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The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
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The neck bands OF mems white shirts
frequently wear out before any other
part. Wash the shirt to remove the
starch, rip the old band of and press
it carefully SO 1t will retain It's original
shape. Cut new band of linen inter
lined with muslin. haste 1t in place,
stitch on the machine and work the
usual number of buttonholes. Make
other repairs that are needed and the
shirt will be ready for the laundry.
If the silk ties are soiled. try clean
Ing them with gasoline. Pour little
In cup or bowl. dip clean cloth in
1t. and rub the solled places. dipping
frequently. When the gasoline gets
dirty. get fresh supply and proceed
as before. until the lies are clean. then
hang them up where no dust will fall
on them until 1t has eyaporated. This
does not fade the color
\ suit OF clothes is often improved in
appearance by brushing them. Turn
the pockets wrong side out and shake
them. The coat collar often requires
cleaning. Prepare n cleaning fluid by
pouring a quart OF boiling water over
one-fourth pound of soap shaved fine
and adding a heaping teaspoolful or
borax. When dissolved. stir together
so it will form a strong suds. Dip n
small brush in this. lay the collars fiat
on the table and scour until clean.
Rinse with clear water and hang up
until half dry. then cover with cloth
and press with hot iron until dry
The borax is great help in removing
grease or soiled spots OF any kind from
n woolen garment. and is perfectly
harmless. Vest and coat buttons may
be purchased to replace those that are
worn or lost, and IL the binding is
worn In places. rebind with new braid.
If there are any places to be mended.
ace piece like the garment under
the worn place. Sew 1t down firmly.
allowing as few stitches as possible
I, show on the right side. darn back
and forth over the broken threads.
catching 1t down to the cloth beneath.
Then place damp cloth on the place
and press with hot iron.-E. ]. C.,
in American Cultivator.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
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Foamy Sauce = Take half cup of
butter beaten 10 cream. with one cup
of powdered sugar; add one teaspoon
ful of vanilla. two tablespoonfuls OF
currant jelly or grape juice. one-half
cup of boiling water, the white of an
egg well beaten. Whip all together
until fc1my and serve.
Potnto Straws-Pare and cut raw po-
tatoes into slices one-quarter of an
inch thick; cut these into narrow strips
or straws anG soak In cold water half
an hour. Dry on n cloth and fry in
deep hot fat until crisp and well col
ored. Draip OH paper and sprinkle
with salt. Serve with chops.
Boiled Meat Puddings-Beat four
eggs thoroughly, add three pints OF
sweet milk, one teacup fine chopped
suet. one-half teaspoon salt and three
cups yellow meal. Turn into a wet
pudding bag and boil two and one-hnlf
hours in a kettle which should be half
full of boiling water when the bag is
plunged in. Eat with butter and maple
syrup.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
Household
aMatters
U.s ror oId waterpreof-.

Non housekeepers who harpen to
have slowed away in attic or closet
one or more OF those old waterproof
capes in use twelve or fifteen years
ago. VIII find them exceedingly serv-
iceable as chair covers on sweeping
day. To make them more convenient.
sew up the Sits in the covers which
were used for arinholes, and remove
the hoods. Then see what protection
II is from the dust, which, however
carefully broom is used, Is sure to
lodge upon all upholstered furniture.
In the case OF a large easy chair.
which for some reason 1t may be in
convenient to remove from the room
during the sweeping process. this rub
beg cover viii prove boon. Ordi-
narily 1t may be carelessly thrown
over the back. arms and seat, but in
case it may he found necessary to re
move the chair 10 sunny piazza or
porch during cleaning time, this cover
pinned securely around 1t will protect
1t from eithe. rain or sunshine. rs the
case may be
Another advantage which such GOV
er has over n shawl or other wooler
covering is that dust does not cling
10 it, but u slight shake viii remove it.
II yon happen 10 own an oid-fash-
ioned square piano. with pictures and
hric-a-brae standing on the open cover.
1t is some trouble TO remove them and
close the piano every time You sweep.
A friend who owns one of these old
waterproof capes often throws it over
her open piano while sweeping. thus
swing the trouble of closing it.-Hel-
en- F. Richardson, in Connecticut
Farmer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
A quick Change.

