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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1907)
- . - . , / - ' - - - - - 1I " ' { I , JOHN FERGUS' MARRIAGE . By J. J. BELL ' , . . . . II ' -'tt' ( CoDyrhrht. by JOllcDh B. Dowles , ) - - The mlnlotor hnd merely praclnhnod for the first tlmo the bnnns at mnr- rlago between John FerClIs , bncholor , and Mnry Jane Wllaon , or McGlaahan , . : wIdow , "both at this } 1arloh. " "It's Indacent , that's what It Is I" laid : Mr. Danka , the fiab morchant. "When I say It la Indacent , I reter to thla Intimation 0' merrlage thllt toll on lIa 11' the day lIke a thunderbolt , and I toll yo , Joseph Rldhorn , that ma opoenlon 0' thla proposed morrlage Is- " I . " 0' nao value to anybody. " "Wo'll aoo aboot that ! What has that auld mIser , John Forgus , done tor the kirk , I aak yo ? " demanded Danks I fiorcely. "Ho's novel' done anything to dls. . grace It , onyway. " " \Vhnt d''o mean 1" "In Ithcr words , " replied Mr. Rod. horn calmly , "I wud auggeat the ad. vlaaboollly 0' yor keoptn' YOI' nose tor : rer fish an' no' tor pokln' Into Ither folka' artalrs. " "EspecIally , " went on the palnler , 'tho affairs o man that lost his best . arm In a. railway acchIent when he .was IIttlo mall' nor a youth. " , "That's naethln' to dM wi' hIm beln' a miser , " the elder anapped fiercely. "It he lost 1ls arm , ProvldOI co sent him a legacy 0' tully three thousnn' pound the vera same year , an' Provl. denc never Intendlt hIm to pit by the bIgger haut 0' the Interest. " "Maybo , Peter Danks , maybe. Dein' nn elder , yovo dootloss ha' mlllr communIcations - munIcations wI' ProvIdence than yor humble servant. " . "Humph ! Dae yo moan to tell mo thllt Jane McGlashan , wha'a fitly if she's a day , Is morryln' John Fergus for onythlng but his siller ? " Mr. Dan1a orled bItterly. "I'm no' tellln' ye onything. Dut supposln' srlO Is morryln' him tor hIs siller , what busIness Is It 0' yours ermInes mInes ? Nevertheless , I bellovo her wee shop keeps her comfortable , though ) 'e wudna thInk there was mucklo profit on sweotles an' tobaccy , an' newspapers , et cotera. Dtn.na ex- clto yersel' further , Malstor Danles. t1.- . .fl'hat's ma advlco to you. " - . . . . . . - , But Mr , Danles wall not satisfied. "Ho'll be IIvln' on her , an' savIn' every penny 0' hIs Interest , " he saId vIcIously. . Mr. Redhorn stopped ahort' In hIs walk. I "Soo , Malster Danks ! " ho said sharply - ly , "John Fergus gl'ed mo ma first job , an' dldna haggle aboot the prIce. - As tor 1\1rs , McGlashan she gl'ed me n bottle 0' medIcIne last year that cured ma Indlgeestlon-an' I'm MIstress Mc- Glashan's freen for lIfo. An' , mInd ye , Peter Dank3 , Ir ye try to mak' any mlschlet abaot thIs merrlago , I'll target - get ye're an elder , an'-as shall' as ma . Damo's Joseph Rldhorn-I'll como when YO'l'e nleopln' an' pont yer hoose pea.green , wi' bad words In scarlet on the door ! " Whereupon Joseph lott the dum. founded elder , and made tor hIs mod- i est dwelling. I As Joseph rcsted after a hearty meal : a brilliant Idea suddenly struck hIm. It took , hIm a full woele to acquIre J courage sufficlont for the arrylng out ot hIs brIlliant Idea. At last , about eIght o'clock , on an October evening , he stepped stealthily from hIs door. About a turlong beyond - yond the village he came to a co age Btandlng by Itself on a halt-acro ot ground. A faInt light filtered out be. tween the closed shutters on the rIght- hand wIndow. " 'Voel , hero goes ! " ho said , halt , aloud , as ho stood on the steps and knocleed on the door. The door was openod. an Inoh and a .volce shouted , "Wha's that ? " "It's me-Josoph Hldhorn , " replied ! the paInter. Fergus hesitated. "Weel , ye best 'como ' In , " he said at last. "It's no' a , nlcht