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13 ,1 ceriuSne use to him. They help to es m 'hopes ami thoughts and fancies, to his 'ho'e rast srIf- Jut fourd ,n A stranger's va- i they are simply proof positive that he fts no risht to them. It any one of vou ha wruien peeiry vy siearni ana is Mir.l V u- don't 'how it; but if it came Jr'in'the heart, thank Clod, who put it in rf Vr heart to writ: it. Keep it so long as ?. !r.ir itself to you. Only don't show f least of all publish it. You break the "el ooa as any one but yourself " ice? Thf. question of cut or uncut leaves In rew tv"ks 1 again agitating literary and ruh!!--'-'-rs' trade Journals. The London Aca lmy ays: "The virtue of uncutness j. a ro fi:p rstltlon in all but those pe- e al c;i.-s whir? ceremony seems ennobling to .i :"'' volume, But to issue a s!x i novtl in an uncut .täte is merely to v'rk ' t!i-- ornpletlon of the book and to t,"'k v. hil'- they n ad them. 1 confess I a" 1 1 . t i f that numb'-;, and to me it is a Irin a ;v; ntawjH to llnd either a maga V - r i.ol or book easily accessible.' We -tftr all, whether uncut pages can iV'.iiti-utely defended even in 'the book htaütifi:i." -a ur.cut book is an unlinished to"k We are aware that pretty things c he sai l about cutting books, and that e tr'kts of-the paper knife are consid f.rf.,1 v ?ome as equivalent to a book lov e'r ( i'rt .-.- s of a irnw love, but how often j.-,s t!.'.- love prove worthy of such atten tions?" OF CURRENT FICTION. pv; i :-sio:i ln grief H a lesson soon prri,i .) stern old mother necessity. A Ki.-V-1 Pawn. folks are dead they leave us at fyh a ili-advantage. On the Road to Cruu ::;:; hield. It iy.- hurts when you know any part cr yr ;r l:f 1 mied and put away. On the i'n to ("rowninshield. jC,,r r..ik" friends with the devil, a rnr:Ky or a !'. No one knows what tl.py wil do next. Kim. Ho ha ' le-n imposed to Matrimony so oft 'Ti. wi'l. ut being Taken Down, that he u"'. iierally iegurded as an Immune. M -re Fah: s. I:i lif aid in datli the race horse and (in -u! i.H.sry fashion) all things and peo- i n: et-'d with him are of absolutely f.rst- ! :.-s importance U the English min i. J-Tl M ::k Wins. , .... t may lo a K'i companion, but, fo f ir as I know, he is ever the worst of f.ith( r.- Kvt ii as a grandfather he is ton r'.'ir, f"r one port can iay a streak of pov erty "V. r ;hrt sen rations. D'ri and I. !! hail an instinctive horror of a mort- j-.or' as of morphine or opium. It seemed t hi;a that wht u a man hypothecated his v ,ue was ! taehin himself from his f,..,th M on earth. The Sentimentalists. A wi-Iow has a pretty hard time of it. If sh is wealthy, every man wants either .-wir.i'.h- h-r tir marry her. Sometimes b'-.th. If he !s poor, no man, or anybody fi.s.-, wants her. Confessions of a Grass V.'i'!"w. There is not a vein of ood or evil hid den in all the d-ep comp!exitj' of nature ti;t la me man or another wino will oterj it up. though, to lu honest, it is chiefly th vil that comes to the surface. A Kind's l'awn. The full kr.ov. Ilvico of lift the need of whih is. to rny thinkiiur. the shaking off (f ev. ryt'ainrc that unnecessary to the (n'jrjic s-i'il is the utmost achievement of a v.irnü'i as well as of a man. and needs the whole strength of mind and body. A La 'v f th K tjeney. Tin.- is the great helper. He works with a M"T..ry that steals through our alertest watdi :iik! overcomes our stoutest defenses. rivts the buried seed help to burst It- Fli-ll an.i r.mk? ts way up to the liKht. lie l.-n-is ii:s aid to soothe the sorest hurt. Ar.-! s he h-lps to knit the lacerated tVsh. ?i he hi Ins to heal the dt-cper wound of the spirit. old Gentleman of the Mack btock. The Awakviilnrc Year. 7h Mir.'T'-- T ' a ? Nay. tir 1 earth, not so. f'.t 1-- th- vioNts o? lens US'' Th1 arh.;t is riss fn m the snou. Tt is th 5i-rir,;. when natur wakes A:. 1 Hires h r ein'rah! banner to the hrcrze; Lif.. a n.- an.l -v rtor s'-rj takt-s, .ni w..ri-!ii. nature's i5ol ber.eath the trees. 'TU tf -wt- x a .vak-r.ir. of the flumh'rins year; Ar"u-.1 fn m f I1-! tn her frozen bier She -diu rs a'.f'rnr.tfly unlle and tear. TM.'' i-, the sj.rin;. Put oh! for tho.e With j' ii'h s own frasrranep. sweet and vain f:r:-ir.i:e sj:i:its that Mu.-imcd like the rose, Deal fi'iir.s that cannot tome aaln. Paul Mason. I'liIIndelphla Fnnlilou. Ihila.Ieiphia Record. White woolen ploves have at last be-corr.t- pM-ul ir in i'hiladelp'nia. They hav? V:: w.-rn in the morning by nine out o? t n oi tla- fas"n:onab!y-di es.-eil youns? men and woi.-.en on Chestnut street during th: fold sp!l of the past week; all the shop nm.piws disjilay titem conspicuously, ai.'A it is evi Un; that they are now here, and Nr. to st.-'V. Fur rome f.e years the eftoit ti introtlwi c thfse v.hit? frioves has been maki a,-. Gerald du .Mnurier, the son of th,- author of "Trilby," made a great hit vith ti.tio in this eity in lv7. lie wore thf-m in the morning with a derby hat of the fri d e shai'e, and a !o:i. loose over t at f a villowish brown, rough stuff. An i.! rpr !s;!il: 1. iP.erdasher took Du Mair 1' r's tip and got a cor.sicnment of white V". :.u i;'ocs from London, but they did r-t s-;i. exe pt to a few extremists it; tir -?s. and the haberdasher despaired. Year alter year ether haberdashers took them 1. with the same lack of success thai tN- hi.