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NEBRASKA NOTES MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH. THE WORK OF THE UNO OFFICE Deputy Commissioner Shiveley Gives Some Statistics of Interest to the Public—Other Matters Here and There In the Antelope State. Work of Land Commissioner. Deputy Land Commissioner Shive lw has completed compiling a table of statistics showing the work the office has done since January I, 1905, in the matter of selling and appraising school lands. Up to July 1 applica tions were tiled to purchase 81,868.43 acres. All of this land was reviewed by the land commissioner, or his dep uty, except in a few cases where members of the board knew the land and passed upon the appraisement made by the local authorities. The total Increase in the appraisement over the figures of the local apprais ers amounted to $305,233.91. During the eighteen months 56, 249.16 acres were sold, the appraised ▼Blue as fixed by the local appraisers being $714,135.07. The same lands •old for $893,705.31, an increase amounting to $179,570.24. Of the above but 14,317 acres were 9old at a value placed thereon by appraisers: the other lands at from 10 to 18 per cent higher than the appraised value. These lands were sold at prices rang ing from $7 per acre—the minimum price as fixed by the constitution of the state—to $65 per acre. Additional applications covering 11, 873.23 acres have been approved by the board, but sale certificates have not yet been issued. These lands were valued by appraisers at $189,604.76 and approved for sale at an increase Of $44,968.46, or $234,573.22. Applications for 13,746.04 acres have been rejected by the board on account of low appraisement, the same being appraised at $145,470.29 and valued by the land department at $226,155.50. a difference of $80,685.21, and as yet have not been reappraised by free holders. Last of Rotation Ballot. Lieutenant Governor McGilton has this to say about the rotation ballot used in the last election in Omaha: "The next legislature will, of course, amend the law so as to prevent an other such ballot as was used at the recent election. I have never looked into the iaw ^rery closely, but I sup pose under its provisions it was nec essary for the court to hold the names of the candidates for delegates to the state convention should be rotated. In my opinion the law should be amended so candidates would have to pay a cer tain filing fee. This would prevent many persons front filing who do so. not because they have a chance to be elected or nominated, but merely to get their names in the papers or for other reasons. I have not looked into the fee matter, either, to any extent, but I should think it could be done le gally.’’ Big Damage Suit Dismisaed. NEBRASKA CITY—Attorneys rep resenting C. D. Butterfield of Ham burg, la., and M. B Catron of this city arrived at a settlement, which result ed in the dismissal of the $30,000 dam age suit brought by Butterfield in the district court of this county against Catron, alleging the alienation of the affections of Butterfield’s wife by Cat ron. Other suits between the parties grew out of the filing of the damage suit and the settlement is complete and clears the dockets of all the here tofore pending litigation. The settle ment was arranged in Hamburg at a conference of the parties interested. The terms of the settlement have not been made public. Improvements at Elm Creek. ELM CREEK—Elm Creek is now on the way of coming to the front rank of being one of the best little eities out in the state since the fiTe af Sunday morning, July 1. which wip ed out almost half the business houses of the city. Six new brick buildings am now in progress and will be ready for business soon, four of them being nnu story and the other two two sto ries. These six buildings will almost M up the vacancy on Front street. Officer’s Blows Fatal. ALLIANCE—The marshal of Bridge port attempted to arrest a young man by the name of Jack Anderson in the rear of a saloon and an altercation arose, when the officer administered aereral heavy blows on the head of the prisoner. The young man, as a result of the blows, died, and the mar ahal has been held to answer for his doings. Dr. Greene Resigns. LINCOLN—Dr. James L. Greene, su perintendent of the Lincoln insane asy lum. resigned to take the position of superintendent of the Eastern Illinois hospital for the insane at Kamkakee. Th® resignation takes effect July 16. Big Wheat Yield. The biggest wheat yield yet report ed was raised in Saline county, near Wilbur. Charles Sykes, who has just threshed, reported his wheat raised on fifteen acres lacked just fourteen pounds of running forty-three bushels to the acre. Will Camp at Weeping Water. WEEPING WATER—The Thirtieth regiment, United States infantry, about six hundred strong, will camp here over night on July 17, on their war from Fort Crook to Fort Riley. Harvest is in Full Blast. FULLERTON—The prospect for a big crop of all kinds of grain is line In this county. The wheat is splendid ly filled and will be the best crop we have ever had. Oats are good, while corn is clean and of good color, but somewhat small for the time of year. Noted Forger Captured. BEATRICE?