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The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

up for the expedition in the almost un-
known parts of Polynesia or even on
the coast Of Patagonia, where hardly
do such work.
It must, however, be considered a
poor excuse made by those German
papers, which claimed afterward that
the story was not printed as mere
news item, and that fake stories ap-
pearing in German papers would,
more easily, be copied by the yellow
journals of America.
1t may be quoted that not all of the
All Fools Day fake originated with
the Berliner Tageblatt's correspond
ent. In a recent novel by Alfred Henry
Lewis, an unprincipled Russian noble
man, a society figure in Washington
carries out the plot to loot the treas
ury. He learns that an old sewer
runs close to the vaults. He buys a
fast yacht, employs crooks from New
York to do the work, and ingeniously
devises rubber bags to be blown up
as wanted by the man who has broken
into the vaults from the sewer. Each
bag will carry twenty pounds of gold
and will float down the slow stream of
the sewer to it's mouth at the Poto-
mac. There, in dead OF night, row
boats will take the gold to the yacht.
The plot is foiled only after the vaults
are broken into. Mr.. Lewis is the
biographer of Richard Croker. His
story was not a joke. It was per-
haps trifle more ingenious than the
German Journalists imitation. Brook
lyn Eagle
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Best Way to Use Ice.

Unless ice is artifcially made from
pure water it is better to chill the
beverage by putting the pitcher or bot
tie against the ice than to put cracked
ice into the liquid; in this case the
chill is soon lost if glasses are filed
even a minute Or two before the meal
is served. A cold, we'll chilled custard
is almost as good as ice on hot day.
In fact, knowledge of what must be
hot and what must be chilled counts
for as much in common foods as in
serving wines.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
FOR THE KITCHEN.
Proper Serving of Food,

The right temperature of food counts
for much in palatability, and disre-
gard of this essential point is so com
mon that some cooks seem to be ig-
nOrant of the difference between a pjD-
ing hot and lukewarm soup, or that
to serve half cold vegetables or NUT
ton on cold plates is culinary sin.
1t is mistake TO keep food hot in
the oven, because the dry heat evapo-
rates juices and hardens tissues, but
to place dish holding the food inside
of another one containing hot water
is the best way of keeping it hot, be-
cause this method does not prolong
the cooking process and thus spoil the
dish.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Window Drapery Desion.

match the valance. The heading of
this ruttle is pipeR with Nile green,
which gives it an air of elegance.
The ''bonne femme lace curtain hung
in the center is made of fine black
silk net. The pattern on it is cushion
embroidery done in Nine green and
rose with touch of lemon yellow. 1t
will be noticed that the side curtains
come to the baseboards, which should
always be the case when the lace cur
tain stops at the window sill.-Los
Angeles Times.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
He Got His Money.

"rll send you check for my $685.
she said after they had settled up the
bridge score.
"Oh, come, why not pay it now?" he
insisted to her astonishment.
II haven't so much,' she answered,
"and I don't want to. = I'll send the
check tomorrow"
Come, now, open that beautiful
gold purse and see if you haven't the
money" he repeated persistently.
Count it through and see."
She was determined on account Of
his rudeness; but he won out and she
handed him over the money.
What angered me most" she said
afterward, was not so much his ILL.,
bred persistence as the fact that I
really did have the money, but didn't
want to pay it that afternoon."-
York Sun.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
His Idea Of Dinner.

Colonel John S. Flaherty Of the
Majestic Theater, New York, was
speaking of a manager who is noted
for spending money literally on his
productions, but who does not always
spend the money with advantage to
himself and his audiences.
ooh, he spends enough money! -
said the Colonel; "but he does not
always get satisfactory results. He is
one of these fellows who, if he had
two or three friends for dinner and
wanted to show them great honor,
would order a hundred dollars worth
of ham and eggs. .':-The Sunday Mag
a7ire
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
SHE SLEEPS STANDING up
Aged Cleveland Woman Has Done
This for TWENTY veare

