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JOHN H. REAM, Publlnhcr.
DAKOTA CITY,
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JUDICIOUS WEEDING OUT.
Thero has boon much discussion of
tho need of "weeding out" to koop
public libraries In tho highest condi
tion of cfllcloucy. Much can bo snld
on both sldos of thla queBtlon. not
only na applied to HbrarloB. but as
applied to human possessions In gen
oral. How far Is It worth wnllo to
prcsorvo old "rubbish?" Tho accumu
lations In garrets to bo tolcratad on
any terms? Would It bo well for every
household ta give awey at oneo nnd
absolutely every nrtlclo of clothing
or furniture or housohold decoration,
and every toy and book as soon as tho
need which prompted Its acquisition
has passed? Thero aro thoso who
would say: "Yes," say tho Milwaukee
Wisconsin. In this ago of living in
fiats many housewives aro obliged to
follow this rigid rulo. Whoro pooplo
live In roomy houses with spaco to
store old things if they like, why Is It
not bost that they should consult their
preferences, Instead of following rules
devised by othors? Tho Joy of fu
ture antiquarians will bo much
abridged If at tho end of every year
every family gets rid of ovorythlng It
does not need. However, It Is a fool
b thing to accumulate clothing and
'urnlturo that one can nover uso
again, when there are constant oppor
tunities to minister to the comfort
of deserving poor by giving discarded
superfluities to thoso who can put
tbem to immediate use.
The Increasing provalonco ot in
fantile paralysis In many parts of tho
world ta disquieting, and in England
some agitation has boon caused by
Dr. Recce's theory that a recont epi
demic in Devon and Cornwall was
causod by tho dust raised by automo
biles. Dust has beon more ot an Is
sue there than In this country, per
haps becauso the country Is more
compact and tho main roads more
densely occupied by motor vehicles.
There have boon many complaints of
the depreciation ot property bocauso
of tho Incessant dust clouds raised by
the endless procession of automobiles
whirring past at high speed, and this
modern nuisance, combined with the
unprecedented epidemic of Infantile
paralysis, has naturnlly lod many to
accept Dr. Recce's vlow. In this coun
try It has been received skeptically.
Dr. Herman DIggs, genoral medical di
rector of the Now York board of
health, observes that it Dr. Roeco Is
right thero should bo a continuous ep
idemic along motor routes, which Is
EOtrtbe cs&Qr Vflt is this sound I02I0T
Dust clouds might spread tho disease
when It existed, and yot not carry It
to a considerable distance.
' A man in Pennsylvania died from
the effects ot smoking 180,000 cigar
ettes in ten years. Ho probably beat
the Yccord. but beyond this, did noth
ing for himself and made his life of
little value except to help along the
cigarette business, which seems hard
ly worth while, as tho er.d and Htm ot
one's cxlstonco.
Tho summer hotels and boarding
houses In New York Btato m to bo
investigated. Still, tho girls, needn't
worry. It's hard to follow a canoe
in the shadows on a moonlight night
Tho con of the gaokwar of Dnroda
Says he finds It Impossible to go
through college on $260 a week. Evi
dently ho Is taking a courso in fren
sled finance.
It appears from government report
that we eat something llko 82 pounds
of sugar per capita annually. This
would explain, in part, why this Is tho
land of the sweetest girls on earth.
A Judge In Paris rules that pugilists
nust refrain from hurting each other.
There being no such law In America,
our pugilists aro free to talk each
other to death.
In Minneapolis Uvea a buslnos man
who has compelled the young women
working for him to wear low hooled
shoes and bo comfortable tho moan
thing!
A Massachusetts electrician has In
vented a devlco to prevent eavesdrop
ping on party telephone lines. That
man doesn't know what a party line is
for. '
A surgeon In California performed
an operation for appendicitis upon
himself. But this is apt to mako the
rest ot the profession feol cut up.
' Speaking of elastlo currency, a
Cleveland youth managod to Bpend
t50,000 a year on a salary of $lfi a
'week.
It U now possible to removo the ap
pendix In two mlnutos, but sad to re
late, surgeons aro not paid by tho
boar.
New Jersoy Is planning to tax Its
cats, thus discriminating In favor of
its mosquitoes.
A missing ruby was found In the
ijose ot a child. Tho reflection ot Oth
er rubles Is to be soon In tho same lo
cation now and then.
The servant question has reached a
critical stage in London, where a
slstrecs committed sulcldo when ber
aid gave notice.
