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A NEW FAD FOR WOMEN.

Enamel work and the designing of
jeweled ornaments have become seri-
= US recreatiOns for the artisucally
minded members of society. Our New
port woman produces beautiful speci-
mems Of enamel work. as the friends
who are the fortunate recipients of
specimens of her handicraft can fully
testify, and is singularly happy in her
combination of c0lOrs and metals;
while there are not few other smart
women who are protligiously proud
and rightly so-Of the exquisite hat
pins and medallions and quaint chains
which their clever fingers have fash
Toned. Truly pretty pastlme. and a
useful one to boot; and in view of the
fact that the era of jeweled lace has
already dawned this is a craft which
women will do well to cultivate.
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DRESS GLOVES.

Correct styles of dress gloves for
women to wear are now seen in the
shops.
White. gray and tan gloves in slace
kid and Suede or soft undressed kid
are In request In hand-sewn material.
The strapped wrist glove. and also
the gauntlet. are purchased by auto
MODELLING women and for driving and
riding with horses.
BY this time the girls have usually
come to the bottom of their glove
boxes. and they are glad to replenish
the stock of "handschubs." hand
shoe. as the literal and ridiculous
translation from the German has 1t.
"Outseam Cape" gloves give salts
faction for hard wear and knockabout
uses.
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AN|EEdFfgt|SYgE
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Cream Toast-Cut slices of bread in
half inch thick slices; cut of the
crusts; toast the slices golden brown:
pour a very little boiling water over
them. and put in hot oven two min
utes; serve hot.
Cake Fritters-Cut stale cake in
slices one inch thick; dip each piece in
cream: fry in little butter in II frying
pan; lift them to platter and spread
over the slices little preserve and
sprinkle With chopped almonds and
powdered sugar. ....-e
Mock Suet Pudding-One cup Of
bread crumbs. one cup of cold water.
half n cup of mOlasses. one egg, one
cupful of fruit. two cupfuls of -four.
one teaspoonful of soda, half tea
spoonful of salt; spice to taste; steam
one and one-half hours.
Steamed, Graham Bread-One and
three-fourths cupfuls of graham flour,
three-fourths cupful of Indian meal,
one and one-halt level teaspoonfuls
OF soda. one tablespoonful of salt, half
n cupful of molasses. one and two
thirds cupfuls of milk; beat thor
oughly: turn into a buttered mould and
steam one and one-half hours.
Tomato Chowder-Slice one-fourth
pound of salt pork in thin slices; put
them in hot frying pan: then add two
small onions sliced and fry light
brown: add two level tab,espoonfuls
of -four and stir for three minutes; put
tbs in a stew pan; add one quart of
water. one can of tomatoes and one
~;,erter cup of well washed rice; cover
20 pan and let simmer one hour; sea-
son with 1t and pepper.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-30

few months ago the dinner table used
to be covered with all kinds Of ribbon
and lace decorations. Now you never
see bit of 1t. There used to be dozens
of queer kinds of knives and forks and
spoons by each plate. Now there is
only one knife and one fork. and they
are changed for each course.
1.-The trend is toward simplicity. It's
a good thing. no doubt, but it's very
bad thing for women like me. Still.
we manage to pick up living. Many
hostesses don't know how to combine
simplicity with elegance, and 30 they
have to call us in"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-30
FANCY vELvETs.

1t is n pity stamped velvets were
doomed because they became common.
About two years ago these velvets
were shown in wonderful assort-
ment. The stamped velvets caught
on at once. Imitators found they
could reproduce these velvets cheaply.
In fact. some -2ere sold at sixty-nine
cents a yard, and the woman who had
paid seven times this sum for material
for her carriage robe felt impelled to
give away her questionable gown.
Crushed velvets are always good and
many women will return to gun metal
gray and pure blacks. Fashion de-
erees that these velvet robes be
trimmed with fur and net lnce. as for
merly.
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CAUGHT IN HIS OWN NET.

