Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 August 1908 — Page 2
The Ligonier Banne LIGONIER, INDIANA.
- Record of the Most Important Events Condensed for the Perusal of the Busy Man.
RACE RIOT NOTES. Springfield, 1111., was completely in the control of a mob for several hours, the police, sheriff’s force and troop D of the First cavalry, and the members of Gatling gun section of the Illinois National Guard being unable to do anything to control the mob, which was rendered furious by the removal from the city of George Richardson, a negro who assaulted a white woman. As the result of the mob’s actions one man is dead, another will probably die and several others were injured, while Loper’s restaurant was wrecked, the shanties of a' number of negroes residing in the “bad lands” burned, and Gov. Deneen called a number of companies of the Illinois National Guard to Springfield to preserve order. Among the injured was R. W. Chafin, candidate for president of the United States on the Prohibition party ticket, who was struck in the bead with a brick. Ta the death list of the Springfield, 111, race war were added the names of William Donnigan, colored, killed by the mob, and Frank Delmore, shot. With the arrival of the Second and Seventh Infantry regiments; I. N. G, and two squadrons of the First cavalry, all from Chicago, the entire National Guard of Illinois, with ‘the exception of the Sixth infantry and the Eighth infantry (colored) was on duty in the riot-ridden districts. In all 4,200 guardsmen were in the city. The troopers. suppressed several small out‘breaks. Private J. B. Klein of the First regiment, who killed a man at Kankakee while guarding the ammunition car, was exonerated by a court of inquiry. One more death, that of J. W. Scott, was added to the fatality list of the Springfield (I 11. riots. National Guard patrols were fired on twice from ambush, but no one was hit: Gov. Deneen issued proclamations offering rewards for the arrest of the murderers - and urging all citizens who had information about the rioting to present it to the grand jury. = Gov. Deneen erdered home all the state troops in Springfield. except the Seventh infantry and First cavalry. Negroes were in great fear of renewal of attacks. Arrangements were completed for surrendering Private J. B. Klein to the civil authorities at Kankakee for trial on the charge of Kkilling Earl Nelson.
PERSONAL. Miss Annie S. Peck, the mountain climber, for -whose safety fears were felt, returned in safety to Lima, Peru. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans celebrated his sixty-second birthday and went on the retired list. At Lake Mohonk, N. Y., he received numerous calls and telegrams of congratulation, and was given a big reception and lovIng cup. . : | Edward Cotteringham, treasurer of the Union Traction company of Lipton, - Ind., ¢« accused of embezzling $5,000, was arrested in Ottawa, Ont. Alfred T. Wimberly, Kentucky manager of the Bankers’ Life association of Des Moines, 1a.,, and a well-known insurance man, committed suicide in Louisville, leaving a note saying he was tired of life. 4
At Utica,. N. Y., Representative James S. Sherman was formally nofified of his nomination for the vicepresidency at the Chicago convention last June. The notification was made the ocgasion of a general holiday and the residents of the city, irrespective of party, took part in the tribute to a fellow townsman. Omer K. Benedict, editor of the Oklahoma City Times, was arrested on a charge of criminal libel preferred by Gov. Haskell,
