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The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
SCOTTISH SCHOOL METHODS
Pupils At Glasgow Are Taught e BE
y III 81 Ambitious. <fss~ tt .@tts

Pupils At Glasgow Are Taught to Be
=, Ss5 Ambitious. :s%, I'D,
The public school system of Scot
land, tony mind, is as good as that in
this country" said Andrew MacAllis-
ter of Glasgow. *'In one respect it is
better, I think, for they not only: teach
the child how to write, but they teach
him also to be ambidexterous. This
is oftentimes great help in after life.
"Another thing in which I think the
Scotch schools are superior to those
in America is that teachers in Scot
land have the same right by law to
chastise child that the parents have.
This law acts we'll, and, if there was
more of it in this country, there would
be more lessons learned by pupils.
Between the ages of and IL, chill
dren in Scotland are taught the funda-
mentals of a. good education. That is,
they are instructed in the three RS
and some more, but readin', writfn'
and 'rithmetic are the basis of the
education. And at the age of IL the
Scotch pupil knows as much as the
average English pupil at the age of 16
or thereabouts. If they want to con-
tinue p;hool after that time they go to
an ademy."-Detroit Free Press.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
MOTHS LIKE PRUNES.
A Possible Substitute for Camphor
Balls in Winter Clothing.

A Possible Substitute for camphor
Balls in Winter Clothing.
II have made discovery, or at least
I think it is a discovery" said the
house wife. "Moths like prunes.'
Il have mentioned that fact to many
persons since I found it was true and
they have scoffed at me. all but my
grocer. He tells me that he discovered
some time ago that moths have a
great foudness for prunes.
II have noticed for some time an
occasional moth flying around my
kitchen and l have wondered where
they came from. l remembered few
days ago that had placed package
of prunes on an upper shelf in the
kitchen closet and went looking for it.
it.
"Now this was a pound package of
prunes and the package was sealed.
l noticed several little holes near the
top of the package, and as I cut the
top open, what was my surprise to
find it full of moths.
IF moths like prunes so much /
rather think that some day prunes
may take the place of cahphor balls
when it comes time to pack away the
winter clothing"
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

century soil tiller has practically al
tho modern comforts. His mail 10 de-
liversd daily. He has telephone con-
nection with the buying and selling
world. aftording the best opportunities
for marketing to advantage. His
homo 10 OF recent architecture, con-
structed Of wood, brick or stone, and
well furnished. He has modern plumb
ing and modern heating, and with the
advent Of acetylene gas, he has mod
ern lighting. At night his home is as
attractively Illuminated as that OF his
city brother, for it Is suggestive fact
that "acetylene. for country homes"
has so appealed to the farmer, that Of
tho $4,000 users Of acetylene gas in
the United States, the farmer is one
of the largest of all classes. Ever
seeking the best, he has not hesitated
in availing himself of this new light
The continued growth and progress
Of this great country, ever cause OF
wonderment, has no greater exempll'
dcation than evolution on the farm.
Already the farmer is becoming the
most envfed of men-the freest, the
healthiest, the happiest!
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Worcester Sauce.

In some of his recollections the
American author, Mr. Owen Wister
tells good story concerning himself.
Some time ago while in Washington
he was presented to the wife of high
government ofdcial-a very ample
lady, and one whose appearance indi.
Gated that she possibly enjoyed the
material comforts of life more than
the esthetic.
When Mr.. Wister's name was men.
toned she regarded him with consid'
cradle interest, and the author began
to think that something very compli.
mentary was going to be said concern.
ing his books. The lady beamed once
or twice in a preliminary sort of way
and then remarked with genuine feel.
ing:
"You know it's often very hard to
catch the names of people who are in:
troduced to you, and sometimes it's
hard to remember them. But in your
case it's so different. I really want to
tell you, Mr.. Worcester, how much ]
like your sauce!"
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
MrsChe.te,' Cu~zk1

