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"A JAPANESE .TEA-DRINKiNc.
New Form of Afternoon Entertain
ment for Ladies Which Is Be-
coming Quite Popular. IT,

The war in the east has introduced .
new fashion in serving afternoon tea.
The pretty five o'clock function is now
arranged not on the American or the
European, but strictly on the Japanese
plan. :.
In some cases. says the St. Paul Globe,
the hostess pursues the idea so far as
to adopt Nine. Chrysantheme's costume
and receives her friends seated on q
cushion. However, it is in no way neces-
sary to success in the entertainment.
which can be made altogether charm
ing by simply arranging the little table
or tray in cherry blossom style.
Instead of cloth, to be truly Japanese
you must use covering of crinkly tissue
paper-white, pink or tinted, according
to fancy. Well chosen, this paper fur
nishes a good background for anything
placed upon it.
It is sometimes possible to secure
plates of pressed paper, in blue and
white designs, which are just the thing
for the purpose Failing these, Japan
csc blue and white china can be secured.
If there is no objection to a little addi-
tional expense, the wee blue and white
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CRIB SHAPED FOR SEAT.

thin that the white almost showed
through-was applied.
The hinged side was removed and
firmly fastened to the back, making that
the height of the ends. The legs were
then sawed of, to make it convenient
distance from the floor to use as a
seat.
A quantity of harlan old hair mat
tress, in fact-made box cushion for it,
looking exceedingly we'll covered with q
green burlap having large, sprawling
pink rose upon it. With long darning-
needle and some pink floss the cushion
was tucked in squares, the ends being
tied tightly before cutting.
Next was made q very thick pao the
width Of the sides and ends of the crib
and just long enough to upholster them
neatly. This was also covered with the
green burlap, tackled firmly to the top
and bottom, and finished with up
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md dropped on his knees beside the quiet


figure. -..,...
"Oh," she said, and she showed 10 sur
prise; 81 knew that you would come.
never meant to come here to your home,
but had to-I couldn't endure it. Don't
leave him again. He needs you-the
poor baby. His grandmother doesn't un-
derstand him, and then" with little
unmirthful laugh, "she can't forgive him
that he's mine. Do you remember how
fretted that she would never recognize
me-never meet daughter of the PEG.
ple-and because of that l have been
able to come here and snatch him from
death for you. Life's too big for us to
understand, isn't it," She smiled visit
fully. ROB-" she said, softly, 81 know
now that did wrong-that it was who
was in the wrong"
The mans face suddenly became as a
mask of stone, its lines fixed and rigid.
The woman shrank from him. "You
doubt me. STILL" she cried. II want
nothing from you'll loathe the money
you have wanted me to use, but you shall
believe in me. You SHALL" looking into
his unyielding eyes. Il did wrong" she
said again. 81 think you would have let
me explain, but was too hurt to want to
explain. was young and foolish and
intolerant, and so slipped away; it was
an act of guilt, wasn't it? You thought
it guilt, and covered my going to save
the good old name. don't know how
ever did tit tore my heart strings,
the going"
Fletcher leaned nearer and nearer, his
hot eyes upon her fre-lit face, searching
it, piercing through 1t to what lay be-
yond.
The fires soft queru1eusness and the
child's breathing were the only sounds
in the quiet room as his eyes held hers.
"You believe" she cried, breatblessly;
'you don't understand even yet, but
you believe in me-"
II believe" he said, solemnly.
"And have suffered so! It was such q
trifle to bring such bitterness and sor-
row. don't know why I didn't make
you listen to the truth that night; don't
know why stole away like thief. I
was such child, Rob, and was bewil-
dered. wanted to die. Your scorn cut
like lash; your doubt-Rob, Rob-" she
cried, don't you know yet? 1t was all
make-believe. It. was aplay I was re-
hearsing with him-none of the others
could take the part-don't you remem-
Der my talent for the stage-and your
doubt of NE"
But Fletcher had drawn her into the
shelter of his arms.
The child stirred, woke, sat up and
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Salt as q Home Remedy.

