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The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Method of Cleaning
Old Brass or Copper

For the amateur collector of antiques
it is often difficult to distinguish be-
tween a good piece of brass and a mod
ern imitation of the old metal. and If
one is so fortunate as to make the
correct distinction then one is often
confronted with the difficulty of rub
bing off the tarnish when it is ingrained
with stains of old standing.
4 recommended mixture which Is
suited to old brass or copper can be
made of rotten stone, three-quarteIs of
Il pound being made into a powder,
with three-quarters of an ounce of gum
arabic, with an ounce of oXalic acid,
ounce and half of sweet oil and suf-
ficient water to make a paste. This
should be rubbed on the article, and
the brass or copper polished first with
a cloth and then with a leather.
Old tarnished plate can be cleaned by
shredding pound of yellow soap into
two quarters of water and adding wash
ing soda. This should be whipped with
stick or a wooden spoon until the
lather froths, when the silver should
be boiled in the suds and afterwards.
rinsed in boiling water to remove the
soap and finally polished with cotton
busters.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06

One day Amy was in the room all
by herself and her mother was gone
to spend the day with a friend
"I don't see why 1 shouldn't open
the cabinet" said Amy to herself 81
won't take anything out of it. but
would like to see how it looks in
side" She walked over toward the
dressing case and put her hand out
to touch it. when a little voice in her
neart said Mother told me not to-"
but she did not mind the voice, and
reaching still further she opened one
of the drawers. There was her moth
er's earrings and a gold pin that used
to be her grandmother's. She opened
another drawer and there was a
bracelet and two silver pins, and then
Amy said, oh! know all there is in
the drawers. l am going to open the
little doors and see what there is in
there. and she reached toward them.
But just as she opened them the
least bit everything seemed to
change. Instead of being in her
mothers bedroom she was in the
Queerest looking village she ever
heard of All the houses were little
cne-stoTy buildings with paper walls.
and instead or having hold or the
door to a cabinet in her mothers bed
room she was opening a gate which
led into the yard of one of these queer
looking houses.
Il wonder where | am and why / am
here" asked Amy of herself. And then
one of the paper walls to the house slid
back and a wicked-looking Old man
stepped toward her.
so you are the one who looked in the
box, are you he asked. You are the
one who opened the door to the cabi-
net"
Amy did not know what answer to
make, for she did not know what the
man would do to her. He was
dressed in a long red gown which
reached to his feet, and the hair on his
head was cut and shaved in the most
peculiar manner, and such as she had
never seen her fathers in.
He told her to go into the house, and
when she had gone in he set her to
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Social Interest Centerine
In Event of This
Afternoon.

Social interest this afternoon CEN
! tcrs in the first meeting of the week
ly Skating Club, which has been or
ganized for Monday afternoons dur
ing Lent, under the auspices of the
District of Columbia Auxiliary of the
of the Navy Relief Society.
Mrs. Meyer, wife of the Secretary
of the Navy, and Mrs. Beekman Win
throp, wife of the Assistant Secre-
tary, will alternate each week in re-
ceiving the members, Mrs. Meyer act
ing as hostess this afternoon.
The Mayfiower band will play for
the skaters from to o'clock. and
tea will be served from 4 to 6. Mrs
Fechteler, wife of Capt A. F. Fech-
teller, U. s. NJ. and Mrs. George Logan
wife of Captain Logan of the May
flower, presiding in the tea room. Mrs.
NJ. X. Johnson, assisted by a number
of young ladies. will serve lemonade
throughout the afternoon.
Membership in the club has been lin
tied to 400 and includes the most exclu-
sive contingent of the younger set
The officers of the auxiliary who have
organized the club are: Mrs. Frank
Beatty, wife of the COmmandant of the
Washington Navy Yard, president; Mrs
Richard Wainwright, vice president;
Mrs. Albert Gleaves, treasurer; Mrs
Richard Wainwright, tr., secretary:
Mrs. NJ. K. johnson, recording secre-
tary; Mrs: Reginald Nicholson, chair
man of the relief committee: Mrs.
Charles Russell Train, chairman of the
entertainment committee assisted by
MIS- Logan and Mrs. Fechteler.
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'I have told you.'' said her mother,
that you were never to open this cabi-
net, and you came very near disobey-
ing me. | shall punish you by not let
ting you come into my room for a
week"
Amy was so glad to get back home
ing to her mothers room did not make
her so sorry as il would otherwise have
done. and she promised herself that she
would never disObey her mother again.
But though she never touched it, sne
often wondered if everything that little
girls were told not to open had inside
them such unpleasant things as she
found in the japanese cabinet.
CTomorrow's story. Jack Rabbit Learns
More Wisdom."D
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman S Stories
THE JAPANESE CABINET.

