Denison,
a recent
THE BODY AND I'IS HEAL When this period prevents & a9 mustard
foot bath, sonking the hands in
hot witer ane putting a WHIT
piece of flannel about the
often of inestimable
of which pussy, we may be eure, had Let
full share
The family, whicl
ous and influential one
symbol of their carly hist
§
STRANGE.
INCIDENTS
FOR Thi: CHILDREN,
Texas, ix a lady of nerve, On
siternoon Ler little girl Mary, aged two
years, was seated on the ground under a
tree playing with a tin hoop, to which
were attached bells, The of the
bells attracted a large blacksnake, which
SOMEWHAT
ACCIDENTS
EVERY DAY LIVE,
Mustanp Toorsatrn ron Coup, -A |
| mustard footbath will frequently ward off |
[an approaching cold. A tablespoonful
of mustard to two quarts of Lot water is
| she proportion for an adult; fora very
been a prosper-
y pre serve this
ory Lo commoem
ate their gratitude to the two despised
God, Who nsx] them as
BARBY LOGIC,
Os body,
AND
service 8he was ironing her dolls new ¢
Maid Marian, fou
| 18
noise ears old
in lessening the pain and in «h rieniny
the duration of the k While em
nite
{ Mis. D. M. Manpex of
|
i
i
Queer Facts and Thrilling
tures Which Show Thu!
Stranger Than Fiction,
iasuth is
Groner Wire, manager at a New
Raven restaurant, purchased i green
turtic weighing forty-nine pounds, which
had been captured in Kelsey's pond, off
Sandy Beach. The animal was taken to
the cafe, and preparations were made for
cooking it. The head of the turtle was
cut off in the customary way by the head
cook, assisted by Ameda Cledes,
second cook. After the
body of the animal. About an hour after-
ward Cledes began looking at the head,
the jaws being open. He inserted the
thumb of his right hand and the fore
finger of the left hand, running the digits
about an inch into the of the
animal. Almost inst#ntly JAWS
closed together, i
mouth
the
imprisoning the finger
and thumb between the Cledes
cried with pain and brought to his
assistance the hired cook and w two
other persons pres nt
tween the Jaws prevents «
closing tightly together, and gave op
tunity for the insertion of a steel
ment used in pull pi
and with this the
far enough to allow
ments to be inserted,
which the jaws wer
ind Cledes’ thumb
The grip of the
teeth nearly seve
lacerated the forefing:
prevent Cledes from u
for some time.
teeth,
out
one
"on
ii 5
them
The head
had been severed fr §
hour
petent
ties allege that
Ee
sions of
before the ox
authorities
after the head has beer
18 an
jaws to
infreae nt «
not
itou
Iwo
they
locked
to attemnt
window,
wake
w hose
When
Wis 8
the he at
Quickly the
gravity of th
of the
and one te
standing in hi
while
envelopi
her
the
family |
thi
i
frie
climbed
bleeding
the bli
she unl
jacket
horw
this tim
had br
SOT i
fire department
the flames wer:
A covaar
je t
Sent i.
up to Cael
{ OW that
dered his gun
and
found
afte
ing thie
«ticks and leas
and thi
forks of a tr
prisoner until
maker, who
cougar fell from hi
and this so seared the
Deas?
toward his master
the cougar making
gun aside and ras
could carry hi
told a hair ra
cougar had
formed and wo
they found the cougar de
of the bail
his neck and passed ing
party On returni 2
Poverty ranch,
ing twenty-two inches
said to be the largest eat
the Joseph creek country
sCone, wher
id at the foot
tree, thie entered
The
{ rossing
is lungs,
Killed Caste
It is
I Cen in
Witney Scusipr,
south of Conneant, Ohio,
one of the most remarkable freaks
side of the muscums. He has in
this country thirty-four years, but is an
able and unwilling to speak a word of
English, living with his wife and
# daughter on an isolated little farm
yiclds corn and potatoes enough for the
trio, A visitor, from curiosity, called
on the old mun and thus describes what
he saw: “What proved to be Schmidt
sat in an armchair in the centre of the
one-roomed house. Only a huge mound
of hair surmounting his shoulders was
visible—not a human feature to be seen.
four miles
has heeosme
out.
been
chair, and with both hands pulled this
shock of hair open, showing his face,
which was bleached and uncanny look.
ing, like vegetables grown under cover,
Only for a minute was the old man's face
to be seen, for he dropped the curtain of
hair back over it, saying in Gegman that
endure it. The great mass of hair fell
ns thickly over his face in front as over
the back of his head. Schmidt has worn
his hai: as a hiding place for his head
and face for eighteen years, and stead.