—The news was received here that Joseph A. Hull, one of the mo6t noted forgers in the country, was in the hands of the police at Buf falo, N. T. OVER THE STATE. New wheat is bring about 65 cents per bushel. The Y. M. C. A. building at Beatrice is nearing completion. The summer school at Peru has an attendance of eight hundred. There were fourteen deaths and four births in Columbus in June. Where wheat has been threshed the yield is generally better than was an ticipated. A little son of Mike Sullivan of Utica had his right hand nearly shot to pieces by a large cannon cracker. It required fifteen stitches to close the wound. The farm residence of Robert Schram, two miles southwest of Pa pillion, burned to the ground, with all its contents. With nearly all the hot. sweltering days of summer yet before them, the citizens of Hartington are confronted witn an ice famine. Walter Cash of Fremont, colored, tried to commit suicide by taking poi son. He had been drinking heavily since the Fourth and had some little trouble with his wife. John Schmoker has just completed taking the school census and reports that in Columbus there are 755 males and 777 females between the ages of 5 and 21, a total of 1,532. Jesse Hill and George Fulton of Be atrice were each sentenoed to the county jail for sixty days for throw ing cayenne pepper in the faces of young women passing along the street The postmaster of Kearney receiv ed official notification of the passage of the bill providing for a postofflee building in Kearney. It is already evi dent that there will lie a strong rivalry for the site. Dr. W. E. McCray, a veterinary sur geon, who has been located in West 1 Point the past year, has been appoint ed an inspector in the bureau of ani mal industry and has gone to Chicago to assume the duties of the position. The list of entries for the circuit' race meeting to held in Beatrice the week of July 22 is out and comprises some of the best horses in the west. There are twenty-nine entries in the 2:30 pace, eleven in the 2:22 trot, twenty in the 2:16 pace, eight in the 2:17 trot, seven in the 3-vear-old trot, twenty-four in the 2:22 pace. There is a substantial gain in per sonal property in Frontier county as shown by the abstract of the county assessor’s returns. In 1905 the as sessed value of personal property in Frontier county was $508,200, in 1906 it is $695,096, a gain of S96.710 assess ed value. Improvements on real es tate add to its assessed value $21,779. The mortgage record of Platte coun ty for .June shows farm mortgages were filed amounting to $52,181, re leased $38,833; town mortgages filed $18,825. released $14,178; chattel mort gages filed $24,918, released $13,673, making the increased indebtedness amount to $29,240, Unable to close his mouth after a yawn, Jacob Moneypenny, a farmer residing a few miles south of Platts mouth, went to town and Dr. E. W. Cook soon had his jaws at work again. While walking down the street his Jaws again became set and he return ed to the physician. No license has yet been issued by the insurance department to the West ern Life and Indemnity company of Chicago to do business in Nebraska. Special Examiner Wiggins, who went to Chicago to investigate the company, having recommended tne license to be held in abeyance for the present. Farmers in the vicinity of Pawnee City are just beginning to thresh their wheat, which is making a fine yield and of superior quality. Thus far three fields have been cleaned up. Charles Barnett’s field yielded forty four bushels per acre. Frank Ander son’s thirty bushels and Titus Davis’ thirty bushels. A number of the members of the Grand Island fire department met and decided to hold a carnival in the streets of the city during the week of August 6-11. The proceeds will go to the moneys raised for the entertain ment of the next aunus.1 convention of the Nebraska State Volunteer Fire men's association, to be held there in -anuary. Mr. McSweeney of Kansas City, who is to establish a packing plant in Beatrice, in company with a commit tee from the Commercial club visited several proposed sites along the Blue river bottom. As the necessary bonds have been raised, Mr. McSweeney as sures the Commercial club that work will be started on the plant within ten days after the site is agreed upon. W. E. Bryson, living near Adams, on Thursday afternoon started the harvester cutting his wheat. As fast as it was cut it was hauled to the threshing machine, whieh was running in the same field, and was there