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CARE IN WASHING SWEATER.
Garment Never Should Be Hung Up to
Dry-Needs Much Rinsing.

In washing sweater, rub thor.
ough1y in warm water and soap suds,
rinsing several times TO get all the
odor of the soap out of the wool. Be
sure never to hang up a sweater to
dry. as hanging ruins the shape and
stretches the garment.
If you can lay the sweater on the
grass, do so, having first spread out
a heavy towel or a sheet folded. II
you must dry it on the fire escape
or in window, spread out first a
newspaper and then cover that with
towels or a sheet to keep the water
from soaking through, and then lay
the sweater on them, not stretched
out, but rather in a heap.
Half day of hot sunshine will dry
it, but it must be hot. Don't try to
wash sweater on a cloudy day.
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tige it would give him would be Of
priceless value il his future work.
The wife watched his work with
the greatest solieitude and pride. She
encouraged him and gave him loving
and unstinted praise. She put her
own brush BY to watch his. TO her
his work afforded a period Of self-ab-
negation in which all her being was
wrapped up in his.
Eventually the great painting was
finished With the utmost care they
packed it and sent it OF to the Paris
Salon.
Then followed a period of deep
anxiety in which two souls Joined. I'm
patiently they awaited the issue. In
month the answer came. The pic
ture had been accepted and would be
displayed "on the line"
Joy reigned in the Nichols house
hold. They would now paint with a
deep and strong foundation Of success
under them. The Paris Salon had
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-03
TWO Good cIeaninu Recipes.

Here is recipe which is ef1cacious
for cleaning fabrics without injuring
their texture or changing their color,
It is also particularly good In cleaning
rugs and carpets Crate two raw pota.
toes in a bowl which contains pint
of clear, cold water. Now strain
through a sieve, allowing the liquid to
fall into another bowl containing an
other pint Of cold water. When IL
settles, pour of the water into bot.
tie and keep for future use. Dip q
sponge into the potato water and rub
the. soiled garment carefully, after
which it may be washed in clear wa.
ter.
When ivory knife handles get disco1.
ored dip half a lemon in salt and rub
on them. Wash off Immediately in
warm water, and the handles will look
as white as when new.
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tistic, or wiser in business way, or
who win praise for doing things for
which praise is usually accorded a
man, declares writer in the New
York World.
He is the bread-winner and the king.
Those IN his kingdom must be weaker
than himself and dependent upon him,
or the whole domestic structure falls
and there Is no more happiness In the
world.
ARTISTIC JEALOUSY
CAUSES SEPARATION.
So 1t was with Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, who now has her own studio,
her own children, and her own lonely
course in life, separate and distinct
from that Of her divorced husband.
Before Rf1oda Holmes married she
was known as now as water-color
painter of much merit. Her pictures
were sought by dealers and eonnois-
seurs, who paid good prices for them.
Being an artist. she naturally be
came well known in the New York
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NECESSITIES FOR SICK ROOM.
Simple Precautions That win Save
Lives and Money.

A set of dishes should be selected
for the sick room and these should be
washed by the nurse and never mixed
with the dishes used by the family
The nurse should disinfect all bed and
body linen used by the patient and
also keep the sick room and all be-
longings to it free from Infection.
Nothing communicates the atmosphere
more than dust and nothing creates
worse air dust contamination than the
splitting of foul discharges on floors.
rugs and bed and body linen and allow
ing them to dry All such foul matter
should be wiped up at once with a
moist disinfeeted cloth which should
be burned. A broom is out of place
in sick room. It only scatters the
dust into the air The only safe dis
posal of the refuse from a quarantined
room Is cremation. The nurse in
charge of case of contagious disease
should avoid direct contact with other
members Of the family, especially chill
dren. 1t needs be she must mingle
with others she should have special
gown for the sick room which should
be discarded with her cap on coming
out and always worn in the room, and
she should disinfect her hands before
touching anything outside Of the room.
Ali these simple, commonplace quar-
antine regulations faithfully carried
out would save thousands of lives
yearly among the children of the land
and also greatly lessen the cost to
common people for illness and funeral
expenses. Nothing would pay better
than for the heads of all American
households to be their own health Of
hcers.-Dr. Kate Lindsay, in the
Housekeeper.
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EoiIed His Wife,

