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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

door, 4 nOSpItaI steward ana TWO men
bearing 4 stretcher entered. and 1 was
carried out to an ambulance where
there was room for one more and taken
to Il hospital. There L remained short
time, then was sent away to get treat
ment with Il view to saving my eye
sight
The yOungster of twenty-three who
could submit to ignorance as TO the
identity of the one who has kissed him
must be indeed untouched by romance.
l surely could not. During days and
nights that | was obliged to sit or lie
with closed eyes my mind was con-
stantly OH her. for it never occurred to
me that the person could be aught but
woman. She was a queenly brunette,
a blue eyed blond. l endowed her with
every charm of soul and body that a
woman can possess. If ever a man was
in love with fancy l was that man.
l recovered and reioined my COM
mand. The stern duties of 4 soldier
somewhat diverted my mind. but were
incapable of blotting out the fascina-
ton. the desire to learn who it was that
kissed me. The army had been driven
lar 4TOIH the region where L udu Deeu
wounded. but soon after 1 rejoined we
recovered the lost territory. Finding
myself near the house where l had
been kissed. l rode in search of it and
found it deserted. The only house near
by where / could make inquiries was
in the center of n large plantation half
a mile distant. There / repaired and
riding up to the veranda, was met by a
young girl who at the moment came
out of the hall door
The people of the south whenever
Union troops approached suddenly
We're sure to be Disconnected, for they
never knew what treatment they
were to experience. The girl turned
pale. In order to reassure her l told
her that 1 simply wished TO know what
had become o. the people who had oc-
cupied the house in which 1 was in
terested. She told me that they had
gone away; that the family consisted
of a father, a mother and three grown
daughters. AS she recovered her eaua-
nimity and 1 pushed my questions as
to the daughters she told me that
the youngest was a pretty girl of sew
enteen, while her sisters were or1i-
nary, one of them an old maid. 1 told
her that she had only added fuel to my
curiosity and begged her to tell me
more about them. She not only did so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
CHOICE MISCELLANY
senaoning tine Bath.

Salt baths are common, but pepper
bath is something new to most people.
Such a bath is recommended TO pa
tients of the Los Angeles Institute of
Suggestive Therapeutics as a health
full stimulant and to promote perspira
ton. 1t is simple and can be taken by
any one at home. Here are the direc-
tions as furnished by DIR. f. w. Ray
burn:
I'VE in our practice lay much stress
upon keeping all the avenues of elm
inatiOn in perfect working order. In
order that the skin may do its full
share the pores must be kept open and
free from all effete matter. Now, the
ordinary scrub does not do this. One
must perspire freely. Many of my pa
tients object. and for many and vari-
Gus reasons. but have found that
they unanimously agree as to its eff
cacy after a few trials. 1t stimulates
and helps TO equaliZe the circulation
also.
Upon retiring fill your tub with wa
ter as hot as can comfortably be borne.
After the water has been turned off
put in Il teacupful of sea salt and a la
blespoOnful of cayenne pepper. Fold Il
cold wet towel about the forehead and
remain in the tub about ten minutes.
After getting into bed drink a glass
flu! of lemonade, hot or cold, as pre-
ferred. In the morning you will fully
realize the need of your morning scrub,
followed by Il cold sponge bath. in
which you have dissolved sea salt.
After a brisk rub with Il rough towel
you will feel new life, vitality and
vigor tingling through every vein and
artery. l know whereof l speak. [
take it twice Il week myself. Oftener
would not be advisable. Los Angeles
Times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
women Hotel Beats.

"Swell women hotel BEATS accord
ing to the Pittsburg Dispatch, are be-
coming grave concern to many of the
big uptown hosteIries in New York. 1t
seems that many of them are well
meaning. but they run up bills under Il
misapprehension of the cost. When 4
statement of account is presented they
fear the ire of hubby and leave the
hotel after paying something on ac-
count.
During the summer and fall many
women come here with their daugh-
tiers. They have the permission and
the sanction of their husbands, of
course, but these hard working per-
sons usually expect them to keep with
in bounds. This is> hard to do in hotel
life in New York. Those who fail get
their names on the delinquent list.
which is furnished to every New York
hotel keeper
Women from all ranks of society
have succeeded in making names for
themselves in this way. but, alas, in
stead of being inscribed with those of
the Immortality famous they are added
TO a long list of other delinquent debt
orS in the handbook of the National
Hotel Keepers Protective associa ton
and hung up for use in every large
hotel in the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Lnkes of blood.