threshed. The wheat was next hauled two miles to Adams, where it was’run through the elevator, some of It being ground into flour. The flour was then taken to Mr. Bryson's residence on the farm and there made Into biscuits which were served on the table for the threshing crew for the 6 o’clock supper. Willie Warner, eight years old, was shot as he was walking along the street in Geneva. As he passed an open space some one back of a build ing fired, the ball passing Into the little fellow’s mouth and lodging some where Iti the neck. He will recover. Adolph Shada, formerly a composi tor on West Point papers, is under arrest at McCook, charged with plac ing railroad ties on the Burlington tracks with intent to wreck a train. He has been bound over to the district court. He is considered slightly de mented. Vigorous efforts are being made by a number of Nebraska cities to se cure the corn growers' convention next year. Invitations have already been received by the executive com mittee from Omaha, York, Hastings, Beatrice, Fremont and Grand Island. The state legal department has filed a motion for a rehearing in the Boyd county land cases. This is the case in wnich the state is trying to oust the present occupants of the land. The court held, In its opinion, the settlers should be allowed the improvements made on the lands in question. ANOTHER FAT YEAR COMES TO THE FARMER. <WNM00 Wo™-1**** -W* fit**-—= SEVEN CHILDREN DROWNED IN EFFORT TO SAVE EACH OTHER BAS ACCIDENT OCCURS AT PICNIC ON RIVER BANK AT CEDAR RAPIDS. IA.—YIELDING SAND IS FATAL Cedar Rapids, la.—Eight children at a picnic on the river bank, only three blocks from home, went wading. The smallest one slipped into a deep hole in the river and in trying to rescue her six others were drowned. The dead: Lucille Sweeting, 7; Hazel Sweeting, 14; Gladys Sweting, 10; Josie Sweting, 12; Ruth Coyle, 11, Sioux City; Core Coyle, 9, Sioux City; Clara Usher, 16. Ruth Klersey, the only survivor, said they were wading when little Lucille Sweeting slipped off a shelf in the river bottom into a hole. Then the next girl rushed after her. And so they kept trying to save each other until all of the girls except Ruth Klersey had been drowned. This was the end of a picnic, the tragedy of a last forbidden frolic. The Sweeting children lived with their father near Ellis park, on the outskirts of this city. Clara Usher was a daughter of Sweeting's house keeper, and the Coyle children were her nieces, who were here on a visit. Story by Survivor. Ruth Klersey, the only survivor, said they were wading when little Lucille Sweeting slipped off a shelf in the river bottom into a hole. Then the next girl rushed after her. And so they kept trying to save each other until all of the girls except Ruth Klersey had been drowned. Four of the bodies were quickly re moved from the water, but it was too late to rescuscitate them. At four o’clock all of the bodies had been recovered except that of Clara Usher. They were taken home and laid in a row amid the sobbing of hundreds of men and women. The children had gone to the river with Mrs. Usher, who took her baby. The baby fretted and Mrs. ' Usher went home with it. Sand Proves Treacherous. The children immediately went wading in the river. Ruth Klersev went to the end of a long 6and bar and, seeing that the water was deep at the end of the bar, warned the other children. Lucille Sweeting, however, ran to the end of the bar and, the sand yielding, slipped off into seven feet of water. Her cries brought Hazel Sweeting to her aid In trying to pull Lucille back on the sand bar she, too, fell into the deep water. Another child went to her as sistance and slipped in. and so on until seven of the eight children were in deep water. Some of them drowned helplessly, while two or three vainly tried to climb back on the sand bar out of deep water. Ruth Klersey, seeing the fate of her companions, then ran down the road crying to Mrs. Usher, overtaking her when almost home. Mrs. Usher left her baby in the road and ran back to aid the children . She managed to get hold of the hair of two of them and pulled them out of the water, but it was too late to save their lives. Dynamite Kills Laborers. Chicago.—Three men were instantly killed and a score of others were in jured, several of whom are expected to die, shortly after one a. m. Friday, when a shanty at the O’Laughlin Bros.’ stone quarry, near Bellwood, was blown up with dynamite. The explos ion was the result of a deliberate at tempt to kill the occupants of the shed, laborers employed in the quarry, ac cording to employes of the concern. Strike Breaker Fined. St. Louis. — Frank Curry, a noted strike breaker, known througnout the United States among labor men, was fined $50 in police court for abusing his wife and $10 for using obscene language in the pres ence of a neighbor. TRAIN WRECKED BY SPIKE Miscreants Cause Men to Lose Lives in Order to Be Avenged on Railroad. Petersburg, Ind.