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Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

Those who are elegantly hated are
tanned with pride. vainglory and hy-
poc!isy, while the meanly hated
won en- are afflicted with envy, hatred
and all uncharitableness. st. Paul
came to the conclusion that it was
as well not to take any chances with
women, and he thought it much safer
to extinguish them at church in the
shaInefacedness and sobriety of veil.
On the principal that thing half
cone ealed and half revealed is more
seductive than full revelation, it's
pretty safe to say that the soft waves
abol.t the forehead and temples and
the delicious little curls at the nape
of the neck, which all show below the
hat, have shared more souls than all
the uncovered heads will ever have
to their credit.-New York Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
TowED TO SEA BY A SHARK.

With an immense shark furnishing
the power. Joseph Bent and William
Jason have broken all records in South
Channel. near Cape Cod. They are
members of the crew of the fishing
schooner Frances V. Silva. which ar
rived recently Mt Boston. Their story
is sustained by other members of the
crew who witnessed their experience.
Bent and Jason We're out in dory
hauling their trawl. They had pulled
In about half of 1t when they felt Il
jerk and then tremendous pull. Then
an immense shark. apparently as big
ms the dory, came to the surface with
dozen of the hooks on the trawl en-
bcdded in him. He lashed the water
furiously. and then with a sudden turn
started off in the direction of the
equator.
ut was all so sudden that we didn't
know what happened" said Bent. GA
son and grabbed the sides of the boat
and away we scooted, The shark
kept straight ahead. There was a
heavy sea running, and according to
the men who We're near us we We're
hidden in the spray raised by the swift
passage of the dory through the water.
Jason recovered his wits first and
lashed Mt the trawl with his sheath
knife. He succeeded In cutting 1t and
lot the shark have It all to himself"
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
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" RECIPES : 5

Ma-malade-Slmmer very slowly for
several hours one pound of fruit
peeled and chopped. the same quantity
of sugar. Il teaspoonful of ground
ginger the grated rind of two lemons
and an orange. When soft. rub
through sieve. put back OH the fire
and simmer ten minutes. stirring all
the time.
Chocolate Biscuits-Take the long
oyster crackers which are about the
size of your finger and dip them one
by one in a mixture OF four squares of
chocolate melted. one tablespoonful
of sugar. one-half teaspoonful vanilla.
After the crackers are finished lay
them on buttered paper and dry in n
cool oven.
Muskmelon Pickle-One-half bushel
green muskmelons peeled and chopped
rather coarsely. four heads cabbage
one peck green tomatoes. one dozen
small onions. three ounces white mus
tard seed. one ounce celery seed. two
ounces turmeric. horseradish. brown
sugar and vinegar TO suit the taste.
Chop each vegetable, add one head
shredded caulltlower and other in
gradients and cook until flavor is well
blended. but not until pickle is too
soft. Can and seal while hot.
Wild Cherry Jelly-No. 1-Cover the
cherries with water and boil until quite
soft. Squeeze through cloth, or rub
through wire sleeve. Measure cup of
sugar 10 cup of juice. boil down slow
ly to half the quantity and cover when
cold. No. ITO every quart of cher
ries add four large sweet apples cnt
In quarters. but not pared. Proceed
AS in No. /. not using quite so much
sugar Does not make clear jelly.
More like II marmalade, but has q very
nice flavor
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
SSc.
DOIIENS.

TattinG doleys are beautiful. and
peculiarly fitted for use on polished
tables. \ set we'll made would be
a charming wedding gift to friend
the plate. desert and tumbler doilies
should be made entirely of tatting.
but the centre piece. whether round
or square. would better have n linen
centre. This centre may or may not
be embroidered or merely finished
with hemstitching or drawn work
and Il deep border of tatting. II EN-
broidered, it should be in white.
\ good size for a table set. made
of heavy white linen, is Il twenty one
inch centre piece, twelve-inch plate
dolly and siX-inch desert dolly. with
a tumbler piece of smaller size. These
may be button-holed around the
edge with Il rather coarse mercerized
cotton thread. with or without en-
broidery otherwise. Table sets of
white with colored outlining is
popular. but the colors must be fast.
and warranted TO wash.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
STALE BREAD.

