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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Who Skated Eirst2

1t is very doubtful which race first
skated, for traces have been found
among prehistoric remains all over
Northern Europe indicating that the
art was practiced by primitive peo-
pies. The Eskimos of the farthest
north are also found to be in posses
sion of runners carved from whale
bone.
Skating is mentioned by a Danish
historian about 1134, and Fitzstephen,
in his History of London" says that
in the twelfth century young men fas-
tened the leg bones of animals under
their feet by means of thongs in order
to slide along the ice. This statement
is confirmed by the pair of bone
skates of the period, now in the Brit
ish Museum. 1t is likely. however,
that these early Londoners got the
idea from Holland, probably via Lin
colnshire, where skates have been
used on the frozen fens from very re.
notes times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Dolls for the Dolls House.

Here is an easy and cheap way for
little girls to make dolies for the
dolls house.
First, ask mother for any magazine
or paper that has figures of ladies
and children in it.
After choosing those you like. get
your paint box and set to work to
paint them. Do not use much water.
Then get pair of blunt scissors
and cut them out very carefully (but
be sure to wait until the paint is
dry).
The next thing is to have a piece
of pasteboard or thin cardboard,
which you can buy at any stationer's
for one penny the sheet and paste
the cut out figures on it. 1t is best
to cover the whole sheet with them,
just leaving room enough for the
scissors to cut round. Let these get
perfectly dry. and then cut each fig
ure out very carefully. Take piece
of stiff paper. or another piece of
pasteboard, and cut it about half an
inch wide and an inch long. Measure
quarter of it. crease 1t. and then
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
In Darkest Africa,

One would think the roads of Cen
trail Africa are hardly suited for
cycling purposes. but numbers of old
bicycles are now bought up, painted
in gaudy colors and taken into the
interior, where there is ready sale
for them among African chiefs and
kings.
Whether these dusky potentates
believe that the spectacle of a mon
arch careering through his dominions
on bicycle is calculated to strike
fitting amount of awe into the minds
Of refractory subjects, or whether
they purchase the machines for the
satisfaction of hearing the bell ring.
It is difncult to discover.
No matter how dilapidated and
useless for riding a machine may be,
the natives are always satisfied If
there is bell.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
To Make Lily from a Candle.

Here is something that will be sure
TO please the girls. You Will be sur
prised, perhaps, to hear that you may
construct a spray of lilies of the val
ley out of spermaceti candle and a
few pieces of wire.
Get six or eight pieces of very fine
wire and bend each of them into a
curve at one end, terminating with a
hook. Now hold a lighted spermaceti
candle over a glass of water and let
half dozen drops of the wax fall into
the water Each drop, as soon as it
touches the water, will be transformed
into little floating white cup.
These cups will have exactly the
size and shape OF the little bell flowers
of the lily of the valley. and they may
be made large or small according to
the distance at which you hold the
candle from the water.
Now take one of the little wires and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Course of the Gable.

When we follow the course of a
cable dispatch and see how many
hands it passes through before reach
ing the person it is intended for. the
wonder is that all cipher messages do
not contain mistakes. The operator
ticked it off to the cable station at
Hongkong, writes the Northwestern
Christian Advocate. From there it
was sent to Singapore; it entered
India, was caught up at Madras and
hurried on to Bombay with lightning
wings it flew to Alden in Arabia,
where it was put on the cable to
Suez, Africa. Then began the race to-
ward Europe by the way of Malta,
Gibraltar and Lisbon, ending on the
eastern hemisphere at London. From
the English capital it made another
deep-sea journey to New York, and
from there was telegraphed overland
to Washington, having been trans
cribed no fewer than fifteen times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

shall see far palmer than I do
Here and now, when what l dream is
coma;
They that love me not. my slips shall
rue.
Those love not. deemtns dull and
dumb.
I shall wake to fnd right Yellowstone,
When my dream comes true.
Lightest words that worked for me and
you .a.
Barriers that clomb to mountain nights:
Little deeds that into great wrongs grew.
All for lack OF flashing heaven-lights,
Shall be smoothed and sharpened all to
rights,
When my dream comes true.
1t may even be the love l WOO
Blindly now, my wisdom choked with
tears.
Then shall understand me. know how
true
Was the heart struck voiceless through
Its fears.
Ali moment shall make sweet the
years.
When my dream comes true
Richard Burton In the Cornhlll Book
let.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Making Wax Flowers.

