The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 49, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 8, 1895 Page: 1 of 4
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CHIEFTAIN.
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In a warm bath of CUTIOUEA
SOAP and a single application
of CUTIOTTRA (ointment) the
great sKncurewhen all else fails
Sold throughout the world. Totter Dbco
.urn Cra. Cow. Bole rrops. Boston U. S. A.
"All about Bby' 8km Scalp mod Hair" free.
Style in
Is the chief Consideration.
A 25c Sun Bonnet will last
longer than
...An $8 Hat.
Mrs. Frank Billingslea spent a
week in the city and has all the
Jatest novelties in
Millinery and Notions
lias a number of pattern Hats ac-
tually trimmed ly
..V1ROT IN PARIS..
Theladics arc invited to call and in-
pcct. An experienced trimmer
from. a wholesale house te
employed.
Ironside Bldg East of Track.
Discount on
Drilled Wells
Waddle Brothers
Vinita Ind. Ten
Box 4 1.
Will for 30 days make a re
duction of 20 per cent
on the usual price
for drilling wells
Good Work Guaranteed.
People's Meat Market
3-EAST OF TRACK.-
J. H. BAILEY Proprietor.
Fresh and Salt Meats
.Sausage Poultry
t-ard and Everything to
Tempt tlie -A.ppeti.te.
The Water we Drink.
We drink so much more water
in rummer than in winr that it
is almost imperative that we" have
jure water during the hot summer
months since scientific men tell
us that there is great danger to
health by the use of impure water.
Water may be purified by filter-
ing more rapidly and cheaper than
by any other process.
Tripoli Stone -
Stands highest in the
U. S. to-day as the
Most Perfect '
Filtering material.
The latest and best of these fil-
ters canbeseen at
Oswego Seed & Grain Co's
In Vinita I. T.
It renders the muddiest water as
well as the blackest water made
so lrom coal soot clear as crystal.
It removes living germs effectively.
Call and see it.
Territory for Sale.
P.G. Browning
SUCCESSOR TO
J. T. BRACKET
-AT THE-
LIBEMABB
Is Doing a Rushing Business.
Close Figures on All Orders.
If you are going to buld
give him a'Jl "
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IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.
An nrdin&nce has been introduced
In the Chicago city council providing
that electric cars within the city limit
shall not operate at a speed greater
than 10 miles per hour me penalty
for violation is a fine of not less than
S100 or more than SSOO.
A new type of vessel is to be added
n th. liritish navv. a fast combined
gunboat and torpedo boat destroyer.
propelled by electricity ana wim a
submergeable hulL It will be built at
Chatham will be 210 leet in icngtn
with very narrow beam and is to make
thirtv knots an hour.
Plain iron trolley poles are being
erected along the track around the
city hall by the Philadelphia Traction
Co. It was-announced some time ago
that ornamental poles were to be used
but the architect of the building made
an investigation and expressed the
nnininn that ornamental poles would
bo too prominent and therefore ob
jectionable.
At the present time says tne scien-.
tific American omnibuses and a few
horse cars constitute the principal
means of travel in the streets of Rome.
A rnnrvKftion has. however iust been
granted to the Societa Romana degli
Omnibus for the building 01 an electric
road to run from the general post of-
fice to the principal railroad station in
that city. Grades of considerable size
will have to be overcome.
On the Tointe de Penmarch in
Brittany the southwestern point of
the Finisterrc promontory midway
between the Brest f.nd L'Orient anew
lighthouse is being erected whose
light will be seen 100 miles in clear
weather and from 25 to 2S miles when
the weather is hazy. It will be an
electric light of 10000000 candle pow-
er and will rise 1S3 feet above the sea
level and is to be ready by the begin-
ning of 1S97. One-half the cost will
be paid by a bequest of 300000 francs
left by the Marquis de Blocqueville
the other half by the government.
An electric gun has just been in-
vented for which the following advan-
tages are claimed: It may bo made
very light in proportion to its capacity
for its throwing balls; it can not pos-
sibly explode; it is economical in oper-
ation and the limit of the number of
balls that it will throw within a glj-en
time is the number of balls that can be
put into its breech. For field service
it is claimed it will far surpass any.
thing now in use. The inventor esti-
mates that from seven hundred to one
thousand shots per minute can be fired.
Tests have already been made that are
said to have been highly successful.
Host peoplo have heard of the ad-
vice which Edison gave to the Ameri-
can commission on "Elootrocutisg."
Vfhen asked what the simplest and
surest way of causing instantaneous
death by" means of the electric cur-
rent was he replied: "Hire your sub-
jects out as linesmen to any of the
New York electrical companies."
This It is true would be a tolerably
sure method of finally killing a man
for the men employed in thle ork -frequently
hfftnmp "''"-' 'h--t ther do
notcare what they do. As an example
of this familiarity with the electric
current breeding contempt for the
same the following might be men-
tioned: The men at the stations fre-
quently light their cigars and cigar
cttes in the electric arc and a man
known to the writer was doing this
one day when he managed to touch the
t-pper carbon of a 12000 candle power
arc lamp with his nose and the bottom
one with his chin. Bis face was char-
red to a cinder and of course he was
killed instantly.
NAPOLEON'S POLITICAL CODE.