_ fastly refuse« to have it cut, His eye.
wight has been practically destroyed hy
having the light shut from it so long.”
crawled to the feet of the child and
stretched at full length, with its head
resting on her left foot, The jingle of
bells seemed to charm it, for the
| snake closed its eyes and was motionless,
Madden saw the snake. She did
not seream for assistance, as most women
She darted to the child, grabbed the
snake by the tail and hurled it through
The peculiar music of the bells
the
spell, as it did not move until it felt
touch of Mrs, Madden's hand,
Witnian Soxers was fatally bitten by
a large rattlesnake on Ruby Creek, In
Boise county, Idaho. He was out hunt
ng, and seeing a deer he jumped into a
hole in order that he might conceal him
self I'he hollow proved tobe a rattle
snake den,
jumping out
lost no time in
and
again, A
but their fangs
the tough leathers
having been frightened
Somers
dozen
bit his hoots, (ia not
The deer
SO
penetrate
cli
tway I's
len of
with the «
100 or
el a bundle of pine needles and
cided to have some fun
which numbered nO
v them into the
thout trying
ir entitled
mention,
AN
been st
ext
made public
the shape of a child born
Not
th lens veutis f
human
|
mouth
natural
portant part of ti
sib except the
which were of the
formed the adjacent part of the neck
if they had dropped into it. To
great relief of the horror-stricken mother
wie child lived only twenty-four hours
The family is well-known and highly
respected, and the remaining children
who are members of it have no impedi
ments, either mental or physical,
Types of Sailing Ships,
American ships seldom earry clinker
built boats, which are very common on
the ships of other nations. The old
fashioned wood stocked anchor is still to
be as one of the bowers of wn
American ship, while the other will be
an iron-stocked patent anchor. large
{ American ships almost always have a
| deck-house on the poop abaft the after
house, in which are enclosed the wheel
| and a chart-room. Some Italians, Span-
| ards and other Europeans have a protec.
| tion for the helmsman, but not so com.
| plete a shelter as has been described for
| the American. The average Amorican
| ship has a greater beam in proportion to
{ ier other measurements than the skips of
“een
{ other nations, and this, with her largo
airy deck-houses, makes hor decidedly the
most comfortable ship in which to go
down to the sea. English iron ships
have their eabins well alt and extending
right across the vessel, with round poris
in the iron shell for windows, The
larger of these emft have their fore.
castles under the top gallant forecastios,
nay be used, A bucket, on account of
its depth, makes a better receptacle than
v tub, and while the feet are being
waked a warm blanket should be thrown
wer the knees, covering bucket and all,
Varte or Faas as Foop, —8ix
wre will weigh about
lesh preducer, one pound
beef
weight Of nn eg 1s
more than
large
As an
of eggs is
About one
is solid
be
and
i pound,
q«qual to one pound Of
of
wtriment,
mid of meat
ough pieces that have to be laid aside.
Practically, food, and
vet there is nom i
vork of the lmtcher necessary to obtain
{ignerrees
adisagrecan
L
the
which 18 oun
Here are no bones
animal
an eg is
of the
Eggs at average prices are among
» chea
elie
ood in
eapest and most nutrition
{ Like milk, an egy is
f itself
containing
for the devel
It is
dam pard
hing necessary
nerfect
animal
{igested, if
Indeed, there is no
ind nour
tibume 14}
: 3,
not
sin
1
01 an
understood tha
$4 #
¥ J& given
£1 | gi n
¥ t + Yoo o + r
CY 10 : ¥
headache not escape
1
:
ying at all times, but may lessen the
wriods in measure, Ther
little domestic measures which ean
Ine employed for th Yisick
headache,” and are at useful
when the doctor is not conveniently near,
They do not consist of heavy drugs, but
( In
the first place comes the matter of regu
lating the light of the room; in the se
ond place is the matter of temperature,
arent are
man?
relic] n
f
:
mes most
wet on purely mechanical principles
which come directly in contact with the
body. Light is of greatest importance,
for individuals differ in regard to the
by its absence and another by its pres
enee. Generaliy, however, the eyes are
an attack of “sick headache,” and dark
ness is an essential to relieve
oceasioned by viewing
which is brigit or
slight reflection as
from substances of dull color,
well, in this connection, to make it a
cardinal point to soften the light of your
room as much as possible, The tem-
any object
comes
mustard leaf
t sells in little tin
applied to the mek of the neck
LOCURROTY
‘rick
the
from
can nearly always predic {
an attack, and, if they can,
ght suffer,
i It iy
atine domestie treatment,
«sh out the in
the attack, when
fre
stomach
This may
discomfort
been anticipated
without much
sufficient lukewarm
ve the stomach a
we rejection of thi
feeling of
clears the
mucus and irritants which might tend
rerpavinte
» AY f hie complaint,
RELIABLE RECIPES.
Pork Cinownsn.
or t
A Contrast of Various Nations
Ships,
the
craft may Ix
hes
awan
Among
are very
will
waters
and take
Labrads r
of which
rock, one
from
ix, some
ax hard as a
£4¢ 308]
oft
inging
Eng
fashioned, rectan
stern that was =o conmon once
lish yachts. Probably there are not three
full- rigged brizs under the American flag,
and this is a rig of the past, and is com
paratively rare among all people but the
Greeks, With them everything from the
size of a long boat upwards must be a
full-rigged brig. Ships hailing from St.
John, New Brunswick, are generally
credited with being not over speedy, and
with them. as with some of the Portland,
Me, ships, the round stern is quite com.
mon. —! New York Post,
on
AROUND THE HOUSE.
