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FIGURES FROM WAX. RUSTIC WORK IN GETTING UP DRY jet Model Aro Found Among the juii"-"ruttlDC on IU,r B D,mc,,It n1 TeUloU, operation Modeler Keep the Craft In Their Own Families. Thedry goods men, with stores on prom pt thoroughfares, omploy In their estah p'hucst wax figures modeled from llfo, J -r-at thorn, hv the way, are remark TlVmrato facsimiles. 11 c-3 frr-rr8' -l.vs picture very pretty ,.. Frequently will known actresses Vd iiotea beauties nit for their moiled In " vliieli nre Intended to graeo tho t-hup Yf'h:!" well known dry poods merchant. When tll0S0 WIX ,miJv,! "re "rr.vr(l in nil tie li!ir.v ct tn0 w,"nn t,,e.v 1 rs'nt a vert fetching appearance, ami doubtles tv tliuir attractiveness warrant tho ex--ndituro of a considerable sum of money Teeo-Hary for their purchase. XlioniaklnKof these figures in Philadel rhln Is ' very Interesting und n compara tively new industry. Until a few years ago only the inferior grades wcro niado here, the letter figures all coming from abroad, and nt the moment, although tho homo manufactured nrtlclo has not entirely dis placed tho foreign one, yet tho wax figures uiude in Philadelphia are quite equal to any imported, even thoso coming from VI ....... which has long held tho premium for ii'mking tho most artlstlo und lifelike vax models ror snow wiuuows. , He great majority of figures aro made from living models, although a cast from ono model servos for u good many figures. .nnj the Italians on'outh Eighth street foine of the best models for this business are found, and periouicai excursions to the Tnllnn mlnnvtiro made by the wax model ers, who keep their eyes open for pretty and well cut features. When n face is dis thai is to their liking, they make every effort to lndueo the Individual to give them a Bitting or two or uirco or lour knnra. for which they pay liberally. Certain requisites aro noeossary for n good living model for a wax figuro. Promt rent among them is perfect regularity of features, and tho wax modelers say that by long experience mey nave lounu it ex tremely difiicult to procure models with regular features, but that tho Italian vvoiu m most frequently fulfill their require ment, and, moreover, they state that their nnmnlexlon.when soap and water hao been nrplied, is far more natural than tho com plexion of the average models belonging to other nationalities who apply to them for wnrk. Intellectual expression is not required In mi llL'iires and is even n drawback. Ihe first step in tho process of making n high grade wax figuro is to cast in wax a head and bust in tho rough. It is. of course, hollow and more nearly resembles a huge wax potato than anything else, lne nrtut. then takes a knlfo and models like a sculptor the block of wax into Homo resem blance of tho human head. With knife In hand and tho model befoic him, ho then carefully cuts away tho wux until tho re production has boon made of tho face of hi? sitter, and if bo is an expert modeler this retiroduction is usually very exact. puts tho tint on the wax to copy the model' complexion and completes every dotai: with tho utmost care. Then tho hair, eyi brows and eyelashes nro put on. Only natural hair is used, and it is Inserted ti such n manner that it can bo brushed and done up as often as required, in any style the purchaser pleases. Probably the modeling of tho eyes and putting in of tho eyelashes are tho niot delicate part of the Whole process. Each hair is put lu separately, both on tho head and for tho eyebrows and eyelashes. . The operation is performed with a hot needle and takes a long time. This work is fre quently done by women, who become very expert. When tho hair is Implanted in the innnner ns stated, it can bo dressed just as if It were trrovviii'? on a livlnirhead. It ran Lo washed and Unshed and taken down und put up in any style, just as in nature Of course, it cannot bo cut, as there is no possible chanco of its growing in again Tho ledums work of inserting tho hair as thus described is, cf course, only possible on whataro known as first class wax heads, which often cost as much as $15u apicco. Tho average price of those seen in tho big dry goods stores U between $76 and SI 00. Tho value cf these heads depends not only upon tho workmanship and time which are put in on them, but nl-o upon the quality of tho wax used. A good wax head will never bocomo greasy and shiny from he.it and will stand without Injury u comparatively high tem perature. Tho surface is protected