Ha Gives It ComUf n a Letter He Wrote
to Talleyrand.
As early as September 19 1797 Bona. (
parte wrote Talleyrand a letter con-
taining what he called his complete
code of politics. II is sphinx-like de-
meanor and the mysterious allusions
already quoted from the festival
speech taken In connection with that
outline confirm the notion that Tal
leyrand Barras and Sieyes were pre-
paring for a new constitution which
should be ready ior use when the
spring elections should increase the
number of royalist delegates and
eventually bring the clash between
the executive and the legislature. He
expresses to Talleyrand in that letter
the same contempt for all anteccdenj
French political speculation felt by
Sieyes. Even Montesquieu had
but arranged and analyzed the re-
sults of his reading and trav-
els; though doubtless capable he
had done nothing really constructive. .
The English had confused the res-1
pective junctions 01 hc "um lex-
ers in government. In view pt their
history it was easy to see why the tax.-
ing power was in the house of com.-
mons Hut why should it also declare
war or make peace? Great Britain
being a state whose constitution was
compounded of privileges (a black
ceiling with a gilt edge) was quite dif-
ferent from Trance where these had
been abolished and all powcr.proceed-
ed directly from the sovereign people.
Why then as in the constitution of
thnt time should the French legislative
alone have rights which belong to gov-
ernment in its totality?
This sovereign power he continued
"falls I think naturally into two
magistracies quite distinct: one that
supervises but does not act to which
what we now call the executive power
.iinnlil b rnmnelled to submit im
portant measures the legislation ol j
..n4inn on In Krteak. This .Treat 1
magistracy would be truly the chief
council of the nation; it would have nil
that part of adminisUatJon or of exe-
cution which is by our constitution iq-
trusted to the legislative." This body
should be numerous and composed
only of men who had already held posi-
tions of public trust.
This legislatire should make and
change the organic laws but not in
two or three days as at present; for
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after an organic ian was uiw uti'i .
made operative 11 snomu not ue cuaug.-
ed without four or five months of dis-
cussion. 'This legislative power
without rank in the republic impas-
Kiriv without eves cr ears for what is
J about it would have no ambition and
would not inundate us wmi niurc .uuu
a thousand specific statutes which by 1
their absurdity destroy their own val-
idity and make us with three hundred
tome's of law a nation without law."
Is this effusion a recurrence to youth-
ful crudities of ideal politics cr (Joes it i
hint at the exercise by that upper mag. 1
istracyof its unchecked powers through
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WHAT WOMEN ARE WEARING.
Materlats and Trimming for Fashionable
Coitum.k
White parasols of plain silk and no
trimming are the prevailing fashion
for general use with light gowns and
in addition to these aro the changeable
silks for greater service and some that
are covered with large Scotch plaids
very conspicuous but rare in the pro-
cession. Buttonsplay a prominent part in fash-
ions of the seasons and are used chief-
ly for ornament except in tailor-made
gowns Large buttons of rhinestones
and dainty miniatures are seen while
tiny black silk and small round pearl
buttons are sewn on in rows as a bod-
ice trimming.
Silks stripped with fine lines and
scattered with tiny spots are quite as
fashionable as the chine or pompa-
dour effects which seem to grow pret-
tier all the time. A pretty evening
gown for a young lady is of white silk
flounced with pink rosebuds and the
bodice is of pink chiffon with an ap-
plique design of cream lace dotted
over it.
Very soft and lovely are the new
materials introduced for summer toi-
lets Washing fabrics printed mus-
lins and cambrics new mohairs and
crepons are in very numerous and very
tantalizing varieties There are also a
number of extremely pretty fancy
wool and silk materials In very small
patterns and numbers of mixed fancy
woolens for robes de fatigue and tailor
costumes
For evening capotes the fa vori'.e fab
ric promises to be spangled :ulle
placed in wing-shaped masses veined
with spangles and sometimes ;held by
cabochons These capotes now monop-
olize tinsel which is too theatrical for
use on ordinary bonnets. Instead of
being of two colors or shades of the
same color they are now of one irri-
descence supplying the variation of
tone necessary for brilliancy.
Silk is now used to an unprecedented
extent for linings even the most un-
pretentious of woolen gowns being
lined throughout with it. Xo other
lining is as satisfactory as silk for it
causes the skirt to hang in the most
graceful manner Imaginable while it
will assist the bodice to retain its
shape far better than a cotton lining
owing to its nonstrctching qualities
It is quite a mistake to suppose that
the silk employed for the purpose of
lining must necessarily be new as
partly worn silk dresses may be cut up
and used with decided advantage.
Gray linens made with no trhnrajng
are very pretty and sometimes a touch
of color is brought in In the way of
belts and collars of various shades of
crimson deep blue and green. A pret-
ty blonde just stepping out of her car-
riage in front of one of the fashion-
able shops was the daintiest picture
I have seen for a long time. The ma-
terial of the gown was gray cotton
and the skirt was perfectly plain while
the bodice fitted very prettily and had
one broad plait in the front. Around
her waist was a belt of white moire
ribbon and the collars and cuffs of
"UallViv V.l.llx.Ta.-vn fltli" tin. y.-tC
accessories possible for a goan. A
pure white sailor hat with band of
white ribbon white gloves and white
parasol enhanced the fair lily-like
beauty. An almost equally pretty
toilot icv a brunette was worn by a
dark-eyed giri. It ras a linen very
sheer and of a buff color and it xa3
made up over yellow silk. The front
opened on a white vest of lawn and
the collars and cuffs of the dainty lace
matched the front whilo 0 broad belt
of white was fastened at the sides with
silver buckles. Chicago Chronicle.
