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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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HAS STORY OF OWN
Handkerchiefs Originally Used in
Persia to Mop Face.
Habit of Snuff Taking First Brouaht
It Into Common Use tits Connec
tion With Royalty Was Dis
seminator of News.
New York. Tho first handkerchief,
used originally in Persia, was a small
square of silk, tho principal ubo of
which was to wipe the molaturo from
tho brow. From Persia it passed to
Greece and then by tho way of Romo
spread slowly throughout Europe
It was for centuries affected only by
pooplo of wealth and wa8 used for
many purposes ornament, as a carrier
of strong scents, as a favor to be worn
by a gallant In his hat.
It was tho odious habit of snuff tak
ing which finally brought tho handker
chief Into common use, which In
creased lta slzo and changed tho ma
terial of which It was composod, a
writer In the Rochester (N. Y.) Post
Express observes. Tho varied usos
to which handkerchiefs have been put
are numerous.
As propagators of general knowledge
they were employed during the reign
of Queen Anno to carry the text of
her majesty's speech to parliament, on
April 8, 1710, which was printed upon
ARCHERY IS VERY POPULAR
Many Enthusiasts of Both Sexes At
tend Thlrty-8lxth Annual Tourn
ament of Sport.
Havorford, Pa. That tho popularity
of archery as an outdoor sport was be
coming more and more marked each
year, was attested by the numbor of
men and women who took part In tho
thirty-sixth annual tournament of the
National Archery Association of the
United States ,on tho grounds of
the Merlon Cricket club at Havorford,
Mrs. R. D. Elmer.
Pa., AugUBt 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st
Men and women from many of tho
largo cities In tho United States gath
ered at tho tournament. Mrs. R. D.
.Elmer, wlfo of Dr. R. D. Elmer of
Wayno, Pa., tho champion archer of
tho United States, is shown hero, in
tho act of releasing an arrow on its
winged way toward tho target.
HENS' SECRETARY QUITS JOB
Farmhand Had Done Everything, but
Balked at Last Position Thrust
Upon Him.
London. Sam had worked on tho
farm for nine years, and until his mas
ter took up poultry farming was quite
satisfied with life.
But this poultry business was a bit
too much, says Pearuon's (London)
Weekly, He had to take tho eggs as
tfwy were laid and write the date on
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GREAT RALLY OF MOTORCYCLISTS
office a great rally of motorcyclists took
willing to enlist for the European war.
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their surface, Into tho homes of many
who would otherwise have romalnod in
blissful ignorance. In liko manner
were circulated tho announcements, of
tho treaty of Utrocht and of Marlbor
ough's victories over tho French. In
1745 handkerchiefs stamped with tho
portraits of tho young pretender's
loading adherents wero issued with a
view of facilitating capturo of tho
rebels. In retaliation tho Stuart party
printed other handkorchlefs, that the
rough llkenoss of Georgo II depicted
thereon, might be put to Ignoble ubo.
Naturally handkerchlofs kept paqo
with other extravagances in dress, bo
lng oftontlmes edged with costly lace
and embroiderod with Initials, armorial
bearings, love mottoes and sundry In
genious deslgna those, for Instance,
of the duchess of Chovreuso bolng
worked with cuplds pursuing one an
other and garlands of roses. Sprays
of heliotrope, tied with mauvo colored
ribbon, adorned tho handkerchiefs of
La Orando Mademoiselle, tho niece of
Louise XIII, whllo tho colors of the
comtesse de Castlgliono's correspond
ing on all occasions to those of her
garters changed with ovory passing
mood and passion. Thus, when she
fancied herself in love, garters and
handkerchiefs wero blue, but If tho
subject of her wayward affection was
suspected of infidelity, azure was dis
carded for yellow, which Bhe retained
until hor naturally buoyant spirits,
having exorcised tho demon of Jeal
ousy, domanded tho substitution of
green, as betokening exuberant gayety
and rude health.