warm the straight end of it. and while
1t is warm run it through the center
of one of the wax cups. This should
be done while the cup is still in the
water.
Then push the cup down to the
hooked end of the wire, from which it
will hang just like the bell flower Of
the lily. Having thus pierced six or
eight of the cups. twist the wire to-
gether. the smaller cups above the
larger ones below, and put the spray
thus completed in a small vase in
which are green paper leaves.
The effect will be far more delicate
and beautiful than one would think.
and the wax cups will have the white
ness. the transparency and the pretty
indentations of the real flowers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Tho Suicide Wind.

A curious belief prevails among the
natives of Bravil and other parts of
South America which prompts them to
fear a certain condition of the air,
which they call suicide wind" 1t is
not a superstition, but an actual con-
dition of the atmosphere, which seems
to drive people to madness. and dur
ing it's continuance self-inhicted deaths
are numerous. Criminologists and
scientists all over the world are inter
ested in this peculiar atmospheric in
fiuence. which Is indicated by a soft,
moist, warm air, that settles heavily
on the earth.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

the company thinking you have drunk
tho water will certainly take up the
hat to see. As soon As the hat is re-
moved pick up the glass and drink its
contents. You can row drink the
water without touching the hat.
Wind some clean thread tightly
around a small pebble and secure the
end. Now If you expose 1t to the fame
of lamp or candle the thread will
not burn; for the heat runs along the
thread without remaining in it and
attacks the stone. The same sort of
trick may be performed with a poker
around which is evenly pasted a sheet
of paper
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
A Bunch Of Tricks.

Tell boy that you can make a
circle round him with a piece Of chalk
out OF which he cannot jump The
chances are that he will say you can
not do it. Draw circle with the chalk
around his Jacket and say, Now jump
out of it."
Ask boy whether he thinks if he
clasped his hands together he could
walk out of the room. He will, of
course, say that he could. Request him
to pass his arms around the leg of the
table or piano, join his hands, and
walk away.
Fill a small glass with water. cover
it with hat, and say you can drink 1t
without touching the hat. Take the
glass and the hat, put your head under
the table, make noise as If drinking.
riue and ipe your lips. Some one of
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

fasten ribbon or cord to hang It up
by. Figure l represents this idea.
For the other, cut two pieces of card
board like figure and cover and
overland them together. Then, out of
velvet of contrasting colors, cut six
pieces like figure 3, allowing fer scans,
and sew them together. The one pic
tured is in the colors of the rainbow.
Then cut out piece of cardboard
which they will just cover and fssten
them to it. Then put the pieces to-
gether like figure 4, fastening at the
sides.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

the directions, bathing Charlie and
putting that nice Ointment on the
sores.
"I wouldn't have believed thaA
my baby would have been cured by
little thing like that Not all of a
sudden, mind you. Little by little,
but so surely. Charlie and l both
got more peace by day, and more
sleep by night. The sores sort Of
dried up and went away. l shall
never forget one blessed night when
l went to bed with Charlie beside
me, as soon as / got the supper
dishes out of the way and the older
children undressed when 1 woke
up the sun was streaming in For
the first time in six months l had
slept through the night without .
break.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Nothing at all"
Nothing at all?"
Voice Of Experience.

What" asks the attorney, you a
married man. and yet you say you do
not know where woman's pocket it?"
Yes, I'm a married man" answers
the witness hotly. "and | want to tell
you that when you get to be one you'll
find out that it's all you want to do
to keep your eyes on your own pockets
without trying to find out where your
wife's are,"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

Mt PLEASANT. OHIo-I received the
sample of Doan's Kidney Pills, and never
had any medicine do me so much good in
so little time. l had Congestion of the
Kidneys and Bladder so severe it caused a
pressure on the lungs like Asthma, but
through the use of Doans Pills l am free
and easy now. GEO. W. SMITH, Vcter-
mary Surgeon, P. o. Box A. Mt. Pleasant,
Ohio
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
The Little STRAITS.

