Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 April 1896 — Page 8

TO CROSS THE OCEAN

PLAN TO TOW OVER STANDARD COMPANY'S BOATS.

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English Tank Vessel Lackawanna May Do the Propelling—Device Whereby Snapping of Hawser May Be Averted.

The Standard Oil C!o. twill make am attempt this spring to taw a barge tacfoss it'h'e Atlantic ocean, from either £ew York or PMO&deLph^a to some En® gish port, probaibly Liverpool.

This teas never yet been tried. Tihe Standard Oil Co. 'has /been considering the plan for four years, and was afooult rea/d'y to make the itrial last summer, but for some ireaSan the idea was given up for & time.

Vt is now announced fhat a start wild •be made, dn all iprofbaMlity, about (May 1st. Trans-Atlanrtic towiing, if possible at a®, wtouM be onily possible in the summer months.

T'he conrpany has been leid to try 'towing across ithe oceian iby (the success 0f its two oceam-gioinig ibarges, Nos. 57 and 5S. Tihe first of these boiats was built about four yeans ago, and the ot'her a year or fewo later:

Tfhcse 'boats .'have been towed by 'thte ooimip&ny's ocean-going 'tug Hercules, and tihie te.nkntoiw.ing steamer Maverick. Thte company as now "buMing another siteamship capable of doing the work of 'the Hercules. It is said toy those whio know the lighterage 'business that the oormpany can transport oil by towtaij -at one-fourth^ (tihe expense oi£ carrying .it in fanks.

Th&se 'barg'ds are used now between "staitions of the 'comipany cm the Atlantic coast, 'the longest consecutive trip which they make "betog between Bangor eund

Philadelphia. The 'barge to be (used in making the pro&petctive trip across the ocean is No. 58. This is a steel tank (barge, sdh'ooner rigged, with four masts. The saite are sometimes used to help along the steam power of the towing ship.

The 'barge is 250 feat long, about 40 feet beam, and dna-wis 16% .feet of waiter. She Is fitted with twelve 'tanks, each separated, so that, d'f need tie, itwellve different oil "pradiulcflis miglht ibe carried. Eatth of 'these tanks will Wold albout 1,250 barrels, giving (for the whole b'arge a carrying capacity of 15,000 barrelis, which woufM imake a 'tcitlail of 750,000 gallons.

No. 58 will, it 'is expect eld, be tawed by the English tank steamship Lackawanna, owned 'by 'the Anglo-American Oil Co., the Engli'sji brandh of the Standard Oil Oo. The Lackawanna will 'herself carry tin her tanks 1,800,000 gallons so that, wit'h her 'tow, the load would reach the enormous total of more than 2,500,000 gallons of oil.

The barge d'oes not look muclh I'ike 'the com,niton, broad-nosed, 'shallow wooden boats useftJ 'for towing in ithe h-arbor, but is herself (a father 'h.'andsorne-i waking shi,p. It is calculated t'hat, in case of necessity,

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sails 'ooaild carry her

to a place of safety. She is fitted with steam steering gear, windlass ^and iho'ister, and will carry a crew of aibout eleven men.

The novel feature of this barge, which is relied upon to make this trip successful, is her steam towing maich'inery. The great difficulty in towing in any but smooth waters has always been the constant danger of snapping the hawser. If the towing vessel and the tow happen to be one rising and the other falling in heavy waves, a sudden strain is put upon the cable, so great that not even the four and a half or six inch steeQ cables whi'ch are used for this purpose can withstand it. The enortmous po^wer needed to break one of these cables may be judged from the fafct that the "breaking strain" of one of those six inch cables is 125 tons.

To avoid this danger a lyumJber of machines have been devised, the most successful being the one on this barge. The amain feature is a large iron drum some three or four feet in diameter firmly fas-* tened to the main deck forward.

On one side of this drum is a piston rod, connected with a steam chamber, in which is always a quantity of steam, ihe expansive power of which forces out the piston and gives thelaree drum a constant tendency to turn and to turn in such a direction that t.he hawsjr will wind ufp and be kept always taut.

Another device, however, is so arranged that any sudden pull on the cable, produced for instance by a heavy wave, parting the two boats, will open a steam valve, and instead of always tending to wind up the drum, will allcAv enough of the cable to unwind to prevent a sudden breaking.