A WORD WITH PARENTS.
There I Snch a Thing a Too Much Gov-
ernment. "Let your boys alono Anna. You
arc governing them too much" said
the grandmother of three or four bois-
terous rollicking healthy mischiev-
ous youngsters as their mother stood
looking after them an expression of
the keenest distress on her face. "Let
them goi give them their freedom with-
in certain reasonable limits If at the
ages of eight to twelve years you have
not succeeded in gaining their inmost
confidence it is quite too late to begin
now. And of all things don't nag at
them or worry them or continually call
to account for every little sin of omis-
sion and commission. My memory is
cscccdingly good my dear and I can
readily recall a number of shortcom-
ings of which their mother was guilty-
It took me a long time to learn that
merely because they were my children
I could not claim the right to their con-
fidence unless I had the faculty to win
it- I think that is a mistake that most
parents make. They seem to have tho
idaa that they have pre-empted a claim
to their children's inner consciousness
simply on account of thcir relation-
ship. "Parents have no right to be indig-
nant or feol hurt if a child's confidence
is given to some ono elsa. They np
probably altogether to blume in the
premises and should not visit their
displeasure on the innocent victim of
their own lack of tact. The man or
woman who takes part in a child's
pleasures sympathizes with it in its
porrows tries to cheer and encourage
it through cl the little rough spots
and up-hill place' in lis enrly years
who never demands affection bntin
it is the one who Is Ukoly to receive
the most respect and hold the best
place in the little one's regard. There
is po more fatal mistake than for a par-
ent to say Jfl a child in atone of anger
Your parents as ths proper persons
to confide in.'
"A man or woman who would win
the affection of some loved one would
scarcely go about it in an exacting and
peremptory fashion- o one can com-
pel love and the attempt to do this nn.-
failingly results in disappointment.''"-
X. Y. Ledger.
Treatment for Influenta.
The hydropathic treatment which
has been recommended for cold in tho
head is as follows: After rising in tho
morning and lcforn retiring at night
wafch tho feet and legs as. hgh up as
the knees in rold water. Rub theni af-
terward w 1th a rough towel and mas-
sage them till the skin is red and glow.-
ing. In addition snuff tepid water up
the nose frequently during the day
and sip with a teaspoon a glassful as
hot as can be borne an hour before
each meal and at bedtime. For simple
cases this treatment will cure the cold
in a few days and olstinatc cases arc
salj to yield if the treatment is pro-
longed. Medcnc is not required. Se-
rious diseases aro often presented by
" K ' in its first stages.-
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i .aKi has an Indian
luiiia-zoo "switnmiug
VINITA INDIAN TERRITORY THURSDAY AUGUST 8 1895.
A FORTUNE IN IT.
Joseph Jefferson .refuses the Oiler of a
Lifetime.
Joseph Jefferson has been telling a
itory about his last "Rip Van inkle"
trip There was a man in the audienco
the first night who followed the play
closely and npplauded so vigorously
. . . 1- 1.! ix Mn.ni.iinn
V.t tia -nnilo himsplf rnnSDlCUOUS I
His enjoyment of the play was inspir-''
ing to the actors on the stage. Ileoc-
cupied the same seat the following
evening. This man didn't miss a sin-
gle performance for a week and the
attendants in the theater all knew him
by sight.
On Saturday evening he went to the
stage entrance and asked if he might
see Mr. Jefferson for just a moment.
The doorkeeper took his card reading
'Mr. J. E. Illank." to Mr. Jefferson
and told him that this man had been in
the theater every night during the
week and very much wanted to say a
word to him. The veteran actor is a
man of kind heart and he said to the
'doorman:
"Well let Mr. Blank come in. I'll
see him for a momenL"
Mr. Blank entered modestly and be-
gan: " Mr. Jefferson this is indeed an
honor for which I thank you. I have
a great appreciation for artists"
Mr. Jefferson made a conventional
reply.
"Yes" continued Mr. Blank "I have
enjoyed 'Kip Van Winkle' more than
any play that I have ever seen."
"Thank you" said Mr. Jefferson.
"I came to ?ej it with a purpose"
continued Mr. Blank "I've heard so
much of Rip's long sleep and being a
wideawake man mjclf. I thought that
I could do a little "business with you
that would be to our mutual advan-
tage." Mr. Jefferson was surprised at this
turn of conversation and he said:
"I haven't the slightest idea of what
you nre hinting at Mr. Blank. ill 1
you please explain. j
"Well you see Mr. Jefferson I'm 1
the inventor of a patent spring bed. I
It's a dandy sir and all that I claim
for it or I shouldn't have come to you.
It will not sag in the middle with 3-011
and it is an article that is warranted
never to wear out. Sow here's my
idea and there's ten dollars a night in
in it for you. I'm willing to spend
money. You win earn 11 ueau easy.-.