GENERAL NEWS. - Two companies of regular troops broke out of their cars at Atlanta, Ga., and started a riot that was not suppressed until soldiers had been summoned from Fort McPherson. Mrs. Wardwell, the quarantined leper,. widow of Gen. Wardwell, escaped from her quarters at Tombstone, Ariz., and is supposed to have boarded a train for California. Eugene W. Chafin was formally notified at Chicago of his nomination for ‘the presidency by the Prohibition party. .. 5 The Merchants” association of Manila has started a movement to induce President Roosevelt to visit the Philippine islands. The fourth international Esperanto congress was formally opened in Dresden with the 1,800 persons in attendance singing the Esperanto hymn. _ When John Robsik’s buggy upset near Pittsburg his wife was thrown out and before she could be picked up a baby boy was born. . _There has been no rain for nearly a year in the Kula region of Mauri, Hawaii, and crops have failed, ani--mals are dying and peeple are leavM th' mtl'y. x .‘z : .~ Rosa Grazino of New York killed ‘her husband because he tried to force ‘her into a life of shame. ; oot - gt ships of the Norse vikings and will 3‘ S ;; =k g »}gm
The Minnesota Democratic state convention met in Minneapolis and after a scene of indescribable tumult, caused by the mention of his‘ name and which continued- for 64 minutes, Gov. Johnson was nominated for reelection. Edward H. Hacker, a traveling salesman employed by the McCall Pattern company, and his young wife, to whom he had been married only ten months, shot and killed themselves in their New York home after a quarrel. The American battleship fleet arrived at Sydney and was given an enthusiastic welcome. " Hague diplomats expect that Holland will declare war on President Castro of Venezuela to vindicate the national honor, and work on the warships meanwhile is being rushed. The ten-year-old daughter of John Stoltz, residing ten miles west of Armour, S. D., committed suicide, using a double-barreled shotgun to commit the deed. Art treasures worth $BO,OOO, belonging to Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston and shipped to America as “household goods” by Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne of Chicago were seized by customs officials and payment of $70,000 duties and penalties was imposed for attempted evasion of the customs laws. : John Gluek, a Minneapolis brewer, and his wife were instantly killed : at Cottagewood, Lake Minnetonka, in a collision between their automobile and a train. Thirteen men were seriously injured in lower Detroit river, when a charge of dynamite exploded under the drill vessel, Destroyer. : Japanese spies were arrested by the Russians on Peter the Great bay south of Vladivostok. ;
Rev. James Duane Phelps, treasurer of Syracuse university, committed suicide by shooting in a hotel at Utica, N. Y. . Fire destroyed the Hotel Merrill at Dent’s Run, Pa., and some of the guests were compelled to jump from upper windows, but none were seriously hurt. Germany has a new explosive of a power beyond any hitherto used, which tore Krupp armor plate to pieces when tested at Munich. ! Seventy miners were entombed by an explosion in a mine at Wigan, England, and it was feared most of them were killed. . Three firemen were killed and a fourth dangerously hurt at London, Ont., when the floors of a burning building fell upon them. A sensation- was caused in diplomatic circles in Caracas by the refusal of President Castro to permit the Brazilian minister to take charge of French interests in Venezuela.
Dr. Joseph Eichberg of Cincinnati was drowned in Big Tupper lake, New York, while trying to-land a large pickerel. ; The czarina, whose health has been causing great anxiety in the Russian court, suffered a complete nervous collapse and the gravest fears are felt for her. { The home of Wofford Tweed near Marshal, N. C., was destroyed by fire, and his wife, their three children and Mrs. Murray Tweed were burned to death. ) Capt. Baldwin trained three signal officers in the handling of his dirigible balloon and then turned it over to the army. -~ The body of the late Rear Admiral James K. Cogswell, retired, was interred at Milwaukee after services in St. Paul’'s Episcopal church. T. W. Burgess, .a blacksmith, was in the water more than 20 hours in an attempt to swim the English channel and gave up a mile from the French coast. Three sharp earthquake shocks terrified the inhabitants of Eureka, Cal., and did much damage to chimneys and windows. s
