Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W: wmWrnnT SCATTERED Bf WIND I Blown 500 Yards When Storm Hits j Encampment at Pine Plains. i SOLDIERS HURT IN THE BLAST ! licvcls Tonts and Injures a Score of j t roopers ? riruui|uaruT9 | Flung High in Air?Grant's Tent j Blown Over. Pine Plains. N. Y. ? Havoc was wrought on the Hogsback when a violent windstorm, accompanied by rain and hail, bore down on the city of tents where the National Guard and the regular troops are encamped, ready for the military maneuvres of ; the Department of the East. Every tent in the camp was blown down, and a number of soldiers were injured. Major William E. Halliday, Pay- ; master of the camp, was paying off in one of the tents in the Twelfth In fantry reservation when the storm i broke. He had almost $25,000, most- i l_ VSll- tf 1 ec onrl <t 1 c\ O. 1 ly 111 uins ut f iu, <fo, y u uiiu v .. ? nominations. The tent under which 1 the Paymaster sat was swept away and the money was scattered by the wind. Late at night the search for j some of the missing money was still i going on. Some of it was found after : the storm 500 yards away. 1 Many of the militiamen are < bivoucking on the wet ground, dis- ! gusted with camp life, for the present, at least. The Massachusetts National Guard i suffered more than any of the other ' organizations, although few regiments < escaped damage. All was activity in Pine Camp early ' in the afternoon when a black cloud < was observed coming out of the ] northeast. It came on rapidly. Just at 3 o'clock the storm struck. A 1 quiver ran throughout the camp, and ' then the tents began to fall. Canvas i was flapping in the wind, and the men ? went scurrying this way and that, < dodging the tents and tent poles as I they were uprooted and hurled along - -- ay ine uiasi. It is estimated that the gale blew sixty miles an hour for a few min- ; utes after it struck. And while the soldiers were staggering against the force of the wind the hail struck and then the rain. On the top of the Hogsback, a knoll which overlooks the entire encampment, and on which 1 was pitched the tents of General ? Frederick Dent Grant and his staff, 1 the greatest damage was done. General Grant's tent was one of the first to go down before the wind. The General was in his tent talking to Major Lloyd McCormick, the Inspector-General, when the first blast struck. Before the General and the Mtfjor could spring out of the door i the big A-shaped tent fell about their heads, and as they scrambled to free 1 themselves from the canvas it was i lifted by the wind and carried down the hill. 'ine tents occupieu ay me miuiarjr observers and the umpires were ] grouped around that of General ;Grant. Every one of them was blown : down and some of the observers nar- 1 rowly escaped injury. i Over the crest of the hill swept the wind and down into the lowlands where the militia and regulars were encamped. The Eleventh and Thir- : teenth Cavalry Regiments suffered. Most of their tents were swept to the ground. The Twenty-fourth Infantry also suffered severely. The Fifth and ; Twelfth also had tents blown down. The Second, Sixth and Eighth Massachusetts had their tents carried away and the canvas torn and tent poles J broken. One man in the Massachusetts troops had both shoulders dislncated, another's ear was nearly torn off, and a third s back was sprained. Jt will take the engineer corps'' two days to get the camp in order again , and repair the damage done by the ' storm. The storm lasted only about : five minutes and then the rain poured down. Before the storm the soldiers 1 suffered greatly from the heat. With the coming of the 3000 United States troops by foot and rail, and the arrival of the National Guard organizations, Pine Plains presents a spectacle the like of which has not been ! witnessed in times of peace. The site of the camp is a broad, sandy plateau stretching along the shores of Black River, near the village of Felt Mills and half way between Watertown and Carthage. The camp is 2300 yards long and BiMSAINE MOTHEF She First Took Them to a SI Herself at C? Cadilac, Mich.?Mrs. Daniel Cooper, while insane, killed her husband, Tlx 01 ner seven cnnaren, anu nerseu during the night, by shooting them through the head. The dead are Daniel Cooper, fortyeight years old; Mrs. Cooper, fortyfive years old; Harry, aged fourteen; Inez, aged eleven; Samuel, aged ten; Georgiana, aged five, and Florence, aged one and one-half years. | When Mrs. Cooper's mother and other neighbors entered the home on Chapin street next morning they * found Fred Cooper still alive. He was taken to a hospital, but was not expected to live. He at first insisted that he was suffering from only a cold and the measles. Then he said, ^Mother did