'n's TOR twenty Years.
For twenty years Mary Dickerson. a
domestic in the family of Mrs. B. H,
Smoot, has slept at night leaning
against wall while standing on her
feet, says Cleveland special to the
Kansas City Journal. Her case has
just come to the knowledge of the
local physicians and has created
much interest.
Mrs. Dickerson is 70 years of age. a
small woman, but exceedingly strong
and wlry for one of her years. She
informed the physicians that for more
than fifty years she was addicted to
the use OF morphine, but has cured
herself OF the habit through becom-
ing converted at religious revival.
It's this way" she said. when I
look the dope I had the most terrible
dreams. The more morphine I took
the worse the dreams got. I found
that when I took the dope and went
to bed 1 would dream of falling into
hells fire or going through the worst
tortures. just couldn't stand it, and
Ia nave to get up and take more dope.
l couldn't afford that. 1 had lust
money enough to buy little of the
stuff at time and couldn't afford to
take it day and night So I started to
sleep in chair. That was better.
but the dreams still came, and so J
started to sleep standing up. Then I
had no bad dreams, and I've kept it
up ever since. I couldn't sleep in
bed now if I wanted to-
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Profit and Loss

William Allen White tells a story il.
ustrative of the tribulations of an edi.
tor OF a paper in the West in the old
days. Away back in the early sos a
notice appeared in a journal pub.
lished at Dodge City, which ran as
follows:
In view of the fact that we cannot
pay the road tax of $40 assessed
against us this year, we have been
sentenced to certain period of con.
finement by the judicial authorities of
this state. Consequently there will
be no issue of this paper for the next
three weeks; but as the state will, OF
course, have to board us, we figure
that we shall come out some $40
ahead. ."-Harper's Weekly.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Why He Prayed for Rain.

Why He Prayed for Rain.
The Rev. Mr.. Livingston Of Georgia
tells this one:
"A friend of mine down in one OF
the small towns of Georgia." said Mr.
Livingston, "has many proteges
among the people in the mountain
country near. Several years ago there
was long dry spell in Georgia. AT
about the beginning of it the wife OF
one of the mountaineers died. The
disconsolate husband followed her to
the grave, and was the last to leave
the burying ground. His footprints re-
NAMED, large and distinct, in the
clay beside her grave. Six weeks
afterward my friend drove out to see
how the widower was doing. He was
found sitting in the door of his cabin
staring hopelessly at the cloudless
sky.
"'Ef hit would only turn in an
rain,' he said, I wouldn't ask nothin'
of nobody
4" The dry weather is bad for the
crops the visitor remarked.
'Tain't crops said the widower
hits Miss Seliny Johnson. She
swears she won't marry me till it
rains
Why not?' the visitor asked.
"'She lows it wouldn't be showin'
proper respect for my first wife to
marry before my tracks in the grave.
yard is washed out. 1 shore do wish
hit would turn in an rain. I been
courtin' her six weeks. Good Lord, a
man KANT wait on the weather for.
ever "-Brooklyn Eagle
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Fried Coffee Cakes.

Dissolve one yeast cake in Que
quarter cup of lukewarm water and
add three and three-quarters cups OF
milk that has been scalded and cool
ed. Add one-half level teaspoon OF
salt and two rounding tablespoons OF
sugar. Mix with flour enough to make
batter that will hold the spoon I'D,
right when pressed into it, or what is
termed stiff batter. Cover and let
rise over night. In the morning cut
out spoonfuls and fry in deep, hot fat.
like doughnuts. Serve with maple
sirup-
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Piav They Had Never Seen.

President Finley Of the College OF
the City of New York tells this. He
was coming down in the elevated one
day last week. Opposite him were
seated two men, evidently from up
the state. They were discussing
theatrical matters.
''This man Mansfield" said one. 81
go to see him every time I'm in New
York But there's one thing I never
saw him in''
whats that?' asked his compan.
ion.
ITS tRepertoire.' wonder what
sort of a play it is?''
And the other one couldn't enlight.
en- him.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

