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Show NERVOUS Fun With an Indoor Catapult COLLAPSE SPARROWS WHIPPED THE HEN. Unable to It Alone, a Bird Away and Got Help. Headaches and Spells, Rheumatism all Yield to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Sinking Mrs. Lizzie Williams, of No. 416 pros-tratio- fn i BIROS yTHAT ENJOY DANCING Have Regular "Ball Rooms" for Their Gyrataions. Dancing is by no means confined to Is the principal play f many birds. Perhaps the finest of bird dancers ts the South American cock o' the rock These birds have regular dancing places, level spots which they keep clear of sticks and stones. A dozen or more of the bird dancers assemble around this spot, and then a cock bird, his scarlet crest erect, steps into the center. Spreading his wings and tail, he begins to dance, at fust with slow and stately steps, then gradually more and more rapidly until he Is spinning like a mad thing. At last, tired out, he sinks down, hops out of the ring and another takes his place. Some of the quail tribe are great dancers, and so are the American sand bill cranes. It Is a most ludicrous sight to watch a crane dancing; he is so desperately solemn over the whole He looks like a shy performance young man who has just learned to waltz ar'd is rather ashamed of the accomplishment. tuadrupeds; it SAVED BABY Awful Sight from LYON'S That j About to Fire a Projectile from the Catapult. thrust through the hole in the second or upright pen. Lay a little ball of pressed bread or moistened paper on the hollow shank of the bent pen and pull the third pen (which you alwayf hold with your fingers and thumb backward until its point slips off the bent pen. At once the bent pen, in virtue of Its elasticity, straightens with a jerk anil stands erect, throwing the light bullet halt way across the room. The first pen, the one that you bend down, should be as tough and springy a pen as you can find; the others may be any old pens, except that the up right one must have a hole in it. The board should be soft so that you can stick the pens securely into it so please don't make use of the dining or parlor table, or your school desk! If you d,o so, you may and hope you will be the chief victim ot your experiments in gunnery. Also, look out for your eyes and other peo pie's, for sometimes the pens fly as well as the bullets. Before gunpowder was invented machines were used in war to hurl great stones into fortifications and from besieged places against the besiegers, and these machines were called catapults The little apparatus here pictured and described works on a similar principle, hut the projectiles which it throws are harmless pellets of bread or wet paper. A glance at the picture shows how the catapult is made. It consists, ex- plains the Cincinnati Commercial Tri-bune, merely of three stiff, elastic steel pens and a soft board. Two of the pens are stuck firmly into the board with their backs turned in the same direction, and at such a distance apart that when the first pen is bent Strongly backward the end which goes Into the penholder will nearly but not quite touch the eye, or hole, of the second pen. Bend the first pen back in this manner, taking care not to break It, and hold It down by catching It under the point of the third pen, which you have 1 How to Play Base Ball in the House The Caravan Cure. One of the many "cures" favored by fashionable people weary of London, is the "caravan cure" This simple and enjoyable method of renewing one's strength consists In traveling about Britain in a cart, such as the Gypsies have, and camping out at night wherever a haven can he found. I,ord and Lady Arthur Grosvenor have siient the summer journeying in tLis fashion through Kxmoor, a wild made mountainous and country, famous by the great romance. Lorna Poena. One night they encamped on the farm of John Kidd. of the novel The difficulties In hill climbing have been enormous, but the pleasure of Uie trip has made it worth while. Jacoh Stadfeldt, for more than 60 years in the employ of the San Francisco mint, has resigned. He received the highest salary of any mint em-plg the givernmeut service. o bined attack upon the hen as soon as they alighted upon the pavement They seemed to be mad all through. The feathers on the tops of their heads and necks stood up like the hair on the back of a maddened cat and they flew at the chicken, chattering and pecking at its head. The chicken did not