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The Washington times., 1906-03-25

boudoir. dainty apartment essen
italy feminine in treatment This
private reception room Of Baroness
Sternburg is a delicate symphony in
white and blue, affording an effec-
tive background for a hostess who
enjoys the distinction Of being pre-
eminently the most beautiful woman
in American official life. Then. too.
il is particularly appropriate in view
of ,he reputation of the baroness as
one Of the best dressed women in
Washington that the furnishings Of
the bOudoir should include a series
Of feminine dress in all periods in
the worlds history. In this room
also there is a gOodly showing Of
exquisite Chinese embroideries.
The drawing room at the east
side Of the house is. with the ex-
ceptiOn OF the ball room. the largest
apartment in the house and is rend-
cred especially spacious by a good
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

HY is it that the i'm
p0rtance of tags is
so often underval-
ued? How are we
10 know whether a
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
CHRISTMAS OF PURlTANS.
After Time of Queen Bess Birthday
Of Christ Was Made Occasion
for Mad Revelry.

More and more after the time OF
Queen Bess was Christmas made an oc-
casion for mad reyelry instead of joy
Gus Christian celebration.
Finally that part of the English peo-
pie called the Puritans, who had become
disguised with the growing foolishness
of the Christmas celebration, got parlia-
ment TO prohibit Christmas festivities
of any sort. And for ten years the only
way Christmas was celebrated was by
fast. Even for merely decorating their
church with evergreens the trustees of
st. Margaret's (Westminster) church,
in London, were placed under arrest.
The Puritans went entirely too far,
you see, in their sternness. and, natur-
ally, the people rebelled. So they be-
gan celebrating Christmas secretly at
home with all sorts of festivities. And,
because they did it secretly, they felt as
il they were very sinful. when the
church refused to use her pleasant nests
Satan stole them and made them
Sldltn. DO DcpplC pdlu dL Nhdl Nlnlts vi
as other people put IT. Father Christ.
mas was let in at the back door"
little later, when the Puritans lost
their political power in England and
had TO seek refuge elsewhere, many of
them, as you know, came to America,
Bringing with them, as they did their
stern prejudice against festivals, they
completely ignored Christmas for q
long, long time.
Their children and great-grandchil-
dren, however, did not inherit theiI
prejudice so strongly, and then, too they
were influenced by the Dutch colonists
in New Amsterdam (now New York;
who always kept very merry, but per.
fectly respectable, Christmas.
SO, at last, Puritan New England
came around" and permitted Christ
mas to be celebrated once again in al
her homes with moderate festiyitie:
and rejoicing after attendance at tn,
place where God is preached"
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Prepared by PRICE CEREAL
PEOPLE IN PASSING.

Lawrence II. Grahame, Of New YORK
city, who has just been appointed com
missioner OF the interior for Porto
Rico, was formerly newspaper man.
and last year was the secretary OF the
government commission for the 81
Louis worlds fair
Henry V. Lucas, descendant OF one
of the oldest families in St LOUIS
who lost his fortune about 20 years
ago trying to promote the Union base
ball association, of which he was the
president, has been appointed to an
inspectorship in the st. Louis street
department at salary of SIS a month.
At one time he was worth $1,000 600.
Robert NJ. Thompson, president OF
the New York metal exchange, PROB
ably sleeps in the loftiest bedroom in
the world. 1t Is located on the TWEEN
ty-fifth floor of the Wall street eX-
change building, 800 feet above the
heart of the Gotham financial district
and when Mr.. Thompson looks from
his window at the cross on the top
of Trinity church steeple his gaze
must take a slightly downward direc'
ton
Gen. William r. Shafter, United
States army, retired, of Bakersfield
Cal, was recently in Sacramento city
exhibiting a small herd Of choice Jer'
sey cattle at the state fair. Gen
Shafter is now deeply interested in
stock raising and devotes almost his
entire time to his herd OF Jerseys
He has not a very large herd, but the
cattle that he owns are high bred lie
is quite proud of them and has carried
away high awards wherever he has eX-
EiDted them.
Patrick Sweeney, a 7Oyear,old miner
residing at Coaldale, Pa, claims to
have the most remarkable record OF
any miner in the world. He has, ac'
cording to his figures, driven nine
miles Of gangway himself and mined
enough coal to supply the country FOL
half year. During this time he was
never seriously injured. but he as
sisted in carrying from the mines III
men who had been killed and 300 in
jured. In his home town he has FOL
many years been looked upon as the
leading citizen He has acted as pail
bearer at 997 funerals and has stood
sponsor for TIA children.
Every person who travels on tht
steamer Chequamegon, which plies be
tween st. Ignace Mich, and The
Shows, is forced to look up to the
master of the craft, Christa c. Fowler
for he stands six feet nine inches ant
is the tallest boat captain on the lakes
Capt. Fowler is a member Of n re
markable family. His brother, Irvini
]. Fowler, of Whitecastle. La, thre'
years his junior is of the same heigh
and weight; his father ]. K. Fowler
of Nashville, Mich, also is six fee
nine, and his sister, Flora Fowler, o
Kalamazoo, is six feet two inches tall
Inc mariner is well proportioned.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