Still the 40 wboare catalogued as
immortals kBOwlt,lmt they have got to
4I ven m a literary swibb.
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SIMPLE SEASONING A MERIT.
Dy Martha McCulloch Williams.
Pnpor bag cookery conserves tho
natural Juices and savors of food stuffs
and so requires but light soasonlng.
Tnko tho case ot so-called molted
butter. Ordinarily, a mixture of but
ter, flour and water, variously splcod
and seasoned and cooked to a pasty
consistency, It must glvo tho stomachs
that recolve it n mighty wrestle. Molt
ed butter, viscid and. heavy, means
overwork for It potential dyspopsla.
Far othorwlso with real moltod but
ter butter puro and simple, mixed
only with tho salts and savors of food
stuffs.
I wish you would try this sort of
molted buttor for either meats or vege
tables. Put tho butter in an enamel
sauco pan with snlt, poppor, paprika,
tho least sprlnklo of flno horbs and
a very ljttlo nutmeg. Add hnlf tho
buttoi" bulk of boiling water, cook to
gether for five minutes, stirring well,
then put in either lemon Julco, clarot
or sherry equal in quantity to tho boil
ing water, and lot stand ovor hot valor
until ready to sorvo.
Slnco omolots aro possiblo to tho
pnpor bag, horo follow directions for
several sorts, each a littlo out of tho
common. All must bo cooked alike
in a very well-buttered bng of proper
bIzo, sot in a very hot oven at first,
and tho heat slacked a third or oven
a half, after throo to five minutes.
Plain Omolot: Thin plain omolot can
bo tho foundation of many other sorts.
Dy doubling tho egg contonts and re
ducing tho milk ono-half, It becomes
richer and Hghtor. But Just as given
it is flno for breakfast or luncheon.
Begin by boating very light throo eggs,
whit and yolks separata. Add to tho
yolks a tablespoonful ot flour sifted
with half a leaspoonful of baking pow
der and half as much salL Melt a
spoonful of buttor In a pint ot milk,
'beat it gradually Into tho egg and
flour mixturo -tho milk must bo hot,
!but not boiling then fold inr,lightly
tho stiffly beaton whites, pour into
your bag, seal, put on trivot and cook
fifteen minutes.
Chlckon or Ham Omolot: To turn
mis into ciiicKoii omelet, add a very
little more flour to tho mixture, then
stir In woll Just before putting It In
tho bng a cup of cold chicken minced I thin, highly seasoned, and cooked bo
vory tlno and seasoned lightly with tweoii thin slices of bacon for twolvo
onion Julco or minced colory. For
ham omolot loavo out half the flour
and scant tho nllowuuco of salt nnd
baking powder. Wator can bo usod in
stead of milk In that caso, put In
more molted buttor. Mince or grind
tho cooked ham very flno and season
tt with onion Julco and tho barest
dusting ot sugar, not enough to tasto,
only to throw up tho piquancy of tho
ham. Put In tho minced ham beforo
tho beaton whites, mix lightly, put in
a well buttered bag and bako flftcon
minutes.
THE INNCR CROWING JIT-BITS.
Give Instant nllogianco to paper bag
cookery, all yo who dote upon inner
growing tlt-blts. Livers, for example
and hearts, brains, sweetbreads, kld
noys. Thero are llvors and livers. Chlckon
livers aro much in request. Tako six,
fresh and sound. Wash vory clean in
cold water, drain well, salt very light
ly, but do not poppor. Baroly dust
with flour, then wrap each liver In a
Cutlets and Cutlets
By M, Soyer, Chef of the Brookt' Club, London.
Cutlets a la St. Ceclle. Tako four
lamb cutlets, from half a pint to a pint
of parboiled peas and a pound of par
boiled new. potatoes. GrcaBO two bags
thickly. Put tho peas and potntoes, to
gotbor with ono and a half ounces ot
butter, In ono bag. Place on broiler
and put'ln n modoratoly hot oven. Lot
thom cook for twenty minutes before
putting In tho bag with tho cutlotB.
Meanwhllo trim tho cutlets very noat
ly, froo thom from superfluous fnt, flat
ton them with a woodon mnllot and
spread thom on both sldos with a
layer of folo gras. Havo ready Bomo
freshly fried broad crumbs. Sprlnklo
theso lightly on ench sldo of tho cut
lets. Tako care not to overdo this.
