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"T DON'T know whnta the matter
X with me," Hniri Klllot to IiIh wife
t the bretikfnBt table. "I nm rest
less und almost feverish at times. It
isn't no bud here at hoini', but the
moment I get down into the- city I
begin to feel worse. I am so restless
and irritable thnt the boys in the
office nro talking about it. I have
to force myself to work, and thin aft
ernoon I lout, a pood contract idinply
because I felt too badJy to quarrel
with ohl man Harkins over the pre
liminaries. I don't Hccm to take any
I liferent in unything."
"You'd better hco Dr. Hoblnson,"
said bin wife.
That afternoon Elliot went ovor to
the- doctor'H ofllco and described his
'YOU'D BETTER SEE DH. ROBINSON."
symptoms to thu sympathetic physi
cian. "There dori't seem to bo anything
definite the matter with you," fiaid
the doctor. "We'll wait and sec what
develops. Come In and see me again
in a 'week."
Going home that evening on the
train Elliot xat in front of two
young men who were talking so ear
nestly that lie could not fail to over
year what they were saying.
" fought for 30 minutes," was the
flint thing that caught his car, "and
when I landed him ho weighted four
pounds and n half."
"Largo mouth" inquired the sec
ond youth. '
"No, indeed. He had a small mouth
fnnd the gamiest fish I ever got a
liook Into."
"When are yon going up?" asked
the first man.
"'"I'm going on Wednesday evening
Vto spend four days. You see, Thurs
day's Memorial day, and we closo at
noon on Saturday nyway, so I'll only
'lone. a. day and a half, and I can get
four days' good fishing out of it."
That evening when Elliot got home
'ho took down the big tin box which
contained his fishing tncklc and over
hauled its contents. There was a de
Bightful memory in every reel and
spoon hook. Ho oiled up his favorite
multiplier and fitted together his pet
"COMK IN AND SEE ME AGAIN IN A
WEEK."
'bamboo casting rod. His wife had to
call htm several times to conic to din
ner, and when lie came she noticed
that he seemed to eat with a better
ppetitc.
"How do you feel to-nin'ht, Wil
liam?" she caked.
"I believe 1 feci a little better,"
he said. "The doctor soys ho thinks
I need ont-of-door exercise, and T
think I'll stop in the morning on my
way downtown and make n few easts
at the pool In Clarilcld park. But lie
couldn't decide what wns the matter
with me. I'm to see him again in a
week."
Hut when Elliot got to his oflloe
hortly before uoon the next daj he
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seemed to have suffered a relapse.
Ho hnd spent nn hour easting a rub
ber frog at the pool in Garfield park
and there was an unnatural color in
his checks. He was even more dls
traught and nervous tnan before, and
several times during the afternoon
he got up from the desk, and, seiz
ing the light bomboo rod by the butt,
made vicious lunges about tlio ofllco
with It and then smiled complacently
to himself. His partner looking on
in wonder half questioned whether
or not poor Elliot wns mentally af
fected. Elliot left "the office early nnd vis
ited a big downtown fish mnrkct,
whore lie bought half a dozen black
bass, an eight-pound pickerel nnd n
"mess of croppies." When Mrs. El
liot remonstrated with her husband
for bringing home such a wholesale
supply of lish he was inclined to bo
angry.
"You know well enough," he said,
"that I have no appetite. I can't eat
a thing, and I'm losing flesh. You
ought to bo glad if I can find some
thing which appeals to me. You seem
to think there's nothing the matter
with me. Hut I know I'm in a 'serious
condition. I'm nervous nnd restless.
I've lost interest in my business, nnd
the doctor is utterly unnblc to ding
nosc the case. And here you nre
kicking because I bring home a few
fish. You ought to be ashamed of
yourself. Now let's have the crop
pies -fried for brcnkfnst I don't sup
pose they'll tnste like anything nnd
the pickerel baked for dinner."
When Elliot went to the doctor the
second time lie felt that he was fast
going into a decline. The physician
listened to him nnd then made a
thorough and searching examination.
"It's strange, Elliot," lie Enid, final
ly, "but I can't tell for the life of mo
what's the matter with you. You are
certainly suffering from nn extreme-
HE MADE VICIOUS LUNGES ABOUT
THE OFFICE. .
ly obscure disease. I'll give you a
tonic, and I want you to telephone
me as soon as you not.ee any new
symptoms."