put his broken leg in sling from his
shoulder, and found that he could hob.
bic slowly.
Thus he made his way down to the
deer, skinned and cut it up, and with
Letters to help pull, dragged its flesh
to camp on its skin yard at a time.
In doing this while his hurts were yet
new, he suffered much less than if lie
had waited.
This work occupied him all night.
BY the time he had eaten little break.
fast his hurts began to inflame, and the
pain made him feel sick Nevertheless
he slept several hours in pure exhaus
tion.
When he awoke at noon his broken
leg was swollen and very painful. So
he heated water in his camp pan, and
layed it for long time, until the swell
ing partly subsided and the ache near.
ly ceased. But his scratches burned
and smarted dreadfully.
Four days Of this wore upon Ben.
Ceaseless pain, an awful sense of lone
ly helplessness, cold, damp, sleepess,
ness, the accidental touching of his
sores and continual irritation. all to.
gether were united with worry about
the mail.
As it was now two days past the
time when the mail was due, Ben be.
gan to hope the settlers would seni
for it, Naturally they would be impa.
tient at not receiving their Christmas
letters and packages.
So far the weather had been good
Letters had enjoyed himself. The re.
mains of the deer and lions furnished
him with all the feasting to which he
chose to invite himself.
The fifth day a great storm began
which lasted several days, with inter
walls. Snow fell thickly. and a gale
blew great drifts over the rocky wall,
Of the gulch, filing it with deep piles
Luckily the camp and spring were
under the sneltering wall. All along
that side there remained narrow
clear streak a path by which Letter.
, went to his feasts, and a space for Ber
TO move about the little that was nee
! essary. This storm put an end t
hopes Of speedy rescue. No scou
would so over the trail until the snow
: settled.
| Three days later came a storm o
! sleet, followed by freezing weather
l which put strong crust on the snow
Seeing Letters frolic over this crus
| gave Ben an idea
!. IF | could send a message for hell
s by the dog! Why not? He's used t.
G being sent on errands.' So he heate,
t the tongue of a buckle, and burned OF
!, a chip these words
). Xmas mail stopped at Whitewater
broken leg. Send help. Garry"
}. Paper might get wet This chi
|. could neither tear nor fade. He tied
n to Letters neck. Then he tried patient
/. ly all day to start Letters. But Letter
3. could not understand, although no ev
IDENTIFY tried hard. He was wanted
a go somewhere; so he went down tn
a gulch, up the gulch, out on the trai
o forward and back a mile or so. and r,
/. turned.
Ii Finally, near night. Ben ostentatiou
Or ly tied up the chip in rag, put tn
lie package in Letters mouth. and o
ID dered: Go, Letters! Go to Scots
lie Take 1t to Scott's! Go"
Scott was the name of the postma
lie ter where the mail was due. Letter
le knew him. He looked grieved, it ws
I'd such long way off. He seemed
lie think for moment; then he laid dow
le the rag and put out his paw for
good-by shake.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

