ODR FRIENDS THE CLOCKS.
It’s Good to Be oa Terms of Fafnll
iarity with Them.
“Public clocks,” said Mr. Ktog
gletou, according to tin* New York
Sun, “are not only a great pub
lic convenience; it may easily be
that some particular clocks that
we pass daily, on our way to and
from work, we come to regard as
a sort of personal friend. Wheth
er we want to know tin* time or
not wc are likely to glance at this
clock as we go by; we look for it
and become accustomed to seeing
it in its familiar place, and should
miss it greatly if anything hap
pened to it, or it were taken away.
"And the same is true, in some
degree, though in a somewhat dif
ferent way, of weather vanes, the
weather vane is so simple a thing
that we look upon it, so to speak,
more as a dumb creature, and so
we may not have that personal
feeling for it that we have for the
clocks, though we may regard it
with a friendly feeling, too. That's
one way in which tin* vane is dif
ferent, and then, of another, the
vane that we may come to know,
and that wean* ljkeiv toconsult,
is one that we have in view from
where we live.
“We consult the public clock,
the one that we come in a way to
know personally, while we are
away from home; our vane we con
sult before we start, and not so
much to know what o'clock it is
in the clouds, but what the weath
er is going to be; to know, per
haps, whether we shall go some
where; whether wo shall take a
parachute, and so on.
“Hut w hile thus we do not have
for the weather vane quite the
Maine regard that we have for the
eloek, we may yet come to have
a considerable fancy for one. I
remember well a giant weather
vane, six feet high. I should say
in length, that for years turned on
1 he top of a flagstaff on the top of
a building in plain view of my
home. Many a time from my win
dow I have looked out at this
great weather vane, and seen it,
big as it was, turn gently in soft
breezes, and many a time I have
seen it thrashing and swinging
wildly around in tierce gales, fair
ly making flu* stout pole that it
surmounted sway with the strain.
“In fart this swaying of tin* pole
in gales led Anally to their taking
the big vane down and putting up
in its place fora finish to t he pole
an ordinary gilded ball. I never
knefv that we could miss a weath
er vane so much as I missed that
one. It was a little shock to find
it gone; and I never got quite used
to its absence.
“In whatever new place I goto
live I always look early to see if
there is a weather vane in sight.
We are less likely, in fact, to find
such a weather vane in view, from
our home, than we are to find a
clock in view on our way to and
from home; but I am pleased if 1
find such a vane, and, if it proves !
trusty, glad to make friends with
it.”
Wrote a Long History.
Onno Klopp, the historian, who
died recently in Vienna, at the age
of M, wrote perhaps the longest
history of the Stuarts in exist
<*nce. He was in t he service of the
king of Uanovertill ISfiGandwas
marked for his bitter hatred of
the Prussians. That prevented his
completing his edition of Leib
nitz s works, as the Prussian gov
ernment, after t he war, refused to
let him consult the library and
archives at Hanover, where the
Leibnitz manuscripts are.
Testing a Thermometer.
Before purchasing a thermom
eter. the instrument should tie
tested by inverting it and allow
ing the mercury to fall to the end
in a solid stick. If it separates
into small columns the tube con
tains air and will not register ac
curately.
The First Needles.
I be first needles were made in
1 f54r»; ten 'fteedles then represent*
ed a hard day’s work.
Fnrnl-hSnss W !:2rh Will Attrac
tltciienn aixl ( lii rrlalncm to
tlie Apartment.
A day nursery should be finished and
furnished to please the children, and
for this purpose nothing can be more
suitable than a wall paper showing in
teresting pictures. These pictures
may be children at play, household pet3
or even scenes from the famous
Mother Goose. This paper should only
be used for the lower part of the wall,
forming a dado above which is a plain
paper which makes a good background
for framed pictures, says the Home
Magazine.
A nursery nig is a source of enjoy
ment to the wee one who has not yet
learned to walk. This is made by sew
ing figures of animals, flowers, toys, etc.,
upon a foundation of thick cloth. The
cloth may be the best parts of men's
worn clothing, neatly pieced together
and the seams pressed open. The fig
ures to be appliqued to the foundation
should be first stamped on cloth as near
as possible to t he color of the animal or
other thing to be represented. Work the
edge of the figure in buttonhole stitch
with thread of the same color. Any
kind of thread, so that it is coarse and
of the right color, will ansv/er the pur
pose. Cut out the figure just outside
the stitching and baste it in position on
the foundation, remembering that the
baby will sit in the center of the rug
and view the picture from that point.
A space may be left plain in the cen
ter and outlined by a row of coral or
cross stitch in red marking cotton.
Fasten the figures to the foundation
with overhand or butonhole stitches and
work a row' of red stitching outside to
correspond with the one at the edge of
center, then line the rug and bind it
with red braid. This rug can be washed
in warm suds, well rinsed and dried so
as to lie as good as new and it will las!
