Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 14, 1906, Page 3

PE-RU-NA STRENGTHENS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. Mr. Chas. L. Sauer, Grand Scribe, Grand Encampment I. 0. O. F of Texas, and Assistant City Auditor, es from the City Hall, San Antonio, Nearly two years ago I accepted a position as_ secretary and treasurer with one of the leading dry goods establishments of Galveston, Tex. “The sudden change froma highand dry altitude to sea level proved too much for me and I became afflicted with catarrh and cold in the head, and general debility to such an extent as to almost incapacitate me for attending to my duties. «*I was induced to try Peruna, and after taking several bottles in small doses I am pleased to say that I was entirely restored to my normal condi- tionand have ever since recommended the use of Peruna to my friends.’” Raking Grass After Mowing. Some persons advise raking after each mowing. I do not, because the clippings drop down into the grass and form a mulch, which I consider a yenefit. They help te fertilize the soil. The lawn that is not mowed often enough will not look well after you aave been over it with a mower, be- cause there was growth enough to par- tially hide the sward upon which it falls. This will wither and turn brown in a day or two and greatly detract from the beauty of the lawn. But if you keep your lawn well mowed—and hat means going over it at least three imes a week in ordinary seasons— \e amount clipped off at each mowing ill be so slight that there will not be nough of it to show. Let the knife blades be set high enough to leaye at least two inches of the foliage.—Out- ing Magazine. ? “So Long.” Old Gent—Well, well, ere do you belong?” Lanky Youth—Why, ma says it’s sy legs, ‘cause I'm all right settn’ my boy, NANTED Sto work im saw mills and shingle mills in C state of Washington. MIGH WAGES! didy employment. No suow or cold weather, s run every month in the year. 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CASH for CREAM Write to-day for shipping tags, MILLER & HOLMEs, 18 East 3rd Street, ST. PAUL. SHIP US YOUR CREAM We pay ‘op pres and spot cash for every can. rite us to-day for tags, MILTON DAIRY CO., - - ST. PAUL, Seasonable ! Entertainments id : an Suggestions for Social Functions By EDITH A. BROWN Society Editor of the Chicago Record-Herald. Suitable Entertainment for July— Guests Progress from Room to Room—The “Tour” Includes Farm, Railroad Train, Ship and Forest— Salad Course Served in Automo- biles—Dessert on the Lawn “By the Sea Shore.” The main idea in a “touring dinner” party is to “keep moving.” All the places which usually attract folk during the heated months must be visited. To carry out the party in detail—and un- less this is done the affair is without its point—will require a hostess of much patience and one who is not afraid of the work and fuss which comes before and follows such an event. July is particularly apropos for such an entertainment, because the seashore, the mountains and the country are beck- oning the travelers to hasten from their homes at this period. The dinner, too, is most attractive for asummer home. The “tour” opens with “the farm”— the presumption being that most Ameri- cans made their start from a farm home. This will be the fruit course, and*the dining-room where the dinner starts should be arranged to represent an old- time-orchard. Tree branches may be brought in from the country and caught to the sides of the wall, limbs covering the ceiling to represent the “spreading branches” known to memory and to po- etry. Artificial fruits, now so easily ob- tainable in every confectioner’s store, should be hung from the branches. The table should be covered with a green cloth or stage grass, and through the center should be arranged a minia- ture orchard, with small fruits on the trees and more on the ground. If the hostess desires to be very realistic, a barefoot boy doll and girls with sun- bonnets may be placed inthe orchard. The place cards for this event may be tiny trees for the men and artificial fruit for the women. When the first course has been fin- ished, the party progresses to another room, where the soup is to be servea. As the next step in travel is the railroad, the room presents the interior of a din- ing car. If the room islong and narrow, so much the better. The porch may be sed. Small tables are arranged along either side of the room, and the whale sitting is made as nearly like a railroad train as possible. A centerpriece will not be necessary for this course, for the railroad train seldom indulges in centerpieces. For the place cards have tiny railroad lanterns which, in real- ity, are candy boxes. If a variety of cards is desired, the lanterns, engines, tars and all the railroad novelties ob- tainable may be used, but the lanterns with the many-colored