Salt serves admirably when it is de-
sired to apply either dry or moist heat
for a considerable time. The virtue
of an ordinary poultice is due to moist
heat. Now, the great drawback 10
such a poultice is that it soon gets
cold. If we place over it a bag of very
hot, dry salt the poultice will retain
its heat for hours, provided the par:
be well covered. A flannel bag will
suffice. The salt should be heated on
a plate placed in the oven or on a
stove. More warmth will be quite USE
less; the heat should be too great for
the hand TO bear. Between the poul-
tice and the salt bag layer of flannel
should be placed. Another way of
using the salt bag is to let the fierce
heat pass away, and to apply the bag.
without any poultice, over a layer of
flannel.
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JUNE BUG AND MAN.

The June bug is joyous thing;
. How glad it is at night,
When every fiutter of each wing
Seems telling its delight!
1t ICONS about from place to place
Upon its happy trip,
Until against wall its face
Goes with a sounding "Bip"
We trace its progress by its bumps
As we'll as by its whizz.
How often some one quickly jumps
And cries: "Hark! There it is!'
And then we hear its "b-z-z.z um-m-m
bum-m.''
And mark its rise and dip
Until misfortune stills its hum
1t strikes the wall with "Bip!''
Vain man is like this bug of June
Which bips against the wall;
He may fly high but pretty soon
He's sure to have a fall.
IT'S pessimistic so to write,
But fate is sure to nip
The man some luckless day or night
He'll hit the wall with "Bip!'
How idle. then, the pride of man!
He does not know there are
About him. built with cunning plan,
The walls wherein he'll jar
He does not know-and so he scoots
Until he's lost his grip,
And then the crowd that's watching boots
An echo to his 'Bip!'
But, this the June bug teaches up
This lesson for all men:
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UNIQUE COZY-CORNER SEAT
Ingenious Housekeeper Tells How She
Made Use Of the Crib No Longer
Needed by Baby.

My baby had outgrown his crib, and
! neat iron bed had been substituted.
Then came the question: What shall be
done with the crib? Part with it? No,
indeed! It had become endeared to me,
and as there was no attic in which to
store it, it was necessary to utilize it
In some manner in our living-rooms.
The crib was of the ordinary variety,
with high ends and low sides. the foot
side being hinged on. 1t had long been
enameled white, but to make it look less
like a crib, a can of forest-green enamel
paint was bought, and thin coat-so
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NO DOCKING IN THE ARMY.
Order Of the Secretary Of War Pro-
hibits Clipping of Horses
Names and Tails.

