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The Cook County herald., 1905-05-13

swept graciously from the stage to
face me flushed and triumphant-her
superb bosom rising and falling with
the intensity of her emotion.
Bravo, little girl" said I. They're
all crying out there!''
She threw her hand toward me dep
recatingly and sighed. Then her head
sank down toward one fair shoulder
as she roguishly replied: Fritz the
Flatterer!" I started. That was my
appellation in the good old days-I
thought she had forgotten it,
But her eyes were glancing into
! mine in manner that puzzled me
/ hesitated between two mighty i'm
pulses. Words to bestow upon this
fair structure deserted me-they were
like clay in a casket of precious gems.
| was impelled by a pair of saucy
brown orbs-yet repulsed by a pout.
ing, determined chin; drawn by yon
negligent lock that crept stealthily
down over one half-hidden ear-re.
PEELED by naughty shrug of patchless
| shoulders.
Yet there she stood, calmly, grand
ly, while l, weak mortal, vacillated
Suddenly she Strengthened, placed her
| jeWelled hands bewitchingly akimbo
while an amused smile rippled at the
| corners of her lips.
"You great stupid" she said. What
are you staring att"
Taken aback, l met her eye-from
| the distance came the call-boy's lead
en- tramp stirred-a step forward
she seemed to float nearer yet I may
! have dreamed lt-then a warm pulsat.
ing body was clutched in my arms
and ruthlessly held. A Quiver, strug-
! gle, a rosy, up~turned face that
! breathed det1ance-a faint, lingering
sound as lips met and-release. On
one white arm a red mark glowed
angrily. My cuff had left it's imprint
and she rubbed gently at the spot with
a scented kerchief She avoided my
gaze. I was speechless.
"You were not so bold once, Mr.,
Bennington" she murmured.
'1 had no such provocation, Dodo,' -
l replied.
A little man in vast expanse OF
white shirt-front bustled up
"Madame-zee feefth nombre-zee
feefth!" he said, and bristled out
who is that runt?" I remarked, fol.
lowing his departure with my eyes.
turned to find her great eyes upon
me in a strange manner.
''That runt," she remarked slowly
THAT runt is the husband OF Dodo
Branch, the singer. Many thanks
FritZ-the Flatterer! Goodnight!'
told the boys at the club that
las recovering slowly from a very
bad case of grip. They winked and
. smoked
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Spraying Apple Trees.

James Timmons. Huron Co., Ohio. asks
the pest time to spray apple trees and
the oest formula to use. This could be
more definitely answered IL he had said
eSactiy what he wished to spray for. ,
Scale infests that section to a very
damaging extent, and spraying for this
snould be done before the buds open
III the spring. The lime-sulphur-
salt."ash is being quite generally
useo. One great objection to this for
the ordinary user not fully provided
WIN the necessary equipment is the
trouole In preparing and keeping the
soiutlon in proper condition until ap-
phed 10 the trees. There is now being
maze a prepared article sold under
various names placed on the market
through advertisements that does away
win the trouble and uncertainty Of
having to prepare the mixture at
nome. Crude oil applied with an
emuls1tylng spray pump in Is to 20
per cent solution, with an oil register.
ing about 43 degrees on the Baume
scale, will give excellent results when
carefully applied. For this use fine
~o oPpAy SAOuSA " IA0 AAAuAu
only to moisten the bark of the tree,
belng sure to reach the upper side of
the limb. A preparation of crude oil
is now being sold that readily mixes
with water and remains in suspension
so that it may be applied with any
ordinary sprayer.
The bark-louse may be destroyed by
spraying with soap and water or the
kerosene emulsion about the second
week in June. For the codling-moth,
apple worm, curculio, canker-worm and
the tent-caterpillar spraying should be-
gin as soon as the blossoms fall with
Bordeaux mixture of the regular
strength to which is added from one
to three pounds Of arsenate of lead to
fifty gallons of water. Thereafter the
foliage should be kept we'll covered
until the fruit is nearly grown
Farmers Review.
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The Hen and the Mortgage.