Perhaps one of the aueerest Of ft.
neraIs was that OF Samuel Baldwin,
Of Lymfngton. It seems that this
English squire and his wife were In
the habit of quarreIing nearly every
day. In one of their Wranglings. the
wife got the better of old Sam By tell
ing him that some day she would
dance over his grave.
This worried the old man, and to
spite her and to prevent her from
carrying out her threat, he arranged
with his executor that he should be
buried in the sea. outside the Needles.
To confirm this statement, there is
this entry in the old Huntington
church register: Samuel Baldwin,
Esq. sojourner in this parish, was I'M
mersed without the Needles, sans
eeremonfe, May goth, 1736.-The
Sunday Magazine.
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spoken and the Paris Salon was
mighty. The picture had secured
honorable mention
The husband resolved to paint an
other picture for the following years
Salon The wife would try it, too, she
said. Was not her husbands success
her own? If she should succeed, would
not her success be gracious in the
eyes of her 1ond and master?
Mr.. Nichols smilingly gave his as
sent to the plan and they set to work
with light hearts, Mrs. Nichols could
only paint between the intervals of
caring for her children, but she went
at the work with a light heart, hoping
against hope for success.
FIND HAPPINESS
IN COOPERATION.
Up to this time not a cloud had
marred their domestic sky. They were
happy, with the careless happiness Of
children. Their art was a joy-a play
to them.
And so they played together until
the paintings were finished. In order
to insure separate consideration they
were packed and shipped in separate
boxes to the Paris Salon, where sit
the worlds arbiters in art.
In due time Mrs. Rhoda Holmes and
Mr.. Burr Nichols received their re-
spective verdiets.
For Mrs. Rheda Holmes it was:
| Painting accepted and given honor
able mention"
For Mr.. Burr Nichols it was: Paint
| ing judged unworthy; hereby re-
| turned.
Here fell the shadow, il we are to
believe those who sympathize with
Mrs. Nichols Here entered the note
OF discord. Here was the parting OF
the ways whereby two souls became
estranged, through the life of earth
and the eternity of heaven.
Although the shadow was in his
heart, the husband spoke brave1y of
the future. Let US try it again, he
| said: eve may both win next time. -
And SO they went to work for a sec
ond trial. Side by side they painted
as before. But now there stood a
ghost between them-tIe impalpable
shadow Of Jealousy and discomfort.
The wife, pereeiving this, grieyed
much over it. The husband, imagining
things that were not, grew gloomy
and taciturn.
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ROMANCE OF TWO CADETS.
Friendship Maintained, Though Fate
Made Them Enemies.


Two cadets roomed together at
West Point from September, 1857, I'M
til they were graduated in June, 1861.
In the summer encampment they tent
ed together. Their ranks in the class
a1ternated, standing one 20, the other
81, and then reversing their relation
through their whole academic career.
They were known in the academy as
Number Twenty and Number
Twenty-one," although their names
were George A. Custer, of Ohio, and
John W. Lea, of North Carolina.
At the outbreak Of the civil war Lea
resigned and entered the Confederate
service as a suba1tern in the Fifth
| North Carolina Infantry At the bat
| tie Of Williamsburg, on May s. 1862,
he was severely wounded and taken.
prisoner. Custer, like Lea, a captain,
was attached to Haneock's brigade on
staff duty. He fastened to his old
| comrades assistance. ministered to
his wants. and secured his provisional
release on parole.
In August, 1852, when the army of
the Potomac was Withdrawn from the
peninsula by Gen. Mcclellan. Capt.
Lea, still suffering from his wounds,
was visiting in. Williamsburg. He in
/ formed Custer, who had then been
1 promoted to post on Gen. McClel-
lan's staff, that he was engaged to be
| married, and requested him to be his
best man at the wedding, which was
to take place early the next morning.
Custer accepted, and remained the
guest of Lea and his friends that
night and the next day, going to camp
long enough only to dress for the wed
ding. Capt. Lea wore a bright new
i Confederate uniform, while Capt. Gus
ter wore the full uniform of a captain
! of the union army. It was novel and
romantic wedding, probably one Of the
/ few of its kind that occurred during
the war. Capt. Lea had never met his
destined bride until after he was
| wounded. He had been carried to her
house, and her tender nursing had
helped to bring him back to life.
1 After being exchanged, Lea Tejoined
his regiment, and though arrayed
against Custer in battles the two
never met until the surrender at Ap-
pomattox. Custer Immediately after
the surrender rode into the southern
lines, and capturing his friend, took
him to his headquarters. That was
the last time they were together. Lea
became an Episcopal clergyman and
died in the discharge of the duties Of
that sacred calling. The fate OF Gus
ter all the world knows.
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To Make Raw Eaqs Palatable.

