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tional malady,. and had resolved to take
unusual precautions during the day.
My friend. the doctor, had cautioned me
against certain indiscretions such as
going out 10 my lunch without an over
coat, and others which he knew that |
would commit just the same A Physi-
elan never loses any money by giving
US good advice except when he neglects
to COLLECT the bill for it on the spot.
However, I was thinking of what he
had said, when the bell in our fat
tinkled twice. This Is the postman's
ring, and indicates that he has put a
letter in the little box in the outer hall
This signal Is counterfeited very sue
cessfully by people with bills, who en-
ploy it to decoy an unwary citizen into
a confession that he Is at home. II he
expects a letter with check in it be
viii very likely run downstairs without
waiting for his servant to finish black
ing the stove, and II. at such time. he
encounters 4 man who asks him for
nineteen dollars he viii PROBABLY COM
nit assault and battery, for which ot-
fense. supposinE | am on the jury, he
viii never get anything worse than a
disagreement In this instance, how
ever, assured myself by prudent
inspection from the window thai 1t was
really the postman. Accordingly,
went down IN hurry-such hurry, in
fact, that / forgot the key of the letter
box. II is possible 10 fish a letter out
OF such box with Z penknife. Indeed,
there are in New York. am told. some
men who live by this occupation alone.
! tried Jhe pen}lEl-e game on the letter
IN nv box. bat an honest man has no
luck n this town The vestibule was
colder than the place where Lieut..
Peary froze his nose. aud the wind blew
down into my slippers from all points
OF the comp2Ss. But whea nan
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HOUSEHOLD BREVlTiES.

ALI broiled meats should be served
the moment they are cooked
-Graham Bread. One pint Of sour
milk, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of
soda. half teacupful Of rnolasses, lit
tie salt, one quart OF graham -four.
Mix and bake twenty minutes Detroit
Free Press.
To Bleach a Straw or Panama Hat
First, scrub IL well in warm water,
sOftened with a tablespoonful Of borax
to a pzilful Of water. Use clean
/ brush, and If the hat il very rEuch
soiled, use little soap. Then sponge
the hat all over with weak solution
Of borax, using a teaspoonful 70 = ba-
sinful OF water. Bleach In the sun FOR
two or three DAYS. sponEing the hat
frequently with the borax water. II
! the hat Is very yellow, little lemon
juice, or diluted oxaiic acid, u good %
sponge with while bleaching Good
Housekeeping
Gran berry Pic-Strw ore and q
half pints Of Gran berries ten minutes
then add a cupful and half Of sugar
(granulatrdl. and cook ten minutes
longer. Line deep pie plate with rich
crust, with rim al the edge. and bake
ff-een OF twenty minutes- Strain the
fruit pat the jam Immediately 10 the
crust, spread neringue made q the
whites Of three eggs, and two table
sDoonfuls Of sugar. roughly over the
top, and place ia moderate oven, IN
IL well set but not broEEe1--&. \.
Observer.
Guinea Pot Pc For this Is uesesd
pair Of t4t guiueas, JOINT them as for
frying and pat taelo Ia kettle and
simmer until tender. Cot Aalf a pound
of salt pork IN thin slices. cover with
boiling water. add sliced onion aDd
simmer until the gaiHsas are ready.
then add half a pJa13 ot d~led apples
that have been sla -.s1 DTeT night q
tsaspoonful q salt. a half cup q rzisirs
and sufficient water 20 Thoroughly
eoyer The whole, aad stew until tae zp-
pies aad YalsIns are tender C8op 8
quarter ot a po-nd % suet urtu Gne.
adding n . gradually. val.e ehopptEg,
half a pound of four. teaspoontal 81
