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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

blue. You are among friends" Tia
practice has continued and persisted
till IL Is considered good form for
strangers TO bow TO the president. and
he Is always on the qui vive TO acknowl.
edge such n greeting.
But the custom has its embarrAss-
neuts II is difficult TO bow to the pres
ident without knowing which he s, and
comparatively few know. Cleveland
had striking not TO say imposing per-
sonality. and Thousands who never raw
him before identified him as soon as he
came within the optical focus; but Har-
rison walks all through the departments
without being recognized by more than
half q dozen out Of hundred. This
Isemi-incognito makes II easier and pleas
anter 70 walk about the city alone than
IL would otherwise be. President Har.
Yison prefers walking TO driving, though
he gets up the buggy and drives fire.
Iquently, generally holding tho reins
himself In the evening he likes fam
iNy game Of whist and often Halford and
sometimes another neighbor drops in
and takes . hand. Once in awhile he
plays a game of billiards on the white
houss table, but his hand Is not very
deft with the cue. Once In fortnight
or three weeks he drops in at the thea
ter-prefering sOIac dialect. rustic or
general play. Ike Josh Whitcomb" on
Jefferson 81 Cranes favorises. The
president has . wholesome laugh, buoy.
ant spirits and good digestion.
Garfield was a great baseball player,
even while In congress, and it Is q part
OF the unwritten history of his time
that. under call of the house during a
busy week, the sergeant At arms ar
rested him aud SIX other members out
at the baseball game and carried them
before the bar of congress rs delin-
quents. Even after he became presi-
dent. though those first months were
crowded with exciting cares, he found
time to hunt up Col A. r. Rockwell,
his college chum, and drive down and
watch the diamond. He and Rockwell
played billiards sometimes. but base.
ball was his great reliance and solace.
During his last year in congrcss he be-
came much addicted TO solitaire. and
when afflicted with insomnia he would
rise and spend the midnight hours over
''sThe Four Seasons or Napoleon at
ST. Helena"
Blaire's chief amusement Is thinking
OF Bar Harber and Of what good time
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

he will have there in August. OF
games. long whist il his favorise. but he
seldom plays lie cannot walk much.
for he IL now The hcrt-knowu man Ia
Washington. eod whenever he tries %
go about unsccompauied he il sure 20
be sccosted by some persistent spysi-
cant for something These watch his
house in the morning. and when he
starts they fock hurr,edly ahead Of him
and reach The state department. first II
r. only block Oft. bat The officials there
generally know when AIR. Blaine has
started By the sudden appearance Of
HE parasites 80 the girl who scatters
corn Ina Sc Marks square. In Venice,
otsows when 40 u five minutes II noon
10y the appearance Of the pigeons.
Assistant Secretary Adee i probably
the bcst-ltnown man In the state DIR
parsnens merit - lea chief He has
ssn.s~ments g~iorp He u . poet ~ no
cssnsnoa ability he Il one ~ the mo~s
artistic. intricate ard fsr-r-scbins ~
pun-s@rs tie is . very accomplished
amateur Photographic. Ana hr "negsr
tiv-s~ do not prodsce half - much
have a. those ~ the secretary.
knew seer~t.rr wission ~eil FOR
THIRTY yesrS. but I never knss rim -
play q game - any sort 81 dont believe
be ever I'D He ~ouls get ~ his horses
soa azsss tSsm sst esss N srhisS. kas
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