Fire in the town of Gore Bay, Manitou island, destroyed -15 business houses and the lighthouses. Mrs. Isabel La Bonte of Traverse City, Mich., was killed and a score of passengers were injured by the explosion of the boiler of the passenger steamer Leelanau, bound from Leland to Fouche on Carp lake. At Terre Haute, Ind.,, Mrs. Edward Irons and her 18-months-old 'baby were burned to death in thelr home. Mrs. Isabel La Bonte of Traverse City, Mich., was killed and a score of passengers were injured by the explosion of the boiler of the passenger steamer Leelanap, bound from Leland to Fouch on Carp lake, Wis. Capt. von Krogh sustained a broken arm in an accident to the Parseval dirigible balloon at Berlin. " Fire destroyed the Kaatskill House in the Kaatskill Bay district of Lake George, N. Y., and three cottages. Thomas E. Howell of Beardstown, 111., sacrificed his life in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue his nephew, Henry M. Howell, 11 years old, from drowning in the Illinois river. It is announced in Holland that an interesting event is expected in the Dutch royal family. - John J. Carroll, a veteran member of the New Orleans police force, was cut to death by a mnegro cook, who ‘was afterwards killed by the police. Two persons were seriously injured and a dozen others were painfully hurt when an automobile, that was taking part in a hill climbing contest, swerved and ran wild into a throng of spectators at Algonquin, 111. The Indiana Coal Operators’ association ended official relations with the United Mine Workers of America. - Two persons were killed and six injured by the explosion at the grounds of the Franco-British exhibition at London of the balloon owned by Capt. Lovelace of the New York Aero club. One of the dead is Miss Hill, secretary to Capt. Lovelace. o
OBITUARY. ? John J.- O’Brien, 37 years old, member of the St. Louis city council and wealthy boiler manufacturer, is dead. William Seibert, 88 years of age, one of the organizers of the Republican party, and a delegate to the first natiopal convention, died at Pittsburg, Pa. Redjeb Pasha, the new Turkish war minister, died suddenly. L. 8. Tyler, one of the: ;nlthm men in South Dakota, was found dead in 4 bath-tub at his residence in Sioux
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Dear Bunch: . I'm not yet hep to this gag of hiking across the geography from town to town, like a hoptoad in a cabbage-patch.’ It may be interestlfg to some people, but it gets me pegved. ‘ 1 found your letter| waiting for me here. : ; | . So they've steered|you up against a .new cure for your fiyspepsla, eh?— buttermilk! ; And a great idea, Bunch, believe me! ~ It certainly is lucky to drink buttermilk. s | Buttermilk is to fhe worn-out system the same as a fat-office is to a stout politician.. s As a 'thits_t-splasl;ér buttermilk is the one best bet, but don’t ever tell any-
‘e ANy l" ~ = \§§Q v‘(fiw\‘fi/"/‘ ¢ "y YO /// ///’/f”M A T 4 4 / i //~ /‘//‘/’/’ | TS e f’f‘%)&k}. ¢@ “The Tides of March.” 1 I : one in Milwaukee that I made such a-statement. § Drink it, Bunch, every time you can, because buttermilk comes down to us from the remotest ages-with splendid recommendations. Every- great man in history was a buttermilk drinker, Bunch. Every great m:t—m who is now spending his -time trying to get into history is a buttermilk drinker, Bunch. Read betweengthe lines in your history of ancient| Rome, and you will see how buttermilk would have saved the life of Julius Caesar if he hadn’t héd such a weakness for hard cider. “Where are you going?” inquired Calathumpia, gle wife of Julius Caesar, as he fastened the gold safety pin in his toga and reached for his umbrella. | “I am going| down to Rudolph March’s eafe in the Forum,” answered Julius; “you don’t need to wait lunch for me, Callie.” “But, Julius,”, whispered Calathumpia; “why de you spend so much time at -March’s cafe in the Forum? It isn’t & good place for you to'go, my dear. Be:.)aides,j there is always a bunch loafer'r hanging around that joint. don't you sit here at home with me in th¢ ¢ool Stadium and drink buttermilk with your loving Calathumpia?” i “Butte speered Julius; “such a drink is only for mollycoddles and pink fingers. It doesn’t make rich blood in the veins like the hard cider I get at March’s. Avaunt and raus mittim!”
