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The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-07-16
CRUDE DENTISTRY IN CHINA.
How a Native Doctors Up Teeth in
That Country.

How crude is the dentistry of the
humber inhabitants of modern China
is disclosed by Rev. John MacGowan
in the following bit of description
published in the North China Daily
News. Right in front of us on the
street doctors table is small heap of
teeth, not manufactured by any cum
ming workman, but by the subtle
alchemy of nature. They are of all
sizes and conditions. There are huge
molars that have done yoeman service
in the past and even teeth strong and
determined looking and worn, as
though they had failed in the battle
of life, and had come here to end
their days. They were all marked
and discolored with the signs and
symbols of the wear and tear they had
gone through. They were grewsome
sight to look upon and I wondered
much how such curious collection
could have been gathered together.
Where did you get these from?' l
asked the doctor, pointing to the heap,
which, however, l was careful not to
touch
"'Oh! ] bought them,' he replied
When a man has to part with TOOTH
he continued, he does not throw it
away. He brings it to me and l buy it
for a few cash, for he knows that in
my profession it will come in handy
some time or other Just as he was
speaking a patient came up to him.
On being asked what he wanted he
replied simply by opening his mouth
to the very widest extent. 1t was
huge cavern and reminded one of the
entrance to the Thames tunnel. 1t
was seen that his four upper front
teeth were wanting, having been
knocked out by a fall from a wall,
and he was anxious to know if the
doctor could supply their place with
new ones.
"'Of course l can,' he promptly re-
piled, and measuring the cavity in the
jaw, he carefully and with practiced
eye selected from the heap the four
teeth that would exactly fill it. He
then drilled hole in them longitudin-
ally and inserted bit of coarse iron
wire to bind them to each other The
ends of the wire were next inserted in
holes that were carefully drilled into
the teeth on each side of the cavity
and at once the chasm disappeared
and the crowd that had been looking
on with critical eyes declared that
his mouth looked as natural as though
the new ones were those with which
nature had originally supplied him.
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<A NseStHCo W 0OeseS wv oPCOA UoCCI us
to your troubles, Elsie. Ventana could
never have married you while l was
alive"
Elsie's cheeks Redeemed.
Il never told you he asked me to
marry him." she said. 1T would have
been just the same had he done so.
As it was, l feared the man. Now
you know why l ran away from Chile.
If permitted another impression to
prevail, l acted for the best. But the
unhappy man is dead. Let US endeav-
or to forget him."
"His memory haunts me with an en-
during cursew cried Isobel bitterly.
Among my papers had some letters
Of his, the marriage certificate and his
written promise not to molest me. On
that awful night when the ship was
disabled went to my cabin and Sc
cured them, or thought did. At any
rate, l could not find them when. we
landed on White Horse island, and
from hints dropped by that wretched
little adventurer- De Poincilit ! feel
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about Tom. You should have one
more in your following. There's little
Clifton, now"
But he's yours"
"Yes," said the friend, so he is.
But l don't need him! I'll manage it
for you. You see, I've got two al
ready, and I'm in love with both Of
them-much in love with Jack and
comfortably in love with Dick, who
f1atters me and makes me agreeable
every time Jack makes me uncomfort-
able and jealous. Now, Of course, one
is jealous Of but one man at time.
The minor affair is the soothing one.
The major is always heart inter-
est in ones superior or equal mentally,
you know; the minor is always So
lace derived from the devotion Of
ones inferior-don't you see?"
And marriage and engagements
have nothing to do with either?"
Not often" said the elder friend.
mot often. They're just practical,
natural arrangements that make for
material comfort in the end-just like
having a mother and a father and
sisters and brothers. What you need
is a new interest to take your mind
of Tom"
$50 do" admitted the debutante.
you see in the morning the first
thing l think of is the post, to see if
he's sent note or something Then
all forenoon l won't go out Of the
house, fearing he may telephone or
send a box of flowers; in the after
noon at every ring of the bell l jump
out of my wits, thinking maybe-you
know! Then if all day he hasn't sent
a word l sit trying to t.lk with some
body, and can't seem to remember
what they are trying to say. Of
course Mr.. Martens-the man I'm 60
ing to marry-papa's old friend, thinks
it's because I'm shy and young and
up in the Clouds as he says. But it's
just Tom all the time"
Then Mr.. Clifton's the antidote I'll
give him to you this very evening"
But he wants to marry you
"Just habit, my dear. If should
accept him he'd be frightened awfully.
I'm four years older than he, and
well, come over hoSne with me to din
ner-he's going to call tonight He's
disgustingly rich, you know, and not
so bad to look at, and the way he
pays attention before people simply
makes one her own superior"
The debutante began to dress hur.
riedly, laughing with the novelty of
the idea. Tom was for the moment
forgotten, and when the maid an
nounced "Mr. Martens" she made ex-
cuse that she was out and sent the
card to her mother.
HE loves blue" instructed the old
er friend. Wear that blue crepe.
And he likes to talk about dogs He's
imported a lot Of bull terriers. Talk
about dogs and-and, well, yourself.
He's awfully sympathetic"
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Plants That See and Swim,