-t one had. but now, all of a sud er:i. tiny have leaped into favor, and -eryri..iy is admlrint- them, and speaking o' th-in as new. Nearly every fashion, l! its Li-t- ry could bo studied, would prove t.. h..,- h.j jui as ions as struggle for success as the white gloves. A Sympathetic Creature. V.r,?hir.Rto!i Tost. I'"n"t talk to me of the tenderness of " rri in's heart." said the man who hates ','ri'' th. ugl. lio has never been married. ri i -n t any. I was traveling recently a '.hr- i.-li train to New York from the a:. ! hi the morning, just after most had ;-oii and wen sitting in the : ' f t!:t car. the conductor cam, and d tu ) n;en away. One of them bc ' ! t.i an intelligent and weil-dressed r-.an sitting oposlte me, and when h? :" h'uk she asked him what the con ; v.-a t.t. .1. ' 'Why. said the man seriously. 'The n in i.;w, r eight has teen found dead.' ' ' h man's eyes widened, and I she was going to say some thin;; t f rif,! cfmn illintl.i !.. o l-i .li.ln l'V e.i th 'it Si e i'i:' v. i- " 'U'liy, h.iw- thoughtless of h!m, in a Car wjth alt those women, too!' I"n t tiik to me about women." Horkeft Her ua Idfc'K i:en t lnl. : 's Weekly. (- i "m r.as a portion of that ancient and dtir-.es to'-faniüiar commodity, "pood ad- Clt; J1.11;- r':-' h real and practleaV wi.sdoiif as 1 1 1 Which !! irn.'t.irWuH on A.l.lroa n ' i- t !',er summoned it up in a serrtenc "ih tpa-'ting and remembering-. "The s y ot suicess," he said. is due to the J ."h duty of each day uncommonly . TV,.. ..11 - l Hinini ne Ji 'x.mi M'llltnCr lO To the Poet of Obscurity. no ftf.: but tf I had a fig r-lJ? ?lv it fr a hundred verse . , tnv.jjjnti in words he hopei will male o--n bis. j i Idain lir.Kuae, h) l.e nicely r.urf , an.l through h!a tentonces dir rfs ersei - urine?, ani r.aj-v a wig ',r,1,''rl c-il cn bdM . niSities. - iah ti, tf.om of hi turtle mu, O-- i'v' r,i t-!mr every-dsy event ana lr. err r henslbllllies 0" thtr.k or h.jes nay for a whlU atu.e r !! Intu won terinr what he meant. r'f-.l. r. Miror poetry, too, should always vc;:t- ln tne critic's point of view e with Mr. W. L. Courtney, whose ,ii;i i thu.- given: 'There are. 1 believe, - I '.. ?. Tjion? who like to cut the panes of ''r .in. in Life." made bv John D "." '''r, jr.. at a Sunday meeting of J:;:""i' club in Nev York recently. Tnc ra.j.-t to te sought after In life, the I -an.fr s .1 1. w ere eharaetor. friendship. j;i rP n ipdelltle characters on the mem iry CV( ry person beginning life. It ha ".'Ml fr,,et- as coming from the lips of a. jv,' :r l ni ,n who is the son and namesake of ;' v. filthiest and one of the most suc ;d r.u-i: In America to-day. And bc.t '!!. young Rockefeller's preaching is '--Phas!z, by his practice. t . Ifrr Chajman, in L4fe. EDUCATION OF OUR GIRLS D HOWE DI8CXSSES A IV Z3IPOUTANT QUESTION. Spirit In Which Education of Clrls Should K Undertaken and the StndJcs It Should Include. Tho greatest object of education is th? formation of character. It may not suit ?h3 ambition of youth to be told at the outset that an honorable and useful citi zenship 13 the hishei;t end attainable by the individual, and that, most desirable to the society of which he or ahe Is to form a part. The true lesson of life, however, is this, and none other. "Women in the past have been trained mostly to exemplify the passive side of morality. Meekness, pa tience, receptivity, traits relieved by an amiable and amusing frivolity these ele ments, more or less varied by differences of environment and circumstances, have been looked upon as most prominent and important in the feminine makeup. An ancient rhyme says: woman, a dog, and i hickory tree, The more you beat them, the better they be Even the immortal Shakspeare shows us the pitiable subjection of the Shrew as a fortunate result. The concession of the higher education to women marks more than any other measure the progress ot the last fifty years. It implies on the part of society a tacit confession of the injustice so long done them In their ex clusion from the opportunities of an in struction corresponding to their natural ability and best aspirations. The bounds arbitrarily set for them by the selfishness fcnd ignorance of past ages .are now rc iroved, and women equally with men may say. "Nihil humanum- me alienum suto." Purely, in tho use of their new liberty tomo council on the part of ciders may be helpful, especially if It refers to the eter nal womanly, to the precious traditions of the sex, wrought out in the long past by many a noble Intellect, by many a com manding character. Saints, heroines and martyrs, many of them unrecognized as such, have helped to form the ideal woman hood which has led to the present happy era, and which still points beyond It to new efforts, to new achievements for the feood of tho race. CARDINAL. rOINTS. While ln the plan of education the diver sities of talent and of circumstances should receive our consideration, we must not for get that the cardinal points of training are properly the sme for ali. Every girl should be taught to look upon herself as a mem ber of a civilized. Christian community, and, as such, bound to hold the interests of such a community dear and sacred. She should early learn that no woman lives to ht--self