by a coating of fine powder, which is blown on while tho wax is slightly softened by heat Tho composition of high grade wax is cure fully guarded by the manufacturers, each having a seeret process of his own. When tho mouth of n wax figure is shown slightly open, real teeth nre inserted. As the faces will be seen at a distance tho eyebrows nnd eyelashes aro slightly exag gerated, on tho samo principle that actors and actresses make up the eyebrows and eyelashes ou the stage, so that they will 6how properly. Not only the wax figures to bo seen in show windows, but also at waxwork ex hibitions, nro mado as nbove described. Export wax modelers nre scarce and com innnrl n Mrh enhirv. The trade generally runs along from father to son, because the wax modelers refuse to toach their craft to any but their own family. Wat flrmrna urn frmiuentlv used by mod leal colleges and Institutions to demon strate anatomical monstrosities or peculiar rniullf inna nt thn human system under certain circumstances, and there aro mod lllM u-lin ilnrnhl tlwlrtllllfl a lmost exclu slvcly to preparing special models to order for medical institutions. Philadelphia Tiroes. Tbe French Republic. Awrltrr li Mnemlllan's Magazine com iitlns of today and rath- n r.,.n,n t.c ii,i,r t( thn remiblio. Ho dread9 the influence of Radicals and fc-oclul Uta If M. Thiers has been reported truly, ho must have been one cf tho most sagacious Frenchmen of his diy, r.nd of r.11 his wise remarks tho say In,-? that tho republic would bo conrcrvutlie or ccaso to exist was per haps tho wisest cf them all. In medio tu tlxHlmtia il ia iht vn the ndvlco which he gave to tho republic, and if thero Is one thing more certain than anotner it. that ffnm thmhtv when tho republic be gins to seriously alarm the conservative leelingsof the couutry the cnu v.u eight. Nobody can doubt mas w np" lln la irrnirlnn laaa nnnar rviltl VO. TllO Kadi cala And Knoinliata nrn Konslbly increasing; fct tyery goneral election they win more ttes and return more succossiui umui datna fn tha ihmhcr. where the Moder Mes, Who have lost many of their leaders, ri growing proportionately wccr. CHINESE CAP BUTTONS. HadCe. That Indicate the R.nk ArK toe ratio Wearer. of tha , . u vnincso hut- ton-nJ how th.7iull,to rank. A graft "Mir unu iiiiq nvm, tl... ....... j j,,,iU. (.,,.,. i,,. .... i., . the olheial button s. All n.in u buttons Lmit ha bir. a ,. ' . -- -- i'jv Miry mil Oil '"tops ,f thelrh:: -lera(lin(lln(.(isuf)f tho common I-eeplL l buttonsaremad, ot of b! loom J silk thre.ul. nr.,1 wl , wm! STk"! imo ,BOun,lnR ,h,y uro Tho a .. I : Till t Ill.l-K t.r-,1 lliailV dmli a 11, .1 .1 ..,.:.. . 1.. ,.1, t- anton there aro in Lundon. Thuof.jilal buttdii 1m about three times ns large as tio ordinary silk button h i color and material indicato the rank of tho wearer. It stands straight up on the crown of the cap, and it smiu limes faNtensoii the peacock featlier. The highest button is of a dark red coral. Members of tho second class of nobility wear a coral ball of light blue and tho fourth of dark blue. A noble or ofliclal of the fifth class wears a ball of crystal, and a mandarin of tho sixth class has a little round ball mado of mother of pearl on tho top of his cap. Ik-low theso COniH tllH lll:ltwl:irlnc ..t 41... .1. 1 ia n iiiu m-i.uiu 1 1 11 II eighth classes, who wear big marbles of goiu, aim memuers of tho ninth class, who have their hats decorated with silver balls. These ollieial hats, or caps, fit closely to the head and lmvo In-I up all around and extend as high as tho top of tho cap. Theso caps aro of black weaver, ami they aro usually covered with a red silk tassel, which begins at tho bot tom and runs out to the edges of tho top. The laws Tirnvhln na tn thn L-lrwl r.f V,..f- nn official must; w ear and his dress Is regulat ed by tho statutes. Tho sleeves of all offi cials must bo very long and come down over tho hands.and whenevertho nobles and officials call on tho emperor they must not have their sleeves rolled up. The idea Is that no man can fight well with his arms enveloped in bags, and a would bo assassin, when ho is compelled to como In on his knees and have his sleeves extending for a foot beyond his hands, would require somo time to prepare for action. The laws provide that certain colors shall not bo worn by common people. Only tho highest nobles and tho emperor can wear dresses embroidered with the five clawed dragon. A great many of tho offi cials have, the ir gowns embroidered with dragons, and one can tell tho rank