andotW db. Am to an inactive condi- i
! lion of the tlarar, Stomach and Bowels,j
; any be shtoad meat pleasantly and :
ml prensplliv by using Syrup of Figs:
: and Hour d Senna, ft is not a new
; and jmtried tmafy, lad it mod by;
: mKem of ws^flm&wreed familiesthrough-]
oWt tbe werbd to dwn and sweeten]
; and strengthens the system whenever a ]
; laxative remauV » needed.
When burying note tbe fuB name;
of tbe Compamy—California Kg Syntp]
Co*—printed an every package of the,
Begnbr pricsSCy per bot. one sne only.'
Fsr sala hy.' afl lesdiag druggists. |
Mollie—£Hi(Ala-great on adopting new
fads.
Jack—Bur. ubo objecu. to new
•Tinkle*.
fA 'Bitter Critic.
Ex-Govocruor Penny packer, nt n din
tter In Philadelphia, said of the dl
■vorce evil:
"There vwotvM nut he so many dl
• voroes if ttaere were not so many
families of 'the Ihurti type.
"Mr. Dat te staid sternly one day to
tiis little Ean:
“‘Your rural her uud f agree That you
. require a -sotnind whipping.'
“The JttSUe .boyie lip .curled, and he
> retorted 'ibith-rJy:
‘“Oh, vraj; that's the only thing
i that you :.rad mother ever de agree
k about.’ ’*
I Hi* "Prescription.
'A yosuny.(doctor wishing to engage
the comfwkray of a young lady for a
buggy rt-fsiw Bent the following tire
acrfptlon:
One bajKXy. outs horse, one good
coad, one mm-tor. Take from 2 #>. m
Du.—JudjpM.
t£*pert Advice.
“Haw li-rag does it take to lesirn to
. run an awtlomoMk??’’
“You’ll t»*Ml about three days to ac
'■yntfOt yoerrsdlf wl h «he working pari a
af the raw .•(jinc sxad a week to master
ire vocr.b»iarj"-'’
TWw First Difficulty.
“I can naracrry any girl I ple.ise.”
•"Yes. ir ut. yon can't tplonsp any.*
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LAiJCKY MISTAKE.
Srocer SArot Pkg- of Postum and
Opened athe Eyes of the Family.
A lady vw-'ites from Brookline, Mass.:
“A pat taruBc of Postum was sent me
. »e day by mistake.
“I no»U>ij tho grocer, but finding
that thereby as no coffee for breakfast
• pest aanciug I prepared some of tho
• Postum, following the directions very
ruefully.
“It was. Kn» immediate success In my
family, sail; from that ^day we have
•aed it etwarataiuly, i parents and chll
Jren, tow— for tay- throe rosy young
sters are »:d,lowed to drink it freely at |
breakfast -anC hunrheon. They think it
SeBcioiw, ; iud l would have a mutiny
on my hsmids should l omit, the be
/loved ben.wtn.
• “My InuuXaud used to have a very
delicate k < wnach while we were using
-offee, butt to our surprise his stom
-*cb has BiTown strong and entirely well
wince we ■rjwil coffee and have been on
Postum.
“Netiogr : the good effects In my fam
ily I WTo*e*! .'to my sister, who was a
coffee tofur:, and after much persua
.«lon got liter to try Postum.
“She wws prejudiced against it at
BrSt, but i-wSvea she presently found
that all tR*e.ailments that coffee gave
her left etna She got well quickly she
i became ardi remains a thorough and
. eatinaumn': POstaan convert.
“Her nesreea, which had become
shattered Vayrthe usa of coffee have
grown, bee&tfby again, and today she is
a. new weetrum. thanks to Postum."
Name tfrrcfi 'by Postum Co., Battle
•Creek, JMeiu-. and the “'cause why " will
he found wthe great little book, "The
Road to .Wellvilk*," which comes In
pkgs.