The best of the leftover pieces
should be toasted for breakfast.
luncheon, or supper; they may be
used dry. or made into milk toast.
The broken pieces should be dried,
rolled and put aside for frying or
scalloping purposes. Or they may be
soaked in milk. little sugar added.
two eggs allowed to each pint Of
milk. and pint of stale bread crumbs,
the whole baked in the oven and
served as pudding. Or they may be
rolled, sifted and put into a mould and
covered with eggs and milk, allowing
to each pint of crumbs two eggs and
a pint of milk. steamed for an hour,
and served with liquid pudding
sauce. For family of two half
pint of bread crumbs. one egg and
half pint of milk will be quite suffi
cient.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
"The Bare Head Slightly Damages tn
Soul of Man, but the Hat De-
VasNltes the Soul of
Wop,an'
Wonna an.

The preacher went on to acknowl-
edge that gorgeous hat may attract
as much attention to a woman as an
uncovered head but he said that in
that case the attraction would be of
a coldly esthetic nature and therefore
comparatively harmless, while with
the hatless head the fascination was
physical and personal.
Waving. shining locks. beautifully
arranged, are assumed to be a subtle
appeal to mans lower nature and
likely to rub some of the bloom of
his valuable soul, while the frightful
moral earthquakes which the con-
temptation of other women's hats in
church produces in the soul of a
woman are ignored, or perhaps not
even imagined, in this truly mascu-
line view of the situation.
1t would be a superior trump. in
deed. whose attention could not be
distracted from the saintliest preach
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
SPOT LIGHTS.

On the square, l haven't started
yet.
Yankee Doodle" slways was a
good tune.
Popularity is hard thing to have.
and 10 hold.
Anything ever said about Louis
vile don't go.
counting money.
The new Chicago farewell IS so
Long. Mary" My stuff.
Why don't you ask for comedy ink?
It's the only kind to use.
Goodwin. But you can never tell
My next production will be an
American comedy without music or
star.
| won't produce over four more
plays this season. It's too much
work
Jan. % l become a regular actor,
George Washington, Jr." | can hard
IL wait.
George Lederer says he enjoys
chicago. | wonder whom George La
for 4 press agent?
Don't you wish you could draw roy.
aities on seven popular songs and
four theatrical productions. like do!
George NJ. Conan.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
A 15-Ton Piece of Coral.

The dredger Governor in the old
Pacific Mail dock did herself prouc
yesterday morning by landing fif.
teen ton piece of coral on dry land.
The big scoop had been dellverins
ordinary loads when the boom
dropped and the engine started 60
haul in fresh load. Then the gear
groaned and things commenced to
make big fuss and more steam was
given and everybody stood by. Bal
anced as neatly as an egg In spoon
came up coral rock far too big to
get in the scoop and Just able 70
crs:Tp ~ under the gin block u.-se.
iu'- Commercial Advertiser
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

inns wan ooui Is C1udnScTco.
referred to fear that women will be
ineligible for office in heaven on the
ground of nonresidence? In the Mid
die Ages the clergy were pretty firm
ly convinced that the softer sex was
under the direct patronage of the
father of sin, and it may be that this
conviction has not been entirely out
grown.
Why else should a clergyman. a
short time ago, in rebuking the habit
into of coming to church without hats,
have taken the ground that the un-
covered feminine head was a fieshly
temptation to the men of the congre-
CATION and have ignored the fact that
the hated feminine head inspires
worldly envy of the worst Eort in 9TH
er women?
The idea seems to be that the
mans soul is delicately poised like
butterfly on blade of grass, ready
to glide gently into the abyss upon
shining waves of hair or to soar
swiftly heavenward upon the wings
Of millinery.
For" says the reverend critic, "a
woman's crowning glory is her hair,
and it has always been considered one
of her chief charms, to the care OF
which she devoted much of her time
and upon which she relies for a part
of her attraction"
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
WOLVES ATTACK WOMEN.

