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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19
STAGE Dressmaking.

Our plays are for the most part over
dressed, with extravaganza, vulgarity
and inappropriateness obtaining In
place of artistic fitness. The new cos
tunes have to some extent frequently
undone the results Of undress rehears-
ais, the actresses no longer represent
ing the drama as they did before the
dressmaker sent home their gowns,
while the variety of their impersona-
lions is swamped by the uniformity of
their fashions.-A. w. Pinero In Co.'S
tune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19
To Extract Essence From Flo

Procure quantity of the petals of
any flowers that smell sweet and fra
grant. Take thin pieces Of muslin or
fine linen and after having dipped
them in good Lucca oil or Florence oil
place them as layers between the pet
ais. Sprinkle small quantity Of fine
salt on the flowers and put a layer of
linen and layer Of flowers alternately
until an earthen vessel or wide mouth
ed glass bottle is full. Tie the top
over with oil silk or parchment, then
lay the vessel in a south aspect in the
heat Of the sun, and in fifteen days,
when uncovered, fragrant oil may be
squeezed away from the whole mass.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19
Causes of Headache.

People get headache because they do
not take sufficient active exercise to
keep the blood circulating actively, be-
come excited and often about things
that do not concern them at all, neg
lect daily action Of bowels, battle in
cold water without wetting the head,
sleep on a low pillow, take too much
alcohol, allow the feet to get cold, take
iron and quinine when these drugs do
not agree with the system.-Pittsburg
Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19

hnf will be reaundried free of Charfe u
sponsible for easy fading shirt waists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19
The Return,

IT believe" said the CHEEKY philoso-
pher, ''that for every single thing you
give away two come back to you"
"That's my experience" said Pham-
ley. Last June I gave away my
daughter, and she and her husband
came back to us in August"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19
inconsistency.

"What is inconsistency?' asked the
curious one
"Well," responded the wise one. ut
Is that spirit which moves a woman
whose sleeves stop at the elbow to
scold her husband because he hasn't
any cuffs on."-Chicago News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19

It often takes lot Of common sense
to get man out Of trouble a little
nonsense got him into.-Beaver (Okla.)
Herald. ...
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19

Fortune gives many too much, but
no one enough.-Laberius.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
eava Him ALI thu Lot.

$50 that is your final word7" said the
rejected one. Very well, then, Ara
bella. In your presence 1 will end the
life you have blighted."
He drew. forth a small bottle Ia
beled Poison" drank off the contents
and fell senseless at her feet Did she
sink beside him sobbing with remcrse?
No. She. hastily left the room and in
two minutes had returned and was
kneeilng beside him. Then she forced
between .hfs lips the following: Half a
cup Of turpentine, one pint Of milk, a
cup Of warm soapsuds, tablespoonful
OF aromatic ammonia, cup Of black
coffee, a glass Of mustard and water,
a.gill of vinegar, the Juice of a lemon.
the beaten whites of six eggs and one
cup Of flour and water.
"Algernon," she observed coldly as
he slowly opened his eyes, at is evil
dent you had forgotten that 1 ana a
graduate Of a correspondence course
in first aid. My one regret is that, as
could not on the instant ascertain
whether you had taken an acid or an
alkalI, was compelled to administer
all the antidotes had learned."-Lon-
don Scraps.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Throw EN- Down Babies.

81 wonder, (" unused the young fatheN
what there Is In a baby's makeup
that prompts him to drop things. It
isn't really dropping. thoughts
throwing. My baby Is good about
sleeping and behaving when there is
company, but everything he can snatch
he Immediately filings to the floor. I've
noticed and known a lot Of others, too,
who do the same thing. It's not only
the Joy Of throwing. but the delight In
seeing somebody pick the stuff up.
Babies certainly seem to take a fiend-
iSh delight In watching their fathers
and mothers or nurses pick up the
toys and other things which they
throw out Of their beds, carriages and
chairs. Ny boy used to be quite pleas.
ed with rubber toy attached by a
string to his carriage so that 1t just
escaped the ground. BE would grin
and dangie II for hours. Now he yells
as soon as he discovers 1t Is fastened.
and the minute we give 1t to him loose,
bang, 1t goes on to the ground, while
he laughs aloud in his joy. There's
probably reason, and the psycholo-
gists will discover 1t some day."-Ex-
change.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
I,ophi.. q q. Chan.