—The wreck of a west-bound freight train on the South ern railroad- eight milaa west of here resulted'in the loss of three lives. The west end of the switch was spiked, so as to get either the east or west bound train. The freight was making 30 miles an hour when the engine ran into a spiked switch and topped over. The entire train left the track, demolish ing many ears and totally wrecking the engine. The only known motive for the work of the wrecaers is ill feeling against the railroad by certain persons be cause the railroad company, which owns the Muren mines, insisted on running Iheir mines during the recent trouble between the operators and miners, but paid the scale price during the entire time. No Fire on Vessel. Winona, Minn. — The steamer Quincy, of the Diamond Joe line of steamers lies grounded near Trem pealeau, on the Wisconsin side of the river. There was no loss of life, neither was there any fire on the ves sel. War on In Earnest Guatemala.—"Fresh hostilities have taken place on the border. The inva sion of the country by Salvadorean troops is considered to be a declaration of war. The country has been placed under martial law. Fought on the Merrimae. Norfolk, Va.—Capt. William Henry Bunting, ene of the few survivors of the crew of the confederate ironclad Merrimae during the civil war, died at the Norfolk Protestant hospital, fol lowing an operation. American Swimmer- First. Nottingham, Eng—The 100 yards amateur swimming match for the championship of the world was won by C. M. Daniels, American, who went the distance in 58 3-5 seconds, beating the record two-fifths of a second. Oil Trust Hold Broken. Washington.— 'The Standard Oil's absolute domination over the business in petroleum products has been broken,” according to Charles D. Chamberlin, of Cleveland, head of the National Petroleum association. MUST EARN RIGHT TO LABEL Meat Paekers Cannot Secure Govern ment Certificates Until Perfect Conditions Prevail. Chicago.—Secretary Janies Wilson of the department of agriculture con eluded his work in Chicago W’ednes day by issuing a statement in which he denied the Chieago meat packers the use of the United States govern meat inspection label as a guarantee to the world of the fitness of theii products as food, until they have mad* perfect the sanitary conditions in the buildings where food is prepared. He then took a train for the west, where he will continue to look into the pack ing industry. This move by the government is looked upon as a drastic action to force the packers-to pursue with vig or the work of renovating their plants. Announcement is made in the same declaration that the inspection under the new law will begin at once in plants where sanitary conditions jus tify it, and the government label may be used by the owners of such plants. Chicago establishments are mentioned specifically and are said to be on the way to improvement The sec retary says he considers that they will be ready for inspection by Au gust 1, but that if they are not they will not get the inspection even then. Society Man and Girl Browned. Richmond. Va.—Large parties are searching for the bodies of John Gor don and Mias Satterfield, two well known young Richmond society peo ple, who were drowned while on a launch party down the James river. Predicts Another Earthquake. San Jose, Cal.—Dr. David S. Jordan, in a lecture, located the origin of the recent seismic disturbance in Behring sea and prophesied the next center of trouble would be In the vicinity of San Leandro and Haywards. Nominate Henry Clay Evans. Nashville. Tenn. — Henry Clay Evans ,of Hamilton county, former commissioner of {tensions and re cently American consul-general in London, was nominated for governor by the Republican state convention. John A. McCall’s Estate. New York. — The net value of the estate left by the late John A. McCall, former president of the New York Life Insurance company, was $40,835, according to the report of the appraisers. MURDER COMPACT ADMITTED WIDOW OF “HOLY ROLLER” LEADER IS ARRESTED. Girl Tells How They Planned to Slay Letter's Brother for Killing Fanatic. ___ • Seattle, Wash.