Km m»4 Or iilwvf Irttwt A new
ewe wwm«« from time t« time. They
err terwlir, true, net full el Uuuue
iatrrno
| IN WOMAN'S WORLD j
t_:
THE SAILOR HAT
AND ITS COUSINS
Sfou Don’t Have to Own a Yacht
to Wear One of These
Creations.
It does not make any difference If
you have never seen the dark blue
ocean; nor Is It essential that you own
a yacht, or take water trips during the
summer. The Important modlstic fea
ture of this page Is the sailor hat and
Its variations, and from the group of
new models you must choose the most
becoming and wear It. So turned Is
the original sailor hat idea that every
one can place a becoming model upon
her head.
Always good with the tailored suit,
and forming the starting point of our
Interesting nautical trip. Is the straight
brimmed sailor of coarse cream-colored
straw. The crown Is larger than In
other seasons, and the brim can be
broad or narrow. A double edge gives
firmness and durability.
In the white-and-green chip the sail
or idea has been slubmerged, but its
there, just the same. The crown is of
white, and the brim is rolled up for
about two Inches. A green-and-white
striped band is the only trimming, its
three loops nt one side.
Coarse, brown straw is turned up to
form a deeper brim. The crown Is
tan, and a simple brown velvet band is
tied around it. This shape Is pur
chasable in all the shades, and for
rough-and-ready use is a valuable
hint
The white-and-black cousin Is more
dressy. It is of chip and the deep
brim lias a oontrasttng band of black.
At one side of the crown is a large
rose, while a black bund of velvet
completes the idea. This shape is
large in the crown and comes quite far
down over the hair. If this line be
unbecoming, a bandeau can be added.
A very distant cousin of the sailor
is the one with the rolled brim of
bright blue. It Is of fine supple straw,
and the brim looks like a cable, so
completely is it rolled away from the
face. The black crown Is trimmed
with velvet that ends In two, folded
tabs at the side.
A close-fitting shape in two colors,
red and ecru. Is shown for the woman
with a small face. The brim Is red,
arid the red velvet hand encircles the
ecru crown, tied In a necktie bow at
the left.
Roses are used on me sailor snape
that can bo worn for afternoon. In
delicate pink they bloom on the white
chip, and a changeable blue-and-pink
taffeta bow Is added to the back.
If you wish, you may add the
favorite bow to a modified sailor shape
of fine straw. Edge the striped ribbon
with velvet, and wire It to give a
unmrt upstanding form. Just for a
change, it can be placed at the side.
Verily, the wheel of one fashion Is
turned as quickly as the pilot moves
his. If you doubt It, ask the cousins
of the favorite sailor hat.
AN ATTRACTIVE BATHROOM.
A very attractive blue bathroom seen
recently Is finished with white and
blue tiling, with the walls above tinted
a good shade of blue. On the floor is
a dainty woven rug of blue, with white
striped borders and fringe. At the win
dow is a white dotted muslin curtain
and a white shade. Oil the shelves,
all painted white, rest scallop edged
white towels and white bath towels
with blue Grecian key borders. A blue
and white bath mat hangs at the foot
of the tub and the toilet articles on
the waslistand are all In blue. The
effect Is very pleasant and clean look
ing. and with the white mirror and
hanging eloset, glass towel rods and
rubber mat. seems to lack nothing in
the way of modern comforts.
The Newest Beauty Wrinkle.
From the New York World.
The old nursery story of “Beauty and
the Beast" has Just heen revived by
the fashionable beauties of Purls In a
way calculated to accentuate their
clmrms. They are surrounding them
selves with the ugliest maidservants
Imaginable. Their constant companions
are the most hideous pets Imaginable.
One celebrated beauty. Mile. Manon
Loti, has engaged a dwarf who Is de
scribed as having "a tremendous head,
a malevolent expression and hardly any
legs," and Mile. Lott takes him out
walking with her every afternoon In
order that his very ugliness will em
phasise her own beauty all the more.
