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ID Ere.y,en Old Lace.

To fre;llen fine old lace and needle work which h"s been crumpiei in proc eSs of making an artistic neeuleWorkc! irons them in this fashion. She dis solves d little gelatin ill boiling water and wh.e it is hot dips her work int" it. The:l she spreads the work betwee1 two pieces of hle.tin- paper places the plotting paper between two pieces 0; boards and fastene tllein together witt, Il clamp \ heavy weight of books oN top will do just as well. In day 0. even sooner she removes the clamp anG finds her lace as straight and srnoot. as can be desired The gelatin Il, only makes it smooth. but gives 1t t slight stiffness most deSira ble If tils lace were sti1fened by starch, no matter how thin the starch. there would be l" sediment left on the tiny spaces be- tween the threads. but gelatin. be- cause it is transparent. leaves no traces behind l.. An ordinary iron would "1 course pull delicate lace out of shape.
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Ethical Value of Nice Clothes.

That was q pretty compliment a grea: aishop paid to the ethical value of nic' clothes tue other day. When yo" work among the poor" he advised |" group of phiia:lthropic women. ''go as well dressed :ls if you were visiting some of your personal friends. The poor greatly appreciate the compliment you pay them. and. besides, they enicv Il peep at the 'faslions.' Ii is altogeth er & mistake to fancy you must look dowdy when you visit the slums. for fear of making vour proteges unhappy with jealousy. It often does q poor woman more good merely to see a .;martiy dressed woman and be able 10 talk her clothes over afterward with some of her chuals than to have two or three professional visits from q shab- billy dressed friendly visitor. who may, perhaps, understand parochial visiting far better. New York Tribune.
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nmerlcan Geographical Names.

America can show many geograph mia comes from the name of a fairy kingdom in Spanish romance of the early sixteenth century. The Antilles take their name from Antiglia, an im- aginary island figuring in Italian leg ends connected with the wanderings of St. Brendan, and marked i'll the lati- tude of the SargaSsO sea on Catalan and Genoese Portulani of the thir- teepth and fourteenth centuries. Mont real is by some said to take it's name from a legendary castle mentioned in French romances of very early date. The island of Barataria, lineally de- scended from Sancho Panza's imag- mary governorship, also figures on the maps of Louisiana, while it is a moot question whether the strait of Juan de Fuca does not take its name from a historical geographical romance, Ia Rider Haggard, devised by q Greek sailor of Queen EliZabeth's day for the benefit of her majesty's resident at Venice and his own pocket. Il Brazil" is found ill early Irish legend as all island in the Atlantic, and it is q moo. question whether the empire of Brazil derives its name from this ereatio o. the Celtic fancy or from wood from which q dye resembling ia color burn ing cinders was made.
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HOME UPHOLSTERY.
Some Hints That Will Help to Make
 the Work SucceHAful

Freshening up chairs to harmonize rather expensive if they be sent to an upholstereT, yet room will not be pleasing if faded, dingy chair be placed before fresh and delicate wall paper. Should the new paper be strewn with roses, what more. pleasing than fresh chintz or cretonne to matcht
 One of the simplest chairs to cover CT in which the seat is removable.
 These simply lift out. The new GOV ering is tackled on without gimp or fancy nails. though the old covering must be first removed. As for tools an upholsterer's hammer, tack litter. small furniture brads and sharp little gimp Jacks are the requirements.
 The first thing that must be done is to remove all possible old nails by which soiled and faded undercoverings are attached. Having stripped the ar ticle-a chair seat, let us say--tO the original canvas covering the stuff1ng, which ought to be horsehair, give 1t a good beating to drive the remaining dust out Then stretch piece of the unbleached calico nearly all over the upper side of the seat and fasten 1t over on to the lower side of the wood en frame with as few brads as will keep it taut and free from all wrinkles. The edges of this and of the outer GOV ering, which now goes on in exactly the same way, will not show because the last part of the business will be to cut piece of the fine sacking to shape, little larger than the underneath of the seat, turn the edges i'll and tack it very neatly over the under side. The only difficulty in such simple piece of work as this lies in the corners. The novice should study the real upholster CTS methods in this respect. They will be clearly visible on any stuff over' furniture about the house.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
Fields SleerScl,aum.

