HIE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 25. 1000.
DON'T NARROW YOUR LIFE.
Tho Fuller the Life With Kindly In
terest tho Happier.
A woman said: "I'm getting bo I
Jast bato to meet strangers. I would
rather walk around the block a dozen
times than meet some one whom I
would have to talk to for half an
hour. I like my family and friends,
but I don't want any outsiders about."
Sho was only about thirty, but she
was acquiring an earmark of age.
And that Is unwise for any one and
particularly tho woman in business.
Tho matter of making new friends
and acquaintances has two sides, and
It is a subject not to be dismissed
lightly.
No one can afford to give all her
time even to,, friends, and to fritter it
away on casual acquaintances Is de
plorable. Tlmo Is the gold that Is
given us freely.
But, on the other hand, It is unwise
to shut oneself away entirely from
making now acquaintances, to live so
content with one's present circle of
friends that no message from other
worlds can reach you.
The woman who does this Is going
to narrow her life. Whether she is the
mother of a family, a business woman
or a young girl just facing the world,
she will shut out interests that may
mean help, Inspiration, happiness. Ev
ery life is a little world, and you do
not know what message may conic to
you from tho stranger you welcome to
your gates.
One grows or stagnates. Stagnation
is not good for any one. To be in
touch with the progress of the world
one must keep in touch with the life
that makes It progress, and every man
and woman plays some part in this.
One may not make a friend of tun
casual acquaintance. One may not
have time for all who cross one's path,
but to deliberately shut out every one
is unwise.
If "there is tho least Inclination to do
this the tendency is apt to grow on one
until it becomes n ilxed habit. It may
como In the beginning from iuertln,
from morbidness. Whatever the cause,
if you And you are facing in that di
rection pause awhile nnd see if you
want the narrow, Isolated, few inter
ests life to which it will surely lead
you.
The fuller the life with human kind
ly Interests the happier. Few have
such resources within themselves that
nil the riches of tills wonderful life are
theirs in their own experience.
A NEGLECTED DETAIL.
An Old Custom That Should Be Sys
tematically Broken Up.
There's one much neglected detail
in the general routine of kitchen work
so few housekeepers ever take it into
consideration at all the rinsing of
dishes. They make the demand of
their servants that dishes be rinsed,
and they even provide the second large
dlshpan or waiter for tho very pur
pose. Terchanco they extract a prom
ise from tho lately hired domestic or
their confidence In n tried and true
one bridges tho difficulty.
But have you happened to see this
done, this rinsing, in somo well regu
lated households?
The extra pan is used or the waiter
even both may bo called into service
but to what purpose when every dish
as it is washed is turned right sido
down to drain, an old, old fashioned
custom which seems to have firmly
fastened Itself upon the nverago house
hold assistant.
Does tho rinsing not take place even
tually? Oh, my, yes! The scalding
water is religiously poured over tue
dishes, cleansing the undersides of
them and reheating them so that they
nro perfectly easy to polish. The con
science of the promisor is easy as well,
but it remains for tho housekeeper to
suggest the upturning of her dishes.
Things Worth Knowing.
Salts of lemon will remove ink stains
from wooden floors. Use two table
spoonfuls to a quart of water and use
no soap.
A flat trunk tray kept in tho laundry
will prove a great convenience. The
napkins, dollies, lunch cloths, etc., may
bo laid out on it In neat separate plies.
Cut flowers may be preserved for an
unusually long time If n little saltpeter
or carbonate of soda is added to tho
water. Salt also helps to ta-ep them
fresh.
White paint when dirty should bo
washed with milk, which will effec
tually remove the dirt. Colored paint
may be treated in a similar way with
cold tea, which is an excellent solvent.
Clean mahogany with cold drawn
linseed oil and polish with clean cloths.
Marblo should be washed with am
monia and water rather than with
soap and water.
White veils dipped Into skimmed
milk and pinned upon a sheet will bo
as fresh and crisp as new when they
dry.
Keroseno will polish zinc If it is
rubbed on with n soft cloth until clean
and tho zinc is then washed in boiling
water.
Newoat In Kitchen Cabinet.
A splco cabinet, now and most con
venient, stands about eighteen inches
high and moasurcs ten inches across.
It Is fitted with five drawers, all but
tho lowest one being partitioned off
Into two. These nro marked baking
powder, baking soda, ginger, pepper)
cloves, nutmeg; cinnamon, allspice, to
show their respective contents.
Tho Optimist.
"Well, It's como at last, Mary. Thei
cost of llvinc'a miner ten Hnrrv f!nn.
gress has reduced the tariff on air-'
ships, nutmegs, tcakwood tables and
Japanese kites I" Puck.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.!