even show fight. At the first good peck which the sparrows made it gave a squawk of pain and stalked away, and then the sparrows chattered louder than ever as they fed unmolested upon the grain. MAN A CHAMPION. Philadelphian Without Sight Checkers Skillfully. J3 I How the Diamond Is Marked Out and Spools Placed. To find a way to play baseball at home has long been the ambition of every patriotic American boy. Any boy who can shoot a marble can play indoor baseball. The "field" should be a bed or large table, with pillows or a pile of books or boxes for An old sheet with a a "back stop." diagram of the diamond In chalk or ink should be spread upon bed or table, the diamond at one end and the Outfield at the other, as on real grounds. The bases should be two feet apart, marked by round spots the size of a silver quarter, and the pitch er's box should be a foot from the home plate, the latter being a postage tamp. The pitcher's and batsman's as well as the boxes should be marked foul lines. The players are spools just ordinary sewing silk or thread smhiIs and they are all selected for their ability to roll straight, says the New York Herald. The name of each player Is written on a s'.ip of paper pasted on his head. The nines secured, the hall and bat are all that remain to be The former Is a marble of found. medium size. The latter Is a round lead pencil, not sharpened. The team in the field are all placed in their ac customed positions as in the actual game, except that the three basemen ' remain on the bases Instead of playor off." "manager" The operator ing of the field team stands beside the table nearest first base, and, reaching hU arm over that position, places his right hand beside his spool pitcher, the marble in the hand. The manager of the team at bat, putting one of his men In the batsman's box at home plate, stands mi the other side of the Held from his opponent and places his right hand, grasping the bat, la front of his player. Then the game begins and th actual rules are followed closely. A third boy may act as umpire, or the two managers can agree easily enough, in decisions, for few will be found uncomfortably close or uncertain. The batsman cannot judge the hall well, lecu'ise the pitcher la so near that he is a. lowed to strike at each delivery. A ciuar Ivx Is laid on 1U Viltoni di Plays There is a blind man in Philadelphia who can beat you at checkers, no matter how well you play. He defeated has Pillsbury, Matthew Priest, and half a dozen other professionals, despite the fact that he cannot see as much as a ray of light and has to follow the game in his mind, with the assistance of his finger tips. John Thompson is the blind chamHe lives at No. 251 pion's name. North Warnock street, where many of the most scientific checker players is the United States have called on him and met their Waterloo. Thompson has a crude little board that was made especially for him. the squares being sunk in the wood. One set of men is square to match the holes, and has a little groove on one side. When the men have only a single value these grooves are turned downward, but when they reach the king row the grooves are turned upward. The other set of men are the usual round checkers, and with his delicate touch Thompson can distinguish between them as readily as anyone who has the full use of his eyes. Exchange. Com- - to Be Mad All Through. BLIND plaint, Infantile Eczema Mother Praises Cuticura Remedies. "Our baby had that dreadful com plaint, infantile Krzema. which afflicted him for several months, commencing at the top of his head, and at last covering his whole body. His suffer lngs were untold and constant misery, ir. fact, there was nothing we would not have done to have given him relief. We finally procured a full set of the Cuticura Remedies, and in about three or four days he began to show a brighter spirit and really laughed, for the first time in a year, in about nir.ety days he was fully recovered Praise for the Cuticura Remedies baB always been our greatest, pleasure, and Ibert- is nothing too good thai we could say in their favor, for they cor tainly saved our baby's life, for ho was the most awful sight that I evei beheld, prior to the treatment of the Mrs. Maebelle Cuticura Remedies Lyon. 1826 Appleton Ave.. Parsons, Kau, .Inly is. 1806." Tht Sparrows Seemed 1 LIFE. Dreadful Flew An awkward, long legged old hen was picking up some cracked corn which had lealred from a passing