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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-20
Spots on Dining Tables.

WILL you please tell me through
w your valuable column what Will
take spots off q dining room
table that have been mace py not
dishes, and ODIge.
YOUR CONSTANT READER.
HOLD \ HOT lion JUST ABOVE
the spots, but not near enough TO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-20
Water Stains on Engravings.

Water Stains on Engravings.
WILL you please inform me If
w there is anything which will
remove water stain from a steel
engraving? NJ p.
HAVE ENGRAVINGS WHICH
We're soaked with water during a fire
in the house. We let Them alone. after
setting them 10 dry in the sun, and they
show no mark OF the deluse. Still,
hesitate 10 advise you TO wei yours all
over. Can some one recommend less
heroic measures?
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
WOMAN WHEN IN DANGER
She Can Be Depended On For Some
thing Unusual When Frightened.

Chicago Tribune.
Speeding down Michigan avenue
the other evening in his automobile
with a feminine companion, Sidney
Gorham, secretary OF the Automobile
Club. suddenly spied a cat in the mid
dle OF the road staring at his head
light
Now, I'm going to get that cat,
he remarked to his companion, who
earnestly begged him to desist. no,
he persisted, There were too many
stray cats proving about IN the
the world already" and he speedcd
his automobile straight ahead. With
in five feet of the bewilderei arimai.
which for some strange reason had
nct budged, the girl leaned Forward
in her intense sympathy for the poor
cat about to be crushed. MIR. Ger
ham running MS machine at the rate
of twenty-five niles an hour, iud1el.'
" veered to lie side He saved the
cat. but pretty nearly lost MS COM
parion. who, unable to preserve her
pcise, went pitching out Of the We
i1:cle, he catching her by the coat
inst in time t. save catastrophe,
Tlis is only one of the many incl
dents in which the F'eternal feminine
will do al Usual or unguarded thing
in The presence 6 sudden fr! Shr. Mt
that women ar any more sus :el':lbie
to ;css of presence of mind tsa'l men,
generally. On the contrary, from the
testimony of those who have had
wie:c experience in dealing with botn
sexes they hold equal rankin
cases Of fires. rnnaways, in burglar
51,ehts and in automobile scares, IN
s;,ite of the exception given.
"In fact" continues Mr.. G :1ham.
so:aA:ng of aulomobiling, I snd my
wife keeps her head just as well as
I do. and the same thing Is TIE G.
tretty nearly all the women l Know
Of course, there are exceptions.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
DIRECTORS.
Diseases Peculiar to Women.

If Acid Iron Mineral is used &C
cording to directions as an internal
remedy, or as "A wash" and no ben
eft follows, after using one 50 cents
bottle write us and we will refund
your money. Sold by Druggists.
Acid Iron Mineral Co.
Columbia. S. c.
Acid Iron Mineral is not a patent
medicine, but a wonderful combina-
ton of Health Giving factors, mined
from the earth and compounded ia the
Laboratory of Nature 1t is of such
great strength that it only takes "lit-
tie to do the work." 1t cures such
a large percentage of chronic dis
eases after all else has failed, that it
has won for itself great fame almost
from the first dose. Nothing will
build up the broken down system so
quickly and permanently as A. l. M.
Why complain and suffer because Of
some disease which undermines your
health and robs life of it's charm caus-
ing you to lose hope and succumb to
despair and finally premature death.
Get A. NJ. I. at once. It may suit
your case exactly. 1t has suited
thousands of others. Trade A. M.
7. mark on every bottle. Sold by
Druggists.
Acid Iron Mineral CO.
Columbia, S. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
January Designer.

The pretty girl on the cover Of The
Designer for January will undoubt-
edly tempt more than one man to in
vestigate the pages to which she acts
as gate-keeper. Two articles in this
number have a decidedly western
flavor: "a Chinese New Year in
California" by Jessie Juliet Knox, and
"The Stanford University and its
Girls" by Sarah Comstock, Stanford,
'o6. The unfortunate muslc-lover
who has had Wagnerian afternoon
ruined for him by ckattering neigh
bor's will heartily appreciate "At the
Matinee" monopologue by Harvey
Peake; and the observing man or wo-
man who has watched the wonderful
contortions of which the human coun-
tenance is unconsciously capable, will
concur with Bertha Hasbrook, who
writes on "The Making of Faces" in
"The Interest of Beauty" "Our
Winter Boarders-The Downy and
Hairy Woodpeckers," by Craig S.
Thomas, is a charming bit of nature
study. and "a Dinner of Herbs" by
Temple Bailey, is capital New Year
story in which two widows, two
bachelors and bull dog take prom!-
nent part. "Pleasant Sitting-Rooms,' y
by Mary Kilsyth, shows how to COM
bine comfort and attractiveness in the
living room. In the fancy work line
there are Initiating Household
Linen" "Filet or Gittertyl Embroid-
cry" "Hand-made Sweaters" and
ribbon Decorations and in addition
to the captivating mid-winter fash
ions there are three pages OF Char
acter Costumes" suggestive of novel
carb for fancy-dress occasions.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

