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Arizona republican., 1908-12-11
How to Shave Correctly.

90 AILEYRAND. when asked why his master. ihe great Napoleon. shaved Sz his own chm. instead of employing a barber. replied that He who Is born q king employs a servant to shave hlm; he who makes kingdom by his own efforts slaves himself.
 Which means that if necessity compeiS you 10 acquire the habit Of shaving your self yuu wiil always prefer to do so.
 The man who employs barber argues that IL is cheaper to do so than to oc- cupy himself for twice the time in the less efficient performance of an irksome and dangerous operation.
 The man who iS accustomed to shaving himself replies tLat habit has robbed the practice of it's irksomeness: that he dis likes to feel the fingers of another man upon hlS check. and that what risks there are be pre.ers to take in his own hands,
 < iruHApn miner swaECered Into bar l.cr's shop ia Seattle and, placing himself upon the operating couch, laid bis loaded six-shooter beside him. If you draw single drop Of blood" he said 10 the bar her. "I shall shoot you dead The bar her shaved him without q scratch and the miner gave him q dollar and praised him for his courage. The barber pocket ing the dollar niodestly deprecated the compliment. Its you that was brave, he said. If l had cut you at all l should have cut of your head" 1
 Obviously there is something in the ar :-ualeat of the self-shaver that the man who submits his cheek to barber is placing himself at the mercy of a poten- iial assassin.
 Neither he who slaves himself nor he who pays another to do 1t for him enter ta.ns the IGea of a third and less trouble some course-that of not shaving at all. Fashion has decreed that the man who wishes 10 look smart must have smooth chin. and man. just as much as woman, Is ;he slave of fashion.
 IL is a curious custom, this cutting of a part of ones self that never did one any Larm-a survival Of the practice of dec orati0n by mutilatiOn once so widely prev alent among primitive peoples, and still persisting with some savage races of to- day The South Sea Islander sits hls nose and gashes his cheek. Civilized man cuts of his beard, Instead. It hurts less. lie gashes his check. too. sometimes. but he does not do 1t for ornamental purposes or even with intention.
 There is, however, this remarkable diff ference between the two practices. that, whereas decorative cicatrization has per sisted among savage races from time i'm memorial. shaving has been subject to ex- traordnary alterations of observance and neglect.
 There have been wars about boards. sernons about beartls and books about boards Queen Elizabeth of England i'm posed a hne of Sl year upon every un- shayen chin. Francis l. of France, who
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11
By Charles Byr1g Hall.
Planning a House.

Hs HERE is a Spanish proverb to the H effect that Fools build houses for V wise men to live in Too often 1t happens that the man who has built a house for himself Is inclined to the be- lief that the inhabitant is as big a fool as the builder.
 Why is it that the house that has been specially designed and constructed for the occupation of its owner so frequently fails to fulfil his anticipations of elegance and comfort7
 It Is rarely the fault of the architect Ills scope is limited to the purse of his client and the nature of the building site To 1t in with these restrictions all the domestic requirements Of his client would be a task of great difficulty. When, as is frequently the case, the problem is further complicated by the demands of the clients wife, its solution becomes almost impossible.
 An architect of wide experience quotes the following as typical of a womans practical criticism of building plan:
 What distance will separate the kit chen from the dining room?
 'Will the kitchen be well ventilated, or will it drive the cook to give notice in summer?
 ''Is the hall passage way for servants, or can the front door be reached without passing through the haH7
 ''Is the door in each room correctly placed, or will it make a draught with the windows-a draught not to be escaped in summer with the window openf
 Gould dear little Tom reach the nur- sery window if he stood on his rocking horse? If so. will the window be guard ed?
 ''Is the painted dado to be four feet above the nursery floor, or VII l. in- vite baby to lick the picturesl
 "Does the bathroom face the morning
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decision. When he returned Into court he presented a pitlable spectacle. His clothing was torn and dusty: bis arm wns in slug, and his face was bruised and bleeding. Then he gave his judgment.
 'l am not competent" be said. ito de- eide whether the defendant is guilty of the charge brought against him. but he Is certainly q liar. I have satisfied myself by experiment that man cannot bite off his owa ear"
 The moral of the parable Hes in the fact that its hero, the judge, Is held up to Persian children as m example of
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11
The Mems Corner.
The Test of Common Sense.