salt and Toe water eaouVa 20 maze
soft dough Krea3 roll IN n a sA.sst an
inea tEIaz, ard pat 3. g~~T 'hs gufrea
II the PIE Make "a hole - tae oeuter.
and COOK slowly another b4t h0ur.
when done. pace tais crust carefully
in the center q q large dIsh. ta> meat
or tor. the -zare. apples and -zss5Es
around the edge Boston Herz-d-
-Tntil q 1oo.ler has tired 8. sHe VII
mt know wEst al es;es med edible oa
tae cni.1-sa's .anca@aa table a~e saas-
wieheE a plate pi.ed 41 ws t1ee~
appetfz.rg z .sasat.ls ss fade het,~s
~roap q hungry ea5I4r~a Ike saoev *
fore the syn j. i also au excel leat
7vsy 80 disguise unar.racts cel8 r8eats
tazt v5al1 ~ refss.-s = osF~re4 10 I.s
normal ssztA Z en 81 -E.E-@ -.G--@ ef .
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found between the East river and the
eightieth parallel of north latitude.
More hats blow off there than any,
where else in New York. and if there is
an interminable talker in the cfty it is
in that spot meet him every cold day.
/ Gid not dare to entice Moriarty into
the building, because he would have
gone up to my Office with me and /
could not afford the price of his exit
He took me into his confidence. had
been there before, and knew that there
was nothing in it. He related the
various mishaps which had prevented
his returning the seven dollars. He
shetched the com mbinatioa of circur,-
stances which would enable him to re-
turn them in the near future, together
with as many more as I could let him
have. When l finally purchased release
from him and assembled 10 my Office /
was so cold that sat down to work
with my ovexcoat on Afterward, it
got to be SO waTm that ! opened
two windows and removed the over
coat.
Presently, when the thin skim ice be-
gan to form IN my ink bottle, l awoke
to the consciousness that ! had taken
cold, Then | ran over to Briggs drug
store to see If he had anything new in
the way Of microbe killer. 1t was
only one hundred yards or little more,
50 it seemed hardly worth while TO put
on my overcoat- On the street the boys
were crying an extra" and ] stopped
to purchase one. The boy did not have
change for dime, but he said that he
could get it in a minute ] waited for
those nine pennies while the boy gam
bled for them and as the luck was
against him, had to wait alfew addi-
tional minutes while he wiped up de
street" with the other boy. Although
this delay was worth only nine
cents to me, it prof3ted my doctor
by about nine dollars, Brsggs, the
druggist, also made something out of
it, for by the time reached his store
felt the need of something exceeding
ly searching" The boy behind the
soda water fountain prescribed for me
During the afternoon / ran over to
Briggs frequently. and when it was
time TO go home l had exhausted the
products Of modern scientific research.
Then went 70 see real physician who
Is not "a the drug business, and he rec
commended the old stand-bys. whisky
and quinine | took them. / took the
whisky internally and the quiniDe
home 20 my wife This morning my
brains feel like two pints of dried ap-
plies thoroughly moistened in a pail
holding one quart and having its cover
fastened down. They feel as those ap-
pies may jHst one second before they
blow the cover Of the pail of.
And though ara not in a'condition
when my thoughts are of any earthly
use to myself or anybody else, I am
still dimly conscious Of a few ideas.
Among them Is one which | hope that
nv readers will seriously consider,
namely, that fool can get cold in any
climate, while q wise man can get along
on two handze-clliefs o.zy right here
in New York. II the luck IS with him
HowARD FIELDING.
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CHINESE WEAPONS.
Skill In Metal working Cnknown to Ea-
pean Cutters.