“But please don’'t go to that cafe this morning,” | Calathumpia kept on pleading. “Stay at home just this once and spread some of this delicious buttermilk oven your thirst.” “No buttermilk this day for me,” answered Julius. “I seek a vintage * 3 e R ! pmm— 4 - R 38, SO ) \ NN ") ) y v ' / U"fi” ~"' ; \ - ¢ VEpe) T 7 ‘ (S 1 ' e, AT I IGa— IT LRy N N ”(’ k‘/ it N ‘ g \y} < BV © REPEIL o)) & ' "'“ “,IW"" l_ ;_.- }{ ( ". V '//i ]y, L SHURR| Y - il ” X eSAI 17 ‘el J W SN . Ty “The Next Time We Meet—"
more expensive, and which tickles more as it goes down.” “The tides |of March,” whispered his wife; “remember the tides of March!” , “Would this be the first tide I ever got from March?” Julius whispered back. ‘ “The tides {of March, remember,” was her only answer; and away went Julius to the cafe in the Forum, giving an imitatlon of Joe Weber whistling “Girls! Girls!” from the Bur lesque of “The Merry Widow,” which was then runn}ng at the Amphitheater. What happened in the Forum when the loafers used Julius Caesar for a pin-cushion everybody remembers. And when Julius dropped on the marble slab at the base of the bar he gasped out: | “Darn the luck! Why didn’t I fall for the buttermilk which stingeth not, neither does it help people to bite th§ dust?” ; You won't find these exact words in history, Bum:f:, because Julius gasped them in Latin, and Latin hates to get itself translaied. ’ Many other times in the ages passed did ?uttermilk come to the surface, s 0 you may take it from me, Bunch, that it is lucky to drink it. Yes, Bunc}:’, and I'll give you my solemn word that buttermilk will remove frecklef's. : Catch the freckle just before going to bed and wrap the buttermilk around it. i , . I was reading a book on the train the other day which attempted to put me wise to the reincarnation gag. It’s + far shout| from buttermilk to reincarnation, Bunch, but maybe you need something like that last thing, after so much buttermil i 3 uq,_: 4 a,,,_, lh‘lon‘. w it might sound suspicious, but. its e m\* é‘z”r s %w
else in a previous existence, then switching to another personality in the present, is interesting to think about, to say the least. 2 - I’ve cooked up three or four studies ‘along these lines which may interest you, Bunch! e Go to it, my boy! : : FIRST STUDY. - The ghost of Julius Caesar looked threateningly at Brutus, the Stabbist: Brutus sneered. “You,” he said, “to the mines!” Not one of Caesar’s muscles quivered. L Brutus used a short, sharp laugh. “You,” he said, “on your way!” : Caesar never batted an eyelash. Brutus pointed to the rear. “Go away back,” he said, “and use your laziness!” : : Caesar pulled his toga up over his cold shoulder. ! Brutus laughed again, and it was thé saucy, triumphant laugh of the man who dodges in front of a woman and grabs a seat on the elevated railroad. “The next time we meet you will not do me as you did me at the base of Pompey’s statue,” said the ghost of Caesar, speaking for the first time since we began this study. : “We will not meet again because I refuse to associate with you,” said Brutus. i Caesar smiled, but it was without
=k@ L& D \<‘§ - ; /7’" 3 7RN /1/‘/“&'/:' N 4 | e T N\ 4 | “Napoleon Stood Weeping.,” mirth, and as cold as the notice of suspension on the door of a bank. “Yes, we will meet again,” said Caesar. : “Where?”’ asked Brutus. “In the far, far future,” said the ghost of Caesar, shriekingly, “you will be born into the world again by that time, and in your new personality you will be one of the Common People, and you will burn gas.” “And you?” inquired Brutus. “I will be the spirit which puts the ginger in the gas-meter, and may Heaven have mercy on your pocketbook,” shrieked the ghost of Caesar. Brutus took a fit, and used it for many minutes, but the ghost kept on shrieking in the Latin tongue. SECOND STUDY. ; Napoleon stood weeping and wailing and gnashing his eyebrows on the battle-field of Waterloo. He was waiting for the movingpicture man to get his photograph. The victorious Wellington made his appearance, laughing loudly in his sleeve.