The ouDC-ome df this trial trip will be watched with great interest and with considerable doubts. An example of tihe danger of such expeditions can be found in the trip of the same barge, No. 58, about a year ag"o last March. She started from New York to Philadelphia in tow of the Standard Oil tank steamhip Maverick. In a heavy snow storm off the Long Island coast the haiwser snapped. The Maverick was unable to pick up her tow again and went on without her. The barge drifted -along dow the coast and was picked up by the English steamship Kate and taken to Bermuda. She was found along the coast in one of the Southern states and It was nearly a week after the accident before the Standard Oil people heard of her. At that time she carried a crew of nine men.

This accident occurred when no such device as the towing machine was in use. The hawser was attached to a stationary fastening, and when the boats were thrown suddenly apart the 4-A-Inch steel cable snapped. The danger iln this case was of course lessened by the nearness to the coast. Experts say that in case the steamship should lose her tow now in midocean it would be almost impossible to pick her up again.

The question of long distance towing Is no new one and a number of Similar plans to the towing machine have been •invented. One worked on ta somewhat similar plan, clockwork being substituted for steam. Towing is new carried on successfully along the coast for very considerable distances. The longest trip which a vessel often matees with a tow is from points in the West Indies to this port. Thai trip has been successfully accomplished many times.

THE OLD MAN N1US&S.,,

Watching His Gold Fish. Falls Into

The odd maiv wajs not so very eld after aiJl, "but the boys in the office, even the bcck-keepers, and. indeod, the ju-

time bAJjay I'm going to sneak eajSy enough bo catch, the ©ecomd race." The young mjan was very degenerate, but. tftie oM man hlaipipened to say ait a/taut 1:25 thalt afternoon, "I gu«S3 I wiiJl be albie t)o attend the remainder of the correspondence myself this aflternfaon." And tihe young- man dropped his safliary on tihe eeioond race.

Thsetre ifs (nothing particularly interesting aJboult the goid fish, nor yet abauft tihe riiblber pliant, tout tha old man stttfl gtazed at jtfliam.

Hlis line otf vision probably "Cook them both in, ibult somehow or other he seemed bo be looking beyond tnem.

Outside in tihe library, he heard a ju.mlfcfle of rucUse. There were lights and ilaugfciter and merriment out there. AH thila miidie the oOd man ha-ppy, and tears came to his eyefs.

Tears and laughiter. The oOd. man remembered a time |pvthlen these two had mingled before, and wh.n tlhey were yet cttioser toge'Jhcir to him than they were ,niow. •It was 'not so very tonig ag«o, after a"tl, thought the cfld main. Not imore than —w€®—not more tfhlan bwo or tthroe shictnt years. They seemed very short now tlhat they were over, but tihe aid man looked alt t'he gold fiah— and beyond— remieimtber'eid.

The cljd man ramemlbered Icte of tn'inigis thalt had passed during a bulgy lilfe, and he remembered wfoy the ©old fidh were in thie gDass ©lobe nexlt to Uhe rulblber plant.

He rememlbere'd once when a JutUlegiiiril, w!hioee ctunily hiali-r tumbled over her eyes, laughed at 'herself im the mirror over the siidelboard and said: "Gampa, dion't I 'oolk 'tike a 'itt'le fis)h?"

The olid man remembered how he senit tthiose "litltlle fildh" home and t'hen rem'eunlbered how a few hays after he had ipGaoed a 3:ltft3e wreath on the globe that iheL'd a 'Kittle fish" wfhose sioul was floa.ti.'lng in purer ^nid -clearer waters.

Then the olid tmjam wiped his glasses and wenlt tt)o bed.

NEW WHALING STATION.

Revival of a Once Profitable Industry at the City of Monterey. The whfaling company recently established at Monterey has started operations by removing old and worn out ovens, vats, sheds, etc., and is now renovating and reconstructing the old whalery, where millions of pounds oif blubber have been tried into oil during the forty years devoted to this pursuit by various whaling companies, says a writer in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The station is situated upon ihe west side of Monterey bay, upon a small flat overlooking a smooth and snow white beach one-half mile northwest of San Francisco, where the gigantic sea monsters are anchored at law tide, their flesh carved into huge chunks, which are then conveyed to large copper boiling vats by means of board troughs and the oil from the boiling vats is transferred to the refining vats, after which the oil is barrelled and ready for market.