ror the doorstep for man or beast , " Mr. Redhorn followed hIs unwillIng host into the Idtchen. "SIt doon , " said the other , pushIng a chair neal'or the hearth , and takIng another for hlmsolf , "Thenk ) ' 0 , " repliedIr. ! . Redhorn. "Wud ye try a ceegaurotte ? " "I dlnna smoke. " he saId quIetly. , "Thonk ye a' the same , Joseph RId. . . horn. " . " 'f A long silence followed. But the thIng had to be faced , and at last ho forced hhpself Into speech , / < "I was galln to tell yo , 1\II\1stor Fer- , , ' gus , hoe I managed to commence the smokln' . Ye see , I used to be l\ martyr - , - tyr to dyspepsIa , If yo ken what that Is , an' IJ thocht ma CaRl ) was hopeless , . . ' till yer wlfeFergus started. "I t . , mean yer Intondlt-gl'ed mo a sampl -.S ( 0' a mlxturo. . An' nee I'm a new man ! . I can eat on.thlng ! " " " 'Veol , weel , " saId Forgus , "I'm ' ) shall' l'm glad to hear ) 'e'vo got quIt I 0' yer troltble. " "Ay , " went onII' ! . Redhorn aolomh. Jy , "It's the Inner man that coonts. Dut there's anlther thing. Dae ye ken wha gl'od mo ma first job when I set .up In Falrl10rt ? It was yersel' , John Fergus , It was ) 'orsol' ! An' it I seeme ( ] to forget It In the pust , Y maun blame It to ma Internal organs that - mado-me a dOllr. soar man for mon ) ' a Jang year. An' that" contlnued Mr. Redhorn exclteclly-"thal's the second . reason fOI' ma comln' to see yo the " nlcht-to-to ( 'on ratlllllte yo on the important event tllat--that's loomln' In the ' future an' I ' ' nelli' . , hope I'm no' { ntrudln' , " . - ' . . "Ye'ro vera welc < : > llle here , Joseph. " "Thenk yo , " the pn.1nter roturne(1. "It-It yo'ro no' Itherwlso engacod , " ho stammered , " 1-1 wud bo 1'11.10 prood to bo yer-yer best man. I'vo hll.d nll.8 oxperlence , but- " "Aro yo In earnest , Joseph Y" "Ay , I'm In earnest ! " "Ha'o yo no' heard what the to111 says aboot mo ? " "I'm no' carin' a snuer tor pUblic opeenlon , " returned Mr. Redhorn - stoutly. "I bellevo yo'ro a man , Joseph RId. horn , " ho saId. "LIsten , an' I'll tell yo somethIng. To begIn wI' , what dno yo thInk 0' mo ( or savin' money a' thao years 1" "I novel' thocht aboot _ It. till the Ithor day , and then I thocht. yo wud ha'o a gulll reason tor the savin' . " "Aweol , I'm gaun to telI yo. . . Mfnd , It's atweon oorsel's. LIsten ! I lost ma arm when I was three an' twlnty. I was coorUn' a lass at the time. Dut yo canna keep a wJo , an' maybfl weans , on the wark 0' yln nrm , an' that the Joft yln. At lenst , I couldn't. An' It came to pass that the lass mel' rlt anlthor man. An' the next year ma ( ayther's brlthel" dee'd an' left mo near throe tlwusand pound. I had a brlthe-r , but ho got naothln' lert hlm- the reason ( or that I dlnna ken. He was a clover lad. 110 inlcht ha'o been chancellor .0' t.ho exchequer It ho had otten th rl ht chanco. So I gl'od hIm the threQ thousan' pound , an' he was to pay mo five per cent. Dut ho 'lover managed to pay mall' nor yln m' a quarter. It wasna hIs fau't. rhlngs was aye agaInst him. Hooever ' 10 peyed that reg'lar for near thIrty ; , ear , but It dldna leave mo mucklo for I'eln' away' to tUrl'ln mIssIons an' the .Iko. I stol1plt gaun to the kirk , seoln' , ' , "Ye're Vera Welcome Here , Joseph. " 1 couJdna pay ma fooUn' . An' 1 wasnn gaun to tell everybodY that mil brlther had the len' 0' ma siller. Ho doe'd the year afore last-bankrupt. I had been Iavln' , Joseph , an' the savIn's ha' kept mo up tllI noo. ThIs wee hoose Is ma aln. That's a' . 