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The Prescott daily news., 1907-11-02
Its Identity.

See the two Gentlemen! They ap- proach rapidly from opposite direc- tions, and meet abruptly and with such Force that each tumbles down on his Back. An. How unfortunate.
 Oh, yes, It is sad they should have met at all, and there is Worse yet to come. As they scramble to their Feet each succeeds in kicking the oth- CT on the Sly, whereupon one instantly smites his Assailant so furiousy with a large Bludgeon that he actually spreads the whole top of his Head out like Mushroom. The unfortunate Wretch immediately retaliates by seiz- ing a Barrel and smashing 1t to Fin ders on the antagonists brow, and the Latter returns the Compliment by sticking a Pick-ax into his Back
 No, no, my Child. This Is not Pc litical Argument or Religious Discus sion. It is merely bit of Polite Vaudeville, with the accent on the Polite Puck.
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Brouqht a Rush.

Yeas" related the old postmaster at Bacon Ridge. times were getting rather dull around here, so we had to resort to some press agent tactics like you show fellows. The village ed flor put an ad in his paper that Hiram Brown would take city boarders at hve dollars a dozen.'
 Great Bernhardt!" gasped the the atrical manager. You don't mean to say that Hiram kept his word"
 That's what he did, stranger, with reductions in large lots.
 "But-how could he board them at five dollars a dozen?
 He didn't board them, stranger he just took them. You see, Hiram Brown is the village photographer
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sslF-LIGHTING LIFE BUoYs.
o'stinctive Feature Carried by the
 Worlds Fastest Ship.

one feature of the big Lusitania "hich attracted crowds when she was open Tor inspection was the auto naVc life buoy which is fastened be- N"eeh decks on a slanting frame in Such way that 1t can be released by '"e pressure of button on the bridge. oh each end of the four arms of a idFse cross-shaped framework is a copper ball. These balls are so S,eighted that when the buoy strikes .ne water it will float upright To the 'ross arms are fastened long brass 0,hhders. These cylinders are cal cum carbide lights so arranged that .ney Hare up by contact with the water.
 should a cry of man overboard!" oe raised at night the oficer on the ofidse presses the button, the buoy nus the water and the lights flare up.
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KNEW NOTHING OF FEAR.
6oys Play Wont on During Horrors oi
 Fight at Sea.

The fearlessness of children in times of great danger is very we'll H. iustrated in a story told in London many years ago about a small boy whose father was a sailor on one of the English men-of-war. The boys rather had in some manner managed to take his boy along with him upon one or the cruises. during the progress of which the vessel fell in with the united States ship Hornet and live " battle ensued, since at that time the relations of England and the united States were not friendly. In. oeed' they were the reverse, and there was war between them.
 During the hottest part of the fight 'he lad amused himself by chasing 6 goat about between decks. The can non crashed and the balls were flying here and there, carrying death and ueslructlon wherever they went. To 'heSe neither goat nor boy seemed to pay the slightest heed. Their little same Of chase went on despite the horrors by which they were surround Cd until finally there came frightfu cFaSh' a shell sped between the decks anu part of 1t in bursting struck the unfortunate goat, carrying away the poor creature's hind legs.
 seeing her thus disabled the boy uolning daunted. sprang to her side anu graSping her in his arms, cried out' Aha, now I've caught you!"
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Prayer of a Good Indian.

O, Powers that be, make me sum- cient to my own occasion.
 Teach me to know and to observe the rules of the game.
 Give to me to mind my own business at all times and to lose no opportunity of holding my tongue.
 When it is appointed for me to sui fer let me, as far as may humaniy be possible. take example from the well-bred beasts. and go away quietly to bear my suffering by myself
The Prescott daily news., 1907-11-02

If the man overheard be swimmer
 he can reach the buoy. to the arms of
 which loops are attached to aid him in keeping above water. The ship also has a mark to guide it after it
 has been put Washington Post
The Prescott daily news., 1907-11-02
Fully Prepared.

Mrs Stubb-John, what in the world are you doing with those boxing gloves in one hand and the remnants of dinner in the other?
 Mir Stubb-Maria, there is tramp downstairs who says he is looking for scraps. 1 want to be certain which kind he means-Illustrated Bits.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-11-02

Help me to win. if win l may, but and this especially-if l may not win make me a good loser. Amen.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-11-02
The Excitement Plan.