The Hen and the Mortgage. j.
I want to tell the Farmers Review
how we have been getting along with
our mortgage. In a word we have
pitted the hen against it. The mort
gage used to be great burden on our
minds. Father and mother used to
lie awake nights thinking about it and
wishing it could be paid off, as we
were always getting behind with the
interest. One day my older brother
was In town and the banker that
holds the mortgage said: why don't
you set the hens to paying the inter-
est and make them do it? Then you
wouldn't have to worry about the
mortgage. don't want my money.
only want the interest on it, and to
know that my investment is secure.
Put the hens to work"
MY brother came home and told
the rest of us about it, and we deter
mined that the hens would have to
pay the interest, which was $120 per
year, 3 per cent on $4,000. Then we
went to studying the matter of pro-
duct1ve hens and found that we didn't
know what our hens were doing or
now little they were doing. We de-
termined that we would keep not less
than 200 Leghorn hens and we bought
an incubator to help us get the 200.
1t took us about a year to get rid
of the old mongrel flock and get 200
Leghorns. That was about five years
ago. Since that time we have not
telt the weight Of the mortgage. The
zoo brown Leghorns turn out enough
eggs every year to pay the interest
and they yield good deal of revenue
besides. The male birds are shipped
as broilers to New York when a few
weeks old. It may seem strange to
some that we should use the Brown
Leghorns for broilers, but the market
there seems to think a good deal Of
that kind of a broiler.
The feed for these hens does not
cost great deal. First and last the
farm produces a great deal of the food
tnat would go to waste without the
Leghorns, especially at threshing time.
The amount Of green grass consumed
by them is big factor in their sup
port. We have also found that 200
mems are not many hens. AS we see
them walking about the farm we are
almost sure sometimes that half of
them have died or been stolen. but
when we come to count them all are
found to be there.
feel quite sure that on most of our
farms the flock of hens is too small
by half.-Phoebe Caldwell, Butler Co.,
o., in Farmers Review.
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For the Family Orchard.

Choice of varieties of fruit for the
family orchard is matter of a great
deal of Importance. The mistake is
frequently made of choosing too few
varieties for this orchard. The COM
mercial orchard should have but few
varieties, but the opposite is the case
in the family orchard. 1t is best to
select well-known varieties, of which
there are enough to satisfy any cpl
cure,
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NorWay's New Premier.

Herr Nicholson, the new premier
of Norway, was merchant in Ber.
gen two years ago. In. that short
time he has been elected to the storth.
ing, held a cabinet portfolio and been
called to form ministry. When in
the storthing he was regarded as an
alert, active and Independent man.
but he attracted no particular atten.
ton. The new premier is 48 years
old
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In Little Old New York,

"The 'onger I live in this town Of
ours said an old resident. ''the more
am convinced of it's cosmopolitan
ism. For instance, take breakfast in
a Greek restaurant. an Italian barber
shaves me, Russian furnishes my
newspapers l patronize French
laundry, ride on car manned by a
German motorman and an Irish con-
ductor, and my dealings with Jews are
too numerous to mention. 1t seems to
me that the only suggestion of an
American I can see is the wooden In
dian in front Of a Cuban cigar store"
New York Sun.
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Millionaire's Peculiar Record.

William E. Corey, president of the
steel trust, has been living in New
York for a year, but is still stranger
there. No one sees him at the theater.
he has never knocked down a pedes-
trian with his auto and the most
strenuous reporter finds it impossible
to get an interview. I'm point of
fact" says friend of his, "Corey has
not discovered the art of making a
chump of himself"
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Records Of Egg Production,

Records Of egg production are gem
orally incomplete. We have not yet
got, down to the point of keeping a
strict account with each hen of a
large flock. On the farm this is more
so than anywhere else The farm work
always interferes with any such pas.
time even it the farmer has a liking
for it. But it is a mistake for our
poultry raisers to be entirely ignorant
of the individual capacities of the
fowls that constitute their focks. ::
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DYSPEPSIA YIELDS
A NINE YEARS VICTIM FINDS A
REMEDY THAT CURES,
For Two Years Too Weak to W ork-A Dozen
Doctors Had Tried to Check Disease.
Treatment That Succeeded.