it." J. J. HILL PESSIMISTIC. , No Bumper Crop to Fill the Cars This Year, He Says. Washington, D. C.?There will he no car shortage in the fall, according to a statement made by James J. Hill, and no bumper crop to force the railroads to unusual activity. This despite the predictions of prosperous times made by the Prosperity Boomers of St. Louis. Secretary Wilson, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Hill takes a gloomy , view of things. Newsy Condensations. New York University graduated a class of 511 students. Directors 01 me union racinc ttanroad ratified the issue of $50,000,000 in bonds. W. J. Bryan said the Commoner received none of Thomas F. Ryan's Inofiey in 1904. The clapper of the Emperor's bell fell into the Cathedral at Cologne. No one was injured. General N. P. Linevitch, formerly commander of the Russian army in Manchuria, died at St. Petersburg. 330 yards wide, and is laid oa.t In the shape of a wedge. Within this wedge have been laid out thirteen separate camps, one lor eacn organization. These are sub-divided into camps for each branch of the service, six regiments of "nfantry. t*.vo regiments of cavalry, three batteries of field artillery and two companies of engineers. The tents occupied by the enlisted men are conical wall tents, accommodate six men each, and are equipped with the "Helen Gould" cots. The officers occupy A-shaped tents. It is estimated that there will be at least G000 troops at the camp at all times, and about 30,000 during the encampment. The regulars will remain throughout the encampment, and the militia will take part in three relays of ten days each. During the encampment the troops will be kept busy with dsy and night maneuvres, solving various problems of defense and attack, outpost duty, ani other activities such as would engage troops in the field at war. FLORIDA STANDS TORPEDO TEST. Monitor Disabled, With Side Pierced and List, at Fort Monroe. Fort Monroe, Va.?Pierced with an American Whitehead torpedo carrying a charge of guncotton, which tore a large hole in her side, the United States monitor Florida now rests in the drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, a victim of a naval experiment to test the vulnerability from torpedo attack of watertight bulkheads. The water in the vessel's hold gives her a list of seventeen inches to starboard. The test took place off Pine Beach, near the Jamestown exposition grounds, where the monitor was anihored in fifteen feet of water. The naval officials, while admitting that the damage done to the vessel is serious, declare that it is not vital and say that the test is satisfactory. Upon arrival at the navy yard the monitor Florida was immediately run into the big stone drydock and the cvatpr nnmnpd out. In order that a close examination of the damage done by the torpedo could be definitely seen. This examination showed that a clean hole, extending from the superstructure down the hull, had been made, and that it was twenty feet in length. The destructive power of the torpedo was the marvel of the examining officers. The injury Internally extended in about eight feet at the centre, but varied from four to six feet on the margins. "BLIND TOM'S" LIFE ENDS. Negro Musical Prodigy Dies in Hoboken?Was Born in Slavery. Hoboken, N. J.?"Blind Tom," the negro, who could play on the piano any piece of music he had heard once, and who, aside fro.n his musical ?bility, was practically an imbecile, is dead. His death has been reported many times?first, when he wa3 supposed to have been one of the thousands swept away lu the Johnstown flood?but the old negro had been living quietly in New Jersey for years, and died in Hoboken. He was named Thomas Greene Bethune, after his former master. Just how old he was is unknown. Stories vary, but he wus born probably between 1349 and 1853 on a plantation near Columbus, Ga., where his parents lived as the slaves of General James N. Bethune. He made his first appearance in New York in 1861, played in Chicago the following year, at the Empire Theatre, London, in 1S67, and in California in 1S73. His last work in public waS at the Circle Theatre, New York, in 1904, when he amazed many who believed he was dead by repeating the feats of his earlier years. VANDERBILT WINS GRAND PRIX. His Northeast Takes Blue Ribbon Event of France, Worth $72,000. Paris.?Thousands of Americans saw W. K. Vanderbilt's bay colt Northeast, with J. Childs up, capture the Grand Prix de Paris, the blue ribbon event of the French turf, which this year was worth about $72,000. Beautiful weather favored the running of this classic, and fully 150,000 persons gathered at Longchamps to witness the race, which' marked the close of the Paris season. President Fallieres was present, together with