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Show " MWH, i Hij'i' 1 MltMmmmmv. ..t H -.-..J. I . ' t j Beautiful Home That Can Be Built fsr Comparatively Little, A beautiful homo I nut necessarily S matter of lavish expenditure o( money with the modern prlnrlpala of Imitative art governing the production of art, metal and stone work and with the assistance of tho wonderful wood-working wood-working machinery we are enabled to reproduce from original designs re-aulta re-aulta that a few years ago would have been thought of only by the wealthy. Yet you secure the tame resulta, the ubllme purity of the designs, tho lack of any attempt at undignified ornamentation, ornamen-tation, the fascinating repose of the Implo outline, have a quiet, restful, homelike feeling that at once enrapture enrap-ture us In admiration of tho taste and appreciation of the beautiful. This Is a square plan, yet a moat beautiful, dignified and chaste elevation. eleva-tion. The first atory of buff Voman brick In white mortar and bull itono trimmings. The second story, old oak timbered work, with butt cement pa-Dels pa-Dels corned. The roof la of red 8pan-lsh 8pan-lsh tile. Tho hall and three niuin rooms are finished In mahogany with wood mosaic floors. The walls aro bur-lapped bur-lapped and decorated In pi I : divans, book casus, buffets, etc., built In; second sec-ond story finished In native bard woods. Plate and art glass, hot wator beat and modern plated plumbing. As good as a bouso can bo built, complete out-aide out-aide of hot water beat and plumbing, 13,800. THIS COIN WAS "CURSED." Misfortune That Befell ths Persona Who Happenei to Own It Ad old resident cf Carthago tell a report sr for the I'res a strange story of a carseu coin. Among some money turned over to Dick Qrlftllh, treasurer of Jnsper county year ago, was a 1 20 gold piece with a singular design cut li It The doslgn represented a cross with snakes colling a-ound It. The "old resident" says that when it was passed acres the band It caused a "peculiar squeamlshnoss" to pass over one. "Now, the singular part of the whole thing." he continued, "was that every man who bcld that coin In his hand had a long spell of sickness afterward, and some died. I saw (Irlfflth a year or two later, and be said he had never fully recovered, and never eipected to. "Griffith got Interested In that coin when he heard what It had done, and began to trace back Its history, Ho remembered Cal Davis had paid It to him, and asked him where he got It. I'avls had got It from a man named Holt, and Holt got It from the guerrilla chief, Ham Hlldebrandt. "Hlldehrnndt got the coin from a Rpanlnrd In a stage robbery. The Spaniard told him the coin had been cursed by the Tope, as It was part of an American booty captured by pirates pir-ates In Cblnese water and sent to Rome as a peace offering. The coin was stolen from Home hy a Spaniard, and he, fearing to pas It, gave It to hi friend, who wa coming to America. Amer-ica. Hlldebrandt nearly died of fever whllo carrying It. and Holt died from somo peculiar aliment which bullied the doctors. "What became of the coin I do not know, but every word of this story I as truo a anything I evor told." Carthage Car-thage (Mo.) Press. Art and Athletics. Tho universally Increasing attention now being given, especially in Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon countries, to out-of-door snorts and to physical culture la a sign of the best omen. No clasa can have a greater solicitude for the furtherance further-ance of this movement than the artists, art-ists, for they cannot create beautiful form without having beautiful form around them from which to draw Inspiration, In-spiration, says a writer lu Outing. The art of a nation Is a mirror of that nation's Ideals, and faithfully reflects re-flects their allghtost change. The new ill xhf conception of the value of athletics will add dignity, Interest and standing, making It a factor second to none In the development of our civilisation. It will be a mighty Influence In tht creation of a new and superior type of men and women. That women are growing more and more to roallxe this Is evidenced by the athletic tendency of the modern girl. If she will com-bine, com-bine, therewith an Intelligent effort after well-balanced and harmonious development, the result are bound to bo satisfying In the eitreme. Decline of German Jews. A statistic! return of the religions professed In the Herman Empire, based on the rensu of 1900, has recently re-cently been Issued. It appear tbat the number tit Koman Catholic has Increased in a greater proportion than lf r . M. "y.'t""': tho number of Protestants, while the Increase In Judaism as compared with the Christian professions ha been very small. The Pruteitanta numbered num-bered su.231,104 In law, a against Sl.uiiO.elU In 18U0, or an Increase of 13.6 per cent; whllo the Catholic numbered 2u.327.UI3 lu lDou, as against 17,t;74,lCl In Ditto, or an Increase of 15 per cent. The number of professing Jews has only Increased from 567,884 to 680,848. which gives percentage of 3 4. Of every l.nuO persons In tho German Km pi re 82& are Protestants, Sfil Catholics, 10 Jews, and 4 of different differ-ent or undetermined rellslous creed. A Oueer Teeb An old lady applied at a registry office for a maid. ' "I want a little girl, ' between eighteen and twenty-two years of age, Who I fond of mushrooms' "Fond of mushrooms?" Inquired the agent. "That I something I never Inquire about from my applicant. 1 don't understand." "Well, I am very fond of mushrooms mush-rooms myself, and there are so many mistake made. The idea came to mo aevcral year ago, and It wa a dispensation dis-pensation of Providence that It did, or I should have been killed. 1 make my maid eat a portion of all mushrooms mush-rooms brought to my bouse before any are served to me. I alway require re-quire it," replied tho old lady. "I have lost two excellent maids from toadstools during tho last five year, and. of course, I could not think of taking tho risk of eating mushroom unless I had a maid to test them." Cure for Ingrown Nails. Tardlf says that he has been able to cure all case of Ingrowing nail without recourse to the knlfu. He proceeds as follows: With a flat probe or a match hn slips a bit of cotton between be-tween tho edge of the 4iall and the Inflamed flesh. Another strip of cotton cot-ton la put along the outer margin of the ulcerated area and the space between be-tween theso two strip of cotton, and which Is occupied by Hie ulcer, I thickly powdered with nltrato of lead. The whole Is covered with cotton and tho too Is bandaged. Tho dressing are repeated the following day, and every day until tho Incarceratod edge of tho nail la plulnly visible. Then, with patience, the edge of the nail I lifted away from tin' hVsh and a bit of cotton la Introduced undor It to keep It up. As It grows It will gradually gradu-ally take Its proper position above the flesh, this having ineanllino shrunk and shriveled by rennon of the appll-cation appll-cation of 'cad nltrato. |