It is q comparatively small matter
and yet we are unwilling to omit at
least a passing mention of a humane
order which was issued in last August
by the secretary Of war to forbid the
docking or banging Of horses tails. The
order was as follows:
"Any alteration in the length or shape
of the tails, names, or forelocks of pub
lie horses by docking. banging or clip
ping is hereby prohibited, and only such
reasonable trimming and plucking as
may be necessary to prevent shagginess
of appearance will be permitted"
On this order it gives us pleasure, says
Our Animal Friends. to quote the fol-
lowing observation by the. editor of the
New York Tribune:
Secretary Roots order forbidding the
docking or banging of horses tails will
be welcomed by every true friend of the
long-suffering brute creation. 1t IS in
line with the humane policy toward
dumb animals which the public is grad
ually coming to insist on, both as NOR
al and as legal duty. 1t lends the
weight of the governments sanction to
the crusade for more enlightened and
indulgent treatment of mans four
footed friends and allies. It will serve
to check an abuse We owe to the heart
lessness of fashion and to our mistaken
eagerness to initiate foreign standard
of equine smartness. Condoned for a
time, it has fallen under the ban Of To-
cal law in many American towns and
cities, and we look with hopefulness to
the time when even fashion will come
to discard it as valueless and degrad-
ing humiliation,
1--WE do not think that docking has
ever been a prevalent custom in the mil
itary service. On the contrary, the
United States cavalr~ has rather prided
itself on treating that brutal surgery as
an affectation both foppish and unsol-
dierly. But the war departments order
puts the seal of official condemnation
on the practice wherever and wherever
followed in the military establishment.
We hope that the influence of the ex-
ample thus set will not be lost on owners
of horses who still permit docking as a
concession to false ideas of equine fash
ion."
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looked at Fletcher with big, wondering
eyes. Daddy" he said, uncertainty;
"daddy."
Fletcher kissed him. a sudden mist be-
fore his eyes,.
The wan little arm stole about his
throat, the other was about the neck Of
the hospital nurse. kiss muddie," he
commanded.
The mans lips closed on the woman's
trembling mouth.
When the fire flared up again Fletcher
was saying: "And to think the little
chap remembered that old trick of maxi
ing us kiss each other, Martha. Why, it's
BEEN" ""
"An eternity, as hearts count. He's a
baby STILL" she said, and it has been two
years-doesn't it take them long time
to lose their baby ways" she smiled at
him with the old smile brim full of love
and trust.
Martha, Martha" hoarsely, what
If you hadn't become a nurse? What
if you hadn't come to our boy?"
'How futile" she said. meant to
leave before you came, and you would
never have mounted those steps if you
had known that was at the end of the
journey, and so things were taken out
of our hands,
"It was destiny" Fletcher said.
"Oh, no.. gently, mot fate; just
Gods planning"
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RENOVATING A STRAW HAT.
It's Easily Done and Usually with Re-
suits Pleasing to the Eco
uomical Owner.

There is nothing to prevent every girl
from having stylish and becoming hat'
if she has an old straw hat and any loea
at all of trimming, as nearly affirming
used in millinery can be cleaned anu
freshened, and any good straw nat can
be brought up to date by changing the
color or by altering the shape OF sty4e
of trimming.
The popularity of the fancy stra"
braids helps out wonderfully IN trans-
forming an old hat, as one or two rows
of the braid sewed to narrow orlH
may broaden it to the Fashionable
widths, and the braid comes in every
grade and color. If the crown is not
of the required size, but the brlm IS
wide, the crown can be removed and a
new one made of silk or tulle, and I'm
ish the edge of the brim with a mar
row quilting of the same material as
the crown. A lovely summer hat was
made from an old white chip by max
ing a new crown of green and white
chip and net weave, which was bought
for Is cents, and two-inch green chip
braid was added to the brim, and the
new crown and edge were sufficient trim
ming for the hat.
To clean a white straw hat that has
become much soiled, first scrub 1t with
a good suds until there is no dirt left
on it, then rinse and dry in the air,
and when perfectly dry wash the straw
with a solution of oxalic acid or the
white of an egg well beaten.
. Another way to bleach the finer
straws is to carefully scour with warm
water and corn meal, then apply a
paste of sulphur and lemon Juice and
place in the sun to dry. II one can
afford new ribbons for hat trimming,
the old can be cleaned and used for
neck ribbons, and if faded they can be
colored any of the rich dark shades
with the diamond dyes for silk, and the
dye for wool is used for Frightening up
eolored hats that have faded, by dis
solving it in a little alcohol and ap-
plying to the hat with soft brush.
New life may be added to the straw
by means of little stiffening, and after
the entire surface of the hat has been
evenly colored it may be given coat OF
thin varnish.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
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RussIA's POINT or VIEW.
Must Have Been Blind If She Did Not
w. Expect to Be Involved in
.~ War with Japan.