In the days when buffalo stilI roam.
ed the plains Of Kansas in countless
numbers great many hunting parties
came over from Europe to have hand
in their slaughter One party was COM
posed of Frenchman named Auguste
Rouzand, the first husband of Christine
Nilsson, the prlma donna, and an Eng.
lishman, q Mr.. Blackmore, from Lon
don. They arrived Mt Dodge City one
day In the fall with carload OF equip
ment, including every sort of dellcacy
that the market afforded and several
large trunks full of bright new butcher
knives. A detachment of the Sixth
cavalry from Fort Dodge was detailed
to accompany them, and probably no
command ever Jared better than that
one did. The Engllshman shot a few
buffalo. and the soldiers slaughtered
them by the hundreds. But the French.
man didn't kill one. Instead, as fast
as the animals were shot he would
take one of his brand new butcher
knives, plunge 1t into the slain animal
until 1t was smeared with blood, wrap
1t carefully in tissue paper and put it
back In the trunk as trophy OF the
chase to exhibit when he got back to
Paris as proof of his mighty prowess
as hunter. That was his idea Of
sport--Kansas City Star.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Thread Used In surasry.

Are you aware that the modern sur
geon employs in his work dozens of
different kinds Of thread for sewing
up cuts and wounds? Among them
are kangaroo tendons, horsehair, silk
and very fine silver wire. Many of
these threads are intended to hold for
q certain number of days and then
naturally break away. The short,
tough tendons taken from the kanga-
roo, which are used for sewing severe
wounds. will hold for about four
weeks before they break away. Silk
thread will remain much longer, some
times six months, while the fine silver
wire is practically indestructible.
With the entire outfit surgeon If
able to select thread that will last
as long as the wound takes to heal
and will then disappear completely.
To accommodate this assortment of
threads special varieties of needles are
required. Besides the needle craned
in different segments Of circle, sur
geons use needles shaped like spears,
javelins and bayonet points. = st.
James Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
GRADING a Roadbsd.

1t Is simply extraordinary the lack
Of Judgment shown by many who I'M
dertake to shape roadbed. The road
allowance In! various states covers
sixty-six feet. In rounding up the.
roadbed, the earth. b. sometimes moved
toward the certer from nearly the en-
tire distance of the width Of the road.
This means that the bitches for carry
ing away the water are not distant
from the fences that hedge in the
highway. The roadbed is entirely too
wide. says the American Agriculture
list 1t cannot be sufficiently round
ed toward the center, and as result
water does not run OF with sufficient
Quickness. The. temptation to spoil
roads by grading them thus is, all..the
stronger since road graders have come
into use. This result follows, from the
comparative qutckness with which the
earth can be moved by these ma
chimes A distance of forty-two to for
ty-five feet between the outer edges of
the bitches furnishes roadbed sufn-
ciently wide. s {
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
elouds and the Weather.

When two weather prophets dlsa-
gree does 1t argue error or incoinpe-
tence In elther7 no says the author
of STORMS and Storm Slgnals in
Yachting. The data upon which they
base their predictions do not always
bear one Interpretation. Thus:
Because the clouds Indicate weather
in different manner according to the
geographical location of the observer,
and also because they are in them
selves but byproducts of the weather
and are not causes, weather predic-
lions from clouds at sea should be. tax
en- with plenty of reservation Of judg-
ment- To say, for instance, that at a
fred sky at night sailors delight Is
very tuneful and possibly truthful
where knowledge Is conspicuous by its
absence, but red sky at night may
mean almost anything from q surplus
Of moisture in the air, meaning prob
ably rains, to a volcanic eruption 1000
miles away which has sent great
clouds Of dust into the mir, causing the
red color by reflection and refraedon
Of the light rays.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Curious School Customs.