No president of the United States
has held olllce twelve months In the
last twenty-live years without being
the subject of gossip in Washington
about the use of intoxicating liquors.
The stories start In some mysterious
way, go the rounds, spread to the
states nnd subside, only to be revived
at intervals. As a matter of fact, nono
of the presidents since Johnson's time
has been a hard drinker In any sense
of the word, although' some of them
were men who took an occasional glass
of whisky.
Roosevelt Disliked Whisky.
President Roosevelt did not escape
tho evil tongues in this regard, and a
big consumption of highballs was
ascribed to him. A yarn to that effect
has been going over the country from
mouth to mouth nnd recently returned
hero from California. The truth Is that
Mr. Roosevelt has an aversion to whis
ky in any form nnd almost never drank
cither a highball or a cocktail. Ho did
drink nn occasional glass of wine, but
never missed it if it wns not upon the
menu.
Not many months ago he was dining
at the houso of a friend where the
glasses were filled with a very ancient
vintage. Mr. Roosevelt drained his
glass, to be interrupted a moment Inter
by this observation:
"Mr. President, if you are going to
oat those peppermints "right after you
have drunk my hundred-year-old ma
deira I shall not offer you nny more."
Tho president appreciated the Joke
nt his expense nnd Joined In tho laugh
with entire good nature.
Owls Are Good Mousers.
Within a stono's throw of the olllces
of tho biological survey, In the towers
f the Smithsonian, is seen nn example
of government protection of birds. For
years these Smithsonian towers have
boon nesting places for owls, some of
whose habits led quite recently to n
movement toward their destruction.
But before Issuing tho order experts
of the biological survey took the trou
ble to explore the owls' nests and dis
covered beneath them piles of skulls
of field mice, rodents which work enor
mous havoc to the farmers throughout
the country. These skulls furnished
conclusive evidence that the owls had
a right to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness nnd rodents, and so their
ancient solitary reign In the redstone
towers is unmolested.
Sparrows Aid Farmers.
One of tho latest decisions of the
survey Is calculated to astonish the
average individual, for it is nothing
less than an opinion in favor of tho
persecuted and despised sparrow. Tho
sparrow Is now declared to be one of
the farmer's best friends and its ca
pacity as a weed destroyer so groat
that this menace of tho bad seed In
tho fields would tremendously handi
cap the agriculturist were It not for
the soberly clad and unobtrusive little
bird. Some idea may be obtained
of the service these birds render by
noting what Is dune for the farmer by
t ho tree sparrow, one of the most con
firmed seed eaters of the group. A
quarter of an ounce of seed per day
Is a safe estimate of the food of a
tree sparrow. On this reckoning, In
n state like Iowa, they annually eat
about SV5 tons of weed seeds.
The War on Rats.
Rats are receiving continued atten
tion from tho agricultural department.
The campaign started against them
may result some day in the extermina
tion of the pest in this country. That
Is saying a good deal, but anything Is
possible If the effort is sincere and if
the directions for accomplishment are
widely observed, and if the rat, along
with the housefly and the mosquito,
should be reduced as nearly to the
point of extinction as some harmless
forms of life that once counted their in
dividuals by the hundreds of mill, i
much of the disease to which huma.
beings are heir would bo eradicated.
It has been estimated that a single
pair of rats and their progeny breed
lug without interruption and suffer
ing no losses would In three years In
crease to more than 20,000,000. While
recommending the persistent use of
traps and poisons, the experts think
the most promising lines of extermina
tion effort lie in rat proof construction
of buildings, especially tho use of con
crete in foundations, and in reducing
the food supply of rats by the disposal
of garbage and the protection of food
supplies.
Interesting Relics.
The late Bishop Satterleo took a
great deal of interest in securing relics
of sacred places for the proposed Prot
estant Episcopal Cathedral of SS. Pe
ter and Paul in this city, and several
may now bo seen at the baptistery and
tho little sanctuary within the cathe
dral close. The altar is built of stone
cut from tho ledge of rock in which
Is the tomb where the Saviour lay In
tho historical garden of Joseph of Arl
mathea. There is a stone from the
foundation of the first Christian church
erected in America, which was built
by Columbus nt tho town of Isabella,
on the north coast of Ilnltl, on his sec
ond voyage In 1493, and there is a
bishop's chair made from stones sent
from tho ancient British abbey of SS.
