The Eugene weekly guard., December 01, 1900, Image 3

JUST
BEFORE
WINTER
COMES.
will ever know. Wlw-ly he k-pt his
LAW SETS WASH DAY. ' one
peace and. advising with no one, with
int
an C oq J
CHICAGO JUDGE RENDERS
CISION IN QUARREL.
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I'ectdes on W hat l»ay Flat Occttpauta
rhall
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tbe
Familj
Moat
Week
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Linen —
on
the
Daye Allotted to Them.
English a« She la Wrote.
Quiet Neighbors«
“Miss Spelt.” said tbe business man
Mrs. Gabble I hear your husband's
to bls new typewriter, “you are certain been made superluteudeut of a ceme­
ly wasting your talents here."
tery, and that you'll have to live there.
“Really?" gasped the young lady.
Mrs. Short Will?
“Yes. you should go in for humorous
Mrs. Gabble Well, I was thinking
writiug, You have tbe making of a fe­ the neighborhood would I k * rather
male
Josh
Billings."—Philadelphia ghostly and creepy.
Press.
Mrs Short No doubt, but It has one
good (mint. The neighborhood won't
Eneonrasing.
be prying Into our affairs. I'hiladcl
He— Is your father a large man?
Ruth- Reasonably so. 1 have seen phia Press.
him take a gentleman of your size and
A 1 houw title«« Aiuser.
throw him through the wludow half­
"Do you think of me as often as you
way across the lawn.—Life.
did before we were married?" asked
Mr. Meek ton's wife.
XX hat to Ho will» M illie.
“Much oftener," lie answered, cheer­
ily. but abseut-miudtslly. "You see.
Henrietta, you weren't lu a position to
tbeu remind me of yourself as much as
you can at preaeut." Washington Star.
lila duty ever b« fore him be chose to
emphasize the rule which has been held
lu mauy apartment houses, and which
the better judgment of every thinking
person will commeml. It la now no
longer a rule, but a law. unwritten, yet
foiceful nevertheless to hokl every top
flat occupant to her week's end wash
day.
As for the womtm's clubs, It la too
bad they did n«»t “get In” on thia discus­
sion before the question was settled.
As It Is. one of the North Side clubs has
dt*«*ld«*<l to talk about It next week, aud
If possible to And some excuse for the
action of tbe woman from tbe third flat,
who has. lu their estimation. i»een un­
justly s»-t upon throughout the trial. If
such a dtH-lslon la not possible, the club
may decide to send her a testimonial
of ayuipathi tlc slsterhooil, expressing
the trust that she will l»e resigned to
retarded housework and midweek
washings. l*erba|M later In tlie year
the Chicago club may utulertake to
throw further light upon the distress­
ing domestic situation of tlie woman
who occupies the third flat.—Chicago
Chronicle.
Strange as it may seem, the Chicago
Womau's Club has never discussed tbe
problem of »ash day lu an apartment
buildiug; uelther has tbe West Eud
Wuuiap s Club, uor the Arche Club,
uor, so far as anyone cau flud out. has
auy woman's club of the city. It Is a
rare occurrence that a matter comes
before* the public rniud • bleb has uot
previously beeu couslder«sl by the
woman's club. It la seldom that womeu
are torc«*d to go outside the authority
of their orgunizaUous tor a solution of
any really weighty problem. There cau
bi* no doubt that coucerulug tbe regula­
tion of wash day the clubs have be«*u
negligent. Tiiey have had mothers' meet­
ings. they have glveu their beat thought
to the solution of social problems, they
Blsk«*»l Ills Lit** In s Canoe.
have dabbled lit domestic affairs to the
A young Frenchman unmi'd Felix
extent of the servant queatlou. Why
they should have so neglected the prob Chaucbols. a I'arlslau student, about 23
A Touch of Nature,
"The seuteuce of this court." salii the
Judge, "Is that you la» condemned to
solitary confluemeut for tbe term of two
years."
“Thanks. Judge!
My profound«*»!
thanks!" exclaimed the culprit, with
effusive gratitude.
Ills Honor, detecting the genuineness
of the prisoner's appreciation, tol’uuta
neously returned:
“I don't know, my friend, lint I al
Mother—I hardly know what to do
most envy you; 1 am a rnarrle»! man
with Willie. He doesn't seem to learu
myself." Richmond Dispatch.
anything at school; his spelling Is
awful.
Bend It by Mail.
Father—Let's make a sign painter of
Burroughs—Fm off for California; got
him.
a good Job out there. Good by, old
ft
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Hr llal Keen Cauuht.