Potatoes have "eyes," as most peo
pie know, but how many are aware
that certain common garden and wild
flowers are similarly equipped? The
nasturtium, begonia, clover, woodsor-
rel and bluebell, among others, have
eyes placed on their leaves. They are
tiny protuberances, filled with a trans
parent, gummy mixture, which focuses
the rays of light upon a sensitive
patch Of tissue behind them.
A nasturtium plant has thousands
of such "eyes" un its leaves, but it is
not yet known If the plant can actual
ly see. Are the sense impressions
telegraphed to some central nerve cor
responding with the brain Of the ami
NAL kingdom?
In addition to this visional organ
many plants show touch Of sensi-
tiveness that points to further re-
semblance to animals; while certain
seaweeds and mosses in an early
stage Of their existence are able to
actually swim through the water
London Answers.
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The Prodiqal Son.

The Southern pulpit oratoor one
Sunday morning was describing the
experience of the prodigal son. In his
endeavor to impress his hearers with
the shame and remorse that this
young man felt and his desire to cast
away his wicked doings, he spoke
thus:
dis young man got to thinking
about his meanness and his misery,
and he TUX off his coat and frowed it
away; and den he TUX of his vest and
frowed dat away; and den he TUX off
his shirt and frowed dat away, too;
and den he come to hisself."
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HER NEW
INTEREST
(Copyright.)
BY LOUISE LLEWELLYN


The debutante Of three months
faced her older girl friend across the
little table piled with books and mag
azines. One pretty slippered foot was
curled under her in the great maroon
chair, and a slender, nervous hand
played with the embroidered moon
towers in her imported Japanese XII
mono. Her friend and confidante had
just laid aside covert jacket, and, ad-
justing her veil above serious eyes,
she offered sympathy in voice that
suggested something of her .'wn state.
II suppose this is what they call be-
ing in love-" said the girl in her first
season. do you really think Tom
cares? Did you see him looking at
my new diamond? Do you think he
will pay no more attention to me when
it gets around that I'm engaged to
papa's old friend? Tell me, dear, did
he ever say anything to you about
me?"
"A girl" said the older friend,
should always have two love affairs,
a major and minor. Now the oldish
man you're engaged to doesn't of
course count-when it comes to being
in love, and all that He'll be a fine
husband, and you'll have everything.
and"
"Oh, yes, of course, wouldn't think
Of marrying Tom. I'm really, in my
mind, happy about marrying such a
wonderful, rich, brainy, at-the-top kind
of man, but still"
'The trouble is, you need another
love affair. You think too much
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CHAPTER XIX.

