A Pleasant Id.
1 know of a lady who on her 18th
hlrthilay, a few weeks ago. received
80 letters, from na many friends, and
how she did enjoy them! I Know a
girl who Is going to receive 18 letters
on her 18th birthday, soon. The Idea
seems to be a pleasant cue. Good
Housekeeping.
Health Makes nnty.
If your complexion Is poor you prob.
ably need more outdoor exercise. Spend
two hours In the open air dally, If
possible, walking or running; take a
Turkish bath once In six weeks, If It
Is not taxing your purse too heavily,
and once a, week give your face a
soaking In very warm "water and soap.
While it is still warm rul In almond
oil, wiping otT traces of the oil with
a nne handkerchief after the rubbing
or massaging Is finished. Take a glass
of cold water before breakfast and the
last thing at night Eat all the fruit
you can get and leave bon-bons, cakes
and pastries severly alone. New York
News.
The Kana of "Company Manners."
In mnny homes, ohterwlse charming,
there exists the demoralizing effect of
two sets of manners courteous and de
lightful behavior to visitors and ill
tempered speech and actions between
the different members of the family.
The world does not realize how really
unhappy that family is. Judging from
Its "company manners" that home Is a
veritable abode of bliss.
The mother is a woman of culture.
She knows Just what to say and how to
Bay it. No woman can excel her in
gliding across a room and sinking
gracefully Into a chair. Her little boys
can tip their hats so prettily to ladles
on the street; her little girls can enter
a room with toes properly turned out
and with the grace of little queens. And
both the little boys and the little girls
can be as impertinent and display the
worst manners imaginable. They liter
ally fight among themselves. They are
not taught to be polite to each other.
Their mother seldom favors them her
own properly chosen words and grace
ful manners when they are alone with
her. Discord reigns unj.il the door-bell
rings and then the entire household
must put on good manners.'
There ar homes in which it seems
that every member of the household is
bent on seeing how hateful and disa
greeable It was possible to be. The
mother would speak in a nagging,
fretful tone; the father "orders every
body around."
Usually in such homes "company
manners" shine their brightest. The
general rule of courtesy to all at all
times has no foothold there. Where
there should be harmony, there is pre
tense and unhapplness. New York
American.
The Trull or the Skirt.
"History is silent regarding Adam's
views on feminine garments, but ever
since the coming of Eve's first daugh
ters circumstantial evidence has been
forthcoming to show that dress has
loomed large in the thoughts and de
sires of the weaker sex, and has not,
Indeed, been without its influence in di
recting the evolution of mere man,"
says The Hospital. "And even today
clothes, as agents for protection,
adornment and topic of conversation,
cannot be considered as discarded. In
deed, the subject is one which calls for
Intimate and expert study, and such
bodies as the Rational Dress associa
tion and the Healthy and Artistic
Dress union devote themselves to re
search, 'with results which are often
surprising If not actually of scientific
value. Hyglenically speaking, the skirt
as now prevailing stands guilty, or
rather should hang condemned, of
many sins. It fetters free movement,
Impedes progress, Interferes with ac
tive exercise, produces needless fatigue,
predisposes to accidents, limits the use
of the hand, troubles the mind, is in
constant danger of entanglements, col
lects dust, dirt and bacilli galore, and
Is oftentimes unduly expensive. Work
ers find It heavy, hampering, harmful,
and as all must admit, it readily be
comes filthy and unhealthy. We have
no wish to suggest banishment for the
skirt, but since the participation of
women in sports and physical exer
cises of various kinds has clearly dem
onstrated the possibility of combining
hygenic requirements with artistic ef
fects, we venture to advocate a more
general adoption of rational skirts.
But on the subject of skirts woman is
mistress of the situation.
The Kalaarln In Training.
The Katserln is justly proud If her
beautiful figure. She is slender and
most graceful; her figure Is her great
est beauty one might say her only
beauty. It has been a labor to bring
bout this dOBtrable state of things,
ind it has taken some time, for the
kaiserin was inclined to be decidedly
stout some years ago. Her Majesty
had a horror of fat, and took herself
sternly In hand.
. With the aid of a competent medi
cal man, and with a strong will, site set
to work at Abbazia to counteract her
tendency to corpulency, and It was
Just in time. The cure worked rapidly,
as every one remembers, but, unfor
tunately. Her Majesty overdid It, and
her hair turned gray later on to
snowy white. The Kaiser did tot like
that, but as nothing could be done, he
consoled himself with the fact that his
wife's face bad remained young and
she had obtained a perfect figure.