A well known United States marshal
reiated the following experience TO n
group at the Great Northern recently:
Fifteen years ago 1 was deputy
sheriff Of Monterey County, Cnlifor-
MIA. Now. that's whooping big coun-
~. with eighty miles of seacoast and
a scattered population of only 10000
Well, the ranchmen had things 40
much their own way then that they
paid no attention to the State game
laws. One day the railroad company
telephOned the sheriff that n fellow o;
the name Of Jim Murdoch had shipped
some venison to San Francisco. That
was all the old man wanted. Look
here he said you just drive over to
SOletiad and serve this warrant on
Jim Murdoch
"It was about 3 O'Clock In the after
noon when reached Jim's ranch.
After bad finished reading the war
rnnt he laughed and said: We'll, II
You say shipped that venison.
reckon I did. Just wait five minutes
and I'll go back with you He soon
returned. carrying Winchester rifle.
confess WAS knocked out until
Jim said: oh. I Just wanted to show
you the gun that did the work. Isn't
It II beauty
Now. gentlemen. I was pretty
good shot myself i'm those days. and
before l became an officer I guess I
killed about as many deer and quail
in season and ont of season as ever
lin Murdoch did. So I couldn't help
admirlng the gun. 1t was the latest
pattern. and as l examined 1t closely
I noticed It was loaded When 1 hand
cd 1t back Jim said: y won't bother
taking 1t back to the house: we'll just
take 1t along. Maybe you'll need 1t TO
convict me with
We'll. we drove along. and I soon
sized Jim up as n pretty good sort
Of fellow. The road had just turned
into some timber land. and rim and 1
were swapping opinions on politics
when NIL at once he said. soft like:
Look! And. gentlemen. not twenty
yards in front Of that buggy was trot-
ting the finest buck that ever bore
horns
Il never knew how It happened.
boys. hut before knew where 1 was
up with inns gun and Killed that deer.
And swear didn't realize what
had done until saw Jim grabbing the
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$751; ::z!E!!EEID
Fringe is very popular.

Fringe ID very popular.
Maybe combinations are as good as
ever.
Chenille fringes are among the smart
things. !.
Dropping wings are pretty black
finish to many hat.
The over and over stitch in embroid-
cry is used great deal.
Black chiffon with Chantilly APP
pliques over white is in high favor.
Twisted plumes are a variation ON
the regulation ostrich curl.
Cords. as edging and drapery. are
conspicuous on cloth costumes.
Zibelines boast all figures from
Scotch plaid suggestions to snowfiakes.
Quaint little triple capes that dwindle
away to nothing at all at the front are
effective.
Chinese or Indian embroidery in
bright colors Is used for collars and
cuffs on jackets.
Rhinestone buttons and handsome
enamel and oxidized silver ones are
used a great deal. SD.
Gold lace, gold braid. gold buttons
and embroidery make the darkest Of
cloth gowns splendid.
Baby lamb silk plush may be had
strewn with bouquets, which is pecu-
liar for fur-like fabric.
Trimmings which hang pendant and
help in the general dropping effect are
still worn tn n prpat extent
A new soft.Hnished taffeta is one Of
the fabrics from Paris which shirrs
more easily than the stif sort.
Rhinestones are combined with en-
'broideries for evening gowns and pro-
duce a scintillating effect particularly
attractive.
Many -gored skirts are the rule. and
there's tendency to emphasize the
number of cores by buttons, stitching
and bralds.
Soutache braids are seen on every
thing. sewed on much in an all-over
effect. Blue cloth gowns braided all
over in black are very smart.
Huge metal buttons are indispensa-
BILE on the gown for fall wear. Flat.
cloth-covered buttons are used, too.
covered with cloth of which the gown
is made.
A dainty trimming on an evening
gown of white tulle or chiffon are
marguerites made Of white chiffon
with yellow centres put on In graceful
festoons on skirt and corsage.
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lines and laughing ut to kill himself.
Then | knew / had 10 face the music.
never exchanged another word with
Jim. but drove into town as fast as
could. delivered lin and myself
III and we We're each fined $50. But
the fine was nothing compared to the
judges reprlmand and the chatting
| had to stand from ihe whole coun-
~ during the rest of my term OF
ofiic,.'-chicago Record-IIerald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-30
HOW TO CARE FOR CUT GLASS.