wagon on Summit street one day last week, says the Kansas City Journal. A sparrow flew down and hopped around, eyeing the corn, but it made only a handful In the crack between two paving stones, and the hen stood almost astraddle of it and was fast The sparrow vengathering it In. tured close two or three times, and chirped impatiently and angrily, but the hen kept tight on eating, and gave no attention to the sparrow. The impatient sparrow flew away, and In a minute returned with two othei The three made a com BparrOWS. Ce- dar street, Quiuey, 111., says: "Ever amce I bud BOTTOM prostration, about thirteen years ago, I have bail periodical pells of complete exhaustion. The doctor iid my nerves were shattered. Any excitement or unnu;il activity would throw HM into a state of lifeleesiMSS. At the beginning my strength would oome back in a moderate time after euch attark, but the period of weakness kept lengthening until at lust I would lie helpless as many as three hours at a stretch. I had dizzy feelings, palpitation of the heart, misery after eating, hot flashes, nervous headaches, rheuThe matic pains in the hac k anil hips. doctor did me so liti 1c good that I gave up bis treatment, ami really feared that my ease was incurable " When I begMI taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills my apetile grew ket U, my food no longer distressed me, my nerves were quieted to a degree that I had not experienced for years und my trengt h returned. The fainting ipelfj left mo entirely after I had used the third box of the pill, and my friend say Hint i am looking l etter than I bavi done for the past fifte en yoirs." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are recommended for diseases that come from impoverished blood such as anemia, rheu-m- . it in debility mid disorders of the norves such as neuralgia, nervous and partial paralysis. They have cured the most stubborn indigestion. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills agree w ith tht most delicate stomach, quiet all nervousness, stir up every organ to do iti proper work and give strength thai lasts. Sold fryull druggists, or sent postpaid, on receiptee f pi n e, 50 cents per box, sii $2 50. by the Dr. Williams boxes Medici n(t?o., bchenectady, N. Y. Do If the mar ble hits the broad side of this box when pitched a "strike" is called. If it shoots over or beside the box it Is a "ball." Four "balls," as In the real SUMMONS TO DINNER. game, entitle the batsman to his base. There are no "foul strikes" in spool baseball, but when a ball touches the bat and rolls foul the fielder nearest the point where it stops is rolled from his position toward It, and if he touches it the batsman is "out." A fair hit that knocks over a fielder Is an "out" if the fielder rolls further from the plate than does the ball and it scores as a "fly caught." When a fair hit is met by no fielder or when It strikes one and goes beyond him the one nearest where It stops is rolled toward it. and if he touches It It Is an out. Should he miss, however, the batsman is rolled from home plate toward first This picture shows how a Swiss ho base, and. hitting the baseman there, is declared "safe" and may roll for tel proprietor summons his visitors to dinner. The great advantage of the second, third and home in order. The field team waits to move until horn is that it can be heard a long the runner has tried, and If he fails way off. at any base the bal' Is thrown from The Egg of the Season. where It stopped toward the baseman In the window of a West end taxmissed. Should the ball then hit the latter the runner Is out. Should it idermist there is now being exhibited not hit the runner has again to roll an egg which the man in the street from where he stopped toward the will doubtless attribute to the result prolific goose, baseman, and If he fafll again the ball of a more than usually It is the genuine is thrown from Its place, and so on berry season until the man Is either safe or out. product, however, of a tall, flightless iiiaximus--whic- h Once safe on first base the runner bird the aepyornis the Inhabited Island of Madformerly remains there until the next ball other The eggs of this immense than a foul has been delivered. Then agascar. he may try to steal the next base tin- creature are nearly a yard in circumder the same rules as applied to his ference and a foot in length, and their speaking, reaching first, but he may take but cubical