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certain medicinal properties to COM
bat ailments: It's a one-night cure"
isn't it just splendid!" exclaimed
Mrs. Bowser. why, you'll get up in
the morning without a pain or ache
about you for the first time in yearSi
You are to stay out two hours, eh?"
He said about two hours"
Better make it two and a half, so
as to be dead sure of a cure. Your
hide is pretty thick, and you must
give the frost fair show to strike in.
Mr.. Bowser didn't like the last re-
mark, but he passed it by with a
grunt and made ready to go out. He
was not to wear his overcoat or gloves.
If he shivered he must take it as a
good sign. 1t perplexed him some
what that Mrs. Bowser should come
around to his way of thinking, and
even encourage him, but after several
struggles he pried himself loose from
the warm room and sought the back
yard. 1t was truly a sharp night. It
was a night that any body who licked
the blade of an ak would have to have
hot water to thaw his tongue loose.
DR.. Schoonberg patient was rafting
his teeth together within five minutes,
but he whispered to himself:
1.-The frost is taking right hold like
the teeth of bear, and there's no
doubt of cure"
He couldn't stand still, and to face
the moon he must walk in the alley and
look over his shoulder. He must not
walk too fast. If his nose, ears or feet
got cold he must consider the cure.
Mr.. Bowser had been walking and
shivering and shaking for half an hour
when a stable-keeper in the alley came
along and called out:
Say, old man. what in the devil are
you promerading here for?''
I'm taking the frost cure"
1.-THE deuce you are! Who advised
it?''
MY doc-doctor >,
''Then tell you doc-doctor that say
he's a blamed idiotr'
Mr.. Bowser's chattering reply could
not be understood, and the stable-Reep-
er passed on to halt 20 feet away and
added:
And you, too
Fifteen minutes later as the patient
staggered up and down, humping the
fence and barns by turns, a policeman
entered the alley and seized him and
shook him to and fro and cried out:
Drunk again, and this time you go
inv'
Il ain't-ain't drunkr' was protested.
Don't call me a liar!''
MY name is BoW-Bow-'
Shut up and come along"
Mrs. Bowser had been peering from a
back window, and she saw that a eli
max had come and she fastened to the
alley to explain matters to the officer.
Look at his ears and nose!' said the
officer as he pointed.
Yes, they are frost-bitten."
And his toesi''
Doubtless the same
Hes as nigh frozen as a man can
be. He isn't off in his head, is hep
"Oh, no.
Just what they call faddish. eh?"
That's ALL
t"Then I'll help you into the house
with him. Some wives would break his
neck, but guess you are good to him.
Mrs. Bowser worked over the patient
for three long hours, and finally got
him thawed out and warmed up to hear
him say:
"A cold blooded attempt to assassin
ate me!''
Your nose and ears are already be-
ginning to PEEL
And Wen telephone our respective
lawyers in the morning to go ahead
with a divorce case!'
The cop was right. Mrs. Bowser is |
always good to Mr.. Bowser- Some day
she may even cure him of his fads.-
1918, by the Associated
Literary PreSS.)
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of, but they manage to get along
Just the same"
well, don't be cross about it. Did
the doctor want some insurance of
you?'
NONSENSE
"Oh, you wanted something of
him %
Madam, when a man has a weak
heart, indigestion and trouble with
his spine and goes to a doctor, the
inference is that he goes for a con-
sultation.'
''And pays s25 to be told that moth
ing ails himi"
That's you exactly, Because I
don't go squealing around the house
like sick pig you reason that L am
in the best of health. No husband,
unless he is a BOBBY, every complains.
You got away with a humping big
boiled dinner Yesterday"
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BOWSE.R'S PROSTITUTES.

resident of the State Federation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-05
To clean delicate Fabrics.