For Two Years Too Veak to " ork-A Dozen
Doctors Had Tried to Check Disease.
Treatment That Succeeded.
All sufferers from weakness or disor-
ders of the digestive organs will read
with lively Interest the story Of the COM
plete recovery of Mrs. Nettlie Darvoux
from, chronic dyspepsia which YVES
thought to be incurable.
"To be ailing for nine years is not
very pleasant experience said Mrs.
Darvoux, when asked for some account
Of her illness. For two years was
critically i'll and could not attend to my
household duties, and at one time I was
so weak and miserable that could not
even walk. My trouble was chronic dys-
pepsia. became extremely thin and
had a sallow complexion. I had no ap-
petite aud could not take any food with
out suffering great Distress
"Did you have physician?'
"Yes, took medicine from dozen
different doctors, but without getting
any benefit whatever"
"How did you get on the track of
cure?"
"a book about DR.. Williams Pink Pills
was thrown in our doorway one day.
My husband picked it up and read it
through carefully. He was so impressed
by the statements Of those who had been
cured by that remedy that he imme-
diately bought three boxes of the pills
and insisted OH my taking them.''
"Did they help you at once?'
II began to feel better the second day
after I started to use the pills aud by the
time had taken the three boxes I was
entirely well. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
can cure even when doctors fail, and
they cure thoroughly, for a long time
has passed since my restoration to health
and know it is complete and lasting"
The sure$ way to make sound diges-
tion is to give strength to the organs con-
cerned. DR.. Williams Pink Pills give
new vigor to the blood. No other rem
edy yields such radical results.
Mrs. Daryoux lives at No. 497 Sixth
street, Detroit, Mich. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are sold by all druggists in
every part of the world. Dyspeptics
should send to the DR.. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady. N. T., for
q new booklet entitled "What to Eat
and How to Eat. -: ,>..11 .=%,.1@ 40 :.
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No Over-SuppIy of Eqqs,

The supplying of eggs is an indus
try that we may be assured will
never grow less than it is at the pres.
ent time. Farmers and professional
men have been increasing their flocks
and fowls and yet the price of eggs
has been going up from year to year.
The cold storage houses used to carry
some stock till late winter; but it is
reported now that they are sold out
every winter before the season is half
gone. Let us push the production of
eggs,
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then, Dodo. Do you remember that?"
She smiled.
Il was very silly in those days, Mr..
Bennington" she said.
blushed, unable to meet the thing
to my satisfaction.
A call-boy blundered in and the
great singer fitted out to face the
sea of critical fellow-humans-her one
sure talisman supreme and ready to
her call-that wonderful voice.
1t was pathos this time-deep, Sob
bing sympathy that seemed to Groom
it's soul into the very hearts of the
listeners. Her rich mellow notes lad
en- with the honeyed tremor Of sad
ness dimmed many an eye ere she
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-13
Fruit on All Kinds Of Soil,

Fruit of some kind or other may be
grown to advantage on almost
every kind of soil and kind of loca-
tion. As to apple trees, both upland
and lowland have advantages. On the
lowlands the trees make more vigor-
Gus growth than on the uplands, while
the trees on the upland come into
bearing earlier and are more regular
in their bearing habits.
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-13
Washing Blankets.

Have ready three tubs of moderately
warm water; for the first water make a
strong suds by using plenty of Ivory
Soap. In this put a pair of blankets
and stir with the clothes stick until
clean; then rinse through the other two
waters, putting a little soap in each.
Wiring by hand and stretch carefully on
the line. ELEANOR H. PARKER.
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-13

The hog Is not as dirty an animal
as some suppose. He must have
cleanly conditions to be able to do his
best.
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-13

Baking
Powder
Is due to it's
Perfect Quality
! and
Moderate Price
Used i'm Millions of Homes
Used in Millions of Homes