one woman in twenty-five but what
suffers with some arrangement of the
female organism, and this is the secret
of so many unhappy homes.
No woman can be amiable, light
hearted and happy, a joy to her hus-
band and children, and perform the
suffering with backache. headache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing.
down pains, displacement of the womb,
spinal weakness or ovarian troubles.
Irritab1lity and snappy retorts take
the place of pleasantness, and all sun
shine is driven out of the home, and
lives are wrecked by woman's great
enemy-womb trouble.
Read this letter:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
II was troubled for eight years with irree1,-
larities which broke down my health and
brought on extreme nervousness and despon
dency. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound proved to be tho only medicine which
helped me- Day by day improved in health
while taking it until was entirely cured. I
can attend to my social and household duties
X. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has made
me well woman, without an ache or = pain. "
Mrs: Chester Curry, ~ Saratoga Street.
East Boston, Mass.
At the first indication of i'll health.
painful or Irregular menstruation,
pain in the side, headache, backache,
bearing-down pains, nervousness OF
the blues secure at once bottle of
Lydia r. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and begin its use.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Z q :, - a.
The S0rCerer
Of ST. Giles; 5.
BY PROF. WILLIAM III. PECK.

actly the position of the key in Mar
tha's mouth.
"You cannot escape by the door now"
he said. "Place the table here. as
you had it just now, and the chair. and
give me your hand. 1t will not matter
how much noise the lathing may
make"
Helen obeyed, and her right hand
was soon in that of her lover.
'Now place your feet upon the cross
bars of the window grating, and aid
me all you can, else may strain your
arm and shoulder badly. Wait a mo-
ment," he added, and then with his
left hand he wrenched off such Of the
hanging and protruding laths as he
feared might injure her in passing
through the ragged opening. "Now,
then"
And Helen seconded his efforts so
we'll that in a few moments she was
painting upon his breast, as they both
stood erect upon the floor Of the room
above her late prison.
Dear Clarence!"
"Dear Helen!'
And their lips met in long and
fond kiss of undying and devoted love:
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
He Waited

"Supposing you wait here in this
comfortable seat by the elevator while
I match these two samples of ribbon"
said Mrs. Mayfair sweetly to her hus-
band, who had been entrapped into go
ing shopping with her. When she
came back she said contritely:
"Have I kept you waiting an unpar-
donably long time, you poor dear?'
"Oh, I haven't minded it," he said,
cheerfully. II just jumped onto car
and ran out to the league grounds and
saw most of the ball game, and then
l took little spin in the park with
Dorton in his new auto. Did you
match the samples?"
"One of them. It's so provoking.
III have to come again tomorrow, for
they're closing the store now."-Lip-
piscott's.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Milk Saloons Of Warsaw.

The town of Warsaw may be called
the milk producers Eden, although
the milk consumers Eden it certainly
is not. There is probably nowhere
such a milk town" as this. Restau
rants are but little frequented Or
the other hand. the public frequent
the various dairies in great number in
order to chat with friends or read the
newspapers, to the accompaniment OF
a black or white coffee or glass OF
cold or warm milk. To close bar
gain or to talk business, the milk sa
loon is resorted to; chess and bill
liards are likewise to be played in
these recognized places of public re
sort. But, in spite of this enormous
consumption of milk, the supply is OF
the most wretched; in fact it is in
describably bad-Creamery Journal.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
LEWIS E. CLARK EXPOSITION.

It is a noteworthy fact that the Lew
is and Clark Exposition is the first
worlds fair to be held west of the
Rocky Mountains which has secured
the aid of the government.
"And it is also surprising what an in
terest is manifested in the exposition
by the people of the East They see
in the exposition an opportunity to visit
the Western country at a greatly re-
duced expenditure of money, and not
only see the Exposition itself, but view
the wonders of our Western scenery,
and witness the great resources of the
Northwest and the opportunities af-
forded. The Great Northern Railway
passenger department has been flood
ed with inquiries as to the exposition,
and it augurs we'll for a big travel
through the Northwest this year.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Snide Lights on History.

