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Chinese Kotten-Eg Food
A German epicure comes to tlie res
cue of the Chinese in regard to their
alleged habit of eating rotten eggs.
The eggs , he says , are simply pre-
eerved in lime until they get a con-
elstency like hard butter , and they
taste somewhat like lobster. He de
clares them one of the choicest deli
cacies he has ever eaten. He thinks
there are no better cooks in the world
than the Chinese. When he went to
live among them his friends predicted
that he would starve , but he had a
good time and gained weight more
than he wanted to.
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How I Suffered with Itching and Bleed
ing Eczema Until Cured by Cuti-
cnra.
"No tongue can tell how I suffered
for five years with a terribly painful ,
Itching , and bleeding eczema , my body
and face Being covered with sores.
Never in my life did 1 experience such
'
Ewful suffering , and I longed for death ,
Itrhich I felt was near. 1 had tried
doctors and medicines without success ,
but my mother insisted that 1 try Cuti-
cura. I felt better after the first bath
With Cuticura Soap and one applica
tion of Cuticura Ointment , and was
Boon entirely well. Any person hav
ing doubt about this wonderful cure
may write to me. ( Signed. ) Mrs. Altie
Etsou , Bellevue. Midi. " "
Feminina Charity.
Bess They sny Maude is going to
marry a uiaii old enough to be her grand
father.
Nell Impossible !
Bess Why do you say that ?
Nell Because I'm sure there isn't a
man living who is that old.
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It lias cured more cases of Leucor-
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SUMMER BOWEL TROUBLE
Indigestion , Diseased Stomach. Im
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CONSTfPATI ON
Poison in the intestines Dysentery , Cholera
nd terrible griping pains are svmptoms of typhoid
fever and decaying intestines which are the result
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Give full address anil isrite plainly.
The < i.oo bottle contains nearly three times
tiie 5oc size. At drug stores.
The eenuinehas a da'te aid number stamped
a the label take no attic , lisa jum druggist.
One "Widow's Weed * .
Whoever Inspired the epigram , "Be
ware of tlie sincerity of too fashion
able mourning , " It certainly applied
to a youthful widow seen a few days
ago.
ago.Gowned
Gowned In the habiliments of deep
est mourning , wearing a long crepe
veil which nearly swept the ground ,
nnd exhibiting a costume with "Paris"
written all over it , with sad brown
eyes she looked plaintively out as if in
protest that the world should still
move or that any one should be happy
when she was not.
But the effect of the soulful glance
was marred by the color in her
cheeks which nature never gave , and
by the fat , pudgy pug which she car
ried beneath her arm , its head resting
on a chic muff of ruffled crepe.
The crepe , the paint , and the pug
seemed to impress all beholders alike ,
and with one accord youth and old aga
stopped deliberately and watched the
progress of the sad-eyed widow down
the street.
A Hot Weather Hint.
Do you know that the two essen
tials for good health in hot weather are
keeping the system clean and regu
lar and a tonic for the stomach and
bowels ?
Mull's Grape Tonic is a valuable
remedy for hot weather. It cleanses
the system of all imparities and poi
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grape , which is the best hot weather
tonic known. It is an ideal prepara
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dangerous ills prevailing during sum
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Heat prostrations , summer bowel
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in hot weather as constipation , which
is the result of the more serious hot
weather diseases. Mull's Grape Tonic-
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a splendid stomach and bowel tonic.
Provinces of Vast Extent.
F. A. Lawrence said in a recent
speech in the Dominion House of Com
mons :
' ' 'We are informed that each of these
province's will comprise no less an
area than 275,000 square miles. The
mind of man almost fails to grasp the
significance , the vastness , the great
ness of the figures. We can only faint
ly do so by comparison , and I may be
permitted to say that each of these
provinces will be nearly six times as
large as the great Stale of New York ,
with its population of 7,2.0,000 ; each
of them will be five times as great in
point of area as the large State of
Pennsylvania , with a population of
6.500.000 : each of them will be seven
times as large as the State of Indiana ,
with its population of 2,500,000.