1t is not strange that Russia and ia
pan take opposite views of things, says
the New York Tribune. 1t was inevitable
that they should do SO. Neither is it
strange that one of them should have
occupied point of view different from
that of the rest of the civilized world.
That, too, was Inevitable. The remark
able thing is that that different, solitary
and unique point OF view should have
been taken by the one which is supposed
to be the more in touch with the rest OF
the world. Russia is classed, like the
rest of Europe and America, with the
white race, while japan belongs to the
yellow, Russia has been, as a great pow
er, in direct and intimate intercourse
with Europe at least four or five times
as long as Japan. Yet upon at least one
important matter the Japanese view has
far more nearly conceded with the Eu-
ropean and American than has the Rus
sian view.
Wetrefer not to the equities Of the con-
troversy, but to the probabilities of war.
In the imperial circular the. Russian
government speaks, as it has often be-
fore spoken, of the "treacherous sur
prise" on the part of the Japanese. The
Russian ambassador to the United States
also in current magazine article, car
ries that idea still further, declaring ex-
plicitly that Russia was not prepared
for war, because she had no reason to ex-
pect war" We are not disposed to chal-
lenge' the sincerity of such statements,
which have been numerously made by
Russians since the war began. 1t would
be discourteous to doubt them, and it
would be uncomplimentary to Russia to
think that the condition her army and
navy in Manchuria were in was the best
she could do in the way of preparing for
war with a great power. Let us accept as
true, then, the statement that Russia did
not expect war, and was taken wholly
by surprise when it came. What then?
Why, we must say that Russia's point
of view was different from that of every
other nation, and that she was blind to
something that all the rest of the world
saw clearly. If she did not expect war.
SIG was Luo OA1y AoIAOA IAoI OAO AAO~'
Long before the actual outbreak it was
clear to the world at large that war was
probable. More than that. 1T was seen
that war was inevitable unless Russia
speedily acceded to some OF the pro-
posals of Japan. We are not considering
the question whether Japan's proposals
should or should not have been accepted,
but are simply recording the fact, upon
which the world will agree, that for a
month before the war began the whole
world outside of Russia expected war
and regarded it as certain unless Russia
yielded. That Russia thought other
wise indicates how remote was her point
of view from the point of view of other
nations.
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cups can be new ones purchased spe-
cially for the occasion, and can after
wards be distributed among the ladies
as souvenirs.
The Japanese teapot - these can
sometimes be rented, if the family cup
board does not boast one-is a wealth OF
decoration in itself.
Table or tray, whichever is used,
should have Japanese vase with slen-
der spray of blossoms - cherry or
plum are perhaps most characteristic.
If natural blooms are not gettable, the
oriental shops can be depended on to
furnish budding spray or two closely
resembling those of nature. A pretty
fan adds to the decorative scheme.
The refreshment dainties are never
restrictedly Japanese, although, one or
two foreign dishes may be introduced
for picturesqueness sake. Americas
tastes, cosmopolitan though they are.
would not take kindly to some of the
most familiar bonnie bouches of the is
land kingdom.
At the real Japanese feast there would
be no bread, but the American hostess
will modify this rule, admitting dainty
sandwiches. Waters of unleavened
bread add an oriental touch. Ices figure
among the sweets, and tea, hot or frappe,
according to season. A small dish Of
japanese candied fruits forms another
item on the menu.
Cards for tea-drinking Of this orig
inal plan should be written on Japan
csc paper, which may be purchased for
the purpose at any Japanese shop or
large stationery establishment.
The recipe for waters Of unleavened
bread Is added here for the sake of the
entertainer who is unfamiliar with them,
and who would like to add this new
delicacy to her programme of edibles.
Chop two tablespoonfuls of butter
into two cupfuls of sifted flour, and put
with it enough iced water to make q
rather stiff dough. Roll out very thin,
cut into rounds with biscuit cutter,
and roll out each of these to the thin
ness of paper. You may call them pa
per waters if you like, to carry out the
idea. Flour biscuit pan and bake in
quick oven.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-28
drilled Lion Steaks.

