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fwrr: - M r du &' .i'klSSi&rf&s'- . -.'SfcfflHIsari Jfaffi'''. ' WOMAN AND HOME. TO HELP EX-CONVICTS. Vn. Ualllngton Booth' Novel Flan to Ac slst Released Prisoners. ' Mrs. Ualllngton Booth has a now fcchemc to help ex-convicts. s Xhe finger of scorn is no longer to be pointed at them. Men who have been in 6lng Sing prison and who desiro to livo good and upright lives will In future have a chauce to.do so. They will have a chance to start life all over again. Mrs. lialllngton Booth proposes to welcome such convicts right at the gate of Sing Sing prison. She will offer them home, friends and employment. The first thing necessary for carry ing out this plan was a means of trans portation for released convicts from Sing Sing to the Volunteers' place of refuge. She will have a steam launch in commission as soon as the purchase money has been secured. The boat will be called the Omer Sage, in honor of Warden Sage, and will be manned by cx-convicts. A pretty Volunteer lassie will be in command. The captain that has been selected is an expert sailor, and .with her at the wheel, the little vessel filled with earnest Volunteers and hap py ex-prisoners, will soon be seen dart ring over the neighboring waters on its .mission of mercy and succor. Among the Volunteers the men who ere earnestly trying to live down their .past will be given every opportunity not only to help themselves, but also to help -others of their class. Mrs. Booth be lieves that men who have been prison mates must have more or less feeling for each other, and that the influence of men who have for some time been freo in their treatment of a recently dis charged convict can only be for good. Another reason for using a launch to receive the men, instead of allowing them to leave Sing Sing by train is that they may avoid all possible chance of recognition. Then, again, the sail down the Hudson river is a trip likely to be impressive by the grandeur of the scenery. In the estimation of Mrs. Booth, if ever a man can be in a position Jo appreciate such scenes, and so open the wav for serious thought of the past and future, it is just after leaving the jtomblike cells of Sing Slug and sailing, a free man once more, down the grand est river in America. On leaving Sing Sing the vessel will set out for "Hone Hall," which is the came selected for the commodious home over which Mrs. Booth has supervision, WHS. BALL1NQTON BOOTH. 'Those who are not In (rood health, ow .tng to confinement and prison fare, or '.from whatever cause, will be given em ployment at this sylvan retreat near the banks of the Hudson. "In thinking of the hopelessness of the future of the great army of dis charged, criminals who walk out of prison gates every year, branded as ene mies to society and law, I believe I have nt last conceived a plan," said Mrs. Booth, "by which I hope to in a great tnenjure remove the ban from this class of unfortunates. Many a man on his return to freedom means honestly to try and redeem his evil life, to be, in short, a man. But how to go about it? IvVhat can he do with the stain of prison bars upon him, to earn an honest living? .Who will employ a man whom the law -bos caused to bo confined because he is a menace to the lives and property of ills fellow-men?" Mrs. Booth has made an arrangement with Warden Sage by which her repre sentatives shall be informed of the ex act time of the departure of prisoners. A truck farm Is to bo a feature of .Hope Hall, and In out-of-door workmen who have so long; been shut in by stone walls and Iron burs will undergo phys ical and mental rehabilitation. In this way those who are experienced In the 'handling of vessels and those who show .aptitude for farming and gardening will be given permanent employment -on the launch and about the grounds of the hall, should they desire It. "We confidently hope," said Mrs. Booth to a New York- Journal reporter, '"that the feeling of self-reliance which congenial toll will inspire in these out casts will serve to arouse their self-re-pect and restrain them from ever fall ing back Into their old vicious ways. Instead of being subjected to humili ating suspicion on their return to free dom, these men will find with us a com Portable home, in which they will be surrounded by elevating influences." Mild UalldozlnR. Mrs. Shrill So you won't get me that new bonnet? Mr. 8. No, 1 won't. Mrs. B. Very well, then. I'll go to every temperance meeting that comes along, and people will think the reason 1 f.ln't decently dressed is because .you've took to drink. N. Y. Weekly. LANTERN LAMP SHADES. They're Not Very Pretty, But Popular on Account of Their Novelty. The new lantern shades promise, if not to supersede the ' umbrella and pagoda .shades, at least to ruii them very clcsely in 'popularity.1' The new shades can, scarcely be considered so pretty or so" graceful as the ordinary large shades with their fussy frills of silk and lace, or silk and gauze, yet they are novel and smart. In some posi tions, too, they are more suitable than the huge shades which up to now have been prime favorites. They help to give variety of effect, when used in rooms with circular, square and trt NEW LANTERN LAMP SHADE. angular shades and are well fitted for small tables standing In corners of rooms. For a shade for the drawing-room yellow silk and lisse are suggested, bor dered with small stars and crescents of black velvet. Buy or have made a frame to suit your fancy. A four-sided lan tern Is the easiest to cover, and some ad mire most those that decrease In size toward the bottom. Cover very smoothly all the four sides with yel low silk a thin make of silk. You can decorate the gauze at home by cutting out black velvet lozenges and gumming them on to a net foundation. Cut some yellow lisse or Ann silk muslin Into strips, one wide strip for the top of the lantern and narrow ones for the ruches. Cut out one edge of the wide strip into plain round scallops. Out line these with lozenges of black velvet graduated in size, or they may all be 6f equal dimensions. Three-eighths of an inch