of a man by the numherof gold dragons on his gown, but these dragons must be four clawed, and not five. Hparo Moments. Launching Method-. Tho problem that tho shipbuilder has to solve in launching is tho transfer of a huge, unwieldy, heavy mass from terra firma to the water. Small vessels aro sim ply dragged down by what is called Scotch science, defined by Americans to lie "main force and stupidity," over the pebbles of the beach or over wooden rollers, and such was probably the practice of the ancients, but even they had to have recourse to me chanical means when their ships attained a certain size. They probably used somo sort of windlass, actuating a great many hauling ropes at least that Is the sort of machine Archimedes Is reported to have designed for the purpose. Nowadays, in vessels of any sizo advan tage is taken of tho energy of position of the sli'p on tho stocks, as measured by tho difference of tho height of tho center of gravity of tho vessel on land and ailoat. A ship is supported on wooden keel blocks nr. n pertain distance above tho ground. In tho slow jrnecss of construction pieco by piece of metal and wood is raised up and built into tlu vessel, and tho result of tho sum of all theso lifts is that tho gen eral center of gravity of tho whole struc ture is many feet above tho ground, consti tuting a force, available for launching, lust as n looso bowlder is ready to be push ed down n hill. In a certain sense, there fore, wo may say that tho operation or Uonnhlmj bealns with tho first step in tho construction of the ship. Robert Caird in Cassler's Magazine. Uses of lliiinboo. Thn Mention of builders Is being drawn to tho value of bamboo us a. building ma terial. The grent strength 01 pamuoo poles is not at all understood by the ma Tt is stated on excellent authority that two bamboo polos, each of them 1 7-10 Inches in uiameier, wocu ..i.,o,i i,v side, will sunrort a grand piano slung between them by ropes and that they will neither sag nor urun mum tho burden. IJamuoo win iorm jnuea to 70 feet long nnd from 8 to 10 inches in diameter. A derrick, 20 feet hlgn, maue of 4 inch bamboo polos, raised two iron girders, weighing together 4-'4 pounds. The wonderful lightness 01 uns in nmnnrdnn to IU strength has excited comment of late, and new uses are con stantly being made of it. Scaffoldings of bamboo have tho advantage ui uB.ini.n and strength. It is predicted tna5 mis material will come Into general use for such purposes. An additional auvamngo that hamboo resists decay in water as well as In tho earth, that tho older and drier t gets the moro solid It becomes, ami umu iu bo urown for an incredibly small sum. New York Ledger. A Philosophic Sweep, urn.. i.. ti,in T hnard." writes a cor respondent of the London Daily News, "in ... -rt,...ia w-Mrh thro need tho streots of the west end caiue from tho mouth of n sweep. Rolling out or I'iccauii.y im -.,t nnnin rm of those snlonuld ...i II- ,.nrrlncrifl. DOTUOOUS With ROlUen OlU I.iiuii vi.. ... ,,, Hons nnd dragons, nenvuy nuuK ... roon trappings, guarded ny wo . . 1' .,.. n driven by a burly iooimeo in w v..., - - . maroon coachtcan in n curly wig, contain ing two visions in wnue wim o,v., quets. At that moment tho swoop I refer 1 . .1- -....,! ...nrn emerclnir into Plo- toanu jus " , , cadilly, with blackened faces and brushes, having evidently just transacted wine af ft3lrofuslneS,whenthiss nttractenl tneir Biioi'i"""' , ti,u.nP 'Whyr answered the same as us. I have just turned over 1 . ... ......i- r.r M.irnus Aurellus' In th0 ' rrnfound reflection uprtlieSuaiuy' heap or ours, " " Karf hlnst For Light. .. 1 un.ln looking woman I've roan i '" . or.i fore the astonished attendant could rop y, "and how much good they are, so I Just thought M like to try them I haven . 8 t. rjQvy, Bnd 1 ve tav. bottl. ol X r. J.r --Kw vo" J ho uverngM eo;nn-.,n hat Is of the fuest hhick Hatin, and the shapes of these cap., change from yt.-.r to year. Tho Chin, su res p.n-Jicul.r h,!t ,,orut (lf tluir eiuthes as uea.e. They hax 0 thi ir favor- lto lashlonal;le color j DICTIONARY ON NAILS. They Flsuro Iu Speech Well as Trad aud V, v'ldlag. To nail a thing it o fix or faRtcn with a nail or nails; to drive nails into for the pMrpose of fastening or securing, such a to nail up a box, to nail 11 shelf to tho wall, to nail down tho hatches, etc. ; to stud with nails; figuratively, to nail a thing h to pin It down and hold it fast, such as t nail n bargain or secure by prompt action. It was Hums who said: Ev'n iniiu-iU-ra. they hu'o been ken'd, In holy rapture, A rou.