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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-30

Some distribute charity with pitch
fork, some with scoop shovel, but
neither is to be commended.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-30

1t costs more to support one vice
than ten virtues.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13
The Fra-rant HeIfotrope.

You may give heliotrope. and not Il
very large plant. rs much water as you
give a geranium and think you are Civ.
ing all that is required. Your plant Will
fail to make Il vigorous and healthy
growth because it is not moist enough
at the roots. Examine it, and you VIII
find that the tiny roots have extracted
The moisture almost wholly. III not
given more water at once, some or the
young and delicate roots are injured,
and the plant takes on 4 diseased con
dition, from which it often never re-
covers. Do not get the idea that the
soil in which heliotropes are grown
ought to be kept wet. Not at all. But
because it requires more moisture than
many plants, because it extracts more
rapidly from the soil, water should be
given oftener to keep the soil In the
proper condition.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13
RnbyIonfnn Creation Legends.

The story of the creation, as told on
the clay tablets Of ancient Babylon, is
interesting. Several deities appear to
have been regarded as in existence at
the beginning of things. At least two:
Apsu and Tiamat, represented chaos,
and the former rebelled against the
gods in consequence. The chief strug-
gle was between him and Ea, whose
son, Bel, created the world. Man was
made by Marmuk, who in spite of the
difference in name may have been iden-
teal with Bel. The creation Of man
was the eliminating event Of the his
tory. Marmuk told Ea that he intend
ed to perform his task and asked his
father to behead him. Man was to be
made out of Marmuk's blood and bone.
Marmuk appears 10 have survived de-
capitation, as he subsequently took
part in the councils of the gods.
Many parallels between these leg
ends and the Hebrew story Of the crea-
ton can be detected by scholars. The
idea that seven days were devoted to the
work may have long antedated Abra-
hams time. The oldest tablets yet dis
covered are not originals, but copies.
These date back only 66S-626 B. G.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13
DANG ers of Cold and Grip.

The greatest danger from colds
and grip Is their resulting In pueu.
monia. If reasonable care Is used,
however, and Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided. Among the tens Of thou
sands who have used this remedy
for these diseases. we have yet 10
learn of a single case resulting In
pneumonia, which shows conclu'
sively that 1t Is certain preventive
of that dangerous disease. 1t will
cure cold or an attack of the grip
In less time than any other treat
ment. 1t is pleasant and safe to
take. For sale by C.. W. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13

Ohio Is 100 years old md history
In all those years has never been
able to frd single Ohio man who
has ia led to hold Office When such
a one Is discovered and the side
shows and museums are done with
him he will not be allowed to take
his clothes back home to the State
his conduct has disgraced.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13
Worth It's Weight In Gold.
c. W.Beggs, Sons & Co. Chicago,

Ill.
Gentlemen: i have been
troubled with that detestible dis
ease Eczema for the past four years
and have tried all the advertised
medicines 1 could hear of but with,
out any relief. Seeing your ad In
our paper for Boro Carbol salve, 1
decided to give 1t trial and to my
surprise 1t began to relieve me at
once. My hands which were a mass
of sores began to dry up and today,
after using four boxes I can say
am cured. 1t Is worth Its weight
10 gold. Refer any one to me. LIB
Groah, Charleston, ". Va. For
sale by D. A. Henderson,.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13
Painless Pulling.

Sufferer-Do you pull teeth without
pain?
Dentist-Well, not always. 1 sprain-
ed my wrist last time I pulled q tooth.
and it hurts me yet occasionally.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13
Saving the Pennies,

Some peoples idea of economy is to
break every dollar they get hold OF so
as to save up the pennies they receiv,
In change.-Baltimore American.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13

1t makes some men prouder to be the
friend of a rich man than it makes 9th.
er men to be rich.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13

Give the world more sunshine and
less moonshine.-Dallas News.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-13

