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A DAISY PILLOW.

made as follows: With the yellow
silk make one-half circle, and work
petals around the outer edge, as d.
rected above.
To make a side vein, showing the
under side Of flower, make q quarter
circle with the green silk, and work
petals around the edge as before d.
rected. II you wish to vary the
length of the petals you may do so
by making some OF the chains short
er than others. For the leaves, work
4 Oh with the green silk, In the
first oh; turn and make 2 C in the
last st Of the round Just made. Work
2 SITS In the next SITS Of the last
round; turn, make 2 d In last st OF
last round, d C in next 8 SITS; turn
and repeat for next row. Now mar
row 1 st in each round till there are
but 2 sts1eft. Insert the hook In both
SITS, and draw the silk through both
SITS; this points the end Of Leaf. Vary
the size Of leaves by making more or
less SITS at the beginning, widening
and narrowing as directed for first
leaf. Sew the flowers and leaves on
the pillow as shown in accompanying
illustration and draw with lead pencil
the stems. Outline stems with the
green silk. It Is q good idea to but
tonhoIe the leaves and flowers onto
the denim. When this side. is com
pleted cut another circle Of denim the
same size, for back. Around the
edge you may use q cord, q RUNE OF
ribbon or q rune Of the denim with a
herring bone stitch around edge OF
RUNE. This Is also very pretty made
with yellow daisies with brown CEN
ters on brown linen.
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BLACKS MORE coNsUMPTIVE
Increase Of Disease Among Negroes
Since Emancipation Is Be
coming Noticeable.

According to DR.. Thomas ]. Mays,
Of Philadelphia, pulmonary consump-
ton was comparatively unknown
among the plantation slaves of the
south before the war, while in the
large cities OF the south it was no
more prevalent among them than 1t
was among the whites. In Charleston,
s. c., the negro death rate OF con-
sumption in 1860 was the same az
among the whites-viz, LIS; in 1876,
whites 200, negroes SOS; in 1890.
whites 355, negroes $50; in 1902,
whites LAB, negroes STA Before the
civil war insanity, like consumption,
was comparatively rare among the ne
gro slaves. According to DR.. T. o.
Powell this disease increased los per
cent, among these people from 1870 to
1890 in Georgia The same is- true OF
North Carolina, for DR.. ]. F. Miller,
superintendent of the eastern insane
hospital of that state, declares that
from 1885 to 1896 insanity increased
256 per cent among the colored people
in that state. The conclusion of DR..
Mays, which was presented to a recent
medical congress, was that slaves as
property we've better cared for than
free negroes care for themselves. As
to the future, campaign Of educa-
ton" II suggested.
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POSTWAR FOR EACH TONGUE
Cosmopolitan Letter Carriers Are Now
Employed by. Authorities Of
Singapore.

It Is In Singapore where the British
post Office authorities employ letter
carriers for each language. In that
city there are so many different races
who receive correspondence addressed
In their own native language that
proper delivery is extremely difieult
in several districts 1t has been found
necessary to send the pOstmen upon
their rounds in sets Of three. One Of
these, q Malay, In charge Of all pack
cts for Europeans, Jews, Armenians,
Malays, Arabs, Parsees and Japanese,
which are presumably addressed in
European script or In writing akin to
1t. The second Of the tro Is q China
man, who deals with correspondence
bearing Geographic characters, while
the third Is q Tamil, who delivers let
tsrs addressed In the writing Of his
own race, as well as any In Telegu
and southern Indian writing. These
cosmopolitan postmen have, OF course,
often to consult each other a. they de-
liver the mails, but sometimes even
their varied linguistic attainments
have to be supplanted by q Sikh who
understands Hindostani, Persian and
the characters Of northern India
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ROMANCE OF sUMATRA LEAF
Many Little Episodes Are Attached
to This Unique Tobacco
Plant.

The story Of Sumatra leaf tobacco,
as grown under cheese-cloth in Con-
necticut, IL one Of the romantic cpl
sodes Of agriculture, says q writer in
Country Life In America A Florida
fruit grower had some tobacco plants
that got into his pineapple shed by &C
cident, and he noticed that they were
taller and OF finer texture, under the
lath shade. The bureau of soils, while
surveying the Connecticut valley.
found q soil that was practically the
same a. that Of Sumatra, on which
the famous tobacco Is grown (The
bureau has samples Of soil from al
most every important agricultural re-
gion Of the worldly The government
got an expert to start an industry,
and the first two years some Of the
growers made over 100 per cent profit.
The industry, as q whole, Is success
full. A large company with plenty Of
capital II necessary, for 1t costs
$3.50 to cover and grow an acre Of
this tobacco. The growers receive
from s1-2o to $3.50 per pound for the
product. The imported article brings
$3.50 to 50, and we have been i'm
porting about s6.0Oo.O 900 worth q year.
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WOMAN'S CORNER
A PRETTY DAISY PILLOW.
Crochet Work Employed for This
Novel Pillow, Which Can
Easily Be Made.