Jewels, as might have boon expected,
entored largely into tho decoratlvo
schemes employed In theso delicate
samples of laco work. Mme. du Barry
owned a handkerchief on which hor
namo was embroidered in precious
Btones, whllo pearls to tho value of
1,000 wero scattered over a square of
precious laco In the possession of tho
ill-fated Marie Antoinette, whoso
friend, the equally hapless Mmo. du
Lamballo, owned a similar superfluity.
Moro valuable, however, than theso Is
a handkerchief owned by Queen Mar
gerlta of Italy a unique speclmon of
FORESTS IN ALASKA
Types Differ in Different Parts of
Country.
Trees Grow to Large 8lro on the
Southeastern Coast but In the In
terior Have a Much Smaller
Development.
Washington. The difference be
twocn forest typos In different parts
of Alaska aro as sharp as ihoao be
tween tho topographic and climatic,
and, of courso, depend upon them.
Tho lioast forests of southern Alaska
aro & northernmost extension of tho
coast typo of Washington and Brit
ish Columbia. The iuterlor forests
aro &u extension of tho Interior Cana
dian forests.
On, tho coast of BoutheaBtcvn Alaska
trees grow to largo slzo; in tho In
terior tha timber Is much Bmallor. Tho
higher mountain areas aro completely
abovo timber lino. Climatic conditions
in tho region adjacent to Bering sou
and on tho Arctic slope make forest
growth altogether Impossible, so there
aro great stretches of tundra whoso
vegotatlon consists chiefly of moss,
sedges, and a few shrubs. Moss may
bo said to bo tho garment of Alaska,
and layers of It 12 to 18 Inches thick
aro not at all uncommon elthor on tho
coast or In tho Interior.
Making reductions for some barren
areas, it is estimated that tho total
forest and woodland area of AlaBka
is approximately 100,000,000 acres,
or about 27 per cent of tho land sur
face of tho territory. Of those, about
20,000,000 acros may possibly boar
thorn with an Indelible pencil. And,
worso than that he had' also to write
on tho eggs tho breed of the hon that
laid them.
So ono day ho marched up to the
farmer.
"I'm about fed up,'1 said ho, "and
I'm going to loavo."
Tho farmer was ustoulshod.
"Surely, Bam," said ho, "you'ro not
going to leave mo after all theso
years!"
"Yes, but I am," rotortod Sam, "I'vo
done ovory kind of rotten Job on this
IN LONDON
place on Wimbledon Common and
Fifteenth century laco valued at
3,000.
On January 2, 1785, Louis XVI, at
the Instance of Queen Marie Antoinette,
issued nn edict decreeing that "tho
length of handkerchiefs Bhall equal
their breadth hencoforth throughout
tho kingdom." This odlct would seem
finally to havo determined custom
throughout tho civilized world as to
the future shape of a useful article.
MOTHER AVENGED HER CHILD
Shot and Killed the Youth, In Open
Courtroom, Who Had Wronged
Her Daughter.
Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Florence McGow
an shot nnd killed-J. Leroy Brown of
Mobile, Ala., after ho had agreed in
court to marry her flftoon-year-old
daughter, Vivian, as an amend to tho
wrong he had done hor. The shoot
ing camo at the conclusion of a pre
liminary trial. There was a brief con
sultation, the mother agreeing, appar
ently, to everything said by tho lawyer
of the defendant.
"I think ;t is best," said Mrs. Mc
Gowan, as court was about to adjourn,
"out before I agreo I want to hear tho
words from Brown's own lips that ho
will not desert my daughter as soon
nb he marries her."
Brown was ushorod Into the court
room and took his seat. As he did so
Mrs. McGownn arose, saying: "You
marry my daughter! That Is adding
limult to injury."
Thon sho drew a revolver from hor
handbag and opened flrp on Brown,
iAnlcting three wounds from which ho
clfid later. Mrs. McGownn was placed
under arrest and is now being held
under charge of murder.