An explorer who has often by compul-
sion eaten the flesh of animals not gen.
orally used as human food says that
grilled lion steaks are delicious, and
much superior to those of the tiger;
that the flesh of the rhinoceros, proper
ly prepared, has all the good qualities Of
pork. that the trunk and feet of young
elephants resemble veal; and tina:
stewed boa-constrictor is a splendid
substitute for rabbit.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-28
Cloths for Kitchen Shelves.

The dainty Inexperienced oilcloths,
so much used for kitchen shelves, are
very apt to "stick" to the wood when
they become saturated by the steam
OF the cooking. To avoid this, place
papers on the shelves before lacking
On the oilcloth.
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SEAT WHEN FINISHED.

aolsterers' braid, put on with gilt-head-
ed tacks.
A box-plaited valance Of the burlap
Ill around the crib, finished also with
eraid, completed the seat.
The whole cost of my coy seat was
about two dollars and fifty cents, but, OF
course, it was my own handiwork.
Upholstered as it is now, and set in a
niche by the chimney, piled high with
bright-colored cushions, it is the ad-
miration of all my callers, who are sur
prised when told of its humble origin,
-Lenora F. Channon, in Ladies' World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-28

when bitter fate has bipped you thus,
Rise up and bip again.
Hard luck can never truly say
1t has you on the hip.
Be like the June bug. Then you may
Try for another "Bip"'
w. D. NJ, in Chicago Daily Tribune.
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Almonds in Pastry Cooking.

Almonds chopped fine and drowned
in sugar make a delicious ice cream
There are also good almond buildings,
Bavarian creams and cakes of every
variety. Blanched almonds, cut in
strips, If mixed with the batter Of
chocolate loaf cake, add richness and
delicacy. The Germans also use them
a great deal in their famous coffee
cake and other fancy breads.
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Nailed Up Tieht.

Paris was amazed at the arrival there
of 17S barrels of American gold the
other day. Chagrin over the fact that
the barrels were not as vulnerable as
the purses of American tourists, re-
marks the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can, doubtless shared in the emotions
of the Parisians
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-28
Lucid and Obscure.

Cerk-What shall tell that bill COL
lector if he calls again.
Boss-Tell him you can't tell him any
thing about anything you can't tell him
anything about-1ndianapolis Journal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-28
SORRY SHE SPOKE.

= hrs. Caller Downe-Your table
manners are horrible. Who have you
been associating with?
Caller DoWne-Well, for the past
few weeks have been eating lunch
with your father-Chicago Chronicle
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1t doesn't pay to favor some folks, as
they will come and ask you for more
favors. Democrat
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-15
An Elegant Dinner Set of
s. 800 Pieces, Handsomely
Decorated, Given Away
to Merchants Free.

We have some beautiful dinner sets
of one hundred pieces. tea sets of for
ty-four pieces, and toilet sets of ten
pieces, which we will give away free
to all merchants who will allow us.
Our object is to introduce our Chill
Tonic, and for this purpose we give
away these beautiful premiums. Bet
the merchants write us and we will
give them our plan and they will see
that they have only to sell a very few
dozen of our celebrated Chill and
Fever Tonic to get either or all of the
beautiful sets.
Lippmans' Chill and Fever Tonic
has never been known to fail. It has
been on the market for great many
years during which time very few
bottles have been returned on our
guarantee. Any brittle of Lippmans'
Chill and Fever Tonic that fails to
cure the purchasers money is re-
funded at once. When this is known
and taken I'm connection with the
beautiful prizes that we give IL can
be readily seen that Lippmans' Chill
and Fever Tonic ought to be the best
seller in the world. This plan of Civ
Ing away these premiums will be kept
up until further notice. Address
1IPPMAN DRUG COMPANY.
Lippmans Block. Savannah, Ga.
Lippmans' Chill and Fever Tonic
is a certain cure for chills and fever
remittent. Intermittent, bilious and
malarial fever and all malarlal dis
eases