Mile. MtsttnguPtte. the dancer, has
engaged as a maid a Hindu woman
with ringed ears and a face which is
by no moans attractive. Other beauties
are selecting equally unattractive foils,
and the fashion Is said to be spreading
Just as rapidly ns ugly servants and
pets can be found.
..-—— ■ ^ ..
TO OPEN PRESERVES.
To open Jars of preserves that have
been put up for some time, place a
warm flatiron on the cover of the Jars
for a few moments and you will have
no trouble In unscrewing the lids.
Ho Had Read Romeo.
From the Philadelphia Times.
She was very literary, and he was not.
He had spent a harrowing evening dis
cussing authors of whom he knew noth
ing. and their books, of which he knew
less.
Presently the maiden asked, archly:
"Of course, you've read 'Romeo and
Juliet?’ "
He floundered helplessly for a moment,
and then, having a brilliant thought,
blurted out, happily:
"Ive—I’ve read Romeo!’’
YOUNG GIRLS’ OUTFIT
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Pongee, Linen and Serge
Frocks Are Necessary —A
Tailored Gown, Too.
Pongee, linen and light weight serge
suits are very necessary for the sum
mer outfit of the young girl. Dainty
flowered muslins and simple white
frocks are very charming and becom
ing, but they are not always practical,
and the well dressed girl of today finds
it requisite to have several pretty
frocks on the tailor made order. Such
frocks are not smart made in anything
but tlie heavier materials; that is to
say, that the sheer textures, as voile,
must have a lining if it is desired to
make them into coat and skirt suits,
although coat effects in batiste, lawn
or muslin may be carried out to be
extremely pretty in one or two piece
gowns.
According to whether the summer is
to be spent in the mountains or at the
seashore, in the cooler parts of Can
ada and the northern state or in the
warmer resorts in the interior, much
depends in ordering the correct number
of heavy and light weight frocks, but
there are sure to be days in very elo
mato when the temperature will call
for a smart coat and skirt or waist and
skirt costume of pongee or pretty lin
en. There are exquisite shades to be
found in these textures this year. Cer
ise, raspberry, old rose, scarlet, even
red, are exceptionally smart, and then
there are the blues and the tans and
yellows that with Just a small touch
of black at tlie belt or neck are so very
effective, says the New York Herald.
A favorite model In pongee and linen
is built on tlie old redingote lines.
Waist and skirt are attached together
by a two inch stitched belt and then
both are fastened all the w'ay down
from collar to hem by large crochet or
linen covered buttons. The buttons are
placed at one side, not directly in front.
The flap, if finished with a border of
hand scalloping, will be more attrac
tive than if simply having a plain row
of stitching.
CARE OF THE HAIR.
Drying the hair by heat after the
shampoo Is an error that will sooner or
later evince Itself In brittleness and
dandruff, caused by extracting all the
natural oil from tha roots.
Often hasty drying Is earnestly de
sired. but no matter how insistent the
demand It is better to let the hair go
until a sufficient time Is at hand to
dry It by hand. Hanging it over radia
tors or before registers and ovens is a
practice the women who cares the least
bit about the softness and sheen of her
hair will avoid.
Massaging the scalp to bring the
blood to the surface is one of the
quickest ways of drying. The heat
radiates and eliminates the water .in
the thick masses next to the scalp.
Rubbing with towels and shaking both
hasten the process without bping in
jurious. It Is better to put off the
dressing of the hair until at least a
half hour after it is dry. During this
time it should be left to hang loose, so
that the air may circulate freely
through the strands.
ENGLAND’S BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
From the Strand.