The name Lake of Blood or its equiv
alent has been given to places as far
apart as England and South America.
"Sanguelac'-i. e., the Lake of Blood
was the name given by the victo-
rious NOrmans TO the battlefield at Hast
ings, where the SaXOns were over
thrown and slain with terrible carnage.
For a similar reason Lake Trasimene
has borne the name 'Sanginetto' be-
cause its waters were REDEEMED during
the second Punic war by the blood of
some $4,000 Romans who fell before
the troops of Hannibal
Yet another Lake of Blood, called
also "Yaguar COcha," is situated in
the state of Ecuador 1t is one of Il
series of lakes formed by the extinct
craters of volcanoes on the towering
heights of the Andes range of noun
tainS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A. Yankee Trick In Matches.

"Will you let me have few match
esq" asked the cigarette smoker at a
bar up in Connecticut the other day,
and the bartender passed out a long
box containing matches twice the usu-
al length.
What are these big sticks for?'
asked the youth.
ITO make the matches awkward to
carry away" explained the bartender.
Every smoker who spends a nickel
for drink used TO fill his vest pocket
with matches, and it cost me a pretty
penny. l tried safety matches, and
each one would take a box of them.
Then | caught on to this Yankee trick
These matches won't go into a vest
pocket, and box of them lasts as long
as a gross of the others. My match bill
amounts to almost nothing now
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A ~Dude Elephantv knled.

For years Toby was the pet ele-
plant of the botanical gardens at Sal
gOn, Indo-China. Lately because OF
advancing years and possible infirmity
of temper Toby was sent inland to
Prom Pen, the chief town of his ma
tive jungle, and put into retired life
among n troop of his fellows. The lat
ter, however, refused to recognize tbs
"city dude" who had for so many
years lived in luxury and had lost his
wild habits. They set upon Toby and
killed him after a desperate struggle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

\ messenger boy was sent by an
official of one of the big banks to pur-
chase a pamphlet. When the lad re-
turned and handed over the little pack
age he stood toying with his cap until
the banker said:
well. my boy, guess it's all right"
Gee" said the boy, Frightening up
Immediately, ''dat's load off my
mind. When dat bookman took de half
dollar an didn't give me nOthin' but
dat weeny, dinky bit of readin'. gee
whiz, l says, he's a-dOin' me up fur
fair! Why, 1 don't pay only nickel
fur my books. an dey're twlSe rs big
as dat one"-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A New Pearl supply.

Ralph Dubois, professor in the uni
versity of Lyons, has informed the
French Academy of Science that he
has found a means of accIimatizin- the
pearl oyster and reproducing pearls ON
the coast of France. He exhibited sew
eral specimens of living pearl oysters
which had been cultivated in the Med
iterranean. Moreover. while the usual
rate of finding pearls is one in 1,c2s] TO
/ 500 oysters. Professor Dubois has sue
eeeded in getting one out OF eva-y ten.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A Natural Desire.

Smith, wonder what Br-wn intends
to do with all the money he got for
those historical novels he wrote
J-n-s-He intends to travel. He feels
that he ought to visit some of the places
he wrote about just to see what they
are Iike.-Iife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Taking and Giving.

"You can't" said the philosopher.
stake from a thing without making it
less"
''Oh, l don't know" the fool replied.
"Have you ever tried taking a light
from one candle with another?'-Chi-
cagO Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

X editor of EveTybodyS PalIadl-
+ um for a month to commission
him to write story. One day,
after he had quite ignored the bohe-
milan on his last dozen calls, the editor
said:
Yes. you can try your hand at a
Christmas tale for our December num-
Der. I'm going to the mountains to
keep cool during dog days. Mail it to
me there at the end of this week, and
I'll read it Immediately"
Now. Dalliance had several Christ
mas sketches all ready 10 spin out into
stories. but instead of buckling to in
good faith and finishing one of them
he began to speculate on the idiosyn-
crasies of the chief of the Palladium.
what in thunder does he want with
a Christmas story in August. with De
cember over three months away? If
he'd said Thanksgiving it would be
more like it, and then l could work
Christmas story on him later.
''Humph. He's going to the noun
tains to cool Off Much pleasanter
place to pursue the paths of magazine
editing than the dingy, dinky quarters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Hone.

