardships and privation,
and only about half of them got back
to civilization. They were in continual
danger from snakes, and the native
remedies, the only ones st hand, were
severe ones. One day Mateo Ramirez,
one of the men walking through tbe
jungle, was bitten just above the ankle
by a snake. Andre suspected that tbe
bite was not poisonous, but Mateo was
in mortal terror and allowed bis friends
to subject him to a remedy worse then
the disease. Throwing him to the
ground, they wound a strong creeper
around his thigh until it cut into the
flesh and then burned the wouml with
a live coal until the patient shrieked
GOOD THINGS TO LEARN. in agony. Chewed tobacco and crushed
Learn to laugh. A good laugh is bet garlic were afterward rubbed In mid
tbe wound bound up. Tbe snake bite
ter than medicine.
Learn to attend strictly to your own was cured, but the poor victim suffered
for many days from tbe remedy.—Les
business; very Important point
lie’s Monthly.
Learn how to tell a story. A well
told story is as welcome as a sunbeam
The Poor Chiaese Wife.
in a sick room.
A Chinese wife is not exactly to be
Learn to stop croaking. If you can envleti, for she Is under the authority
not see any good in this world keep not merely of ber husband, but also of
tbe bad to yourself.
his mother. A book on Chinese eti
Learn to keep your owu troubles to quette gives rules which show pretty
yourself. The world is too busy to care clearly how utterly subject a woman
for your ills and sorrows.
is to her mother-in-law Here are a
Learn to greet your friends with a few of them:' “When your mother-in-
smile. They carry too many frowns in law sits you should stand. Obey ber
their own hearts to be bothered with orders quickly. Rise early In the morn
any of yours.
ing and open the doors quietly, taking
Learn to hide your aches and pains care to make no noise to waken her.
under a pleasant smile. No one cares Hasten to prepare ber toilet articles;
whether you have the earache, head retire and prepare for tea. Take it to
her quickly and cheerfully, and then
ache or rheumatism.
arrange the breakfast table. Place the
Tbe Glwey Sentries.
chopsticks straight, boil the rice soft,
To and fro march tbe sentries In and let the meal be thoroughly done.
front of Buckingham palace, meeting Prepare tbe meals thus carefully thrice
fa«-e to face for a moment and then dally. When darkness comes and your
separating without a word, as if their great one desires to sleep, spread the
feud were too deep for speech. This bed, when she may peacefully rest and
spectacle is watched with sympathetic you may retire to your room.”
Interest by American visitors, who oc
casionally intervene. The sentries were
Examples of Terseaesa.
glaring at each other one morning when
Perhaps the tersest and most effec
a stranger standing close by remarked. tive election speech ever made, says a
“Come, boys, make it up!” Another London weekly, was that of Mr. John
American proposed to heal the breach Peel at Accrington, when at last and
with a little friendly conversation. after the most urgent solicitation he
"Say, does your king live here?” he was induced to address there the elect
opened genially. The two sentries ors of northeast Lancashire. "Men of
stared Impassively and theu resumed Accrington, if you are so bnckwnrd in
their tramp, Up came a policeman. coming forward, we shall all be behind
"Can I tell you anything, sir?” said he. as we were before.” The only deliver
“Yes,” answered the American. "Tell ance comparable with this in terseness
me why these young hearts are silent and effectiveness was the sermon of
and sore. Anyhow, why can't they Dean Swift’s, which, taking as Its text,
whistle, 'We never speak when we pass “He that glveth to tbe poor lendeth to
by?’ ”— London Chronicle.
the Lord,” began and ended thus:
“Brethren, If you like tbe security
A Will
Three WsdAla«a.
down with the dust !”
In Warsaw a banker died and left his
entire fortune to whichever of his
Mot Ise« to Pallia« Corks.
three niece« daughters of three differ
A slight fire occurred on the fourth
ent brothers and sisters—married first
The parti«*« lntereste«l In this provision floor of a downtown establishment. An
were present when tbe will was read, Irishman was at work on the same
and all of them took immediate steps floor at the time tbe blaz«> started, and
to secure the prize. By procuring spe after it was put out Pat was called
cial licenses and taking other unusual into the private office of the manager.
