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The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Chinese Wife "Alla Samee Mclean

kee de-good time. Woman no stlay home, she say"
 And there you have 1.-the suffra- gette invasion of Chinatown.
 Lou Fee, who is more prosperous than the average of his fellows, through the profitable tea business that he conducts at g Pell street, be gan to hear faint rumbles of trouble the other morning, so he told Lieuten- ant Burke of the Elizabeth street sta tion. He. had been out playing dom- i-.oes the night before and had not come home until after midnight. When he did sneak into his cozy flat over the store, his little Plum Blos- som was sitting up with fire in her eye, just as a regular white wifS would do, may be.
 There had been a fine row; this much Lou Fee admitted. His spouse had declared f1atly that if he was go- ing to stay out all hours of the night playing dominoes or fan-tan with the other Four Brothers boys, he need not expect to find a wife waiting for him at home
 But Lou Fee, who is high in the councils of the Four Brothers, the im- placable enemies of the On Leong Tong, told his wife very properly-by Chinese standards, at least-to keep her mouth shut. He would stay out as late as he pleased. So yesterday when dinner time, at o'clock, the lord of this suffragette spitfire was not at home to partake of his evening sharks fin.
 But Cousin Lou Pon was and he got what was designed for the hus- band.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Jelly Juggler Puts Coppers to Rout

N LEVELAND, O.-The Battle of L. Fort Jelly just now is the talk of he North side.
 With officers in front of him, officers behind him, and officers circling all lround him, Frank Eingang, whose home is thought to be at 165 Grant street, hurled jars of jelly and other canned condiments at his assailants he other day. The latter were trying Q capture his fort, which consisted of the cellar of the residence of Mrs. Henry w. Oliver, at S45 Ridge avenue, Northside. None of the members of he family was at home, as the sum- ner home at Sewickley has been opened.
 Sergeant of Police James Req and Nagonmen James Sherry and Philip Mall were the besiegers of Jelly Fort." Before they captured it's lone defender they had lodged dozens of iars of delicious sweets, which the be- ,ieged hurled with such unerring aim hat they were forced to retreat and lold council of war before they made their final sally.
 Eingang entered the cellar through window which he smashed with a prick. Before entering he relieved him. self of all his garments. Neighbors telephoned the police. In a few min-
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

c POKANE.-Practical dairymen and D veterinarians and animal psycholo- gists in the Spokane district and throughout eastern Washington are Agreed that the theory advanced by Josiah Grant of Wisconsin to increase the milk supply by the introduction of dreamy waltz music in the COW sta bles is reasonably logical and worthy of serious consideration.
 Mrs. Joseph Rudersdorf, acting pres ident of the Spokane Humane society, is confident the theory is correct, say ing: Music affects and soothes every animal or human being. Loud music would cause an animal to be nervous, while soft music, which would soothe the nerves of the COW, would naturally increase the milk production"
 Dr. Otto Minig of the veterinary
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Get More Milk by Serenading Cows

staff of the State of Washington col lege, who conducted experiments along similar lines while preparing a work on animal psychology, said the man who ridiculed the Grant idea is merely betraying his ignorance.
 ''That idea is not to be treated light ly," said Dr. Minig. Anything that soothes the nerves aids in the milk production. Cows, as other animals, are attracted or repelled by sounds. To use passwords with your COWS les sens the milk production. do not question that soft music would have the desired effect in increasing the supply"
 Dr. Walter Baker, also a member of the staff, recalled an experiment where a dog secretes more saliva while eating as music is being played, and indorses the plan.
 'I am inclined to think there may be more than a grain of truth in the reasoning, but I would not want Sousa with his brass band to amuse my COWS. I believe violin music would get better results. In other words, l would prefer Kubelik to Sousa to en. certain our COWS at milking time."
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Mnthers Only Chance.

John, the tWelve-year-old son of a widely known corporation lawyer of Kansas City whose public life often brings his picture in the daily press, caused his father much amusement md pride when he returned home from school the other night Running to ais father the boy pointed to a picture ,f himself printed in the daily paper.
 "Pa, I guess I can get my picture n the paper, too," the boy proudly Iaid. q won the first prize in the Ichool debate"
 The boys mother came up and aughingly said: Well, I do not think hat is fair. Your papa has his pie ;ure in the paper so many times, and aere you begin. What can do to get ny picture published?"
 The boy pondered a moment and hen said: Well, mama, guess you will have to start taking patent medi- sine. You can get your picture in he paper then"
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Quiet for Pupils,