Scott had just written "The stag al
eve had drunk his fill.''
"Just like all them stag parties" he
commented.
Bewaliing the tendencies Of the
times, he dashed off twelve more stan
zas.
Henry XIII. had just divorced anoth.
er wife.
"You see,' he explained, there
were too many queens in the deck and
thought the cards had been stacked"
With a regal air he dispatched a
messenger of Anne Boleyn.
Horatius was at the bridge.
"Heavens!" he said 81 won't get
to Brooklyn till o'clock"
"Pushing his way through the crowd
he telephoned his wife to keep dinner
warm.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
BABY CAME NEAR DYING
From an Awful Skin Humor-
Scratched Till Blood RAN
Wasted to a Skeleton
Speedily Cured by
Cuticura.

when three months old my boy
broke out with an itching, watery
rash all over his body, and he would
scratch till the blood ran We tried
nearly everything, but he grew worse,
wasting to a skeleton. and we feared
he would die. He slept only when in
our arms. The first application OF
Cuticura soothed him 50 that he slept
in his cradle for the first time in many
weeks. One set of Cuticura made a
complete and permanent cure
(SiGned) Mrs. NJ. c.. Maitland. Jasper
Ontario.'
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
All to Herself.

One morning Mr.. WIS coachman
was very late in getting to work, and
on being questioned for an explanation
of his tardipess he said:
'To tell you de truth, boss, dun
got mahIed dis mahnin'. and dat's
huccome it I got late.'
''Well, Jim," his employer said,
where is your wife, and why are you
not off on your honeymoon?'
Lord, boss," said Jim, "she's dun
gone OF on de honeymoon; she hab all
de money."-Lippincott's. -
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
GRIPS UGLY SEQUEL
KNEES STIFF, HANDS HELPLESS,
RHEUMATISM NEAR HEART.
Mrs. Van Scoy Experiences Dangeroui
After-Effects from Grip and Learns
Value of a Blood Kennedy.

Mrs. Van Sc"y Experiences Dangerous
After Effects fro,r, Grip and Learns
Value of u Blood Remedy.
The grip leaves behind it weakened
vital powers, thin blood, impaired di.
gcstion and over-sensitive nerves-a
condition that makes the system al easy
prey to pneumonia, bronchitis, rheuma.
tism, nervous prostration, and even con.
sumption.
The story told by scores of victims Of
the grip is substantially the same. One
was tortured by terrible pains at the
base of the skull; another was left tired,
faint and in every way wretched from
anaemia or scantiness of blood; another
had horrible headaches, was nervous and
couldn't sleep; another was left with
weak lungs, difficulty in breathing and
acute neuralgia. In every case relief
was sought i'll vain until the great blood.
builder and nerve-tonic, DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, was used. For Quickness and
thoroughness Of action nothing is known
that will approach it.
Mrs. Van Scoy makes statement that
supports this claim. She says:
II had severe attack of grip and, be-
fore had fully recovered, rheumatism
set i'll and tormented me for three
months. I was in badly rundown
state. Soon after it began was so lame
for week that I could hardly walk. It
kept growing steadily worse and at last
/ had to give up completely and for
three weeks was obliged to keep nv
bed. My knees were so stiff couldn't
bend them, and my hands were perfectly
helpless. Then the pains began to
threaten my heart and thoroughly
alarmed me.
"While was suffering in this way I
CHANGED to run across little book that
told about the merits of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. The statements in it i'm
pressed me and led me to buy box. These
pills proved the very thing I needed.
improvement set in as soon as began
to take them, and it was very marked by
the time I had finished the first box.
Four boxes made me well woman" I"
Mrs. Laura M: Van Scoy lives at No.
30 Thorpe street, Danbury, Conn. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are equally we'll
adapted for any other of the diseases that
follow in the train Of grip. They are
sold by all druggists. X
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

eating, and my limbs were badly
swollen. One doctor told me it would
finally turn to Bright's disease. l was
laid up at one time for three weeks.
had not taken Doan's Kidney Pills
more than three days when the dis
trnssing aching across my back disap-
peared, and was soon entirely cured"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Private Murphy-The bullets would
pass over my head, sergeant.
"Quite right; and what would hap
pen to me?"
Private Murphy-1 hardly know, SER
geant. I'm afraid ye'd get lodging be.
hind the house.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
On the Safe Side.

An old woman who persisted in bow
ing during church service whenever
the name of Satan was mentioned was
reprimanAed by the minister for so
unseemly a habit. The reproof had,
however, 40 effect, and the minister
asked her finally. :" exasperation, why
she thought it nee ,ary to bow.
"Well," she replied, 'civility costs
nothing, and you never know what will
happen"
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
On the Safe Side.