Church Is 200 Years Old.
Capo May, N. J. Tho two hun
dredth anniversary of tho founding of
tho Cold Spring Presbyterian church
wan celebrated by an all-day service
In which tho principal participant was
John Wanamaker. Congratulatory let
tors wero receivod from President WU
bou. Mr. Wanamaker attended th
church as a boy, nnd donated $G0O pub
licly, but It is hlntod that he has given
a larger sum which is yet to bo an
nounced. tlmbtr of sufficient size and density
to be considered forest in the sense
that much of it can bo used for Baw
timbtit, whllo tho balanco or 80,000,
000 atros, Is woodland, which bears
some saw tlmbor, but on which the
forest is of a smaller and moro scat
tered character and vnlunblo chiefly
for fuel. Thero Is not sufficient In
formation upon which to base any
fiatlsffjtory estimate of tho total
stand or tlmbor In Alaska. It has
boon estimated for Instance, that the
coast forests contain 75,000,000,000
foot oi merchantable Umber, but this
estimate might, wo think, bo much ex
ceeded woro both spruco and hem
lock olosoly utilized. Much of tho
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Raft of spruce logs on beach near
Wrangel, Alaska. Average diameter
at the butt, 37 Inches; at the top, 21
Inches; average length, 78 feet; con
tent of raft, approximately 190,000
board feet,
black Bpruco Is too Bmall for commer
cial purposes, bo that It Is Impossible
to give a satisfactory estimate of tho
total stand.
hero fnrm. but I'd rnther ntnrvn Minn
go on bolng privnto socretary to your
old hens I"
Here's an Old Fashioned Mother.
West Frooman, Mo. Mrs. Samuel
Lovojoy of WeBt Freeman, Mo., aged
sovonty-olght, walkod six miles, picked
throo quarts of raspberries and thren
quarts of blueberries and roturhed
homo, all In flvo hours Then she
canned tho borrles and prepared .sup
per and was as chipper aa n cricket
all tho evening.
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Remarkably Neat and Pretty
Five-Room House is the
One Described Here.
FEATURE IS ITS LIVING ROOM
Apartment Made Large and Attractive
Enough to Invite Occupancy at
All Seasons Pantry and Kitch
en Combined Is Another
Good Feature.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Radford will answei
questions nnd givo ndvlce FltEE OP
COST on nit subjects pertaining to the
lubject of building, for tho renders of this
paper. On necornt of his wldo experience
as Editor, Authvr nnd Mnnufncturer, ho
Is, without doubt, tho hlKliest nuthbrlty
on nil theso subjects. Address nil inquiries
to William A. rtndford. No. 1827 Pralrla
nvenue, Chicago, III., nnd only enclose
Vvo-oent stamp for reply.
A very neat and pretty five-room
house Is this.
I sometimes think there is moro
solid comfort to tho square foot In a
cottage than there Is in a square yard
of mansion. You havo less work and
moro genuine satisfaction, because you
can mako it moro homelike. Tako a
room like this fine, big living room,
having a cozy corner walled in with
high-backed seats on two sides of a
good fireplace for cold evenings, and
you havo something to remember with
great pleasure and satisfaction. Im
agine a dog or a cat half asleep on
tho hearth rug, with the family gath
ered around, some engaged in reading,
some, perhaps, In fancy work, and you
have a picture fit for a master artist.
Between the porch and tho living
room thero is a large vestibule big
enough to contain a coat closet, Thero
aro double doors to shut out tho cold
and, of course, the outer door Is cov
ered with a wire screen door In sum
mer time.
Tho big living room is 14 feet by
18 feet six inches, which Is extra largo,
even for a modern living room. Tho
entrance from the living room to tho
dining room is a little out of the ordi
nary and It gives a good opportunity
to hang two pairs of curtains, and to
secure an unusual effect if the work
is nicely done. Placipg tho stairway
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In the cerJpr of the north side of the
houso leaves tho front open with a
clear view from1 tho different windows.