The noise and dust of the streets are unnecessary nuisances in many places, where they now impede the work of teachers and pupils, and the school committee is justified, there lore, in asking that when pavements In the neighborhood of school build lngs are to be renewed material which is easily cleaned and compara- lively noiseless shall be substituted. Even in the city proper there is hard. ty a schoolhouse so situated that this reasonable request would be difficult of fulfllment. So long as it remains unheeded we shall continue to worry llong with certain structures in which, in the hottest weather, the opening of a window involves annoy lnces that are almost equivalent to he torment of a hot and fetid at mostphere.-Boston Transcript.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

kIEW YORK-Quon Shee Fee, fair " as the golden lily of the Hoang- Ho, dainty as the purple plum that ripens under tea house caves at Can ton, has skipped from her golden nest at Pell street, and there remain to mourn her Lou Fee, her lord, Mouchock, her white poodle, and Tee lee, the yellow canary by the window.
 Quon Shee Fee flew into rage the other night, hurled her husbands sup per out of the window, beat her hus- bands cousin, Lou Pon, over the head with a heavy fan, and then went out into the dark of Pell street to lose her self from the sight of her outraged lord and master. All Chinatown hummed for days with the scandal.
 "She make-ee d-suff1agette busi- ness alla-time, was the way Lou Pon, the abused cousin, explained the flight of Quon Since Fee. Mournfully rubbing the bump on his head where the wig Orous fan had whacked him, Cousin Lou developed his theory of what had ailed the winsome wife of Lou Fee.
 "Alla-time she mak-ee lead-um bout ie-suff1agette. Alla-time tink-um bout fool woman lite business. Woman alla-samee husband, she say. Woman got fo' have good time likee husband got fo' stlay out noght-got fo' ma
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gathered in by the police and lined up at the town hall at one end of this street. At the other end stands po- liceman. Then at a pistol shot the tramps race away for liberty.
 All but the last man are allowed to keep on running as far as they will so long as it is away from town. The last man is seized by the policeman and set to work on the roads,
 With feet winged by fear of work on the roads the tramps puff and blow their hardest and arrive at the termi- nus with aching sides and jaws, out of breath, and ready, but for fear of a second capture, to drop in their tracks and rest indefinitely. It is said that no one of them has yet cared to repeat the experience.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Hardness of a Diamond.

A carpenter runs his plane over a piece of wood and out come the pretty :udly shaVings. Now, if @ plane is made with diamond blade instead of steel blade, and the blade is set just right, the plane when run over glass will turn out fine, thin shavings, some thing like those made by a plane on wood. This gives some idea of the wonderful hardness of a diamond, yet here is something harder than dia- nond; it is another diamond or even he same diamond, for diamond may De extra hard in one part and not so aard in another part
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Lambs Are Slaughtered as Sacrifice

IT OLEDO, O.-When a number of ! East side residents saw several men and women gathered about some bleating lambs they held before them, they thought little of it. But when they suddenly saw one of the men in sert a knife in the neck of a lamb they were amazed. They crowded closer and saw these same men hold the dying lamb while men and women stood about reverently, muttering sounds taken to be prayers.
 All this appeared strange to those who watched, and one of them, who was angered at the slaughter of the lambs on the open lot in the residen- tial district, called the police.
 When the motor cops arrived they found the watchers or the lambs sur rounded by many other residents of the East side. The man who slaugh- tered the first lamb cut the throat of another. The live lambs stood near by.
 The police learned that the lambs were being slaughtered by a number
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Bass That Didn't Bite.

Police Commissioner Rhinelande, Waldo, of New York, was praising thu efficiency of the New York police force.
 "The force wasn't always so eff cient," he said. Tn Byrne's day DO lice protection ended at Forty-secont street; you could do as you pleaset after that. But the crook who should now try to do as he pleased anywher' at all in New York would be as badl! left in his expectation of immunity al my friend Smith was left the othe. day in his dozen bass.
 Smith the other day went fishing He caught nothing, so on the wa! back home he telephoned to his pro vision dealer to send a dozen basI round to his house.
 "He got home late himself. Hi wife said to him on his arrival:
 well, what luck?'
 "EWhy, splendid luck, of course,' hc replied. Didn't the boy bring tha dozen bass I gave him?'
 'Mrs. Smith started. Then she smiled.
 "TWel1, yes, suppose he did, sh' said. There they are.'
 "And she showed poor Smith dog en bottles of Bass ale e.'-WashingtoI Star.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

utes the battle was on First one DO Iiceman and then another, in their ad. vance on the besieged, felt missiles whiz past their heads and smash with a juicy crash against the wall. Try as they might, they could not reach the jelly javelin thrower.
 After an inglorious retreat and pa layer as to the best means of obtaining the surrender of the fort they return ed to the attack, only to be met with a different defense. Eingang had dis carded his jelly jars and assumed a mallet. This he swung about his head. When his attention was attracted by revolver shots the three officers bounced upon him. Wagonman Malls thumb was seized by the teeth of the infuriated man and almost bitten off. When Eingang finally was bound tight ly and taken to the patrol wagon it was found that Sergeant Rea's hand also had been cut by flying glass.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
SUCCESS FOR HOSTESS
LITTLE MATTERS IN WHICH TACT
 COUNTS FOR MUCH.
Choose Your Guest as You Would Shoes, Because They Fit-Learn the Art of Switching the
 Conversation.