skill In Metal working Cnknown TO ka-
pean Cutters.
Mr.. Edward Bedloe, a United States
consul at Annoy, has written a very in
teresting communication to the depart
ment of state upon the subject of Chi
neSe eurios.
The handsomest of all is generals
saber, about four and half feet long,
slightly japanese in style, with an
edge like a razor and point that
would extort admiratio from an Italian
bandit Unlike our own, the thickest
part of the blade is the center. This
gives great weight to the weapon,
Joined to the appearance Of great light
ness. The scabbard is made of hard,
tough wood, lacquered to represent
black iron nodded in the form of
full-blown rose, the petals of which
have been drilled with small holes and
these filed with bright brass bars.
The most curious of the lot is the So
called warriors two-bladed sword from
Ho-Nan. 1t is only about two feet long
and in the sea bbard looks very like the
sword bayonet of our own army. The
scabbard is plain, but very neat, and
covered with white shagreen Tor shark
skim and trimmed with brass mount
ings When you draw it the blads
divides into two, each a fac simile
of the other, double edged and spear
pointed. The twin blades have a
remarkable decoration made by drilling
seven holes about an inch and half in
diameter and put in zigzag line from
hilt to point These are hlled with
pure copper, which is ground down 20
n smooth surface flush with the steel
aud polished TO a mirror-like bright
ness These seven stars as they are
called, are found in nearly all the mar
tial wea pons of Ho-Nan, and are relics
OF the old astrologic faith that still pre-
walls in many parts OF China It's hold
Is 50 strong that if the copper falls out
OF one OF the sword holes IL is accepted
as a sure precursor Of dea:h, and the
luckless wielder OF the blade usually
commits suicide to escape further trou-
ole
The short stabbing dagCers, which
find favor chiefly with pirates and revo-
lutionists, form q strong contrast with
lAlC NtG FOnS ZCscTl Ot-1l- nave one
which looks Ike queerly made ace Of
spades fastened into a wire bound han
ole. To increase the artistic effect o;
the weapon the arnorer has followed
out a shallow spoon-shaped concave on
either side of the blade and filed in with
blood-red lacquer. the effect of which.
when suddenly drawn from a black
sheath, IS very startling Ihave another
weapon whose blade Is perfect ace Of
diamonds Still another dagger is
shout the cluusiest affair OF tae kind
ever handled The blade IS foot long.
about three inches wide, and half an
inch thick With its heavy brass nil.
and gigantic guard il weighs over three
pounds II set with long handle It
can De used as al ak
The most dreadfui-IookinE weapon
OF q & is the executioue-'s sword. Used
bv the late hcsdsmsu of Amn- u >
o.. Hanchoo-iau --5s being io1. a.
uost straight VERY le4yy and s.eaalv
edged Il Is used with o1e hand and =
shaped and wound 80 as % give the
executioner powerful hold upon his
weapon Upon tae blade near the h.it
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are Chinese characters recording the
tragic events in which IL has taken
active part. My interpreter told me
that it records no less than 1873
human lives which it has taken out of
this world.
A spear captu red by the French from
the Black Flags in Tonouin is eight
feet long. The shaft is Of ironwood,
round, polished, and varnished and re-
inforced here and there by wrappings
of fine copper wire, and at the upper
hand is incrusted the distance al foot
with mother-of-pearL The end
is ferruled with large copper
band. in which is set the spearhead.
This Is made of fine steel six inches in
length and triangular in cross section.
One face is deeply grooved SO as TO allow
a large amount Of poison These spears
are used with great skill by the Chi
nese. Lee-Yu, a famous bandit, could
throw one through a man at fifty yards
In the Franco-Tonquin war a powerful
Chinese foot soldier drove his weapon
entirely through two French infantry
men. II is claimed that the finer and
handsomer spears are not of Chinese
workmanship. but are made by Japan
ese, Korean, Ansmite and Malayan
ironsmiths How true this is ! am un-
able to determine,
OF hslberds there is great variety,
ranging from the simple locha Der ak
and poleax 10 the cum Orous and com
plicated masses OF metal that were 50
a. h.. ~, ~ ha rr1 =
airy. The oldest specimen was one
which, instead of an ax-blade on one
side, had what appeared TO be ham
mer-hea,a 1t would make a serviceable
implement for driving picture nails in
walls near the ceiling Washington
Star
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meat, the accum uiation of several meals.
can bs utilized In this way most PAL
atably. Remove al coarss fat and
Pristly pieces. add BIT Of tongue or
ham II possible % favor, or chopped
psrsley II the children like Il. and after
seasoning il with sat only. spread be-
tween thin pieces of homemade bread.
brown or white, or both. The success
Of sandwiches. u children "A well a.
elders. j. in their making. Thick pieces
Of aIum-risen bread choke little tAroatz
- quickly a. big. Jam. raisinA fstoBed
and split date, and ag slad wlcbss ara
al acceptable and are wholesome
sweets: maps sugar IA considered "a
especl ally delicious filling by tsem. aud
even plain. granulated sugar has done
duty. o. ~av - variety. vita great
succesa--S y Times
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physicians there is as the sands upon
the Nantasket beach. / have seen SO
many doctors signs on a single block
that I have doubted whether a human
being could wall; through and preserve
his ordinary health New York has
distinct advantage. for whereas in Bos-
ton they derive their colds from the
east wind, here we are not dependent
upon any particular point of The COM
pass. We have a good deal of fun with
our New England neighbor, but we
continue 30 set out the cough medicine
as a matter of etiquette when anybody
calls upon US. In Chicago the little
breezes blow the bacilH of cold across
the city; and then the wind shifts and
blows them back again from the bound
less prairie.
There are many remedies for a cold.
7 once looked the subject up In med
ical work which devoted ninety-niae
pages to it, and the remedies averaged
thirteen to the page. The doctor who
went through this book with me was
more honest than the man who wrote
it. and he admitted that they were all
utterly no good" except one which
nobody had ever tried. This is to alb
STAN from the use of any fluid what
ever for seventy-two hours. l am not
joking about this; it is really SO set
down. If any man viii actually stick
10 this, IT win cure him; and if he has
been sufficiently wicked IN his life he
will never have cold again during tho
remainder OF eternity, nor any fluid
either, according to the doctrine was
brought up in. For he is a man better
fitted to stand a drought than l am if
he lives through 1t.
Ny deduction from this mass of facts
is that the secret of the whole matter
lies in prevention. I said some of these
things to Maude one morning about
two weeks ago. She was expressing a
fear that she had caught cold / ven
tured to suggest that she might have
done it on the previous night when she
spent some minutes leaning out OF
window TO see whether a small fire n
mile or two up the street wGs likely to
spread to our residence To tell the
truth, had experienced on that morn
ing some slight premonitions of the ma
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ro,r.l,r. ,b. .,-.-J.sas. g..

