BEARSKIN A MARK OF HONOR
Five British Regiments Won Right to
Wear Headdress, at the Battle
of Waterloo.
Recently published portraits of the
Kintr of England at the historic British
ceremony, “trooping of the colors,” at
the Horse guards parade In London
show him wearing the high, shaggy
bearskin headdress which appears to
the uninitiated to be a heavy, uncom
fortable article of apparel. As a mat
ter of fact it is not as uncomfortable
as it looks.
The bearskin, as It Is called to dis
tinguish it from the shako and bushy,
Is made of the skin of the Russian
bear and stretched over a basketlike
framework. In reality it Is not any
heavier than the oldtime helmet. The
one tiie king wore on this occasion hnd
a white plume on the side, the insignia
of the Grenndler guards, of which regi
ment King George is honorary colonel.
f ive British Guard regiments nre en
titled to wear the bearskin, a dis
tinction they won at Waterloo when
the British guards defeated the Old
Guard of Napoleon, who wore this
towering form of headdress.
Besides the Grenadier guards a regi
im-ui uuung rrom the tune of Charles
II, the Coldstream, Scots, Irish and
Welsh guards, the latter formed dur
ing the World war, wear bearskins.
They form the brigade of Foot guards
In peace time and are part of the
household troops, whose duties Include
the guarding of Buckingham and St.
James palaces.
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MR. BOWSER’S
WITCHHAZEL
And Mr*. Bowser’s Flying
Machine.
By M. QUAD.
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It was a day previous to Mrs. Bow
ser’s birthday. There hat? come into
Mr. Bowser’s office, a sharp-featured,
keen-looking man, who gave his name
as Mr. Gordon. He was a practical
chemist, and was connected with a
wholesale drug manufacturer. He
wanted to go in business for himself
or with a partner who had money and
energy. lie had heard ot Mr. Bowser
and had called to talk business.
One of the great money-makers for
the drug house, was witchhazel. It re
turned over 100 per cent profit. Mr.
Gordon wanted to go into the manu
facture of witchhazel. It would make
n couple of men millionaires in five
years. The world was not half sup
plied. The liquid was a dollar a pint
and still going up. He had a talk
with Mr. Bowser for two long hours,
and he satisfied him that the oppor
tunity of his life had come to him. It
beat bookkeeping and pig-raising all
to nieces.
At five o’clock Mr. Bowser started
home, as usual. He was placid ar>d
satisfied with the world. He looked
around him at the stores and offices,
and calculated that he could buy them
nil, in two years. Two or three of his
fellow passengers, on the car, stepped
on his toes, and the conductor took
fifty cents from him and forgot to
make the change. Nothing irritated
Mr. Bowser, however, lie smiled, as
he entered the hall of his house, and
that smile warned Sirs. Bowser that
he had something up his sleeve. She
said nothing, however, and after din
ner he suddenly began:
“Mrs. Bowser, do you know that to
morrow is your birthday?’’
“Yes, I did not forget that,” she re
plied.
“You have been a dear, good wife to
me and I am glad that I have pre
pared a surprise for you. It Isn’t a
necklace of diamonds or pearls, but
that will come a little later.”
“It was good of you to remember,”
she murmured.
"I have always remembered and al
v shall. You have stood by me as
hi wife should. Let me ask you,
I . on know a liquid called witch
hazel?”
"I think I do. We have kept It in
the house ever since we were mar
ried.”
“Yes, we have. It is-a great thing
know what It sells for at drug stores?
It is one dollar a pint, my dear wife,
and they make a profit of one hundred
per cent. There is an Increasing de
mand for it and it will probably go to
a dollar and a half a pint.”
“But what does all this talk mean?”
asked Mrs. Bowser.
"It means, that I am going into the
manufacture of wltchhazel. I have al
for bruises and contusions. Do vou
“I Shall Begin to Gather.’'
ready arranged with a chemist, and we
shall begin the manufacture tills fall.
That Is your birthday present, Mrs.
Bowser. In one year from now I shall
be financially fit to buy you a diamond
necklace worth, at least, twenty-five
thousand dollars.”
“That will be nice of you, Mr. Bow
ser. But you must make your witch
hazel out of roots and bushes.”
“Of course, I know that. That Is the
easiest part of all. Mrs. Bowser, there
Is growing, along the roadside, in this
state, enough witehhazel bushes to
manufacture ten thousand gallons of
the liquid. I am going to gather the
roots and bushes for my part. Mr.