“Back, Nap! Back to the Boulevard des Dago!” commanded Wellington. '~ Napoleon put his chin-on his wishbone and spoke no word. “You,” said Wellington; “you to the Champs Elisa! This is my victory, and you must leave the battle-field—-it is time to close up for the night.” “We will meet again, milord,” answered Napoleon. - “Avec beau temps isi bong swat!” “What does that mean?” asked Wellington. = ~ “It means that the next time we meet I will do the swatting,” answered Napoleon, bitterly. “And when will that be?” inquired Wellington, laughing loudly. “In the far, far future,” replied the Little Corporal. “You will then be one of the Common People.” “And what will you be?” Wellington asked. - v
“You will live in Brooklyn,” Napoleon went on, like a man in a dream; “and I will be the spirit of progress, which will' meet you at the Brooklyn Bridge at eventide and kick you in the slats until your appetite is unfit for publication. Bon soir mes enfants du spitzbuben!” ; Then the Little Corporal called a cab and left Wellington alone on the battle-field. : Don’t mind me, Bunch; there’s no more harm in me than there is in a rattlesnake. Yours as indicated, . - J. Hi (Copyright, 1908, by G. W. Dillingham Co.)
Buttermilk and Fame. Perhaps some scientist will explain what there is in churned milk which makes men wax great. Think of a Scotchman like Andrew Carnegie telling what benefits may be derived from this mild intoxicant, praising it far above the best Scotch ever distilled. President Roosevelt has boomed & roadside house in the National Rock Creek reservation in Washington on accourt of the excellent brand of buttermilk which may be imbibed on its shady veranda. The house sells more exhilarating drinks, but through its buttermilk it is famous. The president and his friends drop in there at least once a day for a 4rink and sometimes several times when the air i» torrid. Gen. Miles drinks buttermilk and so does Admiral Dewey. VicePresident Fairbanks has sald in the presence of veritable witnesses that earth contains nothing finer in the way of food and drink than a slice of custard pie and a glass of cold, fresh buttermilk. The cocktail man is lonesome these days, and be sneaks off by himself to indulge. Buttermilk has the place of honor for thuse who wish to be counted among the truly great
a HOW TO REMOVE STAINS. Jbstinate Cases Can Be Remedied by Following Instructions. : All stains should be removed before the articles are washed, and the sooner the stain ils treated the more readily it will yield to the treatment. Pour boiling water through fruit stains, when obstinate soak with a solution of oxalic acid. Wash petroleum ointment stains in alcohol, paint in turpentine or alcohol, varnish inalcohol, grass and other green stains in alcohol, kerosene or molasses. For blood stains use white of an egg in cold water or spread on raw flour paste and spread in the sun. In the case of milk, cream sugar or sirup stains, soak in cold soft water. For wheel grease or machine oil stains should be rubbed with lard and allowed to stand a few moments, then they should be washed with soap and cold water. Tea; coffee or cocoa stains should be removed with boiling water, and if obstinate use the s¢ lution of oxalic acid. OEUFS A LA NEIGE. Confection That Is Popular with Chefs in France. Put one pint of milk, the rind of half a lemon and half an inch of cinnamon stick into a saucepan and bring them slowly to boiling point. Remove the rind and cinnamon stick. Put the whites of three eggs on a plate and the yolks into a basin. Add a pinch of salt to the whites, and beat them to a very stiff froth. Drop tablespoonfuls of this beaten white into the hot milk and poach them slowly for a few minutes. S : When firm, lift the “snowballs” cut on to a dish. Add one heaping tablespoonful of sugar to the yolks in the basin and mix them well together. Pour the milk that is left in the saucepan slowly on to these, stirring all the time; return to the saucepan and stir carefully over the fire until the custard thickens. = When the custard is cool, pour it round the snow eggs in the dish and decorate with & few pieces of glace cherries. Any extract or flavoring may be added to the milk. :
Cauliflower au Gratin. Boil a fine caulifiower tender in milk and water mixed in equal proportions, and salted. Prepare a white sauce, diluted with milk to a creamy consistency. When cooked ' tender, break the caulifiower into clusters, put a layer into a baking dish, sprinkle with grated parmesan, and moisten with sauce. Repeat to form a second layer. Scatter bread crumbs over all, and dot with bits of butter. Bake golden brown. Meanwhile prepare a garflish of hard-boiled egg in the following manner: ' Boil four eggs hard, separate the yolks and whites. Rub the yolks to cream with a bit of butter, and season with salt, paprika and nutmeg. Add some finely minced ham or chicken, and form the mass inte little balls. When the gratin is baked, set the dish in a paper gratin holder, and garnish with the tiny egg balls, laid- on pieces of chopped hard-boiled whites, and serve very hot.