"Did you tell that publisher that your
novel was entirely originate"
Yes
what did he say?'
HE said it might be good in spite OF
that fact. but he doubted it."-Wash-
ington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Smn,I TnIk.

you've got a cinch," remarked the
yardstick to the sewing machine.
Nothing to do but sew seams"
Seems So" replied the machine la
conically- Philadelphia Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12


cool. in a farmers kitchen in
the middle west. All the family, three
generations wide, rallied in the little
farmhouse to gorge on grandma's
Christmas goodies. The weather clerk
lost his reckoning, and it was a green,
sticky Christmas. Moreover. the au
thor piled on the agony with roaring
hickory fire, baking, roasting, stewing
half a dozen women and girls packed
in the fiery Kitchen. lost TO all. discOm-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Witches slower Mt Night.

"You know that the vital energies are
at lower ebb at night than IN the day
time" said an old matchmaker. Would
YOU hclieye that some watches-espe-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

of the Palladium. But I'll
fix him. OF course he
wants a story from my
pen, only he's too stingy of
courtesy to say so.
TO the mountains to
keep cool and wants to read
about Christmas sleigh
rides and snowdrifts, ice
boats and chill wintry
blasts blowing through old
Santa's whiskers. This is
fighting dog days with the
mind cure. But his nobs I'll
not get a mental ice bath
from me this trip. I'll put
him into Il mental oven in
and roast the noun
tain GOODNESS out of him."
So Dalliance wrote in n
spirit of vindictivenesS and
pushed his pen as he never
pushed it for the prOspec-
tive publishers check. He
I =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

fort so the feast WIS done on riAie
and eaten piping hot Grandpa said,
"'Twun't be no C'ris'mus 'thout the
ole fireplace a-humpin'r' And so there
was a roaring furnace in the dining
room. where the Overgrown crowd was
packed in to dispose of hot bean soup,
hot turkey, hot baked potatoes, hot tur-
nips, hot apple sauce, hot plum pud-
ding, hot mince pie and hot coffee.
1t was 100 in the shade in balances
city den while he wrote, as well as in
the picture he drew, and he was eX-
hausted from the effect of his own
medicine when the sketch was finished.
But this was trif1e so long as he
could parboiI the editor of the Pal
ladium. For a week he lived over the
details of his joke, sweltering as one
can in dog days with flames, heat
waves and sissing things before the
minds eye.
Certain of the success of his scheme
md the usual 0ilt edged check for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

long roast. These frequent n h g
rehearsals produced the in shade
evitable result of more thirst, more ice
water. more staleness of the palate and
a desire for liquid that would take hold.
Then at length he got his manuscript
back with a curt note saying:
MY Dear Sir-In the same mail with
your manuscript came a note from my as
sistant to the effect that a Christmas
story bought last year and somehow mis-
laid in the Palladium office has turned
up. OF course we must use that. so L am
compelled to deny myself the personal
pleasure it would afford me to read your
manuscript in order to return it in time
for you to seek a purchaser elsewhere.
Thank you just the same for submitting
it. THE EDITOR.
Poor Dalliance hadn't even the usual
satisfaction of cursing the numskull
autocrat for not knowing n good thing
when he saw it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

Palladium was Il liberal
Daymaster, he decided to
blow himself in advance
by way of cooling his over
heated blood. He haunted
the beach and the roof gar
dens, and, having gOrged
his stomach with ice water
while connecting the red
hot story, he found it nee
cssary to introduce more
palatablc liquids. and these
cost good money. Every
night. or, rather, early
morning, he h appe e d
around to see if the mail
had landed his check and,
not finding it, lived the
story over again, as he
thought the editor would
find it in his mountain
haven. 1t even delighted
him to believe that his vic
tim was having Il good
-.-A FT,l, go frA.nA,.%
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Christmas at
One Hundred
In the Shade

ALLIANCE had importuned the
!, editor of Everybody's Palladi-
um for a month to commission
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
An Important Circular.

