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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-01

OF long ago a man whose busi-
ness takes him 10 see Senator
Plat of Connecticut occasion
ally. with no very good results,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
The iorethOUGi1t Of a
very cautious yOy II {
n. an who had Just Lem
promoted.

Visiting with friends and attending
to private business during business
time is where q few people are very
positive.
This morning I noticed ar employer
looking at an employe who was visit
ing with a social caller. The employer
thought it out Of order and the en-
ploye may have thought the same. but
the latter was between two fires, duty
and duty
Duty TO the employer ard duty to
the friend who called were in conflict.
The employee may have discouraged
friends from calling, but could net
conquer all of them. To offer to work
overtime when possible OF to excuse
the employer from paying for the time
spent with friends during business
hours might be considered.
The very cautious young man just
promoted had caller who wanted
to leave a package for him and who
could not make the right change The
man just promoted overpaid him and
lSNuSSCSu hlii W lSaFS lHS pdchdt5S
and change at the inquiry window.
This plan saved time and connection
and showed that Mr. Just Promoted
wes thinking in advance.
A general manager tells me that he
must secure plan for taking less
time with callers either by having
hours for callers or more diplomacy
or a retreat for work.
One man who was just finishing a
directory told a caller that he was
so busy he could not take time to
trade dimes for gold dollars.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Neither OF Them Knew.

Lord Kelvin was once being shown
over some big electric works by the
foreman engineer who was unaware
OF the identity of his visitor. The en-
gineer was capable man, and en-
thusiastc about his work, and he
gave long lectures about everything
to Lord Kelvin, who listened with
great interest. Once or twice the
senior partner, who was of the party,
tried to tell the foreman to whom he
was talking, but Lord Kelvin would
not have il. and remained an attentive
listener till the round of the works
was concluded. Then, when the engi-
neer had finished, he turned to him
quietly and said: "And what is cleo
tricity?" The man, somewhat
abashed, admitted that the question
was altogether beyond him. We'll,
WE'LL" said Lord Kelvin, that's the
one thing about electricity you and
don't know"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
1 title folks eyes ere
SOrnetim es as u, e4ul
as anything in or out If
ene house.

A man had q book ready 10 be
printed and he had pinned the proof
sheets UP to file away when his little
girl became interested in the queerly
marked sheets of paper, and she
found wrong word in sentence.
How was there in place of have
and several mon had gone over it
blindly.
Then she found a comma left out.
and for these two discoveries she was
given eleven cents.
Her father would not have had the
wrong WORD printed for hundred and
eleven cents, but she was more than
satisfied with what she got.
Her grammar is more interesting
to her now in her school work than
before the wrong word event, and in
time she may become a good proof
reader.
An old gentleman said he wished
he could have lived his sixtieth year
when he was twelve years old, as he
thought that it would help him during
the years between. It might and IL
might not. We can by association
and information exchanging get the
next thing to experience.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
How some rev white
flannel caps into ,he
IN j.

The first / saw about it was a group
Oh men and boys on the street cross.
ing.
A man was helping a boy pick up
some large, square, overturned paper
boxes.
The boy was more of q person than
you would think from his SIZE.
The boxes numbered eight or mere
and made a small wagon load, but
the boy was carrying them, alone
when string broke and into the mud
they went.
White flannel caps were in the
boxes and q number of them were
more or less coated in mud when they
reached the sidewalk.
The boy told me that the man at
the factory did not put enough string
around the boxes.
Now that is human nature, isn't it?
lou or | would have said the
same.
Have you ever known boy who
would have said that he neglected to
nave more string put on the boxes?
The boy either neglected to audit
the string when he took the boxes or
else he decided wrong about it.
We can sympathize with the boy
and all who were blamed or worried
by mud on the new white caps, but
we can learn to shoulder more things
which belong to us and more that do
not belong to us. 1t is strengthen
ing and educating exercise to blame
ourselves some and give others an
occasional rest.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
The Birth Of a Ceyeer.