Gordon will attend to the distillation
and the putting up of the remedy in
bottles. It Is to be called ‘Bowser’s
Wltchlmzel,' and that alone will sell a
hundred thousand bottles every month.
I shall begin to gather in the fall and
It will he a play spell for me."
“But there is something I wish to
tell you, Mr. Bowser," quietly observed
Mrs. Bowser. “You hadn't said any
thing about my birthday, and 1
thought you might forget it, and so I
bought my own present. That is, I
have bought a present on the condi
tion that you approve of It.”
“Have you bought u new dress?"
was asked.
"Oh, no. It is something more valu
able than that. Mr. Bowser, I find my
1 self a little lame with rheumatism.”
i ‘Tou should use Bowser’s Witch
basel for that."
"Yes, that would be good, but I hare
something better. I am going to buy
a flying machine.”
“A flying machine! What the Old
Harry do you want with a flying ma
chine?”
“For practical use. It is quite an
effort for me to go downtown shop
ping. We have no auto or carriage,
and the street car is always crowded.
How nice it would be If I could have
a flying machine waiting at the door
for me! I could step right into the
machine and start the *motor and go
sailing right over the houses, and land
at the door of a store. If I had any
packages to bring with me, don't you
see how handy the machine would
her
“Not by a darned sight!” exploded
Mr. Bowser.
"But you must see that, with the
wltchhaze^ and my flying machine, we
should be nicely fixed. If I fell out of
my muchine and got bruised all over
we would have the remedy right in
the house to cure me. Remember,
that is my birthday present Mr.
Bowser."
"I don’t care a hang if It is—I am
opposed to it! What do you know
about flying machines?”
“Oh, I can learn to fly, can’t I? I
can get someone to give me lessons. I
know a lady who owns one, and It
“If I Wanted to Call on a Lady "
didn’t lake her over a week to under
stand It. If she wants two pounds of
butter or a dozen eggs she flies right
over (o the grocer, and saves a long
walk and half an hour’s time, and
don’t you see—”
"And I see that It Is a most foolish
tiling!’’ interrupted th.e wltchhazel
manufacturer.
“I counted up the number of times I
had to go up and down stairs,’’ con
tinued Mrs. Bowser. “It was twenty
three times in all, and I had four calls
to pay, in addition. Just think, Mr.
Bowser, .of twenty-three times. If
I hnd a flying machine I could fly up
and downstairs and save me all that
walking. If I wanted to call on a
Indy I would land on her front steps
nnd ring the bell. If she was In, I
would get out and hitch my flying ma
chine to the doorknob; if she was not
at home I would give the motor a
poke and away we would go.”
“Yes, you would go to Ballyhack!
Mrs. Bowser, I won’t hear another
word about your flying machine. It is
the maddest thing that ever a woman
thought of 1"
"But you have wanted one I” she
protested.”
“It makes no difference! I am not
going to help you to commit suicide.”
"But, don't you see, that if I pitch
out you can cure me with your witch
hazel? We shan’t ever hav# to call a
doctor.”
"Flying machines be hanged I Doc
tors be hanged! There will be no
foolish things brought into this
house! I put my foot right down on
that!’
While Mrs. Bowser was heaving a
long sigh of pretended disappointment,
Mr. Bowser got up and left the house
and slammed the door behind him. He
went over to the drug store and peered
Into the window. There were three
men In there and he beard one of them
KHV •
‘‘There is old man Bowser looking
In. I wonder if he hasn’t got a
scheme to make the sun chine for
twenty-four hours without going to
bed at all.”
And Mr. Bowser quit peering aud
walked on. Mrs. Bowser wasn't to
have any present on her birthday!
“E Pluribus Unum."
“E Pluribus Unum,” the Latin mot
to on the obverse of the great seal
of the United States and on certain
of the coins, means ‘‘one from
many.” It was first proposed August
10, 1770, by Bepjumln Franklin, John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who
had been appointed a committee of
three to prepare a device for the seal.
This device, however, was not ac
cepted, and it whs not until June ‘JO,
1782, that the motto was adopted as
part of the second and successful de
sign submitted by Charles Thomp
son, secretary of congress. In 1700
congress decreed that the words
should appear on certain specified
qolns.
Not Distant Enough.
The Escort—Who** that fellow that
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The Lady—Only a second cousin
once removed.
The Escort—Um! Well, he looks as
if he wanted removing again.—London
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