Placo gontly In a D-slzo bag. Fold,
clip, placo on broiler In tho ovon, and
cook for twonty minutes. Dish up tho
pens and potatoes as n border. Put
tho cutlets In tho middle. Pour their
Green Rays
Egypt Probably tho Only Place Where
Peculiar Hues May Bo Observed
to Advantage.
In Egypt, whoro tho ntmosphore is
very clear, tho green tints of tho sun
set light nro peculiarly distinct As
tho sun descends nearer nnd noaror
to tho horizon, and Is immensely en
larged, its rays suddenly bocome tor
an Instant ot a brilliant groon. Then
a succession of grcon rays suffuses
tho sky well nigh to tho zonlth.
Tho same phenomenon occurs nt
sunrise, but lens conspicuously. Somo
tlmos, nt aunsot. Just as tho last por
tion ot tho sun's disk vanishes, Its
color changes from Groon to bluo;
and bo also after It has disappeared
tho sky near the horizon is green,
while toward tho zenith it is bluo.
Tho, fact was of courso obsorved by
tho anclont Egyptians, and roreroncos
thereto aro found In tholr sacred
v,ru Intra. Day was tho symbol ot
llfo, nnd night that of dpa.th. Tho sot
ting sun, bclnK Identified with Osiris,
very thin sllco of streaky bacon, skow
cr It on with a toothpick and clip off
the sharp ends after skewering. Lay
compactly but without crowding in a
well-buttered bag, add a teaspoontul
of water, a tablespoonful of tomato
catsup, or fresh tomatoes peeled and
sliced, or elso half a gill ot stock, flav
ored with celery, seal and cook twenty
five minutes in a fnlrly hot ovon.
Olblot patties suit oomo palates. To
make them, parboil tho giblets, mash
or mlnco flno, throwing out all strings
or lumps, also shrods of onion and a
very littlo celery, with, If you like, a
grate of nutmeg or of lemon peel.
Moisten with melted butter or rich
stock, cut flvo Inch squares ot good
puff panto, cover half each diagonally
with tho prepared liver, fold over tho
other half, pinch tight together and
biSffln a ttcII greased bag fifln mtn
utos in a fairly hot ovon.
Parboil a pound of calf's liver. When
tender, but not ragged, tako up cool
and cut In strips ns thick as they aro
wldo. Wrap each strip in a slice ot
thin bacon, roll In flour, put In a bag
with a littlo butter tho bag must bo
well greased and cook for ten min
utes in a hot oven.
Baked lamb's heart Is much ap
proved by thoso who Hko that sort of
thing. Oct throo hearts, cut out tho
tops and noak at leant two hours In
cold slightly salted water to remove
tho blood. Tako out, rinse, drain well,
stuff with bread crumbs or any stuf
fing approved oven plain mashed po
tatoes or boiled rice will answor. Fast
en tho tops well over the stuffing. Lay
In a woll buttered bag and cook for
fifty minutes to an hour in a fairly
hot oven.
Beef heart can bo cooked tho cazno
way, but must soak longer throo
hours at loasL It must also cook long
er, tho tlmo depending on tho weight.
Split and clean lamb kidneys, scald
In lightly salted water very quickly,
drop in cold water a mlnuto or two,
then cut in quarters. Toko a spoonful
of flour and season it woll with salt,
pepper and a very littlo grated nut
meg. Roll the quartered kldnoys !n it,
then shako upon each a single drop of
tabasco. Get a fine skewer and aav
ready thin sliced streaky bacon.
Thread ono end of a sllco on the
skowor, then put on a pioce of kldnoy,
doublo tho froo end of the bacon ovor
tho point, and skowor it fast Add
another ptoco of kldnoy, fold tho ba
con again. When tho sllco gives out
put on a fresh one. Lcav tho point
of tho Bkowor projecting almost an
Inch, then stick over tho point a pleco
of while potato so that It will not tear
tho bag. Fill ns many skewers a?
nooded, lay thom points foremost, that
Ib toward tho mouth, in a well but
tered bag. Add a lump of butter rolled
In flour and a spoonful of tomato cat
sup, or half a spoonful of Worcester
sauco, and tho samo amount ot wator.
Seal and cook In a hot ovon flfteod
to twenty-flvo minutes, depending on
how boavily tho bag is loaded.
Chicken llvors, or those of squab,
can bo cooked in tho samo manner,
Inavlng out the catsup and adding only
tho butter. Beef kldnoy, sliced rather
minutes In a hot oven, is a near ap
proach grlllod kidney,
Blancho sweetbreads by scalding
thom in a slightly salted water then
parboil, and put betwoon plates to
press. Trim nontly, put in a vory
woll greased bag with a sauco of
buttor, cronm, sherry wlno and sea
soning only bo caroful to touch light
ly with the the herbs and cook forty
minutes to an hour in an ovon oven
only moderately hot.