Near the famous and cratic geyser
# Waimangu, in New Zealand-so
whimsical in it's spoutings and times
of quiet that the oldest Maori in the
region can give the visitor no SEIZED
ule of these performances-ther has
lately been born a new geyser. A few
hours before the birth passer by had
stopped TO look at a placid little la
COON ringed about with gentle green
slopes. Then dwellers in the region
were notified Of something doing by
a salvo Of earthquakes, more than
thirty shocks in half as many min
utes. The next man who walked that
way found, instead of the placid green
ringed lagoon. a boiling, bubbling cal
drop over which lowered and scared
and rolled into fantastic shapes
dense cloud of steam. The older and
more famous geyser looks placid
enough too. sometimes, then it wears
a feathery foamy cap, again it belches
out water and stones and mud to i'm
merse heights and with immense
noise
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Etcn .Ircknf-

Eton Jackets are TO be noted among
TIE ost fashionable coats and are
jaunty, becoming and generally at
trsctivc. This one includes the tiny
vest effect that MARKS the latest de-
sgrs with full sleey - and the drop
shoulders that give the broad line of
fashion. AS shown it is made OF wood
brown broadcloth with trimming of
brown and white braid the vest being
white cloth braided with brown and
tan, but all suiting materials arc ap-
rropriate and the vest can be one of
many things. Oriental embroidery is
much liked, brocades and lace are
seen ard wide brand is used.
The JACKET is made with fronts and
hack and is fitted by means of single
darts, shoulder and under-arm seams
The little vest can be applied over the
edge and finished with the braid, or
the jacket can be cut away and the
edge Of the vest arranged under it,
then stitched to position. The sleeves
are gathered and are joined to the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
The MercatOr letters
from e e and ther to
the In lividual any.
where.

Mr.. Mercator drew a map of the
world which have admired for a long
time and | may never find a better
name for my daily reports on accuracy
for you.
Three years ago | printed letter
to send to my friends and In it re-
Iuested them to send me a short sug-
gcstion for the daily life of men and
boys in shops and factories, on rail-
roads, ships and farms and in mines
and forests.
The letter brought me some ideas
but | did not give il much attention
md permitted other things to push
It to one side, until last month, when
| picked up a bundle, reread il and
decided that it should be set going
again.
During the next half century | would
like to visit every country to collect
local personal wisdom of general use
among those every where in the world
who wish to know more.
If | can get people to sending me
on postal cards their valuable expert
ences and cheerful observations | may
by means of the newspapers OF tho
world reach those who reach every
body in the world To me 1t seems
that every person who gives orders
to any one has chance to be teach
or or promoter OF accuracy, fore
thought and greater individual skill.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Hauled hx q Thin Cable.

Washington state will send the ia
nous "Gray's Harbor Toothpick" to
the Worlds fair at St Louis. This
is a log 271 feet long and almost
twelve feet in diameter at the base.
But the log itself, interesting as it is,
is not nearly ae interesting as the
story of how it was brought out Of
the woods for shipment This was
done by means of steel ropes only
tbree-fourths of an inch in diameter,
with which the tree was dragged
three miles through the forest. These
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
The cOnQucring OF
diffidenCe IN public
speaking.

