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Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
The Nursery Ventilation.

The air of the nursery, which in
cludes temperature and ventilation, is
matter to which the mother and
curse should pay the strictest atten-
zion. The temperature should never
be above seventy degrees, and then
only for premature or very young
infant; o temperature of sixty eight
degrees is far better and more health
full, and at night it may be many de-
grees lower. Children brought up in
close, overheated nurseries are al
ways pale, puny, over-sensitive to
sold, and much more liable to con-
tract pulmonary disease; babies sleep
much better at night if the air in the
COON is cool and fresh. During the
day the air in the nursery should be
changed as often as possible-that is,
whenever the baby is out of the room.
Even if this happens several times a
lay, take advantage of these absences
avery time and change the air. When
:he baby and nurse are out for sew
sral hours, let the nursery air during
The time, closing the windows per-
maps half hour before they are exe
oected to return. If, when they ar
i've, the temperature is not quite as
aigh as it should be, it certainly is nc
colder than the outside cir from which
The baby has just come. In this case,
antil the room has its proper warmth
The baby's wraps need not be re-
moved. At night when the window
is lowered, and the air, therefore,
much cooler, protect the crib from
any possible draught by drawing a
screen about it or even pinning 8
sheet about the crib.-Marianna
Wheeler, in Harper's Bazaar.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09

Leather cozy corners have rather
dubious sound, yet they are cozy,
comfortable and artistic; moreover,
;hey are the newest thing in the decor
alive line. The leather is buckskin,
Of the softest finish and decorated
with the much-favored typography.
If you are an expert at this work you
nay get up an elaborate effect at COM
oaratively little cost, but if you have
20 pay for the decoration as we'll as
she material it is an expensive luxury.
To make complete ''corner" the
couch should be covered with the
Gather, having conventional border
and finished on the bottom with
slashed leather to form a deep fringe.
The wall on two sides should be
covered to a depth of from two to
four feet, according to taste, with the
.eather stamped in some decorative
style, good idea being to represent
scenes from Shakespeare or from
some other literary source. The
couch pillows are covered with leather
stamped with scenes to match, or with
monogram, coat of arms, floral or con-
ventional design. The natural color
Of the leather is preferred for all of
these effects, but may be varied by a
border in olive, maroon or other con-
trasting shade. The pillows are
finished on the edge by lacing OF
the two sides together by leather
strip. No other material is to be in
troduced on pain of spelling the arts
tic idea.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
PITH AND POINT.

Sillicus-'What do you regard as
the most uncertain thing in life?"
Cynicus-"A woman's age"
"He has always run his business
ike clockwork." Eyes; and now his
,reditors have wound it up.
Blobbs- "There are always two
sides to political question"
slobbs-"Yes; the inside and the
outside" F"
Nell-"She isn't very attractive, is
she?" Belle-"Atbractive! Why,
would you believe it, that girl has
never even had mosquito bite"
He used to call her 'darling,"
In such loving way:
But since they've wed, it is now said,
He only calls her "sayp'
indianapolis Press.
Dolly-s'Did that famous author
send you his autograph, Polly?"
Polly-s.No; but he kept mine, the
mean, impudent thing!"-Chicago
Record.
Little Willie-"Say, pa, when
man fails in business what Is meant
by his liabilities?" Pa-"Ehe sum
for which his creditors get left, my
son. n."-Chicago News.
Mr.. Knowsit-ssRed hair always
accompanies great strength. 1t is
natural" Mr.. Wunder -"Get
out! Did you ever see a red-headed
sIephant?"-Baltimor American.
"Why did you release the third
Go
he never brought in rum" replied
the magnate. "Ah, see," said the
tan, 'syou wanted a run for your
money"
"Politeness seems to be lost art.'
said the gentleman of the old school.
''Not at ALL" replied the up-to-date
young man; ''the people who are polite
nowadays usually have something they
want to sell you"
81 can't understand the large num-
GER of fatalities attributed to the
earthquake. 1t was the meresS trem-
Dr." "Ah, but quite sufficient to
cause the average folding-bed to close
up. Detroit Journal.
Mrs. Sparenotrod-"M Marjorie, it
was for your own good that I pun
ished you. There are some things
that a mother knows best" Marjorie
(between sobs)-'I don't see why
mothers couldn't all be grandmothc-s." +"
Puck.
"Why are Browns friends so down
On him?" "Well, he's not altogether
q lovable character" "But. they
must admit he tries to do his best,
Isn't that so?" "Yes. OF all the
friends he's ever had he has tried to
10 his best"
''Young woman, young woman,
sputtered the savage bachelor, whom
thu sweet young thing had stirred to
super-indignation. "Is that all you
,an think to say?" she asked, sweetly.
SIS there anything worse to be said?"
he asked; and with that he felt much
,onsoled. Indianapolis Press.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
a BALLAD OF THE TRAILING SKIRT.