This preparation will not fade col
ors or injure delicate fabrics.
Crate raw potatoes to a fine pulp;
add one pint water to one pound po-
tato. Pass this liquor through a fine
sieve and cloth. Let it remain in a
vessel until the fine white starch set
ties to the bottom, then pour off the
clear liquor, which is to be used for
cleaning.
For white silk, add a little borax.
For dresses and waists dip a sponge
in the liquor and apply it until dirt is
removed. Rinse in tepid water and
iron on wrong side.
Opera and party dresses and white
cashmere will clean beautifully by
this process.
This is how clean all my light ties
and party dresses.
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Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a man
of 40 and have been going with a
young lady who is a trained nurse
for four years. I would like to marry
her, but haven't the nerve to ask
her. 1 am a professional man and
well to do. Please advise.
IN DOUBT.
Write to her something like this:
Dear Miss So-and-So: I am send
ing you this simply because 1 haven't
the nerve to say it to you. 1 love
you very dearly and want you for
my wife. Do you care enough for
me to put up with me for the rest of
your life? I'll try my level best to
make you happy. Please answer right
away, and if 1 may hope you will find
that my bashfulness is entirely cured.
Yours devotedly, -.
Don't forget to sign your name and
address.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a girl
of IS and in love with a young man
who comes to see my sister. He
seems to think great deal of me.
Must 1 leave him and her alone or
can I take him away from her? She
is just wild about him. He went
with me three or four times first but
/ was going with another fellow and
did not seem to care much for him,
so he went with her.
ANXIOUS.
I'm afraid the only reason you
think you love him now is because
he likes your sister and she likes
him. Better find another fellow.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Q)-When a fell
low calls in the evening, what time should
he call and when should he leave? O.
How long should couple keep company,
when they are of age, before being en-
gagged? (S-How long should hey be
gagged before getting married? (D-Is it
nicer to have a large wedding go on
a wedding trip? (5)-What city would be
nice to visit a wedding trip?
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did you do anything to try and save
the professor when he fell off the observ-
him going, I begged him not to take any
precipitate ction."-Baltimore American.
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enough batter to make right consist
ency for cakes when mixed with the
pint of water and soda. Leave half
cup of batter in the crock each time,
as a starter" for the next setting"
Reset every night (not using any
more yeast) by adding water and a
little salt and graham flour, same as
at first.
If any of the batter is left after
baking cakes, do not put it back in
the crock as the soda will sour the
starter
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-03

During the year just ended Death
has levied unusually heavy toll, spar.
ing neither crowned heads nor men
and women distinguished by their
rank, position or ability in every
branch of human activity Army and
Navy, diplomacy, statesmanship and
politics, commerce, industry and fin
ance, literature and the arts, science,
education the Church. and many other
realms have been invaded by the pitt
less reaper and robbed of many distin'
guished men and women the loss Of
whom Will be severely felt.
Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan. under
whose long reign Japan advanced from
the obscure position OF IA semi.barbar'
ous nation In the far East to that of a
world power, commanding universal
respect; Luitpold, prince regent OF Ba-
varia and Frederick VIII, King OF Den
mark were the most prominent among
the rulers OF nations, who We're remov-
cd by death during the year. Others
were William Alexander. grand duke
of Luxemburg. Mataafa, former King
of Samoa, Duke Francis Joseph OF Ba.
varia, lnfanta Maria Teresa, sister OF
the King OF Spain, Prince Louis Murat,
grandson of the King Of Naples and
the Duke of Fife, brother-in.law OF
King George V.
Among the noted soldiers who cap.
itulated to death during 1912 were Wi.
liam Won Hahnke. field marshal OF the
German Army Gen. Count Mare-suke
Nogi. the noted Japanese commander;
Homer Lea. general In the Chinese ar
my and an authority on Chinese mill
tary affairs; Field Marshal Sir George
Stuart White. the defender OF Lady
smith: Maj. Gen. Sir John +, Maurice
one Of the ablest British military writ
ers; Gen. Edward s. Bragg, comman
der OF the Iron Brigade" during the
Civil War, statesman and diplomatist
Lieut.. Gen. Arthur Macarthur, noted
| for his services In the Philippines
Mai. Con, Frederick Dent Grant eldest
son OF the late Ulysses 8. Grant and
Lieut.. Col. Frank Bridgman. the oldest
retired army officer in the United
| States,
The Navy deplores the loss of man,
distinguished men, among them sil
Frederick William Richards and Si'
| Newell Salmon. admirals OF the Britlsf
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Death TOLL WAS Large
DURING THE YEAR 1912