Mexican schoolmasters show their
appreciation of pupils efforts in n
curious manner. The diligent student
Is allowed to smoke a cigar during the
lesson. When the whole class has Civ.
en- satisfaction, permission is given for
general smoke, and even the little
Mexicans arr allowed to light clga
rette for the occasion. Needless to say.
the schoolmaster himself smokes a
cigar Of a size and quality proportions
ate to his superior position. But the
scholars are not allowed to drink, this
privilege being accorded to the master
only. On his desk he always keeps a
bottle Of liquor. which, when empty.
occasions much dispute among the
parents Of his scholars, as 1t is consid-
cred an honor to be able to fill the
schoolmaster's bottle.-London Stand,
ard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
He Gave Them Latin.

Once, before he was president, An.
drew Jackson was making a political
speech in some obscure campaign in a
backwoods Tennessee district. His ad.
dress was very well received. but
somehow there did not seem to be ex-
actly the enthusiasm wanted for the
occasion. Having vainly tried to
warm up" his hearers, the general
was just going to sit down when the
chairman OF the meeting plucked him
by the coattail. "For the Lords sake,
general, give 'em some Latinw he hur.
riedly whispered in the speakers ear.
"They won't think you know anything
at all IL you quit like this. Smith, the
opposition candidate. talked Latin to
'em half the evening""
Old Hickory rose to the situation.
Advancing to the edge of the platform,
he extended his arm and Numbered
out: "E pluribus unum! Sic semper
tyrannis! Habeas corpusy'
The audience roared with applause.
The credit Of the orator was saved,
and the Jackson ticket won out in that
county.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
aaIlo,n, chrI.tanInn.

1.-THE late Bishop Potter once in his
early days had occasion to. o1icIate at
a christening in a small fishing village
on the Massachusetts coast" says q
writer in Harpers Weekly. .The
proud father, young fisherman, awk-
wardly holding his frstborn daughter,
was visibly embarrassed under the
scrutiny Of the many eyes In the con-
gregation, and lis nervousness was not
decreased by The sudden wailing Of the
infant as they stood at the front.
"When the time for the baptism OF
the babe arrived the bishop noticed
that the father was holding the child
SO that its fat little legs pointed toward
the font.
Turn her this way he whispered.
but the father was too disconnected to
hear or understand.
"Turn her feet around the bishop
whispered again, but still there was no
response. The situation was fast be
coming critical when an ancient mari
ner in the back of the church came to
the rescue. Putting his weather beaten
hand to his mouth, he roared across
the room, "Head her up to the wind,
JackPn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

alone never makes good road except
In wet. The more the drainage OF a
sand road Is improved the more de-
plorable becomes its condition. Moth
Ing will ruin ne quicker than to dig
a ditch on each side and drain all the
wnter away. The best way, therefore,
to make such road firm Is to keep It
constantly damp. This eaa be done by
planting 81 ade trees along It's sides
to prevent the evaporation Of water
or BY growing upon the surface Of
such sand roads thick turf, prefer
ably Bermuda grass. Roads running
through loose sand may be improved
by mixing clay with the sand and
slightly browning the surface.
For the temporary improvement Of
earth or sand roads any strong fibrous
substance, especially If It holds mois.
ture, such rs refuse of sugar cane or
sorghum and even common straw,
fax, swamp grass or pine needles. win
be useful. Spent tan bark Is some
times beneficial. and wood fiber In any
form Is excellent. Enough sand or
earth should be thrown over such
roads to keep them damp and protect
them from catching fire.
Earth is composed of small, irregu-
lar fragments which touch each other
at points, leaving voids between.
When the earth Is broken up and pull
verified these voids are almost equal
In volume to the solid particles, and
as a result the earth Will absorb al
most an equal volume Of water. In
the building or maintaining Of earth
roads 1t b therefore very desirable
that these small. irregular particles be
pressed and packed into as small a
space as possible In order that sur
plus water may not pass In and de-
stroy the stability Of the road. To
this end rolling is very beneficial. The
work Of maintaining dirt roads will be
much increased by lack of care in
properly rolling the surface.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