The first time took rart in a pub
lie debate | thought that the top OF
my head went up to the ceiling, and
remained there until sat down.
Ii was difficult fer me to understand
how q little girl the same evening
could speak to the audience in as
natural and as easy manner as il
III common conversation.
At later debate | filed my head
so full of arguments and interviewed
a quiet, sensible old gentleman SO
carefully that | forgot everything as
stood before the audience except the
subject and my confidence in my side
OF il.
Diffidence is frightened away when
earnestness and desire to be useful
appear in time to cause you to pre-
pare.
Some of the best impromptu
speeches have been in natural prepar-
alton for years.
Some of the best speakers have
sweat and knocked their knees more
than you or / ever win.
Have such a good idea and get such
grip on it that you had just as soon
speak to the rulers of the world as To
the town pump.
Want to, and keep wanting to want
70, cheer and benefit until you will
overflow with the spirit of en-
'ertainment and enlightenment, re-
creation with education. smile and
know moro, enthusiasm and appli-
cation. The cooler and wiser you he
come the more enthusiastic and bepe-
fitted will your audience become.
In Cleveland, Ohio, several years
ago, | YVES one of an audience before
IN American Indian orator. He car
ricl us wherever he willed to and
re made but one gesture-that a sim
pie one and one time-during the
whole speech. He was ideal calm
ness.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Menu Card Ideas.

Nothing is prettier for a dainty
luncheon than tie ribbon menu. This
consists OF a nine-irch length OF
broad satin ribbon, With c floral en-
blem and the word menu" painted
on it.
Another idea is tire swan menu,
which is cut out of declled cardboard.
The toll feathers are first cut and the
word "Nenu" printed at the top WIKI
tie bill OF fare underneath. The head
end wings of the hird are then cut
separately, and piece OF baby ribbon
in the shape of loop attached to the
head and over the tell feathers to keep
TIE different parts Of the anatomy to-
gether.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Elton Collars for Spring.

The Elton collar is noticed on some
spring suits. 1t is a welcome change
from the collarless effects of former
seasons. 1t gives girlish, not to say
boyish, look to the wearer. 1t has
already been seen on the English ten
mis- suits. Of white duck and sea green
linen in Florida courts, and now it
cones along as top dressing Of the
Dolero or jacket-shaped bodices of
spring suits.
1t is Of linen usually, but is made
more becoming and softly feminine by
a frilling OF soft Valenclennes lace
sewed all the way around. The open
space between the collar points is
thus filed in and finished with a bow
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
{ an you hire people
ID lie good and che ertul,
wise and truce

A father told his daughter that he
would give her a coin every tine she
looked cheerful when she would nat
raliy have doleful face.
The same day the father found this
poem in paper which had credited
the authorship to Driftwood.
The wind was eact and the chimney
smoked,
And the ola brown house seemed
'or nobody smiled. an1 nobody joked.
The young folks grumbled, the old folks
They had come home chilled and weary.
Then. opened the door, end girl came
Oh, She was homely--vory!
Ter nose was pug and her cheek was
there sn't dimple from brow to chin,
But her smile was bright and CHEEKY.
She spoke not word of the cold and
Nor vet of the gloom about he:
jut she mcnded the fire ana lighted the
>nd e put ON the place different
From that it had without her.
Ter dress. which was something in sober
And with dqmpness nearly dripping
'he changed FOR a bright, warm, crimson
gown:
And she looked SO gay when she so
came down
They forgot that the air was nipping.
rhcy forgot that the house was dull ola
place.
And smoky from base to rafter:
md gloom departed from every face,
AS they felt the charm of her mirthfut
grace
And the cheer of her happy laughter.
Oh, give me the girl who will smile and
sing,
And make all glad together
70 be plain or ir is n lesser thing;
But a kind. unseish heart can bring
Good cheer in the darkest weGher.
Will it do the daughter as much
good IS the money offer? Will it do
hor more good?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
scYTHE AS CHURCH ORNAMENT
placed There to Commemorate Peas
ants Defense of Their Faith.

ants GCIcHSS OF nciT TGitN.
At the first sight the scythe is a
strange ornament for q church, but
there is nothing incongruous in these
curious agricultural implements as
seen in the parish church of ST..
Mary's, at Horncastle, in Lincolnshire.
Thirteen of these blades are nailed
above the door in the north chapel. At
one time the blades numbered forty
or fifty, but owing to rust and decay
many OF them have been lost. Each
of the scythes is about yard in
length.
The general belief is that these
blades were placed in the church in
commemoration of the zeal of peas
ants who welded them in defense of
their faith in the rebellion known as
The Pilgrimage of Grace" which had
it's rise at Louth in 1886.
When the people saw the ruins of
their churches and abbeys, they rose
in revolt, and arming themselves with
the instruments of husbandry, such
as scythes, they won't forth to en-
counter the enemy.
They were beaten and dispersed,
but in the eyes of their countrymen
they were heroes, and the rude imrle-
ments with which they fought were
deemed worthy of an abiding place in
the old church, where the peasants
had neutrality-suspicious. Age.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Tie Coal ScuttIe Bonnet.

