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cuaptrapperT BUILDING AT MERRILLVILLE. CULINARY CONCEITS. *» ImHmi M /UmmtUt Torn ”-‘ »*-«. ***£Z£i m g*eat actor, u- ■dn^-w ' ever y “l«tattee to his the ata™ « ha ? prpred his abUity on **,**?£ * favor appearance was made by «t a chf r S5 ra Morris » Ws good friend. whereaT*! e , nt 7 ta inment in Yonkers. Sr &T? ^lon soSI tSfBfe toSS tt e wonj claptrap. What’s that?” demanded ydung Atessandro at once. -Clap la J.- ho “•rock Ilia bands together. “Trap la f , Wh “t. then, la claptrapr it is a vulgar or unworthy bid for applause,”,, his hostess explained. h ° re J 0l “«4 with contempt I know' him. That cheap actof who feS.J t . t 5?.;!£!2 f; S? ls - «■“. I" ►WOMaKt’SI HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATARRH. [Letters From Two Prominent Men.] Small Faunas Aire Best. It Is small farms that make a conn- Itry. not extensive ones. We once lived in a rural, neighborhood in Grimes county, embracing about twenty small farms. There were a neat neighbor* hood church .and a prosperous, well at tended school. At the little village on Mr. W.R. Lunsford’s fine, residence on Lunsford street will soon be com pleted. . ' . .. \ Miss Fannie Howell of Murphy is spending a while with her cousin, Miss Louise Brooks. Mr. Gordon and his sister, ' Belle Du- ren, went over Thomasyille Monday shopping. Mrs, Vetitia McMillan and her little son, Ernest, visited h pr mortu»»- Mi/. MRS. SARA E. FOLSOM, A Boston Wonu Who Is • Student of Seientifio Agriculture. Mrs. Sara E. Folsom of Boston is a woman who has made a study, of scien tific methods of agriculture. Mrs! Fol som was the only woman among the twenty-seven graduates of the class of ’03 at Amherst Agricultural college.! She came off with flying colors, having captured the first prize of $50 for gen eral excellence given by the Massachu-j setts Society For the Promotion of Ag- * riculture, the William Bowker special prize; of $35 for the best method of dairy,farm fertilizing and the H. Von- herff (New York) prize of $15 for the; best handling of fertilizer on grass lands. Mrs. Folsom is thirty-two years oler and the wife of Charles E. Folsom, a Boston business man /rtio owns -a farm near that city. Mrs. Folsom man ages the farm. So far her ’ attention has been given chiefly t6 the raising of fancy stock and poultry. Her game- son, r,ruPRT, visir.-a • Evans, at Boston Saturday and returned home Monday. ' Miss Louise Brooks, a charming young lady of Merrillville, who lias been visiting relatives and friends has piece of meat aver sold. . Peach, grape and other very juicy pies often give trouble by overflowing the crust and making it unpleasantly soggy. An old time remedy is to bind a strip of wet linen over the edge of the pie just before it goes into the oven. with**? eow declared he was “sick Congressman Irvine Dnngan of Jaol?- „ tl , e f *? are ’” ke pulled himself to- son.O^ elected to the Fifty-second Con- r n . e aD ^ delivered the poem gresaas* Democrat, in a recent letter * "“'•I 8 *- from Washington, D. C., says: With a bound he was on the scrap „w ammamwt his & high^elenr^^F S ClttT * Mortis, “and Mends In recommending your inial- i ?* hgh ; clear For-w-a-r-d, the T^Ight u able remedy, Penan, to anyone la nngade. must surely have.been heard need of an Invigorating tonic, and down in Broadway. It really was a whose system Is run down by catarrhal ' clever bit of work, a trifle too florid, troubles, Peru on Is a permanent and but that was the result of nervousness, effectlve cure for catarrh and I would 1 The instinct of the actor was twice aU **° a ^, al ^!^!, tb ‘ bb _ > plainly shown-once when on making J I Mine h tead m. l^verybady is subject to catarrh. Pe- Ch S T al, J " mPed ** cures catarrh, acute or chronic, iaulty lines and dashed on securely »L Prwftr i«. A tAR with the others, and again when at the ^ - close he read with much feeling the Hob - ThomM Gahaa oI Chicago, mem* « •words- . ; ber off the National Committee of the j -Honor tbs charge they made, j Democratic party, write, as MUows # . Honor the Light brigade, “I was afflicted with catarrh for four- Noble six hundred! j teen yeara and though I tried manjr standing as if looking into an open remedies and applied to several doctors , grave, he pluckod> the white flower J was not able to find a core. I took from his coat an$ cast it down, a bit Perns* for twenty-two weeks aqd am ’ el business that caught the. bouse in-: now entirely cured.”