the members of his Cabinent, and there was an unusually large attendance of foreigners from all parts of Europe. After the victory of his horse Mr. Vanderbilt was escorted to the Presidential loge, where he was warmly congratulated by M. Falliere3. Governmental Deficits. Not only the United States, but Russia, Germany and France face Government deficits in the coming fiscal year. i kills" seven. hsow, Then Shot Them and acfilac, Mich. Afr<a Pnnnor whn line hoon ly unsound for more than a year, apparently had premeditated the wholesale killing;. The night before she took all her children to the Alamo Theatre. She bargained with the girl ticket seller to admit the entire family for fifty cents. The girl said she would do so this time, but that it should not be considered as a precedent. "You will never need to again," replied Mrs. Cooper,' "because none of us will ever come here after this." After the show she treated tne children to candy and peanuts. Mrs. Cooper appeared especially cheerful. Then they went home., where Mrs. Cooper chloroformed the entire family after they had gone to sleep and then shot them and herself. Oregon Instructs For Bryan. At Portland, Ore., the Democratic State Convention elected four delegates-at-large and two delegates from each Congressional district, instructing the delegates to support Bryan "so long as his name remains before the convention." April Trade Short. The Department of Commerce and Labor issued a bulletin showing that trade in April was from ten to sixtyfour per cent, under April oi' last 1 yean About Nnrod People. Secretary Taft says he has always been for woman suffrage, out the time is not ripe for it yet. m. T7? 4- n / :?./? 4- yv iiiuiuus r. x\..vjiu uiit;icu l?j tu the Old First Presbyterian Church, of New York City, an endowment of $100,000. Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, preaches to the text that public debts are not public blessings. Theodore P. Shonts told of the death of his son-in-law, the Duke do Chaulnes, in Paris, France, while kneeling at prayer. DIES POHS PARDONED Bn** MM Howard, Accused of Connection With Goebei Murder, Releassd. FOUR ' JURY TRIALS FAELED Struggled For Freedom During Eight Years With a Noos? .\bout 21 is Neck?Most Dramatic Case in Kentucky. Frankfort, Ky. ? By announcing the pardon of Caleb Powers and James Howard, Governor Willson J A^anlait At' of tJIUStJU IIIC last V,HO.pwci. \j L. uur. w *. 4<wi* tucky's most noted criminal casp, in which the people of all parts of the United States have formally expressed their interest by signing petitions for pardon. Powers and Howard were both released at once, the former going ro a hotel and the latter talcing a train to Louisville. Friends of Powers say that he will be taken in triumph to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, but Powers insists that he will remain at his home for some weeks to regain his health. Governor Willson has been considering the Powers and Howard cases for several weeks. His decision was made known in a formal statement of the pardon and his reasons therefor, which he gave to the press at once. Governor Willson also granted a pardon to Caleb Powers upon the indictment pending against him in the Franklin Circuit Court charging subornation of perjury. The Governor's reason for the pardon of Howard and his restoration to all the rights of citizenship is that a careful examination of all the evidence and proceedings of the trial had satisfied the Governor beyond all doubt that Howard had nothing whatever to do with the murder of William Goebel, but that Henry Youtsey, as set forth in the reasons for the Powers pardon, formed the plan which was carried out in the murder of Goebel. The campaign that ended in the defeat of Goebel at the polls, the struggle incident to his legislative contest whereby he snatchcd the Governorship from Taylor, his assassination and the campaign of proscription waged by his partisans after his death were replete with dramatic situations and crowded the stage with actors, who played important parts, but, of all the participants, none, not even Goebel himself, focussed public attention more clearly than Caleb Powers, the Republican Secretary of State. Powers has been fighting with a baiter around his neck for eight years. During all that time he has been largely in the power of his political opponents, the majority of those who were engaged in prosecuting him being partisans of Goebel. These opponents were surrounded by a horde of witnesses and detective* and backed by the $50,000 reward fund which the Gobel Democrats in the Legislature voted from the public treasury to secure the conviction of the murderers. 