"In point of fact , each of them Is
larger in area than the States of Mas
sachusetts , New York. Illinois , Iowa ,
Maine , Michigan , Deleware and New
Jersey all combined together. Each
of them is twice as large as England ,
Wales. Scotland and Ireland , with
their immense population of 42,000,000
people ; each of them is much greater
than the German empire in Europe ,
with its population of 55,750,000 ; each
of them is much greater than the re
public of France in Europe , with its
population of 39,000,000.
" 63a simple comparison of that
kind we are enabled to realize the im
mensity of the heritage which we as
Canadians have in our great north
west. "
Profits of the Packers.
There has been a great deal of dis
appointment because the Garfield re
port shows that the profits of the
packing industry only amount to
about two per cent on the volume of
business transacted. There is no
doubt , however , that the report is cor
rect.
rect.The
The census reports compiled by the
government in 1900. before the agita
tion regarding the "beef trust" began ,
throw considerable light on this ques
tion. It appears from the census that
the packing industry is conducted on
u smaller margin of gross profit than
any other industry in America. The
gross margin of profit of 871 flour and
grist mills in Illinois , in the census
year , was nearly seven per cent on the
volume of business. The gross margin
of fifty-one wholesale slaughtering and
meat packing establishments in Illi
nois was only about one-third as large ,
or a little more than two per cent on
The millers have not been accused
of being iu a "trust , " and combina
tions would seem impossible in a busi
ness where there are several thousand
mills in the United States competing
actively for the flour trade , but it ap
pears that the gross profits of the mill
ers are larger than the gross profits of
the packers. It may turn out that the
agitation regarding the packing indus
try will show the same result as the
devil found in shearing the pig : "Al"
squeal and no wool.- "
Feathered Mason and Potter.
Among the birds of the Western
Hemisphere the best mason is a pot
ter as well. This i the oven bird of
the pampas in South America. Tt is
called the "casara , " a housebuilder , by
the Spaniards. The nest is made of
mud and bits of straw , practically the
same as the material used for most
buildings In Mexico. The walls are
very thick and there is a partition wall
inside , reaching so high as to form an
ante-chamber.
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One Man's Wisdom.
"Why is it , " asked his wife , "that you
refuse to argue with me ? ' : "
"Because , " answered her husband , "si
lence is the most difficult argument to
beat. "
Achilles.
That savage old soldier Achilles
Got up on the fleetest of fillies ;
But the horse wouldn't go
Till Achilles said : "Whoa ! "
Now wouldn't that give you the willio * ?
Historic !
The Book of Memory.
My grandma has a curious book she
often lets me see ,
When in the dusk I leave my play to sit
upon her knee.
I cannot touch the book at all , but shut
my eyes up tight ,
While grandma tells the pictures , and I
see them clear and bright. .
I see the dear old farmhouse , where my
grandma used to play ,
The barn , with all the cattle and the
fragrant mows of hay ,
The pets that grandma used to have , and
all her queer old toys ,
And the little country school house , full
of merry girls and boys.
And there are other pictures , too , which
make my grandma sigh ;
one says I must not see them now , but
wait till by and by.
But though she thinks they're far too
sad to show to little me ,
She's sure they all look brighter when
I'm sitting on her knee !
My grandma says I'm making now a
book to be my own ,
And that I'll often look at it and smile ,
when I am grown ;
And then I'm sure the picture that I'll
like the best to see
Will be rayself , a-sitting in the dusk on
grandma's knee !
Youth's Companion.
The Scarlet Tanacer.
To see the scarlet tanager Is to re
member him always. He cannot be
confused with any other bird.
The body of the male tanager Is a
flaming red. His wings and tail are
jet black. There is no mixing of col
ors.
ors.The
The female is olive green , dusky and
yellowish below and attracts no spe
cial attention.
The scarlet tanager nests from the
Missouri to the Atlantic. Many have
heard of the scarlet tnuager who have
not seen him. His favorite haunt is iu
the open woodlands.