Peter and Paul inscribed, "By tho
Churchmen of Glastonbury to tho
Churchmen of America." And, what is
more Interesting than all, planted
against the walls Is an offshoot of the
"holy thorn of Glastonbury," which Is
believed to have been grown from the
staff of Joseph of Arlmathea. Tho
parent tree was cut down at the time
of tho reformation, but sprouted again
afterward from tho roots, and Its white
blossoms Btlll appear every year at
Christmas time.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
NATURE FREAKS WOMAN AND FASHION
if i mm irnnru
mm uttiutT
Thousand Dollars Refused Fox
Cow Which Gives Red, White
and Blue Milk
TURTLES THAT IMPEDE NAVIGATION
A Yell from Constituencies Skeeter
and Fresh Old Buttonball Tree and
the Lone Cow of Delalr Township
Demand Atttentlon.
Trenton, N. J. Queer happenings
in various constituencies which have
been reported here are exciting-superstitious
politicians and they are won
dering what they portend In elections
for the next session. It is admitted
that when shooting stars loaded with
hoptoads begin to fall, and snapping
turtles become so numerous In
streams that they impede navigation,
It is time for the party in power to sit
up and tnke notice. What excites
greatest interest, however, is the ap
pearance of green mosquitoes with
pink and yellow wings and purple legs
and bills.
Nor Is this the only cause for dis
quietude. It has been reported from
Newark that a buttonball tree there
is putting out buttonhnlls with wire
shanks on them, all ready for the
thread, and that one of tho ducklings
In tho Weequnhic Park reservation In
that city Is cackling like a hen. The
disquietude is Increased by informa
tion that Lady Delalr, tho only cow in
Delalr township, refuses to eat any
thing except tulip, hyacinth, flowering
almond, magnolia grandlflora and
azalea blossoms and Is giving red,
white and blue milk, which is being
sold to Grand Army veterans In tho
township at fancy prices.
H. WIsner Dolson of Warwick has
a habit of watching the heavens,
and he was thus very intently en
gaged last night when he saw a star
shoot and come toward him. The
speed was terrific. When It was about
three feet from his head he dodged
and yelled so loudly the star burst.
Immediately he found himself bom
barded with hoptoads, with which the
shooting star had been loaded. Dolson
was frightened so badly he did not at
tempt to pick up any of tho toads,
and they escaped In the tall grass
near the car shops.
Toe man who uncovered that tne
Pequest River Is full of snapping tur
tles is the Rev. Dr. E. P. Fowler of
Tranquillity. Ho went out fishing and
caught four big turtles in a few min
utes and then went back to Tranquilli
ty and told about his luck. There was
a rush for the river Immediately. Two
men went out In n rowboat. In the
middle of tho stream their boat
grounded on what they thought was
un uncharted shoal. One of the bare
footed men stepped over the sido of
the boat to shove It off. He felt tho
shoal heave and work under him and
then felt his feet seized In several
places. With the assistance of his
companion he succeeded In getting
back Into the boat with seven snap
pers still clinging to his feet His
friend wanted to use him for bait once
more, but the man would not consent.
So many snappers' heads are sticking
up that it is with difficulty the water
can be seen, and the boys have been
warned against going In swimming.
Tho first appearance of the green
mosquitoes with pink and yellow
wings and purple legs and bills camo
from Takanasse Lake, between Long
Branch and Elberon. That is tho
place which reported red bluebirds
three years ago and blue redblrds and
white blackbirds last year. Hectdr
Bradley, one of the oldest fishermen
In that section, says one of the pecu
liarities of the bite of tho green mos
quito is that it produces almost imme
diately an Insatiable craving for
strong drink.
It is in Military Park and also in
Washington Park, Newark, that the
buttonball trees this year are bearing
buttonballs with wire shanks. It Is
the first time they ever did it, and
tho Button Makers' Amalgamated
Union has petitioned tho Shade Tree
Commission to have both trees cut
down as menaces to union labor. Tho
Society of Buttonhole Makers has
Joined with the other union in de
manding the destruction of tho trees.
The women in the society say that If
the trees bear metal-shanked button
balls this year they are likely to bear
ready-worked buttonholes next year
and the livelihood of .the members of
the unions will bo destroyed.
The cackling duckling In the Wee
quahlc Reservation of the Essex Coun
ty Park Commissioners is one of fif
teen in a colony of thirty-five ducks
of all sizes. William H. Bross, fore
man of the reservation farm, seems In
clined to think that the duckling
cackling because it was hatched by
a hen after tho mother duck had de
serted the nest.