—Thomas Gabon, stantly. While ti - - 1 "'**'- . - - v damp umbrellas a gum shoes in gi^ was clutching bis testing to me: “‘Mine. Clara, f that fer a clapta Just tt come to’: throw the flower/ me a fool—but n? daptrapperr Yc Mrs. 8. A. Pierce went over to Thom- asville Tuesday, shopping. Little Nora Lee Craigs of Moul trie is visiting friends for a few weeks. Mr. A. Green went, over to Thomas- ville Tuesday on business. Little Ella Green who has been visit ing her sister at Tliouiasville, has re turned home. • • •The surprise entertainment at Mr. Arch Mathis’ Friday night was a great success. The entertainment was; give in honor of Mr.. Willie Mathis and Mr. Hooks. Mr. Green’s new dwelling on the Greenfield road near Rev. Stephenson’s, w.ll soon be finished. Miss Elton Johnson and 'her brother, Sam, went over to Thomasville Wed nesday. Mi. T. L. Evans went over to Thom- asville Tuesday on business. Miss Fannie Ragans is visiting her father at Berwick for sesveral days. Miss Mamie Jordan of Proetot settle ment, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. C. Jarrett f or a fe w day b. , . k ,.’ The year is almost over, .another year ' will come. , \ We are safe and happy£in£our Sabt ath Coacernlns Tables. Taken all lh all, the square table with solid center 1 support and corner legs that are strong without being “lumpy” and graceful without orna ment is the best for general use. As dining room and- library furniture yields far less, to the influence of fash ion than does that for the drawing room it should be selected for rich woods, Its tine construction, Its solidi ty and character. AH cheap vulgari ties of oknament should be eschewed and especially that which ls glued on. Rough carving is least Objectionable, though a handsomely grained wood with no ornament, save its own fine coloring ls far richer. Two favorite woods for heavy dining room and li brary tables are oak and mahogany. The former is toned in golden, dark oak, Flemish brown or cathedral green and is seen either In a high shellac or wax finish. The favorite width for a library table is thirty-four inches; for the dining table from forty-five to fif ty-four inches.—Harper’s Bazar. * Farm labor. The difficulties of the Tabor problem on the farm have!-in nowise abated, but hither increased,, during the past two years. But there are signs that a reaction is not far away; It may'not and probably will not restore many from the towns to the farms, but it may deter some from' leaving them. The difficulties of ^living in our great cities are increasing. It . is becoming very' expensive. Employment is not so certain now as It has been; especially for the comparatively unskilled class. Not all of our factories need to run double turn, and some of them do . not need to run at all, for they have more than caught .up with their orders. There ar? men in the cities today with out their regular employment and seek ing other work. Under the circum stances the well employed farm worker will make no mistake if he thinks twice before leaving the country,'where bis work and his family’s living are as sured and will be for years to come. . i people maltreated j if you do not derive prompt and satis- »d kicked out their . factory results from the use of Pernns f»g him a recall he . writeatonce to Dr. Hartman, giving a lair a id wildly pro- ( full statement of your case and he will * w ! be glad to give you his valuable advice have hiever meant free. / p! Never! Never I • Address, Dr. Hartman, President pf ie that moment to The Hartman Sanitarium, Col am bus, O. LSf tZZ Ask your Druggis for a 1904 Pe l—oh, please not—a • * > ith’s Companion. fllllS AimSDSC Ti66. MBS. SABA E. FOLSOM. Mrs. Folsom has also had grpat suc cess in the breeding of flue cuts, espe cially Persian females of they* rare or ange variety. i While this enthusiastic agriculturist does not do any of the roughest farm work—plowing,'•'‘etc.