alone. As the natural guardian of the home she is bound to have In charge Its dtarest and most intimate sources of well being. If she marries, it should not be with a view only to the personal sultln? of tastes and circumstances, but with an ear nest desire to fulfill the duties and to pre serve the dignities which belong to true matronhood. If she has children, she must train them from the start as servants of the state and as members of the church universal. To the Individual the groat val ues of life unite in thought and uffeetion. Each of these has its mean and Its heroic side, and the facile sympathies of youth can be led in either direction. The respon sibility implied in this statement Is so mo mentous that one may well tremble ln as suming It. Margaret Fuller, in the early days of her maternal experience, was heard to exclaim: "Gou be merciful to me, -a sin ner!" "Which we may interpret thus: "How shall I, a fallible being, dare to undertake the guidance of this immortal soul?" Thus much we may say, that in this guidance the selfish use of talents and advantages should always give place to the generous and helpful holding of both. Girls of especial promise are otten trained to a self-worship, which goes far to neu tralize the beneficent effect of their intel lectual endowments. An Ideal opposite to this may be found in Dante's praise of Beatrice: "Such virtue rare her beauty hath, in sooth. No envy stirs In other, ladies' breast; liut in its light they walk beside her, dressed. In gentleness and love, and noble truth. Her looks, whate'er they light on, seem to bless. Nor her alone make lovely to the view. But all her peers thro' her have honor too." This lending of grace to one's whole sex is a rare and eminent gift, sure to be seen more frequently as education shall en large the sympathies of women, enabling them to be friends to their own sex, rather than jealous candidates for the favor and approbation of the opposite. ORDEIl AND METHOD. Having done our best to prepare the youthful mind for acquisition In the moral departments of learning, let us ask accord ing to what order and method we shall furnish the fair receptable with its treas ures? I speak with diffidence, having been bred in the old-fashioned ways of sixty years since. But according to my best judgment I should say: Language first, ln order that thought, as it develops, may find Its" pure and appropriate expression. Fortunate do I account those who are born to the possession of the English tongue. Bet each endeavor, above all things, to speak it with clearness and precision. I doubt whether there exists another occi dental tongue In which so much may be expressed in words of one syllable. Half educated people are apt to seek Indirect modes of expression, of which a certain euphuism Is the result. "Worse than this do I account the more common confusion of "who" and "whom." which the small est understanding of grammar should ren der impossible. For example, one would never say: "1 saw a man whom would do this." Yet many say: "I saw a man whom I thought would do this." the grammatical offense being as great in the second of these formulas as it would be in the first. Teople with still smaller appreciation of language are anxious to adorn the minds ol their children with a smattering of for eign languages. And so these children are torn from the bosom of their mother coun try and carried into strange lands In order that they may forget the graml inheritance of their native tongue, and become aliens to its true significance. Next, logic not the technical dlaiectlc of the Scotch and German schools, but a discipline which shall point outthe true sequence of facts and idea?. This always with reference to real life, in which the greatest failures often come from an irra tional mode of reasoning. I once knw a lad in whom the promise of Intellectual attainment appeared to be only moderate. I learned, however, that in his class one day the question had been asked: "How shall we measure the strength of a chain which has one weak link?" This youth at once replied: "The chain will only be as strong as its one weak link." This changed ray opinion of his mental capacity, and my later view has since been amply Justified. History, next, ln order that the pupil may learn to reverence the past and be pre pared to receive and value Its vast in heritance. Then,' belles-lettres the poets, drama tlsta, essayists, ancient, medieval and mod ern;' the grand fictions which embody tho Ideals of the noblest minds, pictures which enrich life and shame Its mean and selfish side. Of the three great discipline?, mathemat ics, methaphytics and linguistics. the choice should In some degree depend upon the mental endowment of the student. I ?hou!d stipulate for as much knowledge of Greek and Latin as will explain the In debtedness of the English language to thesfe tongues; for so much of metaphys ics that a palpable fallacy shall not im pose upon the pupil's mind; for so mucn of mathematics as will explain the pro cesses of astronomical science for as much more of any or all of these as the pupil may hav the opportunity and desire to attain. I should always advise a well-directed study of the Bible. The part which this book has borne In the social and religious progress of