Brains of any sort must bo scalded
In boiling salt wator, poclod and
dropped in cold wator for at loast ten
mliutcs. Halt an hour will not hurt
The ways of cooking thom nro many.
For scrambled brains, parboil them
until thoy Just begin to break, drain
out, and mix with beaton eggs, adding
seasoning to tasto. Pour into a well
buttered bag with an extra lump ot
butter nt tho bottom ot It, lay another
lump on top, fioal and cook in n hot
oven twenty-flvo to fifty minutes, ac
cording to tho stzo ot tho bag.
(Copyright, 1011, by tho Associated
Literary Press.)
own gravy
over them and servo at
on co,
Cutlets aux Navettes. Tako half a
bunch of young French turnips, pool,
lltiu UlUl Uiuui Aa UC-i'aly tt pubulblu to
one uho. Dust thom with salt nnd
pepper. Tako a pound nnd a half of
mutton cutlets. Trim as abovo di
rected. Dust welt with colory salt, a
very littlo whlto poppor and some
salted Hour. GreaBo a bag well. Put
In halt tho turnips, then tho cutlets,
then the rest of tho turnips. Add half
a pint of chicken stock, fold, clip,
placo on broiler and cook Blowly for
nn hour nnd a hulf. Dish up oc a hot
dish, with tho turnips us a border.
Pour tho snuco, 'which will ho of a
dollcato creamy consistency and taste,
ovor, and servo with asparagus, band
ed separately. '
(Copyright, 1911, by Sturgls & Walton
Company.)
From The Sun
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that god beenmo king of tho dead. Tho
sotting sun was green; thoreforo
Osiris, as tho nocturnal dotty ot tho
dead, was painted green.
Tho Bplcndld colllns of tho high
priests of Amnion frequently depict
tho groon sun, nnd tho funeral deities
aro all colored groon. This associa
tion of "death" with "groon" was un
doubtedly duo to the groon tints of
tho Egyptian sun nt Bunsot Youth's
Companion,
Rather Cruel.
If thero was ono thing moro than
another that ho prided himself on, It
was tho lit ot his clothes. "I can nov
er got n dress-coat really to fit" ho
said to hla partner us ho glanced down
at a perfoctly-mado gnnnont, with a
bopo, ot courso, that sho would at
ouco disclaim tho Insinuation. "Look
nt thta thliyj." "Well, it Is ntroclouB,"
sbo said coolly. "But why not savo
your money and buy one? It Is so
much cheaper In tho long run than
hiring."
TSofes ofM
SSJSMAefenA. JJ
Sits on Burglar Until Police Arrive
ur plSl (pftsstrt
N
Frederick C. Gray,
hopeful nineteen, who camo to the
big city from Quincy, Mass., to make
his fortune, was thrown downstairs
and sat on, nnd then locked up the oth
er day on a charge of unlawful entry.
In Gray's pocket tho pollco found
the cigarotto case ot James E. Bourko,
formor blacksmith mayor of Bur
lington Vt., and optimistic letters to
tho youth's father and others In
Quincy, in which Frederick said he
had married n $50,000 heiress.
Mary Smith, whoso mothor has a
furnlshod room houso nt 935 West
Fifteenth stroot, Bald she saw Gray
coming downstairs carrying a suit
case She was nwaro that he did not live
In the houso, so sho screamed for her
mother. Mrs. Smith met Gray mid
way In his flight downstairs. Tboy
rolled together to the bottom, and
then Mrs. Smith sat on tho young
man whilo her daughter went for the
pollco.
Search by tho pollco revealed that
In Boy's Attire, Blushes Betray Her
CHICAGO. Two tiny tears chasing
themselves over her freckled
cheeks and a timid blush which crept
after them, brought the coreer of
"Jack" Wilson to an ignominious end
tho other day in tho South Clark street
pollco station, whoro sho had been
taken by the police as a runaway. '
Tho night beforo "Jack," now nolf
idmitted to be Sarah Wilson, 15-yoar-old
daughtor of a wealthy St. Joseph
KMo.) ranchman, tearfully told of her
attempted personation of a boy; how
Bho had her hair cut short and how
she smoked a pipe, even though It
mado her sick.