I just want you to put in a line in the
nlav nfter vou w "c up saving tha'
you had slept in --ie or Blank's patent
spring beds. That's all you've got to
do and there's ten dollars a night in
it for you and it is an articlo that"
but Mr. Jefferson had fled. Detroit
Free Press
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
That Vfa the Charge for Not Slaking Hit
Kftcnpe.
Opposite the stage station nnd hotel
was a shanty with a sign of ".Tale" over
the door and I strolled over there and
asked of a man sitting at the door and
smoking a pipe:
"Can I take it that this is the county
jail?"
in-onUnr.."he.S2niptly replied.
"Xot much of a jail."
"Xo sir: but it's a new county ycu
know."
"Any prisoners inside?"-
"Xo sir. I'm the only prisoner and
they allow me outside."
"Where's the sheriff or jailer?"
"Gone off huntin'."
""And left you nil alone?"
"All alone. I'm purty comfortable
however and my time will be out in
about six months"
"But I should think you'd run away"
I said as 1 offered him a cigar.
"Whar to?" he queried in reply. "If
I go to Grass Valley the boys will
hang me fur hoss-stealin. If I go to
Ridge City they'll hang me fur steal-
In' a mewL Over to Euchre Bend they
want me to pull hemp fur robbin' Bill
White. I might git up into the
mount'ins but the durned Injuns
would try fur my scalp. The safest
place fur me is right here and I hain't
sayin' a word."
"My friend would it hurt your fcel-
Jrjgj if I should ask why you were sent
here?"
"Xot a bit sir. I killed a man."
"You did eh? But how how "
"How did it happen? I was sent to
jail fur a y'ar instead of bein' hung?"
"Yes?"
"Oh they didn't keer nuthin' about
tho killin' an gin me two hull months
to walk off in. As I wouldn't go. the
icdgo he said it was contempt pf court
and stnt me up hero fur a y'ar so he
could hev the use of my cayuso an'
guns free gratis Don't happen to hev
a new deck of kecrds with you eh?"
"Sorry to say I haven't."
"I was in hopes you had. The jedge
will be up this way to-morrow and I'd
hev the keerds all marked and play
him the best three out of five to see
whether 1 drawed pay ns a jailer or
scrubbed alp.ng as a prisoner." St.
Louis Republic
The I Ine Drawn.
") understand you nttxl ait assistant
teacher in your bicycle academy sir"
he said addressing the boss "profes-
sor." "I do" replied the latter with a rap-
id glance at the face and figure of the
applicant" "but I'm very much afraid
you won't do at all."
"Why I'm very strong sir" expos-
tulated the jpnic-n. "I ran hold a
bioycle riffid with my righ't haiid even
while a green rider is doing his best to
fall off."
"I have no doubt of It but other
qualifications are absolutely necessary
in this business and I hope you will
ucl fsel offended if I do not think you
possess them in a sufficient degree."
"Of course not."
"You see my customers are nearly
all young ladies and the competition
di.-.ong the wheel schools is so keen
that only those tio have ory handx
some Instructors to hold the pupils 011
the machine get any custom." St.
Louis Republic
An Ardent 1'atrlot.
llogan Fwat arc ye ncarin' the
green glasses on 3'our nose for Gro-
gap: Grogan Me ejes arc a bit sorq.
"0i thought perhaps ye wore thiiu
for th sake of Ould Ireland the green
above the red." Indianapolis Journal.
Krtriliutlnn.
Gomez I say. was it 3-ou who recom-
mended that cook to my wife?
Perez I believe so.
"Then I should like you to come and
have supper with us to-night." La
Graccta de Malaga.
rlie Hiiohm !lr I(ii.li.t.i.
Lady Customer Gracious why do
you make me such a plain bonnet?
Milliner- Entirely for the contrast
miss Detroit 1 ree Press
WHY WE COOK FOOD.
Necessary 1'rrparatlon for Its Keceptlon
1 ? In the stomich.
It would be absurd in the face of the
j tempting viands daily placed before
1 us to say that food would be just as
! well uncooked. Yet to render food
j mpre palatable is the least of the rea-
1 . L i.: :
sot.s for cooking it.
Klan is endowed with teeth which
are suitable for the mastication of both
flesh and a vegetable diet and it would
need but a comparatively short time
to accustom him to raw food of cither
description.
Unfortunately or fortunately as the
case may be all food has to undergo
certain changes before it can bo taken
into the system as nourishment. Part
of these changes take place in the
mouth when the food is subdivided by
the process of chewing or mastication
and part are made by the action of the
juices of the stomach upon the mass.
Nourishment depends upon the com-
pleteness with which food is changed
by the processes of mastication and di-
gestion. In this modern era when ev-
erything is done with a rush there is
great danger of throwing upon the
stomach more work than it can do by
the hasty and inefficient manner in
which we chew our food.
Here wo perceive the great province
of cooking that of an intermediary
agent between an insufficient mastica-
Uyii and an overtaxed stomach. In
other words cooking may be made to
serve to some degree the purpose of
mastication. Potatoes cooked till they
ar.: "mealy" need much less time and
chewing than those which are boilel
hard and "soggy."
On the same principle the pride of
the housewife is in her "light and
spongy" bread. It is better than the
hard cakes of milled corn and water
that were relished in primeval days
because the minute bubbles of air
which are incorporated into the bread
facilitate its digestion without the '.a-
bor of long chewing which the cakes
duminded.