The Kaiserin keeps herself rigidly
to her fixed plan of living. She drinks
hardly anything. It was noticed at the
opening of the I.ette Hans nt Berlin
recently that, though she ate a hearty
lunch, she drank nothing. She Is most
careful what she cats, in spite of a
healthy appetite. Potatoes, sunnr and
bread hnve no port In her bill of fare.
As to exercise, Her Majesty is Inde
fatigable. It the weather is too bad to
go out for riding or walking, she
makrs the round of the palace upstairs
and downstair several times a duy.
Homo one was heard to ask lately, on
the occasion of the Kaiserin mounting
four flights of long stone steps, why a
lift had not been provided especially
as Her Majesty, in her rapacity of
patroness, was sure to visit the build
ing olten. The reply was by a lady
who know the Kaiserin "Oh, that is
exactly what Her Majesty likes!"
Ilia Heart rati.
Chains made from all sorts, hues and
kinds of beads are worn this season.
In fact, the chain fad Is one of the
pronounced fancies of tho moment and
has led clever, . industriously inclined
young women to try their Bklll in the
fashioning of these modish accessories
for Indoor and outdoor costumes. In
consequence some exceedingly artis
tic and original designs have been
envolved by these Ingenious amateurs.
Muff chains, purse chains, necklaces
and a host of other useful nnd orna
mental varieties of chains represent
the Beaton's output as seen in the shops
and made at home. The tendency
toward things Oriental and semi-Oil-cntal,
particularly In decorative way,
has stimulated Interest In the "bead
fad" for gaily colored chains are in
variably worn by the color loving Ori
ental. A bright young woman Is engaged
In designing and making chains of
beads, following out general color
schemes and arrangements of Oriental
character. She finds the occupation a
paying one. The beads are of coral,
malachite, crystal, Jet, amber, pearl,
turquoise and other semi-precious
stones, the pearls being on the "mother
of pearl" order. The turquoise chains
are of fine beads, three strings being
braided together.
A chain of deep green beads made
by this woman has several ragged cor
al beads Inserted at intervals. A coral
chain of the round variety set in be
tween the coral ones. A string of am
ber beads alternates with jet beads
while another chain, also of amber
has several jet beads placed near the
clasp. A handsome turquoise string is
combined with crystal and pearl beads.
Silver and gold beads are also used in
connection with the various stone
beads while crystal and Jet beads are
most effectively blended In some of the
handsomest of the new long chains.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Plaid silk petticoats are much in
favor.
For children the fashionable furs
are white fox, ermine and chinchilla.
Panne cloth Is enjoying an unprece
dented amount of fashionable favor.
Wool lace dyed to match Is exten
sively used for trimming wool gowns.
In white taffeta Is a beautiful petti
coat with coffe tinted lace Insertion
and Van Dyke points of the same lace
over chiffon frills.
Black pearls and Renaissance scrool
work figure in all the beautiful em
broideries which are an essential part
of the dress of today.
A new set of furs in baby lamb con
sists of a long fiat stole, with big
Frenchy muff lined with ermine and
trimmed with mink tails.
Incrustations of Irish guipure and
bands of mink fur lend en eflectlve
touch to a costume of white panne
Just completed for a dubutante.
One of the prettiest of the new white
wash waists Is fashioned of heavy can
vas cheviot, with embroidery in con
ventional patterns in pastel shades.
On the klmona order is a graceful
and pretty negligee of delicate blue
china silk showing Insertions of ecru
lace and finished with deep collar of
white liberty silk.
A lovely coat for a little girl Is of
cloth in a deep shade of cream and
yoke and collar appllqued with velret
and chenille in pastel shades. The but
tons are of pearl and gold.
A fleece-lined mercerlzod cotton
shirt waist in which the color tone is
a charming blending of green and blue
is trimmed with big green buttons of
enamel and silver deposit.
For evening wear princess slips of
silk gauze trlot are new and effective,
These slips come in all the pastel
shades and in various sizes and are
worn beneath the gowns of chlifon and
point d'esprit so much in vogue.