<1 Inn cr t i m n
Don’t forget to put a low couch of
some kind in the nursery and dress it up
with pillows “like mamma's room.” One
of the pillows could he of white duck
with figures of brownies outlined in red
marking cotton and another should
show two or three Kate Greenaway fig
ures. One pillow should have a bunch
of flowers to encourage a love for ar
tistic things, but be sure that they ar<=
true to nature, for there are no more
exacting critics than children.
The pictures for the walls should be
chosen with an eye to their artistic
value rather than to their rich coloring.
It is hard to instill an appreciation for
true art into the mind of one who has
seen and admired only highly colored
daubs in his nursery’ days. Give the
nursery pretty, bright colors, but do not
choose combinations that will clash
with each other.
Plenty of low chairs and stools are
necessary, also a low table to corre
spond with the chairs.
A bare floor with plenty of rugs is
best for this room, as there are liable
to be accidental slops of all sorts where
so much play goes on. If the floor is
stained with one of the wood stains and
then oiled it will look nice and be easily
kept clean.
Purist.'jn Tomato Salncl.
A tomato salad served in Paris was a
variation of stuffed tomato having lob
ster meat as a filling. The live lobster is
boiled in water to which are added a gill
of vinegar, one onion sliced, a little pars
ley, two or three cloves and a bay leaf.
The cooked meat Is cut Into dice mixed
with two tablespoonfuls of sliced pickled
cucumbers and a few string beans cooked
and cut in small pieces. Firm, not too
ripe.tomatoesare selected, the tops sliced
off. and the center scooped out. Fill the
tomatoes with chopped ice while the
salad is being prepared. When ready to
put together, dress the lobster meat,
pickles and beans with mayonnaise, fill
the tomato shells, topping each with a
little mayonnaise in which is arranged
a lobster daw. Reserve a few string
beans whole, which may he dressed with
a French dressing and used as a garnish
around the tomatoes. Cold chicken or
ham may he used instead of lobster.—15.
Y. Post.
Knftllali Compofp of f'cnclip*.
Make a quart of strong ginger tea.
Add to it a pound and a half of sugar and
the juice and thin yellow rind of three
lemons. Boil and skim then throw in, a
few at a time, ripe clingstone peaches,
peeled, hut not pitted. Cook five or ten
minutes until tender, swim out and add
more peaches until all are cooked. Heap
In a pretty glass dish. Skim the lemon
peel from the syrup, measure and add
enough dissolved gelatine to the syrup
to make a firm jelly. Pour into a shallow
pan and set on ice. When stiff cut into
blocks and lay over the peaches, with a
few bits of lemon peel interspersed.
Serve very cold. This is deemed a great
addition to a high tea.
Mliilit Have Seen Venrer.
Wife tat three a. m.)—Oh, George!
Wake-up! I’m sure there’s a burglar
downstairs!
Husband—Gee! I’m glad he wasn’f
a porch-climber!—Puck.
TOOK RISK IN COUGHING.
Bnrbfr I >eil to Shaving; Color*ito t'oai*
(uniiiilvra Always («n«e
\\ urning.
The man in the chair coughed suddenly
and unexpectedly, states the I’niladelpcia
Keeord. "Don’t do that again,” exclaimed
tne barber, with an unwarranted display of
irritation. The man in the chair tesented
in somewhat lurid language this restriction
ot his personal libertj and intimated that
he would cough whenever he felt like it.
‘‘All right, then, cough your head off, but
don't blame me if 1 cut you,” returned the
barber. There was no more coughing, how
ever, and the man in the chair made his
escape without any injuty. But. as he paid
his check at the desk, he remarked to trie
boss barber:
"Say, you want to give some neivc tunic
to the fellow who just shaved me.”
"Oh, don't mind him.” replied the boss.
‘‘He’s from Colorado and he s used to shav
ing consumptives. He was telling me the
otner day that he’s been in the business for
over years and has shaved everything
from a 16-year-old boy to an oetogenaiian
drunkard, but hi' nerve went back on him
when he drifted into Colorado Springs and
started to shave the consumptives who hang
out there. Kver since then a man with a
cough gives him cold chills. Out there, he
tells me, not a day goes-by that some ‘lunger’
doesn't get a gasii in his throat while being
shaved.’
ElevatinK the Siaiulnril.
“So you are to have a high church wed
ding?" a>k> the friend of the beauteous
damsel who is to become a midsummei
bride.
"Yes indeed," she admits.
“It scents to be quite the fashion now,’’
says the friend.
"Yes. But papa is determined that mine
shall be a his net church woddiiaC m ar.\
♦ . * . • t *hj&jr£
Ot the other*.