All Germany and Austria were re-
Gently stirred by the sensational news
that the United States treasury had
been looted by burglars in the employ
of American millionaires of every
dollar it contained. While the happy
American people were living in ig-
norance of such an abominable crime,
the papers all over Germany and Aus
tria, with faring headlines, told about
the bold robbery OF millions from the
the United States treasury" At the
public resorts this villainy of Ameri-
can millionaire criminals was discuss
ed and for a few days excitement ran
high, even in financial circles, about
the sensational story published by the
papers of Emperor William and EN-
peror Francis Joseph's realms.
Many papers even published illus
trations, showing features of the in
credible deed and reader of the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle who is travelling
In Europe has sent the accompanying
picture taken from one of the Ger
man papers. In his letter he stated
that the paper expressed the hope that
the North American squadron that
was said to be in pursuit of the rob-
bers might succeed in recovering the
stolen treasure in order to prevent an
impending calamity that might even
interfere with the good commercial
relations existing between the old
country and the Land of the Future.
And all that excitement, which
startled otherwise cool-headed peo-
pie Of two nations, sprang from an
article in the Berlin Tageblatt, one of
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Cupid's New WINGS.

The Swedish aeronaut, M. Franke1
while engaged in an ascent, found that
his balloon had sustained damage, and
descended in the Island of Oeland
The balloon came down in the park oil
a country house occupied by large
employer of labor, who was then cele
brating the silver jubilee of his wed
ding. The unforeseen guest was wei
coined, and between him and the
eldest daughter of his host there
sprang up such near approach tc
love at first sight that when the aero
naut left the pair were already en-
gagged. y
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
&l~ac y 's->at ~
s IN THE HOUSEHOLD :.
Decor alive. and Culinary =
4 Matters of Importance
G~vt>a~~vtt,~.-eJtrr~se1,,le{

How unfortunate it is that we can,
not reproduce real color schemes in a
newspaper! 1t is the color scheme in
orapery> work that helps form the de-
sign. Without it the accompanying il.
1ustratlon signifies no special char
acter; it only shows the outline as
10 now 1t is to be hung. This drapery
was recently put up in a Hollywood
nome. 1t is especially characterized
by its attractive fabrics and color
scheme, which effect is all lost here.
However it may be made clear by
explanation. The box-plaited valance
is of plain rose .taffeta silk. with hor-
der OF deeper rose and Nile green.
The SIDE curtains are of rose brocade
silk with ruff1e at the bottom to
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
"Havanas" Out of Season.

Summer resorts in the winter time
are very different from what they are
when the residents who make the
heated term prosperous are present.
The other day 'Babes in Toyland'
played in Newport, R. l., and during
the afternoon "Gus" Pixley, of that
company, went into cigar store and
putting down a quarter, demanded OF
the proprietor, typical New England
er, that he give him clear Havana
cigar. "Tuh,'' said the tobacconist
''they are not in season now. We only
keep them in the summer time. All
we got now are five-centers."
Pixley took cigar and twenty
cents change. -.s
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Brown Bread for Sandwiches,

Measure one cup of graham flour,
or wheat meal from which the course
bran has been sifted, add one Gun
each of corn meal and rye meal, and
sift all together. Add two-thirds cun
of molasses, Two cups of sour milk.
and onehalf level teaspoons of soda,
and one-half letvel teaspoons of soda.
Steam an hour and half in buttered
one pound baking powder cans. Cool
and slice thin for sandwiches,
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

means OF this measuring device the
desired amount can be delivered with
unerring accuracy The advantage
for the pipe smoker is that much of
the tobacco lost in the ordinary man.
ner of loading by an arrangement
which presents him with just enough
tor filling the bowl of his pipe, the
waste is prevented and the operation
IF loading greatly facilitated.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

For the never-vacant post of "cham-
pion mean man" the Chicago husband
who shot at his wife because the train
she was on was fifteen minutes late is
an easy winner. And he blames it Oh
dyspepsia. A dynamite tablet should
be prescribed.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

The Portland Telegram is OF opin-
ion that if it cost a dollar an hour for
the privilege OF hoeing potatoes, and
there were special costume to be
worn, golf would soon be forgotten:
Tickling potato patch with hoe is
certainly great exercise.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

TO the suggestion from Portsmouth
that the body Of John Paul Jones
ought finally to be buried there by the
side of an old sweetheart it seems nee.
essary only to reply that John Paul
was a sailor
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Women's trailing skirts spread tn.
berculosis germs. New York physi.
clans say so, and that settles it..
Blame bound to get around to Eve
in the end.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Small Spice Cakes