To preserve the elasticity of India rub.
ber, wash it five or six times a year with
slightly alkaline water,
White cotton duck makes the nicest
of all bags for soiled linen, as it is very
:
'
i
:
{
if ornamented with blue and red cotton,
worked in Russian cross stitch, it can by
quantity, but even il one a little lower
than is ordinarily comfortable gives a
sense of ease it should be avoided, Cool
air has simply a temporary soothing
effect at best, and in the long run does
not possess the good propertics of an
ordinary even temperature,
ventilation may be secured without pro-
ducing draughts of air, und this is all
that i essential, The bands and the
feet arc usually cold, as least during a
part of an attack of ‘sick headache.”
|
Copper utensils or brass articles may
be thoroughly cleaned and made to loo
as bright as new by washing them with
a solution of salt and vinegar. Use as
much salt as the vinegar will dissolve,
and apply with a woolen rag, rubbing
yolish with pulverized
chalk, and the ticle will look like new,
with the expenditure of little labor, as
the acid of the vinegar is very efficient
in removing stains from cither brass or
copper.
In a painstaking frown,
Under her tresses of
sridad,
coming ‘n
of #81 prise :
"Twas Sunday, and nurse
Exclaimed in a tone
“Don't vou know it's a
Any work to begin
On the day
gin
Ein
that the Lora
Then lifting her
Thus ANsSWere
Now don’t
The good Lor
This litle
Elizabeth 1
Hlamy Awake
14 1
i YY ie
AHL INERT HE,
was Lhe
{nee
aountain
pnedintels
t 5
1 row
To x
¥
RB
ihe of
ride
mani
(
{the truth Cincinnati tsa
SENSIBLE CRISIS
ire hing
3
pros ie thom
of arms, a
Americans
peiors to
While
their remote am
wives with a
few follow the example of carly
families adont some emblem
1 1 ¢ 3
stigrests a noteworthy mowient in
many
crest and coat
English
ani which
their
own history
Ose millionaire, ashamed of the
KOUFCe of his wealth, has a derrick en
graved on his seal. Another family, en
riched by the manufacture of furniture,
has adopted a tree as a crest,
The most interesting of these modern
syvinbols, perhaps, is found engraved on
the plate and books of a family of Penn
sylvanin Friends, who would probably
be unwilling to call itacrest, Itisa
cat, earrving a rabbit in its mouth,
There is a legend to explain it. The
first of the family to emigrate to this
country was the father of eleven children,
He sailed in the same year as Penn, and
died on the voyage, leaving his wife to
land alone with her helpless flock. She
had a grant of land, but no money.
They took refuge, as did many of the
first emigrants to America, in a eave dug
out of the side of a hill,
Winter eame on, Provisions failed,
The widow saw her children grow pale
and wenk for want of food. The day
arrived at Jast when there was not a grain
of meal in the barrel, She fell on her
knees and prayed in an agony of suppli-
cation, hen she arose she smiled, her
children said afterward, as if she had
seen an angel coming with bread.
Going out, she saw no angel, bat the
eat with a freshly killed rabbit in its
mouth. The rabbit wade » good mesl,
not
{
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[Youth's ( companion,
POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES,
Wines Uxoprn rus The
submarine messi
143.011 nauticd in 1.16%
Different governments control
France
Great Britain 1
Sra
now
Tus
(iio
miles,
fee
Iniming 3,260 1
Orman y
renal sige
#1). 628 n
111008
«£07 Near
ly equiped
pCR
Seller's Parrot.
gentle
Don't
THON at a
ch like ¢ xX pres
was perched
just back of
speeches
prec
1 ade up, and
had not MO ded | before they
apparently made by
they
3 1 ¥ :
ICA A VASE Takes,
birds
of a dead tree,
flo k Ol
iy two or three
hostile crows
striking, pecking and plucking her
Hunging on as best she
he parrot was screaming,
lemen I “Don’t
your time!”
left. "ei Indian
is
iy
at a time, gent
“Take
more
here's plenty
polis Sentinel
An Honest Servant,
(ine of the women who was as
signed work in the Treasury building
wax a colored woman, Sophic Holmes by
namie, says the Chatanquan. One night
when Sophie was sweeping the refuse pa
pers in her room she found a box of
greenbacks that had been cut, counted
ami packed to transfer to the vaults and
had been accidentally overlooked. She
did not dare call the watchman for fear
first
i
i
|
She thought of her four small children at
home alone with no one to give their sup
per or put them to bed, but the one duty
that stared her in the face was to protect
that money. She sat down upon the
box ana quietly waited for the hows to
go by. At 1 o'clock in the morning she
ward the shuffliag step of General Spin
ner in the corridor, and heard him open
the door to his room. She quietly slipped
along the corridor, knocked at his door
and told him what she had found. The
general had the box taken to his room
and sent Sophie home in his earringe.
The next morniag when she returned she
found the general still keeping guard,
That night he sent for her and placed in
her hand her appointment papers given
for honesty, and for thirty vears she has
earned and drawn her 850 por month,
Fifty thousmnd dollars was in this box.
At another time she found §80,000, for
which the testimouy can be scen over
Cievers! Spioper's own haodwriting,