Visitors to Cairo will be interested in
the following circular which was re-
Gently published in the popular Egyp-
tian winter resort: Attention! Atten-
ton! We inform that tomorrow-that
is to say, Saturday, the 18th inst-will
be open precisely TO Ezbekieh street,
opposite Royal Hotel, men eating
house named the Restaurant of Lon
don which resplended of purity Joined
in a good conteny and purity of prod
ucts. We invite the wine tasters that
we don't mistake that they will be as
sure of our speeches thuthfuness con-
vinced by the estimation of every our
who shall visit our establishment. For
much assure the public we offer 100
sovereigns to every one who shall set
tie that our products are aduiterate,
and that our kithen's materials are
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
Snug Inns of France.

"This talk about the decadence of
those delightful French and English
inns is all nonsense" said man who
recently returned from European trip
''The advent of the automobile was a
godsend to them, and their patronage
has been greatly increased since people
took to riding along those beautiful
roads instead of whizzing along on
dirty, sooty trains.
"And what charming old places those
hotels are! Their immaculate antique
furnishings, monsieur with his CHEEKY
smile, the black eyed waiting maid, the
awkward chore boy; there is a delight
full quaintness about the place not to be
found elsewhere. And after the even
ing meal what a pleasure it is to sit
Oh one of those cozy porches overlook
ing the queer little town nestled at the
foot of the great chateau.
"Others may pass their time abroad
in the palatial hotels to be found in
the great cities, but as for me, give me
one of the snug little inns hidden away
in the interior of Flxnce."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09

Care and economy should be prac-
ticed in all things, and yet how often
we see carelessness in handling the
broom. There is great deal of differ
ence in the quality of work that
brooms do and the time they last. This
is all due to the way they are used. A
broom should never be set in the corner
after using. This bends the straw over
and causes it to become one sided.
Have a string or some other device on
the end of the handle to hang up by.
This will greatly lengthen its useful
ness, make the sweeping much easier
and save your carpets by having a
straight broom. Wash your brooms at
least once a week not with soap, but
with good washing powder. Dip the
broom up and down until the straw
appears perfectly clean, then hang up
to dry, and when going to use the next
time you will think you have new
broom. This kind of treatment will
cause them to last twice as long.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
The Value of Onions.

We have good medical authority for
the statement that onions are not only
nutritious as food, but possess excel
lent medicinal properties. AS blood
purifier they are better than the IA
nous sarsaparilla bark or root. The
best way to eat them is boiled and
served with butter or little cream.
AS an external application for Group in
children they have been famous for
hundreds of years. Onions are well
known as a nerve sedative, and conse-
quently useful in cases of insomnia,
headache and neuralgia. Onions cooked
or raw are an excellent expectorant,
and the expressed juice is a soothing
remedy for annoying coughs. Many
thousands of years ago the Egyptians
knew so much about onions that they
worshiped them as divine. That the
virtues of so benign a bulb should be
destroyed by frying them in hogs
grease is a satire ON common sense,
and yet we are told that some people
eat them cooked in that way.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
Rich Vegetarian Pudding.

Mix together four cups finely ground
whole wheat -four, eight cups stoned
raisins, four cups sultanas, a heaping
cup sugar. quarter of pound mixed
peels, Il quarter of pound sweet aim
onds, minced, dozen bitter ones,
pound shelled Brazil nuts, five cups
whole wheat bread crumbs, two cups
grated carrots, two ounces soaked sago,
four eggsand a teaspoonful mixed spice.
Moisten with milk until it is the con-
sistency of very thick porridge and mix
we'll Grease some pudding basins with
butter or olive oil, fill with mixture,
cover with whole wheat crust, boil six
hours and then it is ready.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
'REELAND, PA, FEBRUARY o, 1908.
Coal Land Owners Lose.