Through the dismal stretches of the
heavy timber lying to one side of the
village of Godfrey. Mo-. Miss Sallie
Coppinger and Mrs. A. c. Barr. wife
of physician in Alton, were chased
by two gray wolves OH recent morn
ing. .rhe young women were driving
in buggy, and. they kept the wolves
at bay with a whip and walking
stick. The brutes attacked the horse.
cutting it deeply in both fianks. \
party of merchants and farmers from
Godfrey and Alton has started out in
tent on killing the wolves
Both Miss Coppinger and Mrs. Barr
were on the verge of prostration when
their horse. driven by terror. galloped
into the main street of Godfrey. They
were taken fainting from the buggy.
aud rs they We're unable for some time
10 tell q coherent story IL was thought
that they had been attacked by tramps
or highwaymen. Mrs Barr was the
first 10 be restored to full conscious
ness. and she told the following story:
Miss Coppinger saw them first We
Were driving along slowly. as it was
very dark and our lamp had tiiclered
out. There's something running along
behind the buggy said Salilc. Where: +:
Right there. Look over the side
she cried. and leaning over her knee,
! saw form that | took to be IL
dogs.
"'Oh, that's only n dog 1 said.
Give him the whip
"She brought down the whip with
singing force on the brute's head.
ITS not dog exclaimed the girl at
the yelp. There's two of them Just
at that caught sight of another form
gliding along close TO the other. both
at the rear wheel of the buggy. al
most tainted with fright. but | knew
] must keep my senses. 'Salie.' |
said. for Gods sake, keep cool; they're
wolves
"'Of course. they are. returned Sal
lie. but never fear: they won't get us.
'She was just as frightened as /. but
she was brave and made that pretensc
for my sake. We managed to raise
the top, and we drew rug tight
around our knees. Again and again
the wolves sprang for the buggy. but
we beat them on. Sallie used the butt
of the whip and had a stick. which
luckily my husband had left along the
back of the seat.
Il think we would have been lost had
the horse not become frightened and
run like the wind. We were travelling
so fast that the wolves could not make
an effective spring for us, and when
they had failed repeatedly they tried
to drag down the horse. They caught
on his flanks several times, but he al
ways shook them of. They persisted
in the attacks until we were close to
the village. when they suddenly
dropped behind and out of sight"
Wolves have been on the increase
around Godfrey. and large bounty is
offered by the State for their neads.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

9(o~ every American child to re-
call the days when there was real
snake peril. The zone of interest in
stories of this kind is changing con-
stantly, and appears now to extend
west of Minnesota to the far snake
frontier. The ST. Paul Dispatch is au-
thority for narrative concerning n
farmers daughter living in Bon
Homme County, who went out at dusk
to milk the family COW, a gentle .Jer-
sey. During the milking the COW ap-
peared restless, moving her position
frequently. AS the beast moved the
girl followed, and once she supposed
that her ankle had become entangled
in the rope by which the COW had been
picketed. But as the COW became quiet
the girl went on with the milking
without attempting to release herself
Presently she looked in her pail, and
was astonished that such a small guam
tlty was there. From this point we
quote the Dispatclfs story: Fearing
that the pail had sprung n leak she
looked full into it and attempted to
raise it, when she was Mortified by the
discovery that a monster snake had
its head in the pail. the weight of the
reptile making it difficult to raise the
pail from the ground The snake evil
IDENTIFY had been drinking the milk
about as fast as it poured into the
pail. Greatly frightened by the dis
covery, Miss Czerney gave scream.
sprang to her feet, and made a dash
for her home. But she had taken only
n few steps when she made the fur
ther discovery that instead of her an
kle being entangled in the picket rope.
1t was the snake which was entwined
around her ankle. The reptile was
coilcd so tightly and was of such
weight that the young woman was
thrown violently to the ground FL
nally, gaining her freedom from the
monster, which she was able to shake
of only after superhuman efforts. she
continued her flight toward home. In
her haste she stepped on n rusty nail.
which penetrated the flesh to the depth
of about two inches. Blood poison set
in and only by the hardest kind of
work was the life of the young wo-
woman saved This has the familiar
ring of the true snake story of the
days before the wichita liar" changed
10 politics out in the short grass coun-
try.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
NXV n

den deaths from poison taken by mis-
take has induced the London Daily
Mail to invite patentees of poison bot.
ties to send in suggestions or illustra-
tions for such things. The result has
been four designs, one much like the
diamond pointed bottle in use in this
country, while another is shaped like
the projectiles used in modern rified
cannon. The point of this device lC
that the bottle can only stand upside
down, and this in itself. the inventor
believes. is sufficient warning of It's
dangerous contents.
Another bottle has two necks IN.
stead of one. both of which are 50
constructed that without removing
one cork and loosenlng the other tae
contents of the bottle cannot be pour.
ed out. This device involves the ap-
plication of simple problem in atmo.
spheric pressure, but the two neclSs
alone would be sufficient to dstin-
suish this vessel from all others.
Still another device is a square or
rectangular bottle. to which q curved
neck is fitted. To pour the poison
from this bottle would require almost
as much effort as solving a Pigs in
the Glover" puzzle.-New York Press.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
BOTTLES THAT GIVE WARNING
OF Strange Make, They Are Intended
to Hold Poison.