What is the remedy? Millions Of
dollars are waiting profitable invest
ment in good securities. The world
knows and conceives that there is no
better security than cotton. Hence
a plan by which the cotton can be re-
tanned in the hands of the producer
and used as a collateral upon which
he can secure money at reasonable
rate of interest to meet pressing
debts, enabling him thereby to place
his cotton upon the market at such
time and in such quantity as the price
iustihes is most desirable.
ITO this end we ask the cotton pro-
ducers to meet at once and organize
for the purpose of sending delegates
to a meeting in Columbia for the pur-
pose of formulating specific plan to
carry out the ideas above suggested
and to perfect an organization which
will properly compensate the grower.
1--WE congratulate the cotton grow
ers of this state that other cotton pro-
ducing states are organizing for this
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
Christmas Holiday Rates.

On account Christmas holiday the
c.. n. &. j., will sell round trip
tickets to all points east Of the Mis-
sippi and south Of the Ohio and Po-
tomac rivers. including St. Louis and
intermediate points on direct ticket
ing routes. at rates and under condi-
tons named below:
Rates-One and one-third first
class fare for the round trip. (Min-
ilnum rate so cents).
Dates Of Sale-December 23rd,
24th, 18TH, and 31st, 1901, and JAN
uary Ist, 1905.
Final Limit-January 4th, 1905.
Rates for Schools and Colleges
Tickets at rates named above may
also be sold to teachers and students
of schools and colleges on presenta-
ton and surrender of certificates
signed by the superintendents, pres
idents or principals, December 18TH
to cath, inclusive, with final limit
January 9Th, 1905. Tickets can also
be sold to teachers and students to
all points in Central Passenger asso-
citation, Southwestern excursion bu-
reau and Western Passenger assocla-
ton territories on surrender OF certi-
fcates signed by principals or presi-
dents at rates and instructions as
shown herein. However rates to
points in Central Passenger associa-
ton territory will not apply to
teachers or students of preparatory,
public or high schools.
H. NJ. Emerson G. P. A.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
National Magazine For Christmas.

National Magazine foI ShileeAlio@'
Serenely declining to join the an
vii chorus" of the leading ten-cent
monthlies, the National OF Boston
grows richer every month in genial
itv in human interest and IN literary
onalitv Charles Warren Stoddard,
Holman F. Day, Elliott Flower, Dai-
las Lore Sharp, Frank Gunsaulus,
Yone Noguchi, Frank Putnam, Ethel
Arnes, Cora A. Matson-Dolson, Ed
win Webster Sanborn, Christobelle
van Asrnus Bunting and thirty others
in story song and essay unite to
make the Christmas, 1904, National
the best in the history of the maga-
zine.
Mr.. Chapple's affairs at Wash
;nqton" shows Admiral Dewey at
work, paints a new side to the nature
of Ben Tillman, revealing the merry
South Carolina senator a fower-loVer
and presents various aspects OF
Washington life in text and camera
snapshot.
Mr.. Noguchi and Miss Armes
sketch vividly Stoddard's surround
inqs in his famous Washington Buna-
glow. Mr.. Stoddard's contribution
is a quaint and fanciful tale, "Chr1st-
mas in Crazy Castle" He was en-
gagged to contribute to every number
of the National during 1905, and IN
January will tell the story OF his ex-
neriences "In the Valley of the
Shadow Of the Skyscrapers"-other-
wise New York.
Helen Arthur's Beauties Of the
American Stage" this month are Car
lotta Nillson, Paula Edwardes and
Minnie Dupree. Brief autobiogra-
ohies are accompanied with new por-
traits.
The home department contains
two short, homely stories and va
riety OF topics treated briefly.
In Mote and Comment" Frank
Putnam analyzes the national and
state electoral votes.
The Christmas National contains
the Nationals Prospectus for 1905.
Three six-part serials are announced
as among the features Of the Nation
ais next -"The Comedy OF
Masks" a society story by Anna Nc, -,
Clure Sholl; "The Witch-Crow and
Barney Bylow," modern fairy tale
for boys, by James Ball Naylor, and
"Michael Ryan, Capitalist" a story
of the labor union, by F. F. D. Al
berry, of Columbus, Ohio.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