Evening coats for young girls are a
feature of the season's fashions. They
are of sibeline cloth in various color
ings and trimmed with braid. One in a
rich red shade is trimmed with white
silk braid, edged with block. These
coats are klmona shaped, with very
full sleeves, and lined with white bro
cade. A novelty in fur coats is a jacket
formed of marten tails Joined by a
lace insertion on the herring bone or
der. The lining is of white satin, while
down the front is a jabot of gray chif
fon trillings. A large string colored
lace collar covers the shoulders and
the sleeves suggest large puffs drawn
into the arms, where a deep ruffle of
ths lace conceals an undersleevs of sat
in fitted closely at the wrist
MftJ The:
t(jfi LATEST '
New York City. Evening waists
made with deep hox-pleatcd fnlls are
exceedingly smart nnd generally be
coming. This very attractive Mny
Manton model Is suited to all the sen
son's soft, pllnblo fnbrlcs, but, ns
shown, is of cream I.lerre net and lnce
with bnnils of liliick velvet nnd drop
oniinnents of pearls. The tlrnpcd
sleeves make n feiitnre nnd nre grace
ful In the extreme, but can be omitted
nnd the elbow or full length ones,
shown In the smnll sketch, substituted
when the yoke is mldud nnd the waist
made high at the neck.
The wnlst consists of n fitted lining,
that closes nt tho centre front, the
front, back nnd the box-pleated full.
The front proper Is simply gathered
nnd wlfli it tho pleated falls close nt
the iinder-nrin seam. The back Is laid
In box pleats that nre graduated in
width to give n tnperlng effect. The
short sleeves nre gracefully drnped and
the shirred shoulders give the desired
continuous line with the neck. The
long sleeves Include snug upper por
tions nnd deep euffs thnt match the
yoke, with full drooping puffs between
thnt form elbow sleeves when the
lower portions ore omitted.
The quantity of mnterlnl required
for the medium size Is for wnlst two
yards eighteen Inches wide, with three
and three-quarter yards of lace for fall
nnd sleeves; or thru anil onc-qunrter
yards twenty-one inches wide, two and
ane-qunrter yards twenty-seven Inches
wide, or one nnd a half yards forty
tour Inches wide, with one nnd a hulf
yards of all over lace when high neck
nnd long sleeves nre used nnd tho fall
tnd waist are of one material.
An Attractive Coitnini,
Simple waists always possess an In
herent charm nnd are essentinlly
imart. The attractive May Manton
model Illustrated In the large drawing
Is shown In peau do rynge, lu reseda
with stltcblngs of cortlcelll silk In a
darker shade, Is trimmed with drop
buttons of openwork sliver and makes
part of an entire gown; but tho design
suits all gown and waist materials, the
odd bodice ns well as the costume.
The foundation lining is smoothly
and snugly fitted and closes at the cen
tre front. The wnlst proper consists
of a plain back and deeply tucked
fronts and closes Invisibly beneath the
tuck to the left of the centre, in con
formity with the accepted stylo of the
season. The buck Is drawn down' at
tho waist line but the fronts blouse
slightly over the belt. Over the shoul
der seams are applied pointed straps
that fall over the sleeves aud give the
long shouldered effect. Tho sleeves are
full and are finished with pointed cuffs.
At the neck Is a stock that is cut to a
point at the centre front.
The quantity of material required
for the medium slse Is four yards
twenty-one Inches wide, three and
EVKSINO WAIST.
Dl.OUSE W
seven-eighth yards twenty-seven Inches
wide, or two nnd three-eighth yards
forty-four Inches wide.
Circular skirls made with clrcnlnr
flounces thnt provide flare nt the lower
portion nre much in deinnnil and suit
some figures nnd nintcrlnls better thnn
nn.v other sort. The smart model lllus
trsled Is shown In biscuit-colored can
vas ntid Is trimmed with folds of silk
stitched on with enrtleplll silk, lint
nil skirting nnd suit materials are np
prnpilnto nnd the trimming enn be
varied In nny way thnt tuny be pre
ferred. The quantity of mnterlnl required for
the medium size Is seven nnd a half
yards twenty-sevrn Inches wide, five
yards forty-four Inches wide, or four
nnd n half yards fifty-two Inches wide.
Flat llnls rotntnr.
Just now the tendency Is to wenr
lints more off Hip fnce, showing n con
siderable amount of forehead nnd coif
fure The desired effect Is enslly ar
rived at by menus of a blub bnndeau.
Otherwise the hats nre flat, nnd the
most chle nre those with very little
trimming. The best liendenr Is that
which Is difficult of achievement, and
the lints with little decorntlon must
be perfect In curve, with clear, bold
outlines In fact, exnet copies of the
old masters. Milliners, ns n class, are
most milstle, ns mny bo gathered from
the fact that (i.'ilnslioinujili nml Itoni
ney bats nlwnys bold their own.
rslna of the Crepe Veil.'