After five years of a lull, there IS
again an agitation in this country and
abroad to have all liquid poisons keS:
in bottles made in such a fashion that
the moment any one picks one Of
them up the dangerous contents Will
be revealed by the warning sense Of
touch. This agitation has resulted
from the growing number of cases IN
which persons have gotten up at
night and mistakenly have drunk
some poison under the idea they We're
taking medicine.
One of the best sellers" AMOS
specially prepared forms of poison
bottles in this country is a round onys
of darl: blue glass, the entire surface
of With is covered with diamond
shapec projections. These are sc
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

ry in the days before the advent of
champion rattlesnake charmer of
Pennsylvania.
The person who captures and fon-
dies the most venomous and vicious
reptiles in the country is Miss Mary
Goldie. the twenty-year-old daughter
of Richard Goldie, owner of the old
house, demure and modest little
farmers lass. Miss Goldie uses
nothing but her bare hands in captur-
ing her dangerous quarry, but has
never received as much as scratch.
Many tales are told of the prowess
of this amateur charmer, and her cap
lures have run into many hundreds.
ScOrning the use of the pronged fork
that is the implement of the profes-
siOnal snake catcher, she saunters
forth into the wooded hills with
nothing but II basket. and it is but
rarely that she comes back withou.
number of the dangerous reptiles.
Although the vicinity of Miss Col
dies home was once noted for the
large number of rattlers that infested
the woods, the young woman regret
fully admits that now she has to walk
to Kittanning Point before she can
find one of her favorite pets. To show
how well she does her work the old
fish pond at the inn, which two years
ago contained n large number of trout,
has scarcely one left, for, since she
has rid the district of rattlesnakes,
the water snakes have had full sway,
and they have destroyed the fish.
Miss Goldie does not use her charms
on the snakes merely for the sake of
possession or the love of adventure,
but finds n ready market for her best
specimens. While she is gathering a
collection of rattlers she frequently
gives visitors at the inn an exhibition
Of her remarkable powers over the
death-dealing serpents.-Altoona Cor
respondent of Philadelphia North
American.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
LANDING AT BIRD ROCK.

Bird Rock lies out toward Newfound-
land and Labrador, twenty-five miles
from Crosse Island. There is only one
possible landing place under the tre-
mendous cliffs; pile of jagged rocks
which have fallen down. Oftentimes,
for weeks. writes Mr.. Job in wild
Wings" there is no interval when it
is possible either to land or TO launch a
boat. To this island Mr. Job sailed in
Il seventeen-foot open lobster boat. ac-
companied by young native sailor.
1t was half past o. under the last
fading rays of the day and the silvery
light of the welcome moon, when the
great, stately cliffs at last lowered
above us. and the sea birds screamed
and issued forth to meet US in clouds
of ghostly forms.
A form hurried down the ladder. and
lantern waved from the pile of rocks,
signaling to us where TO make the ven
ture.
Calm as was the sea outside. some
surf was rolling in upon the lodges.
We must run the gauntlet or take our
chances; there could be no backing out
now. \ sudden concussion almost
threw us off our feet: we had struck a
submerged rock. Then following
wave picked us up and hurled us
against the pile. We leaped out and
held the boat against the undertow.
and with mighty efforts, helped by sic
ceeding waves, got it up Il few feet
farther.
The keeper from above was lowering
the cable by 4 steam winch. Down
comes the wire cable with. Il rope to
grid under the boat \ dash or two
into the surf. and it is done. Now
hoist away
slip and crash, The stern goes
humping over the rocks.
Hold hard there" United yells con-
vey the intelligence above. The cable
slackens. Again the rope is secure,
and the heavy boat goes sailing, as it
never did before. up into the darkness
like a phantom ship. They swing it in
upon Il ledge. and ut last we are safe
and we climb the ladder with Keeper
Peter Bourquc, who has come down
to welcome us.
1t is June %. and since November j
last the keepers family have not seen
any other human beings till now. save
some fishermen who landed on May 30.
All that terrible winter they were
frozen in. Navigation was closed. All
they could do was 10 maintain the
struggle for existence. The ice m
closed them in November, and granted
no release until the middle of May.
Even now they had received no letters
or papers since November.
Two hours after our landing the
wind rose and the gale started in again.
Had we only been n little later. our
plight would have been something un-
pleasant to contemplate.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
PARADOxICAL.