1\Iary's keepln' mo frae. the-the pulrhouso. That'a the truth , Joseph. " "I'm vexed for ye , John , " saId Mr. Redhorn at last. "Dut-but. yer guld tlme's com In' noo. " "Ye'lI keep what I'vo said secret , J soph ? " "I'm thln\dn' \ the talk should get 0 blt hInt 0' the truth. Will ye no' leave the thIng to me , John , seeln' I'm to boyer yor best man ? I'll be awfu' dIscreet. I'll get Peter Brown to write trom Glesca montlonln' casual that he wall glad to hear 0' , the marrIage , but vexed to hear by accIdent that ye had never got the guld 0' yer tortuno 0' thIrty year syne. Hoe wud thll. ' tIae ? " "Man , man ! " crIed Fergus , " 0. body : wud thInk wo was auld troens. " "So we are , but wo dldna fin' It oot till the nlcht. " "I'm gled ye cam' to see mo. 'What brochl yo , really ? " Fergus asked rather abruptl- . Mr. Hodhorn actually blushed. "Woel , I decidet because I. was shall' there maun bo somothlng ralo fiM about twa follt that gets merrlt etter wultln' thIrty year , whatever pUblic eenlon says aboot them , " The mornIng atter the weddIng Mr. Rcdhorn entered the little shop. "A packet 0' ceegaurottes , " he saId In a very art-hand tone , The comely IIttlo woman behInd the countel' looleed up at hIm wIth a smile on her lips and a tear _ In each eye. She may have been nearly fifty , but she dId not look It then. "John's up at the cottage , " she 1'0- mal'ked. " 'Ve'ro thlnkln' 0' startln' a wee uslness In vegetables an' trult next year , torbyo wur s op. " "I wIsh yo success , 1\IIstress Fel' gUB. " "I see yo're In a hurry-but Malstor Rhlhorn , dId naobody say anythIng nasty aboot John wantln' to merry me when he had lost evorythlng ? Tell me , please ? " "Nnohody kens that ho had lost everything' , MIstress Fergus , " "Uut-but-.ou ken , 1\Ialster Rid , horn-you ken. What dId you thInk 0' John ? " , , "I thocht 0' hIm wanUn' yo tat I thIrty year , " snld Josoph. "Oh , then , I'll toll yo the truth. Yo see , I leent ahoot John's brother , an' I hoard when he doe'd bankrupt , An' then 1-1-1 asltlt John to merry mil. lie couldna rotuse. " . . . . 0\ . . . , , . . . . . . ' . -j A " . , . ' . , , Mohammed-AII.Mlrza , whose reign has commenced with a series of pollt. leal aDltations. - . . - TOWN , BORN , - OF . - SPITE. VERONA , ME. , ONCE .KNOWN AS - ORPHAN'S ISLAND. Intended as a New England Metropo. lis ; , But Pla - of Prom 1ers Failed -No Church or Post Office - fico In VlllaDo. . Verona , Me.-The intensely Yankee /Own of Verona , with Its Intensel ) ' Italian name , was born out of spite. Long before the English fieet sailed up the Penobscot rIver In the autumn at 1814 and ) ald Bangor under heavy trIbute , the present town was known as Orphan's Island , and had been surveyed - veyod and mapped out as the tuture metropolis of New England. A long brIdge , costing many thou. sands of dollars , wasJmllt to connect the Island with Ducksport and paId tor from the sales at a tew choIce Iota near the center of the unborI\ city. city.Tho The 'Vetmores and Hea'ths anel Bowdolns and Brldgeses , who were , Interested In the plan , looked down on old John Jacob Astor as an amateur In finance , and thought the rich mon at Boston wore boggars. . Latcr on It was dIscovered that the drawIng of expenslvo maps and the makh g of elaborate plans would not Insure an ImmedIate sale of real es. tate. The promoters ran short or money and became plunged In dobt. They appealed to Duclesport tor help -In repairIng the great brIdge. When theIr prayers were not grant. od , out at splto they asked the logls. Jaturo for a town charter , and were made joyful when the new town at Verona was born. The decline at well' fishIng and shIpbuildIng nea y depopulated the Island acter the cIvil war , but reCDvery hus tollowod slowly through close attention - tention to agrlculturo. Though the town Is seven mlleR long and nearly three miles wI do at Its bulge , though several at the residents are _ wealthy , neIther as Orphans Islnnd nor as Verona has there ever been a settled clergyman or lawyer or doctor on Its area. There Is no church , and when a cItizen dIes he has to be taken across _ , , , . , . , , . " . , , . _ , , . . . . , , . . , . , . , . , . , . , . . " ' . , the bridge to find burIal In a comotery. 