The Excitement Plan.
 "The payments ain't so hard What terms?"
 "A dollar down and dollar when. ever the collector ketches me- Louisville Courier Journal.
 THE GENTLE cYNIc. If opportunities don't knock. our friends will
 If every man has his price. every other man wants it.
 Silence may be golden, but some times it seems ironical
 Some of us descend from our ances- tors and some of us rise above them Never play practical joke on a man unless you are sure you can lick him
 Few women are as good looking as they think other women ought to think they are.
 When a girl says she wouldn't marry the best man living. she gen erally doesn't.
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field and what might be called either a very
big brook or a very little river.
Here. at right angles to the southern
boundary Of the cornfield. stood a row OF
twenty diminutive houses that once had
gone on wheels. Inside they weren't the
least like horse cars, for the boys Of the
Progress Club had preceded by a week the
first instalment OF campers and with the
aid Of lumber. paint. denim and cheese
cloth had evolved sixteen sleeping rooms.
two sitting rooms, a dining Dom and a
Kitchen.
The pioneer group Of girls spent all the
time they could spare from swimming in
the river, roaming through the woods and
riding on hay loads in fashioning curtains.
couch covers and sofa pillows for the metro
politan mode cottages. 80 that squad r.Ir-
Der Ave, who are now in possession ave
fairly luxuriating in cossy corners and
dainty draperies.
Miss GrueninR, h had planned to re-
main only a fortnight, has been unable TO
tear herself away and has now decided to
stay all summer. She was not visible yes
terday afternoon when a man who had
driven a sleepy pair Of sorrels out from
Cornwall let down the bars at the western
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Of them talking this morning about the
frog that the boys were chasing It's
Just az ven t4as they shouldn't be NOtherOa
would you like 70 Dec the place where
We build our camp nre7' Miss orucnins
Then abe lsd the way through q grove Of
trees wherein numerous hAnmocks swayed
seductlvely In the breeze 70 a small clearing
close by the river The fire was all rcndy
20 light.
oh, the boys have ixed in' she err
claimed We are 70 oas m~arshmallows
tonight Last night We had q corn ross.
and tomorrow night well o something
Il don't know just what-after We come
tccl. frcr. our stre- ride.
SOh, didn't tell you, We have q straw
ride every wesk--one for each crowd Of
girls? Shall we 20 back nowT
Regretfully the visitor turned his back
upon the river and the hammocks A
they passed the sitting room car the girls
inside gave the camp cry:
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Ia to be left behind. The soiled articles.
except the lace curtains. are sent back
here to the older woman to be washed and
cleaned.
Blankets. the articles that seem to be
the bane of the existence Of most house
keepers, are little or no trouble when prop
erly handled. They should be carefully
repaired and washed before being packed
away.
Unless requested to do so | new or use
moth balls. To me they are the most
abominable Of all a~bominations.
IF blankets are to be packed in old fash
toned clothes chests or in the drawers Of a
linen closet. after having them thoroughly
aired and summed ! fold them to the right
size. laying newspapers between the folds
Then l wrap each blanket in a newspaper
and tic Il with a good cord.
Il have never had a blanket treated in
this way disturbed by moths. When cool
weather comes it can be taken out inc
used without airing and there will be no
odor. that In nothing beyond the sensation
OF fresh cleanliness which some persons
Y !th ~imaginations call a clean smell.
in cases In which women want their
blankets perfumed l use bags made OF two
t~hicknesses OF cheesecloth. Two OF these
bags are enough for a blanket. and as I
put them in air tight 81 ass jars when the
blankets are opened I often use them as
long az three years. or course I always
consult the preference OF the woman whose
bedding ! am packing. but II IL ID left to me
l usually select orris root or lavender.
Perhaps I should say that my lavender
bags are all made for me by two women who
live In Massachusetts, and who raise the
lavender In their own garden and pick and
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wish We could make every one understand
that. 20 that the girls feelings wouldn't
continually he hurt by these unfortunate
mistakes. Camp Moodna is strictly CO.
operative.
The cars were given to us by the Metro
politan Traction Company on the condition
that we assume all responsibility for their
transportation. I borrowed $500. and IL
cost 5000 to get the cars here and set them
up. Two hundred dollars more was re-
quired for lumber. paint and other ma
erials and for incidental expenses.
AS our own boys did every bit OF the
work on the cars and grounds. we have
paid out nothing for labor. The girls each
pay 50 a week. which covers the cost OF
food and the wages Of the cook. We have
leased an acre and a half OF ground for
Ave years. and have the privilege OF pur-
chasing II at the end Of that time IL IL proves
suitable for our purposes.
AAs our wooden tents are so difficult to
move. Il is, Of course, desirable that We
find a permanent abiding place for Them
SO far this seems TO be ideal. We are near
enough TO the village Of Cornwall for CON
venience. and yet far enough away to be
inaccessible TO the average curiosity seeker.
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OUTINGS IN OLD HORSE CARS
SQUADS or GIRLS ~ CLOVER Ar
CAMP MOODNA.