Low. may be blind, but many a man
in love is n sight.
The usual reason why a man cannot
mind his own business is because he
has 70 buAaess-or no mind.
The ballet dancer. though poverty
struck, is ncv5r without visible means
OF support.
Reconstruction is virtue-when
put Off till tomorrow.
To feed on the faults Of others is
to starvs to death.
Merely because man talks like a
book 1t Is not to he assumed that he
may be shut up as easily as one.
1t may be that women attorneys are
led to take up the law because their
foremothers have be'n SO used to lay.
lug Il down.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
MILLINERY OR COIFFURE?
Question of Covered Uncovered Heads for
Feminine Chu~chgoers.

or late the advanced women have
beeh getting some pretty hard raps.
Mr.. Cleveland is doing his best to de-
prive them of the suffrage in this
world, and if certain religious critics
hav. their way they will never, never
be prominent officeholding angels in
the next and have their statues set
up in public places here below.
Can it be that the religious critics
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
PROTECTION AGAINST ANTS.

Too many recipes can scarcely be
tried for this purpose, as many of those
already in use are failures. 1t has
been affirmed that recently hosts of
these pests have been put to flight
by placing in their haunts strips of
paper dipped in peppermint OIL
Chemiker Zeitung.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
DON'T FORGET ONIONS.

Don't forget onions in your daily
diet. Eat them raw as spice for
your food. You will find they become
Il necessity like other foods when the
taste is cultivated for their use. They
leave no unpleasant effect except in
the breath, and Canadian snake root
will disinfect the odor at once.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
SUBSTITUTE FOR ZINC.

The housekeeper who cannot have a
uncovered kitchen table will find
several squares of hardwood an inch in
thickness and about five inches across
n great convenience for setting hot
dishes on. The wood should be sand
papered and each block have n screw
eye. with which it is hung under the
ledge of the table.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
GIRL CATCHES RATTLERs.

The far-famed old Fountain Inn. on
the old Portage Railroad. half mile
above the "FOot-of- Eight" where such
men as President Martin Van Buren,.
the distinguished Hungarian patriot,
JIouiS Kossuth, and others made mer.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

sharply pointed that any one catching
the bottle up in the dark will be re-
minded of the fact Enthusiastically.
A form of glass stopper made to
prevent accidents of this sort has it's
top armed all around with long
needle-like projections. which, on be-
ing grasped even by a would-be sui.
eide, would probably cause him to
change his mind. Still another poi
son bottle was the bowl blown in the
form of a deaths head, the grisly out
lines being so distinct that even the
darkness does not conceal its deadly
suggestion from the touch
Over in England the number of sud.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
TO POLISH TENDERS.

If the kitchen fender gets very rusty
with the saucepans boiling over, clean
it with very fine emery cloth and then
rub it over well with a creased cloth
to prevent the rust from eating into
the steel.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
Monu,neu. TO Sam uei Colt.

The widow Of Col. Samuel Colt. in
ventor OF the revolver which bears
his name. is about to put up In Hars.
ford monument to Gotta brow
statvc 6 Neroic size.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

Men don't like men very we'll: won.
N don't like women very well. either.
and men quarrel With women some.
times.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

A big insurance man will be in
Atchison shortly. Don't be at all cor.
dial with him; the big insurance men
are not at all nice lately.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

We don't object SO much to cold
storage eggs as we do to being com
PEELED to pay the storage charges on
them.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

some men are always on the wrong
s;de. In lawsuit. a war or anything
Else that comes up, you needn't ask
.Aem; they are on the wrong side.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

Do not be mistaken. Some men re
move their hats in elevators out Of
respect for the lordly elevator con
ductor.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

An Atchison woman sacrificed sen
timent to locks last night hy using a
love letter for a curl paper.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09
ALL SORTS.

Il girl has light hair, her mother
says 1t is perfectly natural at least
three times day.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

No doubt, when you were little, the
reighbor women wished that you
we're their child for Just about five
u,inutes. and. of course, you xnop
i hat that means.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

There isn't any advantage either
way: II a man moves short dis.
tasce from his wife's kin they come
ottener but If he moves long dis.
tsnce. they stay Congratulated
(kan) Globe.