duCed to a commonplace spring. After
that the great trail no longer bent
that way, and the place, once thronged
with deyotees, became waste.
When a few thin settlements began
beyond the mountains, Richard Garry
took the contract for carrying the mail
over the Whitewater route once a
month. This route was 80 miles with,
out habtatiOn He followed the old
trail past Whitewater the new road
being not yet made, and it was general
ly called "the Whitewater mail
An accident had lamed Garry so
that his nephew. Ben, young hunter
not halfway through his teens. took
out the December mail, starting at day
break with the post-bag, provisions
snowshoes, ak and fur sleeping bag
bound on a sledge, making load OF
about 100 pounds, His rifle was at his
back, revolver on one hip, knife on the
other, sledge line of buckskin over his
breast, and dog at his heels.
Ben" said the old postmaster, this
IS an extra mail. All the settlers or
the other side get their Christmases
in this mail. Be careful, lad, and put
her through on time. You can do il
in four days."
Uncle Sam can be sure she'll ge
there all right if the mountains don.
fall on us-can't he. Letters?'
Letters was Garry's small shepherd
dog, who barked as if in acquescence
"Good,by then. Snow isn't deep yet
Guess you'll have fair trip. Luck Il
you Good-by, Letters!'
Letters ran up and grayely put III
a paw for his customary good-b!
shake. The ceremony having been dul,
performed, the postmaster watched
them stride over the snow until the,
disappeared behind clump of bush.
1t was still early TO camp when Bel
arrived at Whitewater, the second da,
out. This was the usual camp, an
had little brush hut with plenty o
|
had only 4S miles farther to go, an
two days in which to do it, He wa
tired. So he lighted fire ate supper
made his bed, and slept, with Letter
at his feet,
In the night Letters grOwled an
paved at his masters breast. All til
evening a pair of mountain lions ha
been screaming not far away; but sec
sounds were too familiar to alarl
, either Ben or the dog.
Wondering that the dog had rouse
him, Ben took his rife and went ou
His campfire, nearly burned to asht
and close to the gulch wall, was visib
a few yards distance. There was b,
= a faint moonlight down in the guile
but the rough snowy edges showed di
tinctly against the sky.
Seeing nothing alarming. Ben su
posed that one OF the lions had We
tured to the gulch cliff directly ov
the camp so that the dog smelled hil
If so, the creature was now gone; |
sides, he cared little for such beasts
Walking silently down the gulch
little way, he suddenly encountered
deer, probably going to the spring
drink. His rife sprang to his sho'
der, but it took some seconds to cat
an aim in that light. AS his fing
pressed the trigger. he saw, out of t
corner Of one eye the head and prick
ears Of lion rise over the edge of t
gulch above him.
With the flash and crack of his ri
the deer leaped and fell, and t
stretched body of lioness appear
falling through the air upon Ben.
was driven violently back into t
snow, and lay dazed.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17


does moi mean medicinal but anything
mysterious which influences life, health
or mind.
The water of this spring was Just
ornary drink-water" as "Limpy
Jackson. the scout said Its medicine
lay in the manner of its flow.
The trail led over the brink Of a
short rocky gulch, perhaps 50 feet
deep. One clambered down the slope,
went a few rods up the gulch, and
there, about four feet above the bot,
tom, was a small shelf of rock not
larger than the top of a hogshead. in
a niche of the wall. Water flowed over
this shelf out from a creyice, and
dripped from its edge to the little ba-
sin below.
At irregular intervals the water
spurted in a jet as large as a mans
finger clear beyond the self. yard or
more If one were STOPPING to drink
at the basin, or stood carelessly too
near. he might be drenched This jet
lasted only minute. ana then died
away.
The squirt was accompanied by long
sigh, like a heavy breath Of relief,
which proceeded from the bosom Of the
rock, and one might feel a puff Of air
issue from the creyice, Clearly, thought
the Indians, there was a spirit impris-
oned in the rock and this place was
Medicine. An early white hunter
translated the Indian name correctly
into Whitewater
One day Investigation came along
with a miners drill and maui and
would know what made the water act
so. The maui broke down the self;
the drill penetrated the creyice. A
gush of air and water, and it was re
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