contents, roughly or 150 one base, of course, on sucb a run. are equal to six ostrich Should a hit be made when ,. runner hens' eggs, or two gallons of water. is on first base the ball may he fielded The market price ranges from $175 to second base immediately to force to $600, only 10 known specimens behim out. as in the real game, and this ing In existence. Liverpool Courier. may often develop In a true double Cow Gives Alms. play If the hatter fails to get to first. A curious custom Mill holds good For a throw to home base the catchof Waddesilon. In Bucker Is brought up from behind the hat in the village where on any England, inghamshire, and placed upon the plate. jn ne or evening of the year a percase of a hit off the field (that Is. the morning claim a free drink of new bed or table) the ball Is brought back son can a cow specially kept for from milk to the point over which It passed on benefit of thirsty wayfarers. This the Off and the nearest fielder has going animal Is known locally as the alms his chance to run for It as If it COW," and when She dies another has in real 'hi' to the fence"" to be provided by the piuish. rectly behind the catcher. - ' tf Harn Leftovers. Leftovers of ham are delicious minced and scalloped with green pep pers. Wash and remove the seeds from the peppers and cut them into pieces. Put a layer of the meat in the bottom of a buttered baking dish, then s layer of the peppers and a sprinkling of breadcrumbs, dabs of butter and hot water to moisten. Continue In this way until the dish is full, cover the top with buttered bread crumbs and bake. Scalloped dishes of all kinds should be covered when they go into the oven for the first 20 rain utes or thereabouts, and should then be uncovered and. browned on the top about ten minutes more. THE BEST TEA CRGWtH TRY ..IT.. BVY FROM YOVR GROCER Pigeons as Doctor's Assistants. doctor in the north of Scotland finds carried pigeons of much use to He has a scattering practice, him and when on long rounds he takes several pigeons with him. If one of his patients needs medicine imnie diately, he writes out a prescription, and by means of the birds forwards it to his surgery. Here an assistant gets the message, prepares the prescription, and dispatches the medl If. after visiting a patient, the cine. doctor thinks he will be required later on In the day, he simply leaves a pigeon, with which he can be called if necessary A Orange Cream. Orange cream js new and delicious Soak a half package of granulated gelatin In a half cupful of cold water. Scald a pint of milk, pour It over the yolks of five eggs beaten until light with the grated rind of an orange and one cupful of sugar. Cook and stir Take off, add the gelalike custard tin, stir until dissolved and strain. When cool r.Jd the strained juice of When thickening sdd a five oranges pint of cream whipped to a solid froth. When very thick heap in paper cases. Just before serving sprinkle and thouwith yellow "hundreds sands." Theories as to Earthquakes. The director of the' solar observatory at Kensington In England announces that at the time 0 the San Francisco and Valparaiso earthquakes and those-- which occurred in 1SS4 the. spots on the sun were at the maxiIt is not known mum of their size. that the sun spots and the earthquakes have any relation, but their simultaneous appearance has been obThere is another the-- ' served often ory of the western earthquake, however, which is mor simple, and probable. It is that the mountains on the western shore of the continent ars slowly but constantly being forced upward. Occasionally the upturning strata of rock slip and the' result Is destruction to the cities .within the area of disturbance. This theory fits well with the earthquakes on the Pacific coast. Two Good Cleaning Recipes. Here is a recipe which is efficacious for cleaning fabrics withtvnt injuring' their texture or changing their color. It is also particularly good in cleaning rugs and carpets Grate two raw' potatoes In a bowl which contains a pint of clear, cold water. Now strain Delicious Peach Butter. through a sieve, allowing the liquid to Select mellow yellow peaches. Pare fall Into another bowl containing anand stone. Weigh, and to every pound other pint of cold water. When it of a pound of settles, pour off the water Into a bot-- . allow the Put peaches in a porce tie and keep for future use. Dip a sugar. kettle; heat slowly. Mash sponge into the potato water and rub