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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Sales of Houses and Lots.
SAMPLING STREET DUST.
Dust-Collecting Apparatus Used in
New York and Berlin.

From the, New York World.
The boards of health of New York and
Berlin are using a new apparatus fol
gathering samples of dust in the streets
These known as automatic dust col
lectors. The kind used in New York is
simple in appearance, being plate SINH
lar to those used in. the laboratories for
making bacteria cultures. These plates
are placed at the bottom of an inverted
box, which Is mounted on tripod. Each
is in charge of an employe of the board
Of health who places it in the streets OF
which the dust is wanted for analysis
When sufficient dust has settled on the
plate it is taken to the research laboratory
of the health department, where the
analysis is made
One collection made on a windy day in
9th avenue between 18th and Sth streets
showed 80 distinct colonies of bacteria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
DANGER IN DUST.
Not Only a Nuisance, But a Menace
to Public Health.

From the st. Joseph Gazette.
AS the summer approaches il is worth
while to renew consideration of those
questions which have to do with the
public health and comfort during the
warm weather season. One of the great
est nuisances from which we suffer dur
ing the summer season is the dust that
almost blinds one on the streets when
the wind is blowing. Different methods
of doing away with this nuisance have
been adopted by different cities, but it
is doubtful If the people yet fully realize
the danger to health concealed in every
cloud of dust on our city streets In
New York they have method of analyz-
Ing the dust collected from different
streets in order to discover just how dan
gerous it really Is. BY means of plate
exposed to the dust, d sufficient amount
of it is collected and taken to the Of
fees of the board of health where it is
carefully analysed. The result of a re-
cent analysis showed that the dust col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Takoma Residence Sold.

Charles w. Paff1ow has purchased the
property corner Maple avenue and Car
roll street. Takoma Park. The property
Is improved by a spacious three-story
frame residence, containing fourteen
rooms and bath. The lot is 216x1S9 feet
and is one of the most desirable pieces
OF property In the park. The price paid
was about $1,000. The property was the
residence Of the late J. Vance Lewis. one
of the pioneer residents Of Takoma Park.
The sale was made by William III. Lewis,
his son.
Sales of Houses and Lots.
The Morrison Real Estate Company this
week sold three six-room concrete houses,
Nos. 100, 424 and i26 Kentucky avenue
northeast. to DR.. Wilbur Wright, to be
held as an investment.
The same firm also sold TO w. G. Free
man four lots in Richmond Park. 40X117
feet each, on which Mr.. Freeman intends
erecting at once two frame and pebble
dash eight-rOom houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Reply to Varsity Critics.
From Taller.

From Taller.
The varsities are not the sinks OF In
iauity they are sometimes said 10 be.
High spirits and levity are there in
abundance. but. considering these few
years are the best of ones whole life as
far as opportunities for enjoyment and
bodily health SO. this is not surIqisinS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27

it as a residence The price paid is said
to have been St 800
These recent sales aggregate more than
S1UO.UUO
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

Lapis lazuli is having a decided
vogue in the province of art jewelry.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

A guilty conscience is apt to be its
own excuser.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

Petticoats of today are entirely of
lingerie, which has taken the place
OF the silk in all its forms. The new
petticoats are not worn on the Streets
under dark coat suits. as they soil
too easily, but they are worn under
everything else, especially the eve
ming dress. They are made of thin
cotton and muslin. handsomely
trimmed with lace when they are for
house wear The best model for the
street or for everyday wear under
very light frocks has a deep ruffe,
finished with scalloped edge, heav-
lily buttonholed.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09
TUNIc KEEPS ITS POPULARITY
ls Being Worn with Many of the
Street Dresses-some Pos
slble Combinations.

The tunic has diminished not one
whit in popularity in spite of the fact
that the moyen-age and the panier
are pressing 1t closely Even some of
the street dresses of cloth are being
worn with tunics of net or mousseline,
and one of the most striking gowns
of the year was a white frock of
lingerie type with black tunic of
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

At Rip Van Wrinkles Hotel.
what time do you want to be
called, Rip?"
"In about 20 years"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09
ORNAMENTS FOR coIFFuRE
Should Be Selected with the Idea Of
Giving Air of individuality
to the Wearer.