met a girl the other day,
girl with golden tresses,
Who wore the most bewitchiag air
And daintiest of dresses.
gazed at her with kindling eye
And admiration utter
Until saw her silken skirt
Was trailing in the gutteri
,Wbat senseless style is this?" Thoughts.
ssWhat new sartorial passion?
And who on earth stands sponsor ior
The idiotic fashion2'
I've asked dozen maids or more,
tailor and his cutter,
But no one knows why skirts are made
To drag along the gutter.
Alasl for woman, fashions slave;
She does not seem to mind 1t.
Her silk or satin sweeps the street
And leaves no filth behind It,
For all the dirt the breezes bloW
And all the germs that futter
Nav find refuge in the gowns
That swish along the gutter.
What lovely woman wills to do
She does without a reason,
To interfere Is waste OF time,
TO criticise is treason.
Mans only province is to work
To earn mis- bread and butter
And buy her all the skirts she wants
To trail along the gutter.
Henry Robinson Palmer, in Lille.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
FEEOIN' THE STOCK.

gerrunch and unch and runch
of
the ebarn suns behind the drifts
lastth
kind o. hints it's i've clock,
Wa Pyego u me-that's
We've got patches though and
ehats mighty wholesome creed
all they need
Andt the do to our
Anl-wal veal goin' you'll notice heft
Hangth emanth out his
Groanin 'eyry time forku out the 'bay;'
the wne,
his clover OF for
homeke with its overhangtng
with
shett the and drive the
And with foamin milk pals
the
Untie v'ry cattle down to
the andt preserve
mother that we're actin bouts we should
sr, mother another patch,
she amt got goods to mhc
there's exy dollars, we'll about some clothes
""'N'A ~ 49, ~ f Lewiston (Me.) Journal
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
An Awful Afterthonght.

Young Mrs. Torkins seemed very
much worried when her husband
came home in the evening.
"What's the matter" he asked,
sympathetically.
ooh, Charley, I'm so afraid I've
made enemies"
"What, you haven't done anything
to harm anybody or hurt their feel
ings, have you?"
''Not intentionally. But you know
how likely we are to be misunder.
stood. Pm afraid those people who
have moved next door will never
speak to us again. And I'm so sorry.
They seemed like such nice people.
They sent the servant girl they
brought with them from Boston over
here this morning to borrow some.
thing"
"Well, they're just getting settled.
any way you can."
''That's what thought. So when
the girl came over and asked our girl
to lend her mop I told her to give
her the best mop in the house, and il
we hadn't good one to go around to
the store and buy a new one."
''That's right
"But, Charley, have you heard them
talk?"
ga little. They all broaden their
AS after the manner of Boston. 1t
sounds very pretty and precise. I
like to hear it,"
''Yes, but it's so confusing. A mop
was such a funny thing for cultivated
people like them to ask for.
shouldn't be bit surprised if they
were reading some war news and
what they wanted to borrow was a
map, and-oh, dear-I think maybe
I'd better put on my things and 60
over right away ana try to explain. y
Washington Star.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
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Lamb Cutlets-The outlets may be
made from the fore quarter of lamb,
which is always four or five cents
cheaper than the other part. Brush
each outlet over with beaten egg, roll
in bread crumbs and fry in hot fat.
Ser 7e with mint sauce.
Violet Vinegar-Put into large
glass jar one pint of violet blossoms,
pour one quart of good vinegar over
them, cover, and set in the sun fol
fourteen days; then strain through a
cheesecloth; pour into small bottles
and seal. Use the salad dressings,
with salt and pepper added as season
ing.
Cress Butter-Make day previous
and keep on ice until luncheon. WASH
and pick over cupful OF watercress
leaves carefully, mince. them very fine
and dry in a cloth. Knead with then
as much fresh butter as they will take
ap (about cup), add a half-teaspoop
,f salt, a small pinch Of white pepper
and form into little pats or balls. II
preferred, this butter may be spread
upon thin slices of bread, sandwich
style.
California Snow Dessert-Soak S
:eacup of tapioca in just water enough
to be absorbed. Cook in two cups OF
milk; if too thick add another half.
sup. Shortly before it is done add 0
half-cup of sugar and saltspoon OF
salt. It should be white and creamy.
Season delicately with any preferred
aavoring. Serve in fiat sauce dishes
and place halved pear tcanned) or
each dish and fill the cavity Of the
pear with spoon of whipped cream,
Veal Kidneys and Mushrooms
(Polish) Trim all the fat from twelve
kidneys, slice them lengthwise into
strips, dust with salt ana pepper, -four
them, dip in egg, crumb them, fry in
butter, browning both sides. Place
one dozen stewed spring mushrooms
in the centre Of the dish; place the
kidneys around, and over all pour 9
sauce made of two tablespoonfuls ol
mustard worked into gill Of oil and
swo tablespoonfuls of good vinegar.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
LOST A HOUSE AND LOT.
Good and Bad Luck of a Man oi
Nerve.

