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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. AMDBWW Drinks Not Well Known mni, IblUNar. SPANISH PORK. UTAH. Violet cordial, a liquor beloved of Yorlwhiremen, is one of the best of the home-brewe-d drinks. Made from ked sweet violets, it la often kept for years by farmers, who drink It sparingly in tiny glasses, yet It retains all the delicious aroma of the fragrant flower from which It takes Us name. , Homemade sloe wine Is a drink which takes a lot of beating as a It Is especially popular in Durham. Cowslip wine Is another prime favorite unknown to the Inhabitants of cities. So, too, are a host of teas, famous In rural parts not only for their refreshing, but also for their curative powers. Years ago, before the tea from India and China could be bought cheaply, beverages brewed from mint, wild thyme, penpyroyal, dandelion, marjoram, camomile, balm, calamlnt and similar herbs, were almost universal. Even their fame Is not dead, and they are frequently resorted to by housewives in hot weather, and when any small ailment shows Itself In their families. Leaves plucked from strawberry freshly-pluc- Bow legged men, as usual, will b the first to adopt next seasons skin tight trousers. A New York policeman Inadvertent ly arrested his wife for drunkenness. Trouble brewing. thlrst-quenrhe- Andrew Carnegie Is a sufferer from lumbago. Has be ever tried a poor mans plaster for It? The standing army of the Panama republic has been reduced to twenty-fivmen all generals, of course. e Those Turkish troops that are demanding their pay must seem to the aultan to be sadly lacking In patriot- ism. Cupid, after seeing the average couple safely through the honeymoon, gocB off on a long vaca- married tion. The minister who thought he would be "more useful if he fasted forty days has now no utility at all. He is dead. Mme. Emma Eames is said to be as "coldly lovely" as ever. The description somehow reminds one of Ice cream. That American heiress who refused to pay (70,000 for a count may have reasoned that this was an overcharge of $09,999.70. r. to-da- y Habits When a child with one twisted foot Is thankful the other is straight, the grouchy pessimist should try to es cape from himself. A slim attendance Is reported for the New York horse show. The women couldnt have been a very attractive let this time. The French sardine crop Is a failure this year. No matter. It will oost no more to put a French label oa the Maine sardines. The football season is ended for this year. Now If they will please quit raising the price of meat good cheer may be expected to prevail. The expression "as flat as a fluon-de- r has become proverbial, but It does not apply to very young flounders, which differ so much from the adult ones that they can hardly be recognized as belonging to the same family as their parents. Most boys and girls are familiar with flounders, but very few of them, and few older people, know anything about the appearance of young flounders and the wonderful transformations they undergo. The flounders begin life as do When they first ordinary Ashes. emerge from the egg they swim vertically, with the head turned upward. Tfcelr bodies are symmetrical and their eyes are on opposite sides of the head. Gradually the position of the body changes from vertical to horizontal, and the fish remains thus for some time, swimming like ordinary fishes; but while still very small there Is foreshadowing of the bottom life they are destined for, and they enter upon a series of remarkable changes. The most striking of these changes Dapper in e ' y awe-aom- John W. Gates was in an automobile accident In New York the other 'day. The car upset and the chauffeur .was seriously pened to Gates. hurt Nothing hapNothing ever does. Philadelphia society girl actress ,kas gone to work as a cook. There are a battalion of other society girl .actresses who. If they cant cook at all, can at least cook as well as they can act. A The letters of Queen Victoria are ,to be published, after being edited by (friends of the royal We family. jbave no doubt that It will be quite tssfe to place the book of young girls. In the hands "Bulletin No. 1 of the National Mosquito Extermination