While the summer style of hair
dressing is less elaborate than the
coiftures affected in the winter, there
are, nevertheless, many charming
ways of arranging the hair and at
tractive ornaments to be worn in the
braids and coils.
A gold and jeweled Scandinavian
dagger and high Spanish comb are
effective. and lend an air of Individual
ity to the wearer.
Aigrettes caught with full tulle ro-
settle are pretty and quite coquettlsh,
and band of black velvet ribbon with
gold or jeweled slides and buckles
forms becoming headdress.
The empire comb is also becoming,
whether worn across the head in front
or combining the curls at the back.
These are of shell, and are beautifully
ornamented with filigree work in gold
and set with semi-precious and preci-
Gus stones.
The Greek fillet is becoming to a
young girl in the majority of cases,
whether in metal or shell, and rib
bons of all kinds are worn twisted
and threaded in the hair.
Soft tulle ribbons in colors, to har-
monte with the frock, metallic rib
bon strands of pearl or coral beads
with tasseIs ends and quaint cabochon
ornaments, are all picturesque and eff.
fective.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

taking Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and | am restored to my natural
health. Mrs, ETA DONOVAN, Box
300. Willimantic, Conn.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from disPlecements, infam
nation, liberation, fibroid tumOrs, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills. and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
not cure your
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

The latest of the one-piece dresses
are finished with lingerie collars,
though not of the Dutch or Priscilla
variety. The new ones are merely
bits Of fine embroidery worn around
the line of the guimpe, particularly if
1t is pointed in front and round at the
back. Many of these appear upon
linen and foulard frocks, and when
the collar is deep it looks very much
like bertha or fichu.
OF course, THESE tiny things are
quite unnecessary, but when they are
Immediately clean and. fresh they
give dark frock daintiness that it
cannot of itself possess.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09
| pinafore bodice to match skirt

A pinafore bodice to match skirt
of linen or, in fact, any material. al
ways looks well, and 1t is cut with kl-
to vary the costume.
Our model is made to skirt of
butcher-blue linen; 1t is cut with XII
mono sleeves. the edges of which, like
the neck, are trimmed with embroid-
cry insertion; the under-slip is of en-
broidery.
Materials required for the pinafore
bodice: Is yard of 4O-inch wide. .
yards insertion.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09
Little Thoughts.

Grace is easier to acquire than awk-
wardness.
Practice sitting, standing. and walk
ing in front of your mirror.
Watch other women, and adopt a
good poise of the head, good carriage,
and incubation of voice.
These things do not come naturally.
One must learn to be graceful and
charming.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

walk upstairs
without stopping
on the way. /
tried three differ
emit doctors and
each told me some
thing different. L
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
r1nty hoo1th Thanon
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09
Sleeves.

Long sleeves are worn on all
tailored waists, but many of the soft,
fluffy afternoon frocks have short
sleeves.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

There is craze for all tones OF VIC
let from deep purple to palest shades
of pink mauve and lavender blue.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, Conn. FLOR five years
! suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, irregulari-
ties, dizziness and nervous prostra.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng sofens the gums, reduces In.
Examination, allays pain cures wind colio 2sca bottle
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

over 100000 tons of American APP
pies were exported to England.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-09-09

For Colds and Gripp-Capudlne
The best remedy for Grlpp and Colds ls
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's LiQuid-Enects immediately-10.
rs and Soc at Drug Stores.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29

What the eye sees not the heart ruee
hot.-Hugo.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
He Knew What They Would Do.

Sir Charles LocOck, who was the
+ physician attending Queen Victoria at
n certain period of her reign, was once
commanded by her majesty to pro-
ceed to Berlin and report on the con
dition Of her daughter, the crown rin-
cess. ON the return trip, stopping at
Dover for a hasty luncheon, he was
enabled TO snatch a glass Of poor
sherry and Il piece of questionable
pork pie.
After the train had pulled out and
Sir Charles had been locked in his COM
partment he began to feel drowsy and
to fear hat faintness was overtaking
him. Immediately he thought to him
self:
They will find me in a faint on the
floor and bleed me for n fit, and |
need all my blood to digest this pork
pie"
Thereupon he. hurriedly drew out his
pencil, wrote on q piece of paper and
stuck 1t in the band of his hat. Then
he resigned himself to the deep sleep
that came upon him. He did not wake
until the train had pulled into the
London station, and, still daZed by his
slumber, he jumped into a carriage
and was driven home.
The grins Of the servants and the
exclamation Of his wife were followed
by the inquiry from one Of the chill
dren, "Oh, papa, what have you got
in your hat?"
Then he remembered his experience
on the train. Taking off his hat, he
removed the large white paper on
which he had scrubbed this petition
10 the general public:
Don't bleed me. It's only a fit Of
indigestion from eating some con
founded pork pie"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
Investment and Speculation.