purpose and ;hc future is bright with
promise ior national organization
u maintain ( stable and rcmuncra-
tive price ioc cotton.
with this end in view We suggcS,
that in each county the cotton grow
crs assemble and send two delegates
% Columbia on Thursday. December
s. 1904.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

DO you-aw-believe in the-aw-
theory of evolution, Miss NVise-that
we all-aw-spring from apes, don't
you know"
The beautiful girl hesitated. II
never used to-" she replied.--New
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

If baby health is Gear TO you,
Then let n tell you what to do.
Ere pain has racsed its tecder frame.
Just let "TEETHINA" ease the same
'TEE'HTNA" Allays irritation. Aids Di.
ge3tien. Overcomes and Counteracts the
Effects of Summers Feat. Regulates the
Bowels ard makes teethiug easy, and costs only
25 cents.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

Nell-He seems to be devoted to
you.
BELIEVES.
Nell-Why don't you marry him!
Belle-Oh, I like to have him de-
voted to me.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

'What broke up the ladies debat-
ing society,""
"The leading member was told to
prepare an essay On the yellow peril.
She did SO and the opening sentence
read: "Yellow apparel is very trying
to most complexions.' "-Wasshing-
ton Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
The Best Medicine Have Ever USED

Columbia, S. c., November 10, 1903.
Gentlemen: I have suffered a long
time from chronic liver complaint and
find that DIR. James Iron Blood and
Liver Tonic gave me more relief than
ANYTHING I have ever used. I recon-
mend it to all who suffer from consti-
patton. Yours truly,
J. S. SHEHAND.
For sale by all druggists.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

Motie1---Why did you yet him kiss
you?
Mabel-I could't help it. I told him
to stop.
Mother-Did he stop?
Mabel-Yes; every time.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
Be Beat.

Columbia, S. c., November 5, 1903.
Gentlemen: l have taken one bottle
Of Iron Blood and Liver Tonic, and
have just bought the second bottle, 1t
has done me a great deal of good; l am
stronger and feel better in every way,
my appetite is good, and I digest my
food. AS an all-around tonic DR.. James
Iron Blood and Liver Tonic can't be
beat. Yours,
W. B. TAYLOR,
Columbia, S. G.
For sale by all druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
CAUSES RUSH FOR BRIDES.
Canadian Government Cuts Salaries
Of Unmarried Men in Yukon
Territory $500 . Year

Society in Dawson will be embellisbed
next winter by at least sorce of brides.
This situation results from the action 81
the Canadian government in making 4
difference of $500 year in the salaries
of married men and single men in the
civil service Of Yukon territory. Mar
ried men are paid that much more be-
cause of the greater cost of living where
there are two to provide for.
The new regulation became effective
on July 1, when the salaries Of all the
single men in the Yukon territory were
cut $500 a year. The result of this in
novation has been stampede for brides.
Many young men who have been content
to endure the hardships Of northern vim
tiers in single blessedness, while their
sweethearts in eastern provinces await
ed their return in patience, have con-
cluded that, after all, Dawson is place
where it is not good for a man to live
alone.
Nearly every mail reaching Dawson
contains cards announcing wedding
in which government en-
ployes spending annual vacations in the
east are participants.
@. A Mind-Reader.
Johnnie, why don't you ask the lit
tie girl to have a piece of your candy?"
Cause she looks like she would"
Houston Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
ARTISTIC FLOWER STAND.

bronze stands tubs of highly polished
woods, birded by hoops of brass.
The shapes vary, ovals, squares, rec
tangles and circles being employed ac-
cording to their fitness to the plantz
they hold. Some of the designs in the
bronze work are quaint. Although
many are original. others are repre-
auctions of medieval work The lack
OF monotony is favorable compared tc
the old styles.
One conservatory varies these arts
tic novelties with wicker baskets Of
divers designs, that inclose the clay
pots closely, painted green or white.
their lighter colorings making a pleas
ing contrast under the brilliancy of
the flowers and the shining green col
orings of the leaves, to the black Chi
nee teakwood and reddish bronze Of
these new plant-holders.
A rhodendron in leakwood tub,
with green bronze hoops and supports,
is the most admired of all the plants
in north side conservatory
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
THE NEAT GIRLS SECRET
It Consists in Nothing More or Less
Than the Proper Care Of All
Of Her Clothes.