Sauce for Puddings. When cooked desserts, such as puddings or boiled dumplings, are used in hot weather, they can be given a more summery touch by serving with a fresh fruit sauce. Mash a cupful of any kind of fruit. Strawberries make a delicious sauce, while peaches or apricots are equally good. : Beat to a thin cream a cup of sugar and half a cupful of butter and whip the white of an egg to a stiff froth. Mix all three ingredients with an egg beater or perforated wooden spoon until very light, and serve immediately. These berry sauces are also good when poured over spomge cake and used as a dessert.
: * Bake on Stove Top. Make a soft biscuit dough of one teaspoon of baking powder, two cups of flour, a pinch of salt, two level tablespoons of shortening; add enough water to make a dough just soft enough to roll out; grease frying pan well and put on double burner. Turn gas low enough so it will not go out. Lay in dough, patting it to fit pan. Cover tight. In 15 minutes lift cover. Put a few pieces of butter on top and with a large knife turn carefully as you would a griddle cake. Put cover on and bake ten minutes longer. Remove and split with silk thread and it is ready for the berries. Extra Preserves for Dessert. ' Now that preserving time is on hand. one can have a most delightful change of dessert. . When putting up fruit one is apt to have a pint or so of juice left. To one pint of juice thicken with two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, add the whites of two eggs beaten to a froth; a velvet sauce may be made of a cup and a half of milk and the yolks of two eggs; Just let come to a boil, flavor with vanilla. The juice of two lemons or oranges to a pint of water sweetened to taste is also good.
Walnut Wafers. Half-pound of brown sugar, one-half pound of walnut meats broken, three even tablespoons of 'flour, scant onehalf teaspoon solla, scant teaspoon cream of tartar, pinch of salt, two eggs. Beat the eggs, add the sugar, salt,’ flour (in which has been sifted the soda and cream of tartar), and lastly walnut meats. Drop small spoonfuls on buttered pans, and bake until brown. Remove from pan as soon as baked. S !
: Rye Pancakes. One egg, one heaping teaspoon saleratus, one pint sweet milk, one cup flour, two cups rye meal, salt, cianamon, one teaspoon cream tartar, one large bakingspoon of molasses. Dip spoon in deep hot fat and then in dough to have them drop easily inte deep hot fat to fry. '* ~ Make Jelly Glasees. _ ' Take a wrapping cord, soak in turpentine, tie around bottle where you wish to cut top off. Have a pan of water ready; light the string, and when it is hurned all around set bottle in the water and the top can he lifted off as easily as though it were cut i '
PREPARE HOMES FOR BIRDS
DIRECTIONS FOR ATTRACTING AND HOLDING SINGING FEATHERED FRIENDS.
DESTROY THE SPARROWS
Expert Clark Says They Should Be Killed Remorselessly—Houses' for Martins, Wrens, Bluebirds and v Other Varieties.
¢ BY EDWARD B. CLARK. (Associate Member American OrnitholYN ogists’ Union.) (Copyright, Joseph :B. Bowles.) It would be grateful to the writer of these few summer articles upon birds to know that his words stimulate interest enough to induce readers to welcome the birds to their homes. Whether you live in city or country you may have the birds as companions if you will but prepare for them the houses in which they like to dwell, ‘ or see to it that conditions of surroundings of yard, garden or orchard. are made congenial. Something of this has been said in a previous article, but the attempt will be here to give specific directions for the attracting and holding of our tuneful friends. I have seen the English sparrow kill our native birds; T have seen him rob the young.of the food which their patient and too- timid parents. had brought them; I have seen him tear to pieces the laboriously built nests of the robin ‘and the wren. He deserves no mercy and he should be shown none. If you wish song birds about your. doorstep kill this murderous little thief with the rusty hinge creak in his throat, and in the killing make the world better by the loss of a pest and add to your lives the music of ‘the birds whose ways are loving and whose companionship is sweet.