Waiter a. Wyckoff, professor Of So
ciology in Princeton. WAS once travel
ing. disguised as tramp. in search OF
information. While on railroad train
out West they came to very dark tun-
mel. and one OF his fellows asked n
passing train hand how long 1t would
take to reach daylight at the other end.
"Oh. about half an hour" snapped the
man. as he hurried away. The tray-
eler. as DIR. Wyckofr could dlmly see.
at once began fumbling with grip
which he had. In about three minutes
the train shot into daylight once more
and everybody saw that the traveller
had intended to use the thirty minutes
OF darkness in changing his shirt.
There he sat, thunderstruck. his coat
shirt. necktie and collar thrown over
the next seat. as naked from the waist
up as a man about to take n bath.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
Where Babie. Are Always welcome.


There is at least one place in the
United States where the families are
always pleased TO have a new baby.
Il. NJ. Sweet describes 1t In The World
To-day as follows:
The Usage country is land where
baby may always be sure of n large
welcome. For one reason. he has an
earning capacity from the day he is
born, which is often quite as great as
his fathers. One of the next things
after naming the little pappoose is to
20 to Pawhuska. the capital of their
nation. and have its name put upon the
pay roll. Once every three months
Uncle Sam pays the interest on the
money which lie holds In trust for
them, and the amount paid to each In
dian varies from time TO time, accord
Ing to how many have gone to the
happy hunting ground. and how many
wee ones have come to take their
places since last pay day. The latest
little arrival at the newest-built wig
wan receives just us much as does the
Oldest grandfather or the most athletic
warrior So that when Chief Look
Out not long ago had the happiness to
be blessed with twins. he was not only
eligible to the usual congratulations
due new father, but Mt the same
time, unlike most new fathers, he
found his estate increased by the snug
little sum OF s23.000 For. until the
children reach the age of eighteen their
incomes are paid to their parents"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

After picnicing under haystnck n
party of holiday makers near Mnntau-
ban. France. left an empty ginger beer
bottle standing mp on tbr ground. The
suns rays became focused through the
glass and set the stack alight. IT was
burned to the ground.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

me.
With dilaicd eyes and hair fairly
bristling with terror I razed Mt the
white robcd form OF a woman who had
appeared out OF the darkness waving
me Iack-ny mother, Really. and In
bodily form. the mother who had been
sleeping three years in a German Gem
etery at home.
saw her dlstinctiy-cvery line of
her dearly beloved face. her eyes. her
lips. her figure in the white shroud.
lust as | had gazed at her for the inst
time In dcspairing grief--my mother.
Now she suddenly stood before me
in the midst of the darkness OF the
niGht-in the enemy's country on the
lonely moor.
Mother l cried "Afother.'
The corporal seized me by the arm In
horror.
For heavens sakci Captain"
Then the strange apparltlon faded
from my sight. Again with every
sign OF the most intense anxiety she
mofioDed: Back, Back" Then the
thick darkness again surrounded me.
l sat In my saddle utterly incapable
o, speech. ! felt my horse tremble
under me as | drew it back snoring.
"Cnptain-"
"Haekert-didn't you see anything;"
! gasped at lnss.
NO. Captain. WHAT"
drew myself up resolutely.
Halt Not another Step. Some
danger is threatening MS. Haekert.
hold my horser' sprnng to the
ground. Let me go few steps for
ward"
Loose pebbles creaked under my
feet and l heard one roll along the
ground md then rattle ms though 1t
was falling into some deep chasm.
What was the meaning of that?
As l stood irresolute. hesitatlng TO
move another step forward. the moon
shone brightly through the clouds and
looked down into the yawning depths
of stone quarry upon whose side
lantern had been hung.
trap set for us by the Franc
tireurs,
\ chill ran through every limb Two
steps more we would have been
crushed at the bottom OF the chnsm.
leaped back upon my horse.
wheel, We are on the edge OF n
stone qunrry9' I said in a low tone,
and my brave men. who had seen the
danger at the same moment, turned
their horser
Then shots ratified from tho oppo.
site side of the stone quarry Bullcts
whistleo over our heads: one struck
my corporal's carbinp. hut he had al
rsady raised It 10 his check and we,
too. fired.
Twice We fired into the darkness
The moon was again hidden. We no
longer saw the foe. and now dashed
through the wind and rain TO the shell
ter OF the woods.
Not until later, when we had re-
joined our own troops in safety. did
the memory OF what we Ind Just ex-
perienced overwhelm me with its full
power. 7 opened my pocketbook. gazed
at my dear. dead mothers picture.
pressed my face upon 1t. and wept
like n child
have never found any explanation
o. the mysterious rhostly vision ex-
cept that. during her lifetime, had
always been my mothers favorite
child, over whom she had extended her
loving protection.-New York Sun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