work. And such a lot of work he
found for her to do! All day she
cleaned and busted and washed and
wiped, and when night came all she
had to sleep upon was the floor, and all
she had to rest her head on for a pillow
was a block of wood that was very
hard and uncomfortable. And then the
food he gave her to eat did not seem
very nice to her. for it was only rice:
not the rice pudding with raisins in it
that here mother used to make, but
plain rice without any cream or sugar.
And then, as soon as she mad eaten, she
had to go to work again.
Finally she went to the man and
asked him. How long have to stay
here and what can do to get back to
my home and my mother?''
You will have to stay until the doors
to the cabinet are Shut" the man said,
"and hope that will not be for a long
time. for 1 have lot for you to do
How Amy wished that she had not
opened the doors to the cabinet. and
then how she wished that some one
would shut the doors again, so that she
could go back hCme.
But IL was a long time. Every day
she had to work harder and every night
her hard bed and pillow seemed to grow
more uncomfortable.
After she had heen there so long that
it seemed to her almost months, one
day, while she was working she heard
the old man coming along the hall as
fast as he could go, shutting all the
sides of the house together as he went.
She didn't know what the matter was,
but she could hear him as he came
nearer saying, They are shutting the
doors. They are shutting the doors"
amy JuHPeu up ana ran as last as sne
could out into the yard and down to the
gate, and just as she touched the gate
everything changed and she was back
in her mothers bed room again, stand
ing at the dressing case, with her hand
out toward the cabinet, and right be-
hind her was her mother, who. reaching
over her shoulder. was pushing the
doors of the cabinet together.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-McCaIl at Norfolk, Lebanon
at Iona Island. Portsmouth at New
York. California, Pennsylvania, and
South Dakota at San Pedro, Roe at
Norfolk, Rocket at Indian Head,
Machias at New York, and Tennes-
see at TOmpkinsville.
Sailed-Worden from Jacksonville for
Miami, Birmingham from Key West
for Port au Prince, Flusser, Pauld-
ing, Drayton, Terry, Smith, Lamson,
and Preston from Key West for
Hampton Roads. Prometheus from
Mare Island for Bremerton, Della
ware, from Punta Arenas for VAL
paraisO, Ajax from Boston for Lam
bert Point, and Hannibal from New
York for Boston.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Miss Taft Back Home
From Bryn Mawr Trip

Miss Helen Taft returned to Wash
ington this afternoon from Philadelphia,
after spending the weekend at Bryn
Mawr.
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Mrs. John Cropper. who has been
spending few days in New York. has
returned to Washington.
Mrs. Wyeth will leave Washington
next week for Philadelphia, where she
will visit her son before sailing for
Europe to spend the spring and sum-
mer.
Mrs Chatard will be hostess at a
small bridge party this afternoon, fol-
lowed by an informal tea.
Miss Elsa Portner, one of the sea-
sons debutantes, has returned from a
short visit in New York Miss Portner,
who went over with her sister, will re-
main in New York for several days.
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The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs Nagel will be among those en-
tertaining at dinner tonight
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Major Stevens and Wife
And Daughter to Sail.

Major Pierre c. Stevens, L. S. A, and
Mrs. Stevens are closing their residence
on jefferson place, and, accompanied by
their daughter. Miss Marie Stevens, will
sail from New York Wednesday for
Italy to spend four months. Major
Stevens will remain abroad until fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Neale will enter
tain at dinner this evening.
The Misses Cullen, of X street. will
entertain at a large bridge party, fol-
lowed by a tea this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Brief Comments on
Popular Coiffures

There's the medieval hairdressing. 1t
is parted, brought down over the ears
and braided in two plaits. Each one Is
then wound in a disk over each ear. For
evening, jewels and metallic ribbon are
braided in with the hair.
Then the style in vogue during the
carly Victoria period. The parted hair
is drawn down and placed at the back
of the head quite far out A bandeau
holds the mass high up above the nape
of the neck.
Curls hanging at each side of the
head have returned to favor. This style
is suitable for the youthful type of face.
The wide. soft undulation is firmly in
stalled in favor.
A psyche knot shows the Grecian
tendency. -
Above all, Your own hair, without the
aid of rats" or rolls, must be allowed
to show what a soft natural treatment
will do for you.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Austrian Embassy Scene
Of Dinner Last Evening.

