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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

II a kettle or pot boil dry, pour boil
ing water into ii at once, for this will
prevent its cracking
Add a little turpentine to hot starch
and You will not find your iroa stick
when you come to the ironing of the
linen.
OH from the sewing machine may be
removed from material 10y lacking Il
piece of cotton wool on each side nf
the stain, The cotton will soon absorb
the oil
When washing sateen or any cotton
fabric with a satin finish put a little
borax in the last rinsing water. This
will cause the material to be glossy
when ironed
When stitching thin fabrics by ma.
chine they very often pucker. This
may be prevented by placing tissue pa
per under the material. When the
work is done the paper can he easily
torn of.
For grease spots on mating use
ruler earth. Make II into a thin
paste with water and spread quickly
over the spots. When dry brush off
the loose powder and the spots will
have disappeared.
To keep mattresses clean cover them
with unbleached calico cases. Do the
same to your pillows The cases can
be taken Off and washed occasionally.
aud the mattresses viii keep clean for
years.
To stop the squeaking Of new boots
take small oil can and put a few
drops of oil round the boots. between
the upper leather and the soles. This
will stop the distressing noise new
boots often make
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

TO ACCOMMODATE those who are
partial to the use of atomizers in ap-
plying liquids into the nasal passages
forS catarrhal troubles, we prepare
Cream Balm in liquid form, known as
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, in
Guiding the spraying tube, is rs cents.
Druggists or by mail. The liquid en-
bodies the medicinal properties of the
solid preparation. Ely Bros, Sc War
rem St, New York.
Albert Lea, Mimi, March 81, 1901.
Messrs. ELY BROS.:-I suffered
from a severe cold in the head. I
could not breathe through my nostrils
and was about dead from want of
sleep. 1 used your Cream Balm and
woke up with clear head. would
not take five dollars for my bottle Of
Cream Balm if could not get another.
S. X. LANSDALE.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

Cut green peppers in two lengthwise.
Remove the seeds and let the peppers
soak in cold water for half an hour
Dry them and fill with a stutling made
Of breadcrumbs. chopped meat and
seasoning pepper, salt, sage ana onion
juice TO taste Place them in a pan
and bake until brown on top. Add a
little soup stock or melted butter and
hot water before placing in the oven.
Serve hot with fish or meat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
Angel Food.

Sift a half-cup of -four six times with
a teaspoonful Of cream of tartar Beat
the whites of six eggs until they stand
alone and beat into them gradually a
half-cup of sifted powdered sugar; add
the -four in the same way, beating
steadily. then teaspoonful of vanilla
and turn the mixture into clean, un-
die. Bake carefully in steady oven.
At the end Of twenty minutes test
the loaf with a broomstraw. When
baked remove the cake from the oven
and let it stand in the tin for ten min
ntes before loosenlng 1t gently from
the sides and turning 1t out upon a
clean cloth. Cover with white icing.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
4 SPINSIER'S NOOING.