ANY little girl who is able to crochet
can easily make this pretty gift for
mother, says the Boston Globe. First
draw two circles any size you wish
Us inches in diameter is a good siZe)
on paper. Cut out circle and lay on
square of sage green denim (1Sx1s
inches), and cut the denim into .
circle the exact size Of the paper
circle. Then buy one spool Of white
silk finished cotton, one spool Of dark
green Cfor the leayes), and one spool
Of yellow. Crochet the daisies and
leaves according to the following d.
rections:
For the daisies make four chain,
using the yellow silk-fnished cotton.
In the first Oh, make as many s C
as are required to make a perfect
circle. Break the silk and tie in the
white; Oh 10. work back 10 in
the ch Just made, and fasten down
with 81 St Pass to next st Of center,
and repeat from .; repeat all around.
The flowers seen from the side are
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but found that there we're demands upon
his time that compelled him to indef-
nitely postpone the rest he contem-
plated. He then arranged to take a
hunting trip as a diversion and dream
Of a few weeks quail and deer shooting
in Virginia. The republican leaders,
however, had other plans such as jubilee
dinners and meetings at which he was
expected to be present. AS national
chairman he could not decline these en-
treatments, and again his programme
Of rest was interfered with.
Mr.. Cortelyou takes everything philo-
sophically, and lives on the hope Of some
time getting away from political wor-
ries and really enjoying period Of rest.
Such an experience will be rather odd
for him, as since 1897, when he became
assistant secretary to President McKin-
ley, and a year later secretary, he has
had very little opportunity Of enjoying
the recreation and rest which ordinary
mortals account as necessary. He has
been in the habit of devoting from 16
to Is hours every day to his work. That
application did not seem to have any
effect upon him, for he would show up
at the white house at nine O'Clock in the
morning as fresh and energetic as
though he had retired at nine in the
evening, instead Of two hours after mid
night. The long strain. however, is tell
ing even on Mr.. Cortelyou, and the ire
mendous work he performed during the
late campaign has added five or ten
years to his age.
II Chairman Cortelyou can get away
he will either go to the West Indies or
Europe, and remain there until the 4th
of March. He will then enter Presi-
dent Roosevelt's cabinet as postmaster
general. II he desires to indulge his ap-
petite for work. he will not be disap-
pointed in that position. OF all the
heads Of departments In Washington
the postmaster general is the busiest
and, II so inclined, can put In more hours
of work than any Of his colleagues
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nexL congress- but tie yacanev M ,ns
ne9o OF the judiciary. Commits caus.S
= ne death Of Senator Hoar Vim b.
LIE, , oy the designation Of Senator Or.
WE h Piatt. Of Connecticut M
IiHu mas Tor many years been the rank
ING member next to the chairman On
ne committee. and his preemineut
Nnauneators for the ehairmapshin "a
recognized by everyone BE \, one Of
me sonc, conservative ana able states
men whose record Is absolutely clear and
~ tne highest grade. He a not one of
me orators cf the senate, and does not
trouble that body with many lengthy
speeches When he does make An al.
oress' II Is fun Of meat and not q lawyer
m the body leaves the chamber during
Its delivery.
MI. Plat Il known Internationally m
the author Of the PLAT Amendment"
which has been Incorporated In the or
ganie law Of the republic of Cuba and
which, virtually gives the United States
protectorate over the island. II per
mlts the United States to prevent Cuba
nom sWamping herself in debt ana pre-
vents her forming an alliance with any
other foreign power. The Connecticut
senator has been chairman Of the COM
mittee on Cuban relations. but as most
OF the important legislation concerning
the relations between this country and
Cuoa has been accomplished, the posi-
QOn OF Chairman If the nornr,Ittao -,
the judiciary will be more commensurate
with his ability and experience.
senator Plat is a typical New Eng
lander, tall, angular and cold on the ex-
terror. He is q warm-hearted gentle
man, however, to those who have pene-
trated his New England reserve. He
is fisherman and hunter Of note, and
has a lodge in the Adirondacks to which
ne retires every year to indulge in his
faVortte recreation and rest from the
grind Of senatorial duties
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now the property OF the Unlteo States
1.tIonaI museum in this city. At the
i.st session Of congress resolution was
a6outed to print facsimile Of this in
Testing book for the use Of congress.
Tbe interchangeable process was
nsad and 5000 copies Of the book, as
nrenared By Mr.. Jefferson. were printed,
4 600 for the use Of the senate and SOU
for the use Of the house.
The volume Is an exact facsimile Of
,he one found In Jenerson's library and
- bound in full red leather. It contains
tvo manuscript leaves in the handWrit-
ing Of Jefferson. and the title page In
That statemau's own handwriting which
rsaSs: 'sThe Life and Morals Of Jesus
- Nazareth. extracted textually from
-. GoUpel In Greek, Latin, French and
Enelish." The compilation consists OF
narsIlel columns Of extracts from the
GoSnels In the original Greek. the Latin,
the French and English There are no
comments, ana the book Is Of use only 70
49, versed In these languages II u
eenaraIly valued, however, a. remark-
shis curiosity, and the demand for 1t y
something unprecedented In the history
Of eoysrnment documenh
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permits supreme justice to retire when
he reaches the age of 20 or when he has
served 20 years. Chief Justice Fuller
will be Y years of age next February.
He was appointed chief justice in April.
1888, and although he has not served
20 years, he is still eligible for retire
ment on account of age. 1t is under
stood that the chief Justice has not been
in the most robust health and is think
ing Of giving up the arduous work Of his
position.
Associate Justice John Marshall Har-
Ian is another member Of the supreme
bench who is eligible for retirement,
both for age and for length Of service.
He was II years of age last June. and
took his seat on, the supreme bench in
December, 1877. He will have COM
pleted q years as a supreme court
Justice on the 10th Of December. He
has been one of the strongest men phys
ically Of all the justices, but is now be
ginning to show his age. He has been
an exceptionally hard-working member
Of the bench, and is still fnsistent on do
ing his full share of the duties Of the
court. He has led an active outdoor life,
which accounts for his fine physical con-
dition, and still at his advanced age Is
one Of the most enthusiastic golf play
ers at the national capital There has
been considerable talk Of his retiring
but unless advancing years should tell
on him more rapidly than they have. he
may remain to complete 80 years Of
service.
The next one Of the associate justices
who can retire for age in the near fu-
ture Is Justice Brown, who VIII be 40
years Of age on March 2. 1906. He has
been on the supreme bench for IA years.
Then comes Justice Brewer, who wiz
reach the age Of 20 in June, 1907. Hewas
commissioned an associate justice in De-
eember, 1889, and has Is years to his
credit. Associate Justice Peckham was
appointed in 1895, and win reach the age
Of 70 In November, 1908. The other
members Of the court are comparatively
young men. Justice McKenna Is 81,
Justice White So, Justice Holmes s. and
Justice Day s..
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COUNTRY GIRL COSMETICS
Right at Hand, the Country Girl Has
Materials for Beauty
Lotions.