-.itii; wind at times to vend, aii n.m t vt henpturo. Passing into the colloquial, to"na'.l to the counter" is to put a counterfeit coin out of circulation by fastening it with u nail to tho counter of a shop; hence, fig uratively, to expose as false. Other dellnltions referring to tho nail are: Nailer, one who nails, who makes nails or who sells them, while a female nailmaker Is referred to by Hugh Miller as a nalleress. A nailery is descrllied as an establishment whero nails uro mado. A nail head Is tho head of a nail, and any thing Is said to bo nail headed when so shaped as to resemble tho head of a nail. A nailing machino is ono for forcing or driving nails into place; in carpentry, a feeding tube for the nails, connected with u plunger or rociprocating hammer; in shoemaklng, n power machino closely al lied to tho shoe peggcr, used to drive small metallic nails or brads into tho soles 01 : shoes. I The nail machine is n power machine for making nails, spikes, brads or tacks. A nailmakor is one who makes nails; a nailer, a person connected in any capacity iu tho manufacture of nails. A nail plato Is a pluto of metal rolled to tho proper thickness for cutting Into nails. A nail rod Is a stiip split or cut from nn iron plato to bo mado into wrought nails. A nail selector is n machine, or an attach ment to a nail machine, for automatically throwing out headless or othorwiso ill formed nails and slivers. A countersunk nail is ono having a cone Ehaped head liko that of a screw; a cut; nail, ono mado by a nail machine, as dis tinguished from a wrought or forged nail. "On the nail" means on the spot, at once, Immediately, without delay or post ponement, as, to pay money on tho nail. This phrase Is said to have originated from the custom of making payments, in tho exchango at Bristol, England, and elsewhere, on the top of a pillar called "tho nail." Hardware. IIo May Get Thero Yet. "Tlnit. nnin lllnffiv is tho busiest fellow I ever knew," chuckled ono who has known him for years. "Ho married a lot of money, and thero Is not tho slightest reason for him to work 'at all, but he wants to keep up tho Impression that he's no deadhead In tho enterprise and keeps going through tho motions as if ho had to. "IIo concluded onco ho d do editorial work on a paper. Ho fitted up un elegant sanctum nt his own expense;, laid in fine cigars for callers nnd then announced him self ready to bavo hostilities begin. His first assignment was to give his impres sions of tho European situation. IIo de clared himself at homo on tho subject, chatted and 6iuoked all afternoon, told his friends to look out for a 'thundcrer' ond Invited them out when ho felt like warm ing upon tho theme. In tho evening ho was equally breezy and assured. When tho managing editor dropped in about 10 and asked Hluilly if tho article was ready, he answered with a wave of the hand and tho announcement that It would tako him nt loast a week to get up such an editorial as was duo himself nnd tho paper. Ho could not bo made to comprehend that the paper had to come out every day or that tno shifting situation might bo entirely changed In a week. Ho was tried with several other topics, but never had any copy prepared and was induced to resign. 'IIo opened u broker's oliieo that soon became a social clubroom whero there was no suggestion of business, llo bought a patent right that he threatened to push till ho had mado a few millions, but in a month forgot that ho owned it. Now ho has tackled i lectrielty with a view to talk ing with Mars." Detroit Free Press. Truthful Advertising. Tim hnlf dozen transcontinental railroad companies, says John Muir in Tho Atlan tic advertise tho beauties ot ineir mu a 10 gorgeous many colored miners, eacn ci inn ing its us tho "scenic route." "Tho route of superior desolation" tho smoko, dust and ashes routo would no a more iruwi f..i .wrlntfnn. Every train rolls on Binnko and barbarous mel ancholy ruins, and tho companies might well cry in their advertisements: vumr, tmv.