Good and Bad Luck of Man oi
Nerve.
''The discovery of seventeen lots
that belong to the city and had been
forgotten for over half century re-
minds me of curious case that once
came up in my own experience" said
a well-known New Orleans real es-
tate agent. Zone of my oldest clients
is a lady who has resided for a num-
ber of years in Paris, but whose prin-
cipal income is derived from several
pieces of valuable property located in
New Orleans. In 1892 I received in
structions to sell certain house and
lot, but on investigation found there
was apparently slight cloud on the
title, and requested her to send me
all the papers pertaining to it. In
response T received bank box con-
tanning not only the documents
wanted, but also an old bill for the
rent for an entirely different piece Of
property ON the other side of the city.
The bill was made out by the lady's
father and dated July l, 1860. It ex-
cited my curiosity and I proceeded to
make some inquiries. which resulted
in surprising discovery.
'The property in point was two
story brick residence, located in a
very desirable neighborhood, and, al
though more than forty years old,
was still in good repair. 1t was oc-
cupied then by very nice family,
who were paying rent to al old citi-
zen, who believed in all sincerity that
he was legal owner of the premises.
just how he acquired his title I would
rather not say, because the person
who sold to him was never able to
make an entirely satisfactory explana-
ton, and I don't wish to reopen old
wounds. Bu. the fact is that it be.
longed to my clients father, or rather
his estate, and had simply been lost
sight of in the breaking up of the
family directly after the war. For q
number of years it had no known
owner, then it was coolly appropriated
by an individual who had no more
right to the place than the man in the
moon. He just came along and took
it. I finally Strengthened out the
snarls and secured possession for the
lady in Paris without going into
court. She is now getting rental o.
$3.50 year out OF it" New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
A joke on postsr,ty.

One OF the mysteries" OF The Brit.
ish Museum has just been exploded.
Tho authorities have opened box
which has lain sealed N tae Muaeum
since 1884, and have foand that it
contains-nothing of interest to any.
one.
Francis Douce, antiqua-y, died in
1884, leaving the bulk OF his curiosi.
ties to Oxford, aud to the British
Museum this precious boz, which he
stipulated must not be opened until
1900. For sixty-six years the box has
remained intact. Douce left every
thing worth having to Oxford.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09

he,zaif in and eat like quarter.
| opened jackknife, her head bump
| ing the top OF the elevator and her
elbows resting on her knees. 1t
wasn't comfortable. AS the machine
reached the first floor voice startled
them both. 1t seemed to come from
above them.
'Miss Carton" it said, ''your door
is open. Mrs. Carton, would like you
to come upstairs.
"What?' exclaimed Mollie and the
drug clerk in the same breath.
How did it happeu?"
But the voice vouchsafed no explao
nation.
1t was an easy matter to drop the
elevator the few feet it had ascended.
/ Mollie scrambled out. She and the
drug clerk ran upstairs. Mrs. Carton
met them at their door beamIng. A
tall, athletic-looklng fellow stood be.
side her.
"My DEAR" she said, ''let me pre-.
sent Mr.. Moore, who has so kindly, ]
might say bravely, helped US out OF
our dilemma"
"But how?" demanded Moliie,
needless of conventions. ''How in
the world did he do it?'
every simple, assure you. Miss
| CARTON" said the deliverer.
so, my dear, he ran most fearful
| risk!" exclaimed her mother.
"I happened to be one of the bach
elors that keep house just across the
hall from you,' continued the deliv.
erer. 81 came home late and found
Mrs. Carton sitting outside our door
in deepest distress. naturally
asked if I could be Of service. And
| then"
"And then, Mollie," interrupted
Mrs. Carton, che went into his
kitchen and opened his door in the
elevator shaft just opposite to ours,
pried ours open with an umbrella
and swung across that awful chasm
right into our kitchen. Wasn't that
splendid"
Mrs. Carton stopped, out of breath.
Jack Moore laughed.
"For a man with Yale field day or
| two back of him it was nothing ct
ALL" he said.
But Mollie looked impressed.
The drug clerk saw it and knew that
his brief moment was past. 1t had
been exciting while it lasted. Miss
| Carton was charming. He had never
come so near to a girl of her clas1
before. But he was glad he knew
enough to realize that it was over.
Mrs. Carton and Mollie both beggec
him to come in and have some supper,
Mollie even said she'd do something
on the chafng-dish for him. But he
declined. He said he had to get back
to the store.
As he bathed his smarting hands
with hamamelis in the safe haven Of
the prescription room he INDUCED in
few bitter thoughts. He remem-
bered how pretty Miss Carton was.
Moore thought SO, too. He knew by
the way he looked at her. At this
moment the Yale man was probably
consuming the rarebit' that he, the
drug clerk, had really earned.
The ache where his hands were
scraped by the ropes seemed to grow
worse.
''It's deucedly unequal world" he
decided.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
Men.