be seesasd ~ 40 even thai gerfunc;orfy
va duty drive be ased 20 call Il. tor
health rather than for nleasaes-
Secretary Foster Is faaous what
player Gen- NettI~ton. assistant see-
Rotary. one Of the finest booking and
most popular nemhsr. 81 the admins
tration. puts Ia what little time he can
get II soessI and literary gatherings.
lie Is so fand Of books aud pleasant CON
versation that have . fancy that he
doesnt know whether two pair arc
technically inferior or superior % three
of kind.
Gen Noble WAS recently asked wha.
was his chief recreation cut II osiiee.
.AGsttinx my hair cut. he answered.
WHAT don't understand" said his
interlocutor.
Having my hair cut repeated tho
secretary. 1T Is quite an achievement
when get time To 40 and have nay hair
cut The tendency of the hair of .
secretary OF the Interior Is "a grow
long"
His questioner then recalled the fact
that Carl Schurz and Teller both wore
long hair when they were AZ the head
Of this homogeneous congeries Of hure .us;
that Secretary Lainar's capillary APP
pendagc heightened till he was per-
feet sight, and that even Gen. Villas.
neat and trim In his personal habits,
surrendered 20 the temptation and grew
a hirsute thntch tina. would have de-
lighted Piegan.
Yes" said the secretary, with . sigh,
''they had no time to get their hair cut
during the winter.
Conversation and reading are the
chief amussments Of t.se Noble house
hold-resding good books and convers-
ing on literary and philosophical
topics Among the frequent and well
come visitors arc such men as the EN-
ersonian Mystic, Prof. Harris, chief Of
the education bureau. and such invent
ors and scientists as Langley, OF the
Smithsonian. and Powell, of the geog-
Taphical survey.
Secretary Tracy Is temperate in the
example he sets to the navy. He plays
none OF the technical amusement games.
He drives moderately. He smokes about
one cigar day. He dimes abstem-
iously and hopes 10 live q good many
years yet. Ho is sobermindsd man,
and the tragedy which darkcned the
first months Of the administration has
thrown . permanent shadow on his life.
Gen. Proctor, secretary Of war. Is In
spircd with rare passion for whist An
evening rubber Is his frequent amuse.
ment, with Senators Cameron, Edmunds
and perhaps Hawlcy around the other
sides of the table. His ambition Is to
make q gatling gun of his long suit
Then he has n combination pool table
at his house, and tumblcs the worries
with considerable skill. But his CHIEF
fun II with horses. He loves tho whole
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
hIWSFRONIHE CAPITOL
Hisans's Moving xxcuss and the
Crowd That Bessszes HIM.
The RECREATION OF TIE PRESIDENT
esr- us<rissa rtays ssin.r a. nsw e'Aias
10 wssuAsd- sssss< F>a~ss wais<
biAysr-as~ Gss- Sssls nzs
Iiis Hair Cas-
scorrK1snr. lpn /

No president FOR many years not ono
sanse the few days OF Garnela. has
vailed so much as Mr.. HArrlsoa does
He goes out alone everywhere. no. oaly
on the busy avenues. bit picking his
way thyough back streets and courts
whore few 90, Being demonstrated
with lately On r-ekiessiy exposing hun
self, no lsaghed and said, II have No
dangerous eDcmies. And even il had
would rather get one bullet than be
etern2liy afraid Of moving" SO he goes
where and as he pleases. and IS as fAmil-
lar with the city a. the oldest inhab-
slant IL 10 etiquette In Washington.
'oy the way. 10 bow 10 the president
whenever hs appears In public. The
habit originated i think. in Mr.. Lin
coins time, when his friends and his
admirers. even though strangers. thus
saiuted him on the streets and side
walks a. vague method OF saying 10
Ehim: Go IL. Stick 20 III Don't get
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
BOYS And CAMPING LIFE
Outing At Lake Qainsigsmond
Natural History Taught.
CAMP FIRE. STORIES AND fus
ne uaiase pspxssxrs ~ the wssssssss
hssar.i isissssy sseiesy 20 ~iaaaaias.
Eswiax, aymsAstiss aaa sasas
storles Iassht es ksp~sss-
lcorrnIaar i@ll

Abou, the most practical work done
by any learned association that know
Of Is the summer camp Of instrnc'ion
conducted at Lake Qninsigamond near
Worcester, Mass, by the Worcester
Natural History society. whose seventh
season is about a. begin.
It's one thing, aud quite nice thing
In is way, no doubt for u lot II old
men Ia round spectaclcs and skull caps
10 get together aud discuss searaees and
iepidopsera by u study lamp. but it's
quite another matter. and infinitely
better worth while, tt seems 70 me. 20
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

kinds of manual training arc taught in
the workshop on rainy days. The art
instructor of the New York working
mans school improves his vacation by
teaching tho boys outdoor skctching.
The boys take ana develop photographs,
learn how to stuff birds and TO catch
fish and have great fun with local soien-
fists in delightful morning ramblcs
which resolve themselves into object
lessons on geology. botany, mineralogy
and several other oiogies. thus getting
useful knowledge IN a way which can.
not possibly drive of interest They
learn the stars by night and hunt for
water bugs by day. They have gym
nastics and games, and short lectures
on physical culture, natural history.
hygiene Of the mind. outdoor life, Eu.
ropcan travel or success In business,
all by experts, many Of whom give their
time TO the work without pay. They
go on long trips about the country. from
ono Of which they returned last summer
with q swarm Of wild bees.
Twice a week-and this illustrates
the character Of the place as well as
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
CAMP -HEAD0staNTtRS.