"Heats and vegetables upon being
properly cooked lose the covering in-
side of which the fibers and grains of
nutriment arc hid a result which it Is
tree may be similarly obtained by
mastication.
V.'e must not suppose however that
it is easy to obtain proper results in
cookinc. or to recognize them n.hen
J tlisy have been obtained. Hecauso an
article of food is palatable and slips in
to the stomach without effort may be
the last of reasons why it should be
nutritious and easily taken care of by
tile stomach.
Indeed so great are the difficulties
in mastering the proper methods of
cooking and so important are such
methods to the human economy that
the subject deserves to be treated rath-
er as a scienee than as an art. Youth's
Companion.
FREE FIGHTS IN
COREA.
Tierce Kncoanter lletween
I Guild.
Contending
&
cmarkable features of the social
LjlfVf the capital. .hbC. nre. lljt
f various guilds and their great stone
and stick fights Xoighboriug toivns.
and villages who are jealous of each
other also settle their differences by a
stone fight in the first moon such
period being universally set aside for
fights both public and private. Chil-
dren aro encouraged to fight by their
parents who hope to make them hardy
and coaragtious- sides aro made up
and they tight till they are exhausted.
The butchers and the mud plasterers
had a fierce foud and it was decided
to settle it by a pitched battle on a
plain outside the south gate. On the
day appointed some eighteen hundred
men went down to fight a stream
dividing the two camps
Tho battle began with volleyq cji
stones as the lelHgeranis neared each
other and when ono part- forced its
way over the stream and all came to
close quarters the fighting was carried
on with clubs and knives It was a
drawn battle so the leaders decided
and was renewed a few days later vic-
tory eventually resting with the plas.
verers Very few were killed says Mr.
Landor though none escaped without
a wound; but the whole affair sounds
like one of Lucian's grotesque battles
The court patronizes these extraordi-
nary duels and the king is kept in-
formed of the results The police of
course take care that the by-stander
do not come in for any hard knocks-
Alter tho fighting tqoon has waned
life in "the Land of tho Morning
Calm" sinks hack into the usual stag-
nation. London Spectator.
Napoleon Booty In One Campaign.
The season was as busy on the mil-
itary as it had been on the political
side. Day and night the soldiers in
the conquered Venetian lands wrought
with ceaseless labor until the whole
territory was in perfect order as a base
of military operations Xot a single
strategic point there or elsewhere was
overlooked. Even the little Island of
I it. Peter in the Mediterranean was
1 taken from Piedmont and garrisoned
1 with 200 men. It was generally under
stood that war might break out at any
moment. Every contribution under
treaty obligations was exacted to the
Utmost farthing. As a single illustration
of the French dealing jewels and gems
estimated by the pope as worth ten
u.llljor.s of francs wore accepted by
tic French exports at a valuation of
five. Within the previous twelve
months Bonaparte had sent to Paris
7000000 francs of which ho destined
000000 for the outfit of a fleet. It
was but a moityof what he had raised.
During this summer on the contrary
he kept everything; even the Tf000000
francs promised to Barras were not
paid. It is therefore likely that he
had in hand upward of ao000OOQfraues
ill cash and eoinmissory stores to tho
extent of si'vera millions more Prof.
W. M. bloane in Contury
True to Ills Word.
Jack Ford -When 1 let Frank Fer-
ris have that five dollars he said he
couldn't pay me for a week or ten
days
Tern )( Witt How long ago was
that-
Jack Ford About threo months
Tom De Witt Well Frank may b-s
hard up but at all events he's no liar.
Puck.
Of the population of St. Louis 20
per cent are native born of native pa-
rents; 4? per cent were born in Amer-
ica of foreign parents; 2ti per cent arc
foreign born and 0 per cent are col-
ored. Tolstoi Is said to have a large li-
brary of sociology anil to read attcn-
tiri'ly any book bearing on some new
social fad.
FACTS ABOUT FLEAS.
Tl r; Have Six Hundred Little Teeth and
Know Hon- to Use Them.
...he flea's body is covered with a
hard brown skin arranged in a series
of overlapping wings It has a pair of
legs remarkable for their strength and
for other things
The divisions of the flea's leg are
known as the coxa the trochanter the
femur the tibja and the tarsus The
coxa which is the joint next to the
body is very large and is freer than in
any" other insect. The tarsus in its
turn is divided into five joints and ter-
minates in a pair of sharp claws en-
abling the insect to hold on to cloth-
ing. Body and legs are covered with brist-
ly hairs These point away from the
head and account for the difficulty of-
ten experienced in holding the insect
between thumb and finger.
The flea's mouth is of the type known
as suctorial and is admirably adapted
for absorbing liquid food which it ob-
tains by a process of perforation. The
dibles maxillae nraxillary palpi and
labral palpi. Thus it has three pairs
of organs and one single organ for the
work of obtaining nourishment and
we all know that it uses them with
great effect.
The labrum or upper lip is a slender
saw-edged bristle perforated through-
out its length with a minute cabal.
The mandibles are on each side of it
and are formed like two straight flat
blades pointing downward and notch-
ed on each side like a double saw.
The mandibular teeth number about
seventy-five in each row on each
side There are six hundred of these
sharp glittering teeth.