A center stairway work3 hotter than
a front stairway on tho second floor,
as well as on tho first floor, for It
leaves a fine, big bedroom in the front
gablo.
One reason why this house plan
works up so well Into largo rooms is
tho fact that the stairway Is very com
pact; Just a short, straight flight of
steps in the center of the house. Be
sides connecting the upper and lowor
floors it makes an easy entrance to
the cellar from tho kitchen. Thero Is
a great deal In layinp out a stairway
First Floor Plan
bo thnt It will give the greatest amount
of convenience tor the space occupied.
Thero 1b also an entrance from tho
hall to tho kitchen, which is a great
convenience nt times.
Coming to tho kitchen, we havo
rather an unusual plan, the kltchon
answering the purposo of pantry and
kitchen combined. This is a recent
idea in houso building and it seoms
to bo growing In favor. It takes less
room and It requires less steps at meal
time. Instead of a pantry, one Bide of
tho kitchen la mado Into cupboards
with shelves.
Thoso cupboardB are deop enough
nnd tho shelves are wide enough to
provide a good deal of storage room.
The front of this cupboard case, as it
might be called, Is made up, of cup
boards doors, bo hinged as to open
out, leaving tho entlro shelf surface ex
posed, Tho aholvos thomselves, in
stead of bo'vng built in solid, are sup
ported by pegs, bo they may be lifted
out for cleaning. Ono objection to
cupboards Is the difficulty of keeping
them clean, but this arrangoment
sooms to solve that problem; still tho
doors shut over them to keep put the
dust.
Tho building of smaller houses has
made economy of spaco necessary
Architects have got busy with new lr
mentions and nw tdei.B, some of which
mvo taken wlib the uuLllc because
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they mean greater comfort and con
venience for tho nmount of money ex
pended. The front porch with tho little boxed
In stops at tho corndr gives tho houso
an artistic appearance to nn unusual
dogreo. There is something nbout tho
pitch of the porch roof, its size in
proportion to the houso, and tho neat
corners and pillars, that stamps the
whole houso with an air of refinement.
It is seldom you see a porch that so
thoroughly pts tho houso as does this
ono.
Tho slzo of this llttlo houso Is 20
feet Bix inches in width by 35 feet six
Inches In length, exclusive of porches,
which is rather large on tho ground, aa
houses aro built nowaday, but not
largo when you consider that it Is only
a cottage in height.
Such n houso Is easily heated with
a hot air furnace, which is tho most
sensible way to heat a small house,
because you get both heat and ventila
tion. But you must take tho cold air
from outdoors and not from some room
in the houso or from tno collar.
Outside air contains a good deal of
moisture. It loses a portion of the
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moUture In passing through tho fur
nace. If you pass It through several
times It loses practically all of its
moisture and the effect on your breath
ing apparatus is very noticeable If you
are a llttlo out of condition.
All air is germ laden. Most germs
are beneficial, but unfortunately, the
air also contains germs that are detri
mental and some that are positively
dangerous. If our vitality is what it
should bo the worst germs cannot in
jure us seriously.
Cold will not kill disease germs, heat
will not kill them until you get well up
toward the temperature of boiling wa
tor. Tho warmth of the human lungs
eeoms' to be about right to encourage
their most rapid development, and un
less thoy aro expelled in large quanti
ties they are likely to Increase in num
bers sufficient to make trouble. 9
Pneumonia and consumption are
cured, if cured at all, by sleeping out
doors, or in the house with a window
wide open. When a man feels eco
nomical enough to take the air from
inside the house to pass it through the
furnace, he is also careful enough to
keep all tho doors and windows closed.
That Is ono of the strongest reasons
why a furnace should not be fed with
Interior air.
Steam heating and hot water heating
planta should always have in connec
tion a ventilating system. New houses
usunlly have flues for tho purpose.