-l t.nr wav 1 Ours is tho blackest. It i9tho only genuine Erebus route. The sky is black, und tho ground is black, and on either side there is n continuous bonier of black stumps and logs and blasted trees appealing to heaven lor neipasu sin mm alive, and their muto eloquence is most in terestingly touching. Tho blackness is perfect. On account or tno superior mu d vantages of climato and tho kind of trees, the charring is gen erally doeper along our lino, ami tno asms are doeper, and tho confusion and desola tion displayed can never uo rivaiuu. other routo on this continent so fully Il lustrates tho abomination of desolation. Such a claim would bo reasonable, as each seems the worst, whatever route you ohauce to tako. Nearest to It. A boy of 6 years, who attends a private school where prizes pro given on every sort of provocation, but ns yet had never earned a prize, came homo one afternoon and exhibited proudly oao of theso rewards 0f"Good 1" said his mother. "Cut how did you gain it?" ..t .- fl-f In nnt.urnl history. "Natural history at your age? How did that harpen?" "Oh, they asked me how many legs a horse had." "And what did you say? "I said five." , ........ - i Un,r.'t flr 1era. child. "I know, but all tho other boys said nlx'Pearson's wecuiy. rionree W. Vanderbilt. A North Carolina njan Is quoted in the Washington I'on ns sayniK m i- ji.I1 la nn nf t hfl IllOSt I'OPUlrtr Ilien ,tsu;r has Increased his popularity by proposing to build In Ashevillo a hospital for the ...mr.tlvrs and persons ireainieuK v w..".r - ... nnf antrum diseases, lie suuoring yum v....w.,.- - will donate $100,000 as a starter for the Institution, which win ne, wnen ''"; " . t , fwat. In the south. Mr. Vanderbilt Is not selfish with his immense . . if ti.nin uMra more wcaitny ioriune, mm m.v. - men after his pattern the world would be better off." TO A COQUETTE. IJer wit is like soma diamond bright Wherein rare power combine. 'Tin brilliant as a flush cf light; 'Twill cut as well us ibiue. II r eye nro liko her wit, I swear; They also pluy rare, part", And love, hold brilliant Ji-wols tbiro To gild t r plereu our In arts. Bho reigns qmvn in f.nlibm'a court, Uut wisthni) bre-nUii4: Uo'.varol A bl. at t :! il l.ei.rt 1 r.-t 1 :y frto." And prudi-nei) si:.'hs, "Tako curul" Alail n!?.1- ! K!k-'h t- rl)ed ; II- r i.r:. t o f;iir I'vo found. ILt w it and ch..r;un niv all designed T ) liable i-i.d to wound. f-. h. I wo mi!-t part. "iv r- v..i- in i;m t try To ..-, 1 ny iioi'iiiw, h i;iu lu: a t I fcivv il O,o:!.y! L'-.rry (.'.'iitl:iui'a, "l'' t lianthinun,' Te:.:.a filler. fv'.ILIC A NUTuiTiVZ. A Jle-ilieal Man V.'h- Ex'.sicd lr Thirty I lay on hwt-t't Miiu. A medical man cxpressei tho belief that a person oul'l live for anv length of tlnio nnd tako heavy csorciso all thu while 0:1 no other food than sweet milic. His convic tion is tho result of personal experiment. Ho wanted to establish tho fact that pur sons convalescing from sickness may grow stronger with no other nutriment titan 6vvcct milk, und that they aro not obliged to tako "something solid" to eat, as so man v neotde Imagine, lie holds that many a convalescont has gono into his grave as a result of overtaxing his weak stomach by Tiiittiii2 "solid" food into it. and lie main tains that tho old belief as to bread b- ing tho llrst essential or human lire is siiowu liv his exnerimcnt to bo erroneous. His tost was to live 80 days with only uweetnillk usa nourishment. In the whole time he lost 5H pounds In weight, bin no strength. IIo even attributes the loss of weiiht to tho warmth of tho weather and to excessive exercise on the bicycle and the dally manipulation of 10 pound dumb bells and other heavyweights. Ho took moro excrclso than usual In order to test tho thln? fairlv. On tho seventh day of tho expcrhr.ont ho ran so vera 1 fast races In a skillful manner, but was Lcaten in each On tho thirtieth day ho again pitted himsolf against the samo runner and got the, best of his opponent, which certainly would tend to confirm his statement that bo l.iKt r.o streiiL-tli durina the J10 days test. IIo drank four pints of milk daily for thn hist week. Ho thinks a healthy person should tako about fivo pints of milk dailv when no other food is being taken. His practice was to drink mil'.: at Intervals for two hours during tho ua commencing at 7 o'clock in tho inorniug nnd cdiitlnuinir until 10 at night. After that ho would take no more until tho next morning. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Marriage. "That troublolcould have averted from my friend by a baro turn of my hand; that mistake ono thoughtful word from mo Would have prevented." That is tho kind of self torturo every hit muu being lias more or less to undergo who has any influence whatever iu tho world. How much moro deeply may tho responsibility bite when tho sorrows of a whole family thoso who nre tho nearest and dearest hinge cn the folly of a delib eratoactcif perhaps many years back, when two peoplo, choosing each other for better or worse, liavo built up a nome mm huuw hold to depend on thorn and their relation unbroken I Those who marry despite romonstranco, saying, "It is no one's affair save ours," speak in tho obstinacy of an almost Inten tional blindness, for they bavo only to look back and forth in tho family history per haps to see whero hero ond there and in the other placo tho deliberate infusion of bad blood or weak will or vicious instincts has swept n whole gcnoratlon out of its In herited placo. No man may live or die alone, and least of all may a man marry ..n., Tn tlnifc ono tie aro twisted strands that run back into tho past and forward Into the future. When the unhappily mar ried begin to see miserable and farroach ing conditions arising, it is impossible that they should not remember that all Is re sultant upon their own act, which need never have been, and with the thought tho irou enters more deeply. Harper's lkizur. An Explained Ghost. This is a truo English ghost story of an , ..innni kind. A roung lady ar- rived late at night on u visit to n friend. She awoke in tho darknoss to linu a wnuo figure at the foot of tho beel. While she .n..,.t.o.i tim imrifdnthos wero suddenly whiskod'off nnd the apparition vanished. After an nnxlous, not to say cniny iukm tho visitor went down witn muo dpiwuw to breakfast. At the table sho was intro duced to a gentleman, n very oiu inonu ui tho family, who had, sho leurned, also been sleeping in the house. He complained 01 tho cold. "1 nopo you win un ,.i,i n thn hnstcss. "but I found it so cold during the night that, knowing the room next mlno was unoccupieu, the liberty of going In and carrying bu i k. bedclothes to supplement my own. lne room, as it happened, was not unoccupied, but he nover learned his mistake. San Francisco Argonaut. The Ladles of Llang-ollen. Tho Indies were of unusually fine ap- rnnrnnm LJUly tlOanOr, U1U BfcruiJBU.. thn two. is described as being -mn i.Hak. rdumn. with a round, fair faooand glowing health, when they first came to Llangollen, wnne nor mu u ,i ft with a graceful, elogant fig- .. n. imnntlful face and sweet, womanly features. They auoptea a costume . comfortable, serviceable, and at tho time becoming, from which tney never u hanrv Hnrk blue riding habit, with stiffly starched neckcloth, a gentle- v, otiri twinr.n. anu n uruiuwuu rings and brooches. On special occasions Lady Eleanor wore somewnu wub4j.vu.... n.thu mrrlnn of the Order of St. Louis nnd a golden lily almost of natural size, presents from the iiourDon iuuiuj. Helen Marshall isonn in w-uiuij. 8nakes' Eyes. rr-v, .M,mni: ta rpouliarly liable, crawl ing as It docs on tho ground in sandy and dusty localities, to lnjurlos of the eye, and this organ is therefore protected by being placed under tno sKin or ouwr ri.u...... wi. c.nL- aheda Its skin, which It does threo or four times a year, the skin of the eye comes oil with the rest. m., irlllrtw hna anc h wonderful vitality . v . ...n w linn t hn interior Is so far gone from decay that only the shell cf the tree romalns the arpearanco oi m m leaves and foliage win sun pre""" It Is said that by a blundor of tho maker the standard yard of the United States Is ono-one-thousandtn or an men SHOWS IN THE FACE. The Disastrous Effect of Certain Pastimes on the Physiognomy. "If von don't ttiint thn wnrld tn know that you have dona a thing, don't do it," was tho sage observation of an ancient philosopher. Tho advice has a renewed force now, when women are becoming moro arm more cmancipaieu anu are iaK lntf nn thn Mirsnlts nnd ficeimnt lona and tven the sports and pleasures that used to be considered man s especial prerogatives. Whether women's, fncea are in nre mohilo and more ready to receive an Imprint, or whether women aro loss given to sen re Ktmlnt. nnd no i-xttrems more of tlu-ir inner feelings, is not definitely understood, but tho raet remains that on nearly every rem inluo face Is Indelibly stampid soioe Im press of her favorite pursuit or umusoment. 