feet; Rear-Admlral Aubrey, comman.
der of the Italian fleet In the war with
Tripoli; Vice Admiral Jules Marie de
Cavelier de Cuverville. of the French
navy; Rear.Admiral Robley ID. Evans,
the idol of the American navy; Rear
Admiral George w. Melville. the Arc
tic explorer; Rear Admirals John +.
Hanscom, Benjamin p. Lamberton, Lu.
Glen Young and John NJ. Bowyer;
Capt. Lucien +. Prud'homme, formerly
professor of mathematics at the Naval
Academy and James Rufus Tryon for.
merly medical director of the Ameri-
can navy,
The diplomatic service deplores the
loss of Baron Adolf Marshall van Bic
berstein, the noted German diplomat;
Joseph NJ. Won Radowitz, formerly Ger
man ambassador to Turkey and Spain !;
Count Nicholaus d, Won der Osten.
Sacken. Russian ambassador to Ger
many; Whitelaw Reid, American am
bassador to Great Britain; Hamilton
King, American minister to Siam; Col
A. Louden Snowden. formerly Ameri'
can minister to Spain. Greece and the
Balkan States: Alex. Watkins Terrell
formerly American minister to Tur'
key; Vim. Lindsay Scruggs. formerly
American minister to Colombia and
Venezuela; VIM. d. Sorsby, formerly
minister to Bolivia; DIR. Yung Wing
the Chinese Diplomat ari reformer;
. Thos. c. Dawson, an authority on Lat
in-American relations and Chester
Holcombe. for mary years secretary OF
the American legation at Peking
The list OF noted headers In ths
realm OF politics who died during the
past year includes James 3 Sherman
Vice President of the United States
Gen Cincihnatus Leconte, President o.
Hayti; Alexandra Lopez de Romano
ex.President OF Peru; Ramon Corral
formerly Vice President Of Mexico
Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick w. Kitchen
er. (sovernor OF Bermuda; Alloys l.
CouI.t Lexa Won Aehrsnthal. premier o
Al stria-Hungary; Jose Canalejas Men
do prime minister of Spain; DIR. NJ. q
MIX yanovich, prime minister OF Ser
via; s'ount Hoistin-I- -pdreborg, forme
prime minister Of Denmark; Arthu
Wellesley Peel. viscount Peel, former
ly Speaker OF the House OF Commons
Henri Brisson. former president OF tn
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commission.

commission.
Architects: Daniel Hudson Burnham
and Frank Furness. g9 +
Miscellaneous: General william
Booth. founder and commander.in.chief
OF the Salvation Army; Clara Barton.
founder of the American Red Cross So.
ciety; Henry Ware Putnam. one OF
the founders of the Germanic Museum
at Harvard; Alfred Tennyson Dickens.
son of Charles Dickens and noted lee.
turer, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, 6rst
Baron Stanmore. a distinguished Brit.
ish colonial official Gen. Hippolyte
Langlois, Senator and member of the
French Academy; Charles Thompson
Harvey, an authority on elevated rail-
roads; Galbraith p. Rodgers. first avi-
ator to fly from Atlantic to Pacific;
Robbins Little. for many years SUPER
intendent of the Astor Library in New
York; Clifford S. Walton, an authority
on commercial and maritime law; Al
fred 8. Hartwell, former Chief Justice
of the Hawaii Supreme Court; Frank
G. BOstOck, the animal collector and
trainer; Solomon Luna, the largest
sheep-raiser in the world; Col. Edward
Cunningham. the "sugay King" Of Tex
as; John Alsop Paine, Nthe archaelo-
gist; Brig. Gen. Joseph M Califf. who
fred first shot at Gettysburg: Capt.
John Cussons. chief OF scouts In. the
Confederate army; Chas. G. Overlook.
abolitionist and one of the founders of
; the Republican party; Gen. James B.
Weaver. twice candidate for Preside
on the Populist and Greenback tickets;
Isaac p. Baldwin, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy under President Polk;
Jules Lumbard. the famous street sing
Weldon b. Neyburn OF Idaho: also the
following former members: Anthony
Higgins OF Delaware. William D. Wash
burn of Minnesota, Fernando De Soto
Money Of Mississippi, John J. Patter-
SON of South Carolina, william A. Pef-
fer of Kansas. the founder Of the Popu-
list party, John Percival Jones OF Me-
vada, Col. James Gordon of Mississip-
pi, John l.. Wilson Of Washington. Gen.
Henry H. Bingham Of Pennsylvania,
the Father Of the House OF Represen-
tatives"; Congressman Geo. II. Utter
Of Rhode Island. George r. Malby of
New York and former Congressman
Leonidas F. Livingston of Georgia.
George T. Southwick of New York. and
many others.
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formerly editor and publisher of the
Boston Herald, Capt. Henry r. Jones,