“I thought that h.igh church was high
church, and that ended it."
"But papa lias donated enough money to
the congregation, to allow them to build the
spire 50 feet higher."—X. Y. Tribune.
Too Personnl,
Moneybag-—How did your banquet go
off. Banklurk?
Bankiurk Not as well as it might, you
know. The toastmaster called on a gentle
man who had lost an arm and a kg to an
swer to the toast of "Our Absent Members.”
—Stray Stories.
‘•I Found It So."
McCormick, ill., Sept. 28th.—Miss Ethel
Bradstiaw, ot tails place, has written a let
ter winch is remarkable tor tiie diameter
of the statements it contains. As her letter
will be read with interest, and probably with
profit by many women, it. has been thought
ad\ isabie to publish it in part. Among other
things Miss Bradshaw says: —
"1 had Kidney Trouble with the various
unpleasant symptoms which always come
with tiiat disease, and J have found a cure.
1 would strongly advise all who may be suf
fering with any form of Kidney Complaint
to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy which
I have found to be entirely satisfactory.
“This remedy is within the reach of all !
md is all that if^TPtltesuiunended to be. I
found it «o. and I therefore feel it my duty
to tell others about it."
Dr. Dunaway, of Benton. 111., uses Dodd’s
Kidney Pills in his regular practice, and
says they are the best medicine for Kidney
Troubles. He claims they will cure Diabetes
in the last stages.
Pleasant Time in Prospect.
The Victim—Craeious, man! Are you go- |
lng to shave me with that razor?
Barber—That will do all right. I rely on j
my strength.—Stray Stories.
To Care n Cold In One liny.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. !
In the -well cafe there’s many a tip ’twiirt
the cup and the lip. Chicago Daily News.
Ptso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a rough cure.—.7, \V. O’Brien, 322 Third
Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1900.
Obstinacy is ever most positive when it
u most in the wrong—Madam Necker.
^No muss or failures made with Putnam :
Fadeless Dyes.
Poverty brings many strange landlords.—
Chicago Daily .Sews.
WORN OUT, DRAGGED OUT,
Are Most Women in Summer.
—Pe-ru-na is a Tonic of
Efficiency.
roSEPIIIXE
Carroll
r. ,
J he, Ilrooklyn, N. Y.. writes:
“Per una is a fine medicine to talce any
time of the year, but I have found it es
pecially helpful to withstand the wear
and tear of the hot weather. I have
taken it now for two summers and feel
that it has kept my system free from
malaria, and also kept me from bavin#
that worn-out, dragged out look which
so many women have.
“ I therefore have no hesitancy in sa v
ing that I think it is the finest tonic in
the world."—Josephine Morris.
Pernna is frequently used as a mit iga
tion of t he effoctsof hot weather. What
a hath is to the skin. Pernna is to the
mucous membranes. Hut hi tig keeps the
skin healthy, l’eruna makes the mu
cous membranes clean and healthy.
With the skin and mucous membranes
in good workingorder, hot weathercan
be withstood with very little suffering.
Frequent bathing with an occasional
use of Peruna is sure to mitigate the
horrors of hot weather. Manv ladies
Mrs. Tressie Nelson, 422 Broad St.,
Nashville, Tenn., writes:
“As Peruna has done me a world
of good, I feel In duty bound to tell
of It, In hopes that It may meet the
eye of some woman w ho has suf
fered as I have.
“For five years I really did not
know what a perfectly well day
was, and if I did not have headache,
I had backache or a pain some
where and really life was not worth
the effort I made to keep going.
“A good friend advised me to use
Peruna and I was glad to try any
thing, and / am very pleased to say
that six bottles made a new woman
of me and l have no more pains and
life looks bright again.”— Mrs.
Tressie t\elson.
have discovered that the depression of
liot wentlior and the rigors they liava
been in the habit of attributing to
malaria, quickly disappear when they
use Peruna. This is why Peruna is so
popular with them. Peruna provides
clean mucous membranes, and the clean
mucous membranes do the rest.
I f you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your ease and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
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is the result of arrested
! physiology of the stom
I ach, liveror bowels, and is
f one of the first symptoms
who sutler with sick headache frequently resort to the use of headache
powders, irritating cathartics, which, it is true, do relieve headache by
dulling the sensations of the sympathetic nerves, but such medicines
never remove the cause, and, to be candid, are really dangerous,
death having been known to occur directly from their use.
Ora OaldwalPs Syrup Pepsin
(A LAXATIVE)
taken as directed when there is no headache will prevent it and put the
organs of digestion in such a perfect condition as to forestall the
suffering which attends this common and distressing affection.
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a “corrective laxative” and not a
“cathartic la~ative.” Throw away headache powders, pills and
irritating purgatives. Euy a bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsia
to-day. It is pleasant to take and sure in effect.
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