Baltimore & Ohio k, R
Ohio River Division.
Time Table In effect May IS, 1907.
EASI BOUND.
7.O5 A, N. Accommodation
Daily except For Wheeling and intermediate
sunday. points.
$3.50 A. M. Pittsburg Express
Daily, For New Martinsville, Moupds
vile, Wheeling Pittsburg, Frank
lin, Oil City, Tltusville and inter
mediate points. Runs solid t.
Pittsbarg, daily except Sunday
Daily to Wheeling.
1910 P. NJ. Accommodation
Daily except For New MartinsVille and inteD
sunday. mediate points.
2:O7r. ID. New York Express
Oaily For New Martinsville, Mounds
Vile, Wheeling, Pittsburg, BufA
10, Washington, Baltimore, Phila
deiphia, New York and all pointI
North and East. Runs solid ts
Pittsburg. Parlor car.
4:5S P. M, Accommodation
Daily. For Wheeling and intermediate
points.
8:IS P. N. Ohio Valley Express
Daily except For New Martinsvtlle, Mounds
Sunday, Vile, Benwood Wheeling, Pitts
burg Buffalo, Baltimore, Wash
ington, New York and oil points
North and East. Runs solid tt
Pittsburg. Parlor car.
WEST BOUND.
9:2I A. NJ. Accommodation
Daily For Parkersburg and interme
diate points.
Hos A. n. ohie Valley Express
Daily except For st. Marys, Marietta, Park
Sunday. ersburg, Ravenswood, MilWood
Pomeroy, Pt. Pleasant, Charles
tom, Galiipolis, Huntington, Ken
ova, Ironton, Portsmouth, Cincin
natl and ali points South and
West. Runs solid to Cincinnati
Parlor car,
I:2A P. n. Kenova Express
Daily For st. Marys, Marietta, PARK
ersburg, Ravenswood. Niiwood
Pomeroy, Pt. Pleasant, Charles
ton, Gallipolis, Huntington, Ken
ova and principal intermediate
points. Parlor car.
3:I4 P, n. Accommodation
Daily except For Parkersburg, Pt. PleaSap
Sunday. and intermediate points.
GAL p. n. Accommodation
Daily. For Parkersburg and inferno
diate points.
S:25 p. II. Express
Daily except For Friendly, st. Marys, WaVsI
Sunday ", Marietta and PaTkersburH
D. B. MARTIN,
Man'g'r Passenger Traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
Dusky Beauties.

Vanity is by no means the monopoly of
civilized womanhood. and many an Indian
belle spends more on her costume than a
smart French woman. Not infrequently a
semi-savage girl has a wardrobe consisting
of furs which would be worth from s. coo to
$4,000. Grundeman. the explorer. relates
how one fair Greenlander wore a dress of
sealskin with ho9d of that costly fur the
silver fox. The garment was lined with the
fur Of the young otter. and there was
fringe of wolverine tails. About 500 is
probably the average worth of the dress of
Indian women on the Columbia and Fraser
rivers.
GrauI saw a Dyak girl with corset of
gold. 1t was made of forty solid gold rings,
the smallest being at the waist and the rest
gradually increasing in size above and be-
low It. This curious article of attire rep
resented the girls dowry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12

match the stock for the neck. nice way
to use the scarf is to drape 1t loosely
around the crown and cross 1t over at the
back, allowing 1t to end in a large bow or
rosettes. resting against the hair.
OF late years dress has become very lux
urious and fabulous prices are paid for en-
broideries and laces. not to mention ma
terials and cost of making. TO be well
dressed. however. does not signify. accord
ing to Partisan ideas. to be lavfshly attired,
as many imagine. The woman of modest
income may he able 10 equal a richer one
by display of taste and the cultivation of
common sense in the selection of suitable
clothing. There many mondaines in
Paris who rightly regard the purchase of
one well-nade gown as preferable to two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
Face SURROUNDINGS.