The next day wns the Wednesday
before Memorial day, and when El
liot got to his office he found among
the mall on his desk a somewhat dirty
and rumpled letter, which wns post
marked at a logging town in the big
woods of northern Wisconsin. For
some reason he laid aside much more
important business letters bearing
on some big contracts nnd tore open
this disreputable envelope. It con
tained a sheet of paper evidently
torn from an old account book, nnd
tho writing was painfully crooked
and laborious.
"Mr. William Elliot, Esq.," it began.
"Dear Bill: I thought 1 would write
you a letter to let you know that tho
muskics are biting like the devil
this spring in the south fork of the
Flambeau. The ice has all been out
for three week's, and me and Murph
have jus come back from polln' up
to tho lake. We caught a 18-pound
cuss nt tho foot of Little Bull rap
ids, and up at Fishtrap wo got about
a dozen big pike in hnlf an hour.
There has been high water this spring
in all the lakes, so tho fish could get
up through the creeks, and I miss my
gueBs if they uin't the best fishing
this spring wo ever, seen in this coun
try. "Say, you remember that bunch of
bass we pulled out of them sunkjreo
tops nt tho mouth of Squaw creek?
Me an' Murph stopped there lasUFri
day and we yanked 18 out in 'JO min
utes. And we got a lot of strikes
casting around the shore near tho
Pork Barrel with frogs tho Micxt
morning.
"Murph and me hns both got a new
canoe, oxtry wide and J10 feet long.
Wo pinched the trees down on th6
reservation this whiter and got 'em
down the river without the Injuns
ever gcttln' on to us.
"If you're thinkln' about coming
up this spring you better bring about
eight dozen frogs along and mebbo
you better hciuI me a telcgrnft mes
sage, so I kin get everything nil
ready. Ed Johnson was over frum
Milwaukee already and had a good
ketch. Well, good-by, until I see you
again, frum
"Andy, the 'bum guide.' "
Elliot rend the letter over again.
Then he laid it down on his desk and
walked over to his partner's desk.
"Frnwlctt," he said, "I've just
found out what's the matter with
mc. I'm suffering from a severe at
tack of muskclluugo on the brain.
I'vp been to the best doctor in town,
but ho couldn't do a thing for mc
didn't even know what was the mat
ter with mc. Just now I got n letter
from my old north t woods guide,
'Andy,' and he diagnoses my case, to
the dot. He says muskics are biting
like the devil this spring, nnd ho snyu
if I'm coining up this spring to wire
liim. I've scut him a message already
if
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'I GOT TO GET MY HOOK IN A
MUSKY."
nnd I'm going up to-morrow night to
stay over Sunday. To-morrow's a
holiday, anyhow, and we close at
boon on Saturday, so I'll only loso
half a day. I want to go fishing
that's what's the matter with me. I
got to get my hook in a musky. I'm
feeling like a different man already."
When Elliot told his wife about it
that evening she smiled indulgently.
"I thought that was what was tho
matter with you," she said, "but I
knew you'd be furious if I should sug
gest it. Anyway, I'm relieved to
know it is nothing more serious."
Chicago Tribune.
SulinerlttliiK In Sweden.
In Sweden a person may go into tho
smnllcst post office, and if he wants
to subscribe for any publication in any
of the tfouutries of the postal union,
or at least of that part of it which hns
united in this business, all he has to
do is to fill out a blank and pay tho
price. A quarterly government publl-N
cution, much like a telephone book in
appearance, gives the sum to be
charged for each newspnper and mag
azine for the various periods one
year, six months, three months, etc.
The postmaster remits the receipts
from this source with his other busi
ness returns, nnd his general bond cov
ers the trnnnetions.
SritMitixtM Secure Hare Specimen.
The party of scientists which has
been engaged in original research and
the collection of botanical specimens
at the station maintained by the uni
versity of Minnesota, on the west
coast of Vancouver island, will finish
its summer's labor shortly. Two new
species of algae, a form of marine
plant life, have been discovered by tho
scientists and many raro specimens
have, been collected. The party wns
headed by Prof. Conwny MncMillan,
of Minnesota, a recognized authority
on botany. Miss Josephino Linder,
also noted as a scientist, was with tho
expedition. i
JiiNt it Hint,
"Let us sit nearer the music," sho
said. f
"But then you can't hear what I am
saying to you," he urged.