When Euge..e Field worked in New ark he used to s!iloac a cob pipe. great ly to the disgust of his employer. who was q man of taste and refinement and liked his employees to observe the niceties e ,@.' :.:::...... .nHoarance. Know Ing this. Field still smoked l::s cob pipe until it fell to pieces. whcreupon he bought a common two cent pipe of clay and made q great display of it around the office.
 Cant yo'l tisii something better to smoke:' asked his employer one day in early December ''To see you with that th:'e in your mouth one might take you for a workingman."
 Its the best I can afford" said Field, and every day thereafter he made it a point to meet his patron in the hall putfing away at the obnoxious dudeen.
 He found q handsome meerschaum pipe on his desk Christmas morning Newark News.
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John j., Forger
 By Grace Charles Copgftght, 1906, by E. C. Pdrcclls
By Grace Charles

"Then you have no excuse to offer?' Marion's voice was dangerously even. Dick Gordon hated those cold, accusing tones
 "1 have no excuse-to offer" he con- t6rmed angrily. "The woman l am 10 marry should be content with my state ment that there was good reason"
 "Unfortunately she Is not" said Mar Ion as she laid the ring on his desk. s1 cared enough about the matter to come to your office to see you about it. Since you want 10 be independent, 1 give you back your entire independ- ence''
 His face white with anger, Gordon ahrew open the door and stood there as uhe passed through to the next room. Over in the corner John J. was busy with the mail but he looked up with q grin on his freckled face to smile upon her as she went out John J. approved of Marion.
 Gordon went back to his desk. The golden circlet lying there was too much for his coiaposure, and, with a grQan, he threw his arms forward on the desk and buried his head upon them.
 1t had all been very silly and yet very tragic. He had meant to write Marion that there was meeting of the promoters of the L. and F. railroad and that he would have to be present to furnish them with estimates if he hoped to get the contract. If he could land that order his success would be assured, and in the prospect of winning out he had forgotten to write.
 They were both high strung. and when in the morning she had demand ed an explanation of his broken en- gagenent without having waited for him to call up on the telephone he had angrily refused to offer any eXplana tion or apology, and when she had come to his office they were both too angry to arrive at an understanding
 Gordon was reused by a touch on the shoulder. He sprang nervously up, to confront John J.
 "Why don't you go home?' he thun- dered. "The office should have been closed half an hour ago"'
 ''I'm going now" explained John J.. with unusual meekness. "But you oughter go up and see Miss Marion and tell her you're sorry"
 Gordon grasped John J. by the shoul- ders And propelled him into the outer
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Changes In Pronunciation.

It requires no very profound knOwl- edge of English literature to ascertain that the pronunciation of the language has undergone q vast change during the last three centuries. The shrewd conjecture has indeed more than once been haZarded that the works of the EliZabetnan dramatiSt would be unin- telligible to q modern audience if the native and original pronunciat ton were adhered to, and certain, at all events, it is that in many wei, known passages of Shakespeare the very rhythm of the line imperatively demands a strange and unaccustomed accentuation of cer- tain words. With the peculiarities of a later period most people are suth- ciently acquainted. That gold was goold and that china was chaney dur ing the Augustan era is matter of con- mon knowledge And who can forget Pope's description of Atticus:
 Dreading even fools by flatterers be-
 sieged,
 And so obleeging that he ne'er obleeged?
 The last mentioned mode, as well as the two others fingered on well into the last century and was habitual with Lord John Russell, though they are all proba hly by this time a. rare as Roo for Spa.-Chambers' Journal.
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Immune to Colds.