Willie (glancing up from his book)—
I’a. what is a "man trap?"
I’ m Well, my son. tlie mort effective
man trap 1 know of is an old-fashion
e»l rocking chair In a »lark room. -Phil­
adelphia Press.
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aval* *0“
3«tol®*
.th to *
nartnr »<»
earth 0^
bntldi*
man; I'll never be able to express to you
all I owe you for your many little klml
uesses.
Lenders Well, you might try a mon
ey order or a cheek.—Catholic Stamlari!
aud Times.
Ou the Habits of IIusbutuls.
"I always telephone John when we
it grieves me so to have company, so he’U be prepared.”
“Goodness! If I telephoned William
logical)—But why he'd stay down tow n.”— Chicago Rec­
I was always so.
ord.
Shouhl Be Used to It-
Mamma Bobble,
have you naughty!
Bobble (strictly
should it. mamma?
IN A BANK HOUK.
Chickens roostin' in the barn.
Too cold in the tree«;
Folks 1» keepin’ close to hum,
Jea’ like honey bees.
Frost gits at yer rheuniatia,
Ain't no use to holler,
Col’ is gittin,’ in yer laines.
Pains is bouu' to toller.
Mornin’ jes' the time to sleep,
Col' outside the kiver.
Dad shouts up it's time to bounce.
Boys begin to shiver;
Huskin' corn out in the fief
Ain't so mighty 'musin'
En yon won' be so glib:
Dogs'll tin’ you in the brush.
Spite o' ail yer boastin’.
Gun'll then begin to bmk,
Soon you'll be a roastiu'.
'Fore the sun gits really up—
Rather be a snoozin'.
Quail Is hollerin' in the woods.
Seems jes’ like they know
Folks so busy huskiu' corn
Hunting's got to go;
Jes' you wait thar, Mr. Quail,
Jes’ keep up yer tootin';
Spen’ yer time a crowin’ now.
Soon there'll he some shootin’.
Autumn’s jes’ the time o' year
Makes yer heart git glad:
Summer's work mos’ finished up—
En winter ain't so bad;
Settin' roun* a-poppin' corn.
Er dozin’ in a chair;
In slimmer can't I m * lazy.
Ain't no time to spare.
—Lynn C. Doyle.
Soon’s we git the woodshed full,
En corn all in the crib,
Then we'll git our huntin’ togs.
denly his heart began to sink. On the
third Anger of Miss Smith's left band
When I played golf I learned to cat
was a wedding ring!
Some things I dared not eat before.
“Great Scott, she's married.” poor
I learned another tongue complete,
Tom moaned. The next minute he was
I learned to lie about my score.
off like a shot.
I knew nothing of all this until some
When I played golf I learned to flirt —
time after: In fact, not until 1 received
An opportunity moat rare—
a letter from Tom. In which he u;x
And as I cameoed the dirt
braided me for a lack of friendly in­
I picturesquely learned to swear.
terest, in not having acquainted him
When I played golf T learned to steal
with the news of Miss Smith's mar-
The balls the other players lost.
riage. lie detailed tlie scene In the
I learned to spend my all and feel
cafe, ami told me that Ills life was
’Twas wrong to stop aud count the ruim*d; that he never cared to return
cost
again to bls native town. He was now
holding a good position In New York,
When I played golf my great concern
and would stay there.
Was this:—I say it to my shame—
I was a little perplexed by this turn
The only thing I did not learn
of events, yet I correctly guesatsl the
Was how to play the cussed game.
affair to be complicated by bls stupid­
-Life.
ity. I resolved to see Miss Smith, and.
if possible, ferret out the mystery. Ac­
cordingly. one Aue afternoon. 1 called
upon her. in the hope that circum­
stances would bring about some solu­
tion of Tom's troubles.
The Arst thing I observed, when we
were seated for a chat, was her left
OM BENTLEY was a fool. That-
‘. Neither there nor on the other
is to say. he was generally ac -I hjln<1‘
hand could I see anything In appear­
credited with having less sense
ance approaching a wedding ring. I
than his fellow men. Certainly he resolved
had
upon a bold expedient.
abilities of a fair order, but they were
“I miss the plain gold ring you some
not of the kind adapted to carry him
times wear.” I said.
through the ordinary affairs of life
“Oh. yes,” was her reply.
“Excuse
without some blunder here and there
me for a moment, and I will get It.