—Immediately after the arrest of Esther Mitchell, the 17-year-old girl who killed her brother, orders were given for the ar rest Of Mrs. Maude Creffleld, widow of the prophet, whose death at the hands of George Mitchell led to the latest tragedy. Mrs. Creffleld, however, telephoned the police where she was to be found. When taken to the station she admit ted she had entered into a compact with Esther to kill the slayer of her husband. She will be held as an ac complice. George Mitchell a few days ago killed F. E. Creffleld, leader of the Holy Rollers, because, as Mitchell claimed, Creffleld had wronged his sister Esther. The tragedy took place in the Union depot in this city, where the Mitchell girl and her three brothers were wait ing for a train on which the brothers intended to depart for Oregon. After her arrest Esther Mitchell made the following statement: "Mrs. Creffleld and I talked over the matter of killing George. The one that had the best chance was to do it. Mrs. Creffleld bought the gun. I thought 1 would have a better chance to do it than Mrs. Creffleld, as my brother wanted to see me, and be lieved that he would think nothing about my going to the depot. Then Mrs. Creffleld gave me the gun and I was to do it. We agreed that it must be done as soon as possible. "My brother Fred wag up to my room and said Perry and George were going to Portland. I went to the depot and saw Perry get his ticket. At last I saw George and I shook hands with him. He and Perry were walking in front and Fred and I were walking be hind. I was walking to the door and George was in front of me. That was the chance I wanted and I shot him. My brother Fred grabbed me and 1 sat down on his lap and put my arms about his neck I sat there and the officer came. I intended to follow him to Portland if X did not get a chance here. I am not sorry I did the shoot ing; I am glad of it.” WARRANT~FOR rockefeller Oil King Is Charged with Organizing and Maintaining a Monopoly. Findlay, O.—A warrant for John D. Rockefeller, which is now in the hands of the sheriff of Hancock coun ty, is accompanied by a copy of the in formation and affidavit which was filed in the probate court here by Prosecutor David and charging Rock n iin i i fc---1 ^ If JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. t efeller with violating the anti-trust laws in organizing and maintaining a monopoly of the oil business. The warrant directs the sherifT "to take the said John D. Rockefeller, if found in your county, or if he shall have fled that you pursue him into any other county in the state, and take and safely keep the said John D Rockefeller so that you have his body before this court to answer the said complaint and be further dealt with according to law.” The'warrant-is signed* by Judge Banker, of the probate court of Han cock county. TO PROBE CRAIN BUSINESS Railroads Asked to Forward Informa tion Regarding Elevators to In terstate Commission. Washington.—An Investigation is to be made by the interstate commerce commission, by authority of the United States senate, of the elevator, grain buying and forwarding business of the country to determine to what extent special favors have been granted to them by railroad companies; the Influ ence which the alleged monopolizing of this branch of business has had upon the market; the injury it has worked to grain producers; the extent to which railroads, their officers, direc tors, stockholders and employes own or control the grain buying and grain forwarding companies; and the man ner in which such holdings, if *ay, were secured. Admiral’s Assassin a QirL Sevastopol, Russia.—It is stated on good authority that the aseassin of Ad miral CUoukaln, commander. of th« Black sea fleet, was a girl disguised is the uniform of a sailor. No arrest hss yet keen made. Senator Howlands la Injured. San Francisco—United States Sen ator Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, is suffering from a broken collar bone. The senator was thrown from a hors* near San Mateo and had a narrow es cape from death. Cloudburst Kills Seven. El Paso, Tex.—A cloudburst and landslide on July 10 at Ocampo (Jesus Maria) Chihuahua, Mexico, almost completely destroyed the city and killed seven or more persons. Many others wev Injured. Theater Hot Public Place. New York.—The manager of a the ater has a right to say who shall enter his place of amusement, his playhouse not being & public place, is the gist of a decision in the appellate court. AMtmUAN ULAIM VENEZUELA WILL BE tALLEO UPON FOR SETTLEMENT. WHEN LAST EFFORT WAS MAKE It Wat During Secretary Hay’s Ad ministration and Was in the Nature of a Proposal to Submit the Matter in Dispute to Arbitration. WASHINGTON—In view of the de termination of the state department to renew its demands upon the Vene zuelan government for the settlement of American claims against Venezue la, It is a matter of intrest to note the precise status of those trouble some issues when negotiations were suspended in March, 1905. For the first time the Red Book discloses in terms the ultimatum laid down by the late secretary of state, John Hay, in an instruction to Mr. Bowen, dated March 10 of that year: “The attitude of the Venezuelan government toward the government of the United States and toward the Interests of its citizens who have suf fered so grave and frequent wrongs, arbitrarily committed by the govern ment of Venezuela, require that jus tice should now be fully done, once for all. If the government of Vene zuela