aG eVeulS VI Tic ueAI uooA
were shadowy as the dawn to
Elsie. She knew that her low
er placed men in each Of the
canoes, that the lifeboat itself was
crowded and that it began the seaward
Journey after the others had started.
They sped out Of the twilight into
the morning glory of the open bay. and
never q savage hoot disturbed the ech-
oes. Some Of the Alaculofs had drag
ged a couple of canoes from beneath
the trees and raced off toward the vii
lage, others had followed coast path
known only to them, while If there
were watchers by the side of that
mysterious river which flowed both
ways with the tide they kept a silent
vigil, awed by the force arrayed
against them.
AS the lifeboat emerged into the estu-
ary under the vigorous sweep Of six
ash blades Elsie's wondering glance
rested on the brown plumpness Of
girl who was gazing at Suarez with
wistful, glistening eyes, much as Joey
was regarding his master.
Courtenay caught the happy little
sigh, half laugh, half sob, with which
Elsie announced her discovery Of the
1dyl in the canoe.
I'VE owe lot to that young per-
son." he said. "None of US could make
out word she uttered when first we
saw her. She loses what small amount
Of Spanish she can speak when she
becomes excited, and it was sheer good
fortune that some Of the crew were
with her when she swung herself
down the side of the cliff to warn us
Of our danger; otherwise she might
have been shot. suppose Suarez told
you what to expect?"
"You might as well be talking Alacu.
lof yourself for all l can follow what
you are saying" murmured Elsie hap.
PLY.
Whereupon Courtenay took thought
and explained that the channel which
flowed through that amazing cut in
the cliff led to the crater of an extinct
volcano, into which the sea poured
twenty feet of water each tide. An
almost everlasting maelstrom ragged
within, as the water entered by a side.
long channel and sent a whirlpool spin
ming with the hands Of the clock until
the enormous cistern was full and
against them until it was empty. The
sailors had taken refuge on a wide,
sulphur coated ledge high above the
vortex, and the presence Of several
skeletons showed that many an unfor-
tunate had sought last shelter there
against pursuit. Every Alaculof knew
Of this retreat but few dared approach
it. as the roar of the water far below
appalled, them. There was only one
path. When the hunters closed that
their prey was safe. The alternative
to capture was death by starvation.
The Chileans and he himself during
the past fourteen hours had subsisted
on bag Of dried berries stolen by the
girl when she first led the sailors
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Neither or them knew now long tney
remained there. At last a strainina
and creaking Of the boat warned them
that the water level was rising and the
ropes needed readjusting. 1t was now
possible to see that Elsie had made
fast to fallen tree. Its branches were
locked among the gnarled roots Of the
lowermost growth above high water
mark. Already there was distinct
lessening in the pace of the current,
and Gray fancied that the distant rum
BILE was softer 1t would not be many
minutes before the neighboring rocks
were covered. High tide he knew was
at 3:15 a. NJ. He forbore to look at
his watch lest the girl should note his
action. That would imply the utter
abandonment Of hope.
It might be that his mind was too
taken up with the weird influences of
the hour or that Elsie's senses were
strung to a superhuman pitch. Be that
as it may, it was she who sprang to
her feet, all a-quiver with agitation.
"Do you hearT she whispered, and
her hand clutched Gray's shoulder with
an energy which set his heart beating
high. He did not answer. He had
heard no unusual sound, but he was
not without faith in her.
"Therew she painted again. Some
one is hailing. Some one cried Elsie
] am sure of it."
"Guess you'd better toot Arthur on
tho off chapno - said Grav
Almost the last thing she remember
Cd was the sound of her own wild
scream. There came back to her q
stronger shout and the bark Of dog.
She had a blurred consciousness Of a
whole troop Of men scrambling down
the choked ravine, Of glad questions
and joyous answers, of delirious dog
leaping on board and yelping staccato
assurances that everything was all
right in a most wonderful world. Then
she found herself In Courtenay's arms
and heard him say in rapture Of de-
light:
II owe my life to you, dear heart.
That is the wonder Of 1t. No need to
tell me you ran away from the ship.
I know. One kiss, Elsie, then full
speed ahead for the Kansas. By the
Lord, to think Of it-you here, at the
very gate of the inferno! Well, one
more kiss! Yes. it is l, none other, and
at as a fiddle. Never got scratch.
There, now; really must see the crew.
We must be ready for the turn Of the
tide"
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Value Of 1907 Dairy Products.
The estimated value of dairy
products for 1907 was $500. 0.000, 900. and
that of poultry $600.000.000
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isn't it a shame that a girl ever
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THE CAPTAIN
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By LOUIS TRACY,
Author Of "The Winss Mornins." THE Pillar Of

COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY EDWARD J. GLOBE
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-15
PATENTS ISSUED.

