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Queer Cures Of Country Folks.
From the Philadelphia Press,

From the Phu1cciphM PTes
when 1t comes to superstition, remarked
the doctor the other evening. there's noth-
ing that can beat the supersttions about
medicine and cures generally.
There's the average Arkansan, for In
stance. He thinks that coal oil poultice is
good for sore throat. As soon as his throat
gets sore he binds about IL a poultice OF coal
oil 1t peels the skin all OF his mech, but he
believes that IT has cured him lust the same.
Then the Mississippian doses himself for Int
pure blood with teas made OF he mlock Leaves.
piantain and all manner OF unpleasant weeds.
The result Is a bad stomach ache, but the
patient keeps up his treatment and thinks
Il as good as anything regular practitioner
I'm our own Pike county, some years ago.
!. found q number Of people maintaining
bite was to out a live chicken In halves and lay
on the wound the half containing the heart.
They hold that the chicken would adAsre 70
the bite and suck out the poison. turnine. -
the venom entered II, a horrible green.
And the odd thing about all thls, CON
the most unpleasant nedicines when they
prescribe them themselves. whereas they
would kick like mules II they. were admins
tered By . regular physician"
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four sides from floor to ceiling. On one Of
the doors long bunch Of grass hangs
indolently swinging in the breeze. She
explains the grass:
1T is real and goes through a certain
process; we use it to tie around the punches
Of flowers. 1t is pretty and rests the eye. /"
At some length she details the woes
Of these small workshops where flowers
are made in the busy season only.
1T Is 50 easy to import and so cheap that
it spoils the trade, and there are SO many
large places where they can pay bigger
wages. We manage to keep our heads
above the water. only We would like to keep
open in the summer.
"The ready to wear hats hurt US, for one
thing. People don't seem to wear as many
flowers a. they did. In Germany they can
get flowers made for 10 cents . day here
for an expert We have to pay 81 a day
The piecework, Of course. amounts to
more
Italian girls make the surest workers
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mean as to come here and propose plan
for getting ma votes.
They talked it over with my mother
and then the half dozen went to work and
got all the recruits they could. Yes, there
are more, if anything, than 200 women cam
paigners now In this district
What do they do?"
"Why they 60 from house to house and
ask to see the voter there or his wife or one
of his relatives. They try, though. to call
when the voter is at home.
-They map ont the district, two or three
taking block or two blocks, or as much
territory as they can manage. Then they
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rIArHEB woIKHRA

Iations Of the seasons dirt, or some loqua-
oious manageress tells you that the head
Of the establishment b In Europe picking
up ideas and that the girls are on their
annual leave which IN these little places
extends all through the dull season.
The smaller workrooms have hard
time competing with the larger places,
which provide occupation all through the
summer and have their win ter goods ready
early in the fall. The girls themselves either
indolently live through the summer at homo
or take up another trade. sewing, straw
plating or some other description Of fac
tory work.
But they always como back. says tho
manaseress, "for they like the work.
She tells you this in big, bare room,
guiltless of furniture except for the long
table which runs through lengthwise and
the tiers OF paper boxes piled up on the
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NIGHT FISHING POPULAR.
Hundr eds OF Men and women Have Fun
on Jamaica Bay After Dark.