could be rs well and wisely managed
Such an experience is a wonderfully
finc thing for city boys.
Prohting by the example OF the
Worcester camp. the founders OF similar
enterprises might rs well make ur
their minds 10 the inevitable and found
. girls camp near that Of the boys.
The Worcester folks did not do this
till 1880. four years after the beginning
Of the first camp. but 1t is o fixture now.
This new camp Is on land belonging =
Mr.. Thomas II. Dodge. and fes right
across the lake from the park, ssothas
IL Is n natural enough rendezvous for
IN occasional rowing party. Tho corps
Of instruction Is much smaller and Is
composed almost entirely OF wornea.
and as the mothers cf tho girls art also
apt 10 come 10 campto pase the SIMMER
pleasantly there IL plenty Of super
vision. The pirIs are taught rowing
and swimming and gymnastics Ike the
boys, and hunt birds and bugs md
flowers with quite as much arssor and
even moro benefit 10 their general
health. DAVID WrcHsER
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

corral lot of inquisitive boys in the
open air Of wood and water where
natures problems face them no matter
which way they turn, and seek to di-
rect their natural interest in outdoor
things in heclthful and instructive
channels-which Is precisely what the
Worcester Natural History society is
doing in its summer camp.
Tho camp occupies the forty-acre
park Of the society on the shore of the
lake. This land Is entirely wooded ex-
cept where roads have been cut through
for convenience, and slopes down rnp-
idly to the lake, where o long landing
wharf has been built out into the shall
low water. The lalse, q pretty sheet, II
visible from almost every part Of the
camp and Is tho center Of It's life, its
activities and its studies.
There really are studies at the camp,
but tho boys who come from all paris
of Massachusetts, to enjoy themselves
there don't know Il. It's oil play to
them For instance, they stady swim
ming. which Is as delightful an accom-.
plishment as It is necessary, under the
direction Of the athletic director OF Am
herst college. The swimming lesson Is
very generally appreciated They study
rowing under an expert from the Wor-
cester boat club, and apother expert
teaches them how TO bIild boats for
themselves, and they have carpenter
tools and lumber for the purpose. Other
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

&~T ( @~t't,os,oNsD cgneESs .

Merrick Bemis, a physician and natural.
list Of Worcester.
DR.. Bemis says that It is the object OF
the society to INSPIRE young folka with
q love Of nature and q growing desire
to study the works Of God in nature. :"
Has it succeeded? II certainly seems
SO, though Col. Burbank says in his re-
port that he wants to do lots better yet
this yenr.
Perhaps ought to explain that the
camp isn't money-making concern.
On the contrary. the society spends Ave
thousand dollars year over the cost Of
board on it and its winter enterprises
Parents often wonder what to do
with their children during the long
vacation. In the long days after the
school closes they are often desperately
bored. and end by making miserable
the lives of all about them The rest
lcssness of childhood is natures way Of
intimating that activity and exercise
are necessary to its development. but it
doesn't always have room to develop.
Boys are always interested in learning
things, ont Of school at least, and they
are, or ought to be. necessarily active.
1t seems to me that the Worcester
natural history people have solved the
question of utilizing the long vacation.
There ought TO be such n camp near
every large city in the country II It
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
p,,..i Piles tt.,.a. ,,,.

SYMPTOMS Moisturei intense itching
and singing most at night, NURSE ~
sorstehing, II allowed 10 eant.nne
tunaofs form, whieh often bieed ard
uioerste, becoming very sore. SwsSses
oIsfsENf stops the Hcasng and hseea
ing, heals liberation, and n sacsf osses
removes the tunsnf-. Al druggists. or
~ mai. tor 80 cents. DT Swsyae A
son, flslsaelphis.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