The list of patents issued from the U. $. patent office, Tuesday, August II, for the state of Connecticut, furnished from the office of Seymour & Earle, solicitors of patents, S6S Chapel street, is as follows:
 c. H. Benjamin, assignor to Coe Brass Mfg. O., casting hollow metal bodies.
 A. T. Booth, Waterbury, pipe collar. l.. T. Bristol, Ansonia; ash-recepta- cle
 R. c. Cole, Hartford, inclosed fuse. R. c. Cole Hartford, inclosed fuse terminal
 A. H, Emery, Stamford; hydraulic re-measuring apparatus.
 M. C. Freshour, Bridgeport; tank flush-valve @ patents).
 M. Gutt Hartford; binding-post
 c. J. Harris, Bridgeport. collapsibc foot-rest for vehicles.
 c. J. Harris, Bridgeport, garment. rack for vehicles.
 O P. Malone, assignor to Russel Erwin Mfg. Co.,, New Britain, packing and display receptacle.
 NJ. B. Schenck, Merlden, caster (. patents),
 F N. Triton, Hartford, steam gen orator.
 E. J. Toof GA. E. Avery, admr) sew ing gmachine
 A, A. Warner New Britain, safety razor guard
 S. Whitlock Shelton, bed-movemen | for printing presses.
 A. W, Wickham, New Haven, heat ing drum.
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PINE BAGS

A woman who takes great pleasure in her Housekeeping and passes her summer among the pines and balsams always has a pine" day, during which she has luncheon out of doors and later her friends gather balsam branches for her These are kept in the sun for weeks until dry enough to strip easl- ly from the stems and then cases are filled to keep with the house linen, TO use these pine-scented sheets and pill lowcases is a delight and 1t Is one that many women might have with practice ally no expense and little trouble.
 Honeysuckle retains its sweetness long after life Is gone, but 1t cannot be treated in any way other than to lay 1t among articles of clothing, etc, to be scented, and keep 1t there until all it's odor is gone.
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VIOLET CUSTARD

For a lavender luncheon try a GUS tard favored and tinted with grape juice making sure that the latter Is absolutely pnfermented. Heat quart of milk in a double boiler, add half a cup of sugar When dissolved, stir in two tablespoons of grape juice and dl- rectly after this two tablespoons ot rennet extract, which you can buy al any first-class grocery. Turn into a large glass bowl, which has been wet with hot water and is sitting in hot water. This will prevent the cracking of the bowl As soon as the bowl is cold enough to handle lift out of the water, wipe and set away In icebox Serve with whipped cream, In which candied violets, minced nuts and pull verized sugar have been beaten Oi you can turn the rennet into molc with a tube center, turn 1t out very gently and fill the hole left by the tubf with whipped cream. AS rennet is very difficult to handle it is safer to pour | directly into the glass dish from whicf 1t is to be served.
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HOW TO CRATE LEMONS

There's a right and a wrong way to grate lemon, as there Is to do every thing else, and according to a cooking teacher not one woman in hundred knows the right way.
 Most of the cases of curdled sauces and custards favored with lemon are due to the fact that the lemon isn't grated properly" she says. "A prop erly grated lemon would present Just the same appearance, so far as out line is concerned, as before the grat- ing process was commenced, there be- ing no deep gouges into the pith as Is generally the case.
 "The oil of the lemon which is want ed for flavoring is all In the yellow portion of the rind, the white pith un- derneath being bitter and liable to cause curdling if used with milk or cream This white pith hasn't the slightest suspicion of the real lemon flavor, and still the average house keeper hasn't learned this and keeps on grating right through the oily vel low rind down into the bitter pith anG then wonders why on earth the milk should curdle!
 'The habit of grating lemon cor rectly is easily learned when once ones attention is called to the matter The grating should begin at the enc of the lemon and as small a surfact of the grater should be used as pos sible This prevents waste.
 "The lemon should be turned in tho same way that one turns an apple un der knife while peeling. Grating { lemon properly is a pretty little tricl once it's learned, and 1t often mean success where before there has beei failure
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RECEIPT COLUMN
How to Prepare Sweet Pep. pers to Keep for Win
 ter Use.