The nest itself is a neat , shallow
basket of roots , constructed much after
the manner of the rose breasted gros
beak. The nests usually contain three
or four eggs. They are of a dusky ,
greenish blue , thickly spotted with pur
plish brown.
By October the male has lost his
rich dress , and old and young , clad in
plain , unattractive plumage , betake
themselves to their winter home in
Central and South America.
How to Throw the Spit Ball.
That elusive and erratic delivery ,
the spit ball , is as yet an unexplained
mystery of pitching skill to many stu
dents of baseball progress. In de
scription of the spit ball and the meth
od for its delivery , Manager John J.
McGraw , of the Giants , writes , in the
Washington Star :
"The spit ball , which is probably
the most deceptive ball that a batter
ever struck at , is thrown at medium
speed. If thro.wn fast it loses Its ef
fect. It must be carefully judged , for
if it is too slow it will break too soon
and probably hit the ground before it
reaches the catcher.
"To throw a spit ball , wet the first
ind second fingers so the ball will slip
THE SPIT BALL GRIP.
away instead of rolling away. With
the latter movement the curve is sharp ,
but with the former it is more than
sudden , and is sometimes startling. It
will be found difficult at first to con
trol the ball , and the beginner is apt
to be discouraged because of his wild
throws.
"Bear in mind one thmg : In ordi
nary and curve pitching the ball leaves
the thumb first and the fingers last.
With tlie spit ball this Is reversed ,
and the thumb is made to control the
ball , instead of the fingers.
"The wetting of the two fingers Is
only for the purpose of allowing the
ball to slip away from them easily.
"Very little rotary motion Is im
parted to the spit ball. It comes up
big and slow , and the batter can al
most see the seams. Tust as he draws
back to hit it the ball seems to re
ceive new impetus and drops or jumps
as if struck down from behind , if the
batter hits where he aimed he misses
it probably a foot
% "liat usied"to be the casa before
batters realized what they were up
against. In desperation , after being
fooled a few times , they ° took to run
ning up to meet the ball , with the
hope of hitting it before it broke , or
just as it was starting to. In this ,
however , tlie advantage is all with the
pitcher , as he may 'fake' a spic ball
delivery and send in a fast ball , which
Is past the batter before he gets start
ed on his 'run-up. '
"That is what has caused so many
former heavy hitters to become dis
heartened and declare that nowadays
the batter is lucky if he hits .250 on
the season. It certainly has cut down
the hitting so much in one season that
already a change of rules is contem
plated.
"Unlike an ordinary curve ball , the
pitcher cannot be certain of the side
direction the ball will take as It breaks
downward. The perfect spit ball drops
from a batter's hips tc his knees in a
P MBW
forward movement of perhaps two
feet
"The side breaks are determined by
the manner In which the ball leaves
the pitcher's hand. If the hand is
turned with the arm facing down and
to one side the break at the plate will
be different than If the ball left the
hand with the palm not turned over
so far. There are a great manj" an
gles from which to deliver the ball and
different arm motions , but they must
be studied out. "
He Kind to Your Pets.
There is no better way to teach chil
dren to be kind to animals than to
give them pets to care for , and then
to make them responsible for that
care. The fact that dumb creatures
are dependent upon human beings can
not be taught too early in life. The
facts that they cannot make their
wants known and that if their food is
neglected or forgotten they will suffer
with hunger and thirst can be strik
ingly demonstrated to the child when
he is hungry , and it is explained to
him that his pets are just as hungry
as he is when he thinks he cannot
wait another minute for his supper.
Cat Journal.
IS THE TINIEST GYMNAST.
East Indian Athlete Thirty-four Inchet
Tall Has Bi Appetite.
Smatm Sing Hpoo , the smallest attv
lete in the world , is the latest wonder-
India has sent to London , says a spe
cial to the SL Louis Post-Dispatch. He
is 22 years of age. His height is 3-i
inches , his chest measurement 22i < .
inches , his hip measurement also 22U ,
inches , and his fighting weight twenty
pounds.