There are two kinds Of successful
people in this world---those who
spend less than they earn and those
who are able to spend more.
The world owes every man e. living,
but the world is like the unspeakable
Turk in one respect. Hard work is
required to get what it owes.
A man who can't save anything out
of S10O a month would be hard up it
he had $4,000 year.
Many a man wants the earth and at
the same timo is unwilling to NOV
the grass on patch OF it isty feet
long by thirty feet wide.
There are mansions in the skies for
the man who is meroiful to the livery
horse. se.-Chicago Times-H er.ld.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
His Desire.

A French journal reports certain
unpopular and tiresome author as
saying to an acquaintance: II should
like to do something which no one
has ever done before. and which no
one will ever do again."
EASY enough" said the acquaint-
ance.
''But what shall I do?''
"Write favorable notice of one of
your books!"-Argonaut.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
4 Bacterioloe:cal Conun.l..,u.

Among the Jokes passing OF the
New Century Drawing Room when
the woman doctors, alumnn Of the
Pennsylvania Medical College, me.
for the two.days' session was the fol.
lowing: It was especially a:mcd a5
.he bacteriologiss, and was told with
quotation marks: ''li Germany has
her germic;des ard l'ari; has hss
parasites, wha. would yol expect to
lind in Ireland?" The answer is,
"SIicrobes (AIikc-robes) = Pl;lalel-
phia Record
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
Worked by Electricity.

Canada boasts of one of the most
wonderful farms in the worlds Its
popularity lies in the fact that every
thing is worked by electricity. Two
waterfalls within the bounds of the
farm, some sixty feet, and one hun
dred and eighty feet high, furnish the
motive power, central power being
erected near, and the current is trans
mitted by wires to every available
place on the farm.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
The Oldest Love Letter.

The oldest love letter in the world
is proposal of marriage for the hand
of an Egyptian princess, made $500
years ago. It is in the form of an in.
scribed brick, and is therefore not
only the oldest but the most substan.
tial love letter ever written.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
About Nero.

A Binghampton high school pupil
was taking a history examination
which contained question on Nero.
For the moment he could not remem-
ber who the gentleman was, SO he
wrote this: ''The less said about
Nero the BETTER His paper was
marked 0.-Lippincott's
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
Bu William H. Brooks.

FACT beyond
dispute was that
the door was
barred and they
were locked out.
From the pitch
black interior of
the freight eleva-
tor Mollie Car
ton reviewed the
situation.
It was worth re-
viewing, being,
as situations go,
UNIQUE.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09

California is known as the ''Land Of
Wonderful Trees" and Mariposs
Grove is known far and wide as "The
Big Tree Country" "Wawona.
sometimes called the Tunnel Tree
has a roadway cut through the solo
heart. The tunnel is twenty-sever
feet through, ten feet high and ter
feet wide.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09
CURIOUS FACTS.

