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The Washington times., 1905-05-21

for poor foIks.'' AS a people We know
not Of cheap pieasure-taking.
To such sober-nlinded citizens the
family picnic may not commend itself,
unless they are caught young by the
attractions OF what I shall try, TO the
| best Of my humble ability, to set before
! flat-dweller and cottagcr as delight
within the reach Of the poor In purse
aRa reasonable in desire.
Saturday is the most approved day for
family excursions. il the occasion has
been foreseen and provided for. If the
father be his own master he can pack
end. accommodate WORK to leave part
Of the day free. The mother can do the
same. The hardest student among the
children has what the much-cOurtcd
fopling in patience" stipulated for
the usual half holiday.
An Unconventional Family.
Throwing American traditions to the
Hinds. and forgetting Poor Richard for
six hours. set we forth with the uncon-
ventit nal family after n II O'clock
luncheon, for the actual country by the
shortest route. Each of the party. the
weest TT not excepted. has basket or
a paper box. The eldest boy or biggest
girl has also a shawl strap the purport
y.
The destination Of The happy crew. de-
cided upon weeks ago. is a secluded
grove or shady meadow so near town
that little time is lost in reaching it,
There must be grass, and wild flowers
grow IN the grass; trees and birds ana
squirrels haunt the branches. Water
within easy distance Is an absolute ne
cessity. Whatever else was lett at hone
be sure a box of fish hooks and a coil
of twine form part of each boys out
fit. II any unwary sinner or brainIess
perch reward three hours patient fish,
ing, IL Will be eviscerated, stuck on a
stick and crisped in The smoke of the
camp fire Bindled upon the edge Of the
picnic grounds.
Mamma mas brought the magazine she
had no time 10 read at home The
shawl is taken from the strap and
spread upon the softest turf where a
treehole viii support her back; papa
stretches his lazy length of limb upon
the ground near her, and, his head sup
ported by his crossed arms. looks up
through green boughs at the blue sky
and thinks consciously of nothing
Wholesome Enjoyment.
Reflect for a moment what 1t is for
an Amertcan-born business man to
think Of nothing, with the open heav-
ems above him, sweet airs wandering
over him, tho chirp OF free birds and
the laughter OF his joyous children In
his ear, He is not making money for
that hour. but he is laying In health
and happiness, with a store of pleasant
memories for the busy weeks beyond
the half-holiday
The Hhildren anraad shA cloth
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
A Famous Nursery Prescription.

My case is briefly this: An apparently
healthy child was taken suddenly with
rheumatism Of the joints; long critical
illness ensued, attended with wreck Of
the nervous system. so that he has bord-
cred on St Vitus' dance ever since. The
worst feature is that the valves of the
heart leak. the rheumatism having
thickened them I am told We have had
many and eminent physicians but they
all tell me there is nothing, absolutely
nothing, [ can do for the heart; that
medicine. surgery and electricity are of
no avail.
The child is growing and developing
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water, mixed with household ammonia.
f9ia, SeEa cover the spot WIN paste tee 9i
Cover with paper, and leave thus for
two days. Then lay blotting paper over
all and set a warm iron upon the dry
paste. Finally brush out the earth and
and sponge with clean water.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
IN ~z7zI05 u cUzfe~ % 11c2Vc COOKIES

fearful and wonderful plans, something
like the stiff wooden animals which used
to come cut of old-time Noahs Arks.
Dot the cookies with currants for eyes.
Polishing mittens are the g"eate t
savers of your hands ilnasinable. Pot
ishing is rough work at the best but
the mitten. which is simply two round
bits of heavy canton flannel stitched
together and finished with a loop tn
pull them on by, viii obviate much of
tlla rnuphnaSS
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