81 7 is not TO be denied that rich old
maid, who has accepted her age and
her spinsterhood, has about the best
of things as they go IN life. She has,
at once. all the financial Independence
of man. and the privileges of n
matrOn without her membranes. and
may do pretty much as she chooses
IN necessarily limited state of society.
Miss Ashton belonged to this en-
Viablc class. and was wont to make the
most of her opportunities. Her sister
She abused them. but when they lifted
nm eyebrow over some quite tmpos-
sible person or fad she had taken up,
she merely shrugged her shoulders.
AT my age. my dear she would
say, "A woman may know anybody
ana hear all there Is to tell, which
was one OF the reasons. perhaps, that
nj her house you always found the
most interesting people, people whom
YOU might never meet elsewhere, in
society but who were never banal or
tiresone
In truth, Miss AShton'S iusiStcnee ON
her age was tritle premature. Her
forty-livc years sat lightly upon her
&Id only showed a drift Of gray in
her abundant dark locks, and in giving
10 eyes and mouth that expression OF
sympathy and comprehension that Is
the final charm to II Woman'S face.
-
uXmiance of beauty that made young
er women look as pale and colorless
as Il spring daisy beside a gorgeous
fall chrysauthemum.
She had been one of the women To
whom the lowering time Of life came
back She had had starved youth,
without joy, without beauty or any
thing that belonged 20 her years. pass
ed in sluvish attendance on an old
uncle. Then one day when she had
already grown into a mature woman
the old man died aud She found her.
self not only free but rich beyond her
widest dreams,
1t always seemed 10 Miss Ashton
that she was born again. with the
change Of fortune. into new person
ality, and new world. She turned
her back on the old life with all its
hard and grinding ways and with a
frank paganiSm gave herself up to en-
toying the hour, Rich foods and lux
uriant living did for her body what
travel and society did for her mind.
and from having been angular, unbeau-
tiful. she suddenly bloomcd into a
graude dame--laring, original n little
eccentric, perhaps, but with faScn,
alton none denied.
10 enjoy feast 10 the fullest, one
must have starved. Certainly Miss
Ashton drained her cup of pleasure
20 the very bottom.
She had had enough OF shadow, aud
would have nothing more but sunshine
, She hated poverty, and she gave with
Il generous hand e. those about her
She adored cleverneSS, and so she sur
rounded herself only with those who
amused and entertained her. and nt
social prestige was great enough Il
open her doors To a bore
1t was In this way she came to know
David Horton, He did not belong Il
the great world OF fashion lie wa,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

On six pounds of washing soda and
three pounds of unslaked lime pour
four gallons of boiling water Set
aside until clear. then drain off and
add six pounds Of pure fat Boil, stir
ring often, until it begins to harden.
This will take several hours. Thin oc-
casionally with two gallons Of cold
water which was poured on the mix
ture after the water was drawn off
after standing. When so thick that a
little poured on a plate coos add a
handful of salt, stir and turn into a
tub wet with cold water When cold
II may be cut into the sized cakes de
sired.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
Canned Cherries.

Prick each cherry TO three quarts
Df cherries make II sirup of a quarter
of a pound of sugar ana Il half-cup Of
water Put the sugar and water over
the fire until the sugar is dissolved,
then turn the cherries carefully into
the sirup and bring very slowly to the
boil. Boil gently for five minutes,
pack the cherries in jars and ill these
10 overlooking with the boiling slrup.
Seal Immediately
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
FORGOTTEN.
Cincinnati Post.

Belinda soon will he bride;
Her gown is white, writes she;
\ crepe de chine of finest kind,
And fits entrancingly.
The bodice has two hundred tucks
And fifty yards of lace,
Put round the yoke and down the front
And every other place.
Teh skirt is shirred all round the top
And flares out at the feet;
The whole thing, so Belinda says,
Is just too simply sweet.
Belinda writes me pages ten,
And all are much the same;
She's told me everything except
The happy brdcgroom's name.
Washington Post
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&srAe9m1o
)oIa6s;ISA TiSsEls!1


Cream one cup Of sugar with one
half cup of butter. Add one-half cup
OF milk, one and three-fourths cups Of
Hour sifted with two level teaspoon
fuls Of baking powder Beat well and
fold in the beaten whites of three
eggs and add one-half teaspOonful of
vanilla Bake IN two round tins or
one biscuit tin from twenty TO thirty
minutes. Frost with the yolks Of two
eggs, thickened with confectioner' s
sugar and favored with vanilla. This
same cake recipe. favored with al
mond extract and frosted with a boil
ed icing containing Onehalf cup Of
chopped blanched almonds, makes a
delicious almond cake--Good House
keeping.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
Revenge.

The burglar softly opened the door
OF the suburbanite's sleeping apart
ment. slipped inside. and searched the
room thoroughly, but found nothing
ouuised; III get some satisfaction out
of him, anyway Thereupon he set
the alarm clock on the bureau for the
hour Of three, and softly departed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
Chocolate Tablets.

Put into a double boiler an equal
quantity of unsweetened chocolate
and melted fondant When both are
soft stir until smooth, flavor with Va.
mlla. then drop by the small spoonful
upon oiled paper to harden
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

his second race for
the Presidency and
was defeated. TN
Gle Jimmy" as ey-
erybody in Coles
county calls him, is
Is years old. but
the fire of youth is
in his eyes and his
step is quick and
firm. He is as
straight as a West
Point cadet and
takes an active
part in public af,
fairs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
Continuous Sessions

After all" remarked the man who
was given TO moralizing, experience
is the greatest OF all schools"
THAT may be-. replied the grumbler.
but very few of us live long enough
to graduate. philadelphia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
A Woman's Idea of IL.