Ten years ago cents were little used
in California and the South. and were
practically unknown IN Nevada. wy
omine and Arizona. but to-day they
circulate everywhere.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

A tradesman has been elected to the
Spanish cories for the first time In us
history. lie is James Angles, aud Is
n cooper by trade.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
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In Worcester there are T0s women
who make needles and 1ofI female
nnilmakcrs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

Emperor william OF Germany has
four light brown daschunds OF which
he Is very fond These dogs live In
a stone ivy covered house.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

Hubbnrdston. Mass. with pounln-
ilon OF little over 1900. has twenty
five people that nre eighty years and
over The average nge Of these peo-
pie is eighty-iivc years; all of them.
with the exception OF two, are In good
health
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
A Modern Discovery OF the Mi..i..ippi.

n Modern discovery OF the misstssippf.
In an interesting article published
in the current Harper's Weekly. Mr..
Julius Chambers tells of his discovery
Of the true source of the Mississippi
River. In 1872 Mr.. Chambers made n
trip to the Itasca region in Minnesota.
which led to the discovery of lake
beyond the then reputed source of the
river. schoolcraft. ir 1882, had dis
covered and named Itasca Lake. and
Nicollet. in 1886. had confirmed the re-
searches of his predecessor. After
reading all the reports of these expior-
ers on file at Washington. Mr.. Cham
bers decided that they were not con-
elusive. and set out for himself to find
the true source of the Mississippi. The
story of his adventures during the ex-
pioration makes interesting reading.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

The greatest OF all mountain rail-
ways ~ that which nsccnds Mount
Lowe. IN Southern California. to nu
altitude OF COCO feet at forty eight per
cent. grade.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

The life OF dime is only four or Ave
years. because It changes hands ten
Tines while half dollar Is moved
once from one persons pocket into
the I'LL Of another
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

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In Worcester there are T0s women
who make needles and 1914 female
nnilmakcrs.
A irndesman has been elected to the
Spanish cortes for the first time In It's
history. lie is James Angles, aud Is
a cooper by trade.
Tcn years ago cents were little used
in California and the South. and were
practically unknown IN Nevada. wy
oniine and Arizona. but to-day they
circulate everywhere.
Emperor William OF Germany has
four light brown daschunds OF which
he is very fond These dogs live In
n stone ivy y-coyered house.
The greatest OF all mountain rail-
ways ~ that which nsecnds Mount
Lowe. IN Southern California. TO nu
altitude OF COCO feet at forty eight per
cent. grade.
The life OF dime is only four or Ave
years. because II changes hands ten
tines while half n dollar is moved
once from one persons pocket into
the till Of another,
The sun dial, that old time fnvoriio
In the garden OF the past. has hccn
revived. and IL is stated on good nuthor-
ity that no garden will be considered
complete without it.
The speediest feminine picker OF
hncklebcrrics in Monroe County. Pa.
Is Carrie Everett, girl OF fifteen years.
From $50 a. N. to i.30 y. M she picked
sovcnty-two quarts OF hucklebcrries.
In the body Of horse Tint died sud-
denly at Newport, Yorks. the vetcrln-
ary surgeon who made n post-norieDi
examination discovered three large
stones, one OF them nearly us large as
a cricket ball.
Hubbnrdston Mass. with pounln-
ilon Of n little over 100. has twenty
five people that are eighty years and
over. The average nge Of these peo-
pie is eighty-fvc years; all OF them.
with the exception OF two, are in good
health.
After picnicing under haystnck n
party of holiday makers near Mnntau-
ban. France. left an empty ginger beer
bottle standing mp on tbr ground. The
SUMS rays became focused through the
glass and set the stnck allght II was
burned to the ground
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