ssOhi that we two were Maying
Down the stream Of the soft spring
breeZei
Like children with vio1ets playing
In the shade OF the whispering trees. -
~ o SINGS the English poet, with
the scent CT the hawthorn hedges
in his imegination-the sitting.
roaring town depressing his
senses.
The perpetual miracle of springtime
awakens in people who talk, write ana
live prose, unuttered Iongings for
country sounds, country sights, and
country smells. AS nation we Ameri-
cans are just learning 10 spell vacation,
after the Squeersian fashion. And when
we. too. know this out Of book. we go
and do tor we think we do. To nine
hundred and ninety-seven out of every
thousand. Vacation" means dead stop
in the routine of our daily living, for
one, TWO or four weeks in the hottest
season of the year, and going some
where" II that daily living be very
plain as to externaIs and nonotonous
as to mental exercises, the outing is
probably 10 the gayest resort of
which the pIeasure-seeker has any
knowledge. There he or she tarries, an
unconsidered Iooker-on. as long as the
money allotted for leisure holds out.
Then-ioack into harness for another
eleven months and half!
we take ourselves and all connected
with us too seriously We set for our
selves tasks too long and too heavy
Our Teutonic. Ga1lic and Latin immi-
grants could give as profitable lessons
in the art of taking duty in broken
doses. and diversifying by brea athing
spells the long pulls the strong pulls
and the pulls ali together for which we
are noted.
Holiday Each Month.
think sometimes that Benjamin
Franklin was the truest exponent of
the typical American spirit our country
has yet produced He took to the strenu-
Gus life early. His proposed grace over
the whole barrel is representative
anecdote We compress our merry
ma king into tabIoids and swallow them
periodically May invites and June
wooes in vain. Vacation. as business.
has it's season. Rich people can take
liberties with rules. and play when the
hunlor seizes them. Men and women
who have their living to make cannot
interTnit the grind.
That a holiday once a month. even
IL it be classed with uncovenanted
rnercies. would make the grind easier.
and brace the back TO carry the burden
Jauntiiy, does net enter into the work
: ing mans calculations. a Sunday off.
now and then, he may indulge in, if he
be a non-churchgoer, Otherwise, he
stands in his lot, that is. in the groove
OF the grind. Holidays are too costly
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
A Racine Asked For.

Would you kindly publish. if con-
venient, a recipe for making honeycomb
candy? It is similar to cream candy,
but is very brittle and delicate. l will
greatly appreciate any information as
to the same. READER.
fancy it is made like sugar candy.
but il is pulled white after being stirred
after cooking. Stirring disposes ii to
granuiation and also to brittleness.
REGIME?
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Sour Milk for Ink Stains.

l do hope I can help .'E E. get the
link out" Last summer my own little
daughter tipped over an ink bottle on a
brand new red percaie dress. Her
with little result. and then I had an in
milk. pat 1.-THE ink spot-to soak in
one pint, which in the course of q few
hours was black, then soaked It again
in the remaining pint, which removed
every sign OF ink and left the color as
bright as ever.
to that empty drawer" for I am an in
terested mother Of four, and should
have loved TO have six or eight.
My children have been the best paying
investment / ever made, to put 1t self
ishly. To me they are the best worth
Some time l am going TO send some
original recipes made by my husband,
who has fad for cooking and has
made some things that are fine.
K. S. II. (Gbicago.)
This is the sort of letter tina. warns
the ''verra cookies Of the heart as our
Scotsmen say. thank the whole-souled
woman for her cordial Endorsement of
my oft-repeated assertion that no other
investment pays as children recompense
parents for what they have cost them
Each pays for its.alf with the first cry
that grea.s the mothers ears. and from
that hour goes On rolling NJ and com
pounding interest. Children are a
heritage from the Lord"-eHappy is the
man Who has his CULVER full Of them -
are inspired deliveranees that never
lose force and beauty
Ey all means let us have Johns '.orig-
ina1 recipes"
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
A Polish That Cleans.

I should like 70 ask you what | could
use TO polish my oak furniture that
would clean II at the same time. Soap
ard water takes the polish off. and lin
seed oil, the odor stays with it so long.
4. B. II. (hfis5ouri.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

An excellent polish for furniture is
crude linseed oil, two quarts: spirits of
turpentine, one part. adding a table
spoonful of salt to e3ch gallon OF the
mixture. Shake into an emulsion q p-
ply with soft flannel cloth. leave it
on for an hour before polishing with
cf1amois skin, The smell leaves it in q
few hours.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

terry, But since they do. and the chief
requisite for a successful picnic Is that
the things to eat have a festive air,
make your picnic cookies in all animal
shapes.
TIN cutters are only a few cents each
and show ani'r,oi~ ~o"r"tp,.ote-a tr.fI.r
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Begin Dinner With Soup.