1 Four times Powers has been tried for his life, the last trial resulting in a hung jury. At the hour Goebel was assassinated in Frankfort Powers was some 200 miles away, on a train bound for Western Kentucky, where he intended raising a second "peaceful array," or "petition in boots," to protest against what seemed would be the certain course of the Legislature in procpcding to oust Governor Taylor and eat Goebel on contest proceedings?. He returned to Frankfort, and remained there during the stormy days that culiilinated in the instalment of Goebel as Governor upon his deathbed. Soon after, seeing the trend of eyents. Powers and a Frankfort policeman attempted to leave the capital by stealth. They were caught, and when given preliminary arraignment produced pardons signed by Taylor and dated prior to Goebel's installation as Governor. Although such pardons, issued in advance of trial, have been upheld by the Kentucky Court of Appeals as legal, those produced by Powers and his companion were held of no ei'fect, and were cited by Goebel men as additional evidence of the guilt of the accused. Then followed during the course of eight years four legal battles which served to reveal the intensity oT the hatreds arouse oy tne memoraaie struggle for the Governorship. PHTPPS GIVES $500,000. To Found a Clinic Fox* Study of Cure For Mental Diseases. Baltimore, Md.?Wm. H. Welsh, of the Johns Hopkins, announced that Henry Phipps, of Pittsburg and New York, just prior to sailing for Europe, arranged for a larga gift to the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University for the founding of a Psychiatric Clinic on the lines of well-known similar institutions in Europe. It will be the first of its kind with adequate equipment and support in connection with a large hospital and university in this country. The funds provide for the construction of a four-story hospital building on the Hopkins Hospital grounds to accommodate sixty patients, modern apparatus for use in the treatment of patient?, and laboratories for the scientific investigation of mental abnormalities by pathological, chemical and psychological methods. DIVER DROITS TO DEATH. Invention to Make 100-Foot Plunge Safe Proves Undoing. Brooklyn, N. Y.?Ten thousand persons who went to Bergen Beach for the opening of the season saw Joseph Jakob, twenty-two years old, a professional high diver, living Ht 132 Richardson street, Brooklyn, meet his death through on imperfection in an apparatus patented by himself for the purpose of helni'JK him in making a divy into the water from a nlatform croc tec. 100 feet iu the air. I ????? The- Field of Sport?. Mlsa Adelaide Bayliss wok the women's toils championship of the fencers' Club. The influence of Cornell on college crc-s country running h?.?! been very greet, both as a stimulus and i'j other ways. F. B. Alexander defeated H. ,T Mollenhauer and beca:oo caal longer lor the lawn ter.nis championship ol Long Island. The annual tori-milo motor bot-.t regatta on Sarato?a Laky was pcu by the Reliance, ownsd by S.'iaiu&l Vernon, of Schenectady. f"*?^M?W????1 | Latest News i I | BY WSRE. | 1 No Johnson Third Term. St. Paul, Minn.?Governor Johnson in a written statement says he will not be a candidate for remon ination for Governor or Minnesota for a third term. Chained Train to Track. Jacksonville, Fla. ? Chaining a passenger train of the Valdosta Southern Railroad to the track and standing guard over it with a shotgun, Deputy Sheriff I. C. Hunter, of Ponetta, Fla., delayed the mails, according to an indictment returned by the Federal Grand Jury. Half Breed Accused of Arson. Tilsonburg, Ontario. ? Following the fire at the Queen's Hotel here, in which three lives were lost, Chester Buckerrough, a blacksmith, has been arrested. Buckerrough had been refused liquor at the hotel on the ground that he was a half breed, and, it is alleged, that he threatened vengeance. No Marine Band Summer Tour. Washington, D. C.?The United States Marine Band will be prevented from making its customary summer tour under an opinion rendered by the Solicitor of the Navy Department. Kentucky For Bryan. | Lexington, Ky.?The Democratic State Convention instructed the delegates to vote as a unit at Denver for William J. Bryan. Kittredge Beaten by 2710. Sioux jraii3, o. 1^.??u?xuc x^wuiu^ > from Tuesday's primaries give Governor Crawford, "Insurgent" candidate for the United States Senate, a | majority of 2710 over Senator Kittredge. Charles T. Dunwell Dead. Brooklyn, N. Y.?Charles T. Dunwell, Representative in Congress from the Third District, Brooklyn, died at his home here of Bright's disease. He had been ill a year. Mr, Dunwell was fifty-six years of age. Gore Operation Put Off. Washington, D. C.?Senator Gore has received word from Oklahoma that M. L. Turner, who was an aspirant) for the Senate when Gore and Owen were elected, will make a fight for Senator Gore's seat. The blind Senator will give up his treatment at the hospital here, where he is trying to recover his sight, and go home to fight. 