In the body Of horse Tint died sud-
denly at Newport, Yorks the vetcrin-
ary surgeon who made n rost-mortcm
examination discovered three large
stones, one OF them nearly us large as
cricket ball.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

The speediest feminine picker OF
hucklcberrics in Monroe County. Pa.
is Carrie Everett. n girl OF fifteen years.
From $50 a. m. to 1870 y. M she picked
sovcnty.two quarts Of hucklcbcrries.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

Tho sun dial, that old time fnvorltc
in the garden OF the past. has hccn
revived. and Il is stated on good nuthor-
ity that no garden will be considered
complete without 1t.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25
WARNING FROM THE OTHER WORLD.
A Cavalry Officers Narrow
Escape From a Trap in the
co-Cerman War. :. :.

T. are living In the age Of
discoveries and solutions OF
great mysteries. Who. nifty
years ago. would have
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-16
Men Doing women's work.


Letter in the London Telegraph.
I observe that you repeat the charge,
SO often made against modern wom-
en-, that they ARE invading many call
ings once sacred to the male sex
May l call your attention to the fact,
very seldom recognized, that the case
is rather the reverse? If a few wom-
EN- have become doctors, scientists, au-
thors, etc, and have taken a small
amount of work from men in those
professions, think of the thousands of
women who have lost their occupation
by being ousted by men from callings
"once sacred" to the female sex Not
so many years ago the ordinary home
work of women included the brewing
of beer, distilling essences, bread max
ing, preserving, spinning, weaving,
making clothes and other things too
innumerable to mention. Now all these
things are made away from home, in
factories, owned and managed by men
and worked largely by men. Our cakes,
jams, pickles and mincemeat are made
in wholesale quantities cheaper than
we can make them at home. You
have left us nothing but to order the
dinner and darn the socks and stock
ings.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-16
WILD FOWLS WINTER HOME.
Ducks and Geese Spend Cold Months
in Southern Louisiana.
Eroy1, OUTING