Dissolve one level teaspoon of soda
in one cup of boiling water and pou1
onto one cup of molasses. Add two
tablespoons Of melted butter and three
cups OF -four mixed with a saltspoon
of cloves, one level teaspoon of Gin,
namon, and one-third of a nutmeg
grated. Bake in buttered iron popoyer
pans il a moderate oven.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Dr. Osler has come out in favor OF
taxing bachelors. The bachelors ought
to get together now and give the doc.
tor vote of thanks. He might have
advocated chloroform for them.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Baked Enns

Plain baked eggs make a pretty
breakfast dish. Take a deep earthen
plate, butter it and break in the eggs,
adding salt, pepper, bits of butter, and
bake in moderate oven. Garnish
with curled parsley and serve with
buttered toast
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Consul Uchida says that there are
no old maids in Japan. The formula,
whatever it is, ought to be added to
Japan's exports. New England would
place large order.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

When Nine. Modjeska bade farewell
to New York the box Office receipts
for the performance aggregated $1O,-
900. There are times when parting is
indeed sweet sorrow.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

The fat man who tried to commit sui.
eide by drowning and found that his fat
kept him at1oat probably hoped that
water would cause his too solid flesh
to melt.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Science has made gigantic strides
of late years, but the return of sum-
mer reminds us that as yet it has
been able to find no way to insert any
fruit into the restaurant strawberry
sbortcake.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

A Pittsburg policeman recently ar
rested a man whose name is Dam.
skieselhabet Kjoebenhaven. The re.
corGer refused to enter his name on
the minutes of the court, and turned
him loose.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Kingdom Gould was badly injured in
polo game a few days ago. One OF
the incest things about polo is the fact
that only people who play are ever
hurt by it.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Cocoanut Cones,

Beat to a froth the white of an egg,
add gradually small cup of grated
cocoanut and some sugar. If not stiff
enough to handle add more sugar.
Make into cones. Use confectioners'
sugar for all uncooked candies. =;
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Another Pittsburg heiress is to mar.
ry an English "nobleman." Life would
be a rather tough proposition for the
nobility if Pittsburg were not on the
map. ,u~,
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

The inventor Of the rubber collar
must have reasoned that a great many
necks were waiting for something of
that kind.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Scientists say the human being is
losing the sense of smell. Luther Bur.
bank wastes effort in giving scents to
scentless flowers.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

DR.. GLADDEN. declares that Adam
could not have become millionaire.
We must therefore conclude that
Adam lacked executive ability.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Georgia is said to have planted the
largest peanut crop in her history.
This ought to be a good year for the
circus and baseball.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Charles M. Schwab has paid $780,.
600 for silver and gold dinner set.
He must have unloaded some of his
steel stock at the top notch.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Ice cream is said to be a cure for
hiccoughs. Don't have hiccoughs
when you're walking with your best
"girl'
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

A statistician figures that artists
present" $1,5Q0,000 worth of work to
the world annually. We should have
said ~intlict.''
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

A New York woman complains be.
cause her husband offered to sell her
for five cents. He might at least have
made it thirty.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

The puzzle is why we work when
100 to l shots win, and bookmakers
are willing to have their money taken
away.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24
Worlds Diamond Supply,

Cecil Rhodes used to say that $25,-
100000 was the annual capacity Of the
world to absorb diamonds. That
marked what he called the '*satura-
tion point" of modern society.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

London statistics show that wealth
prolongs life. THE good die young"
the poet assures us. Would you rath-
er be rich or die young?
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

A California woman committed sui
eide because she was fat She has
discovered the only certain cure for
obesity.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

bench with an extension movement
in~ a vertical direction, controlled by
means of screw shown at the side.
BY operating this thumb screw the
height of the seat may be regulated
with great nicely.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

A marked decrease in the consump.
tion of beer is noted in Great Britain.
Merely changing their tipple?
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

The boarder who blew up a board
ing house at Luzerne, Pa, meant to
try the dynamite on the beefsteak.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

NJ. Santos-Dumont is not superst1-
tious. He is at work now on airship
No. 13.
The Cook County herald., 1905-06-24