“Pat, why didn’t you try to put that
measures it was found that tbe earliest
possible time for a wedding to take Are out yourself? You <x>uld easily
place was nt 8 o'clock on tbe morning have extinguished It with a hand gre
of tbe tenth day after tbe will had nade; there’s plenty of them up there.”
said the manager.
lx*en read. Before noon on that day all
"Well, sor,” returned Pat, “I had
three nleOes appeared at tbe notary’s
four
of thlm on the case, but I couldn’t
office with certificates showing that
they had all become wives between 8 get the corks out In time, begorra.”—
and 8:15 o'clock that morning, thounh Philadelphia Telegraph.
not one of them had even been engaged
Tae Jewels ot • Salat.
when the will was read. All three
The idea of sanctity usually carries
claimed the fortune, and the courts
solved the difficulty by dividing It Into with it a suggestion of poverty, and it
equal parts.
may seem a contradiction to refer
to the jewels of a saint. It bas been
The Deal as st Labor.
customary for painters who choose for
Two hundred persons, waiting for a their subjects saints or martyrs to
train. Intently watched an old man treat them with the utmost simplicity.
driving six Inch spikes with an iron In a majority of cases they are depict
maul. Now, there Is nothing unusual ed as devoid of ornament or decora
or extraordinary about driving spikes tion, and in tbe few exceptional In
with a maul, even though the head of stance«. as when the subtect of the pic
a spike Is only three-elghtha of an inch ture Is a ruler c king, tbeagems are
square and that of tbe maul only three- few and purely symbolic, being suffi
quarters. But there was a fascina cient only to denote the rank of the In
tion In this ol«l man's work. His genius dividual portrayed.
for dr’rsqg «pPres *■•• msnlfist W« -■Raphzcl, whe tri* ptrhaps the grooi-
never missed a blow. He never needed eat painter of religious subjects the
more than three blows to send a spike world baa known, has In most of bis
home with Its head burled In the works adhered strictly to this rule, but
planking. He always gave three. There In tbe head of "St. Cecilia” is to be no
was a rhythmic harmony In his task ticed a departure from It. A row of
that appealed to all. In his particular pearls, to which are attached three
lino he excelled. That Is the genius of pendants, ornaments her gown at the
labor.—New York Press.
neck, and thia la ber only jewelry. The
hair Is simply arranged and without a
The LaSr aai Her Wee«.
Jewel of any kind. Tbe single row of
There is a washerwoman In Parle gems, themselves the emblems of chas
who la In great trouble. Two years ago tity, emphasizes tbe exquisite simplici
sbe had a fight with her husband, in ty of tbe face.
tbe course of which so much skin was
taken from ber nose that some new
Crew qiUla Make the Beet Pena.
bad to be grafted on. Recently she
A quill pen maker says that no pen
made tbe horrifying dle«x>very that a
will do as fine writing as tbe crow
fine coat of hair waa growing In her
new nose and then learned that the quill. It requires the assistance of a
microscope to make a proper pen out of
doctors at tbe hospital who had treat
such a quill, but when made It Is of
ed her had used skin from a human
wonderful delicacy. The mlcroeetgiic
scalp for grafting purposes. Tbe poor
writing told of in books of literary cu
washerwoman then went to tbe courts rioeities was all done with a crow quill.
to ask for a divorce, urging cruelty as The steel pens of the present have very
cause, because It was ber busband's
fine points but somehow a finer point
brutality which took tbe original skin can be given to a quill than has ever
off her nose which resulted in tbe
been put on a steel pen. and for dellca
grafting, tbe hair and tbe ridicule of cy nothing can equal it
her neighbors.
The Tailor Ms des For Fall.
As in other years, the first fall suits
are strictly tailor made nffalrs. They
are a relief to tbe eye after the over-
ornamentation of the summer fro«'ks.
The long skirt coats seem to have
settled themselves for the winter, but
they have lost even the pretense of
stole or Blioulder cape. The seams are
generally strapped In corset fashion.
They are single breasted, with hip
and breast pockets, and the V neck is
sharply pointed and finished with a
narrow coat <x>llar of the material or
velvet.
.
The extremely plain up and down ef
fect of these tailor made suits is not be-
coming to every one, so that the box
plaited coats. which suit underdevel
oped figures, will still be used.
The latest of these have Immensely
long skirt coats, extending almost to
the hem of the skirt. They are fasten
ed down the front as far as the waist
line by silk cord loopings over a double
row of buttons. These buttons are a
decidedly striking feature of the suit.
Mannish Materials.
Happens Whea We Kaow a
Name Which Escapes Va.
The anatomy of the nervous system,
and consequently Its physiology, was
regarded In tbe past as very simple.
Cayal showed that tbe specific brain
cell Is an independent unit provided
with multiple processes, by means of
which it Is capable of acting not
through one nerve alone, but several.
Tills independent brain unit or cell Is
call.-d a neuron. A simple Illustration
of how the neuron works Is furnished
by our not Infrequent hunt for a name
or an Idea which we know we possess.
