Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-05

profit in beauty. went In for pavements.
parks, fountains and drives. Now there
| is not more beautiful place in TIE west
than this town.-Exchange.
/ Messages from constantinople give
! lengthy accounts of the splendid ceremony
| with which the sultan's daughter was mar
| ried to the son of the Turkish minister OF
The brides dress. 1t Is stated. cost no less
| than $4,000. According to the Paris eau
lois 1t was embroidered with pearls. and
was made in the palace itself by two mil
| an officer and two soldiers lest they should
1 appropriate any OF the gems.-Loncon Mail.
1
| Mrs Kuoni who with her invalid hus-
| band: prominent lawyer OF Peoria; A.,
| hak been spending the last three winters
at Cave Creek. has developed into mod
! ern Diana. Her tent Housekeeping ana
nursing, though she makes most OF botn.
require only part Of her time. sac IS
| healthy. handsome matron. yet young
ana robust In need of strenuous exercise
and plenty of it wherewith to expend SUI
perabundant energy.
So she has put into commission big
saddle burro, and clad in divided skirts.
and armed with shotgun or rifle. or both.
1 she rides far and wide. She Is said to be
1 the surest rifle shot thereaDout. With
shotgun she could clear that range oi
small game, but Is not ruthless-she has
| true sportsman's contempt for wanton,
useless killing; but she is sure death on
wildcats and coyotes.
| She has several square yards of nicely
| tanned lynx pelts--of big toms. weighing
fifteen to eighteen pounds. and measuring
three to four feet from nose to root or
| tail Some of these she hit while they were
| in the air leaping toward her That, 10
her Is genuine sport. She has shot 2o.OO0
head of sheep with a camera and has a
| fine collection of such views. Lions she
cannot come on. for she has no trained
| dogs.-Arizona Republican
In his latest book of travel and observa-
| ton, Highways and Byways of the
| South" Mr.. Clifton Johnson tells with
! what skill and gallantry a colored preacher
| COMMUNICATED the ladies of his congrega-
ton There was to be a new member ao-
| United to the church that day. >.
| Because the candidate was feminine II
| the miracle of woman's creation.
Jewels" said he. "are found In the gar
| bage and in the ice chest; yes DIAMONDS
| are very often found in the rubbish, but
rot so Eve She was the climax or Coo
| work-the finest and most beautiful OF all
! the things He had made.
| .'She was created not from common dust.
| but from a crooked rib taken from the SIDE
| of Adam. She was in no way ORDINARY
"Sha was an extract-lke cosmetics or
! perfumery which you ladies know about
| something better and mo- concenttateu
| than the usual. There's difference IN
things. -IneTe y EIehl, VIC
| there's greatest. The creation of the worlu
was great the creation OF Aoam was
| grand. but the creation of Eve was great
est"-Youth's Companion.
| Iuwuh. n poet saw in the tea service the
| same harmony and order which Ieis'lIu
| through all things. In his celebrated worh:
| the s.C,ha- king (The Holy scripture Oh
! Teal he formulated the code OF tea: ne
| has since been worshiped as the tutelary
| god of the Chinese tea merchants. 49,
In the fifth chapter Luwuh describes me
| method of making tea. He dwells on the
much-discussed question of the choice or
water and the degree of boiling IL &C
! cording to him, the mountain spring Is tne
| best the river water and the spring water
come next in the order Of excellence Ihere
are three stages of boiling; the first boil IS
| when the little bubbles, like the eyes or
| fishes, swim on the surface the second ooii
| is when the bubbles are like crystal peaos
rolling in a fountain: the third DOH Is "heh
| the pillows surge wildly in the kettle.
The cake tea is roasted before the fire
until it becomes soft like baby s arm ana
| is shredded into powder between pieces OF
fine pa per Salt is put in the first boil, the
| tea in the second. At the third boil. dip
! perful of cold water Is poured into the ket-
| tie to settle the tea and revive the youth
| of the water" Then the beverage was
| poured into cups and drunk o nectari
| The fimy ieafiet hung like scaly clouds In
a serene sky or ioated like water lilies on
| emerald stems.-International Quarterly.
Here is a sure cure for colds of any kind.
| It has been tested repeatedly, and has
| never failed, and as l used to catch cold,
| which resulted in a bad attack of bron-
| chitis. l can speak from experience In
| cases OF pneumonia it will not fail to cure
| If taken in time Make a ball of cotton
| batting about the size of a small marble.
| saturate it well with alcohol, then drop
! onto it six drops of chloroform: cover 1t
| lightly with thin piece of cotton batting,
hold to the mouth and innale the fumes,
| initiating the lungs we'll 1t will open and
expand every lung cell instantly -Woman's
Home Companion.
BY the side of a certain portion of a
suburban railway stands a glue factory
| which sometimes gives out a particularly
| offensive smell. A lady who was obliged
| to travel on this line quite often always
carried with her a bottle of lavender
salts. One morning an old farmer took
| the seat beside her AS the train neared
| the factory the lady opened her bottle of
| salts. Soon the whole car was filled with
! the horrible odor of the glue. The old
| farmer put up with 1t as long as he could.
| then he shouted: Madame. would you