Water is cents a gallon in Pana-
ma. The Americans there will soon
have it cOrnered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-23

me- calmly sat and watched them pass.
They did not see me, although sat quite
close to them. Joan looked pale, and my
heart beat with unwonted rapidity as
gazed at her great, pensive eyes. Per-
haps she repented her step, but he looked
happy enough.
Then l got up and walked in an oppo-
site direction, until was on road lead
ing inland. Here lay among the furze
bushes, alone with my sad thoughts.
All was quiet, save for the ceaseless muir
muring of the mighty waves as they
broke upon the beach.
There | lay, thinking, planning, won
dering, and, Heaven knows. near to
weeping. All my senses, all my feelings.
yea, the whole of me, cried out for Joan,
my lost daring.
Then | started suddenly, for thought
| heard my name whispered. But it
must have been the plaintive note of a
bird that | heard, and once more gave
myself UP to thought.
''Allan!'
There could be no mistake this time,
some one was speaking my name. AS it
in dream turned my head and looked.
There was Joan.
Never until | die shall forget that
moment. The murmur of the sea
changed into march of triumph played
by mighty organ. The wailing of the
sea birds seemed as the notes of OrpheuS.
The yellow bloom on the furze bushes
changed to virgin gold. And all the
sounas that were. seemed to hymn the
one -Dord, Joan
l half started up, but the walk, COM
bine<l with the sudden excitement. had
been 100 much for me in my weak state,
and fell backward to the ground. In
a moAaent Joan was beside me, and her
arms we're around me.
"Ol, Allan, Allan. why did you leave
me?" she murmured.
stummered back some incoherent re-
ply concerning my rival. Wonderingly
she gased at me, and then suddenly her
eyes frightened, and g queer little smile
spread over her face.
why, that was Jack-my brother
Jack, from Oregon!" she cried
| was too thunderstruck to reply.
"And that was all the faith you had
in me?'' she went on, gravely.
"Oh, Ivy darling. can you forgive me?"
l muttered, brokenly
And has reply was to kiss me.
1t seems that Joan and her brother
had seen the on the promenade near the
hotels at Atlantic City, and Joan had
turned back to speak to me, only to see
me disappearing in the distance. So
she followed me, and the rest you know.
IN. Y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-23
FRESHNESS OF EGGS.
Various Methods by Which the Test
May Be Made to Prove
Quality.

There are many old ways of testing the
freshness of eggs. Some of them may be
of little value. Here is one that is 60
ing the rounds, but for which we cannot
vouch. 1t may be all right: Eggs are
placed in pan of water, giving each
room enough so that it's motions will
not be interfered with by the others.
The air in the egg will be governed ac-
cording to the age of the egg, if the egg
has been kept in moderately warm
state. If the eggs are just laid they will
be motionless. If they are more than q
week old they will partly stand on the
little end. This is because the air cham
Der is in the other end of the egg. This
air chamber grows larger as the egg be-
comes older and the moisture in it evap-
crates. When the eggs get still older
they will stand up straight in the water
and when very old will float.
This test, OF course, says the Farmers
World, would be of no value in the case
of picked eggs or of eggs kept in cold
storage where the temperature was SO
low that the evaporation Of moisture
from the eggs would be very small.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-03-23

An eminent physician says that
'Women are not truthful: they will lie
TO their physician" This statement
should be qualified; women do tell the
truth, but not the whole truth, to a
male physician, but this is only in re-
gard to those painful and troublesome
disorders peculiar to their sex.
There can be no more terrible ordeal
to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions when those questions are
asked, even by her family physician.
This is especially the case with UNI
married women.
is it any wonder, then, that women
continue to suffer and that doctors
fail to cure female diseases when they
cannot get the proper information TO
work on?
This is the reason why thousands and
thousands of women are now corre-
spending with Mrs. Pinkham. To her
they can and do give every symptom,
SO that she really knows more about
the true condition of her patients,
through her correspondence with them
than the physician who personally
questions them.
Ifyou suffer from any form of trouble
peculiar to women, write at once to
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, and she
will advise you free of charge.
The fact that this great boon, which
is extended freely to women by Mrs.
Pinkham, is appreciated, the thou
sands of letters received by her prove.
Many such grateful letters as the fol-
lowing are constantly pouring in.
Ask Mrs. Pinkham'S Advice "A WCm