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Football For a Husband.

Until early in the nineteenth century
1t was very ancient custom practiced
at Inverness, Scotland, for the spinsters
to meet the matrons in an annual game
of football. All the available women
took part, and the men surrounded the
players and urged on their sisters,
wives and sweethearts in their strug-
gle, directing their efforts by word of
mouth and encouraging the exhausted
to struggle on and secure the prize.
The hOnOrs Cf these unusual cOmbats,
strange to say, rested more often with
the married than the single, for the
men selected their wives from those
who showed most prowess and endur-
ance on the football field. Hence all
the better players were mated and
frequently more than a match for the
less tough and skillful maidens, though
the latter fought like the knights of
old for the lady of their choice and to
the death, a strange reversal of posi-
tions, which doubtless had its COM
pensating advantages when domestic
differences arose between a tyrannical
husband and his former footballing
consort.
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Somewhat snrnrisinr-

John" remarked Mrs. Bifkins cold
ly at the breakfast table, "you were
saying some rather queer things in
your sleep last night You mentioned
something about Kittie and a full
house and a showdown and a few
other things along that line. What
were you talking about?"
Did Mr.. Bifkins tell his wife that
kittie was the name of the woman
who cleaned out the office and that he
was probably dreaming about a full
house down at the show the other
night? The funny papers would have
you believe that he did But he did
not.
Il was probably dreaming of the
poker game sat in that night" he re-
piled without batting an eye. 81 lost
$37.15 in that game, by the way, so l
can't let you have that $199S for that
new hat for a couple of weeks"
Did Mrs. Bifkins scream and burst
into tears and call him brute and go
right straight back to her mother? The
comic writers and the jokesmiths
would have you think she did. But
she didn't.
"You must be bum pokerist. John"
she said scornfully. Il don't believe
you know a straightup from a four
flush. l believe l could give you three
kings and beat you to the jack pot my
self. What did you think you were
doing-digging post holes or playing
pingpOngY'-Smart Set.
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looked and howled .l.os .iJorar.
hoOrayr yelled the crowG .,iss Catn-
erwood looked with the rest. and then
she gave little gasp. for the man
that the whole crowd was looking and
yelling at was young man attired in
a full dress suit He was bowling,
with conventional stiffness, right and
left, and he was none other than Mr..
Anthony Wadsworth.
TONY, Tony, Tony, Tony yelled
the crowd. The big man stepped for
ward. "Nlr. Tony Wadsworth," he ex-
claimed by way of introduction, and
pandemonium broke loose. Mr.. An
thOny WadswOrth stepped forward
pace or two. "Ain't he cOrkin'?" said
the loquaciOus individual near Miss
CatherwOOd, land he always comes
here in swallOwtail suit. He knows
what's what, he does"
WadswOrth nodded. and the crowd
became instantly silent Il didn't in
tend to be here tonight" he explained.
He hesitated. 'The fact is" he went
on, 81 had an engagement with my
girl. and she turned me down. didn't
have any other place to so, and came
here"
This. in black and white, amounts to
nothing. But it was the way that
WadswOrth said it that took. "Ha, ha
ha"' roared the crowd Imagine
TOny's girl a-turnin' of him down. Go
on, Tony"
Mr.. Anthony WadswOrth raised his
hand high in the air and started in
Suddenly he stopped. He was looking
directly into the eyes of Miss Gather
wood herself He turned white and
then turned red. Then he turned away
and apparently forgot her. And then
he started in. He started i'm as only
Alderman Anthony Wadsworth knew
how. Miss CatherwOod had thought
the campaign orator had talked as no
other man could talk. Shat was be-
cause she had never heard Mr.. An
thOny WadswOrth. With one hand in
his trousers pocket and the other in
the air the alderman walked up and
down the stage, casting into the very
faces of his audience humOr. pathos,
eXpletive, vituperation, sarcasm, CON
tulatiOn-everything.
And when he finished the crowd
surged up to the platform and literally
overwhelmed him. Miss Catherwood.
when it was all over, drew sharp
breath. ITO think" she walled to her
Cnif tfhpf I hara ,,
The next night Mr.. Anthony Wads-
worth called upon her. She met him
at the door. She was radiant.
live come to ask ,ur pardon, +"
he said cOntritely.
"FOr what?' she inquired.
"YOu-yOu haven't forgotten" he
stammered, "abOut-abOut my-my girl
last night. Il don't know why said
it. felt reckless, l suppose"
She laughed joyously. Thai she
said. lis the only part of your Speech
last night that had forgotten. 1t was
just superb"
He laughed. Dear me-" he answer
ed, that's nothing. Every fellow in
politics has to do that That's not the
question" he went on. There's some
thing else"
"W-what" she inquired timidIy.
Il want to know" he continued,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. my-my girl is go
ing to turn me down tonight? If so
I've got meeting in the Fifth district.
The boys are waiting for me-"
Miss CatherwOod stepped toward him
and held out her hand. "They can't
have YOU" she answered gently, "An-
thony WadswOrth, alderman"
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STEAMER "ERANKIE." !"