Some people will kill themselves In
any kind of a house with any sort
of a heating system; others will have
fresh air in splto of difficulties.
This houso will cost complete about
12,000, possibly a triflo more. It will
be found a very satisfactory design,
both ns to outward appearance and in
terior arrangement.
Bad Features of Dress.
Formerly it was an unwritten sar
torial law that even tho party dresses
of young girls should not go beyond
"medium law." But the other day I
saw a girl who was perhaps seven
teen and whoso street frock consisted
of a lnce blouse with a V extending
inches below the collar bone 'and
with sleeves stopping Inches above
tho elbow, a scant satin skirt and a
velvet belt at least two feet wide. A
woman of thirty-flvo might have worn
tho costumo at a reception. It accen
tuated all tho worst points of the girl
hor bony neck, angular arms and
undeveloped figure.
Girls of all ages have enjoyed be
ing admired. But It is with the bla
tant art of the sign painter, with a
flaring advertisement of face and fig
ure, that tho girl of today demands
admiration from tho rest of us. Is
sho getting it?
Appropriate Uniform.
"So tho GormauB havo invaded Lim
burg! If it has soldlors, I wonder
If their military uniforms"
"WollT"
"Is made of cheese cloth?"
"Hardly. Thon tho enemy would
too soon get acent of the movement."
Its Classification.
"Don't you think sausage Is the
worst article on the hot weather
menu?"
"Well, it may be classed aa tho
wlonerwuret."
The Double Turnover.
A Baltlmorean went to get his morn
ing paper ftom the doorstep and found
n neatly clothed girl baby lying upon
It He turned the baby over to the
police but turnod the paper over to
the baseball nowa.
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PLAIN FOOD BEST.
Without special training to that end,
it would be lmpoesiblo for any of us to
form an ndequnte idea of tho propor
tions, the genoral plan or the relation
ship of the sovernl parts of a building
in which wo might bo living, but of
which wo had nevor seen tho outside.
To secure anything approximating a
clear mental picture of a structure It
Is necessary for most of us to view its
several sides from a sufficient distance
to get a true perspective. Better etlll,
wo might carefully Inspect and study
tho architect's sketch of tho edlflco
drawn to scale. By this latter plan we
aro enabled most easily to form in our
minds a plcturo showing tho general
relationship of tho several parts and
to adjust to them our knowledge of tho
lnsido of tho structure.
Obviously it is impossible for us to
stand outside and view our universe
from a distance as we would a build
ing. And for most of us it is very dif
ficult to understand our relations to
and absolute dependence on what we
consider "immaterial" outside factors
as presented by our astronomers, phy
sicians and chemists, simply because
wo lack the training necessary to en
able ua to detach our minds from our
persons and, looking In from tho out
side, comprehend how stupendous aro
what may be to them comparatively
simple statements. We got Btarted
wrong and find it exceedingly difficult
to unlearn and forget much that we
acquired In our youth.
We havo noted that moat of our
serious diseases, and also rickets, ar
rested development and tho like, aro
closely identified with anaemia; that
anaemia In turn is cloeely Identified
with tho oxygen carrying capacity of
tho blood and that this function de
pends on tho presenco of a pigment
known as hematin and a protein form
ing a very complex substanco, haemo
globin. Haemoglobin, next to proto
plasm, is unquestionably tho most im
portant organic substance of verte
brato life, and in conjunction with the
stroma the spongy, colorless frame
work of tho corpuscle with which it
is aseociated is an active functioning
protein, tho main function of which is
to convey oxygen from the external
organs of respiration to tho internal
organs and tissues in general.
Spoclflc respiratory substances aro
essential constituents of all living or
ganisms, and they aro found univer
sally distributed throughout plant and
animal life. These substances are di
vided Into two groups, tho metal
bearing and the metal free, and tho
foTmer may contain manganese, cop
per or iron. For the most part thoy
aro coloredo far as is known.