The girl living on farm has so many
materials at hand with which to make
acceptable gifts to city friends, and not
the least Of these are the ingredients for
harmless but helpful cosmetics. And,
by the way, asks the Pilgrim, did you
know that word cosmetic was derived
from a Greek term signifying skilled in
the art Of decoration or ornament?
From the first, rhubarb sprouts and let
tuce leaves on through spinach (for col
oring creams and Iotions), strawberries,
cucumbers, watermelons and ounce,
with honey and milk and nuts, the girl
on the farm has the best and purest
materials to choose from and work with.
An expensive Italian cream is made
from the ground green seeds Of cucum-
bers, melons and pumpkins made into
-four whikh is slightly perfumed and
made into a paste with sweet cream.
The basis of nearly all washes for
chapped hands is ounce seeds, so one
can make their own at slight expense by
adding extract Of witch hazel to the
emulsion. With care the girl living on
a farm should have the proverbial rose
leaf or peaches and cream complexion
until she is at least rs years Of age. The
Juice of cucumbers enters largely into
the preparation Of many face creams and
watermelon juice is famous southern
face wash. Tomato juice is fine for an
oily, greasy skin and the acid Of straw
berries rivals that OF lemons as bleach
ing agent. The basis of the most salts
factory cream is clarified mutton tallow,
which, made creamy with almond oil.
sweet with your fayorite perfume and
colored with the juices Of lettuce, spin
ach, rose petals or currants, win give
both beauty and pleasure to the re-
cipient Try out mutton suet IN adou-
BILE boiler just as lard is rendered, and
when 1t Is cold use the top portion, melt
ing 1t In q bowl set in hot water, strain
through q hair sieve, then through
cheese cloth, and heat in the almond
oil or other ingredients while still
creamy. The addition Of one dram Of
tincture OF benzoin or one-half a dram
Of salicylic acid will prevent the emul-
sion from becoming rancid.
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JAP WROTE POEM IN BLOOD
Handkerchief Found on Person OF
Dead Islander Contains Verse
Telling Loyalty.