You may have a dinner with the best appointment and cuisine, and if your guests are badly chosen the din- her will be a social failure. Certain elements will not coalesce, and the woman who tries to force the process is counting an explosion. Choose guests as you would shoes because they it.
 You may be catholic in your taste and enjoy the butterfly without a brain and the woman who is all brain without social grace, the artist or musician, the snob who distrusts all the clever coterie, the man who loves gay story and the woman who is easily shocked.
 But gather those friends around a common board and you may count on their boredom.
 If you must have a mixed dinner, pray for tact in the seating. "A man cares what he eats, a woman cares whom she sits next''
 Never seat your guests according to social position. The practice makes neither the dinner nor the hostess popular. If you put the socially unim- portant together, your entertaining will never be a success.
 Custom has it that those who sit on the right and left of the host and host ess may feel themselves singled out for attention-but choose for reasons. Do not give your guests a chance to gibe at you as money worshipper or one with an axe to grind.
 Do not have dinners so large as to prevent general conversation. Not all who go out to dinner are blessed with manners, and the hostess should have it in her power to go to the rescue of the guest who is neglected by her neighbors.
 Nor should your dinners be long or heavy. The day of dozens of courses is past; the most brilliant diner-out finds 1t hard to shine when eating through an over-elaborate menu.
 Learn the art of switching the con- versation. Many dinner is wrecked because the hostess does not know to stop an argument that is verging on controversy, and has not the so- cial sense to scent dangerous topics or sidetrack the bore.
 Encourage brilliancy and gayety, but keep a sharp watch for wit that stings and jokes that tend to license.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

Newport, R. I-The matter of in- terference by amateurs and others with the wireless communication of the naval torpedo station and ships of the Atlantic fleet has reached a eli max in the last few weeks, and the latest thing to retard important off, cial business is a large number of messages from girls smitten by the manly jack tars of the big ships.
 These maidens, living in Boston and other cities along the coast, send the most trifing messages to their sea- faring friends. One of the most ardent messages intercepted here was from Sweetheart Maggie to Darling Jack" in which Jack was implored to come to Boston as soon as he could. because Maggie's heart was ''just melt ing away for him, and he had not kissed her for so long her Tips were dry"
 Captain Williams, commanding the torpedo station and who has supervi- sion of the wireless plant, has incor- porated many of the interrupted love messages in a report to the navy de- partment and they will be placed be- fore congress in an endeavor to show why there should be government regu- lation of wireless.
 The steamers of the Fall River line are also accused of sending many triv- ial messages at a time when they in- terfere greatly with government busi- ness. The matter will soon 1e taken before congress.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

jana, Mexico and Central America are prospering.
 Alligators have to be fed on meat, but they need no food from September 1 to May 1, for this is their hibernat- ing season, when they do not eat at all.
 Alligator skins are used for making bags, suit cases, purses, belts, cushion covers, etc, and their teeth and bones. are made into cuff links, paper knivess whistles and many forms of cheap jewelry and ornaments. The skins. are worth from 50 cents to $S apiece, according to size and quality.
 More money, however, is made by selling live baby alligators to muse ums and for pets. It is said that the state of Florida receives more than a million dollars a year from it's alliga- tors.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
VALUABLE LITTLE SWEET BOX
Is Easily Made and Its Usefulness Will Commend It to the
 Housekeeper.

A "sweet box" has become an insti tuition in our family. It consists of a stout cardboard box, lined with a sheet of wadding generously sprinkled with a favorite sachet powder. The wadding is glued over the top edge, thus making the cover fit tightly. It contains two or three loose, very sweet sachets. Any little gift or bit of work, if laid away for a day or two in the sweet box with a sachet between it's folds, comes out delicious ly perfumed. All through the year we find many things are sweetened that would not be, were it necessary to hunt up or buy sachet powder each time.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
A Nice Sirup.

Put two teacups sugar in frying pan and place over a hot fire. Stir constantly until sugar is melted and browning, being careful not to let it burn. When melted and Drowned, pour enough boiling water over it to cover the sirup and let it boil until, when a small quantity is cooled, it will be as thick as a common sirup. Take from the stove and pour into a pitcher. Flavor with vanilla or maple essence if desired. This will keep and will not sugar unless boiled too long.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Make No Exouses.