England is today full of beautiful
women. You see them in Hy.de park,
you see them in the ballroom,'you see
them on the stage. Their faces beam
forth from a thousand photographers'
shop windows, and In all the weekly
Illustrated papers. They are popular
"beauties," beautiful by the common
consent of mankind and their charms
are unmistakable even to the dulest mis
ogynist. But do they—does any one of
them—fulfill the canons of Ideal beau
ty? Sir Thomas Lawrence, who
painted more beautiful women than
perhaps any man of his day, confessed
that he had never had a sitter whom he
had never had to idealize—whose fea
tures, forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin,
neck and bust were all harmonious. If
this difficulty confronted the portrait
painter, how much more would It prove
a stumblln" block to the painter of
Ideal subjects, if he were forced to con
fine himself to the living model? Of
course, the impressionist and the post
impressionists and the ultra-modern
school of portrait painting would have
no difficulty, because their cult Is ugli
ness—"all they have to do, apparently,"
as a recent critic of the Fair Women
exhibition remarked, "is to pick out the
plainest scullery maid of their ac
quaintance, paint her faithfully, and
entitle the result 'Venus.' 'Helen,'
'Guinevere,' or ‘Ninon l’Enelos,' accord
ing to their taste or their reading.”
A PLANT WORTH GROWING.
Many new plants are introduced each
year, but few of them ever become
such established garden plants as the
blanket flower (Galllardia) phlox,
larkspur, delphinium or the peony.
Anchusa Itallca grandlflora var.
Dropmorel is a comparatively new
plant, which may become a rival of the
larkspur for a place In the flower gar
den when it Is better known.
It is an erect plant, with neat foli
age well proportioned to the height of
the plant and the size of the flower.
The flowers are indigo, closely ar
ranged along the stiff and erect stems
above the foliage. It blooms during
June and July and grows three to four
feet high.
This plant is a marked improvement
over Anchusa Itallca, which has very
coarse foliage and flowers far apart on
the topheavy, sprawling stems.
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4 WOMEN WHO 4
♦ SHOULDN’T WED 4
4 --— 4
4 The woman who buys for the 4
4 mere pleasure of buying. 4
4 The woman who expects to 4
4 have “a good, easy time." 4
4 The woman who thinks that 4
4 cook and nurse can keep house. 4
4 The woman who would die 4
4 rather than wear a last season’s 4
4 hat. 4
4 The woman who expects a 4
4 declaration of love three times a 4
4 day. 4
4 The woman who marries in 4
4 order to have some one to pay 4
4 her bills. 4
4 The woman who reads novels 4
4 and dreams of being a duchess 4
4 or a countess. 4
4 The woman who thinks she 4
4 can get $5,000 worth of style out 4
4 of a $1,000 income. 4
4 The woman who does not 4
4 know how many pennies, nickels 4
4 and dimes go to make a dollar. 4
4 The woman who proudly de- 4
4 dares that she can not even 4
4 hem a pocket handkerchief, and 4
4 never made up a bed in her 4
4 life. 4
4 The woman who cares more 4
4 for the style of her spring suit 4
4 than the health and comfort of 4
4 her children. 4)
4 The woman who does not eat 4
4 breakfast with her husband, but 4
4 has it brought up to her room 4
4 after he has gone to hi3 office. 4
4 4
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♦ NOTES OF FASHIONS. ■¥
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Sailor collars of satin or silk are nowf
veiled with black or white chiffon.
Plain ribbons have a following, but
figured ones are undoubtedly in the
lead.
On separate coats the sailor collar is
very noticeable. It must be very deep.
Tunic lines are Included in the sum
mer models, the tunic adhering to the
straight edge, which has been in evi
dence more or less during the spring.
Voile, marquisette and eyelet em
broidery are the materials used in most
lingerie frocks. Many new models show
a combination with black net or tulle.
Pierrot collars or enormous frills ol
tulle with hanging ends of ribbon ara
used by Parisiennes who do not accept
the collarless condition of the summei
bodices.
Lace revers on the one-sided fash
ions, lace sashes, lace bands on bodict
and skirt and lace Jackets are some oi
the forms in which the trimming ap
pears.