100 Guns in Court. Houston, Texas. ? Almost 100 pistols were taken from spectators and witnesses before they entered court for the trial of R. O. Kenly on a charge of killing for County Attorney H. S. Robb. Wore Fruit Than Ever. Washington, D. C.?Fruit of almost every kind promises to be more plentiful this year than in any seaBon of which the Department of Ag: riculture has kept record. Luscioug apples,, juicy pears, glistening blackberries, succulent cantaloupes and watermelons will be better and sweeter than ever this year. BY CABLE. Earth Swallows Village. Shanghai, China.?A* extraordinary fissure has opened in the side of the mountain Machuanshan, near Ichang. The opening is several miles long and hundreds of families and houses have been swallowed up. | Warship to Outclass All. London.?The Admiralty, having I eclipsed the Dreadnought class of battleships by the St. Vincent, will start in September to eclipse the latter, laying down at Portsmouth a new leviathan with heavier armament and greater displacement. j Japan Welcomes Foreign Trade. Tokio.?Baron Ishii, in his first speech in his new capacity as Vice Foreign Minister, addressing a joint (Inm. meeung 01 me vunmuci v>?. merce in session in Tokio, warned the Chambers to avoid antagonizing foreign trade. French Traitor Degraded. Paris.?A dramatic scene in naval circles, paralleling the degradation of Major Alfred Dreyfus, took place when Ensign Benjamin Ullmo, convicted of attempting to sell stolen naval documents, was publicly degraded. To Increase Brazil's Navy. Rio Janeiro.?The Budget Committee of the Chamber approved the army and navy program for 1909, recommending a further increase in the navy. Fever at Santiago de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.?A case of yellow fever is reported from Santiago de Cuba. The patient, a Spaniard, iu fourteen years old. Fever in British Guiana. St. Thoir -.s, Danish West Indies. ?It is reported that several cases of yellow fever have occurred in the county of Esquibo, British Guiana. Chinese Arouse Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica.?The Citizen's Association has started agitation against the Chinese invasion and has adopted a resolution asking the Government to adopt exclusion legislation. Two Years For Libeling Judge. 1 ? ~Prtrl-n RlPO .Till if) AV* JOU o u an) j. bw bar, the editor of a labor paper here, was sentenced to two years' penal servitude on two counts of libel, consisting of an attack made upon a' Judge. 10 Koreans Burned <0 Death. Seoul, Korea.?The Japanese expeditionary forces at Senjuin, in the course of their fight with the rebels, surrounded a Korean house in which one of the rebel leaders was enI trenched. The Japanese fired thei house, burning sixteen Koreans to death. 1 ^ ^ -1 Tlolroo OUCL'tfUS V-UI13U1 JLlunv > i Amoy, China.?Julian H. Arnold, of California, United States Consul at Tamsui, Formosa, will relieve Vice : Consul Edward C. Baker, who has . been in charge here since October. I Mr. Baker goes to Foochow. 'OUR NATION IS jTHE MOST LAWLESS. | Hamilton Mabieso Declares-' Lack of Obedience to Parent! rtn? rau?s. He Savs. Hamilton Mabie was the principal j speaker at the luncheon of the El- , mira College Club, which was held al I the Hotel Majestic. His object was ' ! obviously to instruct and advise rath- ( er than to entertain the alumnae, who ! sat behind masses of daffodils, pan[ sies and purple hyacinths, reverently drinking in his every word. I He smiled pleasantly at them, buf he didn't mince his words. America, he told them, was the most lawless ' ' country in the world. ("It has," he said, "fifty times as ' many manslaughters every year as 1 has any other nation which pretends to be civilized, and the condition ol J things in Kentucky is absolutely primitive. There are, too, more railroad accidents in the United States than in any other country. Why, it is more dangerous to travel from New J York to San Francisco than to be on 1 the firing line in a battle. Statistics i prove 11. This unpleasant state of affairs ist i he said, the result of the fact that as i a nation we have no respect for law. The divorce court, he continued, 1 was the worst form of lawlessness and had a most deleterious effect 1 upon the training of children. The < speaker made a few remarks about the spoiled American child, which I caused the mothers present to sit up i and take notice, but he admitted that he thought the German and English methods of training were a wee bit severe. "Children who have not learned obedience," he went on, "go out into , the world crippled. The world belongs to the trained men, and the trained nation. Two nations have com6 strongly to the front in recent years?Germany, which subjects her sons to the severest possible disci pline, and Japan, tne country in which boys are brought up in the faith that they must think of their Emperor first, their duty to their ancestors second, and themselves last of all. A Japanese General in the late war with Russia said to a small group of men whom he was despatching upon a hopeless mission, 'Children, I congratulate you who are about to have the honor of giving up your lives for the, Emperor.' " This lesson of obedience could, Mr. Mabie said, be taught In the colleges, although the home was the best place for its inculcation. The great mission of the colleges, however, especially the women's colleges, was to keep alive the amenities of life and to promote the study of manners. "The cultivation of manners is by no means an idlewayof killing time," he added; "it is an acknowledgment that we are not mere machines, but immortal souls. "Nothing would, in my opinion, be more regrettable than for women's colleges to turn out merely skilled workers. I am glad since so many women are obliged to become wage earners that so many occupations are open to them, but I hope the day will' never come when the majority of women will, like the majority of men, be obliged to spend eight hours ol every day at the grindstone. Life Is a bigger thing than work, and nothing is more pitiful than to. see a man who has acquired a large fortune and safely Invested it utterly at a loss how to spend it." Apparently fearing that his words might be misunderstood he hastily explained that he wasn't knocking the so-called American "commercialism." He asserted very emphatically that it was all right for a man to make all the money he could so long as he didn't allow the thought of it j to possess his soul. j "It is not,", he concluded, "the handling of wheat or sugar that I r>~? o lrnn o mnn Q mof if TO thfl inaaco a uiau a liutiwi, ?v am vU%. habit of his mind."?New York Sun. Stolen Horse Returns. The strange recovery of a stolen horse by a livery company in Chicago is reported by a newspaper ol that city. The horse, attached to a buggy, was hired out to a man whc returned to the stable with the plea that while he was in a house, thieves had stolen the horse and buggy and bad driven away. There was no clue to the thieves, and after a fruitless search the animal and vehicle were set down as lost. The night watchman was aroused some nights afterwards by a pawing at the stable door. On opening it to investigate he was nearly knocked down by the missing horse, who rushed in and up to his usual hay rack. He had no harness on and was covered with foam. If 5? nnniortiTrprf that. beine unhar nessed to change the rig, he hai escaped and had made his way to his owner's stable. His fidelity is a reproach to those who voluntarily wander from God's fold, or yield to the temptations of the enemy of souls.? Christian Herald. Vast City Reservoirs Under Roof. Two of the largest roofs in thf world, covering approximately sixteen acres, and embodying building methods and material never before adapted to such a purpose, are described ' by Popular Mechanics. The roof* are being built at Los Angeles, Cat ' Each is being placed on a city reservoir, one ten acres in extent, and the other six, and reinforced concrete piers are used as supports. In the J Bellevue, the smaller of the two reservoirs, these piers are forty-seven fee'l long, and will be submerged over ! forty feet, and on the other, the Ivan- i hoe, twenty-seven feet. The unique ' work has progressed so far that the fin is nine touches will soon be nut on. ' The Templars. The order was founded in 1118 by 1 Hugues de Payens and Geoffroy do Saint-Aldcman, by permission of ( Badwin II, King of Jerusalem. Thr 5 name of the order came from the fact ! that its members were originally de- ' signed to guard the Temple at Jeru- , ( 3alem. 1 < A moderate r.mount of rope-jump- ' ing is said to be beneficial exercise. 