We feel that the name Is there, but we
cannot recall it. We get various names
near it, beginning even with tbe same
letter or the same vowel sound, yet
only after minutes or even hours does
it actually occur to us.
What Is supposed to happen is that
the particular cell of Intellection which
we are using throws out its process
among the cells of memory for names,
and though this process is brought in
connection with «tells containing sim
ilar names. It Is only after a more or
less prolonged search that It lilts on the
right one. It Is as If the telephone op
erator in the central office felt around
blindly for the connection wanted, and
only after putting the plug into various
holes eventually struck tbe proper one.
—Dr. Joseph Walsh In Booklovers
Magazine.
The Missive Lead Peaells.
What becomes of the lead pencils Is
as lnsolvable a problem as what be
comes of plus. No one ever really uses
up lead pencils; no one drinks them, so
to speak, to the very dregs, unless it Is
one of those admirable people who
keep journals and cash accounts and
who usually carry a sort of penholder
arrangement In which they insert a
half length pencil and go on and on
using it and sharpening it until It Is all
gone. Very few people ever get pencils
worn down as far as a half length.
They disappear before that stage Is
reached. What becomes of them all?
Hundreds of thousands of them annu
ally are lent to young children nnd
never seen again, but what do the chil
dren <lo with them? Do they oat them
up? Possibly.
Everybody has seen lead pencils the
upper end of which have b«*en chewed
into a brush, but children do not pos
sess such ostrich stomachs as would
enable them to consume all the pencils
that disappear.
So called mannish materials will be
much affected this autumn, says the
New York Evening Post. Tweeds,
serges and other rough cloths lead In
popularity, and plaid effects promts«1
to be prominent. Grays, browns,
greens and several shades of purple
will be fashionable colors, the last
named being reserved for more elab
Slat Kara Hla Fea.
orate gowns. Brown will probably be
Dr. Pighead visits Mr. Coldham, the
seen on the street more than any other great |>ork manufacturer.
color.
“Well, my dear sir, I don’t see that
there Is anything radieally wrong with
Aa Attractive Hat.
you. Go to l»ed early, don’t drink any
Hand plaited braid of a rushlike thing stronger than coffee and you'll
straw forms this attractive hat, the be nil right In a week.”
"What! Are you not going to give
me any medicine?"
“Certainly not. You don’t need It”
“But you get your money just the
same.”
"Yes. Just so."
"Well, I don't think it Is a square
deni. R'posln’ you bleed me, put a
mustard plaster on the back of my
neck and gimme a dose of salts. Ev
erybody that works for me ’s got to
earn his salary.”—London Tit-Bits.
A HZW BRAID »AT
■ole trimming ot which is a Idhg be-'
trich plume in white. The feather en
circles the crown and the tip droops
on tbe hair at tbe back.
Liaea Meeh Dress Shields.
Dress shields of linen mesh are rec
ommended. They have on tbe .side
to be worn next tlie dress a surface of
fine fabric, while the mesh side next
the skin has been rendered Impervious
to perspiration by sperial treatment.
Unlike rubber shields, they are not
beating.
Like a Woman.
"If you’ll notice," said Finnick, “the
poets invariably say ‘she’ when refer
ring to the <>arth. Why should the
earth be considered feminine?”
"Why not? Nobody knows Just bow
ild tbe earth la.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
A Feminise Think.
w R appin g ??!
PAPERS
Brights Disease
What
AFTEBNOON GOWN.
ITBWNE
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"A good part of the dyspepsia that
prevails lu America,” said the chef of
an exclusive hotel to a Philadelphia
Record writer, "kt due to tbe custom of
baking instead ot roasting meats. We
say we roast our meats. We talk glib
ly of 'roust beef,’ Toast chicken' and
so on, but what we should say la 'baked
beef’ and 'baked chicken.’ for anything
cooked in au oven Is baked, not roast Not Rare, but Common—All Kid»
ney Disease la Bright’« Discuss
ed. We don't talk of roast bread, do
we? Yet we cook our meat In the oven
—The 8th to 10th Month It B«>
as our bread is cooked.
comes Chronle «nd Incurable by
"To roust meat you must cook It on a
All Known Mean« Except the
spit liefore the fin*. You must turn It
new Fulton Compound«, which
constantly. Every little while you
Record 8T,\ of Rocoverloo.
must baste it. It is In every way bet
ter than meat baked. It Is tenderer,
sweeter and more digestible. Also Its
W« bar« before ue a little work on kidney
appearance Is more appetizing, and ths filseases by Joseph F. Edwards, M. D., of Phila
apitearanre of a viand has a tremen delphia, that eontaina some Uings that every
dous effect on Its digestibility.