Tho bluecoats at tho station ruo-
ully admitted that "Jack" put it ovor
on them and but for tho tears and
blush thoy would nover have suspect
ed tho sex of their littlo prisoner.
With a plpo and tobacco in her trous
ers pocket, "Jack" was found at tho
Northwcstorn station. Sho was taken
to tho South Clark street station.
Thero sho calmly pulled out her pipe,
filled It with apparent skill, and light
ed It.
Then while the admiring officers lis
tened sho told them of her trip. But
ono pollccmnn sneered at her nnd the
telltalo tears and blush betrayed her.
A moment later Bhe was aobblngly ad-,
mittlug she was a girl.
Blushing as scarlet as did their lit
tle prisoner, the officers turned her
over to tho matron. Sho was sent
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Train Stops When
you vaul
D
ENVER, Colo. But for tho timely
discovery of tho real causo of tho
"spook" orders thoy received to stop
tho train, tho trainmen on tho Rio
Grande passonger to Montrose would
havo dosertcd their charge In a panic
und forced tho passcngors to take
iharge,
I Just nftor the south bound pasacngor
left Whitewater, tho first station be
yond Grand Junction, tho train came to
such a sudden stop as to throw the pns
jiongors out of their seats. Believing
that they had barely escaped a rock
or landslldo tho passengers nnd train
men tumbled out 'in a hurry to seek
tho causo of the disaster which thoy
had so narrowly escaped.
When alt was found to bo in perfect
shape Just beyond tho curve tho con
ductor began an Investigation. The
engineer declared ho had rocelvod or
ders to stop the train and had prompt
ly applied tho air brakes. Each train
man and finally each passonger was
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U. S. Army Officers Start Moro Paper
ST;
LOUIS.- From Zamboanga nnd
tho domain of tho sultan of Sulu, In
tho Philippines, como tidings of tho
first nowspapor ever published In a
Moro 1 .nguago. Furthermore, it Is
unique In that It Is a govornment own
ed and operated nowspapor, and among
Its contributors and supporters aro
tho military authorities ot tho Moro
province
Prominent among the latter Is Capt.
William Reed, Unltod States cavalry,
who 1b governor of Sulu and chief of
staff of Gen. John J. Pershing, mili
tary governor of tho Province of
Moro.
Cant. Reed was a favorito In soci
ety hero In the gay days of 1904, and
many of his frloncd hero will And It
dllllcult to picture htm as helping mold
publlo opinion among tho littlo brown
men in tho Island ot his polygamlstlc
majesty, the sultan of Sulu.
As Llout "Billy" Reed this martial
nowspapor man Is woll romombored
In St. Louis, whero ho was a mem
ber ot tho military staff In charge
ot tho Jefferson Guards at tho world's
fair.
A copy of tho first Issuo of tho Sulu
News has been received by J. Blssoll
Waro of St. Louis from Captain Reed.
Tho salutatory, after a timely
preachment to the frisky Moro aneut
the b esslngs of peace and tho delights
nnd rroftts of n bucolic existence, pro
tti i,c u exp'atn the par'""! reason for
., .(.it Ihe "iltor n c3 apology
OTHM
cri n
Gray had, besides several razors and
pieces of Jewelry, a handsomo silver
cigarotto caso.
It was marked "Presented to tho
Mayor by tho Governor's Houso
Guard at tho Grand Trl-Contenary ot
Burlington, Vt" James E. Burke, a
Democrat, was ninyor of Burlington
at tho tlmo ot the Lake Champlaln
tri-centcnary celobratlon.
Some of tho Jowolry found wob
markod "Walter and Clayton Burke,"
nnd the pollco bellevo it bolougs to
tho former mayor's sons.
A letter, which Gray said he Jhad
Written to "his father to "chuck a
bluff," ran as follows:
"People In Quincy thought when I
left homo that I wouldn't make good,
but I have all right I am having
one flno time.
"I mot a girl hero who is worth
?50,000 in her own right, and una fell
in love with me and wo got mar
ried. Wo aro now living with her
mother.
"I expect to return to Quincy soon
and whon I do I am coming back in
a largo touring car, that I have Ju3t
bought. I want you to moot mo In
Providenco when I return, and wo
will motor into Quincy, and show,
them something. They'll bo sur
prised to know how good I've made."
back to her home as soon as her fa
ther could be communicated with.
"I was Just tired of staying at home,
so I ran away," said Sarah at the wom
an's annex at tho South Clark Btreot
station. "And I wantod to seo my
sister. Kef name is Mrs. Allen Gerb-
soy, and sho lives In Stockton, Kan.