glass will add a dash of color and atmosphere not obtainable in any other way. The soup is served and a bell rings. ‘This means that the guests are to pass into another room. Here they find themselves in the mid- dle of the sea. The walls and floor are | covered with sea-green material which will carry out the illusion. Everything about is perfectly bare, except the table, which is built to represent an immense yacht. If this is not possible, the table may be the shape of a yacht and a toy yacht may be placed in the center of the table. The place cards for this may be small anchors obtainable at the stores fer one cent apiece, and they may be brought from the yacht to the places by. means of small rope. There {s still another idea which may be utilized for this course. Likewise, it will bring nearer the pleasures of the average American. Instead of a yacht, carry out the same idea in a row-boat, In the boat have fishing tackle and a group of small boys. Each will carry.in his hand a fishing pole, and the line will extend to the covers, each attached to a@ card bearing the name of the guest. must be served in pastry boats. The next course will bring the meat, and the guests might return to the din- ing-room for its service. The fruit will have been removed. from the tree branches in the meantime, and only a forest remains, A small mountain may serve as the centerpiece, and for the Place cards have the toy animals. Cows, porkers, deer, sheep—all the meat ani- mals will be wandering about the table, bearing the names of the guests; ‘The next course must bring in the au- tomobile, for what is touring without an automobile nowadays? As one very wise young woman has put it, “the au- tomobile is very apropos for the salad course, for automobiles make salad of everything with which they come in contact.” If the hostess possesses a gar- age, it will add novelty to the entertain- ment to send the guests out to the au- tomobiles and serve the salad to them as they sit in the machines. If not, convert & room into a suitable place for the au- tomobile service. The table may have a winding road, leading past each cover. To add a touch of levity, the center-' Plece may be a great horse, and, trail- ing after him,-as if he had drawn them out of trouble, might come the row of -toy automobiles, which wind down the read, tied together with tiny rope and , bearing the names of the guests. t s No matter what idea is used, the fish | lawn, and it must represent the sea- shore. - If a mi re pond can be ar- ranged, 80 much the better; but, if not, @ caterer will arrange a table with a pond in the center and all the seashore ideas carried out. The ices must be served in shells or tiny sand buckets. If the latter is used, get spade-shaped spoons. For the place cards use toy sprinklers for the women and for the men the ash receivers of frogs with open mouths. . As has been said, this affair means much labor, but the fun it brings fully repays all this> The constant changing of partners gives everyone an oppor- tunity to become well acquainted, andit is unique—the one thing sought for to- day. Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) WHERE BUCHANAN WAS BORN Birthplace of Former President Now the Home of Negro Family How few Pennsylvanians ever stop to reflect that the Keystone state has given birth to but one president of the United States — James Buchanan. Franklin county claims the distinction of being the birthplace of this’ nota- ble executive, says a Mercerburg cor- respondence of the Philadelphia Rec- ord, He was born in a gorge in the mountains just off the turnpike which leads from Mercersburg to McCon- nellsburg on April 23, 1791. The house in which he first saw the light of day (considering that there were but two tiny windows to admit the light, the expression seems rather paradoxical) was a little log cabin. In late years this cabin has been removed to Mercersburg, where it still stands, in Fayette street, and is now occupied by a colored family. Think of the policies for which Bu- chanan stood touching the negro race, add the fact that negroes now live in the edifice of that president’s nativity, and surely you have the irony of fate in one of its most startling twentieth century exemplifications! A few of the foundation stones are left to mark the place where the Bu- chanan cabin stood in the mountains, but most.of them have been used for the foundation of a schoolhouse near by. At the time of his birth the turn- pike had not been made, but there are still traces of a packer’s path which ran on one side of the house, and of a wagon road on the other side. Stony Batter, as his birthplace is called. was one of the few places in those days, where farmers from the western counties. came . with pack horses laden with the products of their lands which they exchanged for the necessaries of life brought