An old sage who understood human ma
ture pretty well advises women to study
first the effect produced by the face, the
hair and the headgear." 1t holds good now
just as much as 1t did more than a hundred
years ago. 1t is wise to study the points of
the face; the low style of dressing the hair
is supposed to show off the profile to ad-
vantage. In some women a touch of color
lights up the complexion wonderfully. while
others are better without. The point is to
learn what suits you. Many women are so
ignorant of the rules which govern the COM
plexion that they wash their faces in the
winter before going out into the cold ARA
fatal mistake. Soft draperies at the back
Of hats and tooues are eminently becoming
to some. but not to others. Some faces are
improved by high collars. while others look
far better with the bodice cut low at the
throat. AS a rule the boa and the ruffie
are becoming to all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12

cream lawn blouse. The popular white or
ecru Hnon skirt invariably appears with
lawn blouse. 4 sloping shoulder collar OF
the same material as the skirt Is MADE m
points which reach almost to the waist be-
hind. embroidered in soft colors. These col
lar capes are not In the least costly. yet
they are particularly chic on the simple
morning frock. There are many other In
expensive items which should be added A
well-made skirt of>soft silk or wolfe with
number of dressy dinner corsages and
blouses would add variety to few cos
tunes. Coarse ecru canvas cravatS are cut
out of one piece and shaped little high at
the sides, descending iii a bib-shaped, mar
row tab in front, the whole collar being
covered with bright colored Russian en-
broidery Cuffs to correspond may be worn
with good effect on a plain tucked blouse.
Lace ties are dainty combined with EngnSh
embroidery, with narrow black or colored
ribbon round the outside of the neckband,
crossed in front and pinned with jeweled
clasp, whence 1t falls III tasseled ends.
A Greek Design.
The Greek key makes a charming decora-
ton. The other day l saw pretty frock OF
reseda green wolfe with white chantilly in
sertions in a large Greek key design round
both skirt and bodice AS there is horf-
zontal as well as a perpendicular line in the
Greek key, it Is not DIT all bad for a short
figure The top of the bodice was very
the lines Of insertion. There was white
waistband with little dwarf sash at the
back and in front blue enamel and paste
buckle. A tea frock of pale blue eolienne
had Paquin tucks OF the skirt, each one
edged with cluny lace The blouse bodice
was gagged and had a yoke OF pale blue
sequin embroidery with imitation scarabs
here and there and some gold in the design.
This little square yoke was made from a
Greek key sequin insertion with piece OF
cluny lace behind the sequin embroidery at
the neck to give it round line Appllques
of cluny were on the bodice also
There is a great craze for white at pres
ent. 1t is worn for grand occasions as well
as for the most commonplace. Linen gowns
are taking the place Of homespun for the
seaside and early fall wear. A new sleeve
for the plated boleru is fully yard and a
half wide and has but one seam. 1t Is plaft-
ed into the armholc and gathered into
directoire cuff.
Stoles are much worn over here. They
are made of delicate fabrics, organdie, lace
and mousseline lined with silk. or unlined
If the lace is heavy. Chiffon stoles are COW
cred with little ruchings set close together
to give the effect Of feathers. These are
wide on the shoulders and have long ends
reaching below the knees.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
THE LIBERTY BELL.
Its Removals and Travels Should Be
Forbidden by Law

LIS aSiiioE6AS 0AO AIaVc1S oi1Ou1u Dc
Forbidden by Law.
From the Bucyrus (Ohio) Journal.
not be refused, no public order and no ac-
ISOLATION or popular society is asking or
preparing to ask for the loan of the Liberty
Bell for money getting or for other exhibit
tion purposes. 1t IS good time, therefore,
to declare by authority. and, If necessary,
by legislative authority, that it shall be
unlawful to remove.,it from the building
where 1t is placed for safe keeping The
Liberty Bell belongs to the American peo-
pie Not even the original Declaration of
Independence is a more precious and a
more highly regarded object of national
generation than the Liberty Bell.
1t is neither impossible nor improbable
that for public purposes, as an object of
national veneration, the care of the Liberty
Bell might be solicited for exhibition It
ought. without antagonizing any esteemed
person or public body, to be made unlawful
to remove 1t. under any excuse, from the
building In which 1t is kept
1t ought to be forbidden that this great
national relic should ever be put in jeopardy
by any act of removal that might expose 1t
to the dangers of transportation anywhere
1t Is the most valued relic the nation has
Papers. instruments, precious records,
might be duplicated in fac-simile. The Lib
erfy Bell never can be. and now when no.
body is contemplating the removal OF trans
portation of It for transient purposes. is a
good time to declare by authority that 1t
shall be unlawful to remove 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12