At Clifton, W. Va, Frank Hinkle
while sharpening an indelible pencil,
small piece of it lodged in his eye,
discoloring the ball to deep purple.
One eye is blue and the other purple.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09

Some of the mountains in the Orange
Free State rise to an sltitude of over
10000 feeh - -~- -!
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09

Doubtless the most unique spot in
Europe is the little village of Alien.
berg, where on its border four coun'
tries meet. 1t is ruled by no monarch.
has no soldiers, no police and nc
taxes. It's inhabitants speak a curl
Gus jargon of French and German
combined and spend their days il
farming the land or working in the
valuable calamine mine OF which il
boasts.
Passaic City record., 1900-06-09


boasts.
The curious gymnastic feats which
parrots sometimes perform in their
cages have been ascribed to the desire
of the birds to vary the monotony oi
their life in captivity. That was the
opinion of Mrs. Maudsley, the wife O.
the Central American explorer, until
she lived in the for est region near Co
pan, where she saw the parrots, in q
state of perfect freedom, indulging in
all the feats practised by their cagec
cousins.
Remarkable experiments were late
ly reported to the Cambridge Philo-
sophical Society by Miss Pertz and
Francis Darwin. If sleeping
plant" is placed in dark room after
the leaves have assumed the noctur-
nal position, it will "awake" next
morning, j. e., assume the diurnal po.
sition, in spite OF darkness. Still
more remarkably, if one-sided illum-
nations cause the leaves to take
oblique positions, they will resume
such positions on awaking next day,
though in darkness.
They have some very curious Grim
inal laws in Mexico. Forinstance, it
is twice as much of an offence to mu-
tilate the face of a woman as that of a
man. The law seems to be based or
the idea that woman's best posses
sion is her beauty, and that to mar i
does her great injury. There is an
other curious law. If q person shoult
be wounded in an encounter the pun
ishment to the offender is fixed by the
number of days his victim has to STAY
in the hospital or under doctors
care. A line is fixed at forty days il
the way of general division. If the
injured man occupies more than fort.
days in his recovery the penalt.
doubles ur.
Douglas Island news., 1900-04-25
ALASKA BRIEFS.

Dawson.
 The Atlin trail still remains in good condition.
 There are 100 professional gamblers in Dawson.
 There are 125 saloon keepers and bar tenders in Dawson.
 There are 400 business men and mer- chants in Dawson.
 Skagway's army post will cost S25,- GOO when completed.
 The festive burglar has put in an ap- pearance at Skagway.
 Wages on the Koyukuk at the pres ent time are S15 per day.
 Coal sells at $50 per ton in Nome and wood at $40 per cord.
 A team of eight dogs were sold in Nome last winter for S1,OOQ.
 Keep your eye on the Porcupine dis trict. It is going to be winner.
 A body of nickel ore has been dis covered in the Porcupine district.
 The population of Dawson is 45OO, of whom 500 are women and children.
 Whitney X Pedlar of Bennett have opened branch store at White Horse. There are 700 clerks in Dawson, while the resident miners number but 1000. The Siwashes at Skagway have wheels and some of them have taken to riding them.
 Rampant and Eagle City are on the bum. the rush to Cape Nome being to blame.
 Dr. Von Gunther, formerly of Doug las, is now a practising physician in Valdez.
 A census of the Yukon territory in the British possessions is now being taken.
 Berry Bros. cleanup in the Klondike district this season will amount to 83OOOOO.
 Cordwood cutters in the KIondike get S4 per cord, and whip sawyers 9 per foot.
 There are 145 people in Dawson with out occupation or visible means of support.
 The Alaska code bill has been given precedence in the Senate over the Phil ippine bill.
 The Episcopalians at AtIin have be- gun the erection of a handsome ediffce of worship.
 The management of the White Pass R. R. will increase their construction force to l5O0.
 A1OH ounce nugget was picked up on Eldorado creek, Klondike district, short time ago.
 Coarse gold has been found in the bed of Bituk creek, a stream flowing in- to Port Clarence.
 C.C. Joy, formerly of Skagway, vas shot and killed by bis wife at Leadville Colo, March 29th.
 It is said that 1000 tons of freight have been carried into the Porcupine district this season.
 Two men banned out s1O6 in eight hours last fall on No. Crooked river, Golovjn City district.
 There were 800 cases of typhoid fe- yer and 30 deaths resulting therefrom at Nome the past winter.
 There are only 20 doctors and den- tists in Dawson, while the lawyers and their assistants number 30.
 Uncle Sam will distribute 1000 sol diers among the various military posts in Alaska during the season.
 The mineral belt on the Koyukuk is said to be twenty miles wide and one hundred and fifty miles long.
 The Chilkoot Packing company will build cannery near Haines. It will have a capacity of 13,O00 cases.
 A camera club has been organized at Skagway and the kodak fiends are pre- pairing for an active campaign.