An old woman who persisted in bow.
ing during church service whenever
the name of Satan was mentioned was
reprimanded by the minister for so
unseemly a habit. The reproof had,
however, no effect, and the ministel
asked her finally, in evaporation, why
she thought it necessary to bow.
"Well," she replied, "civility costs
nothing, and you never know what will
happen"
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Both insuIted.

~ hear there is a rumor going
round that We are engaged, Miss John
son.
Indeed, Mr.. Jones? What an insult
to me! You contradicted it at once,
of course?"
"Oh, yes, rather! I said I was fool
enough for almost anything, but not
fool enough for that. ."-Chicago Jour-
nal
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
THE MoDERk {FARMElgs
How He Lives, g Compared Wtth
r.. Fifty Years Ago.

he farming life OF
to-day, ~ con-
trasted with that
OF fifty years ago,
IL q paradise Of
comfort and con-
veniencs. Th Q
lonely loghouse.
remote from mar.
ket and devoid Of
advantages that Z
half cycle Of time
has made possible.
would scarcely ar
peal to the pres
ent day farmer.
Tho twentieth.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Almost Human.

Montague McScsh-Great guns, Ma
ria! don't expect so much of me! he
member that I'm only humaf.
Mrs. McSosh-Well, I do try to re-
member it, but from your actions its
sometimes hard to believe
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

mlco county,
says: Il suf-
fered with kid
ney complaint
or e 6 h t
years. 1t came
on me gradu-
ally. I felt
tire d a n d
weak, was
short of breath
and was trou-
b | e d wit b
blOating after
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

The people of Oakes were we'll
pleased over the seed wheat special
over the 500.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
ANOTHER LIFE SAVED.

Mrs. G.. w. Fooks, Of Salisbury, Md,
wife of G. w. Fooks, Sheriff of Wico-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-07-26
KITTEN ALMOST sPOILS PLAY.
Capers About Stage in Production CT
midsummer Nights Dream"

Pet kitten have 30 part or place IN
Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Nights
Dream but a tiny black kitten capered
around the stage and came near break
ing up the production of that play by
the Ben Greet performers at the Uni
yersity of Chicago ScannOn gardens the
other night Kittie made it's entrance
on the stage without cue or coaxing in
act /, scene 1. And right there trouble
began for the performers.
While Fritz Leiber, who played the
role of Demetrius, was speaking the
lines: "These things seem small and I'M
distinguishable, the small black cat
rOmped on the stage and playfully
scratched Demetrius' legs. The crowd
roared and Demetrius tried in vain to
''shoo" the kitten away without break
ing the solomnity of the scene. But
Demetrius' lines are the cue for Hen
nina to speak her little piece, and the
crowd yelled gleefully when she said:
ME thinks | see these things with part
ed eyes"
$50 me Thinks was the corroborative
testimony of Helena.
And still kittie capered about the stage
and tried to place her paw on the dane
ing spotlight.
The audience broke into yells of mer-
riment while the cat was being captured
and tossed into the wings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-07-26
DISPENSES WITH PASTE IN CIGAR
MAKING.

friction alone, and when the tip of the
cigar is cut off, as usual, it is easily re-
leased, and the cigar can be smoked III
an agreeable manner and without occa-
sioning a rabbed, loose, covering leaf
Similar means for securing cigar tips
have been proposed from time to time,
but all of these employ hooks or projec-
tlons, adapted to engage in the leaf, per
torating same, which, of course, is OBJ
Jectiona BILE.
Such device as this will do away
with an objection raised by sanitarians,
VINO claim that the present method OF
fastening the end of the wrapper is
most unclean, and often the means of
conveying disease Persons who have
investigated the manufacture of cigars
clalm that consumption is usually preva-
tent among the workers in this line, and
tEat the paste used at present for fas-
ienlng the end of the wrapper leaf often
becomes tainted with the germs of dis
ease, and in this manner can readily he
conveyed to the smoker
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-07-26