tho race renders It an Indis pensable aid to the right understanding of religious history and doctrine. Few peo ple of culture to-diiy accept the book as the literal and sole word of God, but that it is foremost among the works of God the Western nations will not deny. I cannot close this very Imperfect sketch without a word in acknowledgment of the educational power of tho various associa tions of women throughout the country, and women's clubs. These afford opportu nities to friendly intercourse by which thought is stimulated and its horizon wide ly extended. In them the stronger members naturally assist the weaker, and the best attainments cf each are made to redound to the good of all. "When we add to this the constantly Increasing .o-operation of the foremost individuals of both sexes in matters of public interest, we shall feel that to both has been issued the edict, "Come up higher," and that it has not been issued ln vain. In what I have now tried to say I am aware that many departments of culture, desirable in themselves, have been omitted from mention. Of all the things which it Is well to know, who could give account ln the same space allotted to the present paper? If I have succeeded In rightly indicating the spirit in which the education of our girls should be under taken and the objects which it should keep in view, my labor will not be wholly thrown away. JULIA WARD HOWE. Boston, Mass. CHARMS OF CALIFORNIA. An Indianapolis Citizen Find Win ter There Shorn of Terrors. Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. CORONADO BEACH, Feb. 2l.-Xowhcrc in Christendom 13 there a place where the seven-league boots of Gulliver would be so desirable as in the great North Amer ican desert. Once out, it is a good place never to return to. Interminable stretches of dust, barren sand and rock tire the eye of the weary traveler and fill his parched throat with tne slag of the desert. Not even the despised smartweed nor the af fectionate cockle burr of our boyhood days finds lodgement where only sagebrush can live, and empty tin cans alone mark the trackway of civilized man. Nine out of every ten names on the folder of the Santa Fe Railroad Company, which in New Mex ico and Arizona have a Spanish sound a.'l a garlic-like flavor, represent anything more than a signboard reared on a post by the roadside. A station house or depot here has no raison d'etre, and the bleached heaps of what were erstwhile scrawny cattle bear evidence to the niggardly bar renness of the lifeless waste. The festive little prairie dogs which Infest western Kansas cannot make a living here and decline with thanks, and nothing enlivens the earth or air except when the cawing of a stray crow Is heard or a hungry and disappointed buzzard is seen lloating In the upper air, looking up for his empty larder the carcass of an unfortunate stray domestic animal. If it were not that little adobo hovels, windowless and roofed with mud, or microscopic shacks constructed of ragged pieces of boards Moated out here from the pigsties of civilization, were now and then met wdth behind sheltering bowl ders or in the crannies of a canyon one could faxicy this to be the surface of some dead and worn-out planet. Near Las Ve gas Hot Springs I made thla inquiry of a lounger at the station: "What do the peo ple out here live on?" and I received the reply promptly: "Sick Yankees and canned goods." The wonderful pictures In the far dis tance offer to the sight of the sentimental traveler as he lolls comfortably ln the ob servation car, speeding along over a smooth track, endless and charming entertain mentthe snowpeaks of the Rockies, the defiles and gorges of the Raton range, which the railway traverses at an altitude of some seven thousand feet, the grotesque shapes of the Sierra Madre and the sand hills of the Mojave desert hold his wrapped attention and absorb, delight and compen sate him for the tedium of the otherwise uneventful journey. The greatest glory of the mountains and the foothills is their color. The atmosphere is so transparent that the volume of steam escaping from our engine lies for miles against the firma ment as would a flock of fleecy swans quietly floating on the bosom of a silvery lake. The predominating color here is a warm brown, which under a brilliant sky varies in shade from the rusty black of the abysmal ravine to the creamy white at the sun-kissed peak of the mountain. Many waves of other and often brilliant tints appear here and there in those tow ering and castellated masses, giving nature a fanciful, and fairy-like aspect. When in ahe neighborhood of San Bernardino the train at last emerges from the Mo jave desert and enters where the juicy green of growing grain covers the face of the earth the eucalj-ptus rears its tall head and oranges in golden clusters peep out from the thick dark foliage of the grove the wearied traveler on the dusty and overcrowded train heaves a sigh of relief. Walnut trees in extensive plantations, leafless at this season of the year for the tree is deciduous must be very much at home ln this soil, judging from their vig orous appearance and the bountiful crop of nuts, and it would seem that the ever green olive tree has here found a congenial clime as well. The small grain which cov ers the