In each kingdom tho major pigment
may be represented or supplemented
by physiologically allied bodies which
may or may not be closely related
chemically. Chlorophyl In granular
form has been found In a large num
bor of invertebrates and vertebrates
and haemoglobin la also distributed
among tho invertebrates in a sporadic
and inexplicable way. Haemoglobin
may be present in ono email group of
muscles and absent from all the rest
of the body. Hay Lankostor states:
"Wherever increased facilities for oxi
dization aro requlsito, haemoglobin
may mako its appearance In response;
where such facilities can bo diapensod
with or aro otherwise supplied, haemo
globin may cease to bo developed."
This explains the phenomena of the
blood adaptation to different altitudes
and Is subject for thought for the ar
rangement of sleeping quarters.
The daily press for some years has
contained coluinnB of matter regarding
balanced rations and pure foods In re
lation to good health, and much good
has been done, but tho vast majority
of readers havo failed to derive mate
rial benefit' therefrom because they
fall to grasp the full significance of
the statemetfts made and tho possible
relation to their own troubles. They
consider themselvea things apart from
the rest of creation and do not under
stand that when It Is stated that the
oeh of wheat, barloy, ryo, rice, millet,
oats, potatoes, peas, lentils, broad
boana, kidney beans, mi,lk, eggs and
meat contains ferric oxide, it means
tho presenco of iron, which is as
sociated all through tho living world
with tho vital elements necessary to
our life and good health. This pres-
FINDS SNAKE IN THE WINDOW
Shipping Clerk Turns Charmer and
Reptile Is Placed In Basket
Cage.
Do you want a long, live snake,
lltho aud lively, and with glistening
scnlos as clean as new patent-leather
shoes? Gus Bodamer, a shipping clerk
In tho Eureka Fire Hoso Manufactur
ing company at 27 Barclay street, was
tidying up tho fire and garden hose In
tho window about 7:30 o'clock one
morning when ho and tho seven
foot snake of unknown species camo
faco to face.
Gus and Ed Dooley, bossed partly
during the capture by President
George A. Wlso oL tho company, but
chiefly by Col. Fred W. Sparkman, as
sistant manager, pinned tho snake
with a polo and got it into a metal
waBto baskot. They called up Curntor
Raymond Dltmars of tho Bronx Zoo
snnkn house, who said he would
come down nnd take a look nt the
snakr The snake is bi rpesed
o have snndercd from nn animal
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those articles, in their natural stato
I ptoporly prepared will glvo us all that
Is needed for normal life and hoalth.
THE DIET QUESTION.
Inquiries received prove that largo
numbers of persons grasp only with
I great difflcutly tho fundamental princi
ples of nutrition nnd do not readily
discriminate between pure food and
wholesome food. Tho demand Is for
somo specific guide or chart as to
what to eat. This is not tho road to
good health and happiness, but qulto
tho contrary; because until self
knowledge and self-reliance nre at
tained the individual is subject to all
kinds of vague and unreasoning fears
and fanclea and Is, therefore,' continu
ously in danger of exploitation by any
plausible faddist, with all tho attend
ant dangers.
Next to rice, wheat Is tho most uni
versally uBed cereal and in this coun
try It leads; therefore, moro than any
other plant, wheat becqmes a constitu
ent part of our bodies.
Wheat begins to grow at 41 degrees
Fahrenheit and when the nggregate
temperature as represented by tho
sum of tho dally average equals 185
degrees tho germ begins to "hatch" or
escape from the husks if not too deep
ly burled. If too dooply burled, a
greater amount of heat la required pro
portionate to tho depth, and if the seed
lies at a depth lower than ono foot
It rarely germinates. Seedlings ceaao
to grow If tho average tomperaturo
for tho day remains below 42 degrees
Fahrenheit, When young planta havo
been subjected to an aggregate tem
perature of 1896 degreea Fahrenheit
from tho time when eown, or of 1715
degrees from the time of germination,
branching goes on freely and tho
young ears form. Under tho stimulus
of an average temperature of 55 de
grees Fahrenheit, or a little above,
tho flowora aro produced. But a still
higher daily average temperature Is
required for the full development and
ripening of the grain. An average of
75 .degrees Is most favorable to ma
turity, with abundance of Bunlight and
rain.