"Quite true," she admitted, sweetly.
Chicago Post.
SiirlttKN oC Misconduct,
"You haven't any manners, Jack;
why didn't you offer to escort that
young woman home?"
"Oh, 1 have manners nil right; but I
didn't have street car fare." Chicago
ltecord.
Dcmu'Mtlu l'enco Admired.
Wife And so you got your lnc in
sured for my benefit. That's lovely.
HusbandYes, my denr; but just
remember, if you drive me to suieido
you won't get a cent. X. Y. Weekly.
1'onrlN Ilcforc Svlm
They are finding pearls ns large as
chocolate drops in Iowa, which, snys
the Chicago Beeord-IIerald, is one of
tho greatest hog producing states ia
the union.
Comimrutlve Coat of Education.
London, with 4,000,000 people,
spends about $12,000,000 a year on pop
ular education. New York, with S,500,
000, spends about 415,000,000.
ICES SERVED IN ROSES.
Tnstc Hotter from Such n Pretty lie-
ccntnclc, the Mnklnsr or Which
I Here Described.
A hostess need not wholly depend on
the caterer for attractive devices in
the serving of food, especially creams
and sherbets. A little Ingenuity nnd
deftness of hand sometimes go a great
ways. There is no prettier or more ar
tistic way of serving ices thnn in
homemade shells in the form of roses
Ameriqan Beauties preferably, al
though those of different colors nro
scarcely less attractive, and for a
large entertainment lend variety of
hue.
The mhking of the pnper shell is a
very simple matter. Select a thin
edged drinking glass and cut out of
heavy unruled writing paper a circu
lar piece about half an inch larger than
HOW TO MAKE THE SHELLS.
the opening in the glass and mold the
shell over the top. This is very easily
done by having a round piece of thick
cardboard the size of the opening, put
ting the palm of the hand over the
glnss and pressing the cardboard down
while you mold the edges of the paper
with your thumb and fingers. By turn
ing the glass with your other hand
backward and forward you can very
easily press the paper into the re
quired shnpe.
Let the gloss set on its bottom with
the paper shell covering it, cut a quan
tity of rose leaves outof crepe or plain
tissue pnper of the desired color, and
with a little fiour paste and a small
brush touch the lower edges of the
rose petals and stick them on the pa
per shell, putting the first row around
the edges and the second around the
bottom of the shell.
It is a good plan to have several
drinking glnsses, and when the paper
shell is drying on one to mold a new
one on nnother glass. By doing this
the shells retain their shape better
and you can progress more rapidly
with the work.
When the petals have dried suffi
ciently to hold .tight to the pnper shell
they can be s'lightly curled by run
ning them between a knife blade and
your thumb until they take on quite a
nnturai appearance (Fig. 4).
To further carry out the pretty con
ceit that one is eating creanWrom the
heart of a rose, a spray of natural rose
leaves may be laid on the .plate and
the rose tet amidst the leaves, or if
these are not obtainable artificial
leaves of green crepe paper may be
used with artistic effect. If the cream
be delicately flavored with rose the
conceit is nh the more realistic.
Either white or pink cream is pretty
for white or pink roses, while lemon
cream or lemon and orange sherbet
may be used with good effect in yellow
robes.
These shells should be lined with
confectioner's oiled paper. Cut out a
circular -piece a little larger than that
used for the shell, mold it also over the
drinking glass, and it will fit very neat
ly within it.
These linings ean be easily lifted out
of the sheBs after the cream has been
served in them and fresh linings put
in, so thnt the roses can be used for
several occasions.
When cream is to be served in these
shells it should be made quite hard and
tnken out in little pyramids, by using
molds, such ns are kept by confection
ers. If these cannot be hnd, two large
spoonfuls of cream pressed together
will make a very nice-looking pyramid.
Ices thus served become a pleasure
to the eye as well as to the palate.
Washington Stnr.
Antiquity of CritckcrK.