Do you always serve SOUP at dinner.
and how many vegetables should be
served?
3 Is it permissible at an ordinary
home luncheon to place the dessert upon
the table with the rest Of the meal. or
should It be served separator
g. When friends are visiting one what
additions, if any, should be made to
the family menus?
LEARNER (CoIoFadol.
/. a witty epicure has called dinner
without soup IAN acephalous meal .
That Is. one lacking a head. When you
can do 1t conveniently, begin the family
dinner with soup. and study to make
it good. Insipid washes, looking and
tasting like dish water, distend the
stomach and discourage digestion with
appetite. Soup, two vegetables. meat or
fish, with sweet dish or fruit follow
ed by small cup of black coffee, make
a respectable family dinner.
2 The actual ~resence of the sweet
course takes the edge from the appe-
tite. And even if you are your own
waitress. the table should be cleared
and crumbled after meat and vegetables
have been removed.
8. A salad with crackers and cheese,
and perhaps an extra dish OF fruit and
a glass dish of olives. or salted nuts.
in some sort convey the idea that you
wish to honor the guest.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
MENUS AND RECIPES
SENT BY WESTERN
CONTRIBUTOR
MEALS FOR A DAY
Breakfast.


Potato Salad.
Succotash. Currant Rolls
PiepIant Sauce.
Cocoa.
Dinner
Duchessl Soup. salted Crackers.
Chicken Pie. Mashed Potatoes.
SeaIIoped Tomatoes Boiled Onions
Prune Tapioca.
Coffee.
The thought has occurred to me that
there are hundreds of others situated as
I am, not able to spend $500 year on
the table, in one sense OF the word,
In another, were all materials used kept
strict account OF, they would be found
10 amount to the same thing. l have
reference to those living IN small towns
or suburbs Of larger. who not only have
garden, but fruit in abundance Keep
q few chickens. a cow for milk, butter
and cream. Many keep pig, which,
of. will supply an ordinary family with
lard. bacon. ham. sausage and fresh
pork. ] have taken It for granted that
all ouch housekeepers have made the
most of their opportunities, have canned
and dried vegetables and fruit IL season,
and have also packed several dozen eggs
for winter use. We Will go no further
than pantry, chicken yard and cellar,
even at this time of the year. All fruit
used, with the exception of prunes, is
either canned or cellar stored: all yege-
eggs. milk and cream home product.
The iofeplant sauce VIII be found bena-
hcial at this time Of year
For the halved brown potatoes, boil
potatoes in their jackets the day pre-
vious to using, peel, cut in halves and
brown in bacon drippings-
POTATO SALAD-Six cold boiled po-
tatoes, three hard-boiled eggs. one on
ion. Chop fine. Add one-ha1f teaspoon
full OF salt. dash of pepper, one table,
n Of y-a q RI nFzd
of sweet cream This Is delicious.
For the suceotash use one cup OK
home-dried corn and one cup OF beana
soaked and cooked.
CURRANT ROLLS-Use any good
baking powder biscuit recipe. adding just
before mixing one-haf cup of welI-
cleaned eurrants. Roll to one-haif ineh
and cinnamfn Roll up, cut Ia thin
rounds and bake a light brown.
DUCHESS SOUP-PIace one quart OF
milk IN a double boiler on stove. AND
one slice each Of onion and carrot Sim
mer gently one-half hour. Strain. re-
of butter blended with one tablespoon
full of flour, one-haif teaspoonful OF salt
and dash OF pepper. Cook Just q minute.
remove from fire. and pour over one
weii-beaten egg. Serve at once. Easily
prepared and very nutritious.
PRUNE TAPIocA-Soak twelve large
prunes in three cups of water for g. day.
Drain from water, slip out stones and
cut the prunes in halves. TO the water
add one-half cup minute tapioca. Place
on stove and cook until clear, add scant
half cup Of sugar and juice Of one
quarter lemon. Remove from fire, add
prunes and mold.
To he eaten cold with cream, either
plain or whipped.
Original and very dainty.
Mrs. F. ". D. (Wyoming. I'D.
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{ Z 7 HY cookies and little cakes
I n taste 50 much better, TO chill
v y dren, when they are in the
chn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
A VICTIM OF La GRIPPE.

Mrs. Henrietta A. s. Marsh, 100 w.
10th ST., Los Angeles, CAL, President
Woman's Benevolent Assn, writes:
al suffered with Ia grippe for seven
weeks, and nothing could do or take
helped me until tried PerIEna.
al felt at once that had at last
secured the right medicine and kept
steadily improving. Within three weeks
1 was fully restored, and am glad that
/ gave that truly great remedy trial.
I will never be without it again."
In letter dated August 81, 1904, Mrs,
Marsh says: AZ have never yet heard
the efficacy of Peruna questioned. We
still use it. 1 travelled through Ken
lucky and Tennessee three years ago,
where 1 found Peruna doing its good
work. Much of it is being used here
also. "-Henrietta A. S. Marsh.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
ROOSEVELT PEACE TOWER.