The projectors of this enterprise, styled the Monterey Whaling Co., are Judge L. Stehaufele and Captain Joseph Pedro, the former being president of the company and furnishing the larger part of the capital, the latter manager and captain and furnishing his. many years of experience as a whaling captain in the Arctic waters, Pacific ocean and Monterey bay.

The utensils formerly used by various whaling companies at this station are now being replaced by modern and expensive outfits. A number of new seaworthy whaling boats, each thirty-five feet in length, with full equipments, several .swivel bomb guns, with auxiliaries, etc., compose part of the extensive paraphernalia which has been recently purchased.

The many whale of the humpback and right species which have been frequenting and are new abounding in the waters of M'onterey bay, and which daily afford amusement to hundreds af people by their antics and spouting, promise to make this revived industry an excitable as well as profitable enterprise, which will add much to the finances of Monterey.

HOW'S THIS!

We offer $100 reward £ohr any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.

F. J. Cheney & Co., Prop., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years and believe him perfectly honorable dn all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm.

West & Traux, Wholesale druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Rinnan & Marvin, wholesale druggists, Toledo, O.

Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 5 cents per bottle. Sold by all 'drugists. Testimonials free.

Ho Felt For Them.

First Convict—Thoy say us fellers is hard hearted and cruel, but I alius had a great deal of feeling for my fellow men.

Socond Couvict—What was your line afore thoy nabbed you? First. Convict—I was a pickpocket, cully !—Detroit Froo Press.

Over It.

The aeronaut looked down on tho ficecy clouds. "Somehow I don't feci right today," he soliloquized. "If I were anywhere elso than hero I would have tho idea that I was under tho weather."—Indianapolis Jouraal.

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LECTION NOTICE.

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A'ftor dinner the ot'tft mafl- ait fn the dinnig roam Joofcangr a*r three diminutive gttld fish siw'lhiimtins around in the globe. The igStobe was on a table by the tcwr^r_*y's aid'hrg in mo^ey windlaw nexrt to a feeble rubber plant.

Whereas, Ji. petTtton- has been filed with the bcarl cf commisskners of the county of Yiigo, in th^ state of Indiana, signed by the requisite number of resident freeholders cf Harrison township, Vigo county, inxi^aJia, pnjying for aid as herein contem-pl-a'ted, and

Where* s. The said board c-f commissioners of Vigo county, state cf Indiana, in pursuance of the duty devolving upon thorn ly virtue at the provisions of the Statute cf Indiana, have ordered an election to be hrfd as herein contemplated, now

Thar of ore, Xctice is hereby friven to the qualified voter® of H-air^n JownsMp. Vigb county. Indiana, that by or.l?r of the ,S36ja.-'bciard of cominissi'oners of the cou-n:y Sfc'wso, ftAeW'at a spec'ial session of said of jfcoqffltiJssianers held In the month ^^March,_tJ1896, did on the Ola. day of jfesiStii), order such election, and that ISfe 4cHs sha-T be opened on Tuesday, the Sijj tiay offMay, 1SS0, at the usual piace3 tar Vv'jtog in said township of Harrison to take the" votes of the legal voters of raid towns'h'ip upon the subject of said the ccnruction of the Terre Haute and Mississippi River Railway Or.Tjpany in and through si'ld township of Harrison to the amount of one-half of one per centwm of the total taxable? otf saod township of Harridan (including t'he city of Terre Haute) as shown by the tlx duplicate delivered to the treasurer of Vigo county

Jor partner: always grfoke itio mim as imi Wtllr lie ,nrHar "K I »e Ul 1.330, SilIU ID uiciue The Old M^n thfclt Us -when he was |)in

Once on a, SajtumJay morning, he had Iteaird the ywulnig man, who. freah frotn ccuK'ge, in rrtOrie senses tha'n one, filed •flne c£d Hettens airtd started the vouchers tfyatt caene mofrc«m the bank, suy to the ty\pewrft?r: "Sf t!he old mian gets Ivis JB&il oout off ltd©'way and hops out in

aJJ th',VWr iniE.s in

not within heading dlliUlaince, says the form-able to the provisions of the general Now York Miaffl and Express.

accordance with and con-

as-s'tmbly of the stale of Indiana. The polls of the sr-veral voting pre-cirot'-s of said township, to be opened at the saone hour, and the eloaficn to be conducted by t'he same officers and governed by me same ro3es as an? provided by law Itor the holding and conducting of state and county elections. "W'.'tneas my hand and seal, this 2d day Of April, 1S95. JAMES &OULES,

Auditor oi Vigo county.