The owners of certain coal proper
ty in the upper end of the county can
not recover for the value of coal smaller
than chestnut size, according to an opin-
ion filed by Judge Ferris on Saturday
in a suit brought by number of coal
laud owners for $3.50, 900 damages against
the Consumers Coal Company. They
sought to recover their share OF the
market value of pea, buckwheat, birds
eye and and other sizes below chestnut
The contract had been made before
modern machinery allowed the market
ing of coal below chestnut and conse-
quenty enumerated only the larger
sizes. The landowners contended that
they should get royalty for all that was
sold
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
@HE DELAWARE, SUsQUEHANNA AND
SoHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

ilult tdDle III tHttt NAY l.Nl
Trains leave Dri1ton for Jeddo. El lbi,,y, Hazh
rock, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Rosd, Roar
and Hazleton Junction ut 500 n, daily
except Sunday; und u III, 3s p m. Sunday
Trains leave Dri ton for Harwood, Cranberry
lomhicken and Derirger at % u III, daily
except Sunday: and IN m, 3S p IN, sun
day.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida junction
arwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida ano
heppton at 90 IN, daily except Sun
ay; and O7 a IN, 2 3s m, Sunday
Trains leave flszeton junction for Harwood,
ranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 30 Q
n, daily except Sunday; and 53 Il m, 4 22 p IN
sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Oneid,
junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road.
Oneida and sheppton at 80, II 10 IN, Al NJ
iaily except sunday; and 81 a N, II p 10
unday.
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhickeu, Gran
berry, Han wood, Hazleton junction and Roar
ii 800 m, daily except Sunday; ana g
N, OF p nj, sunday.
Trains leave sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
toad, Harwood Road, Oneida junction, Ha2le.
ton junction ard toan al IL nj, IL 10, 5n
p IN, daily except Sunday and Ii II m. 3 q
10 IN, Sunday
Trains leave sheppton ior Beaver Meadow
toad, Stockton. nazle Brook. Eckley, Jeidt
md Drifton at I'd IN, daily, except sunday:
and II a IN "A p u, sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
ieadow Road, stockton. Halle Brook, Eokley
leddo and Drifton ut 40 p IN, daily,
All trains connect at Hazleton function with
lectric cars for Hazleton, JeaneHville, Auden
lied and other points on the Traction Com
any's line.
Train leaving Drifton at 900 M makes
unuection at Dernger with p X. K. trains for
west.
LUTHER q. SMITH. Superintendent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
CHOICE MISCELLANY


An original character is Baron Hugo
spends his time between his magnifi-
cent palaces at st. Petersburg and Mos
COW and his superb country seat near
Kazan, but always in bed
For ten years he has not got up or
dressed There has never been any
thing the matter with him physically,
and even today, in spite of his bulk,
his bodily condition furnishes a strik-
ing illustration Of the fallacy of the as
sertion that much exercise is indls-
pensable to the preservation of health.
But somewhere about 1892, after hav-
ing exhausted every conceivable form
Of pleasure and excitement, he took to
his bed from sheer ennui and has re-
mained there ever since.
He does not even leave it when he
travels, his bed being carried from his
rooms to a specially constructed car
riage and thence to his private railway
saloon, and he always travels by spe-
cial train. He is quite an average man
in all other respects, manages his i'm
mense property with the greatest sa-
gacity and shrewdness, and is brilliant
and witty in conversation. Indeed, the
only popularity in his otherwise esti-
mable character is his aversion to the
exertion of getting up. "Why should
l take the trouble?" he asks what
is there to get up for? Surely there is
nothing for me to do that | cannot ac-
complish just as well in bed ?'-1'it-
Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
1t Would Please Him.

when they revised the calendar,
there was a good deal of time lost,
wasn't there?"
Yes. They just arbitrarily dropped
out all the days between two particu-
lar dates"
We'll, l wish they'd revise the cal
endar again"
"WhyY
because there would be at least a
fair chance that they would lose the
date when my note for $500 falls due"
Chicago Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-09
Cover For Baby's PILLOW.

A pretty pillow cover for the baby's
first bed or for the carriage will be an
acceptable gift to make to the mother.
One of the simplest ways to make a
pretty pillow is to take piece of fine
lawn or muslin, square or oblong, as
desired, for the center, then a piece Of
lace insertion, narrow band of the lawn
and finish with either ruf1le of the
lawn or of lace to match the insertion
The back is of course of the plain mus
lin. The center and lawn strip can be
hemstitched if desired, or an initial can
be worked in the center.