finally declines to consent to an imperial arbitration, insuring the rendition of complete justice to these injured parties, the government of the United States may be regretfully com pelled to take such measures as it may find necessary to complete re dress without resort to arbitration. The government of the United States is committed to the principle of im ptrial arbitration, which can do in justice to nobody, and if its moder ate request is peremptorily refused it will be at liberty to consider, if it is compelled to resort to more vigorous measures, whether those measures shall include complete indemnifica tion, not only for the citizens aggriev ed, but for any expenses of the gov ernment o' the United States which may attend their execution.” The Venezuelan answer, rendered March 23, amounted to a rejection of the ultimatum, for it denied that Ven ezuela had any questions pending with the United States and propound ed the following interrogation: "Before giving further considera tion to Mr. Hay’s note the Venezuelan government states it must know whether the United States respects the methods and nobility of the Vene zuelan.” Mr. Bowen adds that the answer is unyielding and requires no further ultimatum. Perhaps the explanation for the rather definant attitude which the Venezuelan government occupies to this day, so far as the official corre spondence shows, is to he found in a paraphrase of a telegram from Minis ter Bowen to the secretary of state. MAY VISIT IN PHILIPPINES. Secreary Taft Undecided as to Pro posed Trip. WASHINGTON—In answer to a di rect question as to whether or not he Intended to visit the Philippine is lands next spring, and, if so. whether that decision might be taken as an indication that he intended to decline the offer of a place on the supreme bench. Secretary Taft said that he had received an invitation from the Filipinos to be present at the opening of the first native assembly next june. So far he had not come to any decision, but it might be stated that whether he accepted the invitation or not, that decision would have no ef fect whatever on his political or ju dicial future. In other words, he might as a justice visit the islands, quite as well as while he occupied the office of' secretary of war. HOW REGALADO DIED. He and a Small Escort Overcome by Guatemalans. MEXICO CITY—It is now well kqown that General Regalado of Sal vador lost his life in a scouting expe dition. He was in oommand of his army on the border of Guatemala when he resolved to explore within the border of Guatemala. He started >ut accompanied only by an adjutant and a small escort, when he came un expectedly upon a large body of Guat emalan regulars, who overwhelmed his force. Regalado’s party sold their lives dearly, making an heroic fight and killing many of their foes, but they were exterminated. No quarter was asked. Dogs of War Loose. SAN SALVADOR—Saturday night th Salvadorean army again attacked the Guatemalan forces at Platanan and obtained a victory over them, the Guatemalans suffering a loss of 2,000 men killed, wounded and prisoners. The Guatemalan army, which invaded by way of Santa Fe, was repulsed by the Honduran army. Honduras is making common cause with Salvador Dowie is Almost Neglected. CHICAGO—John Alexander Dowie sat in the conservatory at Shiloh house Sunday and .preached to those who would listen, while his yeung ri val, Wilbur Glenn Vollva, addressed a congregation of several thousand in the tabernacle. In years past July 15 has seen the grand opening of the feast of the tabernacle, which iasteo during the entire week, and Zion City was visited by thousands who camt to see Dowie. Neither Voliva noi Dowie in their addresses even men tioned that it was "feast day.” Whole Family Now Dead. SALISBURY, England—E. W. Sen telle of Brooklyn, one of the victims of the train wreck, died here. He was the last survivor of the Sentelle fam ily of Brooklyn. His wife, his son Charles E Sentelle and his daugh ters, Blanche M. and Gertrude M., per ished in the Salisbury wfeck of July 1 Americans Paid $5,000,000. LONDON—The Dally Express esti mates that the steamship fares pair by Americans landing in England las week amounted to $5,000,000. Suggestions for Decoration for a Home Wedding by Use of a Bay Win dow as Background. Almost any flowers which an old fashioned garden affords are lovely for a summer wedding. A bay win dow is often used as the place for the bridal party to stand, and this lends itself particularly well to deco ration. says the Housekeeper. The curtains can be drawn together and edged with delicate vines. Be tween each window section, a tall evergreen tree planted in a large pot, painted white, can help to make a most graceful background. A low table covered with a white cloth can be set at the back of the bay win dow. Upon this may be placed a vase of blossoms of any