The quaintest OF all chapeaux Tor
little people is coal scuttle bonnet
in white satin trimmed with roses and
other white flowers. The sides OF this
bonnet are sometimes folded over
after the manner OF Breton caps. For
the little fancy coat and wrap, white
cloth is the general favorite. There
are many different designs for these
garments, but the Gretchen shape,
which is simplicity itself, seems to be
the most popular.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Seven Gored Skirt.

Full skirts are rapidly becoming
general and some fresh variations are
shown each week. This one is emil
nently graceful and suits the seasons
fabrics admirably well. AS shown it
is made of novelty sage green wolfe
with trimming of ecru lace, but there
are numberless other materials that
suit it equally we'll. The combined
plaits and tucks are notably smart
but when liked shirrings can be sub
stituted for the latter. In either case
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

Take one cup OF lima beans, one
cup of celery cut in small pieces; one
cup OF peas, one cup OF brussels
sprouts, one-half of a caulifower,
three medium-sized potatoes, two
small carrots and che chopped onion.
mix in a salad bowl and season with
salt and pepper. Break into small
pieces the center Of one head Of let
tuce and mix with the salad Let all
stand until ready to serve, then mix
through it mayonnaise sauce.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
One STYLE of Sailor Hat.

A hat on the Bretonne sailor order
that is selling well in London has the
brim made of green yedda and the
crown of a green and white plaid silk
braid, pleated and standing on edge.
A band of emerald green velvet rib
bon around the crown is ornamented
at each side with steel buckles.
These buckles hold pairs of dainty
small wings, shaded from green to
white.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Potato Salad.

Eight cold boiled potatoes. one
bunch OF celery, two white onions,
one head of lettuce. Slice the pota-
toes, cut the celery fine and slice the
onions very thin: take off the green
leaves of the lettuce, wash carefully
and drain and line your salad bowl
with them; break up the center of
the lettuce and mix with the salad.
When ready to serve mix the mayon-
naise through before putting in your
salad bowl. Garnish with olives and
hard boiled eggs.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

drop shoulders, the seams being con-
cealed by the braid and are finished
at the wrists with flare cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is yards 81
inches wide, 3 yards q inches wide or
2 yards Al inches wide with "a yards
of vesting, ) yards of braid and 8
yards of lace to trim as illustrated.
The pattern 4es6 is cut in sizes for
SO, 81. 80, SO and 40 inch bust meas
ure.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Dainty Decoration for Dinner Table

Dainty Decoration for Dinner Table.
In table setting there is always
something new. AT a recent dinner
the hostess surprised her guests by
decorating the center of her table
with a cloth of pure gold thread, sol
idly worked, the border a lace decign
of white silk and fine gold mesh in
diamond-shape stitches. The green
for the table was small ferns, set in
an oval dish OF dark blue china, WITH
figures in relief representing peasants
in holiday costume. At each corner
Of this gold center was a candlestick
in dull silver of colonial design fur
nished with a shade of iridescent
glass. which graduated from tones OF
light yellow to dark orange, and then
to red.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07


the lines are good and the skirt falls
IN becoming folds below the stitchings
which coafine the fulness over the
hips.
The skirt is cut in seven cores,
there being a box plat at the back
edge OF each with tHcks between that
are stitched with corticclli silk. The
2 its in the center back meet and be-
meath them the invisible closing is
made.
The quantity of material required
FOR medium size is 9A yards 81
inches wide, 81 yards q inches vide
or 5kyards "a inches wide with 5H
yards Of lace applique.
The pattern 1857 is cut in sizes for
%. "a, 26, % and 80 inch waist
measure.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