formerly editor and publisher of the
Boston Herald, Capt. Henry r. Jones,
proprietor and editor OF the New Hart.
ford Tribune; Col. Joseph Fl. Caven,
William Thos. Stead. the English jour
nalist. William Blackwood, editor of
Blackwood's Magazine Alexis Suvorin,
the Russian editor; DR. Isaac X. Funk,
William Penn Nixon. editor of the Chi
cago Inter-Ocean; Coz Isaac +. Mack,
for forty years editor of the Sandusky
Register; Col. l.. ID. Burch, Mrs. Mar
garet Elizabeth Sangster, Bradford
Capt. Frank Brinckley. Isaac Nelson
Ford. Maj. John NJ. Carson. Col. W. G.
Connolly, Jr.. Gen. Duncan S. Walker
and James Henry Haynie.
The realm of science did not escape
the ravages of death and was depriv-
ed of the following distinguished re-
personalities: Lord Lister, the dlscov-
erer of the antiseptic treatment In sur
gerry; Sir William Henry Allchin, ply
sician extraordinary of King George v
Sir William j. Sinclair, the noted Eng.
lish surgeon the following noted Am.
erican practitioners: Drs. Norton
Royce Hotchkiss, Arthur Fendrlck Nc
Donald, John II. .Musser, Maurice H.
Richardson, Frederick Earl Beal, Jas
u. Newcomb, Arthur Tracy Cabot and
Geo. M. Tuttle. The list also includes
Prof. Hermann F.. Wiebe, the distin
guished German scientist. DR.. Morris
Loeb, DIR. Waldemar Koch and Chas
Gilbert Wheeler. chemists; Jules Hen
ri Polncare. the French mathemati
| clan; DIR. VIM. Sprenger. the X.ray ex
pert; DIR. Auguste Renouard, the au
thority on embalming; Prof Lewis
Boss, director of the Dudley Observa
tory, Albany DIR. w. J. MCGEE, the an
thropologist and geologist; DR.. Chas
Delano Cook, the leader Of the dental
profession; Ignatz Oestreicher. the ex
pert In Photographic chemistry and
Capt. Theo. F, Townsend. the meteoro
logist.
Among the noted inventors who dice
during the year were Wilbur Wright
the inventor Of the aeroplane; Major
Eli H. Janney. inventor OF car coupleri
VIM. Stockney Lamson, pioneer In
ventor OF cash carriers; Edward 4
Kilbourn, inventor Of hosiery ma
chimes; John Hope. inventor Of thu
pantograph machine for engraving
Edward A. Callahan, inventor OF stool
tickers; Valdemar f. Lassoe, who wal
associated with Erisson in designing
the Monitor and Johann Martii
| Schleyer, the inventor Of volapuk,
Engineers: Louis Delaunay'Belle
/ vile, Sidney Thos. Fuller, Stewart s
Nefr and Maj. Benjamin NJ. Harrod
former member Of the Isthmian Cana
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French Chamber of Deputies; George
Coulon, vice president of the French
Council Of State; Gen. Shiaroku ishi-
moto. the Japanese minister of war;
Henry Labouchere. the British states
man and journalist; Auguste Marie
Francois Beernaert, the Belgian states
man; Viscount Ouro Preto and DR.. J.
NJ. da S. Paranhos, Baron do Rio Bran.
co. two noted Brazilian statesmen and
Gen. John Wilcox Noble, Secretary of
the Interior under Harrison.
Uusually great was the mortality
among former governors of American
States. The list OF the victims in.
cludes Henry d. Cleaves and Freder.
ick 'Robie of Maine; william A. Rich.
ards and John w. Hoyt Of Wyoming;
James d. Porter of Tennessee; Austin
l.. Crothers OF Maryland; William Lar
abee of Iowa, John Fremont Hill OF
Vermont. Royal Chaplin Taft OF Rhode
Island, Gen. Francis 4. Nichols OF
Louisiana and Charles B. Aycock of
North Carolina
The United States Senate lost four
members by death during the year
Senators lsidor Rayner Of Maryland
Robert Love Taylor Of Tennessee
George Stuart Nixon Of Nevada and
Millet. Charles Schreyvogel, Aureliano
Beruete. Robt. W. B. Browning. ItODert
Shaw, Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Albert
Hertel, Walter l.. Deen, Chas. Clifford
I. Dyer and Thos. p. Anschutz; the Illus
traitors Arthur Lumiey and Harry
George burgess, and the sculptOrs
Louis Potter and Theodore RIVERS.
THE world of music also suffered
great loss. Among the victims were
the composers Julien Emile Frederic
Massenet, Samuel Colerldge-Taylor
Edgar Tinel. Jan Block, Frances Allit
sen and DR.. Gerrit Smith, and the mu
sicians Howard Malcolm Dow. William
Kuhe, Edmund Singer and Siegfriet
/, Behrens.
Among the distinguished members
OF the stage who died during the yeal
were the following: George Grossmith
Richard Temple, Edward O'Connol
Terry and VIM. 8. Penley, English &C
tors Felix SchweighOfer, the Austri
an comedian: Nathaniel ID. Jones, thu
old time Boston actor; Nine. Judith
the noted French actress; Mrs. Anni'
Yeamans, the veteran Of the American
stage; Edith Crane. Beryl Faber. Mar
guerite saxton, the former interprete
Of Shakespearean roles and Herman
| Winklemann. the noted German oper
attic tenor
j The ranks OF journalism were thin
ned by the death Of many noted writ
ers and publishers, among them Stil
sony Hutchins, publisher OF st. Loui
andl Washington, John Henry Holmes
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TABLE CENTERS
ARE GROWING SIMPLER