"It takes after its foster mother,"
Bross said. "The hatching out was
done under a box stall in the stable,
and I am expecting nny day now to
hear one of tho other ducklings nelgb
llko a horse. It Is remarkable what
effect environment haB on these
things. We also have a one-eyed gos
ling here. It swims sideways, and hat
done it so much that its feet are turn
ed to meet the unusual condition,"
The swans have made a pet of thii
one-eyed gosling and fight off an)
geeso or ducks which try to molest 1'
or steal Its feed If it be thrown on iti
blind slrin.
New Bonnet Shape.
Dark hats promlso to be popular for
midsummer wear, and some of tho
smartest flower trimmed French mod
els nro of black straws. This quaint
bonnet shape is open nt tho back of
tho brim to show the low knot of hair.
In front the hat shades the face, the
high crown sloping up in a lino with
tho down bent brim. The hat is of
nt ELACK straw with pastel boses.
fine black mllnn straw, with n trim
ming of roynl blue velvet ribbon and
cabochons of rococo roses, the crisp
little half open roses made of silk in
dull pastel shades. Gray blues, tea
rose yellows and dusty pinks blend
with tho rich blue velvet ribbon.
Rubberized Pongee Capes.
One docs not have to think back
many years to recall the clumsy gossa
mers in which wo enveloped ourselves
when the "rains descended." And
then a look at these dainty new pon
gee capes for stormy days! One in
voluntarily makes a mental compari
son. Somebody has been busy with
tho "clothes question."
These newest of rain protectors are
simply circular capes of that very use
ful silk, pongee. But before being
made up the silk has been treated to
somo secret process which makes it
impervious to showers nnd yet does
not cause it to be stiff or ungraceful.
There Is not only tho natural color,
but one sees black nnd several other of
tho now shades.
High standup collars finish them,
and there Is often a great button or
two of shining Jet to add a little note
of distinction.
The Attractions of Striped Flannel.
For a summer coat and skirt striped
flannel Is nl for growing girls. Suits
of this kind will clean or cveu wash
over and over again. Nice little alpaca
suits are now being made for the hot
weather as well as suits in striped gal
atea or linen. Just nt this point of tho
year the paletot Is a popular girls' gar
ment. Some nro in alpaca and in fine
suiting and others In a fine close make
of serge. The most suitable hat of the
moment is a shape in coarse, dim
straw, prettily draped around with a
silk scarf or with wide, soft satin rib
bon. A paletot of pnle pink or blue al
paca is suggested for children of from
four to ten years old. The little collar
and cuffs should be of linen.
Still the Picture Hat.
The classical largo hat that never
goes really out of fashion will be seen
this summer for largo functions and
ceremonious occasions.
It is trimmed this season with a bou
quet of ostrich tips, set far back at the
left side and at the back.
Instead of tho tips, tho long "ama
zone" is sometimes used, but tho tips
are tho newest and smartest.
More science goes to tho placing of
these feathers than might bo imag
ined. The balance of tho silhouette de
pends greatly on the trimming of the
hat, and it is her understanding of
this principle that lyakcs tho Parisian
milliner so successful.
For Summer Days.
The handkerchief parasol is now tho
smart thing. It is made of two large
squares laid at right angles with tho
point of tho parasol run through the
centers. They are seen In the shops
tot nANDKEncniEP r-Aiusoii rs jstew.
made of Imported chintz and cretonnes,
but could easily bo copied at home. It
will be noticed that these parasols
have no scams and so aro especially
easy to make. They are shown for
$5 and $0 each.
New Hand Bags.
Among, tho new hand bags Is a email,
soft, crushablo bag fitted with a good
sized purso and finished with two flex
ible bandies. They are exceedingly
light in weight and most desirable for
carrying handkerchief, money, cto.,
when a larger band bag la not wanted.
Tho colors are a rich deep blue-and
nn emerald green.
THE DEMAND FOR UMBRELLAS,
Changing Weather Ideal from tho
Salesman's Point of View.
"Naturally," said tho umbrella
salesman, "wo sell more umbrellas
when it rains than when it doesn't,
but ideal weatuer for tho retail um
brella trado would bo found In a
constant succession of days that
started bright and clear and wound
up stormy.
"To be suro we sell more or less
umbrellas all the time, on clear days
as well as on rainy. In time of
peace prepe for war, you know,
and that sorflof thing, and there are
people who buy their umbrellas and
have them ready; but Jt is on such
a day as I have described that we
sell tho most umbrellas.
"You take a bright and sunny and
lovely day that promises to stay so
and that holds so until along in the
afternoon, a day on which the streets
and the stores are filled with shop
pers, and then let a storm come up,
taking people unawares then we
sell umbrellas.