The maxill-u are two sharp triangular
pieces furnished with a pair of long
four-jointed palpi or feelers The la-
brum or lower lip carries a pair of
palpi each of which has a knife-like
edge.
All these instruments co-operate har-
moniously in the work of piercing the
skin with marvelous rapidity. Wheu
we remember that it requires consider-
able pressure to make a pin draw- blood
through the human skin we shall bet-
ter appreciate the powers of the tiny
flea.
The flea has a large stomach but
that does not measure its capacity foi
devouring blood. It is able to eject the
contents of its stomach whenever an
opportunity presents of obtaining a
newer and fresher supply. It never
misses an opportunity.
The flea shows a marked preference
for women children and persons with
thin skins
A large flea is able to l;ap to th
height of a foot or about one hundred
times its own length. X. Y. World.
A FORGETFUL SENATOR.
And the Trouble Ills Alxentmlndednesi
Caused In Ills Household.
"In matters purely social" remarked
a cabinet officer to a reporter for The
Star "I never like to be quoted so in
what is to follow you may omit my
name. Last winter one of our best
known senators from one of he Gull
state lying bc-vcen Lou' ma an'
"Florida was Tit tho thcator. SfleTTut
performance he w ith a friend repaired
to a German restaurant to be refreshed.
For the first time in his long and well
spent life he encountered that power-
ful confection known as Limburgei
cheese. He was delighted with it at
with a revelation in gastronomy. He
craved of the owner pf the hpstelry a
spfcimc n o tho cheese that he might
convc- it to his household thews to be
exhibited nnd taught to them as a les-
son in the palatable and all to that
end that large quantities of the cheese
might be purchased and consumed by
them the jod naturcd restaurateur
gave tho statesman an entire ehevse
wrapped in tho usual tinfoil which is
its market overcoat.
"The senator blightly received the
cheese and stowed it away in the stern
sheets of his dress suit. Then he went
home and hanging his costume in the
wardrobe went to bed. in the morn-
ing with the approaching ca;esof a
tariff day overshadowing any memory
of that Limburgcr he pulled on hit
cvery-day suit and went down
to the senate When he sought
his home again at six p. m. he found
doors and windows open while his
family went about in furs and similar
defenses against the cold. There were
artisans about who hait taken up floor-
ing boards saucd into the wainscot
and torn ragged holes in the frescoes
orer his head. Tho house looked as il
somo plumber who loved his art had
been looking fora leak.
" 'What's the trouble here!" demand-
ed the senator with a strain of irrita
tionin his tone.'
" 'There's a dead mouse in the wal'
or floor somewhere said tha wife froir
out her sealskins. 'We've got to find it
and get rid of it. We can't live in the
house.'
"Then the statesman remembered
tin. fnitTnful limliM-.r.. lurL-infv in Trii
dress coat. H was" removed from of I
ficc and a colored person was em
w.i i . ;i tJ ti... iorni i
the senator's household as f.r as he j
could for two bits" Washington
Star.
Hints on t herrfulnestu
"Cheer" and "Comfort." There arc
always chances in life to do both fot
turn where you will there are those
who are in need of help. Xot always
bodily help. Often tho-ic who have
every earthly thing they need shel-
ter money food clothing books all
sorts of opportunities arc in want ol
me ncavcniy uungs which "cnccr
and "comfort mean. I hey arc de-1
pressed low in their spirits snd and
xromiicu. iney are even cross ana
disagreeable because they arc unhap-
py. To such persons young people
with bright faces rnd light hearts can
bring both the ehcer that gives comfort
and takes nway pain. Voir haven't to
do anything in a grand r.nd heroic
fashion cither -simply be yourselves
and let the gladness that is 111 3-011 bub
ble up and overflow and 3-011 will
make tired people happier. Harper's
Round Table.
Stranger I hear -on are an old
friend of Mrs. Cioli-jhtly? Ranger
Ys; I've known her int'matcly for
3 cats. Strai.ger Well I'm her hus
band. Ranger Glad to meet 3-ou I'm
sure. I've heard Mrs. Golightly speak
of you. Boston Globe.
Practice Makes Perfect. "Coot-
night Mrs Prown. I haf to sank 3'ou
for de most ble.isant cfening I hat of
fer schbent in my life!" "Oh don't
say that Herr Schmidt." "Ach! hot I
do say dat! I always say dst." Punch.
Ver3' line specimens of the chr3-so
beryl a stone almost equal in brillian-
C3T to the j-ellnw diamond hive bee.
found in Neu l.ugl 111 1 Xoa York Vir-
ginia Xorth Carolina and Georgia.
FIRST AID IN THE NURSERY.
Simple Remedies to Use at Once in Cases
of Ilurns Cuts nruises. Etc.
Much unnecessary pain and even
permanent injury or loss of life have
been often caused by mothers and
nurses not knowing what to do in an
emergency while waiting for the doc-
tor. For a slight burn or scald apply
olive oil fresh butteror cover the place
with a cloth wrung out in about a pint
of tepid water in which a piece of
common washing soda of the size of a
walnut has been dissolved.
For a bad burn or scald use linseed
oil and lime water mixed in equal
parts known as "carron oil." soaked
into a piece of lint and laid on. In
the absence of these remedies flour the
burn well with the kitchen flour
dredger and cover up quickly.