e Suggestion, Patented, to kansas
by an American In London
A Roosevelt Tower of Peace" 1,2OO
FEET high, at the geographical center OF
Ene United States is proposed by James
.Neir Graydon of London, England
Pays a Topeka Kan) dispatch. Be
fldes the tower he suggests a perma'
Aent international exposition at the
point
Mr.. Graydon has written Governor
ploch of Kansas fully as to his plans
Pecause the geographical center OF the
country is at Fort Riley, marked by d
eoyernment monument. To start a tuna
'raydon has employed a lithographlng
Eompany to make Autographs OF the
Monument, to be placed on sale IN eV-
Ivy community in the United States
pc has patented his tower.
GfaydOnsis an American graduate Oh
'ne United States Naval academy, VINO
served as a volunteer under Grant ana
Sherman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
HAULING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
Plan Is Being Tried In Calhoun County of
Running School Delivery Wagon.

Plan Is Being Tried In Calhoun County OF
Running School Delivery Wagon.
Flom the Edison News
At the instance of our efficient coun-
ty school board the rural delivery
wagon system has been adopted for
the benefit of the Steadham school, a
few miles east of town, and now
that entire scholarship is enabled to
take advantage of the splendid oppor--
tunities offered by the Edison graded
school. The wagon commenced its
rounds this week and is driven by Mr..
J. T. Steadham of this city.
This is the first place in the county
to secure the wagon system, which goes
to show that our town and community
are always in the lead.
This system has already been in OPP
Grafton in our neighboring county,
Randolph, for some time and proven
very satisfactory, as it gives the small
rural schools the advantage of the
higher graded institutions, which they
could not reach otherwise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
Electric Eggs.

DR.. Osler's age theory will have no
chance at all when the invention re-
Gently perfected by George j. Foster
of Alameda, Cal, comes into general
use, says a San Francisco dispatch to
the Chicago Record-Herald. Expert
ments with barnyard fowls have con-
WINGED him that eggs, properly electrl-
fed, constitute the elixir OF life, so
long sought for. Coils of wire were
laid around the nests in his henhouse
and the current turned on when the
hens went to lay. 1t is said when
eaten the eggs acted like a tonic. BY
careful selection Mr.. Foster has bred
a race of fowls endowed with electric
properties from birth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
LET THEM BE COMFORTED.

From the Macon Telegraph.
Some of those northern editors were
pretty badly Jared by the presidents
speeches in the south. One of them
has interpreted the said speeches as a
''triune demand for railroad regula-
ton, tariff reform and white rule in
America" Let these worried editors
be comforted. The president has not
said his last word, and when he again
speaks in their neighborhood he will,
as usual, give himself the pleasure of
saying such things as will make them
happy. He has marvellous gift of
knowing how to say the popular thing
at the right time and place.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
THE DUCKING OF Mr.. BACON
HOW NEW OFFICIAL WON RIGHT
TO "KITCHEN CABINET SEAT.
The Presidents Initiation of Assist
ant Secretary of State Included
Something Out of Ordinary.

Something Out of Ordinary.
Robert Bacon, first assistant secreta-
ry of state and former partner of j..
Pierpont Morgan, was recently initial
ed into the kitchen cabinet by PreSi7
dent Roosevelt, says a Washington
special dispatch to the New York
World. The other members of the
kitchen cabinet are Clifford Pinchot,
forester for the United States; James
Il. Garfield, chief Of the bureau of
corporations; Senator Lodge of Massa-
chusetts and one or two other close
personal friends Of the president.
1t rained pitchforks on the day of
Mr.. Bacon's initiation, and the presi-
dent had reception to the American
Bankers association ON hand. He got
tired after a time and sent word to
Pinchot and Bacon to come to the
White House at o'clock. Put on
some old Clothes" the presidents mes
sage said, "for / intend to initiate Ba-
con-"
Bacon is rich, and so is Pinchot, and
the question OF clothes does not bother
them much. They were at the White
House at o'clock in natty business
suits, patent leather shoes and all that
sort of thing. They found the president
dressed in one of his oldest suits, with
a rough rider hat and a pair Of heavy
shoes The president looked at Bacon
and Pinchot, grinned and said, Come
on, we'll take tramp"
They went out into the rain. The
president led the way and took his
companions out Pennsylvania avenue
through Georgetown and down a mar
row street to the bank Of the canal.
There was bridge about mile down
the canal, but none at the point where
the president stopped.
"Oh, WELL" said Colonel Roosevelt,
ut doesn't matter. Bacon, you take
our watches and pocketbooks, and Pin
chot and I will wade across. You go
down to that bridge yonder and meet
us on the other side"
mot by q darn sight" said Bacon,
who was an athlete himself when he
was in college. 81 came out on this
walk with you, and l am going where
you 60"
"Bullyw shouted the president.
"Come on, Them He plunged into the
canal, and Pinchot and Bacon followed.
The water was three feet six inches
deep at it's deepest point. The three
men waded across, the president lead
ing They were thoroughly wet from
the heavy rain, so the further ducking
made no difference, but when the pres
ident got on the other side and looked
at the patent leather shoes and natty
business suits of Bacon and Pinchot
he grinned again.
They walked several miles on the
other side Of the canal and came swing
ing back to the city about 6 o'clock.
The president told Bacon he had been
initiated and was a full fedged mem
Der of the kitchen cabinet. Bacon is
now open to all sorts of invitations
from the president for exercise in the
open air.
When Pinchot got home he was met
at the door by the ancient negro mann
my who has been in his family for
years and who was Pinchot's nurse.
"WeH, Mesa Gif," said the nanny,
holding up her hands in horror, you
suhtainly am a sight. Youse bin out
wifi DAT president aPin"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
Son Lost Mother.