II will by and by" says Seth;
Not now-pretty soon" says Jennie;
I'm minute" says little Beth.
Oh, dear little people, remember
That true as the stars in the sky,
The little streets of Tomorrow,
Pretty Soon, and By and By,
Lead, one and all,
AS straight. they say,
AS the Kings Highway.
To the city of Not at All.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
|HdJNIG42
|OF THE BAY
How She Described II.

After the callers had departed the
mother took the little one aside.
1T isn't polite to speak OF stom'
ach-ache before people, she ex'
planned. "It shows yo- have been eat
ing too much"
The little one pondered this for some
time.
is a backache polite?" she asked
after while.
We'll, it isn't quite so bad to say
you have a backache," was the reply.
The little one promised to remem-
ber, and she did. The next time there
was company to dinner she announced
at the conclusion: "I'ye got q back
ache that's worked clean through"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

BAXTER SPRINGS. Kansas / received
The free sample of Doan's Kidney Pills.
FOR five years have had much pain in my
back which physicians said arose from the
kidneys. Four boxes of Doan's Pills have
entirely cured the trouble. think | owe
my life to these pills. and | want others to
know it. SADIE DAVIS, Baxter Springs,
Kansas
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

paste the bit that is creased on to the
back of the doll. You will find that
when dry. 1t will enable the dolls to
stand. You must remember to cur
the figures quite even at tie bottom,
or they will not stand.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
He Never smllad AGAIN.

What" asked the wouid-be funny
man, "is the difference between me
and a ground hog?"
mot much" replied the snake edi-
tor. at whom the query had been fired.
''only in speaking OF you I'd cut out
the ground"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
MRS. RATH'S BABY
Tired Mothers Touching Story of
Anxiety and Suffering.
Cuticura Brings Blessed Cure to Skin
Tortured Baby and Peace end Rest
Go Its Worn Out Mother.

1t no wonder that Mrs Helena Rath taken sick
Snghaned did all the housework washed cooked and
for her husband Hans and their children. After
puoy fight keep her feet Mrs. Rath had to YIELD and early
in 1902 bed What followed she told visitor
called tidy home Tenth Ave. New York City
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

Aching backs are cascd. Hip. back. snd
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of The
limbs and dropsy signs vanish
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colorcd, excessive, pain In pass
ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wctiing.
Doan's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel Relieve heart paipita-
tion, slceplcssness. headache, nervousness.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Two Broom Holders.

Cut four circles of cardboard and
cover them and overland two of them
together, and then the other two
Featherstitch on one of them an inch
In front the edge, taking up a white
bead on each stitch. When this is fin
fshed tack the two parts together and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Too Stin0y.

Casey-Av all the close fishted ould
misers that liver Oi see Dolan's the
worst.
Cassidy-Oh, It's the family trait
wild him.
Casey-The family trait? Nonsense.
Shure, he'd niver trait wan man, let
alone a family.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

Aged people find Doan's Kidney Pills
great comfort for declining years.
They cure incontinence and urinary
weakness peculiar to children.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
To Test Your Lungs.

One can test the strength of his
lungs by putting paper bag under
any weight. Blow gently and stead
lily and the object will tumble over.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
A DANCING Doll.

This is very easy to make out of
cardboard. Cut the legs and arms
OF separate pieces, as shown in the
left hand figure, and fasten With
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
The Most Valuable Medal.

The most valuable medal in exist
ence is the Blake victory medal,
struck in 1853. 1t Is of gold, oval
in shape and its original cost was
81 500.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
An Increase.

Smith hear you are the father OF
bouncing boy Let me congratulate
you.
Jones-I'm the father of two bounc-
ing boys; twins, you know.
Smith-Ah. indeed, Then permit
me to extend my congratulations.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
They Came Back.