Twenty Of New Works Former Horse Cars
Transformer Into . summer camp by
the Downtown Ethicsi society -its
Guests Pronounce n . success.
The formal announcement made Ave
weeks ago to the denizens Of the lower East
Side that Camp Moodna was In commission
was followed by much gloomy shaking Of
heads and p~ortentous pulling OF boards.
IL might he permissible in a radical ege for
he. younger generation OF the faithful to
take a summer outing with the help Of the
Downtown Ethical Society,"; but when it
came to self-respecting daughters Of the
Ghetto sleeping and eating in WORKOUT
horse cars. that was quite another matter.
IL was an outrage even to suggest such a
thing.
But in some manner the members f the
clubs whose headquarters are at 800 Madi-
son street managed TO silence if not TO over
come the objections Of their elders, and on
July 3 thirty-ive girls under the guidance
OF Miss Rose Gruening. who devised and
founded the Horse Car Colony. set forth
for Mo%untainville. After a three mile
drive from a tiny station on a branch Of
the Erie road they came to a broad level
stretch Of velvety turf lying between a corn
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Snd Of the oornAsld and stroilsd down che
narrow road which skirtsd che camp, but
she appeared o few minutes later IN o vmy
wet bathing suis with q mass Of damp brown
rtngists taiJng over hsr Shoulders.
Il am awfuliy sorry 20 have kept you
waiting abe m~urmured, but I was In
bathing. and my hair unfortunately oams
down, and
1T always doss when tie curly, : said tho
man softly, eying IL a~pprovingly.
But the director seemed not TO hSar.
we are altogether unconventional here
shs continued In the tone Of one imparting
information. The girls 20 about all day
In their bathing sults II they wish"
Yes. I see they do observed the man,
hopping his forehead and gazing suvlously
at several sirily clad figures at the further
end Of the amp street. "It's o thoroughly
sensible and jolly custom, /" he added hastily.
az an ominous frownp uckered the directors
brow.
That official smiled tolersntiy.
Il am glad o understand she said.
The girls nave only a week up here, and an
most Of them have 10 work pretty hard
when they are home we want them to have
just AS restful and easy a time as possible.
Most OF them dress for supper, but there is
no rule about it,"
1T is certainly a very worthy and de-
lightful Oh -" began the man, but. the di-
rector held up a protesting hand.
Stop she said imperatively. 1T isn't
a charity in any sense OF the word. l do
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two Of the boys stay here all tho time
In case We should need protection, and
w finally decided that We could dispenee
with q Watchdog. We DID have o horr1bse
fright last night. though.
MY assistant. who 10 very nervous and
q light sleeper. was awakened by heavy
footsteps outside our front door, and nj
oncs Weakened me.
There 10 a burglar trying TO get In
she whispered
"Eh?' I muttered.
"A burglsri' she repeated. giving me .
shake, what shall we dor
-Hushi' I said. grasping her reassuringly
by tho arm and sitting up In bed.
y listened. She was right; there
certainly heavy footsteps right close to the
car. Then a heavy body seemed to sling
itself against the o
I'VE we're both shaking 30 with fright by
this time that our teeth chattcrcd, but ]
managed to pull down a dark wrapper which
hung right over my cot and throwing u
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sin fsct, pedestrians seldom pass here,
although We sss enough carriages and auto
mobiles 70 make us feel that We are not
altogether cut Of the w0rld.'
Miss Orusnlng then led the way 70 the
sleeping cars. each Of which wa furnished
with two oots. q cot Of shelves, q manual
training school dressing table and q chair.
The walls and ceiling were plentifully
supplied with books, and thsre were green
madras curtains at the doors and windows.
Tbs original seats had been left In tho
dining and sitting room bars, and the latter
contained bookcases and long tables strewn
with periodicals and writing materials.
A comfortable looking Southern darby
wa In possesSion Of the kitchen car and
just In tho act Of taking q chocolate cake
from the oven.
-0h.' said the visitor. with an appre-
ciative sniff. Then he looked puzzled.
How can abe cook for this bunchi" he
asked abruptly. THAT is. l mean. does
abe understand all the red tape that they
have To-
DO. The doctors eyes twinkled.
You mean does she understand kosher
cooking?" she replied. No. she doesn't.
and she doesn't need to.
THE girls who come to the Ethical Society
clubs have almost entirely broken away
from the old traditions, and although tie
letter Of the Leyitioal law is strictly OBJ
served in the homes Of many of them.
they seem very glad to eat and drink just
what Americans do when they are away
from their families.
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ON PACKING AWAY THINGS
ADVICE FROM A WOMAN or MUCH
EXPERIENCE.