Even the tailored suit has reverted tc
the empire form and practicaly all the
skirts completing tailored suits are
hung from the high side belts ranging
from one to one-half to three inches
deep.
Little coats or jackets of changeable
taffetas are worn with voile or mull lin
gerie frocks. They show the high line
and the pleated frill on the lower edge
Some fichus of fine lace or tulle are
arranged with very long ends at the
back that sweep down into a court
train. At the back there can be used a
buckle of roses or silk. ,
So feminine, so dainty and charming
is the side frill that its poularity is in
creasing rather than diminishing. Even
the biouse buttoned down the back
shows the side adornment.
The waist line Is outlined by flowers
on many lingerie dresses for young
girls. These are either made of bias
bands or silk or bought in bunches, sep
arated and attached to the band.
Artificial flowers are being worn In
boquet form on tailormade suits or
afternoon dresses. The small flowers
being used, the lily of tho valley, sweet
pea, heather and forget-me-nots are
claiming great favor.
On blouses the sailor collar and cuffs
are of contrasting material and color.
There Is the ever-popular foulard, dot
ted. striped and plain, that is combined
with linen, batiste, challis and silk.
A beautiful piece of jade is apple
green, opaque and crystalline, almost as
handsome as an emerald, and often
ranges from white to dark green, and
it combines beautifully with diamonds,
Just now the light shades are stylishly
select, never cheap and bring good luck
to the wearer.
The new circular skirt is not the cir
cular of some seasons ago, but it is
molded to the figure at the top, from
the waist line to the knee, when flutes
and circular gores are arranged above
the hern.
The bolero jacket In the suit situation
is made up in all lengths and styles of
the revolution period, the Spanish and
Tyrolean boleros and the Zouave and
Eton Jackets all appearing from 10 tc
If) inches long.
While scores of patterns are worn,
there is a distinct leaning toward the
stripe novelties in black and white, and
this fashionable combination is relieved
with a brilliant color, as coral, king's
blue, emerald, green, saffron, yellow,
violet and old rcse. •
Many of the lingerie dresses are dis
tinguished by the new collar. This
latest evolution of the collar 1s a deep
square or rounded lace cape collar
reaching the belt in the back and some
times hanging just a little below it.
* Interesting features of evening gowns
lie in the trains and the decolletage
The trains arc very eccentric in cut.
One gorgeous crepe meteor gown noted
was gracefully draped with the left end
allowed to drag to a point on one side.
The favorite ftchu can be fastened in
many ways. It can be short and crossed
at the front under the girdle, or fas
tened by a pin In the center of the gir
dle Then the longer shape can be tied
around the waist and finished In a short
butterfly bow made of the ends.
BELT FOR THE CHILD.
As a relief from the dull and patent
leather belt for the heavy linen frock
for the little maiden there are velvet
belts. These velvet belts differ from
those of the grownups In the fact that
they close in front with a large flat
bow instead of a regular buckle.
LABELS FOR HOME PRODUCTS j
Cut Them Out and Paste Them on Your Jars of Fruit and Glasses of Jelly. !
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The President
and the Cranks
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
"It's the one best bei that the president
« the most worried man in the United
States," said an attache at the Whit*
Mouse between whiles, "and it’s not Cana*
lian reciprocity treaties and tariff bills
tnd such like big things that cause the
Tvorry. That’s his business; he was elect
ed because he was fitted to wrestle with
lust that sort of work, and of course he
^xpects It.
"But It’s the cranks that furnish him
his realj ‘pestering’ worries; cranks on
all manner of subjects from all parts of
ihe union. Every crank In the country
that doesn’t know what fool thing to do
with himself gets on the train and tells
the conductor to put him off at Washing
ton—thinks he must see the president. If
the wheels In the head of some lunatic in
Bangor, Me., or Tombstone, Ariz., get to
working overtime he heads for Washing
ton to show the president the mechanism.