The good housekeeper knows that
the cooking Of food Is not the only
thing that matters. Even weli.c0oked
food can be improved by dainty serv-
ing. soiled table linen. wilted flowers
and tawdry decorations Will spoil any
meal, while, on the other hand, daiu-
~, tasty table decorations will improve
Il, says a writer for the 6an Diego Un-
ion.
Table centers can do q great deal
towards beautifying a table. but the
mistake is very often made Of having
them too elaborate. The days OF the
bcfrilied and fluffy table center are
gone, and much simpler style retgns
instead.
II you cannot draw. get some friend
to make simple design OF spray Of
daisies and transfer II TO your mater
ial. You will want half a yard square
of fine cream canvas.
Draw a thread and make narrow
hem all round. Then, quito near the
hem. transfer on scallop elging. and
work this scallop edging with a mer
cerized embroidery thread. In straight
simple stitches.
The daisy design should be a YER,
easy one. The girl who can use heI
pencil vii doubtless pencil It On he'
canvas.
Soft ribbon is used for the daisies
Thread 1t with a darning needle. ant
form each daisy petal with just on
stitch; che centers are illicd Ia witt
French knots. These arc worked viii
hoss, and the silk Ii put three time
round the needle 10 form somewha
large knots.
The stalks are worked In stem stitc'
IN green floss and the little leaves ar
formed by one stitch OF the hoss o.
each side Of the stalks.
The center may he edged with an
suitable lace. but the crochet worke
will prefer to use handmade croche
worked In a coarse cream cotton
n shade to match the canvas.
This design could he carried out |
any shade. Work the daisies In whit
ribbon with pale yellow centers, an
upon II place q green glass vase file
with marguerites and ferns, and tn
effect will be refreshing.
pink daisies look pretty with brow
centers. brown stalks and leaves.
A center in which the daisies al
worked In bright orange shade wou'
also DC charming
People who own really nice oak
mahogany dining table often prefer
use no table cloth at all. and merel
have table center and small mats
strips before each person to preve'
the hot plates marking the polishc
surface OF the table.
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MANY after
SUPT'S JOB

Columbus o., Jan. 2. - Applicants
Sos the position Of superintendent OF
he Boyu' Industrial school. near Ian
easter, now vacant through restgna-
sion u Major y. g. Gerlach. filed pet''
lions for his place az early as Two
weeks ago. There IN now n large list
u applicants who desire To rule the
school. from which, during the last
two days, 10 boys have escancd -Four
got sway New Years. hut three werN
captured,
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JUDGE SPEAR
TO PRACTICE

Columbus O.. Jan. 2,-tIndnuDtcd
by considerations Of age. Judge VII
ham T. Spear, who terminated ~
years service on the supreme bench
Of the state. will resume the inter
rupted practice Of law. lie In II years
old. but has sent out annOunc cements
that he will engage In the practice OF
,aw. with ofiices at 3 East Broad
street. THIS city.
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II the Pittsburgh Pirates are sue
cessful in landing Roger Bresnahan
and Ed Konetchy, OF the Cardinals, the
other National League teams will cer-
tainly know they have been playing
bali when they tackle the Clarke crew.
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Mrs. Park b. Blair and young son
went " Columbus Thursday morning
20 srend the day.