Presently he caught his breath and
his sight cleared The lioness stood
with one paw on his thigh, Instead OF
seizing his throat, she screamed an eN'
ulting signal to her mate, and watched
Letters. who was bounding frantically
about he., menacing assaults upon her
lanks.
The dog soon ran in valiantly and
nippe6 her tail She turned head
snarling This gave Ben a chance. lie
slyly drew his revolver At the click
of it; hammer the lioness started. but
too late. lie shot her through the head
and was trying to rise when the lion
leaned from above at the dog, only TO
receive a ball in his chest as he
aliShted.
IN scrambling out of the way, and
firing again. Ben became conscious OF
a frightful pain in his right leg, lie
could not get upon his feet so he
G, awled to the lioness and sat upon her
to examine his hurts The small bone
was broken between knee and ankle.
His clothing was torn. and there were
long, raw scratches upon his left 3hout
Ger and arm. He sat few moments,
thinking
Here's fin he said to himself. Il
chant be able to walk in fortnight
maybe a month-and the mail due
through day after tomorrow No help
nearer than Two days journey. What
ought a fellow to do? First, got to fix
this log myself, Next, get up that deer
for PROVISION. Lucky there's lois OF
wood ready. Guess | can stick it out
here till can travel, if they don't miss
the mail and send a scout to look for
it. Here you, Letters, quit worrying
the lions ear
Ben crawled to the nearest bushes
and cut half a dozen stout splints.
with these and his handkerchief he
bound up his leg, first carefully put
ting the bone in place. Then he
crawled to the camp, cut long string
from the sledgc there, and wound his
bound-up leg securely. Also he washed
his scratches and anointed them with
fat melted over his fire. With the ak
he cut two crotched poles for crutches,
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Careless of Santa Claus.

Little Billy Billions is crying as if his
heart will break" said one nurse maid
'Whats the matter?' asked the other,
"He's jealous of little Tommy Tril-
lions next door. He thinks the railroad
bonds Tommy got in his Christmas
stocking will pay bigger dividends than
the corporation stock that Santa Claus
left him."-Mashington Star.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
WHISPERED BY WIVES.


Marriage is a mistake, and you are
a blunder that | cannot correct.
Men have the rapid change artists
beaten. Before we were married you
called me dear. Now you want me to
be cheap.
You are constantly complaining
about my cooking, but at no time do
you neglect to pass your plate for a
second helping.
The difference between a husband
and u lover is that while both know
that the soup is burned, the latter
eats it and says nothing.
have come to the conclusion that
good husbands are only so during the
honeymoon. That Is why all novels
end with the wedding day.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

why that bad boy found not even a
piece of candy in his stocking on
Christmas morning?
Little Johnnie (who has had expert
ence)-Because he had swiped every.
thing in the night.-Brookiyn Life.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Small Wonder.

Aunt Emily Ceiling little Johnnie
a story Now. early on Christmas
morning this bad boy got out Of bed
and ran over to the mantel where
he had hung Up his stocking. He
found 1t hanging just where he had
left it; but it was empty, Can you
tell me Why it was empty, Johnnie
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Proud Of Him.

"My grandfather was a butcher de.
clared Miss Sly, in the midst OF discus
sion on ancestry.
The other girls gasped.
ITS so. though" she declared. He
slaughtered lambs on Wall street. DE.
troit Free Press.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Easy Money.

Two street peddlers in Bradford,
England, bought a horse for $l1.25.
1t was killed by motor car one day
and the owner paid them $115 for the
loss. Thereupon new industry
sprang up on the roads of England.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Stocking Up.

What are you buying all that stuff
for. old man."
"Oh, ! am just stocking up f,r the
Christmas stocking up.'--Houston
Post.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

When a man is as perfect as his wife
thinks he ought to be, he's about due to
get measured Tor pair Of winss.-N. Y.
Times.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

kerchief with nine knots, and placed
under the pillow on Christmas night,
will cause the sleeper to dream of his
or her future wife or husband.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

II takes at least six months after there
has been death in the family for the
striking OF the clock to sound natural
again,
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

ITCHWATER was once
famous. Now 1t is an
almost unknown spring,
in a rarely visited
mountain gulch, For
many centuries Indians
have regarded the place
with superstitious awe,
and had named it Medi-
cine Water.
Nln1isipp in Indian
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