Tom fell In love. Not that this might
There is a very sad story connected
be considered as the natural result of
with It.”
bls affliction, but it led blm to the
She returned shortly, and hamb-d to
blunder here recorded.
me what was unmistakably a wedding
When Tom Arst met Miss Amanda ring. While I was examining It she
Hmith he was acting as private secre
related to me the story of a dear cous-
tary to a wealthy retired senator. Just
ln, who, after wearing It one short
sbout the time Totu's heart bade blm
year, had died In far-off India.
unburden himself at the feet of Miss
•'But. Miss Smith,” I asked, with the
Amanda, his employer went abroad,
freedom of a friend, “are you not
taking his secretary with him. Why
afraid to wear this In such a way that
he did not propose to her by letter. I
It might mislead people?”
do not know; nor was It any of my
“I never do.” she replied. ‘‘Indeed.
business; I record simply facts.
I make It a point of wearing it always
A year passed by l>efore Tom's em­
on my right ha ml.”
ployer was disposed to return, and then
This was all the more perplexing I
his return was unexpected, else Tom
knew her to be precise and careful: I
would hardly have bad the chance to
knew Tom
not such a fool that
make this blunder.
It was a beautiful May morning Af­ he could not tell the right hand from
It was certainly strange, and
ter a go*» I night's rest. Tom had stroll the left,
minute« we dropjied the mat­
ed down town to attend to «nine busi­ for a few
last. an Idea having struck
ness. In order that hfs ml ml might ter. At
me. I a«kcd Miss Smith to put the ring
be freed from all cares, preliminary to
where she usually wore It—on the third
a call upon Miss Smith. Toward noon,
Anger of the right band. Then I gent­
his business completed, he entered a
ly turned her to a mirror, held up her
fashionable cafe, which was. to him.
arm. and asked what the mirror said.
replete with memories of happy visits.
Astonishment spread over her face as
In company with her for whom he had
been languishing a whole year.
I he she looked.
“Why. It seems to be on my left
seat be took gave him a
position
hand! 1 never thought of that.”
whence he might admire bl« own at­
I did not explain to her the reason of
tractions tn a full length of 1-ren*h
my Interest, but that night I sat down
plate, and also observe the other guests
and wrote a long letter to Tom. ralTng
plate, and also observe the other
him some choice names and warnlog
guests.
him that his folly wonld ultimately
Before be was half through lunch the
bring untold trouble upon himself if
mirror made known to him the pre*
be did not reform.
ence of a very striking coaple
e
My harshness, however, did not pre
was young, beautiful and Ml«« Aman
vent me from being, three months lat
da Umlth! He—well. Tom did not
er. the best man at Tom a wedding.—
know blm. but olwerved. with paling
Waverley Magazine.
cheek, that the two were very mu< b
devoted to each other. F-nally he no­
Have Gone Out of Mtyle.
ticed a startling fact.
Miss Smith,
Porterhouse steaks have gone out of
with feminine care, was just a the a
fashion, according to one of tbe uptown
of pawing a beaut ful white band ov**r
her tress«
Tom watched It. In all butchers who supplies meat to a lot of
tbe fascination of a lover; a“1'1 •wl tbe famllise ia tbe fashionable districts
COMMON LAW PROTECTS WASH DAY.
on Riverdale drive and West End ave­
nue. For years and years the porter­
house steak has been considered the
best cut of beef and has fetched the
highest price. Now the demand Is for
the Delmonlco steak, which Is the por­
terhouse with the bit of the tenderloin
cut out of it. A dislike for the taste­
less bit of tenderloin seems to have de­
veloped. uniess the tenderloin Is served
separately, either as a roast or Axed up
as one of the fancy steaks that the ac­
complished chef knows bow to pre­
pare. There is more davor to the sir­
loin. and so the demand Is for either
the bom* sirloin, as it la called, or the
Delmonlco steak, which follows It In
the carving of a “critter.” This fancy
lias generally put out the butchers, who
have now to hud a new way to carve
their meats to an advantage.
Even
when the tenderloin Is cut away from
the bone. It Is said by the dealers to be
the hardest piece of the beef to now
dispose of to advantage. New York
Times.
WHEN I PLAYED GOLF
!«••••••••••••••••••••••••
; TOM’S BLUNDER. •
: •••••••••••••••♦•••••••••• $
COSTLIEST SAUSAGES MADE
Some Made In irnnee that Only t api-
taliat* tan Afford to Eat,
T
“The costliest of all sausages,” said
a man familiar with the trad»*, “Is Ly­
ons sausages. Imported from Fram-e.