The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador
and Baroness Hengelmuller were din
ner hosts last night in honor of Count
Apponyi, who returned to Washington
yesterday just for the day. Asked to
meet him were the French Ambassador
and Mme Jusserand, the Mexican Am
baSSador and Mime. de la Barrap the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh, Senator Root, Mr.. and Mrs.
CharlemaGne Tower, the Belgian Min
ister and Countess de Buissert, Mrs.
John w. Dwight, Mrs. Harriet Blaine
Beale, Miss Patten, Miss Sheriff. Miss
Isabel May, Baroness Preuschen, Rear
Admiral Cowles, L. S. N, Mr.. Small
ovszki, OF Hungary; Mr.. Gladstone. Of
the British embassy, and Mr.. Hedry.
The Ambassador of Mexico and Nine.
de la Barra have cards out for re-
ceptiOn Saturday evening, March IS. at
the embassy on ! street. This Will be
their first formal HOSPITALITY and is the
usual function given by an ambassador
shortly after his arrival at new post
in compliment to his colleagues in the
Diplomatic Corps.
Mrs. Lilburn Harwood Steel, OF 23O4
Massachusetts, avenue and Sheridan
circle, will not entertain or call
formally again this season, owing to
the death of Mr.. Steers brother, Can
by Steel, formerly of Germantown, Pa.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Taft Philippine Party
Reunion Will Be TONIGHT

The President and Mrs. Taft will be
among the guests at the dinner and re-
union of the famous Taft PhfIippine
party, given by Miss Mabel Boardman
tonight at her residence on Dupont
circle.
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. William Henry are
entertaining at dinner tonight at the
Playhouse. in honor Of Mr.. Justice and
Mrs Lamar
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
SerUiceOrders
ARMY.

Second Lieutenant JOHN f. SLOAN,
Coast Artillery Corps. recently APP
pointed from civil life. with rank
from February 3, 1911, is attached to
the Forty-first Company.
Major JOSEPH NJ. T. PARTELLO,
Fourth Infantry. will proceed to his
home, where he is authorized to
await retirement.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Pellie Nuts for Salad.

The pellie nuts from South America,
which are comparatively new at the
fancy fruiters have something the
flavor of the brazil nut, but are more
delicate and tender. Shaved over a
salad they are good
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Minister Ritter Returns
From New York

DR.. Ritter, the Swiss minister, re-
turned to Washington this morning
from New York, where he spent the
last few days.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Mrs. Edward McCauley
Visiting in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Edward McCauley is spending a
few days in Philadelphia. the guest of
her sOn-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles O'Donnell Lee.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
ClOtheSpin Advice.

A housekeeper who finds trouble in
keeping large clothespins on the lines
on a windy day uses a smaller size to
advantage.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Mrs Meyer Hostess at First Meeting
~ Of Skating Club This Afternoon
Lady Sarah Wilson and
Mrs. Leeds WISHING
Capital.

Lady Sarah Wilson, aunt of the Duke
of Marlborough, accompanied by Mrs.
william 3. Leeds, of New York, aDived
in Washington yesterday for a few days,
and is stopping at the New willard.
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Mrs. Bryce, wife OF the British am
oassador, end Miss Ashton, her niece,
WHO is spending the winter with them,
gill accompany the ambassador to New
York tomorrow. The ambassador will
also visit Trenton, N. j., and Albany,
where he will deliver addresses before
Going to Canada for a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Drexel. of
philadelphia, are spending a few days
IN Washington.
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M0ncure Robinson Visits
Perry Belmont Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, who are
entertaining at dinner tonight. have as
their house guest Moncure Robinson, of
New York.
up their apartments at the Normandie
and have gone to their South Carolina
home, Trenton, for the spring. The
wedding of their daughter, Miss Iona
Tillman, whose engagement to Charles
Sumner Moore, of Atlantic City, y. J..
was announced this winter, will take
place there some time in April.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
Junior Republic Fete
Plans Near COMPLETION.