Four-year-old Clyde was precocious
youngster-very laxative and a close
observer. he and his father were
strolling through the meadows one
morning when Clyde observed for the
first time some tadpoles in pond. He
waded in and cried out, "Oh, father
what are theyW
"Tadpoles, son." the father replied.
"Please, father, let's take them ali
home with us, then come back and
find the mamma and papa, and wei
have the whole family in our pond al
home"
The father explained how impossible
this would be, and as they walked OF
a few steps large, ugly frog hoped
across their path. Clyde's father said
Look, son. Perhaps there is the pa
pa"
Clyde was very thoughtful BE look,
ed at the frog, then at his father, then
at himself and exclaimed:
"Well, father, was there ever SC
much difference between me and you?
-Delineator.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

"Long, almond shaped eyes, with
thick and creamy lids covering hall
the pupil and with n forehead that Is
full above the brows-there you have
the eye of the man of genius" The
speakers own eyes answered that de
scriptlon strikingly. but he was far
from being man of genius. being. in
fact, magazine editor.
"Protruding eyes," he went on,
''show mental and bodily weakness
Eyes close together denote cunning.
Those far apart denote llberality. Thin
lashes without any upward curvs to
them and thin brows poorly marked
are signs of melancholy and indeci-
sion. The eyes of voluptuary move
slowly under heavy lids. Those of a
miser are small, deep sunken and blue,
set In bony and perpendicular fore.
head. The most beautiful eyes-large
brilliant and clear, glancing and flash.
ing with rapid motion-the most
beautiful eyes denote elegance of taste,
gayety, some selfishness and a great
interest in the opposite sex."-New
York Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Just Names.

She had passed season abroad, and
In London, she said modestly, her sue
cess had been unprecedented. The
earl said he could readily believe that
1.-THE dinner" she resumed, "that
Lady Featherstonhaugh"-
Excuse me. The name is pronounc
ed Freestonhay," said the earl
"Well, at the dinner Lord Dalzell"-
Though written Dalzell, 1t 1t pro
nounced Deal. But pray go on"
"He and Sir Dugald Colquhoun"-
you mean Calhoun. Yes"
"And Lady Leveson-Gower and Mr.
Bohun"-
"Lewson-Gore and Boone are the
correct pronunciations. But I'm inter.
ruptlng you"
mot at all. ALI these persons and
Lord st. Maur drank"-
mot St Maur-Seymour. WellT
"Oh, forgot what was going to
say. You've quite put me out with
your corrections"
"And your story was just getting in,
teresting, too" said the earl regret.
fully.-New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
A snoilad sssns.

E. n. Sothern once found his wit fail
him in time of need. It was in the
fourth act of "The Lady Of Lyons"
Sothern played Claude Melnotte. and
Virginia Harmed was cast as Pauline.
Beausant, the villain, was pursuing
Pauline, and she cried loudly for help.
Claude is supposed to dash to her res
cue and catch the faintiAg Pauline in
his arms. Sothern dashed on to the
stage, but slipped and slid, sitting
down near the footlights. Losing his
presence Of mind, he detained the
line: look up. Pauline. There is no
danger" AS Virginia Harmed was
standing, this was. Of course, an i'm
possibility. By this time the audience
was in an uproar, and when Arthur
Lawrence, who played Beausant, seorn-
fully said, You are beneath me-" the
amusement Of the audience knew no
bounds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
A Ple.ur. Romance.

It is said that one of the most beau
tiful ladies in French society today
was first revealed to her husband on
the walls Of the salon. 1t was while
visiting the salon in 1873 that the
youthful Marquis de G. was struck by
the. childish beauty Of young girl,
one Of the prominent figures in pic
ture Of village fete. Her tumbled
golden locks, her dancing blue eyes
and the freshness and graceful aban.
don Of her figure SO fascinated him
that he sought out the artist and learn
ed from him that the "little witch"
was the daughter of poor peasant
near Avranches, where the picture was
painted. To seek out the peasant and
to make the acquaintance of his fas-
cinating daughter, child of nine sum-
mers. was soon accomplished, and the
marquis lost his heart even more COM
pletely to the real than to the pictured
maid. With the fathers approval he
had the girl educated at one of the
best schools in Paris, and nine years
later, on her eighteenth birthday, the
maid Of the village fete blossomed
into the still more lovely Marquise
de G.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
The Holy Grail.