—she is not only familiar with the details of all of It, but with the reasons , for the superior advantages of this or that method as weU. She has taken especial interest in scientific irrigation and fertilization and believes there are big opportuni ties for women in dairying and market large cities. In the cui- . Influences. PIpftty of, us do uot realize that ev erything We do or say or believe ijas a- certain influence on other folk. A young girl who admires some older woman will often make of herself a nice little carbon copy, talking and thinking.according to her ideal. Little children are qsuaHy what their parents make them. As is the mother so is the Sheep on tl»® Form. Professor Kennedy of the Io\^a ex- TURKtSI •ROVERBS. MASTER OF THE VESSEL. To the well man? every day ls a feast day. ,f ~ • ./ Today’s egg is better than tomorrow’s hen. /f The master of mb house is the «K*tV servant. Two watermelons cannot be held un der one arm. . He who has r it rest at home is in the world’s bell. The mouth ls Sot sweetened by say ing honey, honey. If you have to gather thorns do it by the stranger’s hand. With patience sour grapes become sweet and the mulberry leaf satin. By the time the wise man gets mar ried the fool has grownup children. Be not so severe that you are blamed for it nor so gem^e that you are tram pled upon for It Give a swift borse to him who tells the truth, so that as soon as be has told A Story of Farragat In Caainaai Whea hat Twelve Vcytra of Afle. The story of a boy of twelve years acting as commander of a ship seems rather wonderful, yet Farragut was but twelve years and four days old when he was put in coihmand of the Barclay, a prize ship taken by Captain Porter. In Consideration of bis tender gardening _ tore of nuts, small fruits and the finer Improved variety of vegetables Mrs. Folsom. believes * enterprising women have a great future.' ■ Mrs. Folsom also "urges landscape gardening and forestry as adapted to large estates as particularly well suit ed to feihinine study. There is no rea son. she says, why such a field should be monopolized wholly by men. With the practical training that many a farmer’s daughter gets at home and a course in a good agricultural college or school of forestry there is no reason why wdmeu should not > win speedy recognition in such a profession* Fpr thy loving kindness, Father,*lovii g thanks yp bring, Praises for Tltygoodness, Thy littiq little children sing. .. VlD.D. : tions or blemishes of a whole life; All of ub are influenced; all of us send out influences. The woman who walks down tfie street with her shirt'waist weeds, and small flocks pay their way on most farms in this way. He adds: “Less labor Is required in han dling sheep than almost any other kind of Stock. During a large portion of jhe year they will take care of themselves and at the same time utilize the weeds and other wastes found on many farms.' Trae it is that at certain sea sons of the year they mast be given food, care and attention: This Is espe cially so at lambing time. The success ful fldekmaster is the one who watch es the old and. young closely at this season of the year.” Historic Ships,” the former English niaster.’of the vessel was sent in her xor the possible benefit the yopng prize uipster might find in his advice. Far ragut tells the story of the queer di- \#ion of authority in his journal as follows: •T' considered thnt the day of trial had arrived, for I was a little afraid ot the old fellow, as every one else was. spick and span, her hair done' neatly, her shoes clean and polished and her belt, all tidylike is" an influence tor good. There’s no telling how many frumpy. Unneat, shabby feminine mor tals take the hint to themselyes and start In on a little process of Improve ment. Mr. J. O. Bell of Coolidge spent Wed nesday here. Miss Martha Merrill is at home fqr the holidays. She is a student at Agn< s Scott Institute and is editor in [chief of the Aurora, the college magizine. to play the man. So I mustered up courage and informed the captain that I desired the main topsail filled away in . order that wd might close up with the Essex Junior. He'replied that he would shoot any man who dared to touch u rope without his orders. He would go his own course and had no idea of trusting himself with *a blasted nutshell,’ and then he went below for his pistols. “I called my right hand man of the crew and told him of my situation. I also informed lilm that I wanted the main topsail filled. He answered with a clear ‘Aye, aye. sir,’ in a manner that was not to he misunderstood, and my A Dafmty Dish. , v Broiled beefsteak with oyster sauce Miss'Mattie Whitehurst of 'Monti- cello is the guest of Mrs. John^Dean and Mrs. D.