Fishing at night is popular in Jamaica
Bay and off Rockaway Point.
Since the warm weather set in hundreds
Of men and boys, and also some women
have left Canarsie Landing nightly in sail
boats and launches Usually they return
about midnight with good catches; The
fishermen say that the weakfish and bllefish
which are running well now seem to bite
better at night than in the daytime.
"We don't have the sun beating down on
us and the sport is enjoyed much better. y
said a fisherman. Most of the boats going
out carry iacklights in the stern. They
Illuminate the water for a good distance
away, making II a beautiful sight
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yentionalised bit Of nsedlework ready to
be applied 10 q background.
Up and down, through the rows OF tables,
the superintendsut marches, seeing that
the work 10 turned out rapidly without
too much chatter.
"Oh, they're not restricted In any way;
they must talk but once n while anIn green n9
the workers by the week get lazy. The
piece work ers of course, work more steadily,
but II all amounts to about the same thing
for II they work too much one day they
don't do much the next and we know about
how much work one should turn Oh.
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terity on the part OF tho maker 10 put into
shape II is the expert curling which gives
the feathers their value, and woman
cufIer who knows her business is well paid.
She can. u very expert. curl long feather
In n minute or two.
1T s an expensive busi iness,' said the
siperint endent OF one Of these places
aThe drIty on ostrich feathers IA very high.
but we must import them, for. up TO the
present time tho ostrich farming Iins n th,s
the market at all; II Ia still In the ex perl
mental stage There are few ostrich
farms In Southern California but all OF
our feathers come from South Africa.
aAisrettes we get from South America
and China. So far az know the Audubon
Society has affected the sale very iis.,s, ~ s
from Ire ostriohes, and a. long "a the Coy
eminent derives such large duty, noth.
ing will be done to prevent the impGr'' anS y
that will not b under the present tarin'
l gthess.
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There we're score of blossoms, stamens
and pistils in dignifed uprightness, a semi
wreath that princess might wear.
but with sweet, modest face, is working
diligently away on some great cabbage
roses, the outer petals of velvet, the inner
of silk gauze. The flowers complete retail
for about 81 apiece, and it takes her about
ten minutes to make one. She is one OF the
experienced workwomen. shading the
flowers herself and always selecting from
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dated her face. Its in luck you are il
YOU have trade, like mine, that you can
come back to"
The only one in the room who really
seemed TO be leading the strenuous life
was a woman in front OF big pressing,
machine, who cut the petals by main force,
perspiring and protesting.
It's hard work. and I'm the only one
except the men that's strong enough"
She lifted the press and showed a single
petal of a geranum. looking like con
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she says, although the French are credited
with . more expert touch. There Is no
special nationality Of flower workers, and
they are not imported. On the contrary.
they are taught right in these workroons,
and 60 in there as young as IL. 'although.
Of course she admits, smilingly, they
gay they are IA 80 IS not to break the law"
From IL to ls or 10 they come right straight
along. Then, sometimes, they marry and
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in 1902 and 1903, and suppose they will
ork for me this year.
"In their own way women can do tre-
mendous lot, think, to help a candidate.
! don't mean by starting up political clubs.
! don't believe ever heard Of a women's
political club doing very much-but by
working like he women of this district
work. When the little girls Of this neigh
borhood grow up, am sure they will be
Al campaigners
at isn't a question of money. Poor
women, think. do much more and better
work in the line Of getting votes than wo-
men do who have plenty Of money and
plenty of time, although very few people
will believe that.
Before long, though. ! believe women
will be taking a much more active part
in politics than they do now. Certainly
! am in favor Of women having the suf-
frage'
Tho McManus Thomas J. McManus ID
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he stopped crying and smiled. The thought
Of the party made him forget the pain.
Tho children all call me Tom. You
So, l have always lived right here How
many women work for me in this district?'
repeated Mr.. McManus, thoughtfully TAX.
ins . long puff at his cigar. why. fully
200. They went so far-a few OF thCm did.
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|NehAANUSANOS SOME OF HIS HELPERS.

get the names and addresses Of voters
from the City Record, 80 that when q woman
knocks at q door she knows exactly the
person to ask for.
There are just as many German rs
Irish women working for me and one class
does as good work as the other. I don't
know which makes the better politicians.
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Coolly CSasi derate.

From fA< washtncon s'dr. -
would you marry . man because be was rch'"
asked the romantic gin.
NO answered Mia Cayenne. but l might
refuse 70 marry one becsuae he vsAat'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-19
HENRY E. BRANDT.

People who wish their houses to re-
ssdve the very best attention this
spring should patronize HeISy H.
Brandt, go and 448 Lincoln avenue
He has the latest styles Of wall paper
and the very best workmen to put II
On. His painters and calciminsrs are
artists and his work In every way u
ageditahaA
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27
RATS MADE BEDS OF MONEY.
Vixen the Nest Was Found the Miss-
Ing Bills Were All Intact.