1 Stains From Enamel. , To remove stains from enameled ! t Dans fill with water and a tablespoon:ul of powdered borax and let it boil. ' rhen scour with soap rubbed on a ' joarse cloth, rinse thoroughly and i Iry. Damp salt rubbed on the stains j will also remove them.?New Haven Register. , To Preserve Wall Paper. i A piece of pretty Japanese matting * svas carefully tacked to the wall be- < iind the couch so that its lower edge ( just reached the baseboard. At the upper edge of the matting a narrow , gilt picture molding was tacked. When the couch and pillows were in ' place the effect was very pleasing.? ' The Delineator. I How to Sew. j When sewing, if you want a fresh piece of cotton, thread your needle 1 before cutting from the spool and begin working at the end just severed. You will then use the thread the right way, and It will not be continually getting into knots. Never sew with a bent needle. It Is out of the question to do good work with it, and never pin the work to the hem. Sit well back in your chair, keep your back straight, and hold the work up to you, instead of bending over it. These little hints are important, as they insure far less fatigue.?Indianapolis News. For Needlewomen. "Iinof llftto affair ! mere is uuc uvu? which will be invaluable to the needlewoman who is fond of embroider Ing dainty designs upon lingerie and house linen?it is the new stiletto which is made with a gauge, so that the size of the eyelet may be regulated. One of the greatest difficulties found in eyelet work (which in itself is the simplest kind to embroider) is the art of making the eyelets of uniform size. This little instrument obviates the difficulty and will be gratefully received by the enthusiastic needlewoman. Eyelet work is as popular as ever, but this season it is found in new combinations. We see it associating with outline stitch, solid embroidery and soutache braiding. Wherever it appears it adds daintiness to the work.-?New Haven Register. Cnrtains. Among the novelties in house furnishings this season are the printed linens designed for summer curtains, which are in many apartments efTectivoiv used and take the nlaoe of lace or net hangings. Among the desirable designs are the mission curtains. These have a rough finish and the hems are on the outside. Printed and plain linen, madras and the lightweight grass color cloth are also used, and come in desirable colorings and artistic patterns. For bedrooms and sitting rooms there are the new printed linens, which have cream colored backgrounds, with large, bright floral designs, in rose, tulip, lily and other patterns. For living room and dining rooms suitable designs are also to be had.?New Haven Register. Care of BIanket9. Many good housewives do not care to risk the laundering of their fine woolen blankets to their servants, and a word might help at this season from a good housewife, who always takes this task upon herself. She first shaves a half bar of yellow soap and pours this into a pint of boiling water; she stirs this until it noil ro Decomea ms.e a, l u iu iv jcnj auu iiumu it into three buckets of lukewarm water. Into this she puts the blankets and washes thoroughly. She does not rub soap on the blankets. She puts them through a wringer and in another tub of clear, lukewarm water; then keeps on rinsing in clear water until every particle of soap is removed and hangs on line in hot sun, taking care to hang th^m perfectly straight. She leaves *m in the sun for several hours until perfectly drjr; then puts them out next day if necessary.?New York Times. Recipes. Chafing Dish Tomato Ruffle.?One can tomatoes, three eggs well beaten; season to taste with red pepper and mustard. Add one-half cup <' ielted butter and let whole com*, to a lmit finpo Rprvo on tnasted crackers. Cocoa Cake.?Two eggs, one cup of sugar, one and one-half cups of flour, one-half cup of better, one-half cup of milk, two tablespoonfuls of cocoa, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, onehalf teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of vanilla. Corn Cnke. ? Mix one cupful of sifted bread flour with one-half cup of yellow granulated meal, little salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one tablespoonful sugar; stir in one cup of milk, one v/ell beaten egg and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter; beat hard and bake in a quick oven about twenty minutes. Apple Halter Pudding.?One egg, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter; beat the butter and sugar together, then add the egg, one-half pint of i milk, one pint of flour, two teaspoon- 1 fuls yeast powder sifted in the flour, cut eight apples in quarters and stir in the batter. Steam two hours. To be eaten with sauce or cream. Baked Halibut. ? Place several nf thin salt nork iu a baking pan; lay your sliced halibut upon it. j Over that spread a layer of dressing [ (such as made for turkeys), then an- I ather layer of halibut and salt pork is before. Dredge with flour, put a little water in pan and bake about half an hour. Pumpkin Pie.?For each pie allow ; une and one-half cups stewed and < sifted pumpkin, add one-eighth teaspoon soda, two tablespoons moasses, one-half cup brown sugar, )ne-half teaspoon salt, same of cin tiamon and ginger, a little mace, one jup boiling milk, two beaten eggs, jse deep custard pie plates and bake slowly until rich brown. The """IS General Demand >f the Well-informed