desired hue, and two tall brass candlesticks holding lighted tapers. A small white rug upon the floor in front of the table, marks the spot where the clergyman is to stand. Curving outward from the front of the bay window, small evergreen trees, also in white pots, can make a green chancel boundary; leaving an opening at the center where the bride and groom will stand. Another pretty arrangement is to have screens placed at the hack of the bay window, covered with sprays of graceful bloom. The celling of the bay window can be covered with wire netting and massed with laurel leaves or other dark green; and hang ing from this can be numerous lengths of fine wire or string wound with vines, and each holding from it* tip end a spray of blossoms—either roses, snowballs, peonies or lilies could be used, and the effect is lovely. White ribbons can form an aisle at the time of the bridal procession. If wished, these ribbons can be held by four little girls dressed in white and crowned with flowers. TOOK THEM FOR DUMMIES. Quite Embarrassing Mistake Made in the Darkness by Short-Sighted Poet-Render. It was Saturday night and the stores were kept open until a late hour. Fred Emerson Brooks, the poet-reader, had just finished his entertainment, and was walking over to the hotel, accom panied by a resident of the town, whose store they presently passed on their way. “Wait until we can close up the store and I'll walk over to the hotel with you,” said the man. “All right,” replied Brooks, “I’ll help you.” With that, he grabbed up what, in the semi-darkness, seemed to be a couple of dummy dress forms, and started into the store with them, one under each arm. His triumphal progress was short, however, as two piercing screams arose, and his bur dens struggled so vigorously that he dropped them as quickly as he had picked them up. They were the two young women clerks who, in the ab sence of customers, had come out to watch the passers-by, and found them selves thus unceremoniously escorted back to their duty.—Lipplncott’s Maga zine. HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES. When peeling onions begin at the root end and peel upw’ard, and the onions will affect the eyes scarcely at all. To remove fruit stains stretch the fabric containing the stain over the mouth of a basin and pour boiling wa ter on the stain. In cold weather fruit spots can frequently be removed by hanging the stained garments out of doors over night. If the stain has been fixed by time, soak the article in a weak solution of oxalic acid, or hold it over the fumes of sulphur. In buying canned goods examine the can carefully, and if the sides bulge reject them, as this denotes the presence of gas, which renders the contents unfit for food. One of the latest ideas is that cel ery is a cure for rheumatism. It is asserted that the disease is impos sible if the vegetable be cooked and freely eaten. "The celery should be cat into pieces and boiled in water until soft, and the water drunk by the patient. Put new milk, with a little flour and nutmeg into a saucepan with the boiled celery, serve it warm with pieces of toast, eat it with potatoes and the painful ailment will soon yield. The Lancet advocates the use of snails as food. The snail, it says, has been called “the poor man's oyster.” It makes an excellent fish sauce and may be used for the same purpose as oyster sauce. Care must be exercised in the choice of the snail for food pur poses, as it is well known that snails feed on poisonous plants, and it is the custom in France to allow a few days to elapse after they have been taken from their feeding ground in order that any poisonous matter may be eliminated. tt In kn_i.a XL . simplest way is to put tt through the meat chopper. To prevent making a great dust in sweeping use moist sawdust on bare floors. If the floor is carpeted, mois ten a newspaper, tear It into small pieces and scatter over the floor. The carpet will look much brighter than if swept in the ordinary way. Hot water and soap generally re move grease spots. If fixed try long standing, use either chloroform or naphtha. Both these must be used away from Are or artificial light. If eggs that are to be boiled hard are put into rapidly boiling water the yolks will not become dark on the outside.—Boston Budget and Beacon. Blackberry Jam. Pick, wash and drain berries, place over moderate fire until thoroughly heated, and then press through a sieve. To every pint pulp allow one half pound sugar. Return both to kettle and boil about 20 minutes stirring occasionally. Fill into jars and seal as above. Paint on Silk or Wool. Paint may be removed from silk or woolen goods by means of spirits of turpentine. Soak the spots thorough ly with the spirits and, after letting it stand several hours, rub the fabric between the fingers and the paint will com* off without leaving a mark