Given a matured wheat berry, what
has happened is that under the vitaliz
ing stimulus of sunlight the enzymes
and bacteria In the soil and the
plant have taken these elements, and
many others not here mentioned, out
of the soil and the air and bound
them together with the kinetic energy
of the sun Into molecules of protein,
carbohydrate, fat, etc., tho wheat berry
serving aa a reservoir of potential en
ergy until a suitable machine again
converts It Into kinetic energy. As
suming that the wheat plant had the
power to modify Its environment by
eliminating from Its diet In 'the soil
ono or moro of the elements on which
its growth and vitality depend, we
should call It stupid and think it Justly
deserving of the smut disease and the
blight that would Inevitably attack it
because of the weakness resulting
from'' tho ensuing starvation.
By reason of ancestral adjustments
our digestive organs are able easily
to digest, transform and -utilize this
wheat energy. The wheat Derry la
food for us because it Is developod
practically in the same soale that wo
are. But for some Btrange reason we
Insist on radically changing our en
vironment by eliminating from our
diet the most Important and vital part
of the berry, thereby throwing our
ancestral habits out of gear and creat
ing trouble.
Blythe states that modern milling
produces nine varieties of our flour
and three brans from tho wheat berry,
tho original wheat showing 2.09 per
cent ash, tho flour showing .55 per
cent ash, fine bran showing C.55 per
cent ash, medium bran showing 6.89
per cent ash, coarse bran showing 8.01
per cent ash. This ash consists of:
Winter Spring
wheat, wneat.
Potash , 31.16 29.99
Soda 2.25 1.93
Lime " 3.34 2.93
Magnesia 11.97 12.00
Ferric acid 1,31 .51
Phosphoric acid 49.93 48.63
Sulphuric acid 37 1.62
Silica 2.11 1.C4
Chlorine 22 .43
Entire wheat flour Is wholesome,
but patent process flour, bolng un
natural, Is less wholesome, even
though puro and more digestible by
demonstration outside tho body.
Genulno whole wheat flour is diffi
cult to obtain, but its high value as a
food Is worthy of a determined effort
to get it and eat it each day in ono
of the many palatablo forms in which
it may bo prepared. As bread, raisin
bread, nut bread, gems, pancakes,
mush with cream and sugar and fried
mush, it la appetizing as well as nour
ishing. It cannot ordinarily be ob
tained at tho markets; the flour sold
as "wholo wheat" Is usually a combina
tion of a few of the several grades
of flour aud bran produced by tho
roller process , and tho germ Is absent,
for flour containing tho germ will not
keep. It Is necessary to seek out the
occasional small miller, who will grind
tho wholo wheat berry for you, or to
grind it yourself In a small mill at
homo or a coffee mill will do at a
pinch.
up Us business with an auction sale.-
Baltimore sun.
Telephones and Privacy.
Self-defonso Induces certain eminent
Phlladelphlans to keep their names
out of the telephone directories. They
havo telephones in their homes, but
you would scan tho pages of the big
boobs that aro "printed aud published"
In vain wero you to seek them.
Every new correspondent in Wash
ington soon discovers that ho can And
tho name of no cabinet officer in tho
telephono book. They are not thero
tho namos aro not there, but tho tele
phones aro In the homes of cabinet
officers.
Telephones cut fearful gashes Into
tho privacy of one's homo, and If ono
bo high In some official scale the gash
Is so much the more fearful. Phila
delphia Ledger.
Quiet Joy,
"Did tho operation on Mrs. Gabby's
throat prove a success?"
"Oh, her husband Is enthusiastic
about It He says she can't speak
now abrve a whisper"
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