Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-26
The Rattler,s Mistake.

When Justice Of the Peace Kehoe returned
from O. months sojourn at Rubicon Springs
he related the following amusing incident,
which for a time relieved the monotony Of
life at that secluded mountain resort:
While wandering about in the vicinity Of
Rockbound lake, accompanied by boy, the
Judge was struck on the leg by the fangs of a
large rattlesnake The boy witnessed the
snake strike the judges leg and ran back to
the hotel at Rubicon and gave the alarm.
A rescue party was hurriedly organized by
the guests The party, armed with at least a
barrel of whisky in TASKS decanters and bot,
ties, fastened in the direction Of the spot
where the judge had been bitten by the ven
omous reptile The members of the rescue
party had not proceeded far on their humane
mission when they observed the Judge APP
proaching-his usual limp in walking seemed
greatly intensified to their alarmed magma
tons.
a grand rush was made for the judge and
a hundred TASKS were instantly uncorked, the
odor Of whisky supplanting that of fragrant
pines frs and wild fowers-each owner of a
flask being eager to have the judge first par
take of the contents and others endeavoring
to strip his trousers or TO epply healing ONT
meDts to the wound.
The judge finally was able to explain that
he had been struck On the leg by a RATHER
and while indicating with his finger the spot
where the reptiles poisonous fangs struck
remarked that it was his wooden leg that
had been bitten, and therefore the wound
would not prove serious. The judge after
ward killed the snake and exhibited the end
of the tail as trophy, which is ornamented
with seven rattles.-Virginia Chronicle.
Common salt moistened with lemon juice
to form a paste, applied to freckled hands
and allowed to dry on the freckies in the sun,
Is tried By young ladies just back from the
sea shore When dry five minutes, wash of
and apply cold cream.
Girdles.
At time when the staple food of the coun-
try consisted of oaten cakes it will readily
be understood that the manufacture of
"girdles," or iron plates upon which these
We're baked, formed very important in
dustry, and that the monopoly of such manu-
facture by one small body of craftsmen
would be very valuable privilege indeed
Such monopoly the girdlesmiths of Culross
for many years enjoyed, and, so far as the
excellent quality Of their wares is concerned
they seem to nave entirely deserved it,
In the year 1899 James VI visited Culross
and there witnessed the process of girdle
making. He was thereupon graciously
pleased to confer on the girdlesmiths of the
burg, by letters patent, the sole right Of
manufacturing such articles, though it is
said that in doing SO he merely confirmed an
Old charter already comforting the privilege
condition Of Culross from the dissolution of
the monasteries to the commencement of the
great civil war, the girdlemakers' craft
seems to have shared largely, in common
with the coal, boat building and iron trades
The process of making "Culross girdle"
seems to have been somewhat as follows: The
master smith chose lump Of iron, and while
he handled the tongs two sturdy apprentices
welded the hammers, beating the mass into
the form desired, hoop and girdle being all in
one piece; the test of a perfect article being
that when finished it should ring like bell,
or like one of those eastern gongs with which
we are familiar and which are manufactured
in a somewhat similar fashion.
Indeed, to this day to gar yer Tugs ring
like a Culross girtlle" is favorite threat OF
the local mother toward her recalcitrant of
spring. Sir Walter Scott, in his Heart Of
Midlothian" makes Madge Wildfre say, with
reference to this subject: 1.-The hammermen
of Edinburgh are, to my mind, afore the
world for making stancheons, ring bolts, fet-
ter bolts, bars and locks, and they are Ma that
bad at girdles for carcakes neither, though
the Cuross hammermen have the gree for
that. My mother had ance bonny Cu'ross
girdle, and | thought to have baked carcakes
on it for my puir wean that's dead and game
nae fair way. Good Words.