In the Cashiers Drawer.
The Quarter-Old man, you seem to
be somewhat battered.
The Nickel-Yes; you see, I've been
knocked down a good DEAL
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1VQS0C9Ss
stray wisp of brown hair that floated
loose from her magnificent coiffure.
"Dodo," cried, do you remember
the time carried you across that
stream?"
Her fair brow contracted and she
glanced down studiously.
eyes. It was long time ago." She
said.
'But / recall it very distinctly"
said, boldly.
She glanced up quickly, as if in
alarm.
II wonder why?" was her innocent
remark
"You put your arms around me
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Funny.
Zones thinks he is great writer of
pathos."
"That's funny, isn't it?'
Hello; read some of it, have your
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Prevaricating Proficiency.
t'I want to become a press agent.
How would you advise me to make N.Y.
self efficient?"
Associate with tishermen."-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
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the dances she is the greatest belle,
eclipsing the young girls and evoking
universal admiration and envy, al
though none, not even the despoiled,
dares resent her actions for she is the
acknowledged ornament of the place, a.
being to whom even the Grabbed pro-
prietor bows down. Her smile means
success, and her frown means that you
are left out of all the smartest festivi-
ties.
Then there is the family which thinks
it is the one and onliest and fuses and
finds fault from morning till night
No hotel is without it. Why can't they
have fresher lettuce leaves on their
table, they would like to know? They
have never had such poor service in
their livesi AS for the beds, they sim
ply won't stand them a single day
longeri
But they stand them. They never go
away until, in a fit of evaporation, the
proprietor tells them he must have
their rooms. You see, they don't want
to have to go back to their little by 4
Harlem fiat, where they do their own
cooking and make their own beds.
Among the women also one must not
forget the widow of the doubtful red
locks and demure manner She doesn't
care much for round games. The
shadiest corner of the piazza is hers in
the daytime and the darkest on a
moonlight night. Of course she is gos-
siped about awfully, but the women
don't dare to cut her absolutely, be-
cause they are not sure. You see, they
wears such beautiful clothes and ap-
pears to know so many smart families
in New York. Still, some people say
she is no widow at all, and so the gos-
sip goes on.
Then there are of course the frumps.
They flock together and discuss the
different kinds of baby food and the
servant question.
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Kz Azzah
Narragansett Pier.
Narragansett Pier.
AS TO GLOVES.

There are more important considera-
tions than their color and the number
of the buttons. Black gloves are gener-
ally less elastic than white or colored
ones, and cheap grades are dear at any
price. Dressed kid usually retains its
freshness longer and is more durable
than suede. The best and most serv-
iceable kid is soft, yielding and elastic.
A glove so small that it cramps the
hand and prevents grace of motion
gives poor service. Short fingered
gloves are ugly and certain to break
soon between the fingers if not at the
tips The way in which a glove is first
drawn on and shaped to the hand has
much to do with both its beauty and
durability.
Unless you have ample time do not
have them fitted at the shops, but at
leisure draw them on carefully and, if
possible, wear them half an hour with
out closing the fingers. In buttoning
a glove the greatest strain comes upon
the first button, so before attempting
to fasten this button the others, COM
mencing with the second one, and finish
the first button last.
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like so many toys; then we are treated
to a splash CT coloring or perhaps to
some trifiing irregularity to distin-
guish US, and. behold, we are turned
loose, each of US believing she is the
contest only of her kind.
Now and then some woman comes to
the surface who is really original and
daring. 1t is usually her education and
environment which wore off the re-
semblance to her kind. If she is poor
the Lord help her. Her originality won't
be any blessing to her unless she has
some special gift attached to it in a
sufficiently strong degree so she can
pull herself out of her surroundings.
If she hasn't that, she will go down to
her grave with the reputation merely
OF being queer or crank.
But if she has wealth-ah, that's a
different story. Her queerness be-
comes chic. her crankiness is ''indi-
viduality'' and she needn't do a blessed
thing her life long, because she will be
considered clever without it.
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WoMAN,s WIT.