La Montt-Homer sent out ten
poems. entitled either "A Merry
Christmas or "A Happy New Year"
La Moyne-"How did he make
out?"
La Montt-Oh. he got many re-
turns.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
One Includes the Other.

Which do you think should be
more highly esteemed. money or
brains?"
Brains" answered Makecash. But
convince people that he has brains is
to get monsy.'-Stray Stories.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

"I hired girl to mind the chill
dren and to do whatever else she
could. i couldn't stay in bed long.
Sick as | was, it was easier for me
to crawl around than to lie and
worry about my little ones So
/ got up after "a few days, and let
the girl go. | had noticed that she
had sores on her face, hands and
arms, but paid no attention to that
until Charlie, my youngest, began to
pick and scratch himself. He was
then ten months old, and the girl
had paid more attention to him than
to any of the others. Charlie was fret
full and cross, but as he was cutting
teeth, didn't think much of that.
Even when a rash broke out on his
face | wasn't frightened, because
everybody knows that that is quite
common with teething babies. Sew
eral of my others had it when little,
and / thought nothing about it.
" But the rash on Charles poor
little face spread to his neck, chest.
and back. | had never seen any
thing quite like it before. The skin
rose in little Jumps, and matter
came out. My baby's skin was hot,
and how he did suffer He wouldn't
eat, and night after night l walked
the floor with him. weak as ! was.
Often / had to stop because l felt
faint and my back throbbed with
pain. But the worst pain of all was
to see my poor little boy burning
with those nasty sores.
~ believed he had caught some
disease from the girl, but some of
the neighbors said he had eczema,
and that is not catching. they told
me. Yes, l gave him medicine, and
put salves and things on him.
don't think they were all useless.
Once in while the itching seemed
to let up a bit, but there was not
much change for the better until
lady across the street asked me why
/ didn't try the Cuticura Remedies.
i told her | had no faith in those
things you read about in the papers
She said she didn't want me to go
on faith nor even to spend any
money at first. She gave me some
Cuticura Ointment Il think the
box was about half full and a
piece of Cuticura Soap. l followed
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
DOAN'S DEAL GENTLY.

action Doan's Kidney s IN Kidney
and them famous with
Men, and Children.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
Properly Classified.

We've been having little dispute
as to the difference between courage
and foolhardiness, and we have decid-
ed to leave it to you"
We'll. state your case"
How would you classify man who
walked into powder mill smoking a
pipe? If that doesn't require courage,
what does 1t requlre?"
Nothing at all"
Nothing at all?"
That's 1t. The less a fellow has of
everything. including brains. the more
likely he is to do 1t. You couldn't call
him foolhardy without fattering him"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

Yes, that fat little boy by tho
window is Charlie, and his skin is
as white as n snow flake, thanks to
the Cuticura Remedies. l think
everybody should know about the
Soap and also the Ointment, and IL
it is going to help other mothers
with sick babies, go ahead and pub
lish what l have told you
MRS. HELENA RATH. '
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

agonizng, itching, and burning of the skin
frghtul scaling psoriasis the loss of hair and cTrsng
scalp SCALED head; the facial disfgurement
pmples ngworm the awful suffering of infants and anxiety
parents milk letter and salt rheumal
remedy of almost supehuman virtues to successfully
cope That Cucura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent
beyond all doubt No statement made
regarding that justified by the strongest evidence
purity and the to afford immediate relief
and the absolute safety
have made them the standard skin blood
purifiers and humour remedies of the civilized world
Qn o
Cfntmenty boz and
oftheB lands
andb
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31

His Adored-Oh, Gawge! Possibly
you didn't approach Papa properly?
Gawge-I realize that. l ought to
have approached him from behind
with an ak.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-31
When Dreams Come True.

shall see far palmer than I do
Here and now. when what l dream Is
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-06

Lets quarrel and then make up
again. It's lots more fun than Catch
me. Robin and Run Round, Rosy
GOOD! good" cried Betty. It's just
sDlepdid! But whatn we quarrel
about, and who'll begin"
"Oh. anything. Call names, and we
must start even. III drop my hand
kcrchief."
They stepped back and made their
faces as serious as possible. AS the
handkerchief touched the ground they
began to call the most terrible names
they could think Of. But, curiously
enough, neither OF them appeared tc
get very angry; one could almost i'm
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-06
How 10 saved Himself.