Vixen the Nest Was Found the Miss-
ing Bills Were All Intact.
A short time ago Mrs. Mike Huller,
who keeps a grocery on the corner Of
Eighth and Elm streets, hid away
where she could easily find 1t, S76 in
bills for use at time when necessity
or desire required it. She thought OF
thieves, but not OF the rodent de-
scription, and was, therefore, quite
particular in selecting a hiding place.
A few days later she thought she
would take a look at her hidden treas
ure, with the view of assuring herself
that the money was where she had
hidden 1t, but on going to the place
her surprise can easily be imagined
when, on placing her hand where the
money ought to have been, she dis
covered that it was gone.
Matters remained in that condition
up to a few days ago, when. hearing
rat travelling around the house, the
idea struck her that rats were the real
work with vim she was not long in
ripping up two or three planks from
the floor of one of the rooms of the
house and, instituting a close search,
was greatly elated to find that rodents
had actually stolen the money, packed
il away and made cosey bed of 1t,
for there it was before her eyes. Ev-
cry bill was found intact, not a dollar
missing QSy.) Cleaner.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27
THEATER FLOATS ON ScOw.


How People Along Three Great Rivers
Are Supplied with Amnse
A floating theater, designed to sup
ply the towns along the Ohio, Illinois
and Mississippi rivers with dramatic
entertainments, has recently been con-
structed and is about to start on its
journeyings. It's seating capacity is
for 1000 people and there are boxes
for the elite and a pit for the orches-
ira. In addition the vessel lis sun
cfently large to admit of numerous
sleeping rooms for the actors, the deck
hands and all those connected with
either the show or the boat The en-
tire force numbers forty. On the
steamer which lows the floating thea
ter, besides the boilers and engines,
there is complete electric light plant,
besides a kitchen and dining room.
In view of the fact that the long
water route OF the floating theater car
rtes 1T into the warmer portions of the
South the season for the show does not
close until late in the Southern winter.
The entire route comprises $500 miles
The boat starts at Pittsburg and visits
the towns of the coal miners and steel
workers along the Monongahela river
Next it returns and goes down the
Ohio to the Kenawha, thence to Cairo,
and later up tie Illinois river to La
Sale. Then, liter going back to the
Mississippi, the boat slowly makes it's
way in the direction Of New Orleans.
The idea of a floating theater is not
exactly new, but the extensive scale
upon which it is being conducted and
the fact that it is the drama instead
of the vaudeville program that is be-
ing presented attracts unusual atten-
ton. Faust is the production which
has been presented this season.
Along the route of the floating thea
ter the towns are often but ten or
fifteen miles apart. Therefore the
jumps of the boat and its company
are not long ones. On the upper deck
of the steamer is a calliope Long be-
fore the theater reaches the town in
which 1t is to show the sounds of this
instrument may be heard. The idle
population of the river towns at once
begins to assemble on the wharf. As
the steamer comes within a few hun
dred feet of the dock the calliope is
silenced and a brass band strikes up a
familiar air. The crowd on the wharf
then grows larger. Many are there
awaiting the first opportunity to Sc
cure reserved seats. When the boat
touches the wharf the sailors, some of
whom are later transformed into &C
tors, make the vessel fast and put the
gangplank in place. The scenery is ar
ranged and the orchestra rehearses
while the cook is preparing the next
meal In the kitchen. The people come
aboard and select their seats, instead
of doing so from a diagram on shore.
At night the theater is brilliantly
lighted by electricity and q searchlight
flashes over the surrounding territory.
The entertainment lasts about three
hours.
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with q view to keeping out the cold
air, and admirably serve the purposes
of their rude but skillful architects.
At the entrance stands large block of
snow. This is the door. In the day.
time it is pushed aside. At night it
is drawn before the opening, which 1t
completely fills, keeping out of the pas
sage both drifting snow and proving
animals. In order to enter the snow
house, it is necessary to crawl on "all
fours" along a tunnel about 30 feet
long. At the end is the storehouse,
which leads to the living apartments.
Light is let into the interior through
large, clear sheets of ice. In the CEN
ter of the living room stands the
"kudlik," saucer shaped thing full
of moss and seal oil which serves as
stove by day and both stove and lamp
by night. The beds are seal skins
piled upon the floor
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27