"A Quakeress.' said physician "never catches cold. Her immunity l., due to her bonnet. If I had my way all of us. women and men alike, woul i wear Quaker bonnets. This bonDe, protects the back of the head and tn nape of the neck. two very tender spots The nape especially is tender Let good draft strike you there fc' just second and I'll guarantee you weeks cold. The Quakeress' bonne, may not be beautiful but, protecting her nape as it does, it keeps her free from colds year in and year out New York Press.
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How Arnold Studied Logic.

Here is an interesting story told in the life of Archbishop Temple:
 Matthew Arnold got leave. at the last moment, 10 take in Logic For Respon- sions' instead of Euclid" which he could never master. The day before the examination he went to Jowett, who was his tutor and asked how he could learn the subject in time, as he was wholly ignorant of it. Jowett said his only chance was to go to Temple and see if he would try to teach him in one day. Temple consented and. start ing about 9 o'clock in the morning. talked continuously, allowing two pauses of half an hour each for meals, till past 2 o'clock next morning. Ar hold had been provided with paper. but took no notes. He lay back in his chair with the tips of his fingers to- gether. saying from time to time. What wonderful fellows they were"' Soon after o'clock a. n. Temple sent Arnold away to get some sleep. after which he satisfied the examiners in )egac. Hs sAswsrsd evsey question.
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Japanesc Swords.

Japanese swords are the finest" said swordmaker. They are finer than the blades of Ferrara. of Toledo or of Damascus. The blades of Fer. rara, of Toledo and of Damascus must bend into a perfect circle without breaki,g and. q pillow of down being thrown ill the air, they must cut t in two with one clean stroke, but the Japanese blade must do all that and more. The final test of a .Iapanese blade is it's suspension, edge upward. beneath tree. It must hang heacath the tree for twenty -four hours. and every lightest leaf that falls Upon its edge must be severed neatly. One fail ure and back to the forge goes the Japanese blaGc again"
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railroad people he's going to lose the chance of his life"
 ''Why do you come to me?" she ask ed coldly. Il have nothing to do with the natter
 "Quit your kiddin'," urged John J. T heard you yesterday. You didn't speak loud, but your words came through the partition like they was bull lets. You threw him because l forgot to bring you q letter yesterday. It's all ny fault for forgetting to bring up the letter"
 Do you mean that he sent ne q let ter explaining that he would not call last nightY
 "Sure,' was the easy reply as John J. dug in one of his pockets. 'He was in hurry, and l took it on the ma chine for him. Just tell him you're sorry over the telephone sos he can go to york;
 Marion tore open the letter. Dear friend" 1t ran, Il am sorry l can't come to see you tonight, but there's some guys l must see about that rail- road matter and l can't come. I'm sorry, but you see this is awfully i'm portant, and know you won't mind. Don't dance with any of the other fel- lows. Pm sorry can't come. Yours till death"
 Katherine's eyes twinkled as she read it over. John J. watched her anxious ly. AS the smile came over her face his own assumed look of satisfaction, and as she replaced the sheet in It's envelope he sprang forward.
 "Does it go?' he demanded. "Will you telephone him"
 the room where the telephone stood. He followed her across.
 Don't give me away" he pleaded hoarsely Don't let on that l forgot to give you the note"
 "I won't" she assured as she raised the receiver from the hook.
 With instinctive politeness he crossed the room and pretended to look out of the window while she was speaking, but the sharp ears would listen, and when she called to him he knew that it was all right and that the important letter would be written.
 Ut is all right" she said as she came toward him. "I have telephoned Mir. Gordon, and he understands It was me, John."
 Something had to be done," he pro- tested. and there wasn't anybody else to do it.
 Marion leaned forward and kissed his freckled cheek. II should be very jealous of you, John J., if you were woman,' she said. You care great deal for Mr. Gordon
 Hes all right" assented John J.. If he does have mad spell now and then. I just let him rave till he gets over it; then he's sorry. You ought to try that"
 Its good advice" she smiled
 "You didn't tell him that was up here?' he asked as he paused at the door.
 No" she assured. Then I should have had to explain about the letter"
 "He don't like to have me putting in," explained John J. as he slid through the doorway.
 1t was not for several days that Mar ion told Dick of the pitiful little for gery made to bring things out right and showed him John J.'s idea of love letter, with it's linked over rubber stamped facsimile of his signature, but 1t was happy moment for John J. when Dick shook his hand, man fash ion, and thanked him for what he had done
 Forget it.' was the only suitable re- sponse he could think of, but Dick aud Marion cannot
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Decapttatinx Words.