We all have among our acquaintance
the girl, who, without being in the least
good-looking, always manages to lool
neat and we'll dressed Perhaps she has
only small dress allowance. and when
ever you happen to meet her she looks
smart and attractive, while other girls
with twice the money at their command
too often look shabby and dowdy.
What is the neat girls secret? Moth
ing more or less, says the New York
Weekly, than taking care of her clothes !;
she has q place for everything, and
everything is kept in its place, her rib
bons, gloves, handherchiefs, wells, ETC.,
are not all huddled together in one
drawer, neither do they lie about on the
tables and chairs until they are wanted
Every article of apparel is put away
with the most scrupulous care, first be-
ing busted, shaken or mended as the
case may be.
There is a great difference, too, in the
way in which girls put on their clothes.
and very often a girl dressed in shirt
waist and plain skirt will look twice as
neat as one clad in $50 gown, the rea-
son being simply and solely this: The
one has put her dress on anyhow, the
other has taken care that all shall be
neat and fresh.
1t is the duty of all parents, to see
that their children are taught from their
babyhood, to take proper care of their
wearing apparel; for the child who lets
her clothes drop off her and tie in heap
On the floor invariably grows into the
untidy woman with whom We
are so familiar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
THE SIOUX. MEDITERRANEAN
Although Invisible to Her son-in-
Law She Can Make Him
Very Sorry"

It is one OF the oldest customs Of the
Sioux Indians that the son-in-law shall
not look upon the face Of his mother-in-
law. or communicate with her any more
than is absolutely necessary. This GUS
tom is probably the outgrowth Of family
brawls arising from their crude way Of
living, huddled together in huts and
teepees. At all events, the plan seems
to work well. says Youths Companion.
When. in case of sickness, or by invi-
tation from her daughter, the mother
in-law visits the, family of her son-in-
Law, Q partition is usually made in the
hut or teepee by means of blanket, be-
hind which the mother-in-law retires
whenever the son-in-law approaches
the ome.
In the case Of John Night Pipe,
young bridegroom living in Ten Horns
camp, on the reserve, the invisible
mother-in-law was the source of great
disturbance. Although he never be.
held her person, the sound of her scold-
ing voice easily penetrated the blanket
wall. John made several fruftless eff
forts to dislodge his mother-in-law, and
send her to her home on the other part
OF the reserve, but without avail. He
finally decided to appeal to the Indian
agent for relief This is his letter:
MY dear respectable Friend. have
a few words to say to you and they are
that l am sorry to myself It is an old
woman that makes me very sorry every
day because she talks with bad. bad
words always to me, and never gets
rested with her tongue, and l hate that
kind of business. the bad words, L
mean. holding them always with her
tongue that way.
Now, if you will send your policeman
to take this woman to her camp, l will
be your truly friend with a good heart.
sir. and we will living happy again.
NOW this is all and this is me.
Your acquaintance friend.
Mr.. John Night Pipe"
The letter proved effective. The dis |
.urbiEg mother-in-law was sent to her
aome in Black Moons camp, and the |
Touns people were left in possession of |
IN undivided teepee.
The story, which comes direct from
IN Indian agency in Dakota, proves that
ne nother-in-law joke is not wholly
ne fabrication of the comic paper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Wat Jimmie Waa Writing.


Barrel Wendell, of Harvard. whs
writes English even more admirably
than he teaches it. was citing ex
amples of anti.climax, says an ax
change
"A schoolmaster," he said, had q
visitor. He took this visitor to the
playground. Here half 4 dozen boys
were at play. while seventh, lad O:
most intelligent appearance, sat writ.
ing under tree.
The boy at work, said the school
master, is Brown, am proud OF
him. See him, how diligently he ap-
plies himself, while his friends waste
their time in idleness. wonder what
he can be writing? Tomorrow's Latin
prose, I fancy. Well find out.
He called Brown to him.
Here, Jimmy, let me see that he
said, and he extended his hand for the
paper.
But the boy flushed and hung back.
No, SIR he stammered. I don'ss
want to-
Note his modesty,' the schoolmas-
ter whispered to his friend. Then nc
went on:
Come on. Jimmy; come on. Let
me see what you have been writing
there.
Still the boy demurred. But the
school master, insisting, at last Sc
cured the paper, and this is what he
tound on it, written in neat imitation
Of feminine hand:
Please excuse my son, James.
from school today, as he is needed at
home"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
ARTISTIC FLOWER STANDS.
Late Designs in Garden and Conserva-
tory Decorations Add to the
Beauty Of the Plants.