broad plains and sloping hillsides ln the neighborhood of Los Angeles and Pasadena promises a bountiful yield at the approaching harvest, which comes as early as the end of April. It will refill the granaries, which, in consequence of a con tinued three-year drought, have been sadly depleted. Lemon and orange groves are everywhere and the trees are laden with fruit. Gnarly vines trail in interminable rows up and down many a valley, bearing an abundance of grapes, which make both raisins and wine. In the Riverside neigh borhood; near some old mission, there is said to be a vine which, under its spread ing branches, can shelter eight hundred persons, and which in one season has borne between seven and eight tons of grapes. Where Irrigation prevails the country Is full of bloom and blossoms all the year around the hibiscus, calla lily, mignonette, heliotrope and. the climbers and trailing vines never know when to quit blooming, and roses and geraniums planted in thick groups and long hedges are never without flowers, while the pPPr trees,, plams, cy presses and the eucalyptus harbor mocking birds and other varieties of feathered songsters, which All the bahny air with sweet melody. A plentiful supply of petroleum from the Bakersfleld wells. In the Mojave desert, has reduced fuel In this tlmberless country to those prepared for burning the oil one-half In cost, which means much to a country where coal is more precious than oranges. Fourteen to fifteen dollars per ton for an article which goes up in flame and escapes by the chimney Is a rather dear luxury and does not encourage manufacturing enter prises. The far-famed climate of Cali fornia, however, compensates for such shortcomings: it attracts to the State much wealth distributed by seekers after health, tourists and other idlers. It Is not surpris ing that people from everywhere who have made their millions out of soap, petroleum, mining, running sawmills cr a "corner" in Wall street should come to San Diego or Pasadena for warmth and sunshine. Resorts like Coronado Beach, where the barber charges a quarter of a dollar per eyebrow, and where the man clad in white behind the bar taxes you 25 maravedl for a high ball or a glass of apolinaris water, swarms in season with men who In daytime lounge picturesquely ln baggy knickerbock ers and coarse golf stockings and at night are all shirtfront, while the women try had to make themselves of the same width from top to toe, like the poster girl. Fine music by the band from the battleship Iowa twice a week entices old and young to dance. The "mazy" is much enjoyed, and golf, bowling and billiards claim a great deal of attention. The blase visitor who does not indulge in one of these can drop his or her quarter into the musical slot ma chine, which seldom gives up the promised fifty, but rewards the gullible tenderfoot with a sickly tune from Its bowels and nothing more. Fishing outside Is good, but, as the showy plumage of certain birds has to compensate for the want of voice, so docs the gaudy livery of most of the fishes which inhabit this part of the Pacific have to do iuty as a substitute for flavor and succulence on the dinner table. The sheeps head, very different from the fish of the same name In the Atlantic, Is colored a deep red, like the running-gear of a new buggy, has a coal-black tall and ugly black snout and his flesh Is not appetizing. Red seems to be the prevailing color among the finny tribe ln these waters. The halibut and barracuta arc both good fish and not red, and the bass here grows to enormous size, one having been caught as late as Jan uary last weighing over four hundred pounds. To land a monster like this on a line and keep him from 'darting , Into the kelp worries the , angler and consumes much time. Smelts and sardines are plenti ful and dainty, while salmon further north are fat and delicious. Lobsters larger than they are on the ccast of Maine, like their kinsfolk in the Mediterranean, have no claws, and the native oyster is so diminu tive, with a slight coppery taste, the same as the "Ostend" and the "English native." that It is only served in what is called the oyster cocktail. Monkeys with varying length of tail and with more or less human mugs roam about the grounds, and when not in pursuit of nuts show their altruism by picking fleas off of each other in the most neighborly manner. The Theosophists, under the leadership of Mme. Tingley, the successor of Mme. Bla vatzky, of Point Loma, have a temple on the highlands and landed possessions val ued at $l,0.rf)0. The temple is situated on a narrow peninsula, overlooks the wide ex panse of ocean and the cupola of Its shining dome glitters in the sun and Is visible far out at sea. The mesa and hillsides between here anl there at present are thickly studded with daisies, buttercups, pansies and bright popples; the deep orange hue of the latter, like Etruscan gold,' shimmers brightly under a brilliant sky. Surrounded by this carpet of flowers, I am reminded of what Haftz, the Persian poet, says of the flowers of the field that they are the eyes of departed maidens, and then I carefully pick my way and avoid stepping on them. There must have been in another part of the ocean high winds; here a sunshiny calm has prevailed for some time, and