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If you wish to do all your neighbors a service go to work systematically to kill the sparrows. Frank Bond, now connected with the government biological survey and formerly a resident of Wyoming, rid Cheyenne of English sparrows in a single season, and when he started out there were thousands upon thousands of the savage little aliens in the city streets. Mr. Bond used poison. In fall and winter the sparrows feed in great flocks. Find out one of their favorite grounds, choose a bare spot near by and strew it with poisoned wheat. You will soon reap a harvest of the only good sparrows—dead ones. "Watch the place where the wheat was strewn, and when the sparrows have finished their final meal sweep up the remaining poisoned grains and destroy them. Here is the recipe for the stuff: Mix a drachm of strychnia with three quarts of boiling water. Let -the mixture boil until the poison is dissolved. . Put enough wheat into the poisoned water to absorb it; then put the mixture aside for 48 hours. The wheat will be found to have swollen greatly. Spread it over the bottom of a pan and place it in an oven to dry, but be sure it does not scorch. The sparrows: 'will like wheat prepared in this way. There is no cruelty in their killing. Death is swift and painless. The purple martin (Progne subis) is 2 housebuilding bird, and something of his habits have been told before. If vou have a good sized yard, put your box on a pole about 25 feet high. If it
ANIMALS THAT SHED TEARS
Mankind Is Not Alone in the Ability | to Weep. ‘ " It has been said that man is superfor to the brute creation because he can laugh. The same superiority does not extend to tears. : : Many animals weep, and usually for the same reasons that men and women do. All the cud-chewing animals have . this power—calves; indeed, ghedding tears very easily. : Stags and bears both cry when their end is approaching, according to the statements of many sportsmen. The giraffe is no less sensitive, and tearfully regards the mdn who has wounded it One observant sportsman writes of ‘an eland he had pursued: g “Tears fell from its great black eyes, and it was evident that the eland felt that its last hour had come.” Dogs, certain varieties of the ‘monkey tribe, and elephants all weep. The last-named animal, gigantic as he , ’.’ .l. qa“\‘—nm Nbfy," lhedd!n; ‘tears when’ wounded, or when it sees
be necessary to go aloft for a. site, raise the house about four feet above the roof. You may provide as many apartments in your martin house as you wish. The birds live in colonies, and as a matter of fact with the martin it seems to be a case of the more the merrier. Have each compartment about seven inches from front to rear, at least six inches high and five inches in width. The entrance hole, preferably, should be made midway between the top and bottom of the front, and it should be about the size of a silver half-dollar.
Persons who have yard room ap&, some shrubbery can get the wren and the bluebird as neighbors if they will make a little preparation for them. The wren will nest in almost any kind of box, but of course he likes to have things well arranged. A small - keg such as anchovies aré sometimes packed in makes a good wren home. A wren is a mite of a creature, but he likes considerable room, and his apartment should be slightly larger than that provided for the martin. Do not expect, however, two pairs of wrens to live in the same box) even though it be divided into compartments. They won’t, or if they do they’ll be so busy fighting that they’ll forget to lay eggs. Make the entrance hole into the wren home midway between the top and bottom of one end of the box or keg. Make it exactly the size of a silver quarter. If you do this the wren is safe from the attacks of the bluebird and English sparrow. It is nothing short of cruelty perhaps to give the wren too! big a box for his home. : The bird doesn’t need it, and the perch affords a resting place for the English sparrow, who can get his head through the entrance and do some mischief, even though his body is too big to follow. If you don’t like music, incessant music, don’t invite the wren to be a neighbor. He will sing from