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Freight Received Daily at Arch Street Wharf.
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DELAWARE COLLEGE
NEWARK. DELAWARE.
Session Of I9Oi-5 ses'u- sss'. Isrh. 1904

Session Of 9Ot-5 begins -est. I3th. 1904
Entrance examination VIII be held a-
any of the following named places. on Jun.-
llth and 18th. 1904 II notice l. sent % rh.
President Newark. Middletown. Smyrna-
Dover, Milford, Georgetown. Lewes. So
ford. Laurel.
Examinations for entrance viii BE- held ln
the College on September 18th and 18th 1894
Candidates should present themselves for
examination IN June. As they VIII thea havs
opportunity 70 MAKE lp 40 the examlnarion
az the College IN September any deficienciss
that may be discovered
Tuition free 90 all students from Deia-
ware.
For any information about the C0l.sge
write TO the President. Catalogues sent
upon application.
4ls5 GEO. A. HARTER, President
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Every Season

10 and every month of the year has s
" Its peculiar wants and demands 5
4F and every variation of whether 9
~ hegets change in the desire for Z.
Sf. food. What is published at one (
ZHs time does not suit at another, and &
81 the store keeper has to meet the )
qg varied wants of the people or he :,
- cOnnot keep their trade. This z.
n. refers mainly to tables, but in z
-Ts household and kitchen and cook 4
61s ing ware, table cutlery, spoons i
Iqs the like there Is not much change =
~ We finish all these as well as the ).
~ various lines of groceries and OF 2
~ her articles for the table. But 4
81 we also sell Baskets and Buckets Z
10 and BroOms and CuspidOrs and s
- Flower Pots and Pipe Guards, and )
~ Nets and Twines and Lamps and .
~ Lamp Fixtures and Rope and =
IT. Paper and Envelopes and Books I
ZNs and Account Books and Bibles i
s. and Hymnals and Brushes and 3
20 Knives and Combs and Balls and ]
- Shoe Findings and China and :.
a. Glassware and Purses and Games :
~ and Whips and Shelf Paper and
* Thread and Cotton and so on. !
pqs The changes of season and wea- d
~ ther will find what they call for, )
~. and all at fair prices, Seeds of :
~ all kinds in season.
81 i
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-19
HOW TO ACHIEVE BEAUTY