can neither see your soul nor feel its
presence
He colored deeply. GO on busting me
then" he said
Yes" she replied, Il Will if you wish
But first pick me a few flowers
He gathered some gorse and handed it
to her. She took it and looked at it for
some time intently and in silence, then
said
Whenever you see gOrse in future, you
are to think of me, and to love it because
love it. That will establish one little
communion of soul anyhow. The present
feeling that you have for me is not SYM
pathy or platonic love; it is a selfish
desire for waste-butt for your NOR
bidity''
L believe III a way you are right"
L know | am" she answered; ''and
now | want all that altered between US.
want as much sympathy for my sun
shine as | give you for your blues" I
want a little corner in your life where
| may reign supreme where no thought
OF yourself enters; a corner that you
study to make comfortable for me-
where | can come without any fear of
finding YOU
+ Am | so horribly selfish as you paint
me? You have never asked for my sym
pathy in any way. You have no need Of
IT." he said rather bitterly.
Il have no exact need of it, / know;
but | want you to give me a little, all
the same" she replied
L am quite willing and ready to do so.
Have you finished busting me?'' he asked,
T aintively.
oh no! You are not half done," she
cried meniiy. when [ get into my lit,
tie corner I'm going to sweep away every
c"bWeb Ct pessimIsm that you possess
so | warn You0
Sweep away, little girl"
Now that is the first sentence you
have said that I like. Let us shake
hands on it,
He took her hand in his, and held it a
moment. why, after all, should you
trouble with my cobwebs?" he said,
gently. I'm not worth it,
Tut, TUT" she answered. Every
woman enjoys to sweep"
And most men enjoy to be swept, I
expect" he said, smiling; Il do, any
how" Then he raised her hand to his
lips. My little Duster," he added, Il
think you have taken possession oI your
corner already!''
The sun is setting fast; we must re-
turn quickly" she said shyly, as she
tried to discn9age her hand.
Settin9!" he exclaimed, looking down
into the very depths of her gray eyes;
rising. YOU mean. For me it is Dawn"
Madame
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-07-26

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart-beats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly Respondent Nothing
pleases her. Her doctor says: Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right SOON"
But she doesn't get all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs Rosa Adams, of SO 18th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late Gen
eral Roger Hanson, C.SA. She writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for me. [ suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues,
nervousness and that all-gone feeling I was
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy of my
younger days has returned, and do not suf-
fer any longer with dependency, as did be-
fore I consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women"
If you have some arrangement of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham. Lynn, Mass, for ADVICE.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-07-26
With peace that God instills'
The Wood Road.

The wood road is the one to strike for
GOODNESS and quiet. The pink and yellow
moccasin flowers nod from behind a de-
cayed log in place Of the lupine Of the
open highway, or the ghostly Indian pipe
pushes the dead leaves aside with its
pale pink and white blossoms. In place
of the vesper sparrow of the open road
the oven bird runs along the road before
the traveller and finally fits into the
shade. The silvery note of the Wilson's
thrush comes tinkling through the woods
in rhythmic cadence. Even the bell of
the cow as she browses through the
wood, the distant cock crow and the
shout Of a plowman are not discordant
sounds, since they emphasize the separa
ton from the outside world.-Recreation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-07-26
RECEIVERS BABY BY LAW.
Nurse Stole Infant, Saying 1t Tas
Dead

Judge E. G. Grave in Rock Island
county Qllinois) circuit court decided a
habeas corpus case which had been be-
fore the court at intervals for several
months and which was brought by Mrs.
Charlotte Bleakley of Lawrence, Kan,
against Mrs. J. G.. Barclay of Moline,
ILL.,, to recover a girl baby born to her
while she was visiting the worlds fair
at st. Louis on February Is last. The
nurse told her that the child was dead
and Mrs. Bleakley paid for it's burial
Mrs. Bleakley was then taken sick with
scarlet fever. Her brother was sent for
and the nurse told a physician whom he
summoned that Mrs. Bleakley's baby
was alive. The brother confronted the
nurse, but she denied telling the physi-
clan that the child was alive. In the
meantime the infant had been placed in
charge of the incubator people. Mr.. and
Mrs. Barclay, who had the perfumery
concession OF the fair, saw the child and
sent an agent named Martin to secure
the consent of it's parents to their adop-
ton of the mite. Mrs. Bleakley positive
ly refused, if the infant in question was
her child. Proof was presented that the
child was really Mrs. BIeakley's infant,
and the courts order restores the child
to her. Mrs Bleakley's husband, from
whom she separated subsequently to the
birth of the child. did not join in the
proceedings.