3 a. m. to 8 p. m. all through the nesu ing season, and his last note at night is likely to have a touch of complaint in, it, that he’s too sleepy to sing any longer. . : ‘The bluebird will bring a bit of the sky to you on his back if you will but bid him welcome. The bluebird likes an ordinary starch box for a dwelling place. It is better, however, to build him a box of hard wood and make it rain and storm proof. He needs a larger entrance than does the wren, one about the size of a silver half-dol-lar entirely suiting his convenience. If you have trees you may be able to induce the gleaming oriole to swing his cradle above your roof tree. If you catch a glimpse of his livery of black and gold in the early May days, throw out bits of string and yarn where he may find them, and ere long this beauty may be weaving his nest at the tips of the swaying tree boughs. Plant shrubbery in the corner of your yard and don’t keep it too well trimmed. Heap a pile of brush in one corner. You can make the rest of your yard so attractive that people will forgive a bit of seeming neglect. The brush makes a good hiding place for the birds. Sink a pan into the turf in the center of the yard and fill it with fresh water twice a day. Do these things and it makes little difference where you live, the birds will find you out and stay with you, and if the same conditions prevail, they will come back each spring with the south wind and sing at your window. i
escape to be impossible. Indeed, wild elephants, when in captivity, have been’ known to lie quite still, only showing their-feelings by the tears which fill their eyes and constantly overflow. -Even 'animals which live in the water weep. Dolphins, according to most authorities, sigh heavily sad shed abundant tears dat the moment of death; while a young seal was once observed to weep when teased by a sailor—London Answers. 4 ; - Turtle Soup for All, . I view with unspeakable loathing “the simple life.” I deem it a morbid recrudescence of a bad ancestry which ruined its digestion by surfeit or starvation and transmitted the disease to its offspring. It is the rélic of medieval mysticism and religious individualism. Of course, the fact is that under a rational system there would be champagne and turtle soup for all the heads and gastronomic organs that could stand - such “potent _herbs."—Victor Gravson. M. P. ia Labor Leader
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- BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED All the Time—Covered with Tortun ing Eczema—Doctor Said Sores Would Last for Years—Per- ' : fect Cure by Cuticura. “My baby niece was suffering from that terrible torture, eczema. It was all over her body but the worst was on her face and hands. She cried and scratched all the time and could not sleep night or day from the scratching. I had her under the doctor's care for a year and a half and he seemed to do her no good. I took her to. the best doctor in the city and he said that she would have the sores until she was six years old. \But if I had depended on the doctor my baby would have lost her mind and died from the want of aid. But I used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and she was. cured in three months. Alice L. Dowell, 4769 Easton Ave., St. Louis, Mo., May 2 and 20, 1907.”
‘ . Why He Felt Sad. - “Young man,” said the stern old broker, “I find that you slipped off yesterday afternoon and went to the ball game. Don’t you feel/bad aboumt st : “Indeed I do, boss,” -confessed Tommy. : .- “Ah! That's one consolation.” “Yes, I felt bad ’'cause the home team lost.” .
Is Pe-ru-na Useful for Catarrh? Should a list of the ingredients of Peruna be submitted to any medical expert, of whatever school or nationality, he would be obliged to admit without reserve that the medicinal herbs composing Peruns are of two kinds. First, standard and well-tried catarrh remedies. Second, well-known and generally acknowledged toniz remedies. That in oue or the other of these uses they have stood the test of many years’ experience by physicians of differeni schools. ‘There can be nodispute about this, whatever. Peruna is composed of some of the most efficacious and uniwversally used herbal remedies for catarrhal diseases, and forsuch conditions of the human system as require a tonic. Each one of the principal ingredients of Peruna has a reputation of its own in the cure of some phase of catarrh or as a tonic medicine. The fact is, chronic catarrh is a disease which is very prevalent. Many thousand people know °'they have chroniccatarrh. They have visited doctors over and over again, and been told that their case is-one of chronic catarrh. It may be of the nose, throat, lungs, stomach or some other internal organ. There is no doubt as to the nature of the disease. The only trouble is the remedy. This docior has tried to cure them. That doctor has tried to prescribe for them, No other household remedy so universally advertised carries upon the label the principal active constituents, showing that Peruna invites the full inspection of the eritics.
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