'I'hol"e hus novoI' been a murder or any sel'lous crlmo commltteed on the Island , slnco Its first settlemont. No post ofilco has ever bcen placed on the charmed gl"ollnd by a benevolent - lent aUII paternal nation. No sherIffs ever cross the brldgo to serve legal Instrllmonts. No mInIster drops In to taIte supper with worshlptul parlshlonors , When a doctor trom Bucksport rIdes through the neIghborhood It creates as much at a sensation as a cIrcus parade. If undortalcors rolled upon Verona for patron ago they 'Would go Into In- solvenc ) " . It Is a place where no barb or's pole hangs out to allure customors. No book agent ver calls , BABE IN INCUBATOR , WeIghed Two Pounds at Birth , Four Months Before Tlmo. Elma , Wnph.-There was born 'to the wlfo at Milton Spurgeon the ether day a child whIch weIghed at birth but two pounds , So lIg t anti frail was the tiny ploco ot humanity when It was born that Dr. Dlalr , ot Elma , the attendIng physicIan , In the absence - senco of better facilities , ordered a chicken Incubat r ImmedIately provided - vided for the new-born babe , and mat the child o placell In It at once and the temperature ke , t at blood heat. With careful watchIng and nttentlol1 the c'hlld has contlnuod to IIvo ; It Is leept drappod In a finest .and softest of batting. Although the child was prematurely born , tour months before Its time , It now gIves every promlso of living. It Is not longer than a toot rule , and Is' just able to make a nolso when It crlcs. Its IIttlo hands , clinched , are not larger than ordll1l\1'y marbles. Its" breaUng Is perceptible and reg. ular , the hIgh temperature that Is maIntaIned causes the little thing to perspIre treely. The father and mother at the child are livIng on a tarm about three miles from Elma ; the babe Is theIr firstborn and Is a gIrl , " 'L"PL"L"P1"'J"'L".J1 .I. " " .J1 PL".L'-1"L"L"'L' "L' ! - - - - - - - - - - - ITH I -CHfATS--DEATH.---- Youth Supposed to Be Fatally Shot Amazes Surgeons by Recovery. Now York.-Wlth eIght pertora- tlons In hIs Intestines and the chance for lito 100 to ohe against hIm , Frank GarrIson , 18 years old , walked a mlle to a hospItal , submItted to an operation trom whIch there was virtually no hope ot hIs emergIng allvo , and finally amazed the physIcIans - sIcIans who attended hIm by walkIng mtt of the hospital the bther day ap. parently as sound and sturdy a ho had ever been In his lite. The surgeons - geons say bls Is one of the most 1'0- marlmblo recoverIes on record. Young GarrIson , who lives on West One Hundred and Thlrty-slxtb street , went hunting docIt rats In the neIghborhood - borhood of Ono Hundred and Twenty- flrat street and the Hudson rIver. lie was examInIng a gun when It was din. charged and Its entire load lodged In hIs abdomen. Strangely enough , the lad dId not lose conscIousness , but realizIng that he needed modlcal attention wIthout delay , ho shouldered hl& gun and pIcked hIs wlty palntully to hOSIltal , i at One Hundred and Thlrty.first street and Amsterdam avenue , a good mile's dlstanco. ! For sovet'al days afterwll\'d the I boy's condlUon was desperate and the . , physIcIans looked tor hIs death at almost - most any momont. Then there came a sudden ! 'ally anel tram that _ mo. ment the youthful patient steadily Improved. Old DOD Signed His Will , Now Augustu , 11lss'rho first case on record In thIs state of a dog mal { . Ing Its own will , and at It bOlng ortered (01' pro ate , Is reported hero. Fifteen years ago "Doc" I\IcA1I1ster , the largest plantel' In thIs section. dIed , leavIng a pet hound. 