"With money my father had given
mo I bought a bluo coat and throo
pairs of pants. Sunday afternoon I
dressed In the barn. My sister
Lllllo, 11 years old, cut off my
hair nnd I put It In one of my suit
cases. Then I started for Chicago.
"When I arrived hero I bought a
ticket for Stockton, which cost me
$1C.G5, but I still had some money left.
Then I went Into a barber shop and
had niy hair cut.
"Thnt policeman looked In my suit
cases, out no never saw my nair. i
don't know whoro his eyes were. I
Just carried tho plpo and tobacco to
make people think I was a boy.
"My father has a largo ranch In
Oklahoma nnd has lots of money, but I
don't believe I want to go homo."
Monkey Pulls Rope
questioned in person, but no one ad
mitted responsibility.
Tho train started ahead and was
rapidly making up lost time, when for
a second time tho train stopped, the
engineer again declaring that ho had
rocolvcd a signal to stop tho train.
Again tho trainmen denied having
sent a mossago along the bollropo and
made a round of inquiry among tho
passengers.
Tho trainmen were certain that thoy
had boon hoodooed, and some of them
declared they would lcavo the train
unlesB tho mysterious spook mate
rializations were stopped.
Then when a fow mlnutos later the
train was stopped for a third tlmo-,
trainmen nnd passengers were indig
nant. This tlmo they declared that
thoy would find tho culprit whooven
ho might be, and prosecute him as
woll. They then began a systematic
search all through tho train, not spar
ing ovon those in the Pullman car.
A fow minutes later they discovered
the sourco of all their trouble In a
very unspook-llke masquerade It was
a monkey. Hit) liiuiike bhli was con
tentedly pulling tho bellropc, which
hung vory cloBe. Tho animal was tho
property of J. F.Pickering of this city,
nnd ho was advised to cage tho mon
key, wh,lch he did without further de
lay, nnd tho train moved on.
IMMMWKW
GsX1W"tJKO
for typographical shortcomings by ex
plaining that tho Arabic characters
wero purchased originally for tho pur
poso of printing two prlmors for tho
uso of tho schools, thnt those who
employed tho typo aro no longer at
hand, and that tho editor had learuod
'to handle but awkwardly tho 500 char
acters employed."
Tho purposo of tho publication, It la
explained, Is to Impart useful informa
tion to tho Sulu reading population,
to urouso their Interest In tho devel
opment of their Bplcndld agricultural
country nnd to encourage all measuroa
which mako for their real progress.
As a forecast of tho good things that
nro to come tho editor announces that
"Datu Raja Munda Mandl and Sheik
Mustafa Ahmad will aid In tho writing
of this paper." As a further induce
ment to circulation It is nnnouncod
that tho pnpor will bo distributed froo
to all who deslro to receive it
Has No Remedy lu Law.
An English Judge ha decided that
a purchaser ot forged postage stamps
has no remedy against tho sellor.
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RECORDED QUEER BET
L08ER PAID GUINEA A DAY FOR
THREE YEARS.
Made Wager with Clergyman Based on
Expectation of Napoleon's Death
and Finally Was Released '
From It by a Jury.
"One of tho most curious bots I
over hoard of was made in England a
hundred years ago," said Angus Mc
Gregor, nn attorney of Edinburgh,
Scotland, at tho Belvodoro.
"The wager was between a knight
who was also a momber of parlia
ment, and a clergyman, for In thnt
day it was not considered scandalous
for dominies to put up their money
on sporting propositions. It is but
fair to tho preachor, however, to say
that tho other man did the banter
ing, and this was tho knight's singu
lar offer: That it anyone of a crowd
present would put up 100 guineas
(something over $500) ho would give
to such person one guinea a day dur
ing tho remainder of tho llfetlmo of
Napoleon Bonaparte.
"In making such nn extraordinary
offer he evidently thought tho great
Corslcan had but a few days to live.
Before tho others in the company
could recovor from tho shock of tho
Btrange proposal, tho clergyman shout
ed out that ho would accept tho terms
and then nnd there the wager or deal
was consummated, there being wit
nesses to tho act of the minister in
putting 100 guineas into the challen
ger's hands.