Y F you knock your head against stone wall don't blame other people for
 the pain you suffer in consequence.
 There is an ancient story Of Persian judge who was called upon to, decide a case of alleged assault. The prosecutor carried in his hand one of his ears which, he declared. had been bitten off by the defendant. The defendant stoutly de- nied the accusation and averred that the ear had been bitten of by the prosecutor himself. The judge said that in face of this conflict of evidence he must retire to his private apartment to consider his
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

sun, and Is 1t large enough to be con. venient?
 'T am sure there Is not enough cup boards"
 By this time the architect is moppI-- his brow. Small blame to him if he sets himself to the preparation of a plan which shall apparently reconcile the wishes of his clients rather than the designing of a comfortable home.
 His business is to carry out their in- structions. not to damp their enthusiasm by telling them that. like every other ideal. the perfect house is unattainable. If his plans please, he has earned his fee. If the house proves to be less delightful when erected than it appeared on paper. that is not his affair.
 It is much the best way, when consuIt Ing with an architect, not to say: .I must have this" and T must have that" but to state your requirements in the order to which you attach importance to them, and to put first of all those essen- tials of comfort and health-Yentilation light and warmth. %
 Then when the plans are ready. take them to the proposed site, and have them marked out in tape or whitewash. like tennis court, on the ground Begin with the ground floor, and spend an hour or two within the marked area every fine day until you are satisfied that you have what you want.
 In this way you can, so to speak. live in the house and test its suitability, be- fore spending cent upon bricks and mortar. You will learn that every we'll designed house is a compromise and that some of your domestic ambitions must be sacrificed If you are to have q comfor- table dwelling.
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

superlative stupidity. He undertook a practical experiment to test an hypothe- sis which common sense would have sui feed to disprove.
 When you are tempted by some spacious statement or attractive scheme to apply either hard work or hard cash to it's de- velopment, try the effect of a little logic first.
 If you find that the hypothesis is op- posed 10 reason or even probability. have no more to do with 1t. otherwise 1t will be your own fault If you suffer injury and ridicule.
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

ES HE building and owning of a home
 Fl is always a desirable object to nc - complish. and the earlier In life the better; but where it is necessary to bor- row money with which to build, 1t be- comes more serious question With taxes and interest money to meet, not to mention water and gas or electricity, the building often proves financial mis- take, and a great burden for the young man who is earning a small salary to carry. In some localities a house built after the one illustrated In our issue will overcome the difficulty, and instead of q
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

1 wore beard 10 hide an unsightly scar upon his cheek. compelled every male subject 10 wear one. too. In all civilized countries there have been periods of chin-shaving followed by periods of beard growing
 Today fashion commands the use of the raZor This. no doubt. is greatly to the advantage of the Steel Trust and the barbers. but 1t is a cause of discom- fort to many thousands of private citi- zens.
 Even with the best of razors the morn- ing shave is for some men one of the Glost trying ordeals of the day. It Is a barber's axiom that a good lather is half shave" The amateur is often disposed to doubt the truth of it when he finds that the portion of his beard which he attacks last with the razor, and which has, therefore. been soaking longest in the father, is just as obstinate as the portion first removed.
 The fact Is that the consistency of the lather Is not less important than it's quantity. When the soap has been well rubbed in with brush and fingers the surface to which the razor is first to be applied should be covered with a fresh father little thinner than cream. and the creamy lather should be renewed as the razor advances.
 The razor should be stropped before and after use and If the beard Is stin. one or more intermediate stroppings may be necessary. Warm water is not neces- sary to an easy shave. The razor takes a better edge upon the strop if warm. but 1t may be raised 10 the necessary temperature by holding It near flame or even by placing 1t in the bed from which one has just risen.
 Much depends upon the angle at which the blade Is applied to the skin. Some men are accustomed to hold 1t with the edge pointing towards them, in a manner which looks suicidal and which cannot possibly accomplish a clean shave. The proper method Is 10 keep the side of the blade nearly parallel with the surface of the skin.
 4 little anoline or cold cream rubbed on to the chin at night will Tighten the labor of shaving in the morning.
 The temper of the man who wields the razor is as important as that of the blade. A sore head Is the cause of many scArifed chin. On the other hand, it Is wonderful to see what a cool and de- termined man can accomplish with un- promising shaving tackle. Prehistoric man took of his beard with a chunk of flint, and many a twentieth century negro with piece of broken window glass can -scrape bis chin cleaner than you can scrape yours with your best hollow ground blade.
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