"On such a day wo havo custom
ers here standing along the umbrel
la counter perhaps two or thrco
deep, people buying umbrellas; on
such a day wo sell hundreds of um
brellas in one afternoon. It's an ill
wind that blows nobody good, don't
you know? The rainy days are the
bright days In the umbrella busl-
Clever Chinese Blind Man.
A blind street musician, reports a
Chinese paper, stood on tho shore of
a river, puzzled how to cross the
stream. He Implored an oil dealer,
who happened to come nlong, to as
sist him. The oil dealer had pity on
the helpless man, took him on his
shoulders, gave him his money bag
to hold and carried him across. When
he depositee his burden on the other
shore tho blind man refused to re
turn him Ills money bag, raised a
noise and declared that the money
was his property. The matter came
before the Judge, and each man said
on oath that the money belonged to
him. The judg" finally ordered tho
bag of money eniptiet' Into a water
tank, and then suddenly announced
that the oil dealer was the owner.
When asked for the reason for his
decision, he do. lared that the money
of the oil dealer must certainly show
traces f his business, and Indeed,
on the surface of tho water traces of
oil were found.
Strange Wedding Custom.
Among the Lolos of Western China
It is customary for tho bride on the
wedding morning to perch herself on
tho highest Dranch of a large tree,
while tho elder female members of
her family cluster on the lower limbs,
armed with sticks. When all are
duly stationed the bridegroom clam
bers up tho tree, assailed on all sides
by blows, pushes and pinches from
tho dowagers, and it is not until hu
has broken thraugh their fence and
captured the bride that he is al
lowed to carry her off.
Fills the Asylums.
In an ordinary asylum 55 per cent,
of the patients owe their Insanity to
alcoholism.
Area of City of London.
The county of London covers 75,442
acres; but tho London police area Is
443.421 acres.
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ANIMAL SLAUGHTER IN FRANCE.
Strict Inspection to Be 8ure They aro
not Diseased.
Requests for Information regarding
sausage casings in France having been
sent to the United States CoubuI Gen
eral In Paris, ho replies that no spe
cial supervision is given to entrails,
but that no animal may be slaughter
ed for food there unless it has first
been under veterinary Inspection. If
it has been found Bound the viscera
are also regarded safe without further
examination.
When a cow, hog or sheep proves
to be afflicted with dlseast when
killed, steps are taken to prevent its
use as food. If the disease is not
contagious tho body is impregnated
with petroleum. If tho animal suffers
from a disease which may bo trans
mitted, body, hide, entrails, horns and
hoofs must be burned. Cattle which
Bhow traces of tuberculosis are treat
ed with petroleum but no restriction
is put on the ordinary uses of tho
hide horns and hoofs. In como cases
where the meat is destined for use In
menageries the authorities refrain
from applying oil, but supervise tho
business of feeding the carnivorous
animals for which the meat is in
tended. These regulations apply to the cat
tle, hogs and sheep sold by farmers to
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The Modest Third.
Early In the Congressional career
of Mr. Blaine, says a writer in tho
New York Tribune, when Thaddeus
Stevens died, who for ten years had
dominated Congress, Mr. Blaine, who
entered the House tho same year as
the late Senator Allison, remarked to
a friend In the rotunda of tho Capitol,
"The death of Stevens is an emanci
pation for the Republican party. Ho
kept It under his heel."
"Whom have you got left for lead
ers?" queried the friend.
"There are three young men com
ing forward," was Mr. Blaine's reply.
"There Is a young man to be heard
from," pointing to Allison, who was
passing. "James A. Garfield is an
other." There was a pause, and the friend
asked, "Well, who is tho third?"
.Mr. Blaine gaze up in tho dome,
and said quietly, "I don't see the
third."
Some Odd Facts in Geography.
New York is usually thought of as
being directly west from Loudon. It
is, however, despite its far moro rig
orous climate, nine hundred miles
nearer the equator than is tho British
capital. The bleak coast of Labrador
is directly west of London. Tho same
line passes the southern part of Hud
son Bay and Lake Winnipeg; on tho
other side of the continent it touches
through tho centre of the Isthmus of
Kamchatka, and Siberia and Russia,
to Homburg. It is astonishing, like
wise, to reflect on tho fact that Mon
treal, with its v. inters of great sever
ity,, is three hund-ed and fifty miles
nearer the equator than is London.
Montreal, Indeed, is on the same de
gree of latitude as Venice. Another
illustration of the unexpected in con
trasts Is found in a comparison of St.
John's, Newfoundland, with Paris.
Paris has a winter of comparative
mildness, while St. John's is a region
of bitter cold and fogs, with drifting
icebergs along its coast. Yet St.
John's Is one hundred miles nearer
the equator. T-Dunujo Advertiser.
in this town is showing such
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