'I ho bicycle fine 13 well known, with Its tightly drawl muscles, resolute, tense ex pression anc an underlying air of resigna tion, as if it were suylnp, " If death whirls around the nest corner, I will meet it with fortitude." The long distance lens of tho golf eye Is also growing common, but tho card face is comparatively new. I he more irinrinnci'd Sherlock llolioeses of Rocictv claim that they can detect tho difference between tho whist face and the counte nance molded by progressive euchre, but the eard face In general Is rocognlzable of the veriest tyro. Thnro nrn women who havo thrown themselves Into curd playing so forcibly. with such intenso excitement, tunc it is no longer a diversion, but a serious task. Whether they play for money or points or for some trumpery prize which they would not admit to their drawing room except as an evidence of their skill at tho game, the result Is tho same. Tho strain on their nerves la nxurc-Ksed bv closolv drawn brows and an eye eager and watchful for an op ponent's plays and mlsplays, while greed and tho deslro for gain show themselves In ucly lines about the mouth. This descrip tion applios, of course, to the worst vic tims of the craze, but tho same symptoms in a more or loss modified form are ap pearing on tho faces of not a few of soci ety's maids and matrons. MuDsey's Magazine. WHY SHE WAS GRACIOUS. A I,over Who Easily Fell Into an Ingen ious Trap. Sho was particularly gracious that night, nnd ho was ci trresnondinclv hannv. He felt that ho had mado an Impression at last. Sho let him hold her hand a minuta when sho welcomed him, and ho thought in fact, ho was quite sure that she re snonded to the irentle Sdiicezo ho cavo it. and heretofore she had been so distant, so cold, although always courteous. Surely it was enomrli to make him feel hapn.V. Then sho luu&hcd at his witticisms, and there was something in her manner that invited him to draw his chair closer to hers. Of course ho accented tho invitation. and almost before ho knew it ho found himself whlsnerlmz all sorts of silly things to her, while she listened with downcast eyes. It was blissful, and yet thero was a greater pleasure in store for him. She blushed and hesitated a little as sho asked if ho had a photograph of himself. Of course he had, and sho should hnvo one that very night. He would go for ono at onco. Sheprotisted that that was not necessary, but he insisted. She should have anything that sho wanted nnd have it nt once. Sho thanked him so coyly and sweetly when he brought it that tho boy was near ly insane with joy, and when ho left sho let him hold her hand again for a minute. Then, as ho walked away with a light stop and a light heart, sho handed the photograph to her mnld and said with de cision : "Mary, hnng that in the servants' hall, whero every one can pee It, and remember that I am never homo" when ho calls. I must stop this thing somehow, and mam ma changes servants so ofteu ho pets In every week or two now." Harlem Life. 1'ruft Foods. Kifih vear folks crow to appreciate moro fully tho value of fruit and eat it not as a luxury, but as a staple article of food. Fruits aro nourishing, refreshing, appetiz ing and purifying, and consequently have effect upon the health and tho complexion. Yet thero aro differences, o rapes anu ap-nl.-o nrn Mchlv nutritious. Granes usually agreo with tho most dclloato persons, for they aro so easily digested. JNothing is easier to digest than a baked apple taken cither with or without cream. Oranges, lemons and limes are of great valuo as a means of improving tho complexion, anu they nro especially good if taken before breakfast. Hipe peaches are easy or uiges tiou, and aro fattening. Nothing Is better to enrich the blood than strawberries, which contain n larger percentage of iron than any other fruit, irult witn urm flesh, liko npples, cherries or plums, snotuu be thoroughly masticated; otherwise they aro difficult to digest. Tho skin of raw fruit should never bo eaten, ond beforo eat- ino cm- or anv small fruit care should be tuken toremovo all impurities by wash ing. Never swallow grape stones, niaio fi-iitt. nnd linrlne fruit should never be cat- en, and very acid fruit should not bo taken with farinaceous foods unless tno person bus a vigorous digestion. aow lorw bud. Heard the llaby. rjiet. ciimmnr " savs n telephone man ager of Chicago, "o big, portly, smiling but excited man rushed in ana asKcu u no could roaoh Evansvllle, Ind., by phone. He was assurod that ho couiu, anu in about two minutes he disappeared in a booth to talk to his wife, wen, ne laikeu about 15 minutes. Finally ne uounceu out of the box, slapping his tnign. "Ihey'ro on mo, gentlemen,' he said. 'I'll ' He darted out. and in two minutes was back with a box of as good cigars as I ever smoked. "It s a uoy, he exclaimed, 'and ho's got about as good lungs as I ever heard at closo range i Tk,,n ho tnn thn stnrv. lie nou to uo nu- ..f r.n,ri hnmn. nnd a tclecrnin had just come notifying him of the new arrival. 