yet this morning there 13 an exceptionally heavy surf on our coast; the long breakers come rolling inshore in measured succes sion, they send their fleecy spray up over the breakwater outside, and with feathery crests mounted by fairy Undines, whose joyously bantering tones are plainly audi ble through the roar of this swirling Niagara, display the silvery sheen of their snowy shoulders to the entranced land lubber and spend themselves ln a long and lingering kiss high up on the sands of the shelving beach. The battleship Iowa lies at anchor in the roadstead outside, and, under the chaplain's sermon, with pendulum reg ularity of the swell, rocks Its half-hundred officers and crew Into religious lassitude and comfortable drowsiness this beautiful Sunday morning. J. A. LEMCKE. A Sonnet of the Day These things I thought to honest, these ani thet-e. Have proved recreant to every trust. Mat, where I fancied pcld. are only dust. And the white iarlw the hells before the peas! I marvel not nuw at the Pleiades With their lost lover. In the glocm and gleam Lite is a phantasm. We but dream and drearrs The honey Is the bUthrlght of the bees. Wherefere. with sweets of all the rainy fprinj, I tate tho bitter: and the woven red And write of llower say nothing to my soul. I know Jod help me! that the Lirds do sing That many hearts are bletd and comforted Ere life's last ocean hath pacific roll. Frank L. Stanton, in Collier's Weekly. Redding... GLASSWARE Rich Sparkling Cul Glass The newest and latest cuttings one will always find in our cases. W'e are Agents for.... "Hawkes" Cut Glass And Sole Agents for the celebrated "Libbey'XutGIass Hundreds of articles specially adapted for WEDDING PRESENTS CHARLES MAYER & CO 29 & 31 West Washington St. The Gift Store of -Indiana. The Man Who Drinks Is not a criminal nor a brut?, but a sick man. lie is Just as sick ns any man could be, lie has that disease called alcoholism. Hit system craves alcohol and he cannot resist it craving. Now the only way for him to stop Is to take the This treatment drives out of th K-ter" the desire for drink. With out sickness or buff ering it makes him wün ue wa oeiore be took to drinking-. It makes him lire a strong man with a will of his own. Write for iniormauon.u riamneid, Jnd.. or 105 Commer cial Club Uldg., Indianapolis, Ind., Telephon U27. Your letter will t treated ns strictly coo BdentlaL. Plalnfleld is 14 mdes weat of latflatv C-polls, on the Vandalla JUUwt. Accordion Plaiting MRS. M. C. PAGE, ltoom 7,Odd Kollows Build ing, CO, ri'enn. and Wash. his. Telephon Ü17 THE ESTABLISHED lr5. ole goioLts for Kutteriolc Patterns INDIANA'S GREATEST DRV GOODS EMPORIUM. ronmiies w cariv mm 11 11 In Our 3S Styles are assured and the prices of many garments slightly lowered this week as a starter for the new season at hand. New Tailored Suits With silk-lined Jackets $10.00 to $20.00 All silk-lined $20.00 to $45.00 NEW SPRING DRESS SKIRTS Some in cloth, some silk. ..$3.98 to $65.00 new spring jackets Box and half fittingv $5.00 to $10.00 Dress Goods FOR CONFIRMATION Palm Sunday and Easter but a few weeks away, none too' early to think of Confirmation dresses. Our immense assortments of suit able fabrics have been selected with utmost care. You will find here scores of beautiful shades and the stocks so large and com plete that you will experience no difficulty in selecting a dress just to your liking. As to cost these few items will give you an idea: 3$-inch All-wool Albatross Cloth, ln cream, old rose, reseda, gray, tan, lav ender, heliotrope and all suitable shades for conllrmation dresses, SA at, a yard övfU 45-inch All-wool, Silk-hnlshed German Henriettas, in a full line of col- '7Cir. ors and cream, at, a yard Three lines of Mohair Brilliantines, in cream, at, a yard, 50cf 59c and 85c !4S-Inch All-wool, Cream, French Alba tross, our own importation, uzi III ft at. a yard 40-inch Silk and Wool Lansdowne, one of the most popular materials for confir mation dresses, in all colors tXL OE and cream, at, a yard kpiAcJ 44-inch Cream Mohair and Wool Novel ties, in designs confined to us, the new est and most up-to-date fab-t" G0 rlc made, a yard kpztJV In addition to the above items there ia a complete assortment of White Dre&s Goods in the foreign materials, Henri ettas, Buntings, Serges, Cheviots, Bed ford Cords, and Batistes. -West Aisle. Black Dress Goods It is of the soft, clingingt half transparent goods that the beau tiful new spring dresses are being made. All-wool Albatross, a yard, 50c and... 39c All-wool Volla, a yard, 50c to $1.00 All-wool Crepe de Chine, a yard. 89c to .11. All-wool Etamlne, a yard 83c Silk-warp Crepe de Chine, a yard $1.50 Silk-warp Tajnise. a yard $1.25 Silk-warp Marcelllta, a yard $1.25 Crepe Imperial, a yard..t $1.75 All-silk Grenadine, a yard, 90c to $1.73 West Aisle. Spring Silks All the signs of the times point to a greater silk season this year than for many seasons past. It is not to be wondered at when the beauty and durability of the ma terial are considered. We have anticipated the strong demand by collecting a most complete stock of the novel weaves, colorings and effects, such as Printed Twills, Printed Liberty Satins, Printed Liberty Broches, Printed Peau de Soie, All in the latest and most novel designs, among which