If some long-haired lunatic in Oshkosh
builds a wheelbarrow out of a soap box
and a sifter rim he won’t be happy till he’s
trundled it ’cross country to Washington
find has the president come out on the
front porch to look at it.
"Every summer, before the president
Daves, there’s a perfect deluge of cranks ;
that have ridden horseback from Dawson .
City or driven an ox team from some !
fage-brush town out beyond the Rockies, j
Just last wreek we had two of these idiots j
In one day—three, to be exact. One was
a man riding a burro from San Diego to
Boston on a bet, and the other two were
a man and his wife from some Insane
place out west. They had sworn on the
bones of the saints or something that
they would walk into every state in the
union within a 12-month; they had al
ready been in 17, and having thus ac
quired fame, came to Washington to show
themselves to the president.
"Then there’s the lunatic who tramps
across country on a wager that be can go
from ocean to ocean on a dollar and 37
cents. There must.be a hundred of him
every year, and he generally brings a let
ter to the president from the mayor of the
Uttle cow-town he comes from. And these
are just a few of them; if I’d put down the
aames of all this breed of cranks that turn
up here to see the president in six months
It would be longer than the list of appli- ,
jants for a vacant consulship.
me trouble is, the president, In many
Instances, can't get out of seeing the
prank. With the cunning of his kind, he
penerally goes straight to one of the local
papers. The paper takes him up, prints
his photograph, and publishes his vain
glorious interview about his eccentricities,
in which he always states that he’s going
to see the president at a certain time. It's
wired to every paper in the state the luna
tic hailed from by their Washington cor
respondents, and, of course, printed there.
If the president refuses to the crank,
that’s wired, too, and then the papers have
a chance to fall afoul of the administra
tion and howl about the man whose
haughty exclusiveness misrepresents the
preat democratic spirit of the nation—
which doesn’t help a man any In a politi
cal way. So. oftentimes, the president
piust take his mind from important mat
ters to shake hands with some paretic
who ought to be over In St. Elizabeth’s
Insane asylum instead of buzzing around
a busy president. Yes, he’s a much wop
rled man.”
---
She Knew the
Laws of Virginia
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
If women ever come to sit on the bench
in old Virginia, there’s a maiden lady liv
ing on her ancestral acres just across the
Potomac from Washington v.ho can qual
ify for the job.
Recently a realty company bought a
tract of land the other side of her property
and platted it into suburban lots. Desiring
ready access to the capital, they instituted
proceedings to run a public road through
the old lady’s land; worse, as she learned,
the projected road would cut right
through the prettiest part of her trim
lawn, dear with its memories of her child
hood.
She consulted her lawyer, only to be
told there was no help for it, since pri
vate property may, under the law, be con
demned for public use, no matter how un
willing an indignant owner may be.
Far from resigning herself to the ruth
less Inroad on her cherished lawn, the old
lady burled / herself in the musty law li
brary handed down from an ancient an
cestor, once a prominent judge in the old
dominion.
When some days later a party of sur
veyors appeared with stakes and chains to
lay out the line of read, they found the
owner, spade in hand, just setting out the
! last of a phalanx of young apple trees
| squarely in front of Jhe lawn, and ’right
In the line of the proposed highway.
‘‘If you set foot inside this orchard.”
she said, defiantly to the surveyors, “I’ll
have you all thrown out and then arrest
ed for trespass.” With that she called up
half a dozen dusty young countrymen
waiting behind the barn fc* the summons.
"What does all this mean?” asked the
leader of the surveying party. In whose
contract there had been no mention of
fighting. “We are surveying for a public
road and can go anywhere.”
“Anywhere—except through an or
chard!” exclaimed the old lady, pulling
a musty volume from under her apron. ”Lf
has been the law in Virginia since the
days of Patrick Henry that you can't run
ever a public road through an orchard,
so you stay out!”