Arrangements for the fete which is
to be given Wednesday, March 10, at
the Playhouse, under the auspices of
the Junior Leag;e for the benefit of the
National Junior Republic, are about
completed.
In the afternoon there will be a sale
of very attractive fancy articles, and
tea will be served by Mrs. Eldridge f.
Jordan, assisted by Mrs. Ormsby Nc
Cannon, Mrs. Lee Phillips, Miss Pansy
Bloomer, Miss Olga Roosevelt, Miss
Laura Merriam, Miss Carol Newberry.
Miss Murray, Miss Carolyn Murray,
Miss Marguerite Barbour, and Miss Pa
delford
Mrs. Samuel Scovllle Paschal will have
charge of the children's attractions
from 3 to o'clock, and there will also
be music during the afternoon.
Tickets for the vaudeville show which
is to be given in the evening are on
sale at the Playhouse and at Mrs. Alex
ander Britton's, 1211 Connecticut avenue.
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Miss Annie l.. James and Louis r.
Turner were married this afternoon at
2:30 O'Clock at the parsonage of the
North Carolina Avenue Methodist Prot
estant Church, the pastor, the Rev. n.
o. Gibson, officiating in the presence Of
a small party of relatives.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
NAVY.

mont, to home, settle accounts, and
wait orders.
Paymaster d. c. CROWELL, detached,
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts,
Washington, d. c., to Vermont.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06

~ YER since she was baby Amy
r Rider could remember the little
L. Japanese cabinet that sat on
the table in her mothers bed
room, and though her mother had told
her never to touch it she was often
tempted to do so.
At the bottom of the cabinet were
four little drawers. which she had
many times seen her mother open to
take out Jewelry and other things
which she kept in them. But what in
terested her more than the drawers
were two tiny doors at the top which
she could not remember of ever hav-
ing seen her mother open.
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A psyche knot shows the Greciar
tendency. e
The Washington times., 1911-03-06

The wide. soft undulation is firmly in
St q lied in faNnr.
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
CHAPTER XIV.
Letters and Questions.

. ATURDAY morning came crisp
and brilliant.
Barrows and Burton, emerging
a little before 8. discovered Gray
ION fba N-pranHo Inn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
WOMAN'S STOMACH
1t Causes Much Misery if not
Kept in Condition.

Many women who would not toler-
ate anything but scrupulously clean
kitchen continue day in and day out
to suffer from an unclean stomach,
where food ferments, turns sour
and becomes putrid.
1t is just as easy for woman to
keep her stomach clean, as to keep
her kitchen clean; in fact it is much
easier, and does net require hours
of toll.
One or two Milo stomach tab
let's after each meal will in a short
time thoroughly clean and renovate
the most distressed stomach. They
will do more; they will put,strength
and energy into the walls of the
stomach, and cause the juices Of d.
gestion to flow freely, so that all
food will promptly digest.
Women; keep your stomach clean
and free from fermenting food, and
you will find that other ailments
such as nausea, biliousness, sick
headache, nervousness, s.eeplessness
constipation and palpitation of the
heart will disappear.
E. T. Whitehead Company and
druggists everywhere sell Mi-o-ns
stomach tablets for OnIv 20 cents 2
large box. They are guaranteed tc
cure indigestion or any stomach
trouble, or money back. They stoI
belching of gas and after dinner
distress in five minutes. Give them
a fair trial; they won't disappoint
you. One woman writes:
Il had been bothered for eight
years with gas, belching and bloat
ing Of the stomach. MONA cured
me-"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
WHEN HER BACK ACHES.
4 Woman Finds all Her En-
ergy and Ambition
Slipping Away.

Scotland Neck women know how
the aches and pains that come when
the kidneys fail make Ii e a burden.
Backache, hip pains, headache, dizzy
spells, distressing urinary troubles,
all tell of sick kidneys and warn you
of the stealthy approach of diabetes,
dropsy and Bright's disease. Doan's
Kidney Pills are for these disorders.
Here's proof Of their merit in a
Scotland Neck woman's words:
Mrs. T. F. Gray, E. Main Street,
Scotland Neck, N. c., says: my
experience with Doan's Kidney Pills
has convinced me that they are a
remedy of merit. My back and
head ached severely and l had dizzy
spells and other symptoms of kidney
complaint. Finally | procured a
supply of Doan's Kidney Pills from
E. T. Whitehead Company's drug
store and it did not take them long
70 correct my trouble
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, soleagents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan' s
and take no other.
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Of the pole should have an iron pin
driven into it, and hole bored in the
crosspiece at the bottom, into which
the pin fits, to hold the pole in place
as it is turned. A hole is also bored
in the upright pole high enough to in
sert stick of hardwood or iron bar
to turn the pole so that the arms
above swing under the derrick and
out again as the hogs are dressed and
hung thereon. The dressed carcass IS
lowered onto one Of the arms from the
derrick, the tackle removed, and
the hog swung around out OF the way.
In this way four hogs are killed, the
last one can be left hanging on the
tackle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
Wins Fight For Life.