Few people know how to care for the
beautiful cut glass in their possession.
and It liz usual for II to lose much OF its
original color and lustre. Carafes and
bottles are especially neglected, being
most difficult to clean. A medium stiif
brush should be kept for scrubhing
the pieces. and II little intelligence used
in handling them. Unless there is IL
prejudice against having poisons of
any Alnd i'll the hOuse-and that Is Il
very sensible prejudice-keep n little
bottle of muriatic acid on hand. Po-
tato parings are almost az good for
cleaning inside OF bottles. etc. Never
plunge cut glass into very hot or very
cold water; never set 1t on marble or
in draught after Wishing. Cut glass
has singular propensity s break
neatly in two swhen cold draught
strikes damp piece. 10 clean car
afc cut up some potato parings and
put in the bottle with a little lukewarm
water. Allow this to stand for an
hour, then shake will for several min
utes Empty and wash In soapy warm
water. Rinse in clear warm water and
dry.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-30
A NARROW ESCAPE.

General Fox. great connoisseur,
one day called ut the British Museum
10 examine the coins there. and when
about to leave was Informed TINT u
coin was missing and that he must
allow himself to be searched before
quitting the room. This he refused
to do and advised careful examine
ton of the case In which the coin had
lain. His advise was acted upon by
the attendant. There in the case.
wedged between the velvet lining and
the woodwork, the fugitive piece was
discovered. Vibration had caused 1t
to slip from its place. Now" said
the General, Il will show you why
refused to be searched" So saying,
be produced from his pocket n coin
exactly corresponding with the lost
and found. There were. he said, SO
far as he knew, only these two In ex-
istence. and he had come specially to
compare his own with that possessed
by the museum authorities.
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NOTHING TO RETRACT.

II told your reporter" complained
the caller, that l had just returned
from Newport, and by most mex
cusable typographical error it was
printed 'Dudesport' in your paper this
morning"
THAT wasn't typographical error.
ma'am," said the editor. THAT was
an inspiration of the composition
Chicago Tribune.
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ADOPTION.

when did you adopt the stage as a
professionT'
II should not shy that I ever adopt
ed the stage" answered Mr.. Storming-
ton Barnes. "But spent some weary
years persuading the stage to adopt
me."-Washington Star.
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TO WASH HASpKERcHIErs.

II you are away visiting and want n
few fancy handkerchiefs done up
quickly. wash and wiring slightly and
put on your bedroom mirror (over
night evenly. and when dry they will
fall of. and have the appearance Of
being beautifully ironed. Pieces of
old lace can be done the same way.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-30
HUMAN NATURE.

Mike" said Flooding Pete. what
would you do II you was to wake up
and find yourself a railway PRESIDENT"
II Dunno answered Meandering
Mike. Human nature is human ma
ture. Il s'pose I'd git mercenary an
begin to worry about all de rides I've
been beatin' de company out off,
Washington Star.
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A NEIGHBoRLY HINT.

Mrs. Suburb-"Why In the world
don't You grease that lawn mower of
yours?"
Neighbours Hired Man-",rhe Missus
told me not TO till you had your pianer
tuned."-New York Weekly.
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u . quite, VINO hau an ait
4 - venture recently, which
HoE they viii ,eil about for the
res, .. shelr lives The people are
Miss Cariny Coonhs. of This city. who
is stnyin;. nj the well known camp
ut Lily Bay. Moosrhcad Lake kept by
4A!phonsc Her'leen: Joseph Patten. Of
Bangor. !; we'll known guild. of tina
region. and !ir. BcrSicen himself
II does no, come to siic 10. OF many
people To he ,0wcu n mile and Il half
through :; lake hy 81 big hall moose.
while two cows swim alongside. the
peop" Icing IN II canoe aud restin.
on the moose Ia Keep from swamp
ing fairly riding him. bu; that is what
Happened 10 these neoplc.
1t was Tuesday afternoon that Mr..
Eerteei. who is always looking ont
for the pleasures OF his guests. spled
u bc hull moose on the shore of
the lake nca:- the camp and at once
thought, what fun il would be 20 chase
the big animal in II c:noe.
Calling to Mis- Coombs. Mr. Patten
and jack Dyer. the guide. Mr.. Berdeen
""itNu WV ara VIZ bir-
once began 10 swim out into the luke.
Quickly jumping into, n canoe. the
quartet started. Driven by the lusty
strokes OF the guide and the camp pro-
prie.Or. the cnnoa was not long In over
taking the animal. who was making
frantic efforts to escape across the
like
Ilpon reaching him. Dyer. who was
in the how. seizeG the moose by the
horns and the fus began. 1t was at
this point that the most remarkable
occurrence happened. Tile party was
about 100 yards from the shore when.
on turning around. one of them saw
two COW moose making ont from the
shore
The smaller animals soon overlook
the big bnll. who was sadly handl-
capped by having 10 drag the cnnoe
full OF people and they began to swim
alongside.
1t WAS Mt this iuncture. however,
that the fun nenrly became serious.
AS the four people. each one wanting
TO get better look at the big moose.
crowded forward into the bow OF the
frnil craft, 1t nearly swanped. the bow
coming nerilously smear going under.
How Mr.. Berdeen got over the three
people and. resting himself on the
moose. held up the canoe. no one can
tell. hut he did. and for II mile and IL
half the big animal tpwcd the four peo-
pie In the canoe. while the two cow
moose swan alongside. All this time.
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HARDLY.