side entrance when the house Is used singly. The accommodations of each floor are nearly the same. There is one common batE room on the second floor, the first floor Saving in addition a toilet room in connection with the bedroom. There is also a small child's bed room conveniently located. Cbe finish through out is in hard woods and stained, and the floors of oak. The exterior is shin gled in-the- first story, sided in second story. and the gables finished in half timhers and cement. The wood work Is painted a light cream color and the shin gles stained green.
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

failure will prove a source of income that will meet the taxes and interest and at the same time afford q home for the owner, and when in the future a larger house in desired. the arrangement Is easily adapted for the use of one family.
 Our design shows a house full two stor- les in height. size BOXED feet, exclusive of the piazza across the front. This house cost to build complete, including he ting and plumbing. S4.OOO. The main entrance is in the center of the front
 with a vestibule. the side entrance is for the accommodation of the second story, and also serves the purpose of a
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

Most of the tobacco used in so-caIled Russian eigarettes-the far-famed brands of Turkey and Cairo, tools grown less than 100 mile from Louisville, Xiv. or within a like radius of Raleigh, N. c.
Arizona republican., 1908-12-11

A German inventor named Caden5ach has invented new sounding board for the piano that bas a lot of wooded cups placed on the sounding board. The rc- suits are said to aid the tone and in- crease the volume of sound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-04
THE FRONT BUSTED OUT OF THE TIGER CAGE