Except for widows in their first
mourning the crepe veil Is being grad
ually eliminated. It grows shorter and
shorter ench year, nnd Is confined
more nnd more closely to the Immedi
ate back of the hat or bonnet.
fllrl'a Tain O'Shanter Caps,
Tarn O'Nunntcr caps are exceedingly
becoming to little girls nnd nre much
worn for school, play nnd the like.
These excellent models show the latest
deigns nnd nvo suited to cloth, camel's
hnlr, sI'Viliio, velveteen nnd nil the
fnbrlcs used for caps. As shown, how.
ever, the plain cap Is made of gray
camel's hair felt, the full gathered one
of fancy woolen plaid.
The plain enp consists of a round
crown that Is pleated at the edge and
Joined to the band that fits the head
comfortably, the left sldo being held
by a rosette aud two quills.
The full cap is gathered up closely
at tho centre and held by a large flat
round button that forms tho crown,
then gathered at the outer edge and
joined to the band, which is finished
with a flat bow of black velvet ribbon.
The quantity of material required
for tho medium size Is for plain cap
flve-elghths of a yard In any width; for
full cup seven-eighths of a yard twen-
ty-one inches wide, three-quarters of a
yard twenty-seven inches wide, or
three-eighths of a yard forty-four Inches
wide.
TAM O'bHANTSR CAPS.
HEALTHY '.WOMEN
Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure for Golds and a Preventive of Catarrh.
Mrs.M.J- Brink
FIRST STAGEJ3F CATARRH.
A Serious Mistake Which Thou
sands Are Making.
The first -tone of rntnrrh is what i
commonly known n "catching cold." It
may be in the head, none, throat or lung.
It beginning is sometime no revere as to
cause a chill and considerable fever, or it
may be so alight ns to not hinder a person
from hia usual business. In perhaps a
majority of canes little or no attention
la paid to the first utilize of rntnrrh, and
hence it is that nearly one-half of the peo
ple have chronic caturrh in tome form.
To neglect a cold is to invite chronic
catarrh. Aa soon as any one discovers
the firat symptoms of cutching cold ho
should at once begin the use of l'enina
according to directions on the bottle,
EXPENSIVE AUTO MOB I LI NQ.
Owning a Horseless Carriage Is Not a
Poor Man's 8port.
If a man's horse should cost more
for veterinary fees that for oats, that
man would begin to scratch his hood
and wonder It he wouldn't hotter sell
the animal and charter a special train
or some other cheaper mode of travel,
particularly if oats were expensive,
and the horse's original cost had beon
several thousand dollars, not to men
tion the slight fact that the horse was
given to periodical runnings away,
adding heavy damages to his owner's
liabilities. And if in these little ses
sions of capering over the prostrate
heads of a frightened populace he
should kill or malm for life a few citi
zens, there naturally would be still
greater doubt in the owner's mind as
to the advisability of keeping so trou
blesomo a carrier. Yet that Is the pre
clso situation of the fast speed auto
nioblllst The wear and tear on tho
tires of a heavy automobile Is reck
oned by experts to be equal to four or
five cents per mile, which is more than
tho fuel to run it costs. Then tho
fines for oxceeding the speed limit
must be added to the damages for ac
cidents, caused by runaways of fright
ened horses, or, worse still, the runa
ways and explosions of the machines
themselves. Taken altogether, it would
seem to an onlooker who hadn't yet
caught autocltis that Pucks' hill-old
exclamation might be apropos "What
fools these mortals be!"
Water Before Meals.
While the goneral opinion of those
supposed to be authorities on the mat
ter has been that the habit or drinking
water at meals is a deleterious one, it
is now stated, according to recent In
vestigations, that a little water, if not
too cold, is beneficial, as it assists In
tho dlgOBtlon of food. A too copious
supply of wator dilutes tho gastric
Juice, and It too cold lowers the tem
perature of the stomach bolew normal,
thus impairing digestion. If, however,
water 1b taken in limited quantities
the gastric Juice on food will be wash
ed aside, thereby facilitating absorp
tion. By this means the undigested
food is laid bare and Is more suscepti
ble to further action of the gastric
Juice. During the period of rest
phlegm, being very tenacious, pre
vents the free flow of gastric Juice for
somo time, hence delays digestion. A
drink of water before meals Is recom
monded, because It loosens and
washes away this deposit of mucus,
thereby permitting the gastric Juice
to attack the food as it enters the
stomach.