Some women are born lovely and some
achieve beauty. The art of achieving
beauty is called good grooming and much
of the modern American beauty, which
is famous now in two continents. is not
that of feature. but of good grooming,
AS rule. American girls do not have
regular features classic straight nose
is markedly unusual a cupids bow
mouth is seldom seen nowadays, arched
eyebrows, not once year. masses of
hair" only on children of foreign parents,
and the Irish pink-andwhite skin rarely
enough to be noticeable. And yet the
proportion of beautiful women in Amer
lea is greater than in any other country
in the world. 1t is because American
girls know how to achieve beauty; they
are amateur beauty makers. Every
American girls brain Is am individual
Aladdin's Lamp when it comes to beg
ging for loveliness.
First of all they are willing TO devote
time and money to the art of beauty max
ing: often quite a lot of time, though
seldom very much money. Yon can spend
a lot of money in good grooming If you
want to. because you can call in the aid
of Turkish bath and masseuse and
all sorts of expensive creams, lotions and
unglents: but you don't have to spend
much money. because YOU can make your
own creams and lotions and be your own
masseuse and you can provide money
less understudy for Turkish bath.
And the bath Is the beginning of good
grooming. or rathing bathing is, for there
are two sorts of baths that every woman
who wishes to become beauty must take
regularly. the bath of beauty and the
bath of health. One is quite as import
ant as the other and no girl can hope to
be really well groomed without adhering
strictly to certain rules about the bath.
For health there must be two hot baths
a week. and these baths should be taken
at night to avoid exhaustion. and should
be so thorough as to effectually substi-
tute the Turkish bath. The bathroom
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From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Oct some member of the family read
this story aloud, while with the diction-
airy. late edition Of either Worcester
or Webster. and any other good helper
to the study of language. the others crit
icize and correct or confirm the readers
pronunciation. There are 225 words here,
which are frequently mispronounced)
Godfrey. surnamed winthrop, sat in the
depot at Chicago, waiting for his train
and reading the Tribune. when squard-
ron of street Arabs dncomparabe for
squalor) thronged from a neighboring
alley, uttering hideous cries, accompan-
led by inimitable gestures of heinous ex-
ultation. as they tortured humble
Observation-Disclosures.
You little blaekguards!" cried Win
throp. stepping outside and confronting
them, adding the inquiry, Whose dog is
this?"
'.That audacious Caucasian has the
bravado to interfere with our clique,
tauntingly shrieked the indisputable little
ruffian, exhibiting combativeness.
@ssWhat will you take for him.? asked
the lenient Godfrey, ignoring the venal
trade.
s'Twenty-seven cents" pquantly an
swered the hibald urchin grabbing the
crouching dog by the nape
You can buy licorioe and share with
the INDIGENOUS coadjutors of you con-
demnable cruelty" said Winthrop, paying
the price and taking the dog from the
child. Then catching up his valise and
umbrella, he FASTENED to his train. Win
throp satisfied himself that his sleek
protege was not wounded. and then
cleaned the cement from the pretty cei-
lar and read these words:
Leicester. Licensed, No. 1880
Hearing the pronunciation Of his name,
th@-docsle cantre expressed gratitude and
pleasure, and then sank exhausted at his
new patron feet and slept.
Among the other passengers was mag
azine contributor writing vagaries of
Indian literature, also two physicians. a
sombre. irrevocabe irrefragable allo-
pathist and genial homeopathic who
made a speciality of bronchitis. Two per-
emptory attorneys from the legislature of
Iowa were discussing the politics of the
epoch and the details of national finance.
while a wan, dolorous person wearing
concave glasses alternately ate troches
and almonds for sedatve, and
sought coincidence in high lamentable
treble from lethergic and somewhat
deaf and enervate comrade not yet accli-
mated. Near three exemplary brethren
(probably sinecurists) sat a group of hui
morous youths: and iocose sailor 0atey
from Asia) In blouse waist and tarpau-
lin hat was amusing his patriotic juve-
nile listeners by relating a series of the
most extraordinary legends extant sug-
gested by the contents OF the knapsack,
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should be well warmed and the tub
should be half full of water; to this
amount of water add a. teaspoonful of
borax, which will not only give the quail
ity of rain water, but will greatly in
crease the cleansing power and also
soften and whiten the skin.
To get the best results from the health
baths, they should be taken systemati-
cally. There should be a good deal of
that tiresome thing. routine. about 1t.
The bathroom should be warm and the
half tub of water should hold a teaspoon
full of borax In solution. First there
should be a brisk rubbing with flesh
brush and pure CASTLE soap followed by
a thorough rinsing. first with warm wa
ter and then cold spray or a splashing
over the body of cold water with a
sponge. Use a moderately heavy Turkish
towel for drying. rub the chest with al
cohol, and if the skin is at all dry, finish
with quick self massage of simple OIL.
This bath need not take over halt an
hour, yet II means exquisite cleanliness.
is a marvellous aid to digestion and
strengthens the lungs.
After the bath. one should go at once
TO bed and sleep in a cool room with
plenty of fresh air in circulation AND
If the digestion and complexion need spe-
cial attention much can be accomplished
by drinking a pint of very hot water i'm
mediately after the bath.
The bath of beauty. which must always
be considered with the health bath, Is
managed quite differently. Though again,
first of all. the bathroom must be well
warmed by little gas or oil stove. If
necessary This bath is taken the min
ute one gets out Of bed in the morning.
or rather as soon as the bathroom is
warm.
Fill the tub half full of cold water dis
tinctly, shivery cold. and If the water is
hard don't forget the teaspoonful of borax
which has already been diluted in hot
water. If you have the courage, and
afterward the reaction. plunge at once
into the tub, dash the water over the
neck. shoulders and hips with big
sponge or cloth-this just for a thrilling
minute-then jump out and rub dry very
briskly with a Turkish towel; if you can
not stand the first severe chill of actually
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Tongue Splitting Romance
READ 1T IF YOU CAN.