The old lady had dug up an ancient law
unknown to modern attorneys, confound
ed her opponents and saved her lawn.
To Keep the City Clean.
From the Troy Press.
Recent years have witnessed movements
upon the part of citizens and officials in'
many municipalities to secure better sani
tary conditions. The assemblage of a
large number of persons in a restricted
area inevitably creates problems Involv
ing the health of the community, and tho
proper solution of which requires con
stant and Intelligent attention. Civic up
lift should be both an ideal and a prac
tice. Among the cities whose citizens re
cently took hold of this matter is New
Britain, Conn., and committee there is
sued a series of recommendations which
may well commend themselves to the in
habitants of other municipalities. One of ;
their tracts was entitled: ‘‘What you can
do to help make New Britain a clean
city,” and reads:
Take away all the ashes and dirt from
your back .yard immediately. Send your
rubbish to the dumping ground.
Clean out your cellars, stable's and
sheds. Whitewash your cellar walls.
Burn all rubbish that will burn. Clean
your vacant lots and alleyways.
Avoid mixing ashen and garbage. This
Is against the law. You may be lined $5.
Refrain from throwing oil paper, ba
nana or orange skins into streets.
Plant tome grass and flower seeds to
make your home beautiful. Every house
should have a little green grass and a few
trees.
When you have cleaned up for Faster,
keep your yard clean all the time.
Dirty yards cause dies, sickness, death.
Old tin cans held water; water blends
mosquitoes.
Rotten garbage makes l ad air. bad n:r
makes weak bodies, weak bodies make
b.g doctor bills.
Riding the Stang.
In the north of England It was for
merly the custom to punish wife beat
ing, hen pecking and other frailties:
incident to married life, by a peculiar
process known as "riding the stang.”
It was so called because the leader
Was borne on a "startg,” the north!
Country word for a chair fastened on
two poles. In southern England the'
process is called "rough music." The
affender was called upon by a com
pany of men, women and children and'
treated to a loud and boisterous sere
nade, the instruments being cows’
horns, tire shovels, tongs, frying pans,
pot lids used as cymbals, tin pails and
other implements and utensils capable
of producing loud and discordant
noises. Along with the din the sere
nades would keep up a constant hoot
ing and yelling, and make many jeer
ing remarks to the culprit. If one ap
plication was not sufl cient, the per
formance would be repeated; some
times In flagrant eases, every evening,
for a week. This form of punishment
|s known to have been meted out to
wife beaters as late as 1862. and there
Is some ground for believing the cus
tom still survives among the lower
Classes in some parts of England. In
this country newly wedded couples are
sometimes treated to a serenade some
what resembling the above ceremony,
put It is always good natured and does
not carry the idea of punishment. We
rail it "charivari,” pronounced "shiv
a-ree.”
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President Jackson’s Kitchen Cabinet
When Andrew Jackson was president1
he had a small coterie of men about
him, mostly editors and office holders,
with whom he frequently Consulted in
private. They usually entered the
White House by a rear door, In order
to keep their visits secret and on this
account they were called Jackson’s
''kitchen cabinet.” Jackson was ac
cused of allowing these men to do Ills
thinking for him. He often did things
with a suddenness that took the coun
try by surprise, and It was said that In
arriving at decisions he was influenced,
far more by his "kitchen cabinet” than
by ills regular cabinet members. The
names of his “kitchen cabinet” were:
William B. Lewis, second auditor of the
treasury; Isaac Hill, second comptrol
ler of the treasury; Amos Kendall,
(ourth auditor of the treasury; Dull
Green, editor of the United States Tel
egraph, and Francis P. Blair, sr., ed
itor of the Globe. Not much is known
af Lewis. Hill was afterward United
States senator from New Hampshire.
Green was a prominent journalist and,
afterward turned against Jackson and
became his bitter enemy. Blair cam*,
to be a prominent man In public af
fairs. Kendall was the ablest man ofi
them all, and afterward became post
master general. He died in 1872.