Lyons sausage sella In Paris at 2 francs
and more a pound. Here it Is sol»l at
SO ceuts to il a pound. Lyons sausage
Is also produced in tills country. That
made here is even tluer than the Import­
ed, but sells here, however, for some­
what leas.
“Lyons Is rather a large sausage. It
Is put up In the largest size bog casings
and It Is made of beef and pork. The
meats used In making it an* of the very
best, and they are prepared with the
greatest care. From the beef all the
sinews and veins are removed, and
there la left only the selected parts of
the meat. The beef Is chopped very
Ane. so One as to make of It practically
a paste. The pork u«ed Is from the
back fat of hogs. This la not chopped
One. aa the beef Is. but la cut Into Ir­
regular shaped pieces which show In
tbe sausage when It is cut. The «pl»*«*»
used in the «» ««onlng are. of course, of
the choicest. The Lyons sausage
bard smoked.
“The art of sausage-making has
Improved in thia country that now.
you can say without reservation,
flnest sausages produced In the w»i
are made In the United States Thii
true without ex» option. The Ane
can Lyons sausage, for example, is t
ter than tbe Imported Some Amerta
Lyons is exported to France and «
there, and some of that thus *x;*or
Is reimport»-»! and sold here as imp»
*
Cbolly 1 can't And words to express my love for your daughter, sir.
Iler father - Figures will »Io.
His Sense of l’ride.
Tlie Preaent Would Have Been His.
The American tourist Is so tlruily con
vlnced that he Is being cheated ou all
sides »luring his Eutopeau travels tbal
be occasionally oversteps the bouud*
of prudeuee.
"What Is the price of this pin?” asked
a young man In a 1’arla shop, handling
a small silver brooch of exquisite work
mauship.
"Twenty francs, monsieur," said the
clerk.
"That's altogether too much," said
the young American. “It's for a pre-sent
A Poor Hnlesmnn.
I.ltlle Isaacs—Dot man come In for a to my sister; I'll give you 5 francs for
straw hat, but ve didn't have vot he It.”
"Zen It would be zat I gave z«* pres
va tiled!
Mr Isaacs—Don v.v unter heafeu ent to your slater," said the Frem'li
didn't you sell hint an ofercoat? I'm man. with a deprecatory shrug, "and I
afralt you vlll neffer malg a goot sales do not know ze young mademoiselle.”
man! Neffer! Puck.
A Qiivation.
"Mother," asked littl«* Johnny, peer
Progress.
"These Broadway cars are getting Ing In between tlie uncut leaves of »
magazine, "how ever did they get tlx
more uncomfortable all tbe time.
"Why shouldn't they lie? The man printlug In there?"
“H arietta,'' said Mr. Meekton. "there
is <n.e request which 1 should like to
make of you."
"What Is It?”
“If I get to acting a little bit over
bearing don’t notice It. At any rate,
don't hold It up against me. You se»‘,
every once In a while I get to thinking
of th«* fact that I am Henrietta Meek
ton's husband, and I can't help feeling
Just a mite haughty."—Washington
Star.
agement Is naturally becoming more
an<l more expert In ministering to the
discomfort of the passengers.”—Life.
Very 1‘srtictilsr.
Only Pieces Left.
“You sent a collector to see me th'>
morning.” salii the burly visitor.
“As, yes. That little tilll you owe.”
replied the Installment man. “Well?”
"Well, you'll better send another on.
up to my house."
“What for?”
"To collect th«* Arst one." PUllndel
phla Press.
Iliiuntril Him.
Miss Hue PersfItlous Do you taki-
any stock In dre-ams, Mr. I,»*dger?”
Mr. Ixlger Do I? Why sometimes
after we’ve been taking stock at the
■tore I don't dr«*am of unythlng else for
w»*eks Phlladi-lphls Press.
t'nuonnl,
“Hay. did you h»*ar about that a cd-
dentr
“No. What was It?"
"A policeman got hurt by the acci­
dental dlscharg- • f bls duties." Cleve­
land Plain Dealer.
'Rastus (Interiuptlng minister during
marriage »-eremony) — Pahson. would
you mill' rendin' dat part about 'Tub.
ho no an’ obey" Jest once mo’; I «loan-
want de bride to dlsremember IL
Novel Trap for a Hnak«-.
A lady In Durban, India, on getting
up one morning hi-aril a most peculiar
uolae in th«* pantry. She was astortlsli
• m I to fln»l that a snake ha«t Its head and
part of Its Ixxly through the bamlle of
Frankly Expressed.