February. In the parquet of the theatre).
The young lady had recently made her
debut into society at a musical soiree at
her aunt's. She had an exquisite bou-
auet of flowers that exhaed sweet per-
fume. She said TO her parent Mamma,
shall we ever find my lost leicester
Godfrey Immediately addressedl her,
saying as he presented his card:
Pardon my apparent intrusiveness; but
prithee. have you lost a pet dog?"
The explanation that he had been stolen
was scarcely necessary, for Leicester just
awakening vehemently expressed his In
expicable joy by buoyantly vibrating be-
tween the two like the sounding lever
used in telegraphy flor to neither of them
would he show partiality), till. succumb
ing to ennui. he purported to take a re-
cess and sat on his launches complai-
sanity contemplating his friends. 1t was
truly an interesting picture.
They reached their destination ere the
sun was beneath the horizon. Often dur
ing the summer Winthrop calamity row.
ed from the quay with the naive and
blithe Beatrice in her jaunting yachting
suit, but no coquetry shone from the
depth of her azure eyes. Little Less. their
iocund confdante and courier (and who
was sagacious as a spaniel. always
attended them on these occasions, and
whenever they rambled through the wood
land paths. While the band played straipa
from Beethoven, Mendessohn, Bach and
others, they promenaded the = Ag cor
ridors of the hotel. And cue evening, as
Beatrice lighted the -Pls by the etagere
! in her earning boIdoir in their suite of
rooms. there gHstened brilliantly a valu.
able solitaire diamond on her finger.
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Our agents engaged in presenting
at every house in Birmingham and suburbs
sample bottle of DR.. TEACHERS LIVER AND
BLOOD SYRUP. We want every one DESTROYS
of getting we'll or keeping in good health to
receive one of these free samples.
This is very expensive way to advertise,
but we believe there is no surer way than to
give you opportunity to test this for your
Gf you have used it no argument is necessary
to convince you of its merit.)
There is sickness everywhere; there are
those in every community affected with some
disease arising from the Liver, Blood and Kid
neys, which TEACHERS LIVER AND BLOOD
SYRUP, alone, can cure.
NOT A PATENT MEDICINE.
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getting into the tub. try the following
more temperate method:
Fill the tub as for a plunge, stand at
the edge and STOPPING over dash the wa
ter by handsful over the neck and chest
and arms: dry the upper part of the body
at. once then plunge one leg into the tub
and dash the water up to the waist, dry,
and battle the other leg. This method
will give you the benefit of the stimulat-
ing cold bath without the slightest shock.
After this cold bath take quick alco-
hol rub. but no oil. as the oil will not
absorb readily after the cold water and
will leave the skin In a greasy condition.
This beauty bath should be taken every
morning of woman's life, unless she Is
ill and fearful of a shock from the cold
and even with some illnesses 1t is bene-
fetal. 1t is almost certain to ward off
any sudden cold in the head or throat
mot on the lungs. but that it prevents)
and Is good for rheumat ism neuritis or
for any sort of physical exhaustion. 1.
is the finest thing in the world for In
somnia and almost a sure cure for ner-
vous Indigestion For the complexion,
both the quality of the skin and the
color, there is no treatment so absolutely
certain to bring good results as regular
health and beauty baths
Women who battle regularly. that is,
who regard their morning plunge as an
important part Of their daily toilet, say
that the constant use of hard water
roughens the skin and leaves it suscepu-
BILE to cold and impurities in the air and
water This is especially true in cities.
where rain water is never accessible and
where both air and water are avowedly
impure
1t does seem as though almost the only
dependable remedy for hard water Is
borax just pinch of it in a bowl of wa
ter for bathing the fact at night ana
teaspoonful in half tub of water for
the health and beauty baths.
It can be easily seen that grooming In
this way. by means of hot and cold
baths. is sufficiently economical to be at
the command of almost every vcman.
so that girl who will take the time ia
minutes every morning and half an hosr
twice a week. and the trouble. can lay
herself the cornerstone of her own
beauty. She can do for her digestion and
complexion what no amount of medicine
can do and get results that the wealth
lest idle woman of the land would be
proud of.
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Kidney Trouble
and Indigestion
For Ten Years