teEs Of fine tucks. Tho groups en- oithop
side the pleat extends down to the waist
line. but the others stop short at the bust.
A tab of the material of the same width 10
laid over a third of the way down the box
pleat. Its pointed end is embroidered in q
yellow tracery and a glowing yellow chry-
santhemum Above IT Is closely covered
with French knots worked in the same
shade of yellow silk A shorter tab is
stitched down at each side between the
groups of fine tucks. 1t is similarly EN-
oroidered The cuffs are plain. although
the turnover on the stock collar 10 also
embroidered in yellow silk
Hand embroidery will be much worn on
shirt waists. whether the foundation be of
wash ms terial, flannel or even silk. So the
girl who has spent some Of her summer
hours over embroidery frame can profit
greatly by the results of her labors. If her
fancy led her in the pursuit of bulgarian
patterns and colorlngs. ii will he all the
better. Bulgarian enbroideries will be
regle on waists Of all sorts and conditions.
Sometimes II Will deck the box pleat down
the front, but its use on stock and cuffs
VIII give dash of color which viii satisfy
the more conservative
Black embroidery white is extremely
fashionable. providing the contrasts are not
too startling. As one well-dreSSed woman
said: Black embroidery on white should
take the form of a delicate tracery. other
wise II becomes bourgeois"
A White Flannel model.
A dainty white waist follows after this
dictum. 1t is of fine French flannel and Is
perhaps too elaborate TO come under the
head of a shirt waist 1t is cut after a
shrt-waist model, however. except that II
has deep cum. The sleeves are laid in
wide pleats as far down as the elbow. Each
pieat is ornamented with slender line of
black and white silk embroidery, ard the
end of each is, marked by an inch wide
dalton, also embroidered in black and white
silk. The same embroidery trims the box
pIeat down the front of the waist. and a
line of medallions runs across, just below
the bust line.
But the waist does not depend on EN-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12

graduated frills. The blouse has deep
yoke of coarse, white guipure, which is ex-
tended down the sleeves. pointed belt OF
orange panne and touch of orange in the
black and white foulard cravat completes
the costume.
There has been a tendency for some time
past to return to the round umbrella
skirt. These skirts worn with little
pads at the back to give roundness to the
waist This fullness in the back Is gener-
ally becoming. The tendency still is to
shorten the waist behind and lengthen it
In front The simplest frOcks show fine
tuckings insertion and edgings of lace,
which means that they must be turned out
by experts in the art of hand stitching.
thus insur.ng Il chic finish to the most in
significant frock. There is a certain amount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12

of inferior material and make. The disposal
of various adjustable details will enable one
with two three smart costumes to give
the impression OF a large wardrobe, To
those who must always appear we'll sowned
and UP to date few hints upon dressing
we'll on moderate income may deserve at
tention. Ecru white linon gowns as well
as coarse holland look very smart with
their plated skirts just clearing the ground
and a very long basque coat Of the same
material
To Replace Collars.
The naost seductive arrangements are eff
fected to replace collars. The square cut
away yoke of lace with narrow ribbon Dor
der drawn up with little rosettes in the cor
ners. Is very pretty finish for q white or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
PROTECTING THE BIRDS.
Compact Between National Audubon
Society and Milliners.