1n hIs will ho sot asIde $250 tor the care of the dog until death. l'ortI ; MCAllister , the eldest son at the deceased " , was glvon control. "To be , " the hound , dIed recently , leavIng numerous progeuy , ot whIch young McAllister Is vcr ) ' tond. DesIrIng - sIrIng to preserve the bequest tor the benefit of the pups , when the old hound was attuclCd by slclmess , the boy drew up a will In proper form , witnessed by two cltlzons , and placlnl , ] a pen between the claws at the aged dog , the anImal l11ado Its cross mark Necessary Then , "It aIn't true , " saId the milkman , "that wo always 11Ut chalk In 0111 mille. " "Do you meau to say , " do. mandod Mrs. 1I0usekeep , "that you never do It ? " " \VQII-er-ne\'or , ex. cept after a heavy mln when the wa. tel' glts brown and muddy , " - . , - " . ' , v' . . . . ' . , , , - BLIND KtY OPfRATOR TELEGRAPHER I < EEPS FAMILY DV HIS SKILL. Left Without Father at Age of 12 He Learns to Send Out and Ro- _ celve MCI8 gcs And Decomn HIghly Proflclont , Carml , m.-BlInt ! IIlnco birth , 011- bert McDonald , probably the most wonderful telrgraphor In tbo world , 1I\'es Ilt Maunle , a little village on the I.oulsvllIo & Nashville rallrond , ant ! carns a livIng ( or hIs whlowet ! mother nnd three sisters. He Is perhaps the only blind telogrnl1h ollerator In the worltl , and call llrt\ellco at the key with as mnch dexterity us ono not mInus hIs eyes. McDonaltl 10 2G ycara ld uncI hns been n telegraph operator about ten years. N'ot until recentl ) ' , though , has ho been recoc- nlzed by the rallroall and given pOl'- manont e111plo'ment. Ho Is now as. sistant operator I\t Maunlo I\ntl 'Utso has charge of the Western UnIon Telegrnlh COml\11y'8 office. - l..efl without n father at the ngo of 12 , the .blind latl WitS ( orcecI to assIst hIs mother In nll\lt1ng n living. 110 Was greatly Imn lcapped by the loss of hIs e'eslghl , andmany nolghbors sO\1ght to oontrlbuto to hIm through har1tablo motives. Dut the lad woultl have 110no or It , and worleed at what- o\'er ho could find to do. Ho sold Impel'S on the 8treets , blnckell shoos nnd ran orrands. Ho finally tlrifted to the depot , I\nd a otrong att.achment grow between John W. Foster , I\ent at the lIttle station - tion , , and the blind Ind , For hours the boy would sit and lIsten at the busy cllolcety.cllck of the wire. Ono day 11'0stor nsleed him It ho would 1IIco to lenrn t legraphY. The reply was at- fil'1111ltlvo anti the boy wont to work. . . In loss than a monlh 110 could send , anti In loss tllI\n half n ) 'ear hovas 11 Ilmrvol at the lcc ) ' . Each day ho.would copy messages and take them homo ut nIght. There hIs sisters would teach him tI1elr meanIng. lIe ooon became pl'oficlcnt on the typewriter and coultl talce the 'fastest message that went over the wll'o wIth easo. PersIsting In thIs unlquo schooling , the boy loarncll the meaning at ever 2,000 words , Imowlng the spolllng and proper WIO of each. IIo In tlmo learned to make change , solI tlcleets and weIgh baggage. 110 became an object of Interest - : terest to railroad mon , and the agent I at Maunlo eml110yed hIm to assIst hIm : with hIs worle. Ono day when the agent was nway the tast St. LouIs mall and oxprcss fiyer stopped at the stntlon. Superln- tendont J. W. Logsdon stepped art and ran Into the depot. Ho 100 Iced on In wonder as the blind bo ) " sold t1cltela , made change and answered questions as well apparently as one wIth oyes. As soon as Mr. Logsdon returned homo ho Interol\ted the rallrond of. ficlllls In the blind boy tmtl McDonald wns ccordlngly sent to the state blind school at Jaclesonvlllo. Whllo there he dlstlngulbhed hImself by rapId Irogl'ess , 110 remaIned but 0. few 1110nths anti returned to work at hIs post at 1\Inunlo. - McDonald Is one at the spoodlest OpOl'lltors In the west.Vhen the Shawnetown fiood threatened to submerge - merge the town last January' ho was ordol'ed to assIst the Western UnIon operntor In handling press specIals. The sender has to reael the copy to "Glb , " as the rallroa mon call hIm , and ho gets It on the wIre almost as fast as It Is read. LONDON VOUTtiS WANT BEARDS. Revulsion Against Clean Shaven Face - Now Growing. London.