# you have to take raw eggs to
build up your strength land there's
nothing much better take them with
out beating them up-Wfthout break
ing the yolk.
A dash of rich grape juice over the
egg, a quick swallow and, although
you feel that a glove stretcher has
been applied to your throat. the egg
is down, and all you taste IS a deli
eIous bit OF grape juice.
Try taking it another time with a
squeeze of lemon juice on it, or
beaten up with lemon and sugar and
water-egg lemonade, in fact. And
beating it up with milk is another
Way.
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creased by two lovely children as
time passed, and their happiness in
creased accordingly.
DECIDE AMERICA
IS BETTER FIELD.
White they were prosperous and
contented in Florence they at last de-
cided that they could better them
selves In this country.
They came accordingly and settled
down IN the studio quarter in New
York. They continued their successful
career. disposing Of their pictures as
fast as they could paint them. They
were happier than most married peo-
pie. They made friendly criticisms Of
each okler's work. adopted each 9th
er's suggestions, were forbearing and
forgiving. as men and wives should be.
III 1897 Mr.. Nichols began a picture
which. as it developed and the inspira-
ton took wings within him, he re-
solved to send to the Paris Salon. As
the idea grew his work became more
painstaking. Should he succeed, the
added incentive as well as the pres
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artist colony around Fifty-seventh
street and Eighth avenue. She was
pretty and popular and good.
Miss Holmes was not only a painter,
but even after she began to sell her
pictures she continued to be an en-
thusiastic student.
She went to France and Italy, where
she studied art in the best schools.
She was successful there, and event
ual1y went to South Africa and Asia
for landscapes.
Still heartfree and winning her own
way in the world, she settled down In
Florence, where the air is the very
breath of art, and where the sky is as
tender as the eyes Of love.
Here in the course of her work she
met a young painter named Burr Mich
OILS. He, too, was a fine artist, and
their mutual tastes drew them much
together.
It IS strange that the very traits
and characteristics and the mutual
likes which give birth to love should
in the end be the means OF It's death
and funeral. The young artists did
not dream of the truth Of these things.
How could the art from which love
sprang be it's murderer? Neither did
they reck Of the future when they
became engaged. Was there not the
magic of love in their brushes? We're
they not bohemians enough to face
the future with light hearts? Could
they not paint the fearful eyes away
from the face of sorrow, and put the
cap and bells on the picture Of pow
erty? On these fundamental beliefs
they were married.
Nichols, like his wife, was fine
painter. They lived an ideal life in
their studio. They painted together,
talked together, planned together, lily.
ing and dreaming for each other.
The Nichols artist family was in.
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Peach Stains.

Peach stains are among the most
difficult spots to remove because they
show so little before the cloth is wet
and then they turn dark. The old
fashioned grass bleaching is an ex
ceHent way of taking them out and all
spots disappear from white table linen
if it is spread on the grass in the sun
and kept wet. It is slow process
however, and may be aided with a lit.
tie javelIe water. The recipe for max
ing it comes on all cans of chloride OF
lime where the directions are also
given for using it. Be sure and wash
the bleach thoroughly from the linen
when the spot has been removed, as il
is an acid and will injure the fabric ii
not washed out
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-03

But that enough known the
earth and planets demand that made
BY commerce observation perhaps and few
computations commercially But
who consider the large astronomical research
they add largely the knowledge that has
about his surroundings.
In the way intelligent do not bgrudge the cost in
time and the search for the pole demands The most OF
the disagreement and discussion on this sub
il. il. ss sss'5 . sss .sis" 5ss5 @
onnons as there Individuals.
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5rurrh fnr Hnlr
an}trnf1tahlf
By JOHN RICHIE. JR..
of Boston Scientific Society.

years to traverse hardly Of possible for trading
vessels pleasure parties while from what known of the
c products the region there to be little prospect Of return
al Tie cost IL exploration this purely business venture The value
of polar research therefore, the very best Of present knowledge lies
in fields otEer than the commercial
exploration the poles has however, value science and
like manT other matters much money spent this LES added
information knowledge and mental satisfaction Practically all the
value astronomy lies help that
give Us business way very that depend astronomy
for our time great help the of vessels the
and ability determine how far places be the
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To sweetan MustY Cellar.

A damp, mnsty cellar may be sweet
ened by sprinkling upon the floor pull
verized copperas, chloride Of lime, or
even common lime. The most enec-
tive means ever used to disinfect de-
eayiug vegetable matter IS chloride
Of lime IN solution. One pound may
be dissolved in two gallons Of water.
Plaster of paris has also been found
an excellent absorbent of no1ious
doors. If used one part with three
parts of charcoal. 1t viii be found
still. better.
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Good Sample of "New Woman"

Quite versatile young woman IS
Frances Zerby. daughter Of Potts
vile (Pa.) newspaper man She has
Just passed hra law examinations and
is now licensed to practice in the
Pennsylvania courts. She is also Io-
eally famous as a pedestrian, eGues-
trian and camper out. IS handy with
rod and rife. has tanned bueking
bronchos. has written pieces that have
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Continuous Danger.