When any one is buying a coat or a
fishing rod or q rose tree or laying
down Il cellar or setting up a library,
either he knows what he wants. where
to get 1t and what to pay for it or
else he takes earnest counsel with his
friends and with the most trustworthy
professional advisers that he can find
and uses all the wits that he and 9th
ers can bring to bear on the subject in
order to make sure that his purchase
Is prudently conducted. He attends
sales. rummages in shops and dis
cusses the matter in his club until he
and 1t are voted a nuisance. If only
half as much time and trouble were
devoted to the careful selection Of in
vestments there would be fewer bad
companies, INSCRIPTIONS promoters
and ornamental directors. the world
would be very much richer, and its
riches would show less tendency to
gravitate into questionable hands,
Cornhill Magazine.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29

the sopnl IF her steps be lcnied UP
and griuncd rather >h.pi,h,y.
Ted" she cried, 81 know it now.
There is no use denying it,
why this comm.,c. dion spilled fur
unworthy met" he said, with an at
tempt at nonchalaucc.
Il saw your face just now"
oh, did youT"
You'd better confess" said She.
ITS my fault, anyway. Maybe can
help YOU
You're quite right, Annette" be-
said quietly-So quietly that it cut her
10 the quick. The impossible ha,
come to pass. Ny case Is desperate"
HAS she refused, then, and laughed
at you?' she asked a~nXiously.
"She has not" said he, and please
heaven she'll never get the chance. |
think | know how TO make n graceful
exit from a mighty trying situation.
I've said no word Of it to her, nor
shall /. l couldn't quite stand having
her refuse me. | really couldn't, An
nette. She's going away this after
noon. l think l can hold my tongue
in leash"
Mrs. Wainwright arose without n
word and left him. Ten minutes later
she was back again. He was still
sitting there by the sundial.
you're a BRUTE" she announced fiat
ly and uncompromisingly.
harrington stared at her.
Haven't you any eyes in your
head?' she demanded almost angrily.
harrington frowned. my dear An
nette," said he, very much puzzled.
this is not ut all like you"
Long and searchingly and also dis
%approvingly Mrs. Wainwright looked
at him.
"Well," she said ut last, 81 have just
seen Francesca, and if you are worth
the tears she's wasting on you I'm
very much mistaken. She may have
been heartless before, but If you had
any eyes, as | said before
Huh" harrington interrupted her.
"Say, where is she-wherc is she, An
nette? Down by the river, you say"
A brown streak that might have
been Ted harrington went tearing
across the lawn in the direction of the
river. Mrs. Wainwright sat watching
him with shining eyes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
The Good Time.

Frequently you hear q rich man
abused because he stays on the Job
that made him rich instead Of spend
ing his time gadding about the earth
in search Of a good time. But II Is
hardly fair to assume that avarice and
greed prompt such action or even that
1t is a lack Of faith in humanity. Very
likely the work done represents the
good time for the man who stays at
1t after all need Of work has passed.
for 1t Is certain that there are many
ideas Of what constitutes happiness.
and the man who selects loafing is apt
to change his mind in time II he tries
II. Doing nothing Is harder than work,
and IL a man has spent many years at
work, learning little of play. work
brings him more enjoyment than the
butterfly existence.-Atchison Globe.
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Nerves at
HighTe
Slight extra strain means collapse
Restoration obtained by using DR..
A. W. CHASE,S NERVE PILLS

The successful men and women are
often of the high-strung nervous
type-keen and actiye-but with too
little reserve force.
A little extra worry and anxiety and
snap goes the nervous system. Weeks
and months arc often required before
energy and vigor are regained.
Rest helps, SO does fresh air and
exercise, but the blood must also be
made rich and red by use Of DR.. a..
w. Chase's Nerve Pills.
Mrs. p. G. Haines, R~ossburg, Oregon,
states: cdr. A. w. Chase's Nerve
Pills have done me Il great deal of good
in building up the nervous system. For
over twenty years / suffered with my
nerves, and doctored with several doe
tors. / can say that / have received
more benefit from these pills than from
all other medicines taken. L have
gained nine pounds in weight"
DIR. A. w. Chase Nerve Pills, 50 cts.
n box, all dealers or DIR. A. w. Chase
Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Portrait
and signature Of A. w. Chase, NJ. D., on
every box.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29

Fits

MY son was cured of a very
bad case of epilepsy with DR..
Miles Nervine."
MRS. D. BAKER, Cleveland, O..
my little daughter who was
afflicted with St. Vitus' Dance
is now entirely we'll after taking
DR.. Miles Nervine only four
months"
MRS. C. G.
Alma, Mich.
Epilepsy, Fits, St. Vitus'
Dance and Spasms, are all nerv-
Gus diseases. They have been
cured in so many instances with
DR.. Miles Nervine that it is
reasonable to conclude that it is
almost sure to cure you. With
nervous diseases of a severe
type, persistent use has almost
invariably resulted in a complete
cure or lasting benefits, worth
many times the cost of the rem
edy. The best evidence you can
get Of its merits is to write to
those who have used it. Get a
bottle from your druggist. Take
it all according to directions, and
if it does not benefit he will re-
turn your money.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
With

Here is the story Of covenanting
times in Scotland, of which an old
laird Of Galloway was the central fig
ure:
Learning that he was about to be
raided by Claverhouse. whose dragons
We're coming in search of him, the old
laird effected his escape disguised as
n of his own plowmen. AS he was
leaving the house he was stopped by
the dragons. who asked If the laird
as at home.
"Well," said the old covenanter. che
was there when I was there"
The dragons went their way, and
the old laird went his and lived to tell
the truth another day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
Reward Of Industry.