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The Battle of the Kegs.
At one time during the war of the
revolution some enterprising patriots,
of Bordentown, N. J., fixed up a few
torpedoes in the shape of kegs, and'
sent them floating down the river.
They were filled with gunpowder, and
so arranged mechanically that rub
bing against another object they
would explode. It was hoped that one
of them might come in contact with
one of the British ships lying at
anchor at Philadelphia, and blow her
tip. This hope was not realized, but
ihey succeeded in scaring the British
Sn and around Philadelphia within an
Inch of their lives. One of the “kegs"
rubbed against a block of floating 1c»
and exploded, creating wild consterna
tion among the British. Per 24 hours
thereafter they fired at every object
seen moving on the bosom of the river.
This afforded grtat amusement to the
Americans, and Judge Prancis Hopkin
son, one of the signers of the Declara
tion of Indepedence, wrote a ballad
about the affair, in which he poked
much fun at the British. The closing
stanza read thus:
“Such feats they did perform that day
Against those wicked kegs, sir.
That years to come, if they get home.
They'll make their boasts and brags,
sir."
Punishment by the Pillory.
The pillory was used as a means of
punishment tor many hundreds of
years in European countries. It usual
ly consisted of a wooden frame erect
ed on a stool, with holes and moving
boards for the admission of the head
and hands. It was formerly used to
punish those convicted of practicing
frauds or shams of any kind. The of- U
fender’s head and hands were inclosed -f
In the frame, which must have been
a decidedly uncomfortable position, and
all who passed that way were at liberty
to mock and jeer him all they wished.
It was a line opportunity to "get even”
with one's enemy. Later on the pil
lory came to be used for the punish
ment of political and religious offend
ers, and much gross injustice was dona
in this way. Sometimes those who
were thus made to suffer for their
opinions gloried in it. looking upon it
as ‘‘persecution for righteousness sake”.
In cases of this kind the friends of tha
condemned person would gather around
him and give him their sympathy. Tha
pillory was abolished in England by
act of parliament. .Tune 30. 1S37.
A Brotherhood of Fools.
One would suppose that an organi
zation calling, itself “The Order of
Fools” would be entirely devoted to
frivolous things, but such was not tha
case with the society of that name
founded by Adolphus. Count of Cleves,
in 1331. It was formed for humana
and charitable purposes, and the mem
bership was largely composed of
noblemen and gentlemen of rank. Tha
Insignia was a figure of a fool, em
broidered in brilliant colors on the left
side of the mantle or coat. They held
a grand conclave at Cleves every year,
lasting an entire week. At these an
nual meetings the business of the or
ganization was transacted, and plans T
laid for future work. But business did
not absorb the entire attention of the
members. Between sessions they had
a general good time. All distinctions
of rank were laid aside for the time
being, and perfect equality reigned.
The organization was kept up till well
on into the 16th century, but the orig
inal objects were gradually lost sight
of, and the order became extinct.
The Seals of Wages in the Orient.
Clarence Poe in The World’s Work
gives some interc sting figures concern
ing the pay of laborers in various ori
ental countries.
In China a member of the emperor’s
grand council told me that the average
rate of wages throughout the empire
Is probably 18 cents a day. In Japan It
Is probably not more, and in India
much less. The best mill workers I
saw in Osaka average 22 cents a day;
the laborers at work on the new tele
phone line in Peking get 10 cents;
the wheelbarrow coolies in Shanghai,
$4 a month; linotype operators In To
kio. only 45 cents a day; pressmen. 50
I tents; policemen, 40 cents; the iron
' workers in Hankow average about 10
| cents; street car conductors in Seoul
I make 35 cents; farm laborers about
. Nankou 10 cons. The highest oriental
Wages are paid in the Philippines,
where the ordinary laborer gets front
' 20 cents to 50 cents a day.