Southern Louisiana is the winter
home of tens of thousands of all sorts
of ducks and geese which make their
way down along the Atlantic coast or
by way of the great lakes and the Mis-
sissippi river. When far down a big
detachment of the birds swings west
ward over Texas and goes to the
southwestern coast of that state, be-
tween Corpus Christi and Brownsville.
Many of the flyers which escape the
guns of hunters in the Dakotas go to
the same place. Yet Louisiana con-
tinues to receive it's share. Certainly
no finer shooting of the kind is to be
had anywhere in the world than in the
rich country which lies below New
Orleans and extends westward to the
Sabine river. Not only are big bags
to be made. but they are made in COM
parative comfort, there being no freez-
ing temperatures to encounter, and
they consist of pretty nearly every va
riety of duck known to American or
anthology.
There in a winters shooting a man
may learn the looks and habits and
Whether he becomes a good shot or
not will depend upon the way nature
fashioned him. An old dog Latin SEN
tence has it that Reading and writing
may be bought of the school-master,
but a crack shot is the work of God"
He will, at any rate. become an in
formed. QUICKER, able to talk of ducks
Interestingly. and to tell most men
things about them. Canvas-backs.
red-heads and mallards, pintails.
widgeons and gadwells. blue-blls. but
ter-balls and teals, wood-ducks,
squealers and sawbills. duskies and a
dozen others are there, and even the
beautifully marked south-southerly."
from Chesapeake bay, goes down some
times to mingle its soft notes with
the more raucous voices of its cousins.
a man may not kill individuals Of all
OF these varieties in a day. because
they inhabit differing water and use
differing feeding grounds. but II viii
not be uncommon for him to get back
10 camp after an evening shoot with
six or eight kinds In his pocket. One
OF the strangest things about wild fowl
II the manner IN which they have
borne up against the continued assaults
BY continually improved weapons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-16
ANNOUNCING A MEAL.
Many Ways of SummOninE Men to
Partake of FOOd-sounding the
From the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
Among the curious byways of social
history and household custom is that
which is concerned with the mode of
announcing that dinner or any other
meal is or shortly will be ready. The
dinner bell is. of course, the oldest of
these modes. In medieval times the
monastery or convent bell rang out on
the quiet country air many times in
the course of the day and night and
not the least welcome to the inmates
of the many summonses was that
which drew them to the refectory. And
in later ages, linking the middle ages
to the present time, there are frequent
illusions in literature which show that
the bell method was still in constant
favor, notwithstanding the customary
use of other modes of summons to be
mentioned presently. One or two exam
pies of such illusions may suffice. In
the anonymous old play called the
Return From Parnassus.' which was
written and represented about January,
1902, a page boy quotes a courter's def
milton of a scholar as a creature that
can strike fire i'm the morning at his
tinderboX put on q paire of lined Slip
pers, sit rewming till dinner. ands then
goe to his meate when the bell rings"
A century later we know that the
same method prevailed in Sir Roger
de Coverleys household for while the
silent gentleman and Will Wimble were
talking together the bell. we are told,
rang to dinner. and VIII had the
pleasure of seeing the huge jack he
had caught served up for the first dish
in most sumptuous manner" And
later stil Edmund Burke gained the So
briquet of the dinner bell" on account
of his success in emptying the house
OF commons when he rose to speak on
certain topics
There is. indeed, plenty of evidence
that the bell has always been, as II
still is. widely used as summons
TO meals But there have been other
modes of announcing the event of the
day, and these are not little Gu
rious. one seventeenth century
method. for instance, was after the
fashion of the three knocks on the
stage which heralded the rise OF the
curtain in French theaters. Sucking,
in his famous Ballad Upon a Wed
ding" says:
Just in the nick the cook knock'd
thrice
And all the walters I'm trice
His summons aid obey;
Each serving man, with dish In hand.
Msrch'd boldly up. Ike our train'd
band
Presented. and away
The knocking seems TO have become
old-fashlOned not long after Stockings
time. Steele, in bis play OF the Con
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-16
COTTON FELL FAR.
over n Cent a Bale Went on in the
Days Trading.

New Orleans. Feb. 15.-Although the
Mardi Gras festivities interfered some
what with the business, to-day's cotton
market was exciting. The rumor thai
Senator Hanna was dead was adverse
and caused heavy selling. Selling or
ders came almost wholly from commits
sion and private wire houses and caused
net decline for the day of los and los
points.
The market opened quiet and steady
Prominent bulls gave support during
the morning and this caused prices to
remain steadily around the level OF
Saturdays close.
Short selling became heavier and
heavier as the day advanced. and the
support of the bulls was not strong
enough to counterfeit it. During the
noon hour. prices commenced to take
a swift downward course. which was
maintained with one or two Interrupt
tions until the close. 1t was a one
sided market.
The market closed steady and rather
quiet Tomorrow being a holiday in
the local market restricted the opera
tons to some extent.
The census bureau report on weights
OF cotton bales did not attract much
attention, although it was construed
bullishly
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-16
Value of the Hearty Laugh.
From the Omaha World-Herald.

What is there in hearty laugh that
clears the moral and mental atmos-
phere and gives man or a woman new
physical vigor? There is nothing like
it for banishing miasmas and doubts
There is something infectious in its
merriment, too. If we only had more
time for spontaneous gayety and joy
we would be better physically, mental
ly and morally. The man who laughs
seldom is a dangerous one. Caesar rec
ognized that centuries ago. Even il
one thinks that the man who does not
laugh hurts no one but himself. he is
nevertheless, injuring society at large
by reducing its sum total of mirth and
joll!ty. And he is sure to hurt himself
because he denies himself the simple
innocent joys which make men one with
mankind. There is something tonic
in hearty laugh. 1t frees the spirit
and quickens the blood.