In all cases exclude the air as soon as
possible and keep the affected part
warm. Rags wrung out in a solution
of carbonate of soda and water relieve
the pain of a burn too.
For cases where a child's clothes
catch fire after extinguishing the
flames never pull off the clothes if
sticking to the skin. Either cut them
off round the burns sponge them with
warm water until they fall off or put
the child into a warm bath and ad-
minister branny and water in severe
cases
For a sting first remove the sting
and then apply the bluebag or sal
volatile.
Bruises if slight bathe with cold
water or whisky and -water; if severe
apply hot fomentations or paint with
arnica.
For grazed or broken skin use a rag
dipped in laudanum and water. A cut
should bo washed with warm water
and the edges brought together by
strips of sticking plaster or a tight
bandage of clean linen.
Should anything get into the eye one
drop of castor oil should be dropped in
the corner of it; but if it be mortar or
lime bathe with a weak solution ot
vinegar and water.
A bead button or pebble can be re-
moved from the ear by the child lyinij
with that car on the pillow and the
upper ear being boxed sharply or by
syringing with warm water an ordi-
nary penny glass syringe answering
the purpose.
A pea or bean or anything likely to
swell must not be removed by means
of warm water. Insert instead the
nib of any ordinary pen behind the for-
eign substance and so remove it tak-
ing great precaution however not to
insert the nib too far down as it may
injure the drum of the car and also
exercising care that yoii do not push
the obstacle further in while endeavor-
ing to get it out.
A moth or other insect remove from
tho ear by pouring in a littlo warm oil
and tho insect will float on the top.
Children are rather fond of pushing
buttons beads etc up their nostrils
In these cases close the free nostril
and make the child blow hard through
the other.
If a child be choUiu'i hold it up
by its haels and pat it on tho
f "le If sli-t dees-not pioi-ne the '
sired result hold the child's nose to
prevent it closing its mouth and press
down the root of the tongue which
will make it disgorge the obstruction.
Sunstroke sometimes happens to
children who often run out beneath
the hot rays without waiting to put on
a hat or cap. When the symptoms
which are giddiness feeling of sick-
ness great heat and thirst red eyes
quick pulse pupils of eyes small
breathing noisy and hurried and in-
sensibility arc apparent remove thj
child to a shady place and lay It down
flat with the hsad slightly raised.
LuOsen the clothes Apply cold water
or Ice to the head and the nape of the
neck and give it pieces of ice to suck
when consciousness returns But givQ
no stimulants
If a frostbite occurs rub tho part
frost-bitten with the hand and then
rub in somo oil taking care not to let
tho child approach the fire till the
blood circulates properly. The Lady.
QUEERNESS OF PEOPLE.
It Often Consists In Acting Perfectly
XaturaL
Tho dread of being thought queer is
a most powerful motive of some minds
The fear of the comments or thoughts
pi others governs or at least restrains
such people all their lives They marry
and bring up their children bury their
relatives and conduct themselves in
each and every crisis exactly as they
suppose these people expect thorn to
do.
A woman of this sort said to a friend:
"rs. L Is the queerest woman I
ever saw. Why if you tell her any-
thing about yourself or your own. af.
fairs and ask her opinion sho tells you
just what she thinks"
There is np doubt that such "queer-
ncss" which means acting out one's
0)Tn individuality instead of acting as
other people expect one to comes easier
to somo natures than toothers To
sorae the ?st l always mean
ine most uircci aim iuc iruiuiui aim
open impulse will always seem the
most desirable. The hardest task of
such natures is to dissemble and not to
speak out their real thought.
Of course it is often unwise to teU
one's inmost thought or opinion; it
would sometimes te impossible. More
It might be unkind. Life becomes as
we grow older more and more com
plicated and the truth harder and
harder to reach.
Yet it remains a fact that there aro
some natMrcs iiosc ideal oflifoisevcr
a Hfe ..0 en boforc meni" a nfe whose
eTcrv thought could be spoken aloud
! .jc .iii i
and whose every action should bo but
au expression of harmon3. Harper's
Bazar.
Work and Weather.
So marked is the influence of the
weather on certain temperaments that
tho emplo3-ers of large numbers of
men arc beginning to take this into
account in promising to fill large or-
ders. In some establishments it is
said that in very gloomy and what is
called depressing weather from ten to
twenty-five per cent less work is done
than on bright clear days A little
investigation showed that ac-
countants arc much more likely to
make mistakes in bad than in clear
weather and scientists sometimes de-
cline to pursue their investigations
when the atmospheric conditions are
uncongenial. This bciug tho case
there is little ivouder that foggy
iUc.ry chilly days have frequently
been called "suicide weather." X. Y.
Ledger.
A fool who has a flash of wit cre-
ates astonishment and scandal like
hack horses setting out to gallop. -tiiamfort.
VOL. XIII NO. 49
WIDE CHOICE OF ANSWERS.
A German Expression Which Means Many
Things.
In the party which went to visit a
big German concert hall in the Bowery
were two or three men who had a
knowledge of the German language
ranging from a smattering to a fair ac-
quaintance. These men were extreme-
ly ready with their information so it
was quite natural that one of the
young women should ask:
"What does that mean?"