Blooming Grove, Tex, Nov. 10, 1902.
TEACHER MEDICINE CO.,
Chattanooga, Tenn
Dear sirs: It was suffering terribly
with Indigestion and kidney trouble and
sent to my druggist for something to
relieve me. AS he sent me package
of DR.. TEACHERS Liver and Blood Syrup
l concluded to try it, and now I am de-
cdedly grateful to my druggist as well
as to you. I had been a sufferer from
these things and a general run down
condition for ten years, and had only re-
ceived temporary relief from other medi-
cines. But after using not quite two
packages of your Liver ana Blood Syrup
l feel as stout and hearty as 1 ever did in
my life, and I am satisfied that I am en-
tirely cured. [ feel no symptoms what
ever of the kidney trouble, and my di-
gestion is as good as any living mans
I now eat whatever choose. I never had
any remedy give me such quick and
permanent relief. and [ cannot put cor
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Like Packing
A Heavy Load.
Speed, Miss. Oct. II. 1902.
TEACHER MEDICINE co.
Chattanooga, Tenn.

Dear sirs: IT have suffered greatly
with indigestion, constipation, also Sc
we're liver trouble, with loss of appetite
Could not rest well at night; in fact, had
no energy to work or even walk around
I felt like l was packing a heavy load,
and was easily exhausted, until I took
Dr. TEACHERS Liver and Blood Syrup,
which helped me along from the first
Dose When had taken one and one-half
bottles felt like a different man. and l
knew it was due entirely to your medi-
cine. l used all three bottles, and con-
slider myself perfectly cured. At this
time my appetite is good, l sleep well,
and feel strong and refreshed on arising
in the morning. Very truly yours.
t. L. SPEED.
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Grandest Medicine
In the World,
TEACHER MEDICINE CO..

TEACHER MEDICINE CO.,
Chattanooga, Tenn
Gentlemen: MY wife has suffered
terribly for the last u months with ills
incident to change of life. Lately she
has been taking DIR. Thacher's Liver
and Blood Syrup. and it has done her
more good than everything else. She
was troubled with futtering of the
heart, swelling of the bowels, feet and
ankles, and pains in her back. Since
taking the Liver and Blood Syrup she
has had none of these symptoms; she
thinks it the grandest medicine in the
world.
wishing you success. we are
MIR. and MRS. C. NJ. RUDOLPH"
Remit, Ky, Aug. 49, 1902.