"A splendid bet it was for tho rev
erend gentleman, but a miserably poor
one for the other, who had to surren
der a guinea every day and this he
continued to do for tho bettor part ot1
threo years. Along toward the close
of 1814 the knight wearied of his los
ing gamo. As you American say, he
began to have cold feet At first ho
tried to beg off, but the parson would
not listen to his entreaties. A bet
was a bot ho contended, and the fact
that ho was ahead to tho tune of some
900 guineas mado him not in tho least
compassionate. Boney might live a
good whilo longer and that dally rev
enue was very sweet.
"As a last resort the knight refused
to pay any longer, and tho parson
brought suit before a Judge. Eloquent
and learned counsel spoke on both
sides, but It must have boon that the
Rlvooat for the defendant knight pro.
duced the most convincing argument
In tolling tho Jury why his client
should not be made to pay any longer.
"In the first place," said the law
yer, his client had not In tho begin
ning mado tho bet seriously; it was a
sort of Jocular proposal, but once be
ing mado tho proponent was too game
to back out. Secondly, It was con
trary to public policy to glvo legal
panctlon to such a bet. Napoleon was
Britain's most dreaded foe and for a
British subject to havo a procuring
intoresl lu prolonging tho enemy's
life was a horrid and untcnablo
thought. The Jury took the samo
vlow and freed tho knight from fur
ther' payments." Baltimore Ameri
can. Young Financier.
It appears that thero Is more or less
humbug about tho traditional slowness
of tho messenger, tho fabulous lazi
ness of tho office boy and all that
sort of stuff. At any rate, there is a
young fellow In Cleveland who may
be said to bo abreaBt of the age in
which he lives. He works In a down
town ofllco building, but he has a
rapidly growing account In a savings
bank.
Tho other day our young hero went
to his bank to make a deposit of 50
cents. The toller, with more than his
customary haughtiness, informed the
boy that the bank would not receive
deposits ot less than $1. The kid
didn't wasto any tlmo arguing about
It Ho walked over to tho desk, wrote,
a check for $1 and presented ltvat'
the paying teller's window. It wan
honored, of course. Then the little
financier said:
"I wish to deposit $1.50."
And that deposit was accepted. And.
the teller ground his teeth.
Haec tabula docet that you can de
posit a, cent if you havo an account
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Got Right One That Time.
"Crack" went the baseball bat, and
'ei-H-h" went tho bis wlndowpano ot
a kosher butcher in East Eighty-sixth
street as tho ball found Its mark, says
the New York Dally Mail.
Like a flash, out darted the butcher
and with multitudinous outcries start
ed la pursuit of half a dozen small
boys, who were legging it for denr
life lu the direction of Carl Schurz
Park.
1113 chn30 would have proved fruit
less bad not a policeman, by one of
those miracles that occasionally hap
pen, come around a corner Just ahead
of tho fugitives and proved nlmblo
enough to grab one of thom.
The prisoner, knuckles in eyes, pro
tested that ho hadn't "done nothin"'
nnd there was growing a doubt as to
tho valuo of tho capture until a pow
erful femalo voice descended from nn
upper window across tho street, say
ing: "Dot's do boyl Dot's do boy! I hat
him myself seon from my upstairs
window down."
Just for Recreation.
olph B. Athorton, secretary of tho
Loaguo of Republicans Clubs, is a pol
itician and nn authority on good sto
ries. Ho tells this ono:
During a coal strlko In Scrnnton, Pa.,
many miners wero Idle, and the city
authorities, taking advantage ot tho
fact, had a lot of work dono putting
'In sewers, paving streets, and laying
wlros underground. An old Irishman
by the namo of Mlko Dooloy had beon
employed In tho mines, but took a tem
porary Job digging ditches in tho
stieets. One morning his friend, Pat
Hoolllgan, say Mike at work, and ex
claimed: "Hello, Mike! What in tho dlvll aro
you doing there7,"
Miko leaned on his pick, looked up,
nnd said smilingly:
"Oh, I thought I would work while
1 was ldlo.' The Popular Magazine.
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MADE IT CITY
GARDENS
Minneapolis Club Has Planted Hun
dreds of Vacant Lots With Veg
etables and Flowers.
The members of the Minneapolis
Garden club planted 325 vacant lots
to vegetables and flowers In the year
1911, 200,000 square foot to vegetables
end 250,000 to flowors. It distributed
22,000 packages of nasturtium seods to
children; covered every vacant lot
along two miles of tho main arterial,
street with grass or flowors; cleared
COO acres of rubbish, and screened 20,
000 feet of stroot frontage with bushy
plants.
Under Us lnflionce 700 persons, not!