Among the many stories which the
late English Bishop of LANDAU used
to tell of the clergy of his diocese one
told by Manchester paper will per-
haps bear repeating. A clergyman
once, in introducing his wife to the
bishop, facetiously quoted the phrase
in which Tombstone introduces Audrey
in "As You Like It''-"Allow me to pre-
sent my wife-a poor thing, my lord,
but mine own The good lady resent
her husbands somewhat infelicitous
jest and, being a woman of spirit, i'm
mediately turned and said, "Allow me
to present my husband-a poor thing,
my lord, but mine owner!'
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paper" but Mrs. Young has made it
much more. The new psychology and
physical culture for women are among
topics which find place in it's pages.
Mrs. Young is a deeply thoughtful, in
te1lectual woman, warmly interested in
the progress of her sex.
In New York city Miss Matte Sheri-
dan has established on a firm founda
ton another of these so called society
journals that mean so much besides the
mere chronicling of the small beer of
fashionable doings. Miss Sheridan
went from Louisville to New York a
number of years ago and speedily made
place for herself in the narrow field
allotted to the feminine sex in metro
politan journalism. She prospered.
Fashionable folk, literary. dramatic and
artistic people and newspaper editors
all liked little Matte Sheridan. She
was bright piquant and had the south
ern girls taking way with her. She
did well on daily newspaper work, but
she has done better still with the
sparkling little magazine she founded
and conducts for herself 1t was Miss
Sheridan who some years ago intro
dueed into Journalism the use of the
editorial a." when it was all the fash
ion to say "we'' She says, Being an
editor makes one so egotistical that I
cannot understand how the editorial
we ever prevailed"
One notable feature of all these weekly
papers edited by women is the absolute
purity and refinement of their tone In
this respect the woman paper has al
most beat
CHARLOTTE VAN BECK.
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a series of summer f1irta tons arise
which often leave the maide4 high and
dry so far as matrimonial results are
concerned.
Another type is the old maid with
small income sufficient to enable her
to float around at different resorts and
to give herself the luxury of continual
embroidery and gossip. The old maid
sits preferably with the group of MAJ
irons, and when they discuss their hus-
bands she INDUCES in anecdotes of her
brother or some other male relative
equally wonderful in her eyes. When
the others discuss last summers trip
in Maine the old maid remembers one
she made ten years ago in New
Hampshire and eXpatiates on it as if
it had happened yesterday. She is
rather interesting to talk to if you don't
let her talk too long. and then the
Freshness of solitary old age becomes
apparent, and she repeats herself until
you are sorry you ever encoura ged her
to begin. The younger generation look
on her with awe as an awful example
of what careless youth may lead one
to, and they are scrupulously polite
and attentive, because they feel sorry
for her.
But she is totally unconscious of their
attitude. She is getting good deal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-19

Pittsburg, but for which the daily news
paper has no room. id She has remark
able ability as a business woman, and
this it is which has made her journal
so prosperous.
Before taking her present post Mrs.
Birch was for several years engaged in
general journalism on some of the best
known papers in the country. She be
gan life as a Kindergarten and at
present is a member of the executive
board of the kindergarten of her city.
From kindergartening she began to
write stories for children, then came
general newspaper work and finally her
present position of honor and useful
ness.
Baltimore, too, has in Mrs James
Young a woman editor of an influential
society weekly. 1t is called a society
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Women Develop
Their Own Field
In Journalism

on the staff of the great dailies. In
New York today women have been
crowded, out of all the departments of
the newspapers except the very mar
row and unsatisfactory one of fashion,
cooking and making sport of the do
ings at women's clubs. Oh, yes!
There is one other, that of telling wo
men what to do for blackheads and
how to massage away wrinkles.
Many men said frankly they did not
want women in newspaper offices; it
restricted their own freedom. Other
men feared women would shove them
aside and get the good paying places
in journalism. and these latter worked
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TWIN LIVES.

It is wonderful how. alike some twins
are not only in feature, but in char
acter. 1t is seldom, however. that the
lives of twin sisters or brothers are so
nearly alike as those of Mrs. Mary Sis
sons and Mrs Ann Dennison. These
old ladies recently kept their eighty
fourth birthday at Arnold, Nottingham
shire, England. near which they have
lived all their lives.
The twins were married on the same.
day by the same clergymen. They mar
ried brothers, both lost their husbands
as the result Of accident, and both mar
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us MOTHERS COOKING.

He sat at the dinner table there,
With disconnected frown.
The potatoes and steak were underdones
And the bread was baked too brown;
The pie too sour, the pudding too sweet
And the meat was much too fat,
The soup so greasy, too, and salt,
Twas hardly 1T for cat
'I wish you could taste the bread and
pies
have seen my mother make;
They were something like, and twould do
you good
Just to look at a slice of her cake
Said the smiling wife: "II improve wits
Just row 1 am bur d beginner
But your mother called to see me today
And got her to cook the dinnerl's