8lept Soundly,
Paul Kruger, In bis memoirs, tells
the story of a secretary whom he
punished for being drunk by tying
him to a wagon wheel. During the
night 3,000 Kafllrs and about 4,000
Zulus attacked the Boer camp and
were not driven oft till daylight. The
secretary slept so soundly that he
noticed nothing of the fight, and the
next day. when he at last awoke, he
looked around in astonishment and
asked: "Have you people been fight
ing during ths night?"
and the cold is sure to pass sway
without leaving any bad effects.
Unless this is done tho cold is al
most sure to end in the second stage of
catarrh, which is making so many lives
miserable. If Tenuis was tuken every
timo one has a cold or cough, chronic
catarrh would be practically an un
known disease.
Miss Elizabeth C'ber, No. 67 Bassett
street, Albany, N. Y., writes:
i nave always dreaded unsettled
weather because of my extreme lioliil
ity to catch cold, when a catarrhal
trouble would quickly develop through
my entire system, which it would take
weeks to tlrivo away. I am thankful
to say that since I have taken l'K
KL'NA I do not have any reason to
dread this nny more. If I have been
nt all exposed to the damp, wet or cold
weather, I take a dose or twe of I'K
KLN.V. and it throws out anv hint
of sickness from my system. Miss
Elizabeth L'ber.
Mrs. M. .T. Rrink. No. 820 Michigan ave
nue, St. Joseph, Mich., writes:
"This past winter during the wet and
cold weather I caught a sudileo and severe
cold, which developed a catarrhal condition
through my entire system, and so affected
my general health that 1 was completely
broken down, and beenme nervous anil
hysterical and unlit to supervise my borne.
My physician prescriiied for me, but some
how his medicine did me no good. Head
ing of I'KKt'NA 1 dee'led to try It. Af
ter I had taken hut three bottles 1 found
myself in line health." Mrs. M. J. Bunk.
Sibyl A. Hartley. 20' Main street, Hunt
ington, Ind., writes: "Last winter after
getting my feet wet I began to cough,
which gradually grew worse until my
throat was sore nnd raw. Ordinary reme
dies did not help me and cough remedies
nauseated me. Heading an advertisement
The First Newspaper.
There has been considerable contro
versy of late years as to which country
should be conceded the honor of print
ing the first regular newspaper. Claims
have been successively put forward
for Italy, France, Germany, England
and Holland, and all with some degree
of plausibility, but It appears from
recent researches that neither one of
thoso is entitled to the distinction, and
that precedence should be given to
Belgium. It has been established by
the antiquaries that a certain Abra
ham Ver.hoeven, of Antwerp, obtained
from the Archduke and Duchess Al
bert and Isabelle the privilege of print
ing a news sheet. As the first German
paper appeared In 1615 at Frankfort,
the first Dutch paper In 1G17, the first
English paper, the Weekly Gazette, In
1(122, and the first French paper In
1631, it would seem that Antwerp's
claims have some foundation, and that
the Belgian city initiated what has be
come one of the most Influential fac
tors in modern life and progress. On
the strength of this it Is proposed to
hold a great tercentenary celebration
In Antwerp some time during the year
1903.
New Chinese Minister.
Although the diplomatic circles at
Washington lost a treasure in Wu-Tlng-Fang,
the late Chinese Minister,
his place is likely to be well filled
by his successor. Sir Liang-Cheng.
That distinguished Oriental will soon
marry the daughter of Yu-Keng, the
Chinese Minister at Paris. The wed
ding will take place at Peking before
the Minister loaves for Washington,
arriving early In January. Sir Liang's
fiancee Is described as a perfect type
of Celestial beauty and as unusually
accomplished. She is 22 years old and
has lived for the last three years at
her father's legation, being almost as
well known In Parisian society as
Madame Wu was in Washington.
Waterproof Briquettes.
Consul B. H. Warnor reports from
Loipzlg: All briquettes which have
hitherto been manufactured by means
of soluble cements (such aa dextrin
molasses, lixiviated cellulose, oxidized
llgnine, reelgnate of ammonia, etc.)
dissolve In water. Richard Bock, an
engineer of Merseburg, province of
Saxony, has found a method for mak
ing briquette which are entirely water
proof. He heats the finished briquettes
until the cement is wholly or partly
carbonized, which makes them indis
soluble. In case the ignition temper
ature of the cement is likely to be at
tained the heating must take place in
an air-tight case or by means of hot
gases.