On my way to the rear, after the
battle of Nanshan, writes a japanese
officer, In Leslie's Monthly, came
suddenly upon q couple Of soldiers
with a lantern. They were about to
take the lifeIess body Of one Of our
officers from the hostile trench The
uncertain light of the lantern fell upon
the pallid face of the lifeless officer
covered with blood; in the dead man
I recognized one Of my own friends.
Thrusting my arm under his head,
took him in my arms. Tied around his
brow was a piece Of cloth, a towel,
perhaps a handkerchief. 1t was
stained with blood from the fountain
that a Russian bullet had opened at
his temple. l united thespiece of cloth
around his head. In the light Of the
lantern which the soldier held always
beside me saw the round sun Of our
imperial standard. 1t was not a towel,
then, not a handkerchief. Beside the
sun of our national flag. in spite Of
blood stains, saw something on this
flag that made me frown. made out
two lines of writing upon 1t, evident
Iy a classic eouplet The rusty red Of
the letters told me that It was writ
ten In blood. In spite Of the blood
stains / managed to make out the fol-
lowing couplet:
Forever shall We guard the august
standard of our sovereign prince,
Even though these, our lives Of earth.
should vanish with the dews of
the morrow"
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Care Of the Hands.

When washing the hands always pso
q pure soap containing no free alkal
and rinse the soap thoroughly away.
Chapped hands are common to indi-
viduals with poorly circulating blood.
and also to those who frequently i'm
merse their hands in either hot Or cold
water. This cosmetic jelly should be
used frequently as q preventive OF q
rough, sensitive surface. Thirty grains
Of gum tragacanth, seven ounces Of rose
water. one-half ounce Of glycerin, one
half ounce Of alcohol, one teaspoonful
Of pure borax and two drops Of oil Of
rose. Let the tragacanth stand in the
rose water for three days. strain and
add other ingredients. This makes Q
delightfully."- lovely clear Jelly. which
dries Immediately upon application and
which never leaves the skin oily. 1t
can be used on face or hands.
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INGENUITY TEST OF MIND.
Inventive Ability, Says Professor
Thomas, Il . Sure Sign Of
Mental Soundness.

Another test Of mental ability which
deserves special notice Is mechanical
ingenuity, says Prof. W. L Thomas,
In the Forum Our white preemi-
nence owes much to this faculty, and
the lower races are reckoned de-
fective In It. But the lower races do
invent, and II IL doubtful whether one
invention Is ever much more difacult
than another. On the psychological
side, an invention means that the
mind sees q roundabout way OF
reaching an end when It cannot be
reached directly. II brings into play
the associated memory and involves
the recognition Of analogy. There u
q certain likeness between the flying
back Of q bough in ones face and the
rebound Of a bow, between q serpents
tooth and q poisoned arrow, between
floating timber and q raft or boat;
and water, steam and electricity are
like q horse in one respectively will
all make wheels go around, and DO
work. Now, the savage had this
faculty of seeing analogies and doing
things in indirect ways. With the
club, knife and sword he struck more
effectively than with the fist; with
hooks, traps, nets and pitfalls he
understood how 30 seize game more
surely than with the hands; in the
bow and arrow, spear, blow gun and
spring trap he devised motion swift
er than that of his own body; he pro-
tected himself with armor from the
hides and scales Of animals and
turned their venom back on them
selves. That the savage should have
originated the inventive process and
carried it on Systematically is indeed
more wonderful than that his civilized
successors should continue the proc
ess; for every beginning is difficult
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HIGH TRAINING NOT HEALTH
Athletics Beneficial Only When APP
piled Properly and Judiei~aa-
", Says PhysieiAa.

