The National tribune., 1907-07-25

termed hdndS ana 1eet. Whlch look more
like the claws of some tabled monster
nothing but two stumpS for fingers. and
the feet something that looks like two
great toes, one on each side of the foot
AS hands and feet. used as normal peo-
pie do these servants of the body, they
are of little account, but nature has
stepped in here, as she usually does un-
der such circumstances, and remedied
the difficulty by making them prehen-
sile. With these frightful hands they
coil themselves about an object with
the same certainty OF hold that an ele
phant's trunk has, and with their
strange. misshapen feet climb like mon
keys. They cannot walk like men; their
gait is that of an animal. These Crab
claws are the descendants of two fami-
lies, the Robinsons and Wrights, who
form little community of their own,
living apart from other people. Suiicl
and silent if approached, and resertful
of curiosity as to their Disagreement
Their curious affection is supposed to he
the result of a curse. the story of which
they hand down from one generatiCu TO
another. The story is that many years
ago. before that part of the State was
settled. a peddler travelling thru that
region lost his way one dark night, and
seeing a light in what looked to be 4
comfortable farm house made his way
to it. A powerfully built man admitted
him. and he was offered bed for tn.
night. Hi suspicious were somewhat
aroused by the actions of a rough-look-
ing woman and a frail girl of about 10,
with frightened eyes, who Shrank from
his greeting, tho she looked at him ap
pealingly. He retired, feeling helpless
to extricate himself from the position in
which fate had placed him, trusting his
fears were unfounded. He had dropped
Slepn and c,,11anIN l., Il
by some one moving about the room.
He jumped out of bed, and found tn .7is
horror the flour sinking beneath him.
Before he could escape a heavy door
descended upon his hands, whose tra-
mendOus weight severed the clutchink
fingers and pushed him down to the pit
beneath, where he was left to his death
Dying. he cursed the man, invol.ing
Heaven to bring upon his descendants
an injury like his. 1t is believed thai
ever since that time these two families.
one of which was descended from this
wicked man.. have been afflicted -rith
these manned hands and feet They
have always intermarried, thus perpct-
uating the infirmity, and unless the
State steps in and puts a stop to it this
disgraceful blot on our civilization viii
not be wiped out.
Buttermilk as blood cooler IN hot
weather and as a tonic stands we'll to
the front. But there are two kinds of
buttermilk, sweet and sour. You must
let the sweet buttermilk. the nice, rich
looking. yellow buttermilk alone; that
is not the kind for you and me to drink
fears ago. when our grandmothers
churned. nothing but sour cream was
ever used, but nowadays dairy people
cannot wait for the milk to sour, con-
sequently few milk dealers serve good
buttermilk. Never touch it unless it is
perfectly white and good and sour IN
I'll quite lately the only use Northern
people made of buttermilk was to give
it to the hogs. but its value as a medi-
cine is beginning to be understood For
gout and rheumatism it is almost GER
tain cure and for building up the sys-
TEN, broken down by any cause, it is
unequaled. Sweet milk is supposed to
contain everything necessary to sustain
life. and not only that, but to nourish
and strengthen the body as nothing
else does. 1t is called the only perfect
food, and takes the place of meat bread
and drink. Yet the moment sweet milk
reaches the stomach the work of diges-
ton begins by curdling it. and the bac-
terra standing around ready to set to
work to relieve your vita1s of sundry
distempers are obliged to wait until this
process is completed. Sour buttermilk
as soon as it enters your stomach is
facts it would certainly be we'll for those
people who are fortunate enough to be
where they can get good, sour butter
milk to cultivate a taste for it. 1t is
true that it is generally a cultivated
taste, the people who really enjoy it
being about as rare as the boy who likes
to get up in the morning.
The good, old-fashioned days when
people made visits because they were
fNxn .,f. L
TO be under the same roof with her for
a time have passed; at least it would
seem to be the case among the fash
onable and wealthy classes of our coun- |
try. Now, If a society woman wishes |
to make up a house party she must
have some special inducement to offer |
her guests. The fact that she has 4 |
most attractive home and is herself a |
charming hostess is not sufficient; ther,.
must be something more tangible than
this to draw to her her worldly, selfish.
pleasure-sated sisters. The reputation
Of a house is soon established. and thas.,
i'll accepting or declining invita- |
tons to make house visits are influ |
enced entirely by this fact. One society
woman frankly acknowledged that she
visited certain house because of the |
high-priced mineral water.
good for her gOut which |
was constantly on tap. A week or even |
a few days in this house, with a big
bottle of the mineral water always in |
her room, did her so much good that she |
was willing to put up with the dullness |
Of the party she usually found there,
Another visitsa particular house because |
Of her hostess French maid. gifted with |
I wonderful faculty for meGding laces. |
When n guest of this house she gets all |
the lace gowns she has been dragging |
around made to. look as good as new.
costing her nothing but the small fee |
she bestows upon the maid at leaving.
Certain houses, on the other hand have |
20 be uncompromisingIy avoided by the |
less wealthy members of this class on |
account of the high fees expected by !
he army of servants. and particularly
On account of the card playing for |
money. which in some houses is carried |
IN great portion of the day a. well as |
every evening. This selfish motive in |
visiting is by no means confined to the |
fair sex. Men of the most fashionable |
class. desirable for houSe-party visits (
ire even in greater demand than the /
and can afford to be more in
dependent and careful in their selection |
1f a hostess. A man goes to this house |
because one of the servants pipe clays |
shoes to make any old white footgear 1
ook like new. When he visits there he
carries along all his shoes and has them /
put in shape. One day. when guest |
IF this house, his host came to his room.