From hook reviewed a passage is
quoted in which mention Is made Of
"the holy grail, the sang-real or true
blood of God" This used to be com
mon mistake, and so learned man
as Thomas Warton In his Remarks
on Sponsors limitations From Old Ro-
mances" writes, 1.-THE holy grale, that
Is the real blood of our Blessed
Saviour" But this is wrong. 1t is
the holy grale, or vessel, and does not
mean real blood, though 1t contained
the real blood, collected by Joseph OF
Arimathea. 1t was made from dia.
mond and emerald which fell from the
crown of Satan when he fought with
Michael. NJ. de Yillemarque, who has
written about Armoric legends, says
that this jewel WAS a diamond. The
word greal is old French, as 1 under
stand, for l have no knowledge my
self that 1t is so. In the legend of
Percival It is shown that the grail is
vessel. "The holy grailF Percival
heard whispered by one voice after
another. Then from the shining YES
sci streamed an endless supply Of the
costliest dishes and winea"-London
Notes and Queries.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
FINE ROADS ABROAD.
American Experts Point Out SUI
periority Of Foreign Highways.
THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER

Selection of Routes, Proper Mainte-
nance and Adaptation of Construction
| to Traffic Are Essential, Say Dele
gates to International Road conuress.
Three of the American delegates to
the first international road congress
recently held in Paris, France, arrived
in New York the other day. All from
Seattle, Wash. they are Samuel Hill,
president of the Washington Good
Roads association: r. n. Thomson,
city engineer of Seattle, and Samuel
@. Lancaster. professor of highway en-
cheering, University of Washington.
Soon after their arrival they united
in a statement to the New York Her
aid regarding the results of the road
congress.
Road. builders from all parts of tlle
world were present at the conference,
twenty-nine countries being represent
ed. There were twenty delegates from
the United States.
A remarkable exhibition In connec-
ton with the road congress was a dis
play of samples of road surfaces.
With the question of the dust raised
by motor cars and the bad surfaces Of
roads SO much in evidence, this exhibit
was particularly interesting.
The statement of Messrs. Hill, Thorn
son and Lancaster is as follows:
Personal observations made In
France, Germany and Belgium, Hol-
land and England have served to
show in striking manner the back
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Etfee. Of Good and Bad Road.

In issuing a call for a state good
roads meeting that vas held at Louis.
vile on Sept. II Governor Augustus E.
Wilson Of Kentucky said:
There Is nothing which hurts the
people more Of. costs the people more
or keeps them back more than bad
roads. They make 1t hard to leave
home, hard to get back. hard to haul,
hard to visit, hard 10 get to heaven
sometimes. There Is nothing that a
man can think of that win do more to
help the people than good roads, which
make 1t easy to travel, easy to bring
goods home, easy to haul your produce
and manufactures to market, easy to
30 to school and church and easy to
avoid many bitter thoughts that bad
roads cause"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
CARE OF EARTH ROADS.
How Clay Roadbsd'. Treasmsn. Differs

How Clay Roadbsd's Treatment Differs
From One Composed Of Sand.
On clay roads a thin layer of sand,
gravel or ashes will prevent the stick
Ing of clay to the roller or to the
wheels Of vehicles. Clay soils, as q
rule. absorb water quite freely and
soften when saturated, but water does
not pass through them readily. When
used alone clay Is the least desirable
Of all road materials, but roads COM
posed of clay may be created with
sand or small gravel from which q
comparatively hard and compact mass
Is formed, which is nearly impervious
to water. Material Of this character
found In the natural state commonly
known as "hardpan" makes when
properly applied a very solid and
durable road In soils composed of q
mixture Of sand, gravel and clay all
that Is necessary to make a good road
Is to crown the surface and keep the
ruts and holes filed and the bitches
open and free.
While clay alone never makes a
good road except In dry weather, sand
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Flower ard Tree.

The apple trees in bearing in Canada
exceed 100000, while 100000 more
are growing up.
The raffesia of Sumatra is the lar.
gest flower in the world. 1t has five
petals, each one foot wide.
\ leafess tree grows on an island in
the Pacific. 1t reaches height of
thirty feet and has branches spreading
like m umbrella.
A japanese florist has succeeded in
discovering rose which is decidedly
unique. The color is delicate pink
when the plant is in the shade, but be-
comes crimson whar exposed to the
gun.
- ~ E5 .-sAaik