Consumption runs in our family
ond through it I lost my mother, "
writes 70. B. Reid, of Harmony, Me.
s'For the past five years, however, on
the slightest sign of cough or cold
have taken DR.. Kings New DIscov-
erv for consumption, which has saved
me from serious lung trouble. his
mothers death was a sad loss for Mr.
Reid, but he learned that lung trouble
must not be neglected, and how to
cure it. Quickest relief and cure for
coughs and colds. Price SOC and Loo;
Guaranteed at Dawson Drug Cos.
Trial bottles free.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
HOKE AND DICK.
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
Hoke Smith told "Dick" Russell
that he had no business, if he is as
poor man as he claims to be, to be
gallivanting over the state looking for
a political office, but that he ought to
be at home taking care of his wife and
children. Mr.. Smith, however, failed
to answer Judge Russell's question as
to whether Mr.. Smith has ever ridden
on a railway pass, and, if so, when
the last time might have been. Ii
they meet in another joint debate
Judge Russell may think to inquire
again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
MILLIONAIRE PENSION BEGGARs
From the Savannah News.


From the Savannah News.
The shamelessness of some pension
beggars is illustrated in Washington
dispatch which says that number of
rich people, some of them millionaires,
are applicants for pensions for SER
vices during the war between the
states. One of these rich beggars is
said to be captain of a New York
regiment. The pension system was in
stituted for the purpose of giving aid
to old soldiers who could not help
themselves; it was the governments
charity plan. But it has long since
ceased to be any such thing. 1t is
now regarded as a grab-bag, instituted
for the benefit of politicians and graft
ers. The spectacle of millionaires
begging for government aims is dis
gushing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
THE SAME FELLOW.

From the Griffin News.
Yes. Pauline, this is the same
Roosevelt that eats with negroes at
home and appoints negroes to office in
the south, and will do the same thing
tomorrow, if he feels like it. Never
theless, it is very good of him to come
down and associate with us Whlte peo-
ple occasionally, and remind US that
he is president of the white Americans
as we'll as the afro-Americans
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
TOO BUSY.
IN Fort Gaines Sentinel.

From the Fort Gaines Sentinel.
"The boys" down here in old Clay
are too busy housing cotton, cribbing
corn, ,baling hay, fattening hogs, eat
ing the good things coming their way
and jollying Betsy and the babes 10
pay any attention to politics. II the
latter gentry really have the welfare
of 1.-THE deer pepul' so much at heart
as they pretend they will contribute
to that end by giving this generation
down in this neck of the woods the go
nv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
1rNToUE STATE OF AFFAIRS.

From the Athens Banner
The next session of the house Of
alternatives r is to witness a most
, ~ state of affairs. Cannon, the
u nm1 speaker, is to head the
lnTIPnosition to RoOsevelt's railroad
0 ,a+o Hill, while John Sharp Williams,
the ne0 democratic leader, Is to champion
that measure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-15
THE CAMPAIGN UP TO NOW.
From the Pelham Journal.

From the PeInam JouFhdI'
Lets see; we have learned to date
that Hoke borrowed money and is
charitably inclined; Clark owns ~
ing newspaper and his brother re-
ceIves fees; Dick has batch OF child
rem; Jim has no wife; Joe Hall is an
agitator and Estill saws wood. The
early campaign has vastly Argument
ed our knowledge of public men, and
by the information we are thrice
blessed.