*A Dixon in’this'city. A The Woman of: Thirty. * Keith Clark writes in the Reader as follows: \frben one knows the age of a wom an one knows the woman. The very fact that she permits you to know her age exposes her character. She no longer masquerades. She has lost a certain uncertainty, an evanescept del icacy. that/ was an irresistible charm. Women, like philosophy, are divided Into two classes, the knowable woman' and the unknowable; also, like philoso phy, it is the Unknowable woman who is the specnlable. Therefore to get her at her highest capacity she gicst be unmarried and about thirty. , The married woman presents certain Inseparable telltale data. She has chil dren, and those children have appar ent ages, two facts which go far in determining Iter annals. If she Is un married and she Is not about thirty ahe is under thirty, again a definite fact. Being “about thirty” is indefi nite. She may be more or less., No one hazards a guess. There is a de lightful vagueness in being “about thirty.” It has nothing to do with dates, and many of us who from our youth up have felt no attachment tor dates can foagree the unattached their confessed Indifference. who try It tor the first time. Make the oyster sauce by scalding a dozen oys ters in their own liquor, afterward re moving the oysters and patting them aside. Beat two tabiespoohfuls of but ter to a cream and add the yolks of three eggs, beating them into the but ter- with the juice of half a lemon. Season with onion juice, salt and pep per. Set the bowl containing the mix ture into a basin of boiling water and stir carefully for a few minutes. Add a cupful or boiled.and strained oyster Uqnor .and boll until the sauce is quite smooth and like a custard. Draw back on the stove and add the oysters, whole if tfiey Are small, chopped if they are large. Serve the sauce separately, but pour a little' around the beeksteak, which should be garnished with pars- Pree Rural Mail Service. \ In answer to the letter from Jerry Weedon of Madison county, N. Y., in quiring If a taxpayer living in a local ity where rural service is in operation is entitled to the delivery of mail at his residence by rural carrier, the fourth gss^tant postmaster general says that under present conditions a universal doily house to house mail service in rural districts is impractical ble, and. such was not the intention of congress in authorizing rural free de livery service. * ; t T Under the present system care is tak en in establishing the rural mail deliv ery to give as convenient a service as’ possible to the largest number of pa trons in - communities where there is population sufficient to warrant it Nec essarily ail patrons cannot be served alike owing to th* varying distances whlcfe they, may live from the road over which it ls most advantageous to lay the rural route. KniclUh Visitor. wlio wns /ou a tour Mitch highlands had the n M . a hirge gorilla which jhl. 1 and exjwusc of bur in* wayside not far from . i Milan.! drovers on IVr'.ii c-nnu* across the ; :1 s it had been left, in . -:,]•!>. Never having - r .: ti;;<■ styeolmen before. ;_v puzzled what to UlJil’ii sl»* pe?” asked • ht.IUhI Tugal, -she’ll M«: *r or she wld bae a „ ( i she’ll no. pe a low- or her trouser wid pe (•mo deration Tonal ex- ,.p v ,. v.-itit slteTI pe. She f . .,-ifsji veesitor and pe whatever.” Mrs. Ed. Bruce and little 1 - daughter* Marion, of Tifton are the guests of rel- ; atives here. Mr. Jas. Dixon, of Savannah, is’spend- ing the holidays with home folks., Mr. J. E. Dickey, a well known Flcrldian of Iamonia was among tfcose wlio visited Thoznasville on Wednesday. . Mr. Joe Mitchell, who is spendii g his first year at the Technological school at home for the , Chrisfc- tarian I lander > gray.’