Ths Power of Liquid Hydrogen,
Every gaseous substance now defin
itely known '.o the chemist, with the
single exception of helium, may be sol
idified with the aid of the low tempera
ture furnished by liquid hydrogen.
Professor Dewur, of London, to whom
the world is Indebted for nearly all the
discoveries of this kind, expects to suc
ceed in solidifying even helium, and is
now making a series of experiments
to that end at the Royal institution.
Liquid hydrogen has a temperature ot
438 degrees balow tero.
Miss. Sara McGahan.
of what PKRUNA could do, I decided to
try a bottle, and you can imagine how
glad I felt when it began to relieve me
in a very short time. In less than two
weeks 1 was completely cured." Sibyl A.
lladley.
Miss Parnh McOnhan, No. 197 3d street,
Albany, N. Y writes:
"A few months ago I suffered with a
severe attack of influenza, which nothing
seemed to relieve. My hearing became
bad. my eyes became irritated anil feverish.
Nothing seemed right am) nothing I ate
tasted good. I took l'KKUNA and within
two week I was perfectly well." Sarah
Mi'Onhnn.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to Dr. Hart man, giving a
full statement of your ease, and he will be
glad to give you hia valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hurtmun, President of The
Hurtman .Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
THE BAKER'S OVEN.
How Bakers Themselves Determine
It by Mere Touch of Hsnd.
"Bakers have a curious way of tell
ing Just what the temperature of the)
oven Is," said a downtown baker who
has been In the business for more
than a quarter of a century, "and they
can tell, too, with almost marvelous
accuracy. You take a man who is
an expert in the business, and he can
toll what the temperature of tha
oven is by simply touching the han
dle of the oven door. In nine cases
out of ten he will not miss it the frac
tion of a degree. Bakers have other
ways, of course, of testing the heat
ot the oven. For Instance, when bak
ing bread they sometimes throw a
piece of whits paper into the oven,
and if it turns brown the oven is at
the proper temperature, or, when bak
ing other things, they will throw a
little cornmcal or flour into the ovea
in order to test the - heat. But tha
baker's fingers are ths best gauge and
when you come to think of the differ
ent temperatures required In baking
different things, it Is no small achieve
ment to even approximate the heat
ot the oven by touching the handle
of the oven door. Bakers figure that
during the rising time ot a loaf of
bread, after it has been placed In the
oven, it ought to be In a temperature
of 75 degrees Fahrenheit. During the
baking process. In order to cook the
starch, expand the carbonic acid gas,
air and steam, and drive oft the al
cohol, the Inside of the loaf must reg
ister at least 220 degrees. In baking
rolls, buns, scones, tea biscuits, drop
cakes, fancy cakes, New Year's cakes,
muffins, "puff cakes and things ot that
sort, the oven must show a heat of
450 degrees higher. When the ovea
Is at 400 degrees, it is fit for cream
puffs, sugar cake, queen cakes, rock,
cakes. Jumbles, lady fingers, rough and
ready Jolly rolls. At 350 degrees wine
cakes, cup cakes, ginger nut and
snaps, pies, ginger bread, spice cakes,
such as raisin, currant, citron, pound,
bride and so on, may be baked. It re
quires a still lower temperature to
bake wedding cakes, kisses, anise
drops and things in this class. But
whatever temperature the old baker
wants, he can tell when he has it by
simply touching the handle of the
oven door."
Takes No Food But Milk.
Four quarts of milk dally, or there
abouts, for 20 years has been the sola
diet ot Thomas F. Laubach, of Hazel
ton, Pa. Two decades ago Mr. Lau
bach, being then 61 years old, was in
very bad health, and his physicians
gave up his case. Then be decided to
doctor himself and has done so ever
since, absolutely confining bis diet to
milk. Now he is one ot the healthiest
and soundest men in town.
Ths Wheat Area.
The statistician ot the Department
of Agriculture estimates the newly
seeded area of winter wheat at about
34,000,000 acres, an increase of 6.1 per
cent, upon the area estimated to have
been sown in the fall of ltfOl. The
condition of winter wheat on Decern
per 1 was 99.1 as compared with (6.7
In 1901, 97. 1 in 1900 and nine-year
average of 91.4.
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