Society has ust been Issued. Evidently the soclo-tbelieves It will be necessary to work overtime If the mosquitoes are .ever to be exterminated. y The beauty editor of the Chicago says a mother should always encourage her daughter to consult the mirror frequently. Moat mothers will rot find that this duty makes life unduly strenuous. Record-Heral- d A run on a Cleveland bank was stop-ipethe other day by the arrival of tan automobile at the bank loaded with money for the depositors. Under 'such circumstances the drlrer might 'be excused for violating the speed limit. d ! A Pennsylvania cow licked tip tho Jfionfents of a two gallon can of green jpalnt the other day and to the delight of bee owner lived. She was probably 'trying to color her Interior In accord-anewith tho modern freak idea of Animal p luting. Old t5he e When the sailor's ram of his PufrgrMinc e LlvIUly slowed In the As ht sang this lay of hls5 J mnz left-side- d left-side- d d left-side- left-side- d d d war-plow- day 1 1; As he drained hla mug and hla llpa he sniucked. Then lie told me of Morgan and Kidd and Jones. And rattled their deeds, their chains, and bones: While the wind came moaning up from gleams, the sea. tas: And the tune rose, faint and cracked: The flag was as red aa Hood. The flag was as red as blood. With a hairy spot o' black, With a hairy sot o' black. An the Spider Imred her deadly fangs Bidder hared her deadly fangs As she crawled on the windward tack! An'As the she crawled on the windward tack! lie warmed to hla story and clove the He would chuckle a bit, then sort of choke. With hla long rlny pipe aa he led his "Ah. hoy! I could turn 'e sick an' pale Wl' frlaht an' I'.ie an' boose an' blood Into the heart of the"Vo-ho-battle's blare: In the tropic rnlm an the reef born seud. once again. Kor I ha' ! And he yelled hla trodden the oak Till he broke hla "sword'' on the arm of 1'nder many an' many a queer, queer Ids chair. salt." With a stilled sob; and then And then he would hum and croak: The flag was as red as Mood, The flag was as red as Mood, With a hairy spot o' Mack. With a hairy spot o' black. An' the Bidder Lured her deadly fang An' the Spider bured her deadly fangs As she ciuwlcd on the windward tack! As she rtawh'd on the windward Crawled on the windward Crawled on the wlndwuid tnck! "Why do your eyes shine, boy? said ho. Stephen Clmlnicts In New York Times. log-fir- Bottled Sea Water Good I have never understood," said a doctor, "why somebody didn't bottle the Atlantic ocean and sail tho water under a flue name as a mineral water. "The water of the Atlantic contains some of tho most wholesomo mineral salts and has a decided value medicinally. Some of my p.tlents keep It on hand much of the time, and profess to find It vastly bcucflclnl. "One of these men gets the sea water several miles off shore and at high tide so us to he reasonably sure that It Is free from pollution. He bottles It In good-sizedemijohns, and lets tt ripen mitrh as the famous juniper water of tho Dismal Swamp Is ripened fur carry Ing to sea on board vessels making lung voyages. "Did you ever smell any of those Kentucky sulphur waters after they have lain barreled In a cellar for a few weeks? The odor Is pretty bad, but It Isn't worse than that of ripening ses water. l Shooting Piraies Dreams As a man 1 witte of Urn boylah dreams Of ymternlaht by the coastguard's blase, sea-scarr- ZtS BijT The disturbing element In bunting That Pennsylvania man who married a widow after a platonic friend- elephant or seladang or rhino baa been ship of twenty-fivyears must now ad- always, to me at least, the feeling of mit that the elder Weller was right. uncertainty as to whether or not I could stop the animal If I wounded it This sudden thrusting of the and It charged me, as It did on an avaemstvos Into public notice Is causonce In three times. of ing a great many bilsy people to drop erage on Based my experience, therefore, everything and run to their cyclopeI should place the elephant first and dias. the rhino third after the seladang, "Every mail brings Nan Patterson which is fully as formidable as the offers of marriage." And still there Cape buffalo, and Is miscalled the Each of these are people who affected not to