will be found Persian cashmere, two toned, three-toned and illumin anted effects, which surpass any thing ever shown in the city. WASH SILKS FOR SPRING 1901 Are more attractive than they have ever been in cords, checks and stripes our own special importation, in two gTades, a yard, 45c and 49c Panne and Satin Foulards the favorites of the season for gowns in highly ar tistic printing; one special line, QC Monday, a yard OOC A 59c Silk Sensation on Center Silk Counter. Colored Taffeta, in plain and lace stripe, all new designs and colors, a good, heavy cloth, bright luster, CQ, j.ayani Silk Petticoats Handsome, rich effects, made of the finest quality of taffeta silk, beautifully trimmed with tucks, ruffles, accordion plaited flounces in the newest styles and the much wanted shades. Beautiful Taffeta Silk PetÜcoat, with two ruffles and two p!altt?r fye ings 45U.iO Very heavy, finest quality Taffeta Silk Petticoat, with graduated accordion plaited flounce and extra 2:tri III! full dust rüttle H5 Embroideries A complete line of new all-overs, lace strlped tucking, lace and embroidery stripes, batiste, swlss, cambric and nain sook ln great variety; in price, from 53c to IS a yard. Cambric Skirt Flouncing, 10 and 12 inches wide, 33c and S9c kinds; ne, special, a yard "öC Matched sets of 'Embroidery, Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss, in the newest and daintiest designs, neat little baby sets, open, showy patterns, the new Applique effects, dainty Batiste and heavy Cam bric, exclusive patterns; prices, trom 15c to $2 a yard. Center Aisle. NEW YORK . m an Cloak and Suit Department OFFER FOR THIS WEHK Wash Xioods Pretty things in foreign and domestic .printed weaves, and in the plain white stuffs our assort ments are so great that every taste can be satisfied. I AlPORTED 2S-!nch Printed Pongee, in beautiful Fou lard designs, for dresses, comes in blue, gray, pink, old roso and red, at, OEl a yard äOC 2S-lnch Mercerized Sublime, also In Foulard designs and plain colors, QS at, a yard -JUL 2S-lnch Alberta Satin, the most beautiful printed cotton fabric ever made; the colors are lisht blue, cadet blue, pink, old rose, gray and green, printed 5Q . in Foulard designs, at, a yard Oc 20) Dleces finest Irish Dimities, our own importation, includes every kind OSS,, of figure and stripe, a yard äöc Shirt Waist material?, over 500 styles, ranging ln price from 25c to 73c. 10-3 different styles in Embroidered Swisses and Mohair Muslins, from CJc to $1.50 a yard. DOMESTIC 2S-inch Percales, shirt-waist style?, c? 10c kind, for OC Corded Madras, in checks and Q stripes, all colors, a yard 30-inch Batiste. In white grounds, with figures and stripes, 12l,ic kind, at, 1 1 a yard lVJL 200 styles Corded Zephyrs and Madras, In fancy stripes, warranted fat "fOi.-. colors, at, a yard Dotted Swiss Muslin, In white and tinted grounds, all kinds of figures and stripes, sold elsewhere as a bar- -fK . gain at 23c; our price, a yard iJL Mignon Brilliant, in figures and stripes. The newest Shirt Waist novelty; colors are pink, blue, green, lavender and gray, and are warranted not to Ofl. fade; price, a yard ävIC WHITE GOODS India Linen, Monday, a yard 6c 250 yards of Lace Plaids, 15c qual- rr ity; Monday, a yard C Stripe and Plaid White Goods, a g-j yard 1IC Cambrics, for Shirt Waists, at, a Offt , yard äUC Fine Lace Stripes at, a yard... 35c Plain and Dotted White Silk Or- CIV gandy at, a yard öul Ladies' Tailoring This department is now well launched into the work of fprioj, and, being fully equipped with the best men tailors sad ex pert cutters and fitters, we confidently promise those who may place tbeir order for tailor gowns to give tbem the latest styles known to art and absolute perfection of fit and workmsnsblp. We would sug gest to those desirin this increasing mode for their Basier Gown to place their order without delay, as the b:st results follow deliberate effort. Fifib Floor. Advance Easter Neckwear Although Easter Is three weeks away, we are now able to show a complete line of the. new novelties. Never before has our assortment been so complete. This 1 due to our early buying, which enabled us to have first choice of the rarest and daintiest novelties of both the new and old world. Everything can be had here from a plain stock, at 15c, to a whole fancy front at $25. Tucked Chiffon Crushed Collars, with pretty, fluffy bows, in white and Cn , all colors, each Our regular c Satin and Velvet Combi nation Stocks, something very z new, all colors, each IOC Center Aisle. Shoes SPRING STYLES All the latest and up-to-date styles of "Sorosls" Shoes, all leathers. Viel and Dongola Kid, Box Calf. Patent Kid and Enamel leather, al-rt? r ways, a pair kpOoJ 500 pairs Ladles' fine. Hand-turned and Hand-welt Shoes, In Ideal Pat ent Kid and Viel, all sizes,, uo CQ. pair pÄ.VO MIses' and Children's sprint? styles in fine Shoes, spring heels, bulldog and derby toes, at, a pair, $1.48 and $1.98 Piear Main Floor. Hosiery Low Prices on Several Numbers We were fortunate ln getting hold of about 500 dozen of domestic-made Hosiery, all different kinds some all black, others black with white feet, others black boots with fancy-colored tops, some few fast black, fleece-lined, and some extract vertical stripes and printed fancy stripes, all go in one lot, worth up to 5c; fOl choice, a pair ! 