ease these wise and prudent Sisters
have found Peruna a neyer-failing
safeguard.
DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend. recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
Or. S. 8. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir-"The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from larynqi-
tbs, and loss of voice. The result of the
treatment was most satisfactory. She
found great relief, and after farther use
of the medicine we hope to be able to
say she is entirely cured" Sisters Of
Charity.
This young girl was under the care
Of the Sisters of Charity and used Pc
runa for catarrh of the throat, with
good results as the above letter testi-
fees.
From a Catholic institution In Cen
trial Ohio comes the following recon-
mend from the Sister Superior:
"Some years ago a friend of our in
stitution recommended to us DR.. Hart
mans Peruna as an excellent remedy
for the influenza of which we then had
several cases which threatened to be
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27

Many excellent housekeepers disa.
gree as to the best method of wash
Ing white clothes. Some of them pre-
Ter to soak their clothes overnight in
cold water. Others who are equally
good managers, after examining each
piece to see If there are any stains on
spots that need special attention,
plunge them into boiling hot SOAP
suds and let them stand for several
hours or overnight. This latter method
seems to draw the dirt quite thor
oughly, as the water itself will attest
next morning. The clothes are then
lifted out of this water into clean warm
water, the few soiled places that re-
main are rubbed out and the clothes
are put In the boiler to come to the
boiling point. If the water is hard a
tablespoonful of washing soda, but
no more, should be added to every gal
lon OF water in the boiler, the soda
being first dissolved In a little boil
Ing water. If it is put In without melt
Ing 1t may eat a hole in the clothes.
IF the water is soft a little melted soap
should be used instead of soda, and
soap should be rubbed over each piece
as 1t Is put in the boiler. Very few
Of the best laundresses boil their
clothes longer than three minutes, just
long enough to allow them to be thor
oughly scalded. Longer boiling only
tends to make white clothes yellow
When the clothes are taken from the
boiler the water they were boiled in
should be poured over them and they
hA oil - 3D.
eral hours or overnight. No woman
who does this will ever be troubled
with yellow clothes There is no bet
ter way to bleach them in winter.
About once a month is often enough
to blue clothes in winter, and the old
fashioned indigo bag, which costs only
a few cents, is the best thing to use
at any time.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27
LAUNDERING IN WINTER TIME.

Methods by Which Clothes MAY Ne
Kept White and In Good Condition.
Many housekeepers find difficulty in
doing their laundering during cold
weather. In the summer season cot
tons and linens can be bleached on
the grass and dried in the warm sun
shine, and, while they are whittier for
being frozen and thawed, there is sell
dom warmth enough in the depth of
winter to thaw them on the line, and If
they are handled in the frozen state
they are apt to crack. For this rea-
son good housekeepers will not allow
hne table linen to be dried out of doors
in the winter, even though it may be
slightly yellowed by indoor drying.
Fine handkerchiefs are very easily torn
and delicate underwear can be ruined
more quickly by being taken from the
lines and folded when frozen than in
any other way.
II white cotton garments are much
stained freezing will restore them to
their proper color, and If there is time
they can be left out on the lines until
they freeze hard and thaw out, pro-
vided they are not handled In a froz-
en- state or left to flap about in the
wind. Loosely woven materials, like
Etochnette may also be left outdoors
On the lines until they are dry enough
to bring into the house.
A large laundry Is very useful
place in winter, as the clothes can
De dried there and the dangers of
very useful for ironing In hot weather.
1t should be provided with laundry
stove and the fire kept up until the
clothes are dried.
Flannels and wooden stockinette
ought TO be dried on wooden frames,
which any carpenter will make. and
which will prevent shrinking. This is
because the ultimate fiber OF wool is
spiral, and the drawing up and inter-
locking of the f1bers being what con-
stitutes shrinkage. In underwear fac
tories the garments are always washed
and dried on frames so that they may
be offered soft and unshrunken for
sale.
II Is much better and easier to scrub
soiled fnannels with a small brush
Than 1t is TO rub them clean on a board
A rather stifr brush about four or five
Inches long is the best article for this
purpose. Scrub the bands and seams
of heavy wooden shirts, ss well as
those of cotton, in this way. This
small brush is excellent In washing
corsets or any heavy pieces that are
difficult to rub on board. II the brush
has a small handle the garments may
be more easily cleaned with it
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27