Faithful Housewife-Mrs. Candour
is it? l can't stop my sewing now
Tell her I'm not at home.
Ann-Please, mum, I've been tellin'
so many you're not at home l wish
you'd see some Nv 'em.
"Why, Amp
II don't like the way they act. They
look at each other and smoker So"
Mercy! Do they suspect | am al
homer"
"No, mum; l wish they did. l heard
n Nv ZEN say they wouldn't like your
husband to know Nv your COINS on"
"Goings on. What do they meanT'
"They think, mum, you're the worst
gadabout in townv'-EXchange.
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n IMPOSSIBLE.
Il Lies Just Beyond the Limit of Our
Own Understanding.

Own Understanding.
Here is a striking parable by Miss
+. Fox Howard, which we take from
the Friends Fellowship Papers,
~ dog tried to open a door. lie
scratched it. threw himself against IT.,
struggled to get his nose under it and
burrow his way out, but at last he
decided that the door would not open
and never could open, 50 he lay down
before it and went to sleep.
az child was watching the dog. and
he laughed and turned the handle with
his small fingers, and the door was
open. Then he took a book, and, sit
ting on the floor, lie turned over the
leaves II by one and gazed at the
queer black marks upon them without
knowing what they meant, for he was
a very little child and he could not
read. AS there were no pictures to be
found he tossed it away.
"But a boy picked up the book and
laughed and read page after page OF a
wonderful fairy tale. Then he went
to school and puzzled his head over a
sum which had to be brought to the
class that morning. Try as he might
the sum would not prove, and the boy
said: 4 can't do it. I'm sure 1t can't
be done. There must be a mistake In
the book
But the pupils teacher laughed,
and, taking the blotted exercise book
from the boy. he quickly worked out
and proved the sum. Then he turned
TO his w studies and went into the
laboratory, for he was learning chem
istry. All the morning he labored
among the gases and the acids, but he
could not get the right combinations
and only succeeded in making a loud
explosion. It's all rubbish to say that
potash and carbon form potassium! he
said. They simply explode, and | de
fy any one to say they don't!
But the master, who had heard the
noise, came and took it into his own
hands. and soon the metal was drop
ping from the condenser. After school
was over the master, who was getting
an old man, sat in his study reading
a paper on modern scientific thought
AS he read his brow d%arkened, and al
last he flung it down and said: 1T IS a
monstrous idea. How can the crea'
ton Of the world have taken millions
Of years? The good old Bible account
Of the six days of creation is good
enough for me- And he wrote an
angry letter of remonstrance to the
great professor who had sent him the
paper.
But the professor only smiled, for
he was a geologist and had read the
message of the rocks. He himself,
one of the deepest thinkers of the day,
sat late into the night among his
books, trying to fit some newly discov-
cred laws Of physics into his schemes
Of things and to bring his mind nearer
to a solution of the great why Of the
universe. At last he bowed his head
and said: 1t is impossible. Facts are
too conflicting. l cannot explain them,
AID l doubt If there is any explana-
ton
"Just beyond the limit of our own
understanding lies the impossible"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
Tortured On a Horse.

For ten years | couldn't ride q
horse without being in torture from
piles" writes l.. S. Napier, of Rugless,
KY, when all doctors and other rene.
dies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salye
cured me-" Inffallible for Piles, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, Burns, Fever-Sores,
Eczema, Salt Rheum, Corns. 25c.
Guaranteed by c. d. Kendall.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
His Mite Of Sense.

well. gentlemen" said Tompkins to
a couple Of his friends, you can talk
as much as you please about the in
feriority Of women, but there n lots
Of them that can discount most Of US
for brains. Take my wife, for in
stance. She's got twice as much sense
as I have, and I amt ashamed to &C.
knowledge II, either"
But don't you think" said one Of
his auditors, that you put rather a
low estimate OF your wife's intellec-
tual powers Y-Liverpool Mercury.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29
Moro ~lntarAatino.

"At the last meeting Of our club we
were scheduled to discuss Henry VIII.
and his numerous divorces"
"And didn't you?"
mo; n Of the members knew of an
impending divorce right in our own
set."-Kansas City Journal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29

Il can't understand why Brown
should have failed"
Nor can l. I always thought he
was doing finely. He often came to
me for advice Detroit Free Press.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-29

visitor-I don't e how you car
reconcile yourself to being a farmer
81 Seeder-I couldn't II I didn't SEE
n Of you city men 10 in awhile
Philadelphia Bulletin.