began to run through the camp. We
were leading at the trading post the next
day when heard the name of Ollie Mar
ceau. It was a big-limbed fellow from
Alder Creek talking. and. as he showed no
liquor in his face, it sounded all the worse
have heard as bad many times without
offense. for there is no code of loyalty
concerning these girls. but Ollie had got
my sympathy somehow, and 1 resented
the remarks. particularly the laughter. So
did Prosser. the Puritan. He looked up
from his work. white and dangerous.
Don't talk that way about a girl said
he to the stranger. and it made a sensa-
ton among the crowd. l never knew a
man before with courage to kick in public
on such subjects. AS ii was. the man
said something SO much worse that right
there the front busted out Of the tiger
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I took him OUT alone while the others
worked over the Alder Creek party, ana
ali at once my man fell apart ike wet
sawdust.
What made me do it-what made me
do it?' he cried. I'm crazy. Why. !
tried to kill him. And yet what he said
Is true-that's the worst of tits true.
Think of 1t. and l fought for her! What
am l coming to-"
After the cleanup We came to camp
waiting for the river to break and the nrst
boat to follow. 1t was then that the sus-
perse began to tell OF our partner de
read and reread his letters. but there was
little hope in them. and row. with no
work to do he grew nervous. Added to
everything else. our food ran short and
we lived on scraps of whatever was left
over from our winter grub-stake. Just
out of cussedness the breakup was ten
put in. but eventually it came. and a
week later also came the mail. We
needed food and clothes-we needed
whisky-we needed news of the great.
distant world-but all We thought Of was
our mail.
The boy had decided to 90 home We
were sorry to see him leave. too. for he
had the makings Of a real man In him
even If he shaved three times a week. but
no sooner was the steamer tied than he
came plunging into my tent like a moose.
laughing and dancing in his first glad
ness. The mother was we'll again.
Later l went aboard to give him the
last lonesome good wishes of the fellow
who stays behind and fights along for
another year. The big freighter. with
her neat staterooms and long, glaes-b bur-
dened tables. awoke perfect panic in me
to be going with him. to shake this cruel
country and drift back to the home and
the wife and the pies like mother made
found him on the top deck with the
Marceau girl. who was saying goodbye
to him. There was a look about her
had never seen before. and all at once the
understanding and the bitter irony OF 1t
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joking here nor that elephantine persi-
fage which marks rough men when they
foregather in the wilderness. They were
the fellows who blazed the trail. bearded.
shaggy and not pretty to look upon, for
they all knew hardship and went out
strong hearted into this silent land. jest
ing with dangA and singing in the soil
tudes. Here it was different, though, for
in the presence of the mail they laid aside
their cloaks of carelessness and. saw each
other barred to the quick. timid with
hunger for the wives and little ones be-
hind.
There were a few like Prosser in whom
there was still the glamour of the north
land and the mystery of the unknown. but
they were scattered and in their eyes the
light was growing also.
Five months is wearying time. and
silent suspense will sap the courage. If
only one could Danish worry, but the long,
unbearable nights. when the mind leaps
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quires time, even as a change
of climate or country does. Even with diet.
clothing and habits placed on a proper
basis our bodies are rather slow In at
tanning corresponding adaptation to torrid
conditions.
season are typhoid. malaria, gastric and
intestinal disorders, and all but malaria
are dependent upon our food and drink,
too much care cannot be taken to see that
these are fresh and pure In hot weather
the processes of decay are very rapid and
stale foods should not be tolerated.
Meats. fish, fowl. milk, vegetables and
fruit should all be as fresh possible.
The refrigerator must be kept scrupu-
lously clean in the summer if the health
and weil-being of the family is to be con-
served IL is a mistaken belief that cold
air kills germs. In reality II preserves
them, Never allow the drippings of the
refrigerator to connect with the sewer.
as is often done In high-priced apart
ments In the city. II should never stand
in draft or where the sun or wind can
reach 1t. II possible have 1t in pantry
or alright closet, where the ice man can
have access to il from the porch or outer
hallway. Once a week the walls. shelves,
traps. ice chamber and drain pipes should
be thoroughly cleaned. taking out all the
food. removing portable shelves. scaldng
and airing them. Besides this there should
be daily inspection ana wlping OFF OF any
foreign substance. If zinc lined, soap or
soap powders should not be used. Clear
water in which a little borax or sal soda
has been dissolved is best. Tiled or porce-
lain lined refrigerators can be washed as
easily a china dish. To cleanse the drip
pipe pour In boiling water from the tea
kettle. then use the flexible long handled
brush that comes on purpose for the
cleansing of the pipe. Ii there is a port
able drip pan wash thoroughly in am.
monia water two or three times a week
to remove the sl:ae and sediment that
accumulates.
The best time to clean the refrigera-
tor is Just before refilling with fresh ice.
Dry ana air thoroughly to avoid .nildew.
Do not allow a lot of messy Ieft-overs
to remain in the ice box and do not put
your fine china in there. Keep a supply
of small stoneware dishes on purpose for
holding left-overs. Never put anything
hot in the refrigerator. Chill first. Never
put bananas. onions cabbage or other
strong-smeiling foods in the ice box. and
keep bitter milk and cream in COM
partment by themselves. Butter Is best
kept In a stone jar with close fitting
cover:
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Buck up. old pal" 1 said. Then. receg-
nizing me, he thrust the nissive into my
hand.
TELL me-for Gods sake-tell me quick.
1 can't-no. no-wait! Net yet Don't tell
me! I'll know from your face. They said
she couldn't live but she had. and he
watched me so hercely that when the
light came into my face he snatched the
letter from me like madman.
"Ah-h! Give it to me! Give 1t to me:
I knew 1t! I told you they couldn't fool
me: No. sir! | felt all the time she'd
whats the date?' inquired
September 3d. he said. Then, as he
realized how old it was. he began to
worry again.
why didn't they write later? They
must know I'll eat my heart out. Suppose
she's had a relapse. That's it! They
wrote too soon and now they don't dare
tell me- She-got worse-died-months
ago. and they're afraid to let me know"
stop It," l said, and reasoned sanity
back into him.
Monty had taken his mail and run of
like puppy to feast In quiet. so went
over to Eckert's and had a drink.
Sam winked at me as l came In. A man
was reading from a letter.
Go on, I'm interested" said the pro-
prietor.
The party was getting full pretty fast
and was down to the garrulous mile
post, but he began again:
Dear husband-I am sorry to hear
that you have been so unfortunate. but
don't get discouraged. l know you win
make a good miner If you stick to it long
enough. Don't worry about me- / have
rented the front room to very nice man
for SIS week. The papers here are full
of gold strike in Siberia. just across
Boring sea from where you are. II you
don't find something during the next two
years why not try 1t over there for
coupler"
That's what I call a persevering won-
an" said Eckert solemnly.
She's a business woman. too" said the
husband. AN ! ever got for that room
was seven-fifty.''
1t seems I'd missed Montague at the
store. but when the crowd came out Ollie
Marceau found him away in at the back,
having gone there to be alone with his
letters. She saw the utter abandon and
grief in his pose. and the tears came to
her eyes Impulsively she went up and
laid her hand on his bowed head. She
had followed the frontier enough to know
"Oh, Mr. Prosser she said. I'm SO
sorry. Is it the little mother?"
Yes he answered without moving.
.'Not-not-'' she hesitated
II don't know. The letters are up to
the middle of December. and she was very
sick" Then with the quick sentiment of
her kind, the girl spoke to him. forget
ting herself. her life. his prejudice. every
thing except the lonely little gray woman
off there, who had waited and longed just
as such another had waited and longed
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PRIETIES.