1t was long and bloody battle for
life that was waged by James B.
Mershon, of Newark, N. j., of which
he writes had lost much blood
from hemorrhages, and was very
weak and rundown. For eight
months was unable to work. Death
seemed close at my heels, when l be.
gan, three weeks ago, to use DR..
Kings New Discovery. But it has
helped me greatly. 1t is doing all
that you claim" For weak, sore
lungs, obs mate coughs, stubborn
colds, hoarseness, la grippe, asthma
hay-fever or any throat or lung
trouble its supreme. SOC & $10O
Trial bottle free, Guaranteed by B.
T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
Selecting Breeding Ewes.

See to it that the ewes for breed
ing purposes are not thin and enact
ated, for if one has passed through
the feeding season and is in this con-
diti9n there must be something wrong
with her Make sure that there are
no broken mouthed or aged ones in
your flock; neither should the eve be
too fat A good frame is essential for
the producing of healthy progeny. The
open market is the best place to Sc
lect your stock, unless some neighbor
can accommodate you with a surplus
from his flock. The beginner should
never select his ewes without Having
along a competent judge of sheep who
will advise with him as to selections.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
Sheep Good Property Now.

Our sheepmen seem to be feeling
good almost everywhere: Good prices
for wool, a strong demand for finish
ed mutton and away up figures for
feeders, along with the present high
tariff duties agreed to for some years
to come, all tend to give stability and
promise to a business that is all too
apt to be affected by little things.
Sheepmen can confidently go ahead
now, laying good foundation to
their business, confident that they
cannot make mistake in putting
good money into good rams and good
feed and care into the whole flock.
The outlook is certainly the bes. Sll
around that it has been for years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
How An EdiiGP Would Do II.

The editor of the Burlington juno
ton Post goes on record as follows:
cat this writing we have no desire
to leave this vale of tears and hurl
ourselves upon Abraham's bosom.
but if we should desire to do so, we
wouldn' t-lean up against loaded
gun and then pull the trigger, as
many do. Neither would we eat g
solid meal Of rough-cn-rats, blow out
the gas, drink concentrated I've, sit
down in the lap of buzsaw, smoke
cigarettes, Or call a Kentuckian a
liar or poor Judge of whiskey. We
would simply get out an edition OF
our paper in which we would strive
to the best of our ability to print
the plain, square-toed truth as we
understand it, and then calmly await
the end"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
Horse Sense.

A temper under control is an in
valuable asset to the stockman.
Feeding heavy at night doesn't
wake up for light feed in the morn
ing. Feed regularly.
Many good horses are ruined by be-
ing brought in too hot and allowed to
stand in a strong draught.
The colt which is handled right and
carefully trained will never have to
be broken, in the sense that word is
so often used.
Whenever possible clean the horse
outside the stables so that the same
dirt and germs cannot get on them
again.
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The l AVIS Delav.

ri understand that you called on the
plaintiff, Mr. Barnes. Is that 500"
questioned Lawyer Fuller. now Chief
Justice.
Eyes" answered the witness.
what did he say?" next demanded
Fuller.
The attorney for the defense jump
ed to his feet and objected that the
conversation could not be admitted in
the evidence. A half-hour's argument
followed and the judges retired to
their private room to consider the
point.
An hour later the judges filed into
the court room and announced that
Mr.. Fuller might put his question.
"Well, what did the plaintiff say
Mr.. Barnes?'
HE weren't at home, SIR" came the
answer without tremor-Success
Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-06-08
Saved Her OWl Life.

Lebanon Jet, Ky.-Mrs Minnie
Lamb, Of this place. says, l believe
| would have been dead by now, had
it not been for Cardui. l haven't had
one of those bad spells since l COM
Menced to use your medicine. -
Cardui is specific medicine for the
ills that women suffer. Cardui is
made from harmless vegetable in
gradients. 1t is safe reliable med
icine, successfully used by suffering
women for more than fifty years.
Try it to day For sale by all drug
gists.