"That" was the title of a composi-
tion which was to be given on the
orchestrion and it read: "Bei den
Schrammcn."
"Bei den Schrammcn" thoughtfully
murmured the man to whom the ques-
tion was put. "I ought to know what
that means Let me think. It will
come to me in a minute."
But it didn't come to him in spite of
his corrugated brow and his evident
effort at doing some tall thinking.
Then the inquiry was repeated to an-
other of the party who had been a
student in Germany. He rolled the
phrase off his tongue once or twice
and showed that he too was
"stumped."
"Bei den Schrammcn Well well
that's queer. Oh yes it has got somc-
thing to do -with a sponge. It mrjst"
mean 'By the sponges
'"That's an odd name for a piece of
mnsic" suggested the visitor from up
the state in' whose holior the expedi-
tion had been formed. The author of
the translation tried to defend it but
Its evident rcdiculousness only pro-
voked laughter.
Then a third man took a sky at the
puzzle. "I believe" he ventured some-
what timorously "that 'schraramen is
a mechanical term means some kind
of a screw. Yes that's it: 'By tho
screws "
There was a storm of laughter at
this Then one of the young men mus-
tered up enough German to ask the
waiter (who doubtless spoke excellent
English) what tho title meant. The
aitcr looked blankly for a moment
and then had to admit that ho didn't
know. But he would find out. Ha
hurried off and before long returned
a bright smile on his face.
"It's the same as 'Auf Vcrlangen"
he announced triumphantly in Ger-
man. "Whj- that means 'by request was
the relieved comment of tho man who
had started the waiter on the trail
"How stupid to mako such a fuss about
so simple a thing."
But the ghost would not down. Oth-
er men of the party had asked Germans
at adjoining tables for a translation
of the term and while no two agreed. .
on the answer the decision was unan-
imous that "by request" -was utterly
wrong. In the meantime the question
was passed from one to another until
the gallery in which the aliens sat was
agog with discussions of it.
One roan came up to give his version.
Ho couldn't talk English well.
v'-Schrammcn'" he said "it's one ot
dem tings what you tie a rope on when
you go on a boat. You wind do rope
around like dis" and ha we.nt through
tb motion of winding- -
"You mean the bitts" suggestcuthe
amateur yachtsman. But ho didn't
mean that. Alter much cudgling of
brains the word "cleat" was hit upon.
Yes. that was it. "Schrammcn" were
cleats
"Then it must be some kind of a
boating ."ng" reasoned the out-of-
town visitor.
This wasn't entireU- satisfactory but
just here one of the waiters brought
up a tall man with spectacles and the
air of a schoolmaster and introduced
him as "Herr I'rof. bchultz" a learned
man who could certainly tell what
they wanted to know. The "Herr
Professor" heard the question with due
gra--it3 and clearing his throat an
nounced in a judicial manner:
l 'Scbramtnen' is the name of a little-
town in Germany which wras noted for
its noises It was a very noisy place
and people said when they heard a
great disturbance that it is a regular
'Schrammon. "
The ''Herr professor" was duly-
thanked and he retired with many
bows Thon another good-natured
volunteer came forward.
"If you will pardon me" he said.
with much politeness "a 'schram' is a
wound. 'Schrammen' is the plural
and is applied to the wounds dealt in
students' duels It is also used to des
ignate the duels themselves The mu-
sic is descriptive of such a dueL"
There were more thanks but fur-
ther discussion of the question was
forgotten in the interest excited by
two young women who appeared on
the stage to sing "You Shan't Play in
My Yard." X. Y. Tribune.
Them That Has. Gits.
They were two women and they sat
opposite Said the fat woman in the
green gown
"Did you hear about the money Mrs
Sm'th's uncle left her?"
"Win- has she had more money left
her?" asked the woman in the black
bonnet in a discontented way. "That's
the third time since I've known her."
"Yes" assented the green gowD
with a sigh "it's just tho Scriptural
saying Them that has gits" Wash-
ington PosU
Ye Modern Statesman.
First Citizen I think Mr. Ricu-nann
must have political aspirations
Second Citizen Eh! Is he studying
up on the constitution and American
history?
First Citizen Xo; but he hai bought
a controlling interest in half a dozen
newspapers X. Y. Weekly.
A Separate Matter.
Hicks ou denied that you had
taken an3 cookies and here arc three
inside your waist; it looks very much
as though I had detected 3-ou in a lie.
Dick Hicks But 3-ou surely can's
think of trying me for prjury on aa
indictment for larceny! Puck.
In Due Time.
Daughter As you do not consider
that novel a proper book for me to
read please look over this one and let
me know what you think of it.
Mother Yes my dear as soon as 1"
lave finished the first one. Brooklyn.
Life.
Not the May or Intellect.
"Ah" remarked Mr. Quilp "but
women haven't the play of intellect
that men enjoy."
"Xo of course not" snapped Mrs
C'uilp. "Woman's intellect works"
Cleveland Plaindealer.
'Torn I have seen thu girl I want
to marry. I stoid behind her at this
window this morning and it took her
seven minutes to buy a five-cent ele-
vated railroad ticket. Ivittv Did that
make you want to niarrj- her' Tom-
Yes; I figured that she could never
spend my income at that rate. Brook-
lyn Life.
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