lie had called on her severI tsrnss
and finally mustered uP courage AID
assurance 20 be EoEnsSt.at more alice
ti0nste than the cIrcEnt.ancea war-
ranted perhaps.
"Toa must not do that" ss1s sAid
somewhat ucrv0usly.
"Do WHAT vas me innooeut qoerT.
Put your arm around ~ VAR.
why not"
NY Big brother might cone IL su6-
ds-iT AID sse yo1s-
Wen. what q that He eoaldzf kil
re
No. supposs not; but he void trT
% borrow some n7o1eY from VOC. ald
have lot tgso Oeaaz already by his ds-
ing tAzt-"-Tezs s5ftiEgs
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starts to do little foolish trick like
that he will not be deferred by the
proscect of leaving his large family in
destitute circumstances. / broke my
penknife, cut my fingers, and under
mined my constitution; but / got that
letter. 1t was cough medicine circu-
lar.
Maude reproached me for my i'm
prudence in exposing myself to the
icy blasts of our vestibule. AS | was
about TO depart for the city she put a
large silk handkerchief around my
neck and turned up my overeoat collar
with her own fair hands. She then en-
gagged me IN conversation for about
fifteen minutes, so that when emerged
upon the street my temperature was
several degrees above high fever.
AS approached the L station train
was just pulling in. I ran madly up
the stairs and burst out upon the plat
form just in time to have the gate shut
in my face. The exercise had put me
in perspiration, and that is probably
the reason why the next train was very
slow in coming, SO that had to stand
upon the platform while the wind whis-
tied around me with noise like the
signing Of weeping willows above an
early grave. 1t was also natural that
the train should be so crowded that I
was obliged to stand in the doorway of
the car while other people, whose loss
would be OF comparatively little account
TO the community, were inside in COM
fort and security.
At the door of the building where ]
have my Office met Mr.. Moriarty, who
owes me seven dollars and wishes it was
more. If his conversation were worth
a centpe one thousand words l should
get my money back every time I met
him. The spot where he buttonholed
me this time is the coldest that can be
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-02-01
THE COLD WEATHER.
Howard Fielding Discusses the
Great National Malady.
He Eas Given His Mind and Both Lungs
to the Subject, and Has Evolved Some
Important General PrincipIes-How
to Keep Warm.
COPYRIGHT. 1881