“1 am a man of few words.” said the a Otilna Jug Both aid» a of the snake—
that Is. th* jsirtlon on «-.-•> b sl»le of »be
busy cltlsen.
“I am glad to hear It,” answered tbe han»He were bulging out 'Ibra she
caller, with a superabuudau<-e of ss«ur discerned what had happened. Rome
an e. "Pre got a whole lot to say to i-ggs had tieen lying on the shelf and
you and the fewer times you Interrupt the snake, after having swallowid one,
me the better I’ll be pleased.”—Wash had <rawl«-»l partly through the handle
of the Jug that Is, ss far as the swal-
tagton Star.
lowr«l egg would allow I d order to g» t
There Are others.
at soother, which it ha»l also swalkiw
j ,i
Y
, tve «pent a fortune
ed.
Naturally enough. It could not
the ra»-». ami w.hat have yon realised?
then go «dtber forward or t»a»-kwar<l
Hou That 1 am an Idiot. Brooklyn
through the handle. The lady was Just
Life
___
going to call her husband, when the
Sure.
reptile gave a desperate wriggle and in
•»Yea. « r." said the aad-looklng man. do. ng so fell on tbe floor with a t»ang,
“1 a n one of the few people who can handle and all. But the fall broke both
tell with accuracy bow tbe stock mar tbe «-ggs In Its Inside and, taking ad­
ket will go.”
vantage of Its rHeaae from the haiuNe.
“How do yon manage It?”
It was out lu the garden before yon
“■nsilj. I a*1 interested In a stock could say "Ware:’’
and put up my money. Then I can alt
Don't wait until It begins to sprinkle
gown and feel morally certain that It
will gn the other way."—W asL.agtoa btf'jre starting to lay up money fur a
| rainy day.
Star.
lem of waah-day rights no one cau aay
—it la enough that they have, and ttint
but for th«» timely intervention of the
Judiciary aerlous things might have
happened.
It was Judge Tuthlll who was brave
»‘Bough to attempt a settlement of the
matter. The wash-day litigation line
rea»*h«*d a successful t«*rmiuaUon, ami
th«* public Is agretsl that u»> greater ser­
vice lias been reudered by tlie «xiurts of
Illinois. All America will look to Judge
Tuthlll'a decision for authority lu ar
ranging wash »lays, aud the world can
uot but In* Influenced by Its message of
domestic peace. It marks the passing
of ill«* Mqiiday wash-day, opening a
new epoch, which. Influenced by the
strenuous life of the tlmea, will have
«even Wkzh days lustiwd of »me.
•lliei»- can t>e no argument as to
which wash day belongs to whom.
Judge Tutlilll has read the law on that
question, aud occu|>anta of apartments
must consider the wash day regulations
liefore routing their flat. According to
the d«e*r»M*, the mater stands: First flat
wash »lay. Monday; se«*ond flat wasli
»lay, Tuesday; third flat wash day,
Wednesday; fourth flat wash day,
Thnrsday. and so on until the seventh
flat la reached, when, so the decree
reads, a new laundry sliall lie establish-
»1. It Is so planned that every six flats
sliall share a laundry, taking It day by
»lay In turn, so that uo two families will
expect to have the room on the same
day. and so that no discussion can arise
as to which day the laundry belongs to
which family.
Tlie case tliat brought th«* matter to a
focus In the courts was that of a fam­
ily living in the third flat of a building
<>n Woodlawn avenue. The family In
question was more forehanded than Its
neighbor*, and thought to get soapsuds
and 111 temper* out of the way tiefore
the middle of ttie w«H*k. Wednesday
wii Its allotted day for the laundry,
but. nothing daunted, tbe family liouse-
ke«*p<*r set her clothes a soak Monday
night, with the Intention of washing on
l ueielay. Early Tuesday morning she
was busy over the tuiM. when the fain
lly from the se«*ond flat a mother a ml
two sturdy daughter»-Invadeil the
basement. The discussion which fol­
lowed was a trying one. and but for tb<*
timely Intervention of the janitor might
have r«*sult«sl no one knows how seri
oualj.
Now. as luck wool») have It, the Jani
tor. man fashion, wss unconscious of
washday trials and tempers. The
matron of the third flat had taken to
tbe tubs flr*t anil by right of poasasslon
they belonged to her. Bo. at l«*a*L the
janitor »1« Pled, nevrr thinking that In
breaking oue of tlie rules of the estab­
lishment be was laying hlmnelf open to
litigation.