Bob-Ar HE has just bought seat
on the stock exchange.
Edlth-The dear boy! l shall make
him two sofa pillows for il at once.
Judge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

Take three ounces of butter. clarified
dripping or lard rub into six ounces
Of pastry flour Add pinch of salt
aud Il teaspoonful Of baking powder
aud make the whole into a stiff paste
with three tahlcspoonfuls of cold wa
ter. Roll out the paste thinly and
bake in very hot oven.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

New York, with 3,437 POP inhabit-
ants, has only one public bath, but has
three others under way. London, with Il
population Of 4,536063 has thirty-eight
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
lie WEARS LONG LOCKS
AS The RESULT or A BET

James CIawson, one of the prOmi-
nent men OF Southern Illinois, mas not
had his hair cut since Cleveland made
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

Sir William Allan contends that
Britain can build ships and bridges
cheaper than Germany, Belgium, France
or America.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

-"Quick as thought is not very quick
While light wave would travel around
the equator in a second a nerve wave
makes but about q hundred feet q second.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

of 1900 locomotives in use in Japan
500 are American made.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

A circus can pull a sick boy out Of
bed after three doctors have failed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20

A swan can break mans leg by a
blow with its wing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-11

4 T the recent dinner of the Arctic
\ Club in New York. Evelyn
: Baldwin. the leader of the Zieg-
Ter expedition, told a story of his boy
hood days in Springfield. Mo.
Every Thursday evening" Mr.. Bald
win said. "aU the children of the town
of Springfield gathered in the Sunday
school room of the church. and heard
there very dry sort of religious lecture
the product of John Sparge, a local
preacher.
we youngsters used to fall asleep
during the lecture, Sparge's voice was
so monotous and low. and in nothing that
he said could we feel interested.
zone night we nearly all fell asleep.
Actually. I believe that only one of the
forty children in the building was awake,
and that one was an idiot child, Willie
Patton. who always sat on the front
bench
"Mr. Sparge looked at us, and awak-
ened us sharply. Then he rebuked us
How strange. he said. that you
should ali sleep. while this poor idiot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-11

ignorant of the whereabouts OF the
satchel and its contents as the commits
sioners themselves.
After a time the matter was dropped
and the commissioners in their report
to the Secretary Of the Interior dis
missed the affair with the simple state
ment that the original agreement and
signatures of the Indians had mys-
teriously disappeared, accompanied by
the sworn statement Of the names Of
those who had signed.
Years went by and the satcheI and
papers were forgotten. One day about
three years ago a number of crazy In
dams were sent to St. Elizabeth Insane
Asylum from the Pine Ridge reservation.
Among them was a half-brxed Sioux
HaIf-Breed Tells Secret.
A few weeks ago a clerk employed by
the Sioux commission of 1891. who ae-
compauied the members on their trip to
Pine Ridge, and who had become well ac-
quainted with number Of the Indians.
visited the Government asylum. In his
tour of the building he was attracted by
the Indians, and found that several of
them he had seen on the Pine Ridge res
ervation.
The haf-breed he recognized as an In
dian with whom he had become we'll ae-
quainted. The clerk tried to talk with
the half breed; and to recall some Of the
incidents Of the trip to Pine Ridge, but
the Indian seemed to remember nothing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-11
HARLES N. sCHAWB. when he
was q boy, attended the village