At this season of the year, when so
many of us are suffering from colds and
others from the medicines they have
taken to get rid of them. think that
a few words from man who has given
deep thought to both these applications
may not be out of place. have had
the subject on my mind, my lungs and
a good working majority of my other
vital organs, for long time
Boston is supposed to be the head
quarters of the cold. Physicians in
that city are supposed to subsist almost
entirely upon the east wind. 1t must
be very-nOurishing, for the number OF
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Inst Like a Parrnuu.

Ar:ist-How many ancestral portraits
GO you wish me 70 paint for your new
castle?
Bznker-WeIl, III give vCu an order
for eight portraits no7T, and Z ] am sat
isfied with them III hunt up some more
ancestors. F Eegende Blaetter
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PIzytnK Church

Mamma (reprovingly, Sunday)-You
told me you were going 70 play church.
Little Dick-sss'Tn-
Then I'd like 70 know what al this
loud laughing Is about
'Oh. that's all right. That's DIT aad
ne We're the choir GOOD News
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81 don't like our doctor" said Willie.
q went Snd caught . cold bad enough
20 keep ne home from school for two
weeks. and the mean old doctor cured
me in less u two days" = Harper's
YOUNG peaniP
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4 Practical Gil.

Prisciua's Mother-Priscilla, you seem
70 have dropped your painting, your
singing and your piano practice.
Priscilla-Ies, mamma What's the
use Of it all. low that In engaged?-
Truth.
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--C1rec1- El-=T IS ft. Gray. ths. vou
are alr~a-z airIz.1E eFerY BODY - MAJ
RI. z1d ret Toa show nc hurry about
taking a vie yourself?-' Gczv-'.Fse-
cause. nv boy, In too much q = gen
tieruaa 10 help myself untll ever bo..y
ssSe - sau-I.ed "-Eosica 1ExzxcT.o.
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Miss Caustic--I hear you got married
the other day.
Mrs. de kotsr-Thats nv business.
Miss Csustic--I thought so. This is
your third, isn't it?-Puck
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She-D5l ~our grandfather live % a
green old s-e2
He-WeL 1 should say 50. he was
buncoed three times after he was sew
enty.-Life-
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seldom Tal!s

Lawyer-How Gid you know TIE
prisoner was intoxicated?
Wituess-BecsQss he told ne six
times within a quarter Of al hour that
he liked % see a man Eho could take
drink when he felt Ike i and then
leave Il a.91e--S. !. Herald
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'-Good-by. deaf" he whispered
May l kiss you?~
''Yes-yeS." she answered Don.
waste 50 much time in talking -
Brooklyu Ike.
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Tezcber-y7ha: Ezzes yos iook %
sad?
Boy-A toanste- called E1&a . lad
pazls.
Merry don't ~oz1er JOG wgrs
shocled-~
''Yes'-o. an TIE zlsn Wss good 6eal
bigger than TIE tezEzteF AZ es1
s~sruoe<sd Air- skyhaza. bEt sae nAs
vszs 1eat gz dadut hszz, an tA<rs
vyasa.; any fsa afts- a.. .''-E5oc.1 SerG
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when Baby was sick. va gave her Castoris.
Whca she was Child, she cried for Cas,o-.2-
When she became Miss she chung to Caztoria.
When she had Children. she gave them Cassoria
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re-is tazf yozF seSoc! t-ssuS7 way
~ s~ET Ez4T.
f rf Whl sasa ale rasT
ie-Tag 40 a. tAs E-.-s lYv.s Eer
tod &e~A
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-20

ssAsenseBt tsas ''his vest ltas = ercsswtss
esk, Two inches long, bSs@een the cFspes
pockei ard tire top bUttOa Of his Sess-
tue cat scarcely piercing the lining OF
the geas- Fully nine inches dlag0nalIT
below this ia 2 cat Of an inch IN hIs
sasueHdeTs, running a. TIZEb angles 20
the ofse. 10 his vest. while a. shEfI OesATs
a slight cut. which IS az right angfes
again 80 TIE one IN she sJspsi.deFs-
The GIOBE. reporter wg.0 eZaIaioe4
the vess znd slITt ws- n0s excited q
fittie biz and stated the SIMPLE t%ess.
And SINE INCHES OeI0S = toy Dutt1s o.
q TcaE's would bring the ca: N the sas-
BENDER Eyeloqs t}5e @afss !Iae- IS stated
IN the GLOBE. the cut was right at The
buckle. where the pNint Of ksise. eh-
tsring a. the vest B05ket aBd
moving downward, would not
nsezIiy strike. Capt BoSFnes, 81
the Margaret street station. szS
clustering around FFauzHa's place yes
terday. bot if he was AFRAID the mayor
would blame biIa fox the publicity
given the affair. he might have saTed
his EgiQd- IEe pEbIgc nas never zoS
any important news from tls police and
never Gili while Wright sSDssss the
force. Bot the GLOBE IS ohrOniciiug
everything That happens, despite the
hold OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES '.i-fTe-gO1s I1iitg
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-20
IT'S AN INNOVATION.
The Crowds That Have Taken Ad-
vantage of The Boston's Sale.

Mr.. Bowlby, the successor of the
Messrs. Mickey at 1.-The Boston" Cloth
ing House, is evidently man posses
sing shrewd business qualifications;
for, from the moment he assumed
charge of that huge establishment, it
has been transformed into the busiest
store in the Twin Cities. Regardless of
the hue and cry of quiet times, he has
drawn more customers to the corner or
Third and Robert streets, during the
past two days. than has ever been eX-
perienced before in st. Paul. And how
did he do it? By the judicious use of
printers ink. He is gentleman that
realizes that mo man can think of sue
cess unaided by the public PRESS
In the Sunday morning papers he had
forcible anD0uncement-full of truths
and close quotations-wh evidently.
was perused by tine entire reading pop
ulation of the city-for Monday they
came en- masse to secure the good
things. and are continuing to come, aud
will as long as this magnetic sale or low
prices is in progress.