"You are the light of my lifew he
exclaimed.
She regarded him with look of
mingled pity and disdain.
"Of course y,u are lying-' she re-
Piled. 9Th" merest grammar school
girl knows that light is form Of
radiant energy. whereas woman is IL
congerles of molecules. What could be
more absurd:"
Man is the gay decciver. but hardly
any more; education institutions being
mostly open to both sexes.-Puck.
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INTENSELY PATRIOTIC.

"Oh. you can depend upon it that
Newrich is thoroughly American"
But he affects IN English butler
Il know. but he makes him wear a
red. white and blue vest."-Philadel-
phIa Press.
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DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR WOMEN.

The Daily Mirror. daily journal
for gentlemen" is soon to be issued
In London. 1t will be journal which
has as its first aim the giving in very
readable form of all the latest tele-
grams and other news of the day. to-
gether with mass of all that vast
fund of information in which women
take an interest
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WEATHER BEATEN.

'.Why do SO many writer's use that
hackneyed phrase. the weather-beaten
farmer|" said the young man who
reads novels. ..N--r
II dunno" answered Mr. Corntossel
ms he laid down the paper containing
the latest freshet news. "onless it's be-
cause the weather beats us out of SO
many crops."-Washington Star.
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HIS GENEROsITY.,

Young Ioveman-"Afr. Hennypeck, 1
come to ask you for your daughter. /
love-
Mfr. Hennypeck-"That's all right;
you may have her. And-er-I don't
suppose you can possibly see your way
clear to take her mother. too?'-Puck.
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GREAT SUCCESS.

He-"Do you suppose their married
life is happy one:"
She-"Why, of course II is. Haven't
they had the same cook now for over
a year ?"-Syrncuse Herald.
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no L1GHrEN LAUNDRY WORK.


One of the most Important parts of
washing Is the asserting OF the clothes.
There are many stalns which, like
those of perspiratiOn. disappear magic
ally with little cold water and soap.
and others. like fruit and coffee. which
must be treated with boiling water. but
are permanently set by lukewarm
water. II II Is the practice Of the fam
lily to soak all the clothes In cold water
before the washing has begun n great
many stains will be permanently set,
but IL the various kinds of stains are
carefully sorted out and properly
treated hours of rubbing will be saved.
A hOusekeeper whose clothes always
look as white rs the driven snow says
that 1t Is best to soak coarse clothes
In cold water, hut that the tnble linens
The same hOusekeeper says that ms
soon as she has removed the stains
from her clothes she puts them in cold
water in the boiler and brings them
to the boiling point, and then puts
them in the washtub to be rubbed for
the first time. The boiling starts the
dirt. and the rubbing is much easier
than 1t would otherwise be. After rub
bling, the clothes are transferred at
once to the first rlnsing water. then to
the second, and when they are thor
oughly rinsed they are put few at
time into the bluing water. provided
they have not been blued in several
weeks. II they have. they are wrung
out with the wringer and put out to.
dry. All white clothes should be dried
outdoors in the strongest sunlight.
Both the freezing cold and the heat Of
the summers sun bleach them.
Brown soaps usually contain rosin
and soda. and are good for washing
white clothes. but they should not be
Used for colOred clothes or hannels. MS
soda bleaches the one and the rosin is
injurious to the other. Use good
white soap for this purpose. All col
ored clothes should be dried as quickly
as possible in the shade.
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~ :. AFFAIRS
kSXaI8
TO CLEAN WHITE FEATHERS.

Take nice firm wad of white wad-
ing. well filled with thoroughly dried
plaster of paris. and rub the feathers
briskly. working from the quill NO as
not to disarrange. Keep rubbing un-
til clean.
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NO DOUBT OF 1T.