2C Ladies' Fast Black and fancy-colored Lace Lisle Thread Hose, with f "T double soles and heels, at, a pair.. -TC Ladies' Fast Black, full, regular made Cotton Hose, with double soles and hlgh-spilced heels; special, 47 a pair MC To close out all our 13c Wool and Fleece lined Hose for Children we shall sell them to-morrow at, a pair C Black Cat brand of Children's fine-ribbed Cotton Hose, with double knees. -jr heels and toes, at. a pair lUC We have L9 pairs of Novelty Lisle Thread and Silk-plaited Hose, all fancy colors, E rices were $1 to J1.S0; while they cri ist, a pair ...öC Our new fancies and Laces are arriving daily, our own exclusive designs. Come In and let us show them to you; all colors and kinds from 50c a pair up. -East Aisle. STORE -A m w. 9 J m m Ladies' Walking Skirts MADE TO ORDER AT $4.75, $6.50, $7.50, $8.50 and $10 Made with the flare flounce, handnomelv stitched and perfectly shaped and finished. Made of all wool cloths from our own stock, some selling as high as $3.50 per ard. OIVXY Second Floor. Shirt Sale Just bought from a manufac turer 179 dozen Men's Negligee and Working Shirts; also 39 dozen Boys Soft Shirts. You get the benefit of our shrewd purchase in these prices. Boys' soft Negligee S.drts, with collars attached, made of best quality Percale, all sizes, good colors, 4C each Boys' Bedford Cord Soft Shirts, collar attached, regular 50c ones; nr sale price Ov- Here's where tho workingmen benefit all the different kinds of Working Shirts made, such as Black Sateens, with corded front, heavy Cheviots, light weight Sateens, German Mus, etc.; fome with double front and back, soma lined half way with muslin; theory, best 50c Shirt made, this sale OlA About 15 dozen Men's Laundered Colored Shirts, what's left from the special sale of one week ago (a H Shirt at Of) 43c); this sale, for Men's Negligee. fast-colored. printed Cheviot Shirts, with attached cuffs and two detached collars; this sale 4VJC Men's Negligee Shirts of Woven Madras, up-to-date styks, with cuffs to Zf match; this sale, each LlbrC Juvenile Shirts. Negligee ones, with col lars to match, some with collars at tachedfor the little fellows 6 IS. years old. were 50c; this tale a-OC A few Night Shirts, made of Out- OEZ,, ing Flannel, LOc ones; this ale DC Lace Curtains NEW SPRINO OFFERINGS Domestic Curtains made in Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Ruffled Swiss Curtains, 3 yard?. In fancy btrlpes, etc, good 11 value, -rri . a pair A 2C Rufhd Swiss Curtains, with colored bor ders and hemstitched ruKle, In & rc poppy designs, a pair kpl.VO Embroidered Swiss Curtains. 3 Ofl yards long, about 70 pairs, at... t-'i Foreign Curtains made in Switzerland, France, Scotland and England. Nottingham Lace Curtains at, a nZL pair IOC Saxony Curtains wear best of all, IS pat terns. CVa yards long, full width, at. a pair 41.U Ileal Brussels, the greatest bar gain we have ever offered, &C 4 Clf pair rp4.VU Arabians. Irish Point, Hococo and Duch esse Prints, new patterns, tliat would sell for & to XU; curCT; Cf price, a pair JPU.OU iiiiLUiT: Wall Paper Special, one week only, a lot of rretty stripe and floral eiTects for bed cham bers, a roll. 8c, 10c, 12Jc, 15c Plain colors, to match, a roll.. SPRING SALE Dinner Sets Over a hundred sets, most of them bought specially for this sale, and on the rest we have made special prices. The Mm includes American and English porcelain, German and French china sets in all colors. This is an opportunity to save from $2 to $10 on a set. 100-pIece sets, ir two colors, blue(C 4 fo or green, a set ip4.yo 100-piece American Porcelain Dinner Sfts floral decoration, natural col-tr;"? SZfi ors, a set kpiüU 76-piece German China Dinner Sets. 3 decorations to select from, S)Q 75 100-piece Dinner Sets. English Under glaze. border decoration in red, blue, green or pencil, Cf'J 7I a set tpIO.y O German China Dinner Sets, complete, with soup tureen. 3 decora- Cj-ISS "Tsj tlons, a set 4'-öfO Haviland China Dinner Sets, loo pU ics. six decorations and colors, Sif T" a set CplV. O Bavarian China Dinner Sets, delicate dec cations, with fancy gold (tn- fr edgo on each piece, a set.... P-5JUU Haviland Dinner Sets, new shapes and decorations, a set, $23.00, $39.00, $58.00 Housefurnishings Some genuine bargains in this interesting- department. A package of Sweot Teas and Gar- q den Trowel for ÖC Steel Can Opener for lc Single and Double Mincing' Knives (slight ly rusted), for, each. 2c and 4c A Wood-frame Clothes Wringer, white rubber rolls, worth 11.73. and one No. S Wash Boiler, worth 4f COc; the two for piHrJ With every pound of our I turn ford's pure Baking Powder, for 3o. we will present you one 1V Maple Rolling Pin. To close out Stove Burners. Pipe and Elbows. 12. IS and ?Mnch OO Stove Burners --VC Russia Elbows, each .... 12c We are having a special run this week cn Stoves (cook) and Ranges; a larg combination Cook Stove, Co g with Iv-lnch oven, for PlOOU See our Model Steel Range, with 6 holes, largo oven, high warming CCOQ rri hoser Bicycle Department The acme of Bicycle build- COS nf ing. our Lenox for r01 41-1O.UU For. these who want a good Wheel for little money see our C ii and HO ones, worth double. New Basement. Pettis. Dry Goods Co.