Including Its mombors, also gardened'
vacant lots, and 18,000 had gardens'
at homo. Nlnotoen hundred acres In.
all were Improved. According to!
figures gathered by tho Survoy tho!
cost of tho Garden club was $3,084.43;
the value of tho crop was $11,801.78.!
In Minneapolis there aro 5,000 acres!
-of vacant lot, sufficient to supply tho
entlro stato with vegetables. The occ-i
nomlc value of vacant lot gardens to
those who took them up greatly out-!
weighed tho cost So many vegetables
were grown that complaints werei
made by tho grocers. Many of tho1
stores were supplied with fresher veg-j
etables at a lower cost. People in va-l
cant lot gardens neighborhoods bought'
from tho gordoners; the hotels during,
tho week of tho Minneapolis civic,
celebration sorved vacant lot vege
tables. Throe hundred and twonty-flvo va
cant lot gardens wore started. Of
thoso only eight wcro abandoned,
through lack of interest on tho parti
ot the gardoners.
For a fee of one dollar the Bar
den club gave seeds for a lot 40 by
120 feet; plowed and harrowed tho
lot; provided supervision nnd In
struction nil Bummer, and offered val
uable prizes. It was soon discovered
that It was not necessary to get for
mal permission for the use of lots Slnco
there ras no cot to them, nnd the'
lots were to be restored In tho samo
If not better condition, tho owners
had no objections. The local con
gressman secured government seeds
for all tho planting.
Before tho middle of summer tho
garden fever had spread like a con
tagion. Appeals woro made through
the newspapers, and then by mem
bers of tho club personally appealing
beforo clubs, lodges, Improvement or
ganizations and other associations.
CLASSIC GARDEN .IS REVIVED
Exposition of a Novel Kind Has Been
Completed In tho Champs
Elycscs, Paris.
An admirable display of French art
In landscape gardening, an entirely
now kind of exposition, has been com
pleted In tho Champs Elysees in Paris,
France, whero the society known as
the Amateur du Jardin (amateurs of
the garden) has laid out a series ot
picturesque gardens, models of tho
traditional classic type. The purposo
of tho exhibition was to cultivate a
lovo of gardens.
As Is woll known, two centuries ago
France wns celebrated for her marvel
ous gardons, and tho most beautiful
displays of art In gardening woro the
work of tho greatest of French land
scape gardeners, Lo Notre, who laid
out tho grounds surrounding Ver
sailles, Chantllly and tho Tullerles,
which for two centuries havo attract
ed strangers in search of examples
of model landscape gardening.
Ono may say that the harmony, tho
order, the rational arrangement shown
in tho gardens of Franco reflect the
French taste. They may ovon bo call
ed gardons of Intelligence admirably
illustrating Descartes' theory that
"man la tho master of nature." Tho
effect of a classic landscape garden
differs entirely from that produced by
a natural landscape garden. A prom
enade In a forest in tho midst ot
rugged trees, denes thlckpts, rustlo
moss, glvos a purely nnlmnl, sonoual
pleasure, for nature dominates man;
on tho other hand an Intense, reflned,
purely Intellectual pleasuro results
from a vlow of the well ordered, woll
kept, charmingly laid out French gar
den In which man dominates nature.
Cultivating tho Back Yard.
Of couro oven the cultivation of as
small a plot as a back yard necessi
tates tho expenditure of a certain
amount' of tlmo and labor rfnd a cor
tain amount of thought There are
back' yards whoso soil Is not suited
to every kind of crop. Sometlmos It
consists ot red clay. Sometimes it
contains rubbish tin cans and broken
glass and atJhos and plastor and
chunks of brick. But thero aro fow
back yards utterly hopeless, and tho
greater tho difficulty In converting
them from ugliness to beauty, tho
greater tho credit and the satisfaction.
If ono cannot or does not want to
grow a crop of vegetables in his back
yard, at least bo may sow sod nnd n
fow flowers. If they nro only sunflow
ers they will bo better than nothing.
Health Hints.
From an advertising standpoint the
groatcst asset nny city can havo is an
indlsputablo claim to good health and
a low death rate
"Tis a wise community which places
community health above all other com
munity possessions.
Tho hoalth surety of any community,
Is best gauged by Its death rato from
preventable diseases.
When It comes to foresight, most
men aro short-sighted. In tho mad
rush of business and social affairs few
of us And Mroo for thought of tho fu
ture; too many of us fall to pay heed
to tho buzz until we'ro right up against
tho saw. Chicago Hoalth Bulletin. I
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