The storing Of Biankets. Linen n Rugs
-sachets and the Perfumes to Use In
Them Lavender and Rose Leayes-The
Art OF Closing q House for the summer.
Visiting assistant is the way I designate
my way Of earning a living" said Miss
Julia +. West, who occupies a comfortable
apartment with windows overlooking
Washington Square. Il help women OF
moderate mean to tide over their busy
season.
"One Of my principal duties consists
In closing and opening The homS: 81 my
patrons. In the last two months I closed
forty-seven homes and in the majority
OF cases packed the trunks and small pieces
OF furniture that the families carried away
with them.
The first thing | do after getting the
family OF is TO overhaul all the bedding.
I see that every piece is in perfect rerair
and clean before packing it way. I have
three helpers. a colored woman. her grown
daughter and her half grown son. The
daughter is an expert needle woman and
the mother IL as good a lsundress as is to
be found in the city OF New York. The
boys part is simply to run brands.
when I arm called on to close a house
the boy n the young woman go with me.
Everything is sorted over. the bedding,
house linen. and the wearing apparel that
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to a cleaner; indeed, l never do 30 unless
they are very much soiled.
Il always have them thoroughly beaten,
scrubbed with a stiff brush and suds made
with white soap. That is when they are
soiled but not enough to warrant sending
them to a cleaner. When only slightly
soiled after they w been beaten I have
them carefully gone over with moist tea
leaves.
Neither carpets nor rugs should ever
lie folded IL 1t is impossible to a them
on the floor they should be rolled on long
poles.
In closing my houses I always have the
carpets and rugs, after they nave been
properly cleaned, %sprinkled thickly with
moth sachet powder and then covered with
newspapers. Sometimes, where heavy
damask curtains have become mussed
| stretch them over these newspaper
covered carpets and after covering them
first with a good s~prinkling Of moth sachet
powder and then with a layer OF newspapers
l lsave them there for Inc summer. When
the TINA comes to rchang them they are as
unrumpled as they were when first hung.
In using sachet powders I wish to eau
ton women against buying any but the
best. Cheap sachet powders do not re-
tain their perfume. / buy only those made
by reputable firms and their best grades.
"Of course the variety depends on the
personal taste Of the person who is to use
or wear the garments perfumed. but at
present violet Is the most popular among
refined women. In making pads for an
average size bureau drawer I use a fifty
cent package OF sachet powder. For
making a perfumed waist or cloak hanger
l use half that amount. while for covering
a dress closet with sachets I use as much
as the woman Tor whom ! am doing the
work will give me
There is a sachet cloth to .be BOUGHT.
and ] have heard that II was worry satis-
factory and lasting. ] know that II is very
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dry IL themselves. Lavender is to he
bought in almost every store where per-
fumes are sold. but that cured by my two
Massachusetts, friends is as good as my
and better than most.
'aThey are careful to strip on the lavender
blossoms just before they open and in that
way preserve all the delicious aroma. They
also supply me with the rose leaves which
l use in packing away the household linen
OF one old patron
-This old lady is one of the most particu-
lar and at the same time one OF the most
satisfactory of my patrons. The first time
that l was called on to do her pack
Ing she had been very i'll and was Unable
to do it herself. She allowed me to use
lavender. but said that she preferred rose
leaves.
Il learned that to be just right they must
be the petals of the old fashioned hundred
leaf rose plucked just when the half blown
bud was about to open. l told my two
lavender raising friends about 1t and they
scurried around among their ao~quaintances
and found a few rose bushes. The next
season when l made my appearance with
the rose leaves the old lady was delight I'd
and showed me just how her grandmother
had taught her TO sprinkle them among
her household and personal linen.
