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on Which to Employ Their
Spare Time.
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or embroideerd cuff and stock pieces
I edged entirely around with ruching.
! The cuff pieces are simply basted over
the wristbands. When the ruching is
soiled a new ruche may be put on and so
the handsome or delicate lace is saved
much washing.
One of the embroidery designs in field
flowers which is attractive is a daisy
pattern upon a table center piece. Large
centers with a white couched edge and
the pattern stamped inside this cost
$1.50. The edges should be finished with
a broad band of lace. The design is
worked in white and green.
A prime factor in a cozy corner is a
cushion of green burlap embroidered
with red raffia. The design Is of clus
ters of cherries. The realism of this
pillow is further carried out by having
the corners finished with large bunches
of natural-looking velvet cherries on a
green wire stem.
The prettiest of the new summer
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lawn, with embroidered monogram or
Marie Antoinette festooned borders, or
Napoleonic wreaths of tiny flowers all
done in exquisite stitches in white, and
brought into relief by being placed over
a cushion covered In rose, blue, yellow
or mignonette green.
■ Bedroom slippers of the hand cro
cheted order echo the universal vogue
of the polka dot. The smartest of these
are now made to come very high on the
ankle and turn over, forming a sort of
cuff. Larke white polka dots occur on
a background of pink of lavender, ora
white surface is treated with large dots
In pink or blue.
A pretty pincushion that a girl can
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cular affair of violet colored silk or
satin, heavily sacheted with orris pow
der. Around this are sewed millinery
violets, arranged in such a way that the
cushion is almost hidden away in the
blossoms. The stems are tied as if in a
bouquet at the Dack.
A pretty and comfortable kimono may
be made from an old shirt waist. Re
move the gathers at the waist. Take off
the collar band and cut the neck V-shape.
Remove the cuffs and gathers at the
wrist. Now take cloth of a contrasting
color and sew a strip two inches wide
around the bottom of the waist and the |
sleeves, up the fronts and around the
■ neck and your dressing sack is com
1 plete.
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of a previous generation and it is one
I which every athlete of the present day
I should try, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
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t hot water and pour into it a quart of
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i spoonfuls.
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i The aromatic bath, partly ammonia,
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the bath of baths for the woman with
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heart does not beat well practice walk
r lng. Let her take the walking exer
cises vigorously. Then let her take
o» i/atu iu cat uiuauv »*1*051*1 auu lot uci
' finally steep her nose in a bottle of tn«
vinegar, and while she is dressing lei
, a saucer of it stand in the room. Thia
Is the best way to get the full scent
of the vinegar and the best results
from it.
Camphorated baths are much toe
powerful for any but the sick. Th«
■ person who has sprains or bruises can
take a mild camphorated bath, but It
Is not a pleasant bath nor one which
can be recommended for daily use.
Taken all in all there is nothing quite
as pleasant as the rose geranium bath
. nor one that is cheaper. A great bot
tle, half a gallon, of the scent can be
made for a dollar and this will last
a long time.
Curry of Vegetable.
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pint each of carrot, turnip and celery
I cubes, a heaping teaspoon curry pow
f der, one pint stock or milk, two table
spoons flour, two level teaspoons salt,
one-half teaspoon pepper, generou*
[ tablespoon of butter; mince the onion
pare the apple and cut in thin slices; pul
butter on the stove in stew pan and ai
soon as melted add o*iion and apple;
Stir for two minutes and then add tht
other vegetables, stirring until it be
gins to brown; then add flour and sea
* soning, stir again, then pour milk or
stock over; cover the stewpan and lei
simmer one hour.—Boston Globe.
Blanquette of Lamb.
Cut cold, cooked lamb in strips, make 1
j sauce with three tablespoonfuls each ol
butter and flour stirred over the fire until
smooth, add one cupful of stock and on*
cupful of milk and stir until boiling
k salt, pepper and dash of nutmeg and on*
tablespoonful of tomato catsup; heat th<
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| around it green peas or a potato border;
l aprinkle with minced parsley.—Goaf
1 Literature
FRIGHT RESTORES SPEECH
Flames in Boom of Dumb and Fu>
alyzed Man So Scare Him
That He Begins to Talk.
Thomas Herring, a dumb and pal*
alyzed old man living with his son-in
law, E. Moss, in London, was so over
come with fright when a fire broke out
in his bedroom recently that he sud
denly began to speak.
Herring, who is 71 years old, was a
robust man, and up to a short time ago
was enjoying good health, even work
ing at a small blacksmith's forge. One
day he suffered a stroke of paralysis,
which also left him speechless.
The other evening two men rushed
in shouting that one of the upper
rooms was on fire. Running up stairs
to the chamber of his father-in-law
Moss saw that the window curtains
were ablaze and the woodwork was
alight The wind had blown open the
window and this had knocked over a
lamp**causing the fire
The paralyzed man lay on the bed
helpless, unable to stir hand or foot
or raise a cry of alarm. The agonized
look on his face showed, however, that
he realized the terrible nature of his
position. The flames were smothered
before they had made much progress,
and the patient escaped unhurt.