and scurries out into the voids of con-
lecture like sparks from a chimney-ah.
it's then you roll in your bunk and your
sigh is not from the snowshoe pain.
4 half-frozen man in an ice-clogged
dory had brought us our last news. one
October day, just before the river stopped,
and now. after five months, the curtain
parted again.
saw McGill. the lawyer. in the line
ahead of me and noted tEe grayness of his
cheeks. the nervous way his lips worked
and the futile. wandering, uselessness of
his hands Then l remembered When
his letter came the fall before it said the
wife was very low. that the crisis was
near and that they would write again in a
few days He had lived this endless time
with fear stalking at his shoulder. He
had lain down with it nightly and risen
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cage and for a few brief moments we
were given over to chaos.
had seen Whitewater walloped and
knew how full Of parlor tricks the kid
was. but this time he went insane He
knocked that man off the counter at the
first pass and climbed him with his hob
fight. and a good thing for spectators and
participants. for it does more to keep
down scurvy than anything 1 know of.
but the thud of those heavy boots into
that helpless flesh sickened me- and we
rushed Prosser out of there while he
struggled like a maniac. l never saw
such a complete atavism Somewhere,
away back yonder. that boys forefathers
ware pirates or canntbalS or butchers.
When the fog had cleared out Of his
brain the revulsion was just as powerful.
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was a six-months-old tax receipt. the
other a laundry BILL That meant three
months more of silence.
When my turn came and I saw tho
writing of the little woman. something
gripped me by the throat while I saw my
hands shake as though they belonged to
somebody el1e. My news was good.
though, and l read 1t slowly--some parts
twice-then at last when looked up l
found McGill near me. Unconsciously we
had both sought a quiet corner. but he
had sunk on to a box Now. as I glanced
at him. saw what made me shiver. The
fear was there again-naked and ugly
for he held one lonesome letter and it's in
scription was in no woman's hand He
had crouched there by my side all this
time staring. staring. staring at It. afraid
to read-afraid to open II. Some men
smile in their agony. shifting their pitiful
masks to the last-others curse with
hoarse incoherence. and no two will take
their blows alike.
McGil was pluckins feebly at the end
of his envelope. tearing off tiny bits,
dropping the fragments at his feet. Now
and then he stopped, and when he did he
shuddered.