of the World ha< ilways been for a simple, pleasant and sfficient liquid laxative remedy of known ralue; a laxative whioh .physicians could lanotion for family uso because its oomr ?onent parts are known to tnom to be vholes?me and truly boneficiai Jn effect, icceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its excellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Ho. proceeds along cthical lines and relies :>n the merits of the laxative for its remarkibid success. That is ona of many reasons why 3yrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by tne Well-informed, lb get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine?manufactured by the Cali forma iig ayrup uo.. oniy, ana lor e&ia by all leading druggists. Price fifty cent* per bottle. Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body antiseptically clean and free from unhealthy germ-life and disagreeable odors, which water, soap and tooth preparation* alone cannot do. A ^ germicidal, disinfecting and deodorizing toilet requisite of exceptional ex- pSBSsaag-jg^fl cellence and econ- g | [T j omy. Invaluable | for inflamed eyes, stores, 50 cents, or | I I J* Large Trial Sample ^BjSggggff WITH "HEALTH AND ICAUTY" BOOK SCNT fRK THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston,Mist Insulting the Stomach. Roving round the druggists' exhibition with an appreciative eye oa the specifics shown for dyspepsia was a brown-beared Scotsman?a consulting chemist well known in scientific circles. He is a recognized authority on indigestion, and well he may be. He is never happier than when he has indigestion in an acute form, for,, . suppressing his anguish, he vivisects his own symptoms and draws therefrom stores of invaluable experiences. For the last fifteen years he has been eating weird food compounds with; the sole idea of inducing indigestion. After partaking of these he sits down ana watcnes ior me nrst ajmytoms of discomfort," as he expresses It. Here are a few examples of "indigestion inducers" and the approximate period before the discomfort manifests itself: Tea and bread, two and a half to three hours; tea and steak, two and a half hours; red wine and potatoes, ninety minutes; oysters and whisky, eighty minutes; jelly and purple grapes, sixty minutes; milk and lemonade, fifty minutes.?London Daily Mail. Gone to Enjoy His Fortune. One of our champagne magnates; just returned from France, where he spent a month in the wine growing, district, entertained some friends at the Railroad Club yesterday afternoon. "In an old cemetery at Rheims," he said, "I saw some of the v quaintest tombstones you ever dreamed of. On one was this epitaph: 'Here lieth the body of Etella. He transported his fortune to heaven In charity during his life! He is gone there to enjoy it.' "?New York 1 Press. Seventy Times Seven. From a Paris paper we take the following conversation in a police court: The President?"It appears from your record that you have been thirty-seven times previously convicted." The Prisoner (sententiously)? "Man is not perfect."?Home Herald. Earthworms That Plant Forests. That earthworms as well as squirrels may aid the forester is the novel suggestion of an American naturalist. Dry maple seeds are drawn into worm burrows, where they sprout, and it is believed that some of them must survive in favorably moist seasons. "TWO TOPERS." A Teacher's Experience. "My friends call me 'The Postum Preacher,'" writes a Minn, sahool teacher, "because I preach the gospel of Postum everywhere I go, and have been the means of liberating many 'coffee-pot slaves.' "I don't care what they call me so long as I can help others to see what they lose by sticking to cofTee, and can show them the way to steady nerves, clear brain and general good health by using Postum. "While a school girl I drank coffee and had fits of trembling and went through a siege of nervous prostration, which took me three years to rally from. "Mother coaxed me to use Postum, but 1 thought coffee would give me strength. So things went, and when I married I found my husband and I were both coffee topers and 1 can sympathize with a drunkard who tries to leave off his cups. "At last in sheer desperation, 1 bought a package of Postum, followed directions about boiling It, served it with good cream, and asked my husband how he liked the coffee. "We each drank three cups apiece, and what a satisfied feeling It left. Our conversion has lasted several years and will continue as long as we live, for It has made us new? nerves are steady, appetites good, sleep sound and refreshing." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in nkzs. Ever rend theabove letter? A new one appears from time to time. Thej are genuine, true, and full of human interest.