* claimed just |*e of nae «*< in Atlanta, is mas holidays. board, tor i really would havs bad very little trouble in haring such an order obeyed.” For All tfce Lives. “Say,” ‘began the determined looking man, “I want a good revolver.” “Yes, sir,” said the salesman, “a six shooter?* , v V “Why—«r—you’d better make it a nine shootej. I want to use It on a cat next door.”—Philadelphia Press. Owen Dew'Corn Bread. Take two. teacups of boiled hominy . and while hot mix with it a very large spoonful of butter. Beat tour eggs very light and stir them into the hom iny. Add a pint of milk, gradually stir red in, and a half pint of white com meal; salt The batter should be of the consistency of boiled custard. Bake with a good deal of beat bottom off the pven and not too Inch at the top. The pan should beaeep. This bread is often baked in a milk pan. Brc-Mkinu * U'I»Mn> The divining rod is u t*» curly mythology. tlie Hindoo*. As the forked , tree tt Indicated In rarioi Europe, A»l» *nd Africa are, were Hidden or where w be readily found. From I branch of a tre< tt WJ the forked bone waa aoon tnrerted torn £ aecnrin* th. wishes of tluwe -ho to brea lalned the 'o* e ' p*rUjg ,ork that was poasesaeo PRESIDENT laflieaee of Gn4 Wnum. Tfie influence of good women is the most powerful factor in advancing the civilization of the human rare- The pity of it la that good women are not sufficiently alive to. their power for good over their husbands, sons and brothers and from modesty and diffl- dence too often refrain from doing their duty. Women are too apt to ac cept the position that the orientals as signed to them and for fear of incur ring the odium attached to the “shriek ing sisterhood” of farce comedy poll- * tics shrink from exercising within their own homes that influence tor good which is their highest and best attri bute. Every reform in manners ami morals of Eden waa dne to women. The child labor law of Great Britain was suggested and pushed to comple tion by womehl Every Advance in civ ilisation from the stone at the cave dweller's door to the most advanced of modem household luxury came from woman’s desire for comfort and domes tic peace.—New York American. The dead stars probably outnumber the living stars by many. It may be .millions to one. ling a fair living under hard conditions. A long vacation spentas an unknown ' hired man on an average farm vrould help some of opr scientific men to teach 1 “common sense.”—Rural New Yorker. We would like -to ask, through the columsVff your paper, if there , is any person who has used Green’s August Flower for the cure of indigestion, Dys pepsia, and liver Troubles that has not been cured—and vre also mean their re- stflts. such as sour stomach,- fermenta- A. chop ' and serviceable wire stretcher can be made as follows: Take a tve-sixteenths inch rope about seven feet Jong. On one end pot a v clevis and fasten to & spoke in a rear wagon wheel. Brace the wagon so that it cannot run back. On the other end of the rope put a mower sickle guard and put Wire in this. If it should slip: put a claw hammer on wire in front of the guard and behind a barb. Now torn the wheel, and the hub will act as a windlass, and the wire can be stretched very tightly and quickly. . torn of food, hahitoal costiveness, ner vous dyspepsia, headaches, despondent feelings, sleeplessness—in fact, any trouble-coruiected wfth the stomach or liver? This medicine has been sold for many years in all civilized countries, and we wish to correspond with you and send yqu one of our books free of cost. If you never tried August Flow er, try a 25 cent bottle first. We have never known of its failing. If so, some-. do like*' 1 Cbronlo 1 * i, ■' WMm For the CunleHn. Tlie woman with a muddy skin and dan eyes will find generous water drinking to be tlie cheapest and best beauty doctor ot an. Two glasses ot water every morning and, night will brighten her eyes, clear ber complexion and improve her digestion. Let thr water be absolutely pure, and a few months of tbs Bttnple treatment will gain many compliments for tbo worn at to get, yon Want to get something that will Would advise yon when yon come to town to YonsreperW* Umbrellas, Watches,