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WOMAN'iNjj'HOME.

THE BAMBOO STAND AND OTHER FEATURES OF 6 O'CLOCK TEA.

Is Woman a Matrimonial Slave?—A Beautiful Foot—The Girl Who Weds Wealtfe. The Wheel For Mothers—To Poach rcn

Egg Perfectly—Mosaic Glass Windows.

Tho primary object of the tea table is fro provide the equipment for tea, not to beoome the central object of the room. The light and dainty ocas are held to bo in Best form, aiid baimboo, in tBat it comes from the land of tea, is eminently proper. In England, where the daily afternoon tea is much more of a function than with us, light tables are bronght into the room. There is no service kept in the drawing room. Here, however, convenience makes the rule and these small tables are found to fill a need.

The bamboo stand has tbexaerit of being easily lifted from place to plaoeandcan be set by the hostess' side when in demand. Delicate cups and saucers in blue or gold are harjnonious in their effect, as are any of tho line oriental wares.

A charming example is presided over by a young matron wise in such things. Her entire service is in blue and white and her

TEE BAMBOO TEA STAKD.

cozy is of blue Japanese' silk, embroidered wfth coucliings of gold. Being a stickler for what is correct she goes so far as to serve Japanese tea, but she makes it after the rule of a Hindoo expert. Not even silver or gold is allowed to pollute the beverage. Even such fine metal impairs fine tea. In place of the usual boll she has a fine muslin bag fitted witharlng that just slips over the top of tho pot. The rule is one teaspoonful to five oups unless it bo spoiled with cream. In that case one to three Is a better proportion. The tea is put into the bag. The pot is filled with freshly boiled water. The bag is slipped in and both cover and cozy are called into use. Five minutes by the watch apd out the bag comes. The tea—dear, delicate, delicious—is ready to drink. No mortal who partakes has aught of which to complain. No evil effects remain. In the Hindoo's own words it is tea, not soup— for the latter is what he declares most of American make to be.—New York Com-, ruercial Advertiser.

Is Woman a Matrimonial Slave? There has been a friendly contest in one of the English papors between Sir Walter Besant and- "A Correspondent" on the subject of woman'6 marriage versus her independence and happiness. The correspondent says: "Marriage, as known to the sober minded woman who has done her duty in the married state on any incomo below £2,000 a year, is one unvaried round of duties—cleaning, cooking, mending—day by day. The eternal stone wo roll up hill painfully from morn till eve we find each morning where wo found it tho morning before." Later on, says Sir Walter, she aoknowledgos that a woman may marry with a chance of happiness on three conditions, of which one is enough for me. That one is that she loves the man.

This kind of ta.'k about marriage is to me amazing. I hav.o lived a good long time in tho world. I have mado acquaintances by the hundred friends—not so many. Looking back upon all the people that I have known, I can safely say that the number of unhappy marriages I have personally witnessed has been very small indeed. By far the largor number of tho wives have accopted cheerfully the position of housekeeper and matron. They have kept house for ithe husbands and children, whose happiness is their own. Many of them havo kept house with tho earnest intention of making a house beautiful, which bccame a continual feast for themselves many of them have brought art into every part of the daily life, which has been a contiuual feast for themselves as well as tho other members of tho house. For all thoso matrons tho daily work has been a daily delight.

Then as for drudgery and monotony, is there noue in a man's work? Think of tho monotony and drudgery of a city clergyman's life when every day ho has to tramp around tho ungrateful slums. Think of tho monotony and drudgery of the doctor going his daily rounds. Think of the monotony and drudgery of the solicitor always drawing up endless dooumonts in the hidoous legal jargon. No. The monotony of life, 1 am quitosure, is pretty evenly ladled out to wcrkingman or wedded wife. What I havo said over and over again and do most stoutly maintain is tho vory simple copy book maxim that without love marriage must bo intolerable but., given lovo as an essential, thon the woman who yields to the promptings of her heart and accepts the burdens—light or heavy—of marriago leads the happiest lifo. In this matter, as in all others, my humjjle philosophy 6oars no higher than tho school primer written foe tho sixth standard on the "Conduct of Lifo."

A Beautiful Foot.