A writer in the London Chronicle says: Our languages trick of decapi- tating words. as in bus phone and wig is not at all a modern failing. Take the common words spend and sport Our very early ancestors had the verb 'speldan.' and yet spend is really a disgusting abbrevation of the Latin 'dis-pe:itiare. to l,a* oi:t. sport is another very old English N ord. yet it
 is really 'Gislio:.t ',i.@-pon...' to carry apart. w!!ieA az.ea.red the :net 4phorical sense Of ,,lss c" ;.:,sf2A .aeat pre- cisely as divert. and transport"
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JOHN J. WATCHED HER ANx1ous1Y.

office. while that youngster insisted that he would be sorry in the morning if not just then. The encounter had at least served to rouse Gordon, and he went uptown to the club to spend miserable evening trying to pretend to himself that he did not care about the broken engagement.
 John J's You'll be sorry ill the morning if you an't now' was pro- phetic. Dick moped over his desk all the morning unable to do any work. A dozen times he reached for the tele- phone to call Marion up and ask her forgiveness, and each time he set it ir- reSolutey down again, declaring to himself that Marion should have known that he had q good excuse and that she should have waited until be could call her up. It was on her account as well as his own that he was worried about that contract, and if she could not realize that a half mentioned en- gagement might have slipped his mind in the pressure of more important mat ters that was her fault. not his.
 4AdlA d uoLtli tlilltS AuIlDS tllc uOfu- ing John J. stole into the room to re- mind him that those figures for the l.. and r. had to be sent out that evening. Each time he was met with q torrent of rebuke. Then be put on his hat and went out of the office, though his lunch hour was not until o'clock.
 He knew where Marion lived, and the statement that he had a message for her was enough to get him past the door. Presently the butler came back wearing solemn frown.
 Miss Darling does not care to re- ceive the message" he said.
 You tell her I want to see her my self" announced John J.
 For moment the butler hesitated, and through that hesitation was lost. Somehow John J. usually got what he wanted, but he was the only person not surprised when Marion sent down word that she would see him,
 "1 want to tell you about Mir. Cor don," he began as the butler closed the door. "eay, he's awful about the place. He can't do any work, and he can't
 ssp his ha2ds o6 the telephone. If
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Ifle SunIlIy Held Out.

Tommy Cat the supper tablel- Now, nla, may l hay" q piece of chocolate cake: You said l might after the min ister had taken three pieces, 'eos that was enough for any man, saint or sin npr
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accOmDanying illustration.

accompanying illustration.
 To obtain this effect and insure pretty ornament it is only necessary to fill q shallow dish with damp moss ano place in the moss a number of acorns. fine tiny trees will soon grow froEI thpSp
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
on.y . .-,n Between Life and D.a.,

Umay . f'1n Between Life and Deasn
 In one of the most remarkable acci. dents in the history of the Long Island railroad more than a hundred passon. gers in three cars of the Montauk px- press. bound for Long Island City. had d narrow escape from death at Free. port. The front truck of a car shot ont from beneath, and the vehicle wac hauled for q quarter of a mile, held m only by the coupling. Had the Din or band parted under the tremendous strain the car inevitably must have been wrecked by the front end failing upon the ties, and the two rear cars also must have been demolished. The express was speeding at fifty miles an hour
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22
N-Qnc ErrOr.