The city Of Toronto recently called
for bids for hremen's clothing and the
lowest competitor was the Crown Tall
oring Company. The contract, how
ever, was awarded at a higher price
to a concern using the union label.
Thereupon the Crown Tailoring Com
pany obtained an injunction. In rem
dering a judgment Chancellor Boyd
declared that in issuing it's specifca-
tons the city could not demand the
use OF any particular union label and
thus discriminate against certain
classes Of laborers who might be as
capable as those entitled to use the
label. The true test of ability, he
held, is not membership IA union.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27
QUEER SToRbE5

-~~T'-~-'~T~T~N-N~0~0~
In Valparaiso all the conductors on
trolley cars are women.
Persons with blue eyes are rarely
affected with color blindness.
Sleepers made Of earthenware are
used on some of the railroads in
Japan.
In making the best Persian rug a
weaver spends about twenty three
days over each square foot of surface.
Each ear has four bones. The body
has about 500 muscles. The human
skull contains thirty bones The low
er limbs contain thirty bones each.
Every hair has two oil glands at its
base. The sense of touch is dullest on
the back.
The thoroughness in which the agri-
cultual schools of the Western States
are going into the education of farmers
Is Illustrated by the announcement
that the Iowa State Agricultural Col
eye has just established a course of
instruction in the Strengthening Of live
stock 1t is laboratory course, and
the young farmers will learn the art
by practical instruction.
Ceylon, according to its recent cen
sus returns, has no fewer than LAB in
habitants over one hundred years of
age. Seventy-one of these are males
and seventy-four females. OF these
forty-three men and fifty-two women
claimed TO be exactly one hundred,
while the highest age returned was
12O. One hundred is a good round age,
and no doubt every indolent octogena-
rian who could not be bothered to re-
member the year Of his birth put down
one hundred to save time.
The precious pearl is produced, at
least in many cases, by the presence
OF minute parasite in the shell-se-
ereting mantle of the pearl oyster and
other mollusks from which pearls are
obtained. A spherical sac forms around
the parasite, which becomes a nucleus
about which the substance of the gem
is gradually built up in concentric lay
ers. Some times the parasite remains
at the center of the pearl, and some
times 1t migrates from the sac before
1t has become hepelessly imprisoned.
Reasoning upon these facts, DR.. III.
Lyster jameson, to whose efforts the
discovery of some of them is due, sug-
gests the possibility of the artificial
production of marketable pearls by in
fecting beds of pearl oysters with the
particular species of parasites that are
known to attack such mollusks with
the effects above described.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
Had Had Practice.

"You must take us for FOOLS" say
those who are listening to the man
who is telling Of his adventures. you
claim you rode from New York to San
Francisco in a packing box on a
freight train and carried food and
bedding and books and a lamp to read
by, as well as Il coal oil stove to fur
nish heat. Boshr
"Bosh nothingP' was the indignant
answer. Il want to say to you that 1
lived In Il fiat for ten years, and the
only mistake I made on my trip was
not having bathroom built Into the
packing box."-Judge.
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of a serious character.

of a serious character.
I'VE began to use it and experienced
such wonderful results that since then
Peruna has become our favorite medi-
cine for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough
and bronchitis"
Another recommend from a Catholic
institution of one of the Central States
written by the Sister Superior reads
as follows:
"A number of years ago our atten-
ton was called to DR.. Hartmans Pc
runa, and since then we have used it
with wonderful results for grip.
coughs, colds and catarrhal diseases of
the head and stomach.
For grip and winter catarrh espec-
tally it has been OF great service to the
inmates Of this institution"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-02-27
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH
Use Pe-ru-na for La Grippe
and Winter Catarrh.

In every country of the civilized
world the Sisters of Charity are
known. Not only do they minister to
the spiritual and intellectual needs OF
the charges committed to their care,
but they also minister to their bodily
needs.
Whenever coughs or colds, la grippe
or pneumonia make their appearance
among the children these Sisters are
not disconnected, but know exactly the
remedies to apply.
With so many children to take care
of and to protect from climate and dis