-Notwlthstandlng the example - ample of the AmerIcan whIsker taxers and theIr admIrers here , It Is contended - ed that a revulsIon agaInst a clean shaven face Is gradually growIng among fashIonable Londoners. An observer claIms to have notlcod a tendenc ) ' on the part of the glided youth of club land and the stock exchange - change to grow "nlco lIttle curly leardEl , which gIve thorn qulto a pootl- cal aPlwuranco. " A fashlonablo haIrdresser In Bond street suld beards are slowly but certainly - tainly comIng Into favor among the young men deslrhlh to bo fashlonablo. 'I'hey have found beards , espoclally fair ones , harmonlzo' excellently wIth a sunburned skIn. The most fashIonable - able cut Is a close chopped beard parted - ed In the mlddlo , whIch gIves n dIstinguIshed - guIshed alpearnnce. 'I'he RussIans , anel latterly some AmerIcans , affect It consldorably. This Is Why You Cough. Vlonna-Helnrlch Albrecnt , pl " "es- SOl' of lIatll010/lcal / anatomy In the UnIversity of Vlonna , bas discovered I a cough bacillus. I rom thIs bacllhts I the profcssor 1111s ! 1roduced a serum whIch , when Injucted Into rabbits , caUSDS acute Inflammation at the heart , thu'3 showIng why It Is thll.t In- I f1uenza exerts so InjurIous an elTect upon the human heart. PhysIcIans t bellove that Prof. Albrecht's dlscovory I will prove mccecdlngly valuable In 1m- , provln Iho serU111 treatment - ot Influ. , enza and coughs. Many Camels Named Roosevelt. Wllshlngton.-W. W. Newell and 1. S. 'I'rues ale of Broomo county , No" York , who have been recently travel. ling In guropo and AfrIca and elsewhere - where , were among the presldont's . visitors recentl ' . 'I'hey told the I1rosl- I dent that ho was the bost.known man In the world and that In Egypt tht'y . Counel at least 10,000 camels 'named after hIm. - . . . ' ' " : : i ' : : " " ; ' : : : . . . . . . ' . : : . ; . : / ? . ' ' . ' - - - - - J - " = FORMS OF SOCIETY ETIQUETTE THAT MARI < 8 THE WELL IIRED , Time fer Rcturn1ng Firat . . . .aU. aM. ' . ter on Which AuthorlUca DIU. -"HousewIfe" fo. . . . . Sewing Room , FIrst calls should be retttnlM " , Ub- In a week , accordIng to "lIallaera and SocIal Usagea" ( lIarl10r Drothers ) , or , ns S01110 nuthorltlos saT , wIthin a fortnight. It a Il1dy Is Invited to an ) " cntortalti'mont by I new nCllualntance , whether the Invitation come through a trlond or not , she should lnuncdlato- 11 leave curds , and so1l11 elthor 1re - grot. or an acucplance. To lese tlmo tn this Illattor Is rudo. Whether she attend t o entertaInment. or 110t , she should call aCter It withIn a : weolt. ' 1'bon , havln done all that. ts polite , and 11I\vlng shown herself a , , .oman 0(1 good .breodlng , she can Iteep Ul > the I1cQualntanco Ot. not as oho l > leases Somotlmes there are rOMons why IIf lady does not wlah to leoop up the acquaIntance - quaIntance , but she must recognlzo the 11OIItoness oxtendod. No first vIsit nhoulll bo roturnell by ca1'tl only ; thIs would bo conshltred ! n slight unlos8 followed by I\n Invl. latlon. ' 1'he slzo of New Yorlt , the great distances , the busy lICe of a woman at charIties , largo ( amlly , and Immense clrclo at acquaIntances l1ay roncIer a 110rso11al vIsIt allnoot Impos. ' elblo. She may lIe consldorod to have dOllo hel' dUl ) ' I [ she , In bor turn , nsks her now acqualntanco to calI on her on a spoclfiod day , It she' Is not hor- seIr able to call'ln porson. Aftel' balls. . nmatour concerts , theatrical - rical parties , garden } Jartlos , "at homes , " cnrda should bo loft by nIl In. vlted guests wIthIn Do week after the O\'ont , particularly It the Invited gucst hils been obllgell to. dec11no. These curds ma ) ' bo left without In. qulrln for the hostess , If tlmo presseS - eS or If the wenlher IB bad ; lIut It Is 11101'0 polllo to ask for her , ovcn If It Is not her dt\ ) " . It It Is her reception 11 a ) ' , It would be rude not to InquIre , enlor , and 11ay a l1Orsonal vIsIt. ACter a dInner 01' a formal luncheon , ono Illust Imy personal vIsit. 'l'heso are called "visIts of ( llgest/on / , " aud a pOl'- son who fnlls to PI\Y thorn Is thought to bo lacltlng In courtesy , especially In the cuso of an Invltntloll to dIn. nero It la proper to call In person , or to leave a card , nfter Iln acqualntanco has lost a relatlvo , aflor al\ engagement - ment Is announced , after 0. marrlago has talton plnco , and after a return from Eurollo ; but , as aocl ty grows larger and larger , these visits may bo omitted , nnd cards sent If It Is Impos. sIble to pay the vIsits pers nally. A novel and convenIent artlolo tor the sowIng room Is the 110usowlfo mndo on the plan of a suit caso. It "tanl1s vcrtlcally , and Is made of wood. The \1Plor Insldo Is fitted with shelves and pegs for spools , hooks tor scIssors , etc. , and also a small foldIng shelt supported by hInges and chaIns. 'rho lower part Is lined with a pretty desIgn of' cretonne , agaInst whIch Is' tackcll several poclccls at the same material for 1)lecos , tapes , etc. , three on ono side and a largo dno on the other. On each slllo at the large Iockot ) Is a brass fixture to hold hears. All Insldo metal fittings are at brass. This particular housewife Is staIned 11 darlt brown , with a'row at 'nlcleel IIko a regular suit case , but It can bo made in any color to match the turnlturo at the sewIng room. When not In use It can be closed , and thus ho lOpt tree from dust. Although - though thIs convenIent artlclo Is rath. er expensIve to buy at the shops , any compotcnt worlter In wood can make It at slight cost. HO.USEHOLD HINTS. Add alum to the pas to used In scrap booles and It wllI keep the moths out of them. Rub the bacles at old paIntings with all of cedar to protect them from In. jury by Insocts. Add a pInch at soda In water In whIch tresh-cut fiowors are put and they wllJ keep longer. Do not stretc11 table linen , but Iron while damp , and press until quIte dry ; otherwise It will bo too limp. 'I'here Is no better filling tor needle and pIn cushIons than sheep's wool , as Its ally qualities prevent the needles from rusting. After the carpet Is tacleed down , It It \Iborally \ sprlnleled with salt and SWC\lt \ with a clcan broom the colors will bo brIghtened wonderfully. Cut stale bread Into the thInnest possIble slices and brown It In the oven. Then crush It with' a r011lng pIn , and you will have bread crumbs for brownIng cutl ts , trlend oysters und the IIlco. How to Clean Brasil. FIrst clean the brMB In the ordlnar ' way elthor with ot e of the reaely.mado polishes , or with } lara \n nnd finely powderell bath brIck mixed to a rather soft conslstoncy. Polish with dry , finely - ly powdered bathbrlclt , then rub quIckly over with a lIttle petrol , and afterward polish with dry whitenIng and a leather , using a brush tor any parts ILtO whIch the leather wllI not go. go.Uo Uo Duro that aU stnlns are removed beoro ) 'ou begin polishIng. Stains of long standl\Ig , that bought ready.ml\d pOllsbes will not move , wllI alwaYti yIeld to a vIgorous treatnlCnt wltll bathbrlcle and paramn ; In fact , thIs , 1\IIIIIIod with rather stlrr nallbruslJ , Is what dealer ! ! U30 to clean old bra 3 that has become nbsolutoly bll1 < :11. . throulh 1) ' 1 : ; : h ' , . _ ' . .