A truly beautiful foot must first bo free of all blemishes, and in perfect proportion to tho log and stature. Tho instop should bo high, or moderately high, and tho portion under the instep hollow and well raised above tho level of tho solo the toes rogular and well developed, tho heel narrow and nonprojecting. The general out- fingers havo done the work will feel that lino of tho perfect foot is long, slender and I it was well worth the trouble.—New York

graceful. Tho toos of the beautiful foot, according to 1'lasman, should follow eaoh other imperceptibly in a graceful curvo from the first to tho fifth, and i*a the Groek foot, according to the ihbst famous statues, the second toe was made longftr than tho grant toe. The beauty of the longer socond toe is disputed.

Tho high French heel is accountable not only for the distortion of tho first joint of the great toe, Imt ^^innumerable feminino internal compl&ifats, besides which it is utterly impossible Yor any woman alive to walk or dance "gracefully in high French heels. It 5s said that a fashionable jrrenchwoman on58 asked a famous artist how to acquiro a graceful carriago and was told to tako off her high heeled shoes, place them on top of her head and practice walking until she could do so without tho little shoes showing the slightest quiver of motion. "When you walk," ho said, "with thoso shoes perfectly balanced, you will havo the gait of a goddess, and for tho first time since French heels wero invented they will really have served to help and not to disfigure a woman." Exohango.

The Girl Who Weds Wealth, Among the unnecessarily harsh judgments pronounced upon human actions may be classed the universal scorn exPiSSied tyjvwd th^_ girl ^ho iparriga for

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money. There are those who do not hesitate to draw the most odious comparisons between suoh a girl and others of ber sex.

Making of love, so called, a sort of fetich, the word dei&eawhat is, after all, but an instinct, as thongh it were a grander, finer thing than otrufago or probity or self denial, or any otbez really beautiful human trait. It applaods any insanity committed in tho name of love, provided always that tho conventions are observed Love that leads to the degraded life of the tenements, to alHa'ngflu with tho diseased or morally weak, ifchai throws away years of training in art or science, that breaks the hearts of pnrrmtn all of these things and many as monstrous are excused if only "love" is offered as a reason for their doing.

In a world lik#: this, where, in sp|f» of countless public and- private oharities for the alleviation of their sufferings and the permanent bettering of their condition, thousands of helpless little ones expiate by cruel suffering and acute wapt their parents' scorn of money considerations in matrimQnial alllanoes, it cannot surely be wholly reprehensible to look with favor on moneyed allianoes.—Vogue.

The Wheel For Mothers.

It is of the utmost importance that the expectant mother be kept well and happy, and no woman—no person—can be either happy or. well in mind or body who does not. take a reasonable. amount of .exercise every day, it is a law of life imttratablo and eternal and we transgress it at our peril.-: There is no exception made.for tho coming mother—indeed, if possible, the demand for a certain amount of bodily activity is more imperative than under normal conditions. The exercise must never be carried to the point of weariness—bodily fatigue and mental worry are always to bo religiously avoided—ordinary common sense must be exercised in taking it, but mind and muscle must have the requisite amount of occupation.

What affords abetter means for this exercise than tho bicycle? If a woman has sense enough to ride a. bicycle.at all, she can safely ride, judicious care being taken not to overdo it, up to six or seven weeks cof the-child's birth. The gentle exercise, the exhilaration of mind and body, the elevation of spirits and the disappearanqe of all tendenoy to "the blues" that follow a litfclo-spin in the morning air .will be tfouud of untold benefit to motheo- and child.-—Womankind.:

To Poach an Egg Perfectly. The varying success of poaching eggs Is usually attributed by housekeepers tc carelessness or otherwise in the cook. The fault often is with the egg itself. To poach an egg perfectly one should be used that has not loft tho nest more than 48 hours. Eggs that stand even a few d&ye undergo a change in the position of their contents which injuros their shape for poaching while their flavor may be perfectly retained. A French cook directs that tho water in the saucepan should be seasoned with salt and a colleespoonful of vinegar. Into this, when at the boiling point, the egg is dropped and the pan drawn away from the hottest part of the flro, while, with a skimmer, the white is gathered into shape. As soon as the egg is delioately done it should be taken out and immersed for an instant in cold water. This does not cool it, but arrests the cooking at the proper point, for an egg will cook. several seconds after being taken from the fire. If the thin, nicely browned toast is buttered and sprinkled with chopped parsley before the ogg is slipped on it, an additional relish will be the result.— New York Time3.

Ornamental Fuel Box.