believe bison all over India. la Max Nordau's theory of degenera-atlon- . animals Is dangerous on different and Individual grounds; the elephant, though lesa likely to charge than any From the revelations In the matter of the others, Is terrifying because of of the failure of a "womens broker" hla enormous strength, which stops It would seem that the sucker that Is at no obstacle, and the extreme diff.born every minute has a dear little iculty of reaching a vital spot, especl-a.iIf, with trunk tightly coiled, he is twin sister. coming your way. 1 know of no sensation more The people of New York might pay than standing ankle deep In off their public debt by holding court In Madison Square Garden and chargclinging mud In dense cover, with the ing admission the next time a chorus Jungle crashing around you as though the entire forest was toppling, as the girl Is tried for murder. A scientist says that pumpkin pie is filled with microbes. That Is better than having the microbes filled with pumpkin pie, for there wouldnt be any left for the rest of us. Trusted Leader In Romantic Match Has Made Senaation Democrats Lose faulted Minister of w7r Hugh McLaughlin of Brooklyn, in Eaatern Cltiea. M. gyveton. the for years many' French L Hugh McLaughlin, plants and currant bushes make a The yachting town of Marblehead, county, who struck down Minister of fragrant beverage, as do ribwort and Mass., known for the brilliancy of the Democratic leader of Kings 77. dre In the chamber a 1 month tboroughwort, the latter both as a re- marriages made by comparatively died at Brooklyn, N. Y., aged have to found asphyxiated in his fresher and a curative, being found in poor young women to wealthy suit- The cause of death Is thought Paris the day on which very many households. ors, has added another match of this been heart disease. In slon from the chamber born was Strange as it may seem, a drink can character to its record. expires Hugh McLaughlin and had had expressed the belief be made from sawdust. Here is the Levi C. Wade, a student of Har- Brooklyn of Irish parentage would receive a punishment He had been recipe: of a wealthy Newton Jived there all his life. Two tons of sawdust are boiled with vard, scion of Brooklyn for band-som- e In the the politics active of owner (Mass.) family and o sulphuric acid for three hours, the years and for nearly forty sloop yacht Apache II., has fifty-twmatter then extracted presliquid by was the absolute dictator he wife a namely: himself unto years taken sure, neutralized, left for eighteen Miss Jane of the Kings county organization. Woodfln, of Marblehead. hours to cool and clarify, and then BosMr. Wade Is well known in Hugh McLaughlin ran for political fermented for four or five days. famonce. This was nearly a genWoodfln office the The resulting alcohol is afterward ton, and, although was triumphdistilled and rectitied, but a yield of ily Is by.no means poor, the young eration ago, when he an office that soin elected unknown register, woman was hitherto antly about nine and one-hal- f quarts of or his subsequent of sawciety. She Is a high school girl of laid the foundation spirit to every hundred-weigh- t for politics His seventeen but fortunes. and genius unusual dust Is obtained. Quantities of this prettiness showed itself when he was very are consumed in France. years old. to a high Palm wine Is made from the sap When seen at the home of the bride young and was developed in the blossom stems In Marblehead, where the young degree among his associates oozing from the cut-of- f a secured had he where yard, and of navy the couple will reside for the present. of the oily palm tree, as foreman. cocoa tree, It Is a pleasant, refreshing Mr. Wade said: "Yes, I met my wife place beverage, and not sufficiently known. here last summer, and we often went Hugh McLaughlin stood high in .the estimation of the Roman Catholic Jsltshlmlyana is the weirdy name given to a deadly intoxicant made clergy. He was a practical Catholic from molasses by the natives of Natal. himself and his family had from the An analysis of this drink made Borne beginning of his career been intimatetime ago by an eminent doctor showed ly associated with the charitable that it was 50 per cent stronger