"1n packing away wooden clothes I do
not rs q rule wrap them in ewspape
Instesd / am careful to lay the papers
between the folds or between the garments.
"Furs treat very much in the. same
manner that I do blankets, except that I
cover the newspapers in which they are
wrapped with a thick brown paper that
is carefully sealed with good mucilage.
II has been ny experience that newspapers
will keep away moths as successfully az
moth balls but that II the moth or the moth
egg 10 in the garment when 1t 10 packed
neither will do any good.
Carpets and rugs should always be clean
before closing the house for the summer
Il 10 notSnscsssary dways to send thSm
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Some Of the mothers inquired aboutthe
food and the way il was prepared. and we
we're perfectly frank with them. Some OF
them grumbled. but in only one or two in
stances did they actually refuse TO let their
daughters come.
we do. however, make one concession
to their feelings. We don use lard in our
cooking, and we don't serve ham, pork or
bacon.
THE Ethical Society. you see. aims at
compromise. n therefore has rather a
hard time in getting financial support. To
the rich Jews we are u~northodox. and
therefore outside the pale. and to the Chris
tians we are jews.
However. w are not worrying. for
most Of our clubs are self-supporting. and
we can make enough out of entertainments
in the winter to pay on the debt OF this
camp. There Ia no mortgage on the out
ft for the boys camp. which we bought
last summer. and that. lire this, pays run
ming expenses
-But you seem to have boys here. Do
they -
-Oh, you mean hose"-indicating a
group of six who were engrossing the at
tention OF a majority of the girls. They
have walked over from their own camp at
Highland Falls. a distance of sixteen miles.
to see some Of their friends.
why. OF course, we allow it. Why
shouldn't wef They 90 to see them in
New York. OF course We don allow the
girls to make any a~cquaintanoes here. and
we guard very carefully against trespassers.
We are not much troubled in that way.
though.
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hastily around me crept TO the other door.
What are you going to do?' gasped my
room mate.
"Csll the boys | replied with my han1
on the door handle.
"Sts seized my wrist in a viselike grip.
dot leave me- she pleaded.
I've =. come with me. then, ! said. trying
to shai.e ! q of.
Il ami dare she moaned.
Just then a terrible sound came from the
direction Of the front door-a sound that
was neither a yell nor a shrek nor a groan
but more hideous than all three together.
My companion collapsed in a heap on the
floor. ! fell back on the cot and clapped
my hands over my ears.
After what seemed like a long time |
took them away again and listened. /
could heal the heavy footsteps close to the
window. Was it a drunken man or a maniac
Or Then the awful sound came again,
but thist time. perhaps because ! was expect
ing II, il didn't sound quite so terrible as 1t
did at first. 1t was something between a
grunt and a snort. In fact. il sounded ex-
actly like a
Il finally gathered courage to shift the
window curtain, and sure enough. standing
out in bold relief in the moonlight, was an
enormous hog!
'Of counsel simply shrfeked with laughter.
and presently my room mate ventured to
take a e herself, and then we almost had
Mysteries.
-As soon as bed strength enough TO move
I went out and called the boys and they
chased the creature of the premises. The
girls don't know about IL yet. I heard some
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Goshawk's Changing pium.se.

Fr0m Forest and Stream.
l know no bird which passes through 80
many changes OF plumage and color Of eyes
as the goshawk.
A young one which ] have mounted is about
the size Of a small hen and is covered with
white down. His eyes are pale blue. I colored
the eyes exactly from life. when fully
grown the first plumage rs DARK brown
above and the eyes are psle yellow. so
one would be likely to suspect this being a
goshawk who had only seen adult birds.
Later II changes to the dark shady hlus
Of the adult. and the eye, after passing
through all the intermediate changes IN
color from straw yellow. orange yellow and
pink, nnaliy assumss the deep rich red Of the
adult.