Shortly after the family were sur
prised to hear the voice of the par
alyzed father. He was able to speak
distinctly a few words and his speech
was ooherent The next days his pow
ers of speech wpp» still further restored
and he regained the complete use of his
voice and was able easily to converse
with the family.
The restoration of the lost faculty
was evidently the outcome of the shock
which his system experienced on the
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V.UUI, VI ill O.
Although the paralysis of the limbs
remains, Mr. Herring’s health has im
proved so much that he has been re
moved from the house to a hospital,
where it is the opinion that he may
live a long time.
EXTOLS MARTIAL SPIRIT.
Gen. Sickles Deolares War Was Or
dained by God and We Will
Always Have It.
The cornerstone of a monument ta
be erected in Salem Fields cemetery,
Cypress Hills, L. I., in honor of Jews
who lost their lives in defense of the
union was laid recently. Nathan Straus,
Ehairman of the auxiliary committee of
the Hebrew Union Veteran association,
presided. In the course of his remarks
Mr. Straus referred to "A time when
war will be reckoned a survival of bar
barism.” This brought a protest from
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, retired,
who lost a leg at Gettysburg.
“Although we are assembled In a
lemetery,” said Gen. Sickles, “this Is
not a funeral occasion. No death la
more glorious than death for one’s
eountry. I know many think that wars
ire dreadful, but we have had our
wars since the world began, and we
ihall always have wars. In the provi
dence of God war was ordained, and
the human race will always fight for
tvhat it loves. This nation was found
ed through war. Would George III.
have agreed to arbitration to let ua
found an independent government? No.
We have liberty because our fathers
fought seven years for independence,
and we will always have to fight to
maintain our freedom.
“I hope the time will never come
when we shall cease to be a martial
people, or be unwilling to take up aims
in defense of our country. In the day
we are unwilling to fight for our lib
erties we shall surely lose the respect
of the world.”
HORSE FALLS IN CISTERN.
Then Battles with a Water Moccasin
for Life—Rescued by
Firemen.
A horse belonging to William Scales,
of Kansas City, Kan., fell in an unused
cistern the other day. T he animal was
almost submerged, nothing but his head
and neck remaining above the water
When the hose company from Are head
quarters arrived a large water moccasin
about five feet long had wrapped itself
about the horse’s neck and had bitten
the animal several times.
The snake was an ugly looking reptile,
and for a few moments the firemen hesi
tated about going down in the well. Vol
unteers were called for, and some of the
men, more venturesome than the rest,
climbed down on a ladder and with a
large stick killed the snake. The horse
was then lifted from the cistern and a
veterinary surgeon applied antidote#
for the snake’s bite. Although the horse
suffered considerably from the com
bined effects of the fall and the snake
bites, It will recover.
Unearths Petrified Dinosaur.
W. H. Utterbeck, representing the
Carnegie museum at Pittsburg, Pa., has
In his possession portions of a petrified
dinosaur, called the triceratops, which
were exhumed on Hell creek, In Dawson
county, Montana. The load weighed
2,500 pounds. The remaining portions
will weigh about the same, and it will
take until fall to excavate them.
Chickens Find Lost Diamond.
A diamond ring valued at $150, which
was lost by Miss Rebecca Rennough at
the home of Wright Griffen, in Great
Barrington, Mass.. 14 years ago, was
unearthed by chickens vigorously
scratching In the soil the other day. The
jewel was found by Frederick Burg
hardt, who has notified Miss Rennough.
The ring is in perfect condition.
Not Very Popular.
The Chicago Tribune remarks that
the Brooklyn man who lived on grass
for six months seems to have succeeded
in reducing a meat diet to its first princi
Hm,
NEED ALL- ROUND EDUCATION
Desire for Physical Development
Comes to Parents Slowly—The
Views of One Mother.
It Is a curious fact that the desire for
physical development for their children
comes to many parents more slowly than
that for intellectual development, says
Youth’s Companion. It is pretty well
acknowledged now by everybody—from
the illiterate immigrant to the “poor
white”—that “book-learning” is a good
thing for the children. But the schools
in England meet the same opposition as
those in America when they try to put
the development of muscle on the same
basis as that of memory. Many a school
principal has listened to protests sub
stantially like that of the good woman
who carried her views of education to
the grammar school-teacher:
“I want ye to teach me giri readin’,
writin’, and 'rithmetlc,” said she, “but
she ain’t t’ larn anny more of this
physical torture. If it’s jumpin’ she
needs, I c’n teach her Jumpin’ meself!”
Presently we shall make good our re
turn to the Greek system, which in
cluded music and gymnastics as essen
tials to education, and so produced a
wonderfully balanced creature—with
body, mind and spirit In such due pro
portion that no one could overtop the
other. The professional athlete, the
puny scholar and the religious fecluse
are each the result of the separation of
one department of education from the
others. The symmetrical man is the re
sult of the well-considered union of all
the departments.