than enterprises of their religion. alcohol. Straw Stories. any known Like other political notables, Mr. I ZG43Q0Z SnF7Ur McLaughlin had a passion for fishing, and every summer it was his cus- years in Jail for his offense. The tom to go down to Greenport, L. I., uties sat waiting for the scene reappearance in the chamber Is in the position of the eye. In some create when the announces flounders the eye moves around the came that he was dead. front of the head; in others It moves a real directly through the head. This shiftCosmopolitan America, i morn ing of the eyes position is accomWhat a cosmopolitan nation vas panied by a change In the position of to be! Of last years In e thi the body, which ceases to be upright giants, the greatest number, 193; ounta and becomes more and more oblique. came from Italy, a decrease of ough The side of the body from which the 226 from the previous year; aanagi inbecomes is eye moving gradually 177,156 came from Austria Hung ad am ferior to the other, until by the time a decrease of 28,855; 145,141 fi :l Ban ' the change of the eye Is complete the Russia, 46,380 from Germany, an If, wt stjps z. c. flsb swims with its blind side underArc ncaprtf crease of 6,294; 38,626 from Engl and nc neath, and this position Is ever after an Increase of 12,407; 30,142 from .red fo the maintained. The flounder then ceases yachting together. Sometimes land, an Increase of 832; 27.7CJ fi ady a in not families come from its free swimming habit and sinks to best girls Sweden, a decrease of 18,265; 23 ary sp ultra society, and 1 think I have one the bottom. from Norway, a decreased 653; 11 de of of them. Some species of flounders are rightfrom Greece, a decrease of 2,747, if his In the sided and others are 11,092 from Scotland, an increase folio Carrier. Mail Be Would Woman rlght-stdeforms the left eye moves 4,949. Of the Oriental countries ar dr to the right side, and the left side beMiss Bessie If. Smith, daughter of a pan furnished the greatest number in the In the comes undermost. farmer near Richfield, N. J., has enimmigrants, 14,264, a decrease of d eoc conditions a as prethe name in Paterson her tered opposite species while China supplied 4,309, an d sho 704, right-sidevail. It rarely happens that candidate for mail carrier. She wants crease of 2,100. a the individuals, a rural free delivery route. Before species have IJUGtf Z71AOGBZW and vice versa. In a few species both making her application Miss Smith unklc Senator "During Good Behavior Into right-sidefish occur in derwent a physical examination and where excellent angling is to be oband Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, about equal numbers. St. Nlcnolas. wh the doctor assured her that she was tained. During this annual , pilgrimto fill the j bulle in the best of health. The work Is age of rest politics was supposed to pointed by the governor term of the late Senator A bis arduous. The carrier must report at be entirely eschewed by the boss, but expired must be good or he may lose bis j the the postofflee in all sorts of weather as a matter of fact the ruling passion In the credentials furnished by G as he at 6:30 a. m. Miss Smith is well edu- was by no means completely subdued Pennypacker It Is declared that ose s cated and thinks she will have no diff- during this sojourn. Knox "Is to have and to hold the elephant you have wounded comes iculty In filling all the requirements, aeallt direction. in his office, way your together with all the smashing which include a knowledge of horses Railroads as Civilizers. The seladang Is dangerous, partly and the delivery route, which covers powers and privileges therennlo C Railroads are essentially civilizers, longing, or by law in any wiseapf,0 because of the thick Jungle he seeks sixteen miles. The salary for the first 8n( In the natural course of events, taining. until tbe next meetltt ot when wounded, but more especially ;Eg Is $350. Out of this the carrier and. year blaze the way for settlers and settle- legislature of the commonwealthiy Bl( because of bis tremendous vitality and bas to supply a horse and vehicle. ments, reaching Into new sections Pennsylvania, if he shall so long I waj, his usual, though not Invariable, bablt where they