11,. kn. t-iiahml Into LllO OIUCC. cuweu uii i.i, ..i,i,.npa nnd Insisted that the nurse i.i tha imhv to tho telenhouo and make It lauah or cry. It cried, and he heard it 800 miles away." Exchange. The Fourth. ntnnn o.i.i Mr. llloonumner. "If Georgo Washington Is the first in the hearts cf his countrymen, wno iwh. t ,irtr'r. V-nnw about that." replied Benny, "but Independence day is the Fourth." Harper s uazar. tf i. nf thn Ironies of life that every thing seems to go wrong when a fellow is trying to show oil. wasninRion iicwu crat. . To run up stnirs is about as silly a way to shorten ono's life ns was ever prncwcvu Homo Visitor. Royal makes th twod purs, wbolcsoma and delicious LaCV Absolutely Pure ftOVAl BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. ADDITIONAL LOCAL, XF.WS. Hay wire and rope in any quantity at Carlton Hardware Go's. For Salk A number of pieces of res- dent property in the village of Hancock. Apply to. John Erickeon, office In Scott's block. Portage Lake aDd Lake Superior Ice company beadquartem at Slattery & Ryan's. Telephone connections. .la men Allen, manager. We have removed our of lice and work? shop to the UDHtairs portion of the game building we baye been occuppj ing. Michigan Dye Woiiks. Hummer Htyles, Haying received a flue etock of cloths, suitable for spring aud summer euitings, I invite an inspection. Suits made to order, fit guaranteed and the prices very low. Give me a call. M. Jouxbon, Oyer Sauer'e Sample Koom. zirgall Ilrotbers, lied Jacket Micb., un ctortakers, paracticalembnlmerandfuner al directors. (Graduate of Chicago Col lege of Embalming.) All calls promptly attended to and the bet of service ren dered. Teleohonein connection. Tach ell's old stand, corner Scott and Main streets. Lake Linden fttae. Stae leaven I'earce'a livery stable Lake Linden, every day at 8 a. m., 10 a. m., 1 and 4 p. m. Stageleaves McClure's livery stable, Red Jacket, at 8 a. m.t 10 a. m., and 1 and 4. p. m. Thomas Peakce, James McClure, Trorrietors. ;reat .tlonej -Savlujc Hale At the Laurium Fuir, next to the pont oflice. Fifteen hundred peirs ol ladiett' and Missen' fine shoen, worth from ?2..p0 to $4 a pair, to be nold at $1 a pair for thirty days only. We aleo h ive a lot of baby shoes, size from 0 to No. 4, at 5 cents a pair. Call promptly, it i to your interest. I. Fkixueuo & Co., Ilecla Street, Laurium. AlUl'MT 4.I&KX. Upholsterer and ITIatreM Maker. All kinds of upholstery work done on short notice in a first-class mauner, and cheier than the cbenpest. Carpets cleaned, window draperies made, designed and hung, awnings replaced, etc. With ten years of experience, I solicit your pat ronage. All work guaranteed. Office and nhop rear of the Opsra House, Red Jacket, Mich A Valnable Prescription. Editor Morrison, of Worthington, Ind., "Sun," writes: "You have a valuable prescription for Electric Bitters, and I can cheerfully recommend it for constipa tion and sick headache, and as a general system tonic it has no equal. Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2G25 Cottage Grove av enue, Chicago, could not eat nor digest lood.had a backache whicH never left her and felt tired and weary, but six bot tles of Electric Ritters restored her to health and renewed berBtrength. Trice GO cents and $1. Get a bottle at I). T. Macdonald's drug store. rialandora' Mutual Fire insurance company of Ilonffhtou and Keweenaw counties, or ganized in 1800 according to the laws ol the State of Michigan, will Insure proper ty ot It membere. Have paid fire losses oyer 4,000 and dividends nearly f 6,000 during the last seven years to members of five years' standing. On the first day of July the company had 541 mem bers. I4CG.943 worth of property in sured and $11,121.13 in treasury. For further particulars apply to the under signed. Johh Blomqvtst, President, Alex Leikonek, Secretary. Office, 448 Pine street, upstairs dBs Jacket A Bemarkable Cure or chronic 11- rrbnra. Inl8C2. when I servad my country a a private in Company A, lG7th Pennsyl vania Volunteers. I contracted chronic diarrhoea. It has given me a great deal of trrouble ever since. I have tried a dozen different medicines nd prominent doctors without any permanent relief. Not long ago a friend sent me a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhea Remedy, and after that I bought and took a 60-cent bottle; and now I can say that I am entirely cured. I cannot be thankful enough to you for this great remedy, and recommend it to all suffer ing veterads. Yours gratefully. Henry Steinberger, Allentown, Fa. Sold by Sodergren & Sodergren.