Benham-1 ca1st let you have any money paid d bill today. Mrs Ben. ham-I thought you said you never made mistakes.
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Too Late.

"Madam" said the grateful census enumerator, you have replied courte. ously and kindly to all my questions Unlike nearly every person have met since l began this work, you have not treated me as if were an enemy and an intruder. You have answered satis. factorily all the questions as to age. physical condition and ownership of property. Your conduct meets my hearty approval not only as d govern ment officer, but as citizen, and, with your permission, will ask you a Ques- tion not down in my. list. Are you engaged to be married to anybody"
 'I am, sir" replied the handsome widow, blushing and smiling.
 II feared so' sad the census taker, with sigh. And he put Oh his hat and went out into tie cold world again, his faith in human nature restored, but his heart broken.
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DINNER DECORATIONS.
A Miniature Oak Forest For the Gen.
 ter of the Table.

Decorations for the dinner table. whether for everyday family meals or source of more or less concern to the woman who wants to have her ta ble al- ways present dainty and artistic ap- pearance Here is suggestion that
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-09-01
SUMMER CATARRH
Hot Weather Seems to Have Bad Effect Upon
Some People

II i generally recognized 10y physicians
that many people suffer more with
catarIh during the summer than in the
winter. The hot dry weather and the
change from the hot days To cool nights
seem to hmvc "a bad effect upon the
disease
Even after the usual methods Of treat
inc catarrh have been unsuccessful,
.Goolrick's Pharmacy guarantee that
they will refund the money II HyOmei
fails 10 cure the disease This seems so
fair and reasonable that it should induce
all catarrh sufferers to take the treat
ment
catarrh when the patient has suffered
since childhood. Quite number oi
neonle i'm fredericksburg who Tor years
have been unable TO get good night :
sle.n on account Of the disagreeable tick
ling and dropping at the back oi the
throat. have obtain d quick relief from a
few treatments of Hyomei and the con
tinued use has made a complete ana last
ing cure.
There is no stomach dosing " hen one
usas Hyomei Simply breathe Its medi-
Gated air through the pocket inhaler that
comes in every outfit and all germs VIII
be killed and the mucous membrane VIII
| be healed.
The complete outfit costs Sl.Oo. extra
bottles. 50c Remember that Il Hyom'e,l
does not cure, GOolrick's Pharmacy WI
return your money. All
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-09-01
AUTOMOBILE ENTHUSIASTS
WANT A ROAD TO NORFOLK

New Workers who intend waiting the
jamestown Exposition next summer
want q suitable route between W ashlng-
ton and Norfolk for automobile travel
I'm fact. autoists everywhere through the
East. who will attend the great ialr ln
their automobiles, are concerned over
the prospect for a good roadway
Travelling all the way through Virginia
on Il tour of Inspection. Messrs Post,
Love and Miller wenC into Washington
in big White touring car. which
was badly bespattered with mud a. re-
suit of five DAYS travel over almost I'M
passahle highways Along the route Il
close inspection was made ~ 10 the con
ditinn of the roads aud theimprovrmelits
necessary before the opening oi the blg
fair. ,,.-
Probably they will return through y lr-
ginia within few days, taking III the
roads of the Shenandoah Valley.
Mr.. Post il anxious To make the Glld-
den automobile tour 10 the exposition
one of the SUCCESSES of the year. ! hese
tours. in previous years, have been gwen
successfully. and are patronized by men
of wealth. who take an interest III auto
mobiling. The Glidden tour will extend
from New York to the exposition
grounds
Along the route the photographer
took several hundred pictures OF scenes
portraying the condition OF the roads.
The route followed was from Norfolk,
through Suffolk, Petersburg, Manchester
and Richmond, thence to Ashland, Fred
erickshurg Bristow. Manassas aud Fair
fax e. II