The application of the artistic to the
useful, the movement begun by Rus
kin and Morris, has finally entered the
field of garden and conservatory dec
orarcns, where it might be imagined
from their constant associations with
beauty that such ideas would have
eman2ted R=as.g
The Chicago Journal says that in
place of the ugly, unadorned clay pots
or their still uglier ornamentations CT
frilled crepe and tissue paper, or the
old style Of painted washtubs in use
in Conservatives, are now set Upon
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
Elderly Lady Had Business Ideas, Too.

Elderly Lady Had Business Ideas, Too.
| ever hear the story Of how w. w.
Corcoran, the millionaire art lover VINO
built the Corcoran gallery in Wash
ington, d. c., was thrown down by an
elderly maiden" asked James Follans'
bee, of Baltimore. according to the
Milwaukee Sentinel. you will recoi
lect that Corcoran owned the Airing
ton Hotel in Washington. Patronage
was so good that the quarters became
c1amped, and additional land was
needed for an extension to the build
ing. The lot adjoining to the rear was
owned by an elderly lady, being por'
ton of her back yard. The million
aire hostelry keeper greatly desired
this parcel OF land and for months was
cogitating how he would approach his
reighbor. She being wealthy. nc
came to the conclusion to be entirely
frank with her, satisfied that she would
not hold him up if he divulged his plans
not mold him up he divulge1 his plans
to her. So he sat down and wrote her
q letter in which he askc1 her Fcw
much she wanted for her back yard,
as he intended to enlarge his ho:el.
The same day he received neat per
fumed note from his nelshLor which
RAJ:
".'How much do you want or your
ft.el, we need it to enlarge our back
sard?'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
JAPs ARE VERY PRECISE.
In Their Military Movements They
Do Things with the Regular
ity Of Clockwork.

AS soldier have. naturally. been
struck by the Japanese military move
meEts which have been able to wit
ness, says writer I'm the Pail Mall
Gazette. Twas in Chemulpo at the time
OF the destruction of the Variag and
the korietz. and witnessed the really
wonderful Decentralization and depar-
ture OF a Japanese division for the
front. AS soon as the Japanese trans
ports arrived on that fateful evening
the long sea front assumed a quiet.
sustained activity which betokened
the absence of any necessity for i'm
provisation. Even landing stages pro-
Ject,ng into the shallow waters of the
bay made their appearance as if By
magic, to which the sampans brought
their endless loads of men, horses and
guns. These streamed away into the
town to preordained billets with an
uncanny precision which suggested
that somebody, somewhere, was turn
ing a handle and working the whole
business by machinery.
What one particularly noticed was
that with it all there was NO shouting
OF orders or galloping about of fussy
stan officers, as there would have been
in any other army. The Japanese off,
Ger seems to have learned a strange
silent method of leadership whose
marked feature is an absolute conf
dence in himself
Nothing before or since has ever i'm
pressed me SO much as that night in
Chemulpo. The japanese division was
in the town, there was no doubt Of it:
but not even a bugle broke the COM
parative quiet of the place. l ex-
plored the streets to see what had be-
come of these unusual soldiers. !. !
found them in the shadows of YER
andas, within the shelter of gardens
and compounds, resting or cooking
their food by little fires that were
in numberless different di-
rections. They seemed to have no use
for orderlies or staff officers, for every
thing seemed to be ready, prepared
and complete. OF If they passed to and |
fro they seemed as noiseless as the |
very shadows in which they moved.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-29
TWO CLOCK NOVELTIES.

bold figures upon revolving flaps. The
clock is wound and set as an ordinary
clock; its special advantage lies in tie
fact that the timefis seen instantly and
from quite long distance The Sec
ond ingenious novelty is an electrical
~ propelled clock warranted to go for
IL months without interference. The
battery, it is claimed, is easily re-
placed by any one. The clock stands
on base Of solid wood and is covered
with plate glass.-Brooklyn Eagle.