one ought to know. Many people imagine
"Experiment, actual experiment, has Bright's Dieeaee U rare, when, in feet, it
the whole gamut of kidney disoaaoa.
shown that the sight of an appetizing cover«
This book aeta out that tbe kidueyB have but
dish starts tbe gastric juice to flowing one funotion. vis., the elimination of the urea
waste produo is, and that all interferences
Instantly and that such a dish digests and
with that function are called Bright's DiBeaao
much more quickly and thoroughly l>r. Edwards adds: “For the benefit of phyal-
who may read this book I will give a list
than an unappetizing one. Altogether, eians
of tbe ea»es which I attribute to Bright’s
we ought to go back to the genuine IM sosm , viz.:
▲Ibumenuria
roasting process of our ancestors, and
Congestion of the Kidney.
our health would Improve and there
Degeneration of the Kidney.
Fatty Degeneration of I he Kidney.
would be leas talk about vegetarianism.
Inflammation of tbe Kidney.
"Of course I and all good chefs actu
Uraemia.
Disease of the Kidney.**
ally roast meat. But roasting is with
Thus, all kidney disease being Bright’s Dis
the average cook tn the average Ameri ease. the serious guostion is. is it acute or
ehronief In other words, is it in tbe primary or
can house an unknown process.”
secondary stagef After the efgth to teeth
THE TRICKY BRAIN CELL.
tucked across tbe shoulders. The
sleeves are also full an«l are tucked
both at the shoulder and above the
cuff. Trimming the neck Is a shaped
band collar forming points over the
shoulders and crossing In front of
darker brown linen embroidered with
yellow nasturtiums with their pale
green leaves. The nasturtiums shade
from those of pale golden yellow to
deep brown yellow tones and harmo
nize most beautifully with the color of
the dress and the brown of the collar.
A band of tills same embroidery trims
tbe skirt just above the hem and forms
the cuffs. This frock is an excellent
model for cashmere or other light
woolen materials of light colors.
buke .
month it becomes chronic and is then incurable
by all known means oxoopt tbe Fulton Com
pounds The kidneys are not sensitive. Tbero
Is often no notion of the trouble till it has
already fastened. If you havo kidney disease
In the first stage the Renal Compound will euro
Il quickly. If it la of more than 8 to 10 montbe
standing it is the only thing known that will
cure It. In proof that nothing else will wo cite
ali medical works xs evidence that to this time
thert? has been nothing that cures Chronic
Bright's Disease. The stockholder«of the John
J Fulton Co., business and professional men ol
San Francisco, are tbo first people in the world
to announce a pool tiro cure, presenting a
definite percentage of recoveries (87 per cunt),
and giving out the lists of the cured, all among
purely chronic, well-defined cases. If you hevs
any kind of kidney trouble, there is only one
thing to take. The Renal Compound for Bright's
Disease is 8U for Diabetes, 8100 John J. Fulton
Co . 40U Washington street, San Francisco,
Sole compounders. Free analyses for patxeuta.
Pamphlet free. We are the sole agents.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among babies during th»
three teething years is something frightful.
The census of 1900 shows that about one in
every seven succumbs.
The cause la apparent.
With baby's
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in th«
skull) closing up and Its teetL forming, all
these coming at once create a demand for
bone material that nearly half the little
systems are deficient In.
The result is
peevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, diar
rhoea, brain troubles, convulsions, etc., that
prove terribly fatal. The deaths in 1900 under
three years were 304,988, to say nothing of
the vast number outside the big cities that
were not reported, and this in the United
States alone.
When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry
out in sleep don't wait, and the need ia
neither medicine nor narcotics.
What th«
little system Is crying out for is more bone
material.
Sweetman’s Teething Food sup
plies It. It ha. uv«4 th. live, ot thousand,
of bablta.
They begin to Improv, within
forty-eight hours. Her. la what physicians
think of It.
193« Washington St.,
flan Francisco, Juns 1, 1909.
Gentlemen—I am prescribing your food la
ths multitude of baby troublea du. to Im
peded dentition. A large percentage of In
fantile Illa and fatalltlee are the result of
alow teething. Tour food supplies what ths
deficient ayatem demand., and I havs had
surprising success with a. In scores of cases
this diet, given with their regular foe«, has
not foiled to cheek the '.nrantlM distresses.
Several of the more eerlous cane, would. 1
feel sure, have been fatal without It. It can
not be too quickly brought to the attention
of the mother, of th. country. It la an ab
solute necessity.