After an exhaustive examination %
the case for and against athletics, DR..
Robert e. COughlin, Of Brooklyn, N. Y,
comes to the following conclusions:
The prime object in athletics Ii i'm
pFoVement Of the general health. Each
writer has said that health, like hAppi-
ness, does not exist. Each has q goal
or limit which. while seemingly attain
able. eludes perfect possession. The
body consists Of q number Of mechan-
isms which have the closest and most
exact relations, and as they approximate
to harmony there Is health, but when
disordered there is Ill health. To OBJ
tain good health muscle-building Is not
q necessity. One cannot judge Of per-
sons health by the size and hardness Of
the muscles. We have seen that the
converse may be true. To obtain health
one must not be in perfectly trained
condition, owing to the effects Of severeI
training on the nervous system. There
is no evidence to prove that athletics
and muscle-building improve the con-
stitution. One SHOULD always keep IN
mind the fact that built-up or hypertro-
phied muscle has a tendency to degen-l
crate. The heart being a muscular organ
shares in this tendency. Although the
evidence for and against athletics is
contradictory, the whole subject may be
summed up by saying that athletics are
beneficial when properly and judiciOus-
ly applied, and highly injurious whenl
the precautions above mentioned are
ignored or carelessly regarded"
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NONEL CHINA F1ECE.
china cement, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. This will fasten together the
edges of the broken china until the
plate or other piece looks as good as
now. However, 1t would not do to
use It as IL II had never been broken,
for q very little use would smash 1t
altogether, but for ornamental pur-
poses II Is all right
Cut from any old magazine the
prettiest figure you can ind. II must
be q silhouette figure; that Il, full
profile. You viii find q large variety,
especially In the advertising pages
Paste several Of these figures lightly
all over the bottom Of the plate, or
II the object broken be q pitcher or
cup, all over the outside surface. Now
paint over the whole thing, pictures
and all, with your paint putting on
q good, thick coat
Before the paint Is dry, loosen with
n pin the edges of the figures you
have pasted on the china Now strip
them all on, being very careful not to
smudge the edges OF course, there
win be no paint on the china where It
was covered by the picture, and the
outline of the picture viii show in
white again its surrounding back
ground Of paint
The plate, thus prepared, win make
n very dainty and attractive orns-
uent, and you viii find It lots Of fun
making this novel use Of old bits OF
chino
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HOW TO USE OLD CHINA.
A Novel Way to Change Broken Bits
Into q Decorative
Piece

The next time anyone in your fam
fly breaks a piece Of china do not
throw away the pieces, but save them
carefully. II the piece broken should
be q large plate, it will be especially
valuable to you, although anything Of
the sort will be OF use.
II you have no paints Of your own,
wait until the family have some paint
ing done about the house Then get
q little Of the paint and a small
brush.
For I'VE cents you can buy at any
grocery store q small package Of
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Had His Own Burial Place.

The family Of q member Of parlia-
ment from Yorkshire has . private
graveyard, and has had It for several
generations. The founder Of It was q
quaker, and the rector Of the parish
In which he lives said to him after .
dispute on religious matters: well. II
you don't come to church when you
are alive you will when you are
dead. But the quaker thought other
wise and founded the burial place.
which Il used to this day. 800
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costlisr Than Champagns.

Although champagne Is called the
wealthy water" there are few hotels
In the country where one can pay
more than four dollars q quart for 1t,
while, on the other hand, there are
hundreds Of places where Burgun-
dy Is sold as high as $35 g. quart.
At one hotel the menu advertises q
special brand Of this fne wine for
SIS a bottle. There are any number
of Rhine wines which cost above eight
dollars, and there Is . big demand for
them. Champagne does not improve
with age as the other wines do, and
this probably accounts for the differ
enca.
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10 scar under Red IdRht.

As q result Of experiments made In
some Of the hospitals In Paris. It r.
stated that vaccination performed under
q red light leaves no scar and causes less
pain. The patient II vaecinated In .
room where the only Hight = IN l1~
eandssesnt lamp with red gioba.
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Cortelyou In Demand.

ATIONAL Chair
man c ortelyou
is now paying the
penalty Of great
ness. After several
months of close ap-
plication and ardu-
Gus work he be-
lieved himself en-
titled to a vaca-
ton. He laid his
plans for an imme-
date trip abroad,