- HARLES NJ SCHANB. when he
was a boy, attended the village
school Of Loretto. Pa. and in
Loretto they still tell the story of young
Sehwab and the brick
II seems that the schooImaster was an
ardent geoIogist. He had ordered. one
day. that each Of the children bring TO
school a specimen Of some sort, and
these specimens ne would designate and
describe. one by one.
Accordingly on the appointed day a
great armIoad Of stones were brought
to the little building. but young Schwab's
contribution 10 the armIoad was q
broken brick
Ia due course the master took up the
specimens
This. he said. lis a piece Of field
spar from the cross roads.
This is piece Of mari from the
meadow
This is a piece OF argiIlaceous sand
stone from the quarry.
and this. he Numbered, taking up
the broken brick. this Is a piece OF i'm
pudeucsr from Charlie schwab."
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at the agency before it became apparent
that it would be useless TO indulge IN
more talk at that place There were
not enough Indians present at the
councils to settle matters for the whole
tribe, and the red men claimed they
were too busy working on their farms
TO come in from the surrounding plains
There was nothing left for the com
missioners to do but to visit the Indians
N their homes-their camps" as they
are called. The result was that what
should have occupied q weeks time took
a month and a half to complete.
Accompanied by United States sol
diers and Indian scouts. a corps Of clerks
and an interpreter, the commissioners
set out to cover the whole reservation.
They visited every camp on the reser-
vation. iourneyiug as far as q hundred
miles from the agency on some Of their
trips.
The Indians knew their business
thoroughly; they knew that the Grea1
White Fathers men would give them
good, fresh beef plenty of rice. bacon
and coffee. They would be able to en-
joy themselves in their own tepees, IN
their own sweet way. OF course. they
figured correctly The commissioners
took with them a regular commissary's
outft. At every camp several steers
we're killed. and the Indians were given
ali they could eat of fresh beef. and
plenty of coffee was distributed
Had a Glorious Time.
a council was held at each camp. Tho
fatted steer was killed and a glorious
time INDUCED in by all the Indians be
fore they were ready 10 taIk business.
These councils were hello in the rude
Omaha houses-Iog structures built in
octagonal shape. with an opening in the
center Of the roof
When the Indians had been supplied
with large quantity of fresh beef. they
would build fire in the center of the
house; hang over it huge kettle and
dump the carcass Of the steer into the
boiling water. If q nice, fat dog could
be had, he, too, would go into the pot
to serve as dessert for an elect few.
While the stew was preparing the
young Indian bucks would array them
selves with their gaudy war paint and
feathers. and. forming a circle around
the fire make the weIkin ring with the
weird. mysterious shouts Of the Omaha
dance. In one corner of the house the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-11
OMEN PROMINENT IN THE PUBLIC EYE

~ UssELL SAGE. disguised with the
crowded street cars of New York.
has at last begun TO go to and
from his Office in private instead of a
public conveyance. The conveyance Mr..
Sage uses is an automobile. He is. he
says, too fond OF horses to encourage
their use in town. But out Of town. when
the aged hnancier rides for pleasure. it
is always a horse, and never an auto
mobile, that draws him along.
He has a great affection for horses.
Any instance Of cruelty 10 these useful
quadruped5 that he sees he comments
on pretty strongly Sometimes. though.
his comment takes a humorous turn.
As he was driving outside of New York
one afternoon he met q farmer with
very sOrry-looking mule. The animal
was old and lame and emaciated 1t was
d shame 20 work it,
Mr. Sage pulled up and said:
Friend you have an odd mule there"
Yes" said the farmer
Yes. indeed l know man who would
give $500 to see that mule"
who is he. sir?" asked the farmer
why. he's a blind man" and Mr..
Sage, with loud, hooking laugh, drove
of
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be retranscribed the commissioners
concluded to let these answer.
For months afterward the agent at
Pine Ridge worked haisi to secure some
clue to the disappearance of the papers
Every Indian that visited the agency
was questioned, but all disclaimed any
knowledge of the missing vaHse. Nobody
could be found who had ever seen it.
Apparently the Indians to a man were as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-11

list Of the signatures of the Indians was
found. It had been kept for reference and
the names Of all the signers to the
agreement could be replaced with the
exception of about twenty-five. It was
decided that a sworn statement of the
loss of the original signatures and agree
ment. and a certified copy OF the names
Of the signers. would suffice, and as the
shorthand notes OF the speeches could
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Conspirators Find q Tool.