Crackers aro the oldest form of
bread. Fragments of unfermented
cakes were discovered in the Swiss
lake dwellings, supposed to belong to
the neolithic age an ago dating bnck
far beyond the received age of tho
world. Although tills rude form of
brend was early discarded for tho fer
mented variety, yet in this, as in
many other matters, it was found
convenient to return to u discarded
and apparently valueless process.
Thin, unfermented enkes were found
to possess merits for special pur
poses. They would keep good for a
great length of time, nnd tney were
convenient to carry, and this afford
cd wholesome and nutritious food In
a portable and convenient form.
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CARE OF THE HAHDS.
To Mnkc lied, Wrinkled Member
l'luinit nnd Smooth HeciulrcB
JLotn of Hnrd Work.
To whiten red, wrjnklcd hands and
make them plump and smooth is a work
of time. When young women or those
of 35 complnin of such hands the cir
culation is the fault and must be stim
ulated. Very liot baths for the entire
body arc the best 'reatment not only
for reddish hands, but for red noses
and swollen lips. Yet hot water is
such a difficult luxury to obtain even
in smnrt houses that It is always rec
ommended with uncertainty, like a
voyage to the Azores or a winter In
Bermuda. Between the economics ol
the kitchen fire nnd the impossibilities
of heating- wnter by electric light or
by fancy gas stoves, we will have to
depend upon public baths for cleans
ing and taking- cold on the way home,
as most people do who use them.
Friction, however, Is a matter of m
coarse towel and brisk, dry rubbing.
Gymnastics nnd henlth movements
combine with the towel exercise, for
few manuals bring muscles into play
in such n variety of ways as the daily
rub down with a big brown length of
Turkish toweling. Taken by the endi
and sawed across the shoulders, up
and down the arms, trunk and legs,
rubbing lightly nnd swiftly until tho
skin is nil aglow, the .towel rubs away
the dead particles and brings the
blood into play. The feet should have
special friction to keep them warm.
Women who' have cold foot Jn girl
hood are apt to have red, thin hands
nnd faces Inter in life. Special treat
ment for the hands' requires dnlly ap
plication. Soak them at night in a
basin of hot soapsuds with a spoonful
of sweet oil stirred In. Then the oily
water is rubbed off, and the bnck of
each hand gently and swiftly rubbed
with a good pomade, working it into
the knuckles. Next open and shut the
hands 50 to 100 times, counting the
motions once by the clock and timing
them by it afterward instead of count
ing. The hands begin to improve un
der the friction very soon. Finally, on
going to bed, rub the hnnds generous
ly with good pomade, putting plenty
on the finger tips, if the nails are brit
tle, or draw on easy-fitting gloves.
Thick joints and knobby knuckles re
quire treatment which only a skilled
specialLst knows how to apply. Chi
cago American.
JELLY-MAKING HINTS.
now to Cover the GlnnRcn In a Way
That In Absolutely Sure to
Prevent Mold.
Whcnthe jelly Is still "piping hot"
In the glasses, cover the latter with
circles of white paper dipped In tho
white m an egg. This will stick-the
pnper securely to the glass and mak
it impervious to nir. Thus the jelly
keeps free from mold. It must be
covered while hot.
Jelly covered with paper that has
not been dipped in the white of an
egg will mold, hut the egg seals it
percefcy. If the jelly is "piping haV
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no germs i will remnin alive under thu
paper. A dozen circles can be cut
from paper at once, by folding tho
paper a sufficient number of times.
Make a shallow cupboard of n drji
goods box in which to keep the jelly,
plncing tho cupboard in a cool, dry
place. Keep shut to keep out tho
light. Keeping jelly in a dark place
is essehtialr ns the light appears to
effect a chemical change in the com
bination of fruit juice nnd sugar that
injures the flavor. Country Gentle
man. Toiih of Cuts' Tnlln.
A hundred tous of cats' tails were
recently sold in one lot in New Vurk
for ornamenting ladies' wearing ap
parel. Assuming thnt an average cat's
tail would weigh a couple of ounce,
mis wouui mean thnt no fewer than
1,792,000 pussies had been killed just
to supply this one consignment.
A Hint Abont TcnnotM.
Ho not allow tea to Btaid in a tea-,
pot between meals. Make no more
than will bo drunk, throw out tho tea
grounds, wash and Bcald and dry
each time tho teapot is ucd.
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