Mes. NfssIoH = seorefSa SsRrr.hss beer use
fer children tertsinx II seathes tAe ehil1
softeus thf Suns siisss ~ pain. cures sinf
cote. And = The best ~ psay foF atsu hcss
1wenty eve cents a bottle
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

anything--ths boys get together and
tell camp FIRE stories ny the way.
they have camp fires. the building II
which Is part ~ their education. They
live In tents, breathe the open air every
hour of the twenty fopr. eat rsvenously
ard learn something which IL likely -
benefit them snd others. There IL .
director ~ play Tor their benefit. which
IL another thing worth noting The
ertntendsnt Is . soldier. Col Har
hank
Partly. perhaps. because boys siwsys
Hike 10 play soldier and certainly be-
cause military aTiil is eoatfsfeE them, the
camp is aFssaised apan military basis.
1hs sSs.asAndaet Y gol. basbsak.. u
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

Are active. effective and pure. For
slok headache. disordered stomach, loss
Of appetite. had complexion. and bl.
iousness, they have never been equaled,
either in America or abroad.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
chicago IN & aour. Is Minutes.

Grand Rapids and Indiana train lesv-
M Grand Rspids at 10 30 o. m, nov ar
ives in Chicago at ass p. m. Through
car Grand Rapids 90 chlcago.
Ntaht tram With new Wagner sleeping
car caves Grand Rapids At -0o y. ~.
taiIy. ARRIVES 10 Chicago at g. 50 a. m.
Returning leave Chicago ~ Michigan
Central al 40 =. ~ with through ear,
arn,e Grand Rapids So q. ~. DINING
ear attached to the tram between Chi.
ago and Kalamazoo.
Ssaht tram leaves Chicago daily At
1910 n. m 9Th Wagner sleeping ear
aFrlvss Grand Haplds at bia A. m.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

The vslievcity Milling Company has
40 peer ia The manufacture Of Hour.
Try the LILY WHITE
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
Fnr n,.r rif,, Year.

reckbam's Group Remedy cures
whooping cough
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

equine genus, and il very fond of his
own horses He has astonished the
city with the superb spans that he has
brought down from Vermont, and his
turnout generally fires the cabinet with
. sad sort of envy. Gen. Proctor gets a
q good deal of fun out Of life.
asked Gen. Rusk, secretary of agri-
culture, what his chief amusement was.
"Well." he said. Tin general way.
listening 10 q good story from some
body. In special way. and right now.
/ find my favorito amusement in dis
tributing the root Of the American hog.
think we shall get there. too"
Inquiring at the congressional post
Office find that there arc nearly thirty
senator's and seventy-five representa-
tives still lingering here. Half this
number will stay all summcr-mostly
from the south. but including the farm
ers' alliance men who are planting
their batteries for next winter.
/ met Jerry Simpson in at Senator
PETERS and asked him what was his
chief amusement.
''Skinning skunks," ne said, ''both
parties-perfectly impartial"
Mr.. Ingalls, is said TO find fun in
farming" suggested. a. leader.
Yes" remarked the audacious VAN
dial, and he asked in . sock-ratic man
ner: do you know that he has this
very week made himself eligible TO
membership in the alliance. and taken
the first steps towar initiation"
mo, indeed" I said. II haven't
seen It noticed; how has he become ell
igible2'
"He has put mortgage on his home
steadr'
In such jokes. sarcasms and quiddi-
ties do the rustic wage OF the grasshop-
per state have fun.
Ex-vice President, now eighty-two.
Hannibal Hamlin, Is one of the most
active men Of his age In the country.
lie hates whist and abhors music; but
this list exhausts his antipathics in the
direction Of games. He il devotec OF
euchre. but the last four or five years
he has yielded 20 tho fascination OF
Dom Pedro, and he battles desperately
for the low Going ~ balls Is wild
dissipation with him. He did a double
shuttle on his eightieth birthday. and
still dances mp 10 his partner with great
celebrity. He owns few acres outside
Of Bangor. where he imsgines he car
ries on farming" and he scsndali1es his
city neighbors by putting on old clothes
.od driving the cows w. A. q
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14

1850 and go 90 shk Wraps reduced
. s49s al 4. r. kldder 4 Co.'S clear
sses ssls,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
Washing with Rora..