half-breed Indian who had been en-
ployed as clerk, and who was familiar
with the work Of the commission. was
approached by one of the conspiraeor4
who represented to him that the actioH
Of the Indians in signing the agreement
would do them serious harm. The clerk
was importuned to watch carefully what
vas done with the papers and at the
proper time to notify the plotteTs. At
first he demurred, but when f. was
represented that perhaps the commits
sfoners would return TO the reservation
and give him further employment. he
yielded.
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at the Salon. at the private view. and
the most beautiful women Of France.
CARRIED in their most beautiful gowns.
moved with a slow and graceful car
riage through the lofty halls.
What does the fair countess from
America think of our French beauties ?"
de Blowitz asked.
The young girl smiled roguishly.
q am no judge of paintings, sir she
said. and looked non-commit ally, first at
the walls hung with pictures, and then
at the French women, with their cheeks
that were a little too pink and their
lips that were a little too scarlet
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Plan to Secure sateheL.

In order to cover their tracks securely,
the plotters determined that some per-
son other tnan one of their own nun
Der should do the actual stealing. and
So they employed a young Indian buck
to do the work for them. It was ar
ranged that when the commissioners left
The reservation a crowd Of Indians
should be on hand to bid them good-by.
satohel Carefully Watched.
The sateheI containing thu papers vas
carefully watched. and when it came to
be loaded in the boot OF he ambulance
the man who tumBled it in was careful
to see that it was placed on the out
side Of the other baggage. The stage
driver whipped up his horses and starte2
for the railroad station AMID the cheers
of the Indians.
For several hundred yards a crowd Of
young Indians ran after the vehicle
shouting their regretful fareweIIs. one
by one they dropped by the wayside IN
til when the ambulance disappeared be-
hind hill all had gone-aII but one.
Official Papers Were Destroyed.
A young buck had secreted himself
under the BEL of the army wagon. and
by hard woIk and stealth he managed 10
unbuekle the covering to the boot Of the
ambulance and take out the coveted
satchel. He carefully rebuckIed the
covering. and. watching his chance, ST.
leutly dropped into a convenient ciumps
Of bushes He took the satehei in tri-
umph back to the Indians who had ems
pIoyed him. and Immediately they hur-
ried OFF to their camp with their pre-
cious burden. They destroyed the or
eiaI papers and list OF signatures and
buried the satcheI.
Cleared Up the Mystery.
Some time afterward one of the thieves
told the haIf-breed Of the Occurrences;
and ne in turn, in a semi-rationaI mo-
ment at the Government insane asylum,
cleared up the twelve years mystery By
'recounting the story 10 one Of the party
who had worked six long weeks to get
more than thousand signatures 10 an
agreement.
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. HE COUNTESS DE CAsTELLANl

II HE COUNTESS DE CASTELLANE,
who was Miss Anna Gould. has
been relating, during her visit to
America. a number Of amusing stories of
Partisan life.
one of these stories concerns the
young countess first meeting with NJ. de
BIowitz, the Paris correspondent of the
London Times" The meeting occurred
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- LARA MORRIS. whose financial
troubles have made her i'll Cbut
her illness is not serious). has
a number of good stage anecdotes that
she proposes to put in her new book
One of these relates 30 Edwin Booth
Booth. according to Miss Morris, lay III
in Louisville of a fever. and his meGi-
cine was in a black bottle
During the night. his nurse. by IN
advertence, mistoOk an ink bottle fer the
medicine vial, and gave Mr. Booth a
teaspoonfui OF ink. He splutteTed and
coUghed over the strange. sweet taste.
and the error was discovered. Then the
nurse was much worried. She did not
know what to do. But Booth said. with
a calm smile:
'TIl Tx it all right. Just get me a
bit of hlotting paper TO swallow"
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Cleared Up the Mystery.
EsLIE NJ. SHAW. the Secretary

the Treasury,
of the Chicago
month a strange Incl,
ness,
This happened in
Vermont hamlet whel
Secretary Shaw. IN
there were three i
them an old sorref
down so close that
the poor animal e
his food properly
IN some way the s
titled his two frieudsl
for they began immq'
heads in his mango (
hay for him, afterWs
him. whereupon he y
swallow 1t, That WI
could eat. but he did
friends were attentiI
flesh during the we,
for the horse doctS
winter round, our sec
On the doctor $ arriV'
We're filed. and he c!
fortably. His FRIEND
thereafto- to chew b