A difference between man and woman
is likely to become indifference if allowed
to exist very long.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching Blind, Bleeding, Protrudlng llles;
DRUGGISTS are authorized toreinnu money ~, u,
p.zoClYrvENT failstocure iu6to lidays. 5Oc
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure
CIV. GROVES signatureis on each box. 25c
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Ancient Superstition

There is curious old superstition
that nine holly-leaves tied in hand
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

About the only taint to money to most
people Is, 'taIut coming their way
Judge.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17

make YOU irritable; you can't sleep,
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation Of The nerves and gem
eratiyc organs in women is so close
that ninc.tenths Of the nervous pros
tratiun, nervous debility, the blues,
sleeplessness and nervous irritability
arise from some arrangement of the
organism which makes her woman.
Fits Of depression or restlessness and
irritability Spirits easily affected, so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps Pain in the ovaries and
between the shoulders Loss of voice;
nervous dyspepsia. \ tendency to cry
at the least proyocation. All this points
to nervous prostration
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pros
tration and sutferingso surely as Lydia
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when you can be as easily cured as
other women.
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
LIKE AN UNBLAZED TRAIL.
Intricate Plea at the Bar Of Justice
That Was Too Deep for
the Judge.

soon after the late Gilman Mar,tou, oi
New Hampshire. had been admitted to
the bar a civil suit was brought to him.
1t inyoived a somewhat complicated Ques-
ton OF inheritance, says the Boston Her
aid. But the Young man, in M way
daunted. took the case, looked up author-
tiles an the way back to Julius Caesar,
and prepared an argument OF a FEW hun
dred pages which seemed to him uuan-
swerable. His only fear was that 1t
might be beyond the comprehension OF
the court.
When his case was called Mr., Marston
rose with inward assurance and plunged
in boldly. The Judge seemed interested
and he took heart. But'at the end Of
an hour and half in the midst Of the
most intricate part Of his plea, he was
panied to see what looked like a lack Of
attention on the part of the court
1t was as he had feared; the Judge
was unable to appreciate the nice points
Of MS argument,
You honor" he said. 81 beg your par.
don. hut do you follow me-
IL have SO far, answered he Judge,
shifting YEARLY about in his chair, but
IN sav frankly that if ! thought could
find my way back, I'D quit right here
Macon beacon., 1906-02-17
Nervous Women
Their Sufferinss Are Usually
Due TO Uterine Disorders
Perhaps Unsuspected
A MEDICINE THAT CURES

! Gdn VIC ulopuec
THE we'll known
ctthatAmerican
women c"e ner-
Ivous ?
| How often do we
hear the express
sion, 81 am soner-
lvous, il seems as if
u should hyi" or,
Don't speak to
me-" Little things
lannOy YOU ana
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-23
MODERN SAGE is SCORED
Baba Bharati Declares That He Shines
Entirely in Borrowed
isak

Baba Bharati delivered sermon last
night in the Temple of the Krishna
home, 73O West Sixteenth street, before
a full audience. The Baba took for his
subject "Sages, Saints and Saviors." "
He said in part:
1.-THE word sage means in our day a
wise man, a grave man of wisdom; a
Judgment and prudence born of well
utilized experiences of life or study of
books of wise men. A modern sage,
therefore, is a philosopher. This mod
ern meaning of the word sage differs
little from that which the ancients
understood by it-only the word wis
dom and it's modern meaning makes a
great difference. Wisdom is the source
of the sageness of the sage, modern or
ancient But wisdom in our day has
come to mean knowledge of material
things and the material aspects of the
deep problems of life. Even that
knowledge is derived from the surface
meanings of wise mems books and from
badly or wrongly assimilated expert
ences of life. The modern sage, gen.
orally, is either a bookworm or a writer.
But originality of thought is as far
from his mind as one pole from the
other He shines entirely in borrowed
light His mind is filled with bundles
of ideas and thoughts of others, all
carefully pigeonholed for use at his
need, the need of making show of his
learning or wisdom; most times the
need of the show is the need of the
pocket, rarely for fame alone. The love
of money and notoriety, the love of the
material comforts of life. has killed the
instincts of the real sage in the modern
sage"