A coal or wood box is a vory useful pieco oi furniture, and, if rightly constructed and continually used, would save the housekeeper many steps and much cleaning up of dust and dirfe.

Tho cut represents tho door of tho box olosed, being hinged at the bottom, with a band pioce in imitation of bronze at the top with which to open it. To keep the door from falling down to the floor when opened there should be two small brass

chains secured to the door and box about midway of the door from the bottojp. This will hold the door, and also serve to keep the wood from rolling out in case tho box is too full.

If tho box is to be used for wood, a front board just insido tho box, next to tho door, will 6ervo to provont tho contents from crowding the door, and from whioh the wood may bo piled up back, and thus kept in place. If coal is used, a shoveling board should be put,in, resting on tho bottom board. Arranged in this way the box will be ornamental as well as useful,—American Homes.

Mosaic Glass Windows.

If the artistic and thrifty housewifb will save the colored glass bottles that" find their way into her house and put-thdm to usa in the following manner, she will have something that will bo a delight to the (eye and a "joy forever:" Break the bottles into comparatively small picces, and then, if a certain regularity is desired cut-*tho pieces into shape with a diamond pointed glass cutter. Arrange these on a pane of plain white glass tho desired size, using a little transparent cemont to hold them in place, and a mixture of white cement and putty to imitate the lead that is used in expensive stained glasswork. The dull, rich olive of tho claret bottle, the deep amber of tho sherry, tho delicious sea water green which is used for ginger ale and tho various shades of rod and blue that one gets from the apothecary and the wine morchant are revelations when cleansed of jheir, contents and held in single thickless against the light. When the cement isKtry, tho window can be put in^ place, and as tho sunlight strikes it sho whose

Journal.

Last Century Belles.

A writer in a fashionable journal remarks on the vast change that has taken place in personal cleanliness with the last contury. When ladi«s wear powdered hair nowaduys and when they make such herculean offorts to get their hair clean again," it will give them, an idea of what their great-grandmotbei^must have endured when they wore th&r hair pqwdered «&11 the time. In faot, paint, patches and powderod hair were not conducive to thorough neatness.

People in the days of powder dependod more on strong perfumes than on soap and water. Many will recall the well known lines in which Pope rovenged himself on Lady Mary Wortl-y Montagu, who, brilliant and Intellectual as she was, liad, as had bcon tersely said, "an inadequate appreciation of clean linen." In faot, many a famous beauty of that time was "by turns a slattern or a bello."

It is disenchanting to know that the famous Duchess of Devonshire was a "dowdy in the morning, that critical hour when a woman should be as fresh as Venus rising from tho wavea"

Dont Fret and Complain.

There aro two things In a woman that the man ot refiflemsBt

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much as, if not a little more than, beauty, »nd those ar© a pleasant Voice and a obeorful disposition. There is not a man in tie wprl£ brave enough to oopo with a woman who whines. He will put himself to any amount of trouble fro avoid her. Fortunately, though, whining is going oat of fashion. It is now considered, and rightly, fin ore womanly to meet trials and troubles, bott small and great, cheerfully.

If your trouble is a great one, however, yon may risk telling it to your best man friend, be be lover or brother, feeling sure that ho will do bis best fro aid you, but never venture meeting him with a bundle of imaginary woes. With suoh you may be sure he wiil never trouble you, and why should a woman feel it her privilege to ask more than she oan return simply because she is a woman?—Now York Advertiser.

Clean Every Day.

A young housekeeper said recently: "1 never have a regular cleaning day. I expect my bouse to be kept clean and then there is no need of a weekly upsetting. I have no carpets, the floors are kept dusted and wiped, tho rugs are beaten now and then and the whole house dusted thoroughly every day." Thi9 arrangement, which does away with the annoyance of the ilsual weekly ousting from one's comforts, savors a little of Utopia and though it may work very well in a household ol two people it is to be feared that it would prove impracticable in a large family oircle with half a dozen lively children to fetoh in dust and 6tit things up generally.

The Sleek Hair.

There is nothing about the whole person that will betray a lack of personal attention so readily as tho hair and nothing that will rcjpond so quickly by an improved appearance to the care bestowed upon it. Hair that is carefully brushed nightly betrays the fact by a sheeny luster, a silken gloss and softness of texture that neglected tro6sos never have. So it is with the hands and complexion. The skin that is cleaned nightly by a warm bath, though no cosmetlo is used, responds by a soft, satinlike texture, a well groomed look and keeps its young appearance long after the passing of the woman's first youth.—New York Commercial.