In Holland the housekeeper is Door in.
deed who cannot boast of linen closet, be
1t ever so humble. 1t is worthy the name if
the stock on hand in the beginning NUN.
bers but dozen pieces; and it is surprising
how 1T viii grow by occasionally adding an
article. There is an untold pleasure to the
houSekeeper of limited means in accumuIa.
ting linen piece by piece, which the one with
full pocketbook to store the entire closet
at once knows nothing about. To accom-.
plish this result it is well for such young
wife to know that it is better to put by one
good dinner cloth, sheet or towel than two
poor, fimsy ones. The process of accumu.
latlng in this way may be slow, but in the
end it will be found the only one that is
satisfactory.
After the linen closet is established, the
next consideration is the care of it; and
the fastidious housekeeper will pride her.
self in nothing more than in the keeping
of her linen pure, unimpeachably clean
and snowy white. To this end know OF
nothing better than the use of refined
borax, with due regard of course to prop
er washing, blueing, rinsing, etc. In Hol.
land and Belgium the washerwomen un.
derstand the virtues of borax, and use it
not only for washing, but also for bleach.
ing, softening water and improving starch
and their fame has gone out to the utter.
most parts of the earth. Their linen is as
famous for wilderness as the under linen OF
the witches in Tam O'Shanter. The pro.
portion Of powdered borax used is large
handful to about ten gallons of boiling
water The finest fabric is not injured by
its use, and the clothes are made beauti.
hi Will LOGS 10 Or wit b0y1
one-half the quantity of soap.-Pittsburg
DiSnatch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

The discussion about the ethical right Il
New York women 10 smoke Is one OF LhaNe
subjects which cssionaily end their wAy
into public comment IN New York without
any apparent reason. IL might b. better
20 find out whether Nes York women de-
smoke before the public condemns or IL
dorses in such Wholesale fashion. As far
as my experience goes. smoking among
women in this city il exceedingiy rare. Ik
Is far more common ia England than here
and / think that most close observers az
New York LIFE viii say also In the southern
states.
do not recall an instances Of seeing q
woman smoke cigarettes within several
years When n certain social critic aa-
nounced that smoking was common among
women AZ dinner parties be wrote himself
down critic Of eailow stripe. Whas
women do when they ars alone Is thsls
own affair, but smoking at dinner parties
on the part 81 the feminine classes does not
deserve to BE- denounced az reprebensihle.
because IL practically does rot exist a. !
custom Ia New Y0rk.--Ssw York Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
Decorating the Home,

One needs TO live little while in house
before completely furnishing it; possibilities
dawn upon the woman of taste by degrees,
and it is far more interesting to add a pic.
ture here, a statuette there, a little stand
in this corner and portiere over too OBJ
trusive door from time to time than to do
it all at once. 1t gives one something to
look forward to. Whatever a woman s
position, she should have voice in deco.
rating her own house.
a home ought to he an expression of the
people who inhabit it, it should partake Of
their individuality, and it cannot do this II
everything is put into the hands of pro-
fessional decorator. Awoman should have
scheme of color and an idea of her own
for every room; then she can get what aid
she needs in carrying it out from the best
furniture and carpet warehouses, where
there is always head man of taste who is
ready to give advice.
In one of the most charmingly furnished
homes in the city, where the rich embroid-
cry of some of the hangings, the exquisite
ly draped toilet table, beds and mantels,
the tasteful arrangement of furniture and
bric-a-brac, and the luxurious divans and
couches, with large, soft silken pillows
and cushions, all give the impression of
lavish expenditure of money. The hand
of the mistress did much of the work,
while she personally planned and super
yised the whole.-Art Interchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
The Care of Blankets.

For real comfort and service the blanket
is the most desirable of all coverings, and
If one understands how to care for her
blankets and how to wash them properly
an expensive blanket is more economical
in the end than the perishable comfort
able. A facing of fine cheese cloth a
quarter of yard in depth across the upper
edge of blanket serves to protect it from
soiling, and this may be replaced several
times before a new blanket will require
washing. All bed coverings should be well
aired frequently. Choose bright, windy
day and hang them out of doors for an
hour or so. 1t is well to whip blankets
lightly with a rattan busting stick. If
treated in this manner they will not re-
quire frequent washing. When it does be-
come necessary to wash them rip off the
cheese cloth protectors, whip out the dust,
and if bound with colored braid, remove it
and replace with white.
Then make very strong suds with
warm soft water Let them soak only
few moments, then rub lightly on the
board, wiring out and rinse in fresh warm
water to which little ammonia has been
added. Wiring very dry, shake and stretch
into shape, then hang out of doors in the
sun and wind to dry. If the foregoing di-
rections are carefully followed ones blank
cts may be kept soft. white and downy.
Impure soap and careless washing, on tbs
other hand will ruin the handsomest
blankets.-Chicago Herald.