Ten-year-oId Robert had a severe
cold as the result of playing arctic
explorer in the brook. His mother
was greatly worried.
DO you think he's out of danger,
doetor9' she asked tearfully, when
the physician said that Robert was
much better than he had been the day
before.
The doctor looked at her solemnIy.
81 could hardly say that, from ex-
perience with my own boys, he said,
without a suspicion of a smile, for
he will probably do It again some
day.''
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Dance Once FORM of NVcrshfn.

That the dance. primarily, is raligi-
Gus in its nature is declared BY Prof.
Gabrielle TO be unaoubted Among
the more civilized nations the dance
has lost much of its religious meaning,
while among the savage and semi-civ-
ilized tribes it still getains all IT'S
meaning, and the motions of the body
are used to express a worship deeper
than that exsrssasa in song or ID
spoken words
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From the commercial

From the commercial
standpoint It is difficult
to see any cash value to
the discovery of a pole,
the north pole, for exam
pie. The route through
the frozen seas from
Nova Zennbla to Green
land, requiring, as il
might, from two to three
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Heard the Worst

Doctor. you may as wei be frank
with me- Tell me the worst, ;, said
the patient, neryously.
Il can do nothing for you. said the
doctor, calmly but firmly.
.'Notning?s
Absolutely nothing. There's moth.
ing the matter with you"
Greatly relieved, the patient went
out in the hack yard and sawed wood.
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Shattered Romance OF Tauo
Artists Seems to PROVE
That a Woman Must
Betyare of Be o min g
More Famous Than Her
Husband, in His Chosen
Line of Work.

Jealousy, dissensions, misery and di-
vorce. Are these the inevitable conse-
quenees when wife is engaged in the
same life occupation as her husband,
when their lives move on parallel
lines and with parallel ambitions, and
when it is possible that the work of
the wife exceeds in merit that of the
husband?
SO it would seem from the unhappy
martial history Of Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, a history in which art and
Jealousy crept in at the door while
love few out through the window.
Her divorce has just been recorded
In the New York supreme court.
It is not an altogether unusual thing
nowadays for a wife to Guido her hus-
band at his chosen occupation. IN al
most every instance where this &C
ours misery IS the consequence.
Men do not like to have wives
gnarter than themselves, or more ar
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Seeing this, the children were silent

Seeing this, the children were silent
and miserable.
But the last straw came when Mrs.
Nichols picture, her famous Scarlet
Letter" received eneomiums on both
sides of the Atlantic. The husband
had never done anything like it.
After a year of trouble the couple
separated, the husband going away
and the wife. remaining to work out
her own career.
Thereafter her existence was peace
now, and one painter. There was but
one ambition, and that was the sup
port and education Of her children.
Art for arts sake was no more. Love
for loves sake was a farce.
The woman continued to work
bravely. She could have gone to
France or Italy, where her young artist
days were passed, but she preferred to
remain in this country and educate her
children. She took a studio at East
Gloucester. Mass.
MUTUAL HAPPINESS
IN cHiLDREN'S LOVE.
For eight years Rhoda Holmes Mich
OILS has never ceased to struggle. She
has earned fair competence and has
led retired life, but gradually she is
learning to be happy again-happy in
the love of her children, which knows
no distrust or Jealousy.
The other day the curtain fell on
the last act in this strange marital
| drama.
Mrs Rhoda Holmes Nichols received
a decree of absolute divorce. carrying
with it the legal custody of the chill
dren, and authority to resume her
maiden name.
Incompatibility was the cause given,
but the divorce papers are sealed.
Mrs. Rhoda Holmes is still young
| and much of life is yet before her.
But it is doubtful if she will ever again
| regard love as anything but a mirage
Of the youthful brain, an unsubstantial
dream, the flesh tints laid upon the
bones of an awful skeleton.
But the experience of Mrs. Holmes
| is not singular. So long as mans NJ,
ture remains unchanged, just SO los-g
| will he demand the leadership Of The
family, both mentally and physically.
The spiritual crown he aceorGs to
woman without question.
Moral: Do not beat your bssband
! at anything he may undertake.
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1k..z&1,6

been nrfnssd and playa the violin en-
tfaneingly.
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JOBBER AND MANUFACTURES
Advantages gng Direct from Mnuctrehe Ideal Business Method
Not Arrays PossbThe obber indispensable Class OF rade ha
Small QaantesJobbers Individual
of Goods-Conefn ITSELF
BY CHARLES N. CREWDsON of Read, Etc.
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WIFE'S SUCCESS
KILLED LOVE
Discussions, Misery and Divorce the Result Of
Husbands Wounded Egotfsm.

Average Man Must Be the
Bread Winner and the
King or the Domestic
Structure Is in Danger of
Collapse = The Case of
Burr Nichols and His
Gifted Wife.
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,jobber's Proper Field.

.tOne thing that the jobber should
strive for, too, is to create individual
lines and individual brands of goods.
There is no profit ii his handling
marked articles. He mar do this zue-