must maintain themselves Several of of awaiting the hunter on bis tracks, have himself well. g0lf Parker May Again Be Judge. with but meager returns, awaiting the Knox's more Intimate friends in :at g and charging suddenly, swiftly and Alsaid of is friends It that Judge growth of business which they are senate smiled viciously. It requires close and hard broadly when t0 an0 shooting to bring down ane of these ton B. Parker in the Manhattan Club themselves Instrumental in creating, quaint proviso was read and Bay n six-fospecimens of Oriental cattle. of New York city are planning to says the Four Track News. Later haste to remind the new member 1 The danger of the tiger and of the bring about bis nomination next fall comes the era of ornamentation; of ho is a senator merely on probatici re( m lion Is In their lightning activity and as a justice of the Supreme Court In picturesque stations and flower beds; ei hi ferocious strength; but you have the New York county. To that end a of a happy union of utility and aesLOSES FORTUNE IN JEWELS, M. t shoulder In addition to the nead shot, nonpartisan dinner Is being arranged, theticism. That many of the railroads 1 other if broadside; or If coming on, the to which Republicans as well as Dem- of America have reached tho beautifi- Woman's Attempt to Smuggle Gel.) ro8 chest, all sure to stop If well placed. ocrats will be invited. Should he get cation period is a matter for univerEnds in Disaster. 0Q tl The reason the rhino Is so formidable the place his salary would be $4,500 sal congratulation. The future of passMrs. Phyllis DoJ hou The of jewels is because Its vulnerable spots are so more than be received as chief jus- enger travel on the great railroads have Just been sold by tbe govel.1 not hard to reach. tice, as it Is the hope of bis friends will become more and more a matter ment They were seized at New ?J destr Its brain Is as small In proportion that Gov. Higgins would assign him of enjoyment as each year goes by, aa that of the elephant, and may be to the appellate division in case be for, coupled with the practical, the reached through the eye, If head on, was elected to the supreme bench. useful, has come the era of the artisor about three inches below and Just To get the nomination Judge Parker tic. In front of or Just behind the base of would have to change his voting resithe ear, according to your position for dence, which his friends say he Remarkable Twins. a shot. Outing. would do. John and Henry Gibbons, twin n he brothers, have recently celebrated Election Cost the Flounder of full-grow- Paul Kruger left a fortune of nearly .$4,900,000. John Bull must admit now that the war in South Africa was In a sense a failure. GIRL WEDS WEALTHY STUDENT. "When you take out the cork the whole household knows It. After a while the sen water loses Its offensive smell, and then it Is ready for uso. "1 thoroughly like it, and If I were In tho Lablt of doing things that lead men to drink mineral waters before breakfast I think I'd prefer plain Atlantic water to a good many that 1 could name which sell at pretty high prices. "I don't know whether my patients have ever calculated the cost of bottled Atlantic, but If tho bottling was done wholesale lustcad of retail it ought not to come very high, and It Is Certainly cue thing that no trust could ever monopolize. I've a notion that the fellow who Erst puts up sea water In an attrurMve form and gct tho attention of the public will make a handsome little fortune before hla competitors can cut In and undersell or outadvertise him." New York Sun, Little, It cost P. Jones Just $15 to conduct and win one of the most strenuous mayoralty campaigns ever conducted In Minneapolis. This surprising bit of information Is sworn to by the mayor elect in an affidavit of expenses flleu with the city clerk. Of the $15 amount $10 was paid to the county auditor for filing bis certificate of nomination and the remaining $5 was given to the city clerk for filing his certificate of election. When asked concerning this expense affidavit Mr. Jones said that the money spent In hla campaign was donated and used by gentlemen interested In his election and with whose business tbe candidate had nothing to do. D. Probably