How She Manages.

A woman with a small family whioh Is always supplied with dclioious food manages in this way whep buying beefsteak for two: Instead of a thin out she buys a heavy steak with a tenderloin in it, the entire steak weighing from 8 to 8% pounds. The tenderloin is broiled and used for one day's dinner. It is occasionally' enriched by a mushroom or some other sauce. The ends that are tough, the bones and the rest of the trimmings are used fox eoup. Tho baok of the steak is broiled, mado into ham burg steaks or cooked in some other way.—New York Post.

Inside the Teakettle.

If every hopsekeeper who reads this paragraph should go straight to her kitchen, lift tho kettle and carry it to the window, where a strong light will dislose its interior, ninoout of ton of them will find a rusty layer of lime, iron and dregs that effectually prevents any good flavored water from issuing from it. The kettle needs the same frequent and thorough care that any kitchen utensil neods. Into such, having it already warm, put fresh filtered water, boil rapidly and uso at once and one of the largo aids to palatable food is secured.— Exchange.

The Children's "Nightcap." An appetizing and healthy "good night" lunch for tho children may be made of the scraps of nice clean bread. Put tho bits, thick and thin, in a baking pan in the oven, where they will brown evenly and lightly clear through. When alight brown and crisp to tho center, roll on a clean table or cloth with the rolling pin until it is a fine "grit." Bottle and keep dry. A tablespoonful or two in good rich milk makes a light, palatable and digestible supper for anybody.

Enamel your shabby wicker and wooden chairs, but do not expect good results without using from two to four of tho enamel, letting each dry

wqIIcoats

ar

beforo

applying a second, and first washing the articlo in hot water and soda.

If a woman be licrsolf phre and noble heartod, she will come, si^'S Miss Prances Power Cobbe, into every circle as a person doos into at heated room, who carries with him tho freshness of the woods where he has been walking.

Selfish children are neither pleasant to Bee nor know. The most of us are selfish by naturo, and, unless we are taught better, remain so all through lifo. Unselfishness is a lesson we cannot teach too early. —Womankind.

To make an excellent lavendor water Sake a quart of rectified spirits of wine, 2 iuincos of essential oil of lavender and 5 drams of essence of ambergris. Put all into a bottle and shake till they mix.

Old potatoes are greatly improved by being soaked in cold water overnight, or at least several hours after peeling. The water should be changed once or twice.

Woodwork and floors are now stained With a color called forest green. It harmonizes with draporius and coverings of almost any color.

Otis Harlan on Aadlences.

"Audiences have their composite peculiarities that aro vory interesting to observant actors," said Otis Harlan, tho comedian. "Some nights, though it is evident that the peoplo in front of the footlights aro thoroughly onjvyiDg tho play, it will bo almost impossible to evoke anything like hearty applause from them. Agn'n, we will havo a demonstrative audienco, whon tho liandclapping will be almost uproarious. Actors don't llko a 'cold' audience. The chilliness and lack of appreciation have a depressing effect upon them, and the result is that thoy don't play as well as they ought to. A properly enthusiastic assemblage, on tho other hand, stimulates an actor into outdoing himself, as it wero. If you want to see tho best performance a company can give, applaud freoly when applause is doserved, and, my word for it, the companywill iustantiy respond with its best efforts."

Slow, bnt Healthy.

Tho Italian batvrf'ship Christoforo Colombo has a curious arrangemont for furnishing her seamen with drinking water. Experience proved that drinking largo quantities of cold water after violent exercise,, especially whilo cruising in tho tropics, paused many deaths. Tho water tanks on .the battleship were designod to prevent suoh indiscretion.

The water tanks on tho vessel are connected with innumerable little rubber hoses and on tho end of each hose is a small rubber nipple. Whon any seaman wants drinking water ho must turn a stopcock and then suck it through tho hose and nipple. It is slow work, but it has been found that it preserves many valuable llvos.—San Francisco Post.

Before yfu try anything else for the blood take Simmons Liver Regulator. It'is the best blood medicine because it is the hest 4iver remedy. If your liver is active and at work the blood will be the best. Simmons Liver Regulator is the best spring medicine. "I tell my friends iif they want to enjoy health and happiness tfhey ought to take Simmons Liver Regulator."—Mrs. R. W. s«nith, Btclneosh Bluff, Ala.

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