and stir the peaches until perfectly the soiled garment carefully, after smooth; then press through a fine which It may be washed In clear uttseive; add the sugar and boil for 15 er. When ivory knife handles get discolrui iull. minutes, sun 1115 cuusiAmiy. ored dip half a lemon in salt and rub small Jars and tie up. on them. Wash off immediately In warm water, and the handles will look Writer in Good Health at 90. as white as when new. Sir Theodore Martin, author of the 90 is "Bon Gaultier" ballads, years old, REDUCED RATES but enjoys remarkably vigorous health and takes daily rambles near his beau-- From Utah and Idaho to All Points tiful home on the outskirts of Llango East and Return, via the Santa Fe. lien, Wales. His intellect, too, is as From Ogden and Salt Lake City to: on ever he and as keen reads Sundays $32.00 the lessons in church. Sir Theodore 'Missouri river points $44.50 is a playgoer and a fine critic of con- Chicago St. Louis $39.50' temporary verse rind fiction. Proportionate rates from Idaho and Society's Conversation. other points. Dates of sale, Nov. 20th The subject of talk sanctioned by to Dec. 1.8th, 1906. Return limit, 60 are days. Send for literature. the smart world of London as follows; Racing, stocks and shares, C. F. WARREN, Agent A. T. & S. F. politics (in small quantities), chiffons, iRv., 411 Dooly Blk., Salt Lake City, bridge, motoring and now ballooning Utah. with current gossip on the marPetticoat Economy. riages, deaths, debts and divorces of our dearest friends and acquaintances. A silk petticoat may be made to M. A. P. serve almost twice its usual period of usefulness if it is lined as far down Kitchen Towels. as the bottom ruffle with nun's veiling The most soiled of kitchen towels or some other lightweight fabric. The Will become sweet and white with this weight of the skirt is not noticeably treatment; Cover with cold water, increased, nor does it spoil the fit put them at the back of the stove, add about the hips if carefully done. By one tablespoonful of shaved castile doing this the skirt is kept In shape, soap and the juice of half a lemon. and there will be much less tendency Let it come to a boil gradually, and to split at the seams, a fault that Is repeat the process. Rinse first in tepid so commonly developed in silk pettithen in cold water. coats, especially those of taffeta. three-quarter- s lain-line- j Sure Sign of Insanity. honor, our client canot be We contend that he is inguilty. sane." But the defendant himself says he is of sound mind." "It is largely upon that clrcum-staure- . your honor, we base our claim that h; insanity Is advanced and apparent." "Your The Prevailing Plea. "I want to get a divorce from 'my husband." The lawyer was interested. "What are your grounds?" he asked. "Insanity." "Was he crazy at the time of the marriage?" "Oh, dear, no; I was" To Clean Fur Robe. Ordinary cornmeal well rubbed Mats Under Hot Dishes. Tabic mats of raffia or straw look incongruous on a dainty white damask table cloth. The housewife who feels the need of something under hot dishes is advised to cut asbestos cloth into the desired shape and size, and make a white linen case to cover it, hemming the open ends so that fre- quent laundering may not Increase her work Interior Decoration. the Point of View. to lead a dog's, life!" panted the cur with the tin can attachment, crawling Into a corner to rest himself. "O, I don't know," con--I tentedly answered the lap dog. All in "It's a terrible thing FANCY STONES nd Diamond! urr particular upeolHli lS in nmounte, at low and then shaken out vigorously will of mrs.andWecanbuy in lari;e prices, tempt von if you want one. clean the white fur carriage robe, unless there are spots of some foreign XtSTAillSHIB' substance on It. In that event powdered French chalk, if left on over night, will probably effect a cure. To Remove Onion Smell. To remove the smell of ouloim from the hands after peeling them, rub vith a stick of celery and the mell will entirely disappear. Any man And Unpopular. ran be happy if he is enough con-telte- 1 1 170 in ST. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Union Assay Office a. J. V. HANAuan BADLIR O. BOX a ALT IAKI OITT. 144a Rowe. Morris. Summerhays Co. M,ers ,n ' ' Salt Lake City. Utah Hides, Wool, Furs, Sheepskins, Etc. Full market price paid. Cood selection given We want your business. Send us trial shipment! We carry a First Class article of PLASTERING HAIR UT AM |