a College Indian. A. P. Murphy, the newly elected Republican congressman from tbe Sixteenth district, was down In the Creek nation not long ago attending to some law business. While In Bartlesville he saw a number of Delaware Indians who were on their way from a tribal feast. Wishing to obtain some information regarding the council, plpo of peace, etc., he approached a sqtiaw and said: "Pony Doha war' council smoke," Kuu. ing the action to the word. The worn-nlooked at him stolidly for a few mrmenU nnd then said quietly: "What's the matter with the man? Can't he talk English? Murphy beat a basty retreat. Comes of Long Lived Race. Tennessee's grand old man Is On. John A. Fite of Lebanon, who Is 93 years old. but would readily pass for a man 40 years younger. On bellin' ked: "To what do you attribute your long life and wondet fully yutiv fill appearance?" ho replied: "To nothing In particular. I have always used good whisky, chewed good nnd smoked good cigars. My mother died at tin ngo of lot My grandnotlcr lived to bo 110 and had ten living children and over COO descendants living and dead." their seventy-thir- .dies birthday at their d home, near Lees Summit, Mo. There are nine brothers In this remarkable family, all of whom are living. The eldest Is 94 years of age and living in Georgia, where he conducts at 2,100-acr- e fruit farm. The combined weight of tbe family Is 1,710 pounds and the combined ages amount to 715 years. The twins weigh exactly the same number of pounds and ounces. They are so alike in person that they are Indistinguishable. They married wives who are sisters. Both of the brothers are devoted fishermen and they pass much of their time in the enjoyment of this sport. Chicago Chronicle. East Still the Prize. Asia Is still the great treasure house, for the control of which the kings of the earth will do battle. India Is the richest possession of Britain. Russia Is fighting for the Chinese province of Manchuria. France Is entrenched south of the great Chinese empire and Is ready for her slice. Germany has a foothold In the north. The United States Is planted In the 1hHlpplnes and shares with Britain a desire for the trado of the entire continent. Japan demands room for expansion on tho mainland opposite her confined Islands. For tho of the "Sick Man" there are a territory number of claimants. It Is not Africa bouth America which dazzles uorld; but the "barbaric East." nor the Guarding Against Theater Panics. Impressed by the fnet that additional precautions are needed to safeguard their audiences against panics, however baseless. Hrc chief Croker, ?LNc.York' ,"n ratlve ruetbuw to the department!' to re- M lIs rl,,f!ln wbL.i ,U11 Mowing ,,n m!'lnK place of pu bde goth. rings, Including thea- Hmrf "5' " and hotels. 1 Luf ti rhp,l!,,H ,aln cca- former for- order bin to u llo"ln if whistles In responding to fires after sundown. t on a on In t the v a KO 1 's a ml e an 44 at iond 'acd ia . Iti, Mrs. Phyllis Dodge. on the ground the woman was trjl-tsmuggle them In. They rcpree 1 uw p tho a fortune. plofil hr, 1 11 Rare Viaitor to Washington. George A. Post, at one time a oi itp ber of congress from Pennsylvania, k 4 a 1, w in Washington trying to arrange re an exhibition there of railway ances. He called on Speaker Cann-I- ' nn relation to tho matter, saylnf ' "11 him a b hoped congress would allow 0 his associates to use vacant gro mor U adjacent to the Washington ' Wl lf sen you," to ment. "Glad 'io asking speaker. "You are here Involve M He not does legislation that m "1 to expenditure of public money. 0 ? be worthy to as Is so rare that th scheme lice. Verily, your 4 worth pushing along. A patriot for tho old flag, and without Tho day of miracloi 't 1 proprlatlon! cot yet past!" b V Frightful Cost of Warfare. Prof. C. Utchot of the faC,lf-or 1 r medicine In tho University has summed up the grand totwMJ death roll duo to wars of the tldi J lie divides tury-14.on- II 01 o.000. follows: Napoleonic wars. 8, Crimean wars. 3tH),0CHs SO'M'On, 300,000; Italian wars, 'b '11 . t ! , lean civil war, 500.000; man war, RuO.miO; Kumso T,'rker,4 In 400,000; ; civil wars evP' coioninl 500,000; various In India, Mexico To'u.un.s S.ooo.u Africa, and other place, ! 0 jl 1 n |