We can wrest success from a1I Ailure and take from 1t much of the Tting when we frankly admit that it vas our fault, and that we have no excuse to offer, while at the same lime we express our purpose not to !ail in that way again. The world is quick to forgive the man who does not ask to be excused. God can forgive as on no other terms; and Gods for giveness is the only way to assured victory over failure.-The Sunday School Times.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Reef En Casserole.

Two and half pounds beef, chuck or round; three pounds beef drippings, one carrot, cut in dice; one onion, sliced; one tablespoon flour, salt and pepper, one cup strained tomatoes, half bay leaf Salt and pepper meat and dredge with flour. Heat fat in a pan. Brown meat on all sides. Place meat in casserole or earthen baking dish, add all ingredients, cover and place in oven and cook until tender.
 Serve with mashed or baked potatoes.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

tramps in America and that one-half to three-quarters of the trespassers upon railway tracks are vagrants Mr. Whiting characterizes as absolutely unreliable.
 The following figures are based upon his analysis of the reports of ac- cidents resulting in the deaths of 1000 trespassers. Of these 1000, 489 lived near the place of accident, 321 lived at a distance and the residence of the balance, 190, was unknown. Of these 1000, 273 left widows and chil- dren, S3 were widowers, 376 single and of SIS the family was unknown 369 were living with their families SO1 were not and 33O could not be classified
 Further, of these 1000, 59S were self-supporting, 1O5 were not and no information was obtainable about 297- The actual occupation of 615 was known.
 By eliminating those whose known occupation, family, home, age, sex and so on made it certain that they were not tramps, MT. Whiting is able to assert positively that 764 were not hoboes, but plain trespassers, that 50 were hoboes and that the status of 1S6 was understandable.
 From all of which he deduces that the number of tramps in the country has been greatly overestimated.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

of Bulgarians, members of the Greek Catholic church, who had begun the observance of the feast of spring. The proper observance of this custom, it was learned, was for the sacrifice of four lambs annually. After the lambs were killed the carcasses were piled upon a fire and roasted, the meat ot which was devoured by members of the church as fulfilling their part ot the sacrifice.
 After the slaughter of the second lamb the remaining two were taken to a vacant house near by, where they met the fate of the others. These also were roasted upon the fire in the va cant lot
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Cinnamon Cake.

Take the yolks of six eggs, six table spoonfuls of sugar and small tea spoonful of ground cinnamon and put them all into a basin. Beat the mix ture for half an hour without chang ing the direction, and at the end of that time add to it the six whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Sift in six tablespoonfuls of flour and bake the cake in a moderate oven in a flat creased tin.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Might Have Known It.

A New Yorker suffering from stom- Ach trouble was put under an X-ray and learned that he had swallowed his false teeth. The chump might have known 1t from the gnawing pain in his stomach.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Prepared Mustard.

Put three tablespoons of ground mustard into a bowl, pour over it enough warm water to make a stiff paste and rub smooth. Add one-half cup vinegar, one tablespoon sugar, a pinch of salt, and the beaten yolks of two eggs. Set the bowl into boiling water and stir the mixture until it thickens; then add a lump of butter sho@st the GizA of an e0G
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

t1CuQ0 or IrampS that has infested it. Beside the railway that runs through the town is a straight half mile of road When a number of tramps arrive in town they are
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Generally Their Own Fault.

Those who are constatly lamenting their i'll luck are often, in some way or other, reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, improvidence or want of application. Marshall Field.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
Of Course.

When the police arrested that man as a fence his lawyer couldn't clear him." Strange; it ought to be easy for anybody to whitewash a fence."-Bal timore American.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

ligators is large, constant and rap idly increasing;
 the supply is lim- tied and there is not much compe-- tition. The few alligator farmers. in Florida, Louis
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
caImnesa Shows Power

The deepest thoughts are alwaya tranquilizing, the greatest minds are always full of calm, the richest lives have always at heart an unshaken re pose.-Hamilton Wright Mabie.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

has just published the result of a. careful investiga- tion into the per centage of tramps among the per sons killed by rail way trains. The statements tn a t there are 50O.O00
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
START AN ALLIGATOR FARM AND
 GROW RICH.

There is good money to be made in alligator farming. The demand for all
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
TOWN HOLDS TRAMP RACES.

A town in North Carolina has at last found a way to rid itself of the null
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
HOW MANY TRAMPS ARE THERE
 IN THE UNITED STATES7

Frank V. Whiting, general claims attorney for a large eastern railroad
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

IUWeT Jaw IHIO HesHy appeHudSt' this forming beak. The fish is dark brown in color, with two light brand like markings near the fins. Some of these peaked fish are small, but others
 attain lena,. q three and four feet.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09
FISH WITH A BEAK.

The fish here shown, which is known as Peters Beaked Fish, is a native
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-09

of tropical Africa, and is so named
 because of the elongation of the