From the Indianapolis News.
This is the last season for three years in
which the milliners will be allowed to sell
certain birds for hat trimming. The ex
ecutive committee of the National Audubon
Society has entered into an agreement with
the Millinery Merchants Protective Asso-
citation, whereby the milliners promise not
to use certain birds, and the Audubon So
ciety promises to endeavor to prevent all
Illegal interference OF game wardens with
the millinery trade; to refrain from aiding
the passage Of any legisla ton that has for
Its object restriction against Importation,
manufacture or sale of fancy feathers OBJ
tanned from domesticated folwls of the
plumage of foreign birds other than those
specifically mentioned.
On the other side, the Millinery Mer-
chants Association promises to abstain
chase or sale of gulls, terms, grebeS. hum
ming birds and song birds; to publish
monthly in the Millinery Trade Review a
notice informing the millinery trade in gen
eral that it is illegal to buy, sell or deal in
these birds. and that means will be
spared to convict and punish all persons
that continue to deal in the prohibited
BIRDS
After January 1, 1904. the importation,
manufacture, purchase or sale of the plum
age of egrets or herons of any species. and
from any source, ana OF American pellCanS,
shall cease. and these birds shall be added
to the list of the prohibited species. The
women need not think that they must fore
go feathers on this account. for there are
many kinds Of birds that may be used for
the purpose. There is no law affecting the
buying or selling of District feathers. 1t
may be that the agreement between the
two societies has had something to do with
the making of plumes fashionable. for the
wholesale houses have thousands of ostrich
plumes in stock.
There are other birds the list of which
makes one wonder why SO few kinds are
prohibited. And besides all this, manufac-
turers of feather goods show great skill in
making the Semblance of birds from feath-
ers entirely foreign to the bird initiated.
Common chicken feathers masquerade as
song birds, and wings and quilts that have
the appearance of tropical birds are none
other than chicken and turkey feathers col
from southern climes. Most exquisite
aigrettes are made from the downy breast
covering of the domestic goose. and only
the manufacturers themselves know the
skill that converts the coat of the common
fowls into the brilliant plumage that passes
for the genuine bird.
The Audubon Society hopes, in the three
years during which the agreement is to re-
main In effect, that the country will be-
come replenished with the birds that have
become almost extinct in certain portions
and that the woods and fields will again re-
sound with the melody of the feathered
songsters. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
HER HAIR AT AUCTION.
A Maine Girl Raises Money to Pay for
Painting the Church.


From the New York Sun.
For more than year the members OF
the Union Church In Castine. Me. have
been making efforts to pay off the mort
gage on the property and get money enough
to paint the building on the outside, and 80
soon as the summer visitors arrive they
are besieged by women. who call at all
hours, asking for contributions to the cause.
This month the parishioners held church
fair to secure money that was needed i'm
medlately. Most Of the summer colonists
attended, paying the admission fee and
sitting back to witness the performance
which had been announced.
After prayer and singing the pastor an
nounced that Miss Bessie Smythe. daughter
Of a farmer who lived on the Orland road,
had consented to sell her hair at auction
and to have It cut off in the presence of
the company to be given to the one who
would pay most for 1t. the money to be de-
voted to the cause in which all were in
terested.
The hair was uncoiled and shaken free
from pins and combs until it hung down
her back and swept the platform. 1t was
very thick and of a rudy brown color
The novelty of the scene and the great
sacrifice which the good-looking young girl
was willing to make touched the visitors
from out of town in place that no solicit
ing committee had been able to reach. The
bidding went on briskly until lawyer from
Worcester, Mass, had offered S11O
Then a Boston wholesale merchant arose
and said that 1T was shame to make such
sacrifice when there was no need of 1t,
and that If he had money enough about his
person to protect the girl the hair should
not be cut Off 1t was then agreed that as
the rivals made their bids they should de-
post the money on table In front of the
auctioneer.
The contest was spirited for half an hour,
and more than 81 900 in bills was on the
table when the Worcester man said he had
no more money this side of the bank where
he made his deposits. AS it was agreed
that nothing but cash should be taken dur
ing the auction the Boston merchant paid
down 1896, and Miss Smythe went home
wearing her hair and knowing that the
church will be painted from tip of spire to
underpinning because she had the courage
to make the sacrifice.
And L didn't care so much anyhow
said she. because am engaged to a dear
man who would love me just as well IL
had no hair at ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
Men Who "Were Literature.
From Lippincott's.


Balzac and Hugo were the last of the
great men whose inspiration was unceas-
ing and who did not make literature but
who were literature. Balzac wrote a great
story at a sitting-a sitting that lasted for
eighteen hours. All that while he wrote,
for no secretary could keep pace with him.
and all that while he lived on black coffee.
Then he slept for thirty hours. Hugo
wrote Hermann In month. and We can
think of Balzac and Hugo as we think OF
the great Venetian living In the glory and
exultation of constant creation. Veronese
must have improvised 1.-The Marriage Feast
at Cana" with extraordinary ease. and /
like to think he painted the immortal fd-
dler In a morning and went out in his gon-
dola in the afternoon thinking he had done
a fair days work. That was how men wrote
and painted in the great times before
science beckoned them away from the
beautiful