Sing Hpoo , unlike the ordinary
dwarf , is exceedingly well developed
and symmetrically built. He wears an
immaculate frock coat some fifteen
inchesiiu length , a pair of daintily cut
trousers , ' a fancy vest , perfectly cor
rect cellar and tie , and a shiny siik
hat of 1905 shape , just large enough
to fit over the fist of an ordinary man.
His companion , Captain Weltzien , in
vited him to show his acrobatic skill ,
whereupon the little man took hold of
the captain's hands in a firm grasp ,
raised his body gracefully in the air ,
and performed what is knowu in gym
nastic circles as a "long artv balance"
In the most approved stylo Then , us
ing the captain's hands ft3 a pair of
"rings. " Sing HJJOO , turning a somer
sault , stretvhed out his tiny body rig
idly in the manner adopted by every
gymnast when showing his paces.
Sing IIpoo's accomplishments are
not , however , confined to acrobatic
tricks. He is a good linguist , for he
speaks English well , German fluently
and French slightly , not to mention his
native Burmese.
Perhaps the most ama/ing thing
about Sing Hpoo is the fact that his
appetite is not at all in proportion to
his size. He is accustomed to sit down
with ordinary mortals and eat just as
much as any one at the table.
For breakfast he likes three or four
eggs , and as a pick-me-up he is accus
tomed to swallow a couple of dozen
oysters at a sitting. He eats a large
quantity of meat , but is not fond of
potatoes or other vegetables.
Among his treasured possessions Is
a gold bracelet , slightly larger than a
wedding ring , which he wears round
his little brown wrist. It was given
to him by Miss Loie Fuller , an Ameri
can dancer.
HOW THEY LIVE IN NEW YORK.
Difference Between Life There and St.
Vitus Dance Slight.
A furniture dealer is quoted as say
ing that New York is witnessing the
passing of the old-fashioned or sta
tionary bed , according to the Provi
dence Journal. Ground space , which
means space everj'where , is becoming
too valuable to devote to a contrivance
so bulky and unoruaniental. The de
mand at present is confined to tempor
ary beds , beds that can be folded and
put out of sight , tucked away behind
pictures or thrust into rings , resem
bling napkin rings , and not much
larger. These rings are numbered for
the convenience of the family and can
be hung on nails in closets. The beds
are made of an elastic material which
is stretched between heavy chairs or
trunks when in use.
In the metropolis everything , Includ
ing comfort , is sacrificed to appear
ances. Hotel guests , fiat dwellers ,
boarders and residents with limited in
comes are anxious to create the im
pression that what was and is a plain
bedroom is a sitting room or parlor.
According to this dealer , if permanent
beds are tolerated at all they are made
to order to fit into niches and corners ,
so that every inch of carpet or waxe.l
floors may be utilized.
There Is reason for believing that
one of these days even the bed that
can be carried in the pocket or sus
pended from a gas jet will be discard
ed. New York people will discover
that they canrt afford to close their
eyes. If they remain in town and go
to sleep they will be pretty sure to
miss something ; and if they go homo
via the bridges , ferries and suburban
trains it will be time to get up and
dress when they arrive.
Already , for a majority of the popu
lace , it is from 24 to 140 miles from
the breakfast table to the office , and
from work to supper , and the dis
tances are constantly increasing. The
hour is rapidly approaching when the
difference between New York and tne
St Vitus dance will not be * appreci
able.
_ _ _
Honest , now , doesn't it tickle yu to
have other men try on your hat nnd
find it too large for them ?
Some marriages are arranged la tho
drawing room and disarranged In tho
courtroom.
Willing to Oblljce.
Bty Mr. Cuttcm , the tailor , wends his
compliments , and says he would like to
havo his bill.
Short Tell Cuttcm. if he'll specify
which particular bill he wants of the
thirty-seven lie has sent me , I'll be
pleased to send it back to him.
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