sifted -four to which you have added
little salt, and pour in the melted
dripping, adding more water if re-
CURED. Work with the hand until it
is smooth paste, and then roll out
Line small tins with the paste. put in
the meat, cut small and parboiled;
place lid OF paste on the top, press
the sides and top together, cut small
hole in the top and bake in quick
oven.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
An Early Umbrella.

A curious relic of the century before
last is still to be seen in Sheffield
England. This is nothing less than
the first umbrella that ever created a
sensation in the streets of the city of
cutters. It belonged originally to
John Greaves of Fargatc, who faced
the ridicule of the townsmen under it's
shelter, and it was handed down to
his descendant, Miss Law of Western
Bank.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

The Japanese have not succeeded
in getting a single Matanzas mule in
all their bombardment of Port Arthur,
one Russian lawyer, who was mum
bered as a victim, being as near as
they could approximate.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

A Harvard professor says college
students are singularly lacking in i'm
agination. But some of the professors
seem overstocked with it, SO the sup
ply is about normal, after all.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

Even the woman most anxious to
trespass upon mans preserves lets
him enjoy his bald head in peace.
The most advanced woman would
never stand for bald head.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

A Chicago woman makes the asser-
ton that there are no good husbands
but dead ones" The moral of that
seems to be. when marrying, marry a
dead one.-Journal.
A good many do.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

For the protection of the masses,
and in order that they may readily de-
tect it on their 800 bills, we will state
that the name of the particular bacil-
lus which infests green backs is sta
phylOcOccus.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

A st. Louis man has willed $4,000
a year to his pet horse. Now, if the
horse has found out how to live on
twenty cents a day he ought to be
able to leave quite neat little sum to
his relatives when he dies.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
Small Mutton Pics.

Pour enough boiling water upon half
a pound of clarified beef dripping or
upon the same quantity Of cleaned
and crumbled suet to melt il TO the
consistency of lard
Mako a hollow i'm two pounds of
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

A New York language sharp will
soon publish a volume treating the
correct fse of the propositions, con-
functions, relative pronoups and adj.
verbs in English speech. We trust lt
will not overlook the classic question:
Where am at?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

The horse is slowly but surely be
ing deprived of his constitutional lib
critics. A court of justice has just de-
cided that he has no right to get
scared at an automobile.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

Please, where IS the glory of living
century? An animated mummy is
not pleasant to look upon, and the
majority of us find it hard enough
having to rub through half the time.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

A man wants woman to look like
an angel, and yet if she really ran
around clad in her wings and lit.
tie rag Of cheesecloth he would put
her in an insane asylum.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

A twelve,inch shell dropped into a
city from a distance of seven and
one-half miles may be ineffective in a
military sense, but is apt to produce
general insomnia.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

Men with a system for beating the
horse races are always present at
each meeting, but they change from
year TO year. The same old faces are
to be recognized among the book.
makers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

What a woman likes about buying
a thing on the instalment plan is
that if she died before it was paid
up she would be that much money in
New York Press.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

Now the fashion editors say that no
self-respecting woman will try to
get along without a new hat for
every month in the year. This is too,
too much.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

Even If the worthy Marquis of
Queensbewy has gone into bankrupt
cy for the fourth time, it is some con.
ISOLATION for him to know that the
rules that bear his family name still
control the social revelings of the
prize ring performers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07

If the people to whom John l.. Sui
Ivan, now sick and penniless, has
given money would repay even 10 per
cent the ex-champion would be fixed
for life.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-07
The Summer Sleeve.

Sleeves are still full and voluminous
dresses they will be half length, and
some will fall in fan pleats from the
elbow.