The family of tbe second flat were
treat "sticklers” for rule«. They knew
the rigtit <>f the lanmlry was theirs for
tlie day. and. whether or not. they bad
no lnt.*ntlon of being trampled <m by
the people from the flat overhead.
Beimlea tbaL they were persevering
people and fond of argumenL and
wouhl not let so good an opportunity
pass.
Judge Tuthlll has presided over the
recreant masses these many years with
never an opportunity for so <Nstingu:sb
Ing himself as be has done In the wash­
day decision, lie has never hesitated
to mete out Justice even of tbe sterie-st
sort, be baa never faltered In tbe doing
of his duty, but It must t>» rememlirred
that duty never came to blm with so
many perplexing «-»implications as this
of tbe wash tubs brought If be quailed
before tbe stern facta as they were
preheated by the two chief witnesses.
If he hesitated In choosing lietween tbe
r.gbts of tbe two sldars uf the case, no
yt*ars of ugu, was glveu an eutbualastlc
reception <>u tin* sands at Calais upon
his reaching shore after au adventurous
voyage across the channel from Dover
In a small canoe.
M. Chauebols. who hnd been staying
at Dover, left the English shore ou Sun­
day morning at s o'clock lu a canoe be­
longing to the Dover Rowing Club, of
which he was a temporary member. It
Is an exceedingly frail cruft, meaaurlng
h I »out 1-1 feet lu length umt 2 fsot wide,
cover«*«l at Ixith ends.
The well In
which th«* eaiKH-lst sat Is 3 feet long liy
about 20 Inches wide. She was In the
■am«* condition when he started as
when used for ordinary pleasure pur-
| mis «* s . th«* only protection lie had to
keep the water out being tbe ordinary
weather board».
There was a light north westerly wind
as he startevl from Dover, but later In
the day the wind veer«*d to southwest
and freshened, and there was quite an
unpli-nsaut ripple on the water. Chau-
chols was nt first <-arrle»l away ou the
fliKxl tide a good dral to the «-ostwaid,
but he had the advantage of having his
eoiinw* for Calais given him by Captain
Ib-lahnye of tho cross-cnniinel mall
pneket I.«* Nord. It appears, however,
that he drifted many miles out of Ills
«-nurse, as the tide turn»*<l wootward.
ami It was m>t until 10:30 on Monday
that lie reached Calais. He was unac-
conipanleil throughout tbe passage.—
London Chroulcle.
Doeo ('«Miking Spoil F» mm I?
Prof. II. Tyler, of Indianapolis, say»
that human life would average three
or four Huie» longer than It do«*s If
piHiple would re*Je»*t the senseleM prac­
tice of cooking their fo»Ml. Animals
aud fow l live much longer In proiiortlon
to the peri«Ml of full development than
man. Say» Prof. Tyler: "Man. for
some unknown reason, eats dead cells
(cooked celbu to replace the dead cells
that have Iw-en separate«) from tbe
Isidy. In cooking foo«l all the adds
ami ga««*s so necessary for the conser­
vation and prewervatioa of Ideal health
es»-n|x* with tbe steam, and the food
retains a greater supply of ash, lime
and other such siihstames than nature
requires for the amount of food taken
Into tbe system.”
Remarkable Natural Curhsilty.
Giles County, Virginia, contains a re­
markable natural curiosity known as
Salt Pond, which Is ilescrllie«! as a lake
of fresh water sunk In Salt Pond Moun­
tain at au elevation of 4,3<>U f«*et alxive
sen level. It la fed by no visible
stream, yet It ia clalm«>d to have town
gradually enlarging since 1*M. the date
of Its discovery
Fish that have been
placed In Salt l*on»l have mysteriously
disappeared. It* depth Is unknown, ex­
periments with a line 3»«» feet long fall­
ing to reach the bottom. Tbe origin of
the lake I* unknown.
A New Will.
“Hell®. Jasper.” exclaimed Spender*,
stopping bls rich uncle’s valeL "how's
uncle this morning?"
“Well, sir. be says he thinks be ueetls
a change of heir.”
“Ko, he's sent you for the doctor, eh?”
“No—for his lawyer.”—Ptillailelphla
Press.
Apparel of Chinamen.
Tbe Chinese twtrf wear wool—not
even In the depth of winter; an«L gener­
ally speaking, the entire population
■ clothe themselves In cotton all tbe ye»r
round.
“Miss Ant«*ek seems very much Inter­
ested In that homely old mtisiclan.”
“Yes. She heard that he made over«
tares quite frequently.” Philadelphia
Press