Chill Con Carni Two pounds steak, six red chilies, two cloves, one table spoon flour, little garlic, thyme, dripping. Seed the chilies and cover with boiling water, soak until tender and scrape the pulp into water. Cut steak In small pieces and fry brown in dripping or butter; add flour and brown 1t. Cover with the chilli water, add gar lie and thyme, Simmer until the meat is tender and gravy of right consist ency.
 Popovers-Tw cups flour sfted twice, with one teaspoon baking pow der, one-half teaspoon salt, two cups milk, one egg beaten very light. Beat l four minutes and bake in hot buttered gem pans In a quick oven. Serve at 1 once.
 Almond or Walnut Cake.-Quartei pound chopped nuts. one cup granu. lated sugar, half cup butter half cur milk. two eggs, whites added last; on' cup flour, half cup cornstarch, hall teaspoon almond extract. one teaspoon baking powder,
 Molasses Layer Cake. .--One cup mo lasses, yolk one egg, butter size large walnut Stir, add one level tablespoon soda, stir in two cups flour sifted, bea we'll, add last one cup boiling water Mix well and bake Put together witl boiled frosting made from the white o egg and one cup granulated sugar Homlny Fritters.-Rub two cups colo boiled hominy to a paste with one ta blespoon melted butter. Thin wltl warmed milk and add three well-beat en eggs, Last, stir In a cup of flou which has been twice sifted with on teaspoon salt and one-half teaspoon baking powder, Cook on soapston griddle.
 Sour MIX Cake-One and one e-hal cups sugar, two-thirds cup sour milk one egg, one-half cup butter, two an one-half cups flour. Mix we'll and bak in loaf
 Frosting for the Above.-One GU sugar, four cups cold water. Put owe the fire in a clean saucepan, bring boil and cook without stirring unt , 1t spins hair. Beat the white of on . egg stiff and pour the boiling suga slowly over it stir well, flavor an
 spread on cake.
 Sweet Peppers for Winter Use.-soa sweet green, red and yellow peppers salt water overnight. Drain, chd through food chopper. Boil plenty { white wine vinegar, granulated suga mixed spices Gin a bag) Let this g,
 cold and pour over peppers and sea
 Not an exact recipe, but any hous' Q keeper with judgment will succeed
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When old comforters have become too heavy and shabby to repair, If they are washed and the outside edges cut off to 1t the bed and covered with the cheapest unbleached muslin, tackled with wrapping twine, they make good mattress protectors, besides making the bed softer.
 Useful covers for table and side boards are of blue linen, hemstitched and edged with Irish peasant lace. The linen may-in fact, must-be coarse, and it is very inexpensive, Blue does not soil easily, while the lace Is all that could be desired-made of linen edged with white lace. are handsome enough to be used anywhere. The Irish peasant lace is really beautiful fa- brio, though lt is too heavy for any purpose save for household furnishing
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-15
Lazy Daisy Center-Piece
 No. II2. ~

This design Is sufficiently large to stamp on a square of linen 20 inches, and therefore will make full size center piece when cut out It IS to be done in the popular lazy daisy embroidery, which is so simple that any one a. all familiar with needle work can complete it, the stitch being done by starting from the center Of the daisy, making loop and fasten- ing this loop at the end of the petal so that the loop will cover the petal of the daisy, The center of the daisy may be worked solid or In French knots This design is very effective when completed and should recon mend itself to all needle workers for It's simplicity.
 The price of the perforated stamp ing pattern is ten cents, Stamping material ten cents extra.
 Needle Workers.
 We have just issued sheet show ing our designs and we are desirou' that every needle worker who reads this should have a copy. We would be glad to send the sheet free or receipt of stamp for postage. Ad' dress f a.ta.ir Department Journal Courier, New Haven, Conn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-15
VEGETABLES TONICS

All green vegetables are blood puri- flers; they help to dissolve other food in the stomach and assist digestion. The vegetables of spring and summer seem to be specially provided to keep the system in order, says the Delinea- tor.
 Asparagus is a very wholesome veg etable, and is almost a specific for those who suffer from kidney affec- tions. Spinach is light and laxative and wonderful properties have beer ascrlbed To it. Eaten. frequently 1t i' s.are'fo improve muddy complexion EFis useful in cases of rheumatism Peas. carrots and beets are vegetables for thin, nervous, irritable people.
 The free use of rhubarb Is consider ed a good tonic, and will prevent the use of medicine which is often appar' ently necessary to tone up the system There is some sodium in the rhubart and a little potash. The. combination of these alkalines. with. the acids pro duces salts. which have vitali2ing pow CT in the blood, and so are very health full.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-15

A remarkaole soldier has jusi died at Buda- -Pesth in the person tf General Stephen, Turr, one of the brlvest revo- lutionary generals that over lived. He commenced his military c0ree. as q lieutenant'ln the Austrian army Then he fought for the Hungarian icvoill- tionary government, helped to quell a German revolution, and i)inc1 G9r.- baldl In his great struggle. On tho cut break of the Crimean war he served as a volunteer in Omar pas1a's army against Russia, and finally received | commission in the British transport service.