A distinguished French novelist,
whose works are extremely popular
with the fair sex, recently found him,
self travelling in n railway carriage
with two very talkative women. Hav.
ing recognized him from his published
portraits, they both opened fire upon
him in regard to his novels, which they
praised in a manner that was unen'
durable to the sensitive author. For
tunately the train entered a tunnel,
and in the darkness the novelist, who
understood women lifted the back OF
his hand to his lips and kissed it sound
ingly. When light returned he founC
the two women regarding one another
in lev silence, and, addressing hin
with great suavity, he said: AN
mesdames. the regret OF my life vii
| hereafter be that I shall never knoY
! which one Of you it was that hsse
, me-"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-06
H0NTtEY QvAaaELEO.
IS ~ IN

Betty and Joan had quarreled and
made up and were now looking ut each
other with glowing faces.
isn't making up awful niceE SAID
Joan, giving her friend a rapturous
kiss
isn't it, though, just?' agreed Bet
ty. returning the kiss enthusiastically.
Then they stood back and gazed al
each other. Suddenly Joan claDped
her hands softly together.
"What is it?' asked Betty.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-06
Listen to the Mocl,ing Eird.

The story told by Septimus Winner
Of how he drew the inspiration for his
famous songs, Listen to the MocklnS
Bird" and "What is Home Without
Alother? is touching. \ mother was
wont to stand on a piazza holding her
babe in the mild September to hear
the knocking bird singing far and
wide" Years af,ervard he saw the
child standing on the r.azza scarcely
realizing that hec Mother lay dead
From the one incident came tine IN
sDiration Of the popular melodies that
have not yet been reiegated into OH
Iivion by Come Back, Bill Bailey
and his relatives innune"ab-e.-IIiis
burg Post
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-06
Cnplnln Leonnrl.

Oh I win be n sailor bold,
And sail the stormy sea-
I'm be am admiral. ! think,
I'm sure it would suit me.
Perhaps nm be a pirate, too,
And hoist a dag 90 black 49,,
Or. pmps, an stand aud hold lhe
wheel,
And bring her round or tack.
OF course. I'll fnd some hidden gold
In some far desert Isle;
I'm often "scud before the breeze
In quite the proper style.
Then. when I've made fortune great
/ shall, of course, retire,
And "spin long yarns about my
deeds,
Beside a roaring fire.
PERHAPS you'd like to know just why
Pm going TO do all this
It's cause I've got a model boat
From my dear Uncle Chris.
And If I've such q splendid snip,
Why, then, 1t seems to me,
That / must be a sailor bold
When Pm a man, YOU see.
Chicago Bocord,Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-06

At what point does life begin? SC
far rs regards space Of time, the ques'
ton is unanswuablc. only rev
years ago it would have been said that
in regard to that seemingly essenlal
condition of life temperature we ana
not know pretty nearly q superior
and inferior limit Little Of lie Is
there below the freezing point or ABOVE
the boiling point of water, and iaI
above or below these critical points we
should expect even germ life to be
DESTROYED. When our greatest phySl-
cist in 1871 suggested that seeds Oh
plants might have been born to tins
world in a far distant age, the n.y.
potlasis seemed incredible, because
the temperature OF space, being al
least as low as minus 40 degrees Cent
Grade would be fatal to life in any
form. This is not so. Recently at th'
yenner Institute bacteria have beer
frozen in LIQUID air, and even in lqull
hydrogen, and on the application o
heat. and placed in proper media nav
terminated. The process OF HE wa
arrested, but the nascent life energ
was not destroyed at 200 degrees Ger
tlgrade. say, 300 degrees Fahrenhel
of frost. Experiments are now bein
made to find whether long continuanC
for months or years in such cold take
away the vitaiism Of those loves
| forms OF Ife.-London Telegraph.