Rather a clever poem,' said the etli.
tor. handing back the manuscript: do
you know who is the author of those
lines?''
.Of course" replied the proud
father; didn't tell you my son wrote
emp
But are You sure he did?'
Sure! Don't YOU suppose know
his handwriting ?"-Philadelphia Press.
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POWER OF THE WIFE.

The influence of the wife for good or
evil is irresistible. Home should be
the seat of happiness. A good wife
is to man wisdom, courage. strength
and endurance in one. A bad wife
BOWS the seed of confusion, weakness,
discontinue and despair. Where II
wife possesses firmness of decision and
economy no situation ia hopeless. The
bravest man cannot long endure bad
management and Incidence, He needs
all his moral force and courage In his
battles with the world. and even these
will soon give out under bad domestic
influence. Home should be to him n
place of repOse, of relaxation and Of
happiness. But II he find none of these
he Is justified in becoming completely
discouraged.
II wife does not exercise her pow
ers and prerogatives us wife she fails
in her highest mission-that of help
meet.-Mrs. s. Carpenter.
FREAK DINNERS NOW BAD FORM
There are in New York number of
women who make a handsome living
by arranging dinners and table deco
rations for people who have more
wealth than taste. One Of these wom-
en- said the other day that business
was dull in her line.
Our best time" she said. was when
so much freak entertaining was being
done in New York and at Newport.
Pnris set that fashion with peacock
dinners. rose bower teas. and all the
rest of 1t. The pink, tea, the yellow
dinner, the white luncheon and the
other color fads for eating followed
naturally, and every hostess was VIE
ing with her neighbors to produce the
latest and most bizarre effects in her
dining room and her ballroom. OF
course it was harvest time for wom-
en- like me, who live by that sort Of
thing. t-r
There's nothing do now-or. at least,
very little. Frenk entertaining has
gone out of fashion. Paris has given
it up. London frowns severely upon
1t. and most of the innumerable CO.
teries of American society are begin
ming to look upon 1t as bad form,
though one still hears Of freak dinners
in Chicago and PIttsburg.
ut is now the correct thing to have
the dinner table simply but richly
adorned. and to serve nothing which
is not in season. Forced fruits and
vegetables are no longer provided. A
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RELIEYEp.

$50 the physicians thought you had
appendicitis?
Yes" answered Mrs. Cumrox. land
was no relieved to learn that they
were mistaken. Appendicitis is going
completely out Of style, you know
Washington Star.
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6be Funny
ride Of
Life.
A BAD HABIT.

The idler with complacencc rare
Loves to rebuke the toiler's pride.
He murmurs, What you've doae is fair,
l could do better. if l.tried"
Washington Star.
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PREcocIoUs IN SPOTS.

Bobby-"Do I go to school again.
mother?'
MOther-"Of course, Bobby"
Bobby-"Why, mother. heard you
tell father last night that knew en-
tirely too much."-Detroit Free Press.
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~
HARD.

1.-THE expedition endured the extrem-
est hardship
Yes, understand they were locked
in the ice during two lecture seasons"
Detroit Free Press.
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BUTTER GIRLS OF BERLIN.

Girls dressed in gaudy red. black
md white uniforms are selling butter
and cheese in the streets of Berlin for
new company
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BADLY FRIGHTENED.

"How did l look when you proposed
to meg
You looked as If you We're taking
your first ride In an automObile."-
Detroit Free Press.
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ALPINE ADVENTURE.


A dispatch from Laibach to the Paris
edition of the New York Herald re-
ports thrilling rescre of noun
tain climber. A guide engaged by a
party heard faint calls
and discovered man. who seemed to
be completely exhausted, lying on n
narrow ledge of rock on the face of a
perpendicular cliff some 600 feet high.
The man was in such n position that
he could not move backward or for
ward. The guides of the hunting party
brought ropes and with great difficulty
succeeded In rescuing him from his
dangerous position. He proved to be
resident OF Lnibach named Gregg
rec. He stated that he had been lying
on the ledge since the previous Sun
day. having spent six days md n'~,'
in this position without anyil :, 10
eat or drink.
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A GUESS AT IT.

Teacher (of class In erammer)-
What do you understand by parts of
snacchS'v
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Tommy-"It's-it's when man slut
tiers. Chicago Tribune.