INCUBATOR ON DESERT.
Birds in Vast Wastes Cool Their Eggs
Instead of Giving Them
Warmth.
Many a person who has watched a
mother robin nestling patiently on her
eggs in a blossoming apple tree has
wondered how the little creature or her
ancestors ever learned that the long
process would cause the eggs to hatch.
A greater puzzle is set for them, says
the author of "The Land of Little Rain,"
in the great desert, where the same birds
have learned to cool their eggs instead
of warming them. In the unsheltered
nests of the sandy plains it becomes nec
essary to keep the eggs from oooking.
One hot, stifling spring in the Little An
telope, a traveler had occasion to pass
and repass the nest of a pair of meadow
larks located unhappily in the shade of a
very slender weed. The birds were never
sitting except at night, but at midday
they stood or drooped above the nest,
half- fainting, with pitifully parted bills,
spreading their wings between the sun
and the eggB. Sometimes both of them
together, with wings spread and half
lifted, maintained a spot of shade in a
terrific temperature. Their patience
| was in this case rewarded, for the com
\ passionate traveler at last spared them
; a bit of canvas, which she mounted over
: the nest as a permanent shelter.
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JAP COMPANY FOR ARMY.
—
Majority of Sandwich Islanders Hail
I from Far Ea3t—Are Organizing
Militia Command.
—
j It may not be generally known that
the United States army of the future
will include a command of Japanese
soldiers, but this is a fact, claims the
New York Herald. They will not come
i from the armies which are fighting in
the far east, but will be enrolled from
our Japanese citizens in the Sandwich
islands. It U needless to say that a
very large portion of the population of
the islands, and especially of Honolulu,
Is composed of this nation. They are
found among the bankers, merchants
and professional men, and are included
among the wealthiest residents of the
city. One of the principal schools of
Honolulu is attended exclusively by
Japanese children, and here has been
enrolled a command of cadets which is
to be mustered into the United States
militia as soon as its members are old
enough. It is drilled by a former Japan
ese army officer, and although organ
ized but a few years ago. this battalion
has already attained a high standard of
efficiency. It is frequently seen on
parade in Honolulu and attracts much
attention.
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“SMART SET” AT RAT RTS
Fashionable Society Women at French
Resort Enjoy Revolting
Spectacles.
The lateet attraction for the “smart
set" at Aia-les-Bains, France, is a rat pit
where fashionable foreigners gather on
Sunday afternoons to witness rat and
dog fights. At a recent fight the grand
stand facing the ring was packed with
■creaming women, who seemed to
revel In the proceedings. Inside the
wired ring was a man who let out so
many rats for each dog. Some of the
rats were already so feeble that they
could scarcely crawl, and had to be kicked
toward the dog that killed them. Scores
of rats were left half dead, and lay
writhing, while the well-dressed sight
seers shrieked with excitement. H. V.
Barnett, an Englishman, who was pres
ent, ventured to protest against the cru
elty of the affair, and was promptly
:urned out by the police.
Mountain Air to Blame.
A new guest arrived at a New Ham
! shire farmhouse where a Boston gentle
man happened to be holding forth on
the piazza, says the Rochester Herald.
; The newcomer was much impressed by
| the speaker's fluency. “I declare,” he
remarked to the landlord, “that man has
an extensive vocabulary, hasn’t he?”
The landlord was mightily pleased.
“That’s so,” he said. “That’s what
mountain air will do for a man. He
ain't been boardin’ with me but two
weeks, and I know he must have let his
w aistband oat much as four times.”
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA
TOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as
ancdlary administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder on a credit until October 15,
1905, at the front door of the Courthouse in New
port, Jackson county, Arkansas, between the
hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and three
o’clock in the afternoon, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1905
all the lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Scott
deceased, lying in Jackson County, Arkansas, to
wit: The s e 1-4 of the s e 1-4 of sec. 12, the n w
1-4 of the n e 1-4 of sec. 13. all in Township 12
north range 3 west; also thirty acres off the north
side of lot 2 of the n w 1-4 and ten acres off north
side of the e 1-2 of lot 3 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 all
in the n w 1-4 of section 7 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 of
the a w 1-4 of sec. 7, all in Township 12 north
range 2 west.
Said sale being made by virtue of the order of
the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas.
Purchasers will be required to give note with
approved security and a lien to be retained upon
the land to secure the payment thereof.
Possession will be given January 1st, 1906.
Given this 16th day of February, 1905.
J. R. COX,
Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott, deceased.
Read the Independent.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To the Creditors of the Merrill-Sellmeyer
Company:
You are hereby notified to present your!
against the Mernll-Selimeyer Lumber
of Corning:, Ark., within ninety days fo
pose of sharing in the assets of s "'
Please verify the claim and file w
licitors. Respectful]
Re* eiver of Merrill-Selli
Knobel, Ark.
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