L. C. MENDEL. M. D.
Pstaluma. Cal. Bsptsmbsr 1, 1MZ.
Dear Sirs—1 have juet tried the teething
food in two cases and In both It waa a suc
cess. One waa a very serious case, so criti
cal that It waa brought to me from another
city for treatment. Fatal results were feared.
In three days the baby ceased worrying and
commenced eating and la now well. Its action
In thia case waa remarkable. I would ad
vise you to put It in every drug stere In thia
city. Tours,
I. H. PROCTOR. M. D.
8weetman'a Teethlne Food will carry baby
safely and comfortably through the meat dan
gerous period of child life. It renders lanc
ing of the gums unnecessary. It la the safeet
plan and a blessing to the baby to not wall
for aymptoma but to commence giving It the
fourth or flfth month. Then all the teetl
will come healthfully, without pain, die
tress or lancing. It ia an auxiliary to theli
regular diet and easily taken. Price M cenb
(enough tor six weeks), sent postpaid on re
celpt of prloe. Pacific Coast Agents. Inlan«
Drug Co., lillla Building, flan Francisco.
Wlsat Kmet-aan Want««.
“Thoue who knew Mr. Emerson
txqit,” said Mlaa Ixiuisa M. Alcott,
"were assured that what seemed the
decline of his faculties In his latter
years w«» largely but a seeming. It
was only words he could not command
at will. His very forgetfulness of the
names of things would often give o«'ca-
slon for a flash of his quaint, shrewd
wit. I remember once he started for
his usual walk, when a light shower
came up, and he returned for his um
brella.
"He could not remember tbe word um
brella, nnd we, who had not noticed the
shower, had no clew to what he was
searching for. Another walking stick
was brought him, another hat, a fresh
He Kaew.
kerchief, only to be refused with that
“I don't see how a man can ba so perplexed shake of the head. ’I want,’
mean,” expostulated Mrs. Cobwlgger. said be at last—‘I want—that thing-
"Just because I'm going a few mll«*s that your friends always—borrow—and
out of the city to spend a day or two never—bring back!' Could any one fall
with an old school friend you rave like to recognize that description?"
a madman about the expense. You
know very well, Henry, the railway
Plover’s K*«u.
fare is only 40 cents."
Few people realize that there are
"I know that, my dear,” replied other eggs besides those of hens which
Cobwlgger. "and I know also that ev have enormour commercial value. In
ery time you go ou om> ol' these little England so called "plovers’ eggs,”
trips yon spend st least $25 for the which are really those of lapwings, are
things you say are absolutely neressary sent to the city markets from tbe rural
to make you presentable.”—New York districts by hundreds of thousands.
Times.
Thev are «»ateemefl a greet delicacy and
fetch a very high price, the use of
A Timid Plaster.
them being for that reason confined al
"I’ll bet h dollar If I should ask yon most exclusively to the arlstfxracy and
to marry me you'd refuse,” ventured other luxurious persons. Being only
Gussie, trying to Inject a little more about the size of pigeons’ eggs, a good
spirit into tbe conversation.
many of them are required to make a
"My. but you're a cheap one!” re dish. Men make a huslnres of gather
sponded the gtrl.
ing them from the nests in marshes
“Y-y-y-why T' stammered Gussfe.
and wet fields.—London Standard.
"B«*cause you won’t bet more than a
dollar on a sure thing.” — Baltimore Michael Aa«eln'a A*«ase»« at laltMt.
American.
Michael Angelo, after receiving a
painful injury to his leg by felling
Jeet Passing.
from a scaffold while at work upon
"Are you acquainted with Mrs Tub "The I .a st Judgment," became so mel
by r
ancholy that he shut himself In his
"Yes; we bsve a passing acquaint room, refused to see any one and “re
ance."
solved to let himself die.” Fortunately
"Ob, as much ss that?”
hla Intentions were frustrate«! by the
"Yes. We were at the same card ta celebrated physician Baclo Rontlnl.
ble once. Rhe passed, and so did I.”— who learned by accident of hla condl-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Do not presume too much that you
He—Think twice, love, before yon re
are Intrenched In any person's friend
fuse me.
ship.— flchoolm a st er.
She—Why should I think twice?
He— Because, my dear, a woman nev
Too many men mistake alcoholic
tr thinks twice the same.—Londcu
thoughts for genius.—Atchison Globe.
Tody.
CarefBl Maa.
"Mr. Jonesmlth Isn’t In.” said the
maid at tbe door. "Will yon leave your
name?”
"Oh. no," replied Profemor Abeent-
mlnd. "Ton see, I may need It myself
before I see him again.”