there from the city of Baltimore. Near where the cabin stood flows a little stream called Trout Run, and all around the mountain peaks tower aloft in surpassing grandeur and sub- limity. These. mountains were and are even at the present time infested with bears, panthers and wildcats, and there is a tradition that the solicitous mother of Buchanan was wont to tie around little Jimmy’s neck a bell so that she might know in the midst of her household cares that her boy was safe. In the year 1796 Mr. Buchanan re- moved with his family to the village of Mercersburg, where he sought a wider field for his business career— that of a country merchant. At this time young James was about five years of age, and here he attended school and was instructed in Latin and Greek until the year 1807, when he was sent to Dickinson college, Car- lisle, from which institution he was graduate} with honor m 1809. An amusing incident is told regard- ing his trip to Carlisle, which he made on horseback behind his father. As they left the town a neighbor woman ran out of her house crying: “If you take James to that bad school he will be ruined and come home good for nothing.” There are many reminders of the Buchanans in the town. old Buchanan house, on Main street, now used as a hotel, and so changed from its original state that it would not be recognized. Just opposite is the Lane house, where Harriett Lane Johnson, Buchanan’s beautiful and ac- complished niece, who afterward pre- sided at the White House, was born and lived. One of the oldest men in the town well remembers having played with her when they were chil- dren together. Here on West Seminary street the spire of the Presbyteriam church is stenciled against the background of mountains. At this church, which is one of the oldest in. the valley, the Buchanans, the Irwins, the maternal ancestors of Benjamin Harrison, Gov. Findlay and many others who in later years rose to eminence, attended serv- ices. Thought It Was.a Town Meeting. Attorney Don H. Powers, of Maine,|* a brother of Congressman Lewellyn Powers, was once defending a man who was charged with some minor of- fense. The trial was before a trial justice in a country town, and at the close of the preliminary hearing a wag in the courtroom arose and said: “Mr. Judge, I will make a motion that the prisoner be discharged.” “I will second the motion,” chimed in another spectator. The trial justice, who evidently for- got where he. was, and thought he was presiding at a town meeting, said: “The prisener is discharged.” Powers and thé prosecuting attorney were so astonishe@ at this method of deciding the innocence or guilt of the respondent that they never opened their mouths, and the case ended ip this fashion.—Boston Herald. Here is the! Seats for Boatmen In Church. _ “Rev. B. H. Bosanquet, vicar” of | I , Dutton, states that he is) sometimes told that there is a marked’ falling off in the attendance at the Services on Sunday. There is said to be a difficulty in the matter of costume. In a parish such as ours, the convention as to Sunday clothes should not be unduly pressed. Our church wardens would, I know, be glad to reserve as far a8 possible special seats for those in boating costume on Sunday morning. Services for cyclists are, of course, common throughout the country dur- ing the summer months—Parish Mag- azine. Vocal Chords Work Hard. It is simply the vocal chords which vibrate, not the throat. In the lower notes the whole length and thickness of the vocal chords are used, the thin edges being employed for the highest ones. Thus in speaking for a minute or two there is sufficient vibration engendered in the throat walls of a solid nature instead of soft and flexible to shatter it. Every minute we speak the vocal chords vi- brate 20,000 to 40,000 times. Government Furnishes Snuff. It is not generally known, says the London Express, that a generous country supplies members of the house of commons with gratuitous snuff. “Formerly,” the Express says, “snuff was described in the estimates as such, but to ward off the objection aroused by improving habits the charge of £200 a year was mixed up or covered in the estimates as “lamp oil.” Qualifying Witnesses. In order to test a Chinese witness’ qualifications for taking the oath an English magistrate asked him the oth- er day where he expected to go when he died. He replied, “Pekin,” and was disqualified. Once in another English court a little girl in answer to that question said, “I don’t know.” The horrified counsel called judge’s attention to the answer. “Oh, I don’t know, either,” said the judge; “swear the witness.” Her Solicitude. Mrs. Gramerecy—You seem to be very much attached to your little toy spaniel. Mrs. Park—I am indeed, dear. It will just break my heart when the ‘breed goes out of fashion and I'll have to get rid of him. Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reuaces tm Aammation, allays cures wind colic. ' 25¢a bottle. Real Objection. “Like most men,” he said, “I have my shortcomings, I suppose, but——” “Oh, it isn’t your shortcomings father objects to,” interrupted the girl. “It's long stayings.” Ancient Romans Ate Oysters. The ancient Romans ate oysters as the first course. at banquets because of their quality of stimulating the appetite. Pliny recommends oil and onions as condiments. were its; the | ~~ Blamedelt on the Chair.” At a “psychometric lecture” in Lon- ‘don something. of real value was brought out. A man always sober suddenly became a confirmed drunk- ard. There was no apparent reason. Then a psychometric expert was called in, discovered that there was something uncanny about the chair in which the fallen man habitually sat. and eventually found that’ he had bought it at a sale, and that it had been the property of a publican who died of drink! The chair was burned accordingly, and the man became a teetotaler again. Most men who are willing to do good are not in a position to make good. OPERATION AVOIDED EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEY She Was Told That an Operation Was Inevitable. How She Escaped It. When a physician tells a woman suf- fering with serious. feminine trouble that an operation is necessary, the very thought of the knife and the operating table strikes terror to her heart, and our hospitals are full of women coming for just such operations, Nin Margret Merkley ! There are cases where an operation isthe only resource, but when one con- siders the great number of cases of menacing female troubles cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound after physicians have advised operations, no woman should submit to one without first trying the Vegetable Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for advice, which is free. Miss Margret Merkley, of 275 Third Street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham; “Loss of strength, extreme nervousness, shooting pains through the pelvic orga) bearing down pail cramps compell me toseek medical advice. The doctor, after an examination, said I had a female | trouble and ulceration and advised an opera~ . om= Panek The ulderation quickly healed, all the bad symptoms disappeared and I am once more strong, vigorous and well.” Female troubles are steadily on the increase among women. If the month- ly periods are very painful, or too fre- quent and. excessive—if you have pain or swelling low down in the left side, bearing-down pains, don’t ns toi your- self: try Lydia E. 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One of the most exceptional of the remedies of known quality and excellence is the ever pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., which represents the active principles of plants, known to act most beneficially, in a pleasant syrup, in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to con- tribute their rich, yet delicate, fruity flavor. It is the remedy of all remedies to sweeten and refresh and cleanse the system gently and naturally, and to assist one in overcoming consti- pation and the many ills resulting therefrom. ples and quality are known to Its active princi- physicians generally, and the remedy has therefore, met with their approval, as well as with the favor of many millions of well informed persons who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual experience that it is a most excellent laxative remedy. We do not claim that it will eure all manner of ills, but recommend it for what it really represents, a laxative remedy of known quality and excellence, containing nothing of an objectionable or injurious character. There are two classes of purchasers; those who are informed as to the quality of what they buy and the reasons for the excellence of articles of exceptional merit, and who do not lack courage to go elsewhere when a dealer offers an imitation of any well known article; but, unfortunately, there are some people who do not know, and who allow themselves to be imposed upon. They cannot expect its beneficial effects if they do not get the genuine remedy. To the credit of the druggists of the United States be it said that nearly all of them value their reputation for professional integrity and the good will of their customers too highly to offer imitations of the Genuine—Syrup of Fi —Syrup igs manufactured by the Cclifornia Fig Syrup Co., and in order to buy the genuine article and to get its beneficial effects, one has only to note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company— California Fig Syrup Co.—plainly printed on the front of every package. Price, 50c. per bottle. One size only. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. N W N WU: —NO. 28— 1906. ESTABLISHED 1879. WOODWARD & Co ® Orders for tu es for Site: Aeurere Cpe