is a good size. Gum these firm ly to the material, then powder the re mainder of it with small crescents, stars and lozenges. These should not be used too freely or the effect will be heavy. Scallop the narrow strips on both sides and outline with small lozenges. Quite a thin make of velvet should be chosen for this purpose. Cover the top of the lantern with silk, and over this gather on the lisse rather scantily, draw it in tightly at the collar, leaving the wide frill with its scal loped edge upstanding. Down each perpendicular wire of the frame carry a full ruchlng of lisse, add a ruche a- und the top of the panels and an other at the bottom. This completer the shade, Chicago Chronicle. LETTUCE FOR SOUPS. It Is Much Better Than the Average Housewife Thinks. Lettuce, according to Twentieth Cen tury Cookery, forms a much better soup ingredient than the average American housewife- imagines. It also makes an excellent vegetable, especially the large headed and coarse-leaved varieties, which are now both plentiful and cheap. Wash the leaves free from grit, break them into, pieces, put Into a frying pan a tablespo'onful of beef dripping; when hot, add a tablespoonful of chopped onion; let it color slightly; then put into the pan as much of the torn-up lettuce as it will hold; add no water; cover and stir the pan to prevent burn ing; the heat will cause the lettuce to exude moisture. Season with salt and pepper. When the lettuce has bolted, or rather steamed down, and looks cooked which will be in IS or 20 min utes turn it into two quarts of soup stock. Simmer 15 minutes longer, and serve with croutons or toasted bread dice. Or, instead of soup stock, add two tablespoonfuls of liquid extract of beef to two quarts of water. If you have It handy a tablespoonful of chopped cold chicken may be added to each quart of soup. Takes Place ot Ice Cream. A choice cold dessert that may be served at dinner or tea In place of ice cream is made by using layers of fruits and nuts in a lemon or orange jelly made from gelatin. Make the jelly and have ready sliced figs dipped In, sherry, sliced stoned dates.and chopped nlmonds or English walnut meats. When the jelly has begun to thicken, pour a layer in a mold that Is wet, and use a layer of the jelly, and so on until the mold is filled. Serve very cold with whipped cream. Candied fruits may be used if one prefers tbeth to the dateu and figs. , 811k Culture by Women.. A joint stock company has been formed in Sydney to promote the co operative settlement of women for silk culture. With raising of silk are com bined flower-growing, scent-moking and, bee-farming. WHAT THE VICTORY MEANS. An Uniting of Dangerous Elements In the Body Politic. McKinley's lead In the electoral col lege will be 113. It ought, of course, to have been 213, or 413, for there is not a person in this country who can give n good reason why Bryan should have got an electoral vote at all. Still, thu 113 mojorlty will do. It is a longer, lead than nny presidential nominee has gained since 1872, except, that won by Cleveland in 1892. Cleveland had a plu rality in that year of 132 over Harrison, end majority of 110 over Harrison and Weaver. Hayes had, a majority of 1, Garfield of 59, Cleveland in 1884 of 37, and Harrison in 1888 of 65. McKinley has a much larger majority than any of these, while his indorsement in the popular vote will be more impresslvo tnan any other candidate ever gained. The immense popular majority, sup plementing' the big electoral majority, makes the recent victory one of the most notable und decisive In American annals. Some wild vaporing will be heard for a few days among the Alt gelds, the Bryans, the Faulkners and the Joneses about 1900, but this will be dismissed with a smile by the people. There will be no 1900 for the elements which have just been overthrown. Theirs is now seen to be the most thor; oughly disreputable and discredited of nil the lost causes which have ever fig ured in national politics in this coun try. It is entirely safe to say that fully a third of the men who voted for the Chicago ticket will, long before 12 months more pass, be ashamed to ac knowledge their folly. There is no menace to business in these howls of Altgeld, Blfcilkner - and Jones, and in the fnntastNf pledges and threats of Bryan. The "follies and vil lainies which these men represented will never be so potent again ns they were iu the crusade in which they have just been crushed. All the elements of danger to representative government which political philosophers at home and abroad have been for a century warning the country against were united under the same banner in the contest just ended. The honest but ignorant and credulous persons who formed the main body of the Bryanite forces, and who always fall an easy prey to the smooth demagogue, were re enforced by the faddists and cranks of nil sorts who think that any change in the social regime will be for the better; the Irapracticables and the shiftless, to whom life under any kind of conditions would be a failure; the malcontents, the social Ishmaelites and the anarchists who are opposed to government in any shape, and who would try to pull down Bryanism if it were ever established, and the criminals of all classes, nation alities and castes whose hand is against all sorts of authority, were gathered to gether under the, same leaders in the re cent assault upon the government. This looked like a formidable coalition, and it was, but it went down to eternal pmash when the virtue, the Intelligence and the patriotism of the country com bined against it. There is not the faintest probability that all these ele ments can ever again be brought into thu same camp at any one time. The enemies of governmental honesty and order have done their worst, and have failed. That 113 electoral and the 800, 000 or 1,000,000 popular majority for Mckinley proclaimed to the country that the fetters placed on business by the popocratic peril are smashed for good. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Prejudice Overthrown. A campaign like the one just closed we are not likely to see again. At least not in many years. It has in many re spects been the most significant cam paign in the history of the country. The issues were all important and far reach ing. The forces in favor of sound money and sound government had great odds of prejudice and discontent to work against. It is remarkable that puch a victory should have been won out of such conditions. Nothing but the intelligence and the patriotism of the people saved the country in this emergency. That intelligence and pa triotism can still be relied upon in emer gencies. As we said the other morning, we can best estimate the importance of this victory by contemplation of what defeat would have meant. Thoughtful men and patriotic men must almost shudder when they think of what might have been. It is what we have escaped quite as much as what we have won that makes us thankful as a people for the verdict which was rendered in the ballot boxes. It took a long cam paign and a hard fight to achieve what wo have and that fact ought to make what we have achieved all the more dear. Iowa State Register. tcr Ere the smoke of the great and de cisive conflict has cleared away, prep arations have begun to resume work in the mills and the factories and anew spirit of enterprise and activity per vades the whole country. From all the centers of this country and Europe comes the news that the result of our election has inspired confidence in American honor and American credit. Toledo Commercial. COne of the best results of the elec tion was the utter overthrow of An archist Altgeld. The decent people of Illinois were very sick of him, and when they got a chance they expressed their opinion most crushingly. The cause of good' government has gained immensely. National Tribune. THE PEOPLE, VINDICATED. American Patriotism Overwhelms Bedl ' tlous Endeavors. The result of the election is a splen did vindication of the wisdom and pa triotism of the American people. Incendiary and seditious bppeals were made to them. It was assumed they were suspeetlble to Influences that, if continued to be exerted, would result inevitably in the overthrow of repub lican institutions, though of course it was denied that this would be the ef fect. But the American people have reject ed, emphatically and overwhelmingly these appeals. Their manhood and their patriotism have been manifested in a manner that will end for all time the possibility of a recurrence of the danger that has threatened the republic. For this we should give thanks. The country has escaped a great peril how great, the majority of. those who cast their votes for Mr. Bryan have little or no conception. The appeals that were made to the people were insidious and destructive. It was assumed that class hatred ex isted, and that it could be fanned into flame. It was taken for granted that since this class hatred existed it would be' easy to lead a majority of the peo ple to espouse doctrines un-American and revolutionary. This was antagonistic to American sentiment, and while it never disturbed the serenity and equanimity of those whose faith in the American character is rock-ribbed and steady, still it pro duced uneasiness and public trepida tion. The result of the election will strengthen the republic, since it will deepen faith in the character of the American people. fIt proves that the spirit of discontent which has been con jured to alarm the timid is not so strong as it has been described. It shows that the free sliver theory which has cauevl politicians to shake for years, has no strong hold on the American people. It proves that the American people indig nantly refuse to be divided into classes. They refuse to recognize the superiori ty or the inferiority in a political sense of any of their fellow countrymen. From every point of view the result of the election is reassuring and comfort ing; it strengthens the government; it causes us to look into the future with confidence and hope; it sweeps away terrors which we now see were imagi nary, und places us on firm and substan tial footing. But greater than all is the exhibition which has been made of the intelligence, patriotism and firmness of the people. That is the best of all. Some of our English contemporaries nppear to think that the election marks the beginning of a social revolution on this side of the Atlantic. That is a mis take. It is the end, not the beginning, thot has now been marked. Albany. Journal. THE DAWN OF PROSPERITY. Bestored Confidence Will Bring a Busi ness Boom. Free silver is defeated. What will follow? First The paralysis of trade and en terprise, due to the' threat of a change to the silver standard, is now removed. There will be an immediate movement all along the line. Men are no longer afraid to risk their money in laying in stocks of goods, in new building enter prises, in a thousand avenues of activ ity. A business boom will begin at once. The millions of gold which have been hoarded by timid people will speedily come out of its hiding-places. There is :io longer any fear of the stability of our currency. Millions of the money of European investors will at once seek profitable investment in American securities. A boom in stocks is therefore coming, and millions more will be invested in manu facturing, and mining, and other indus trial enterprises. All this means a return of general prosperity. And it will be prosperity for the whole people. The farmers will prosper, not only because of the recent rise in grain which has notyetreached its limit but because of the increased purchasing power of the great consum ing class, due to the increased demand for labor, and the activity in all lines of industry ond trade. The boom will begin before President McKinley takes his seat. Every acuto man of affairs discounts the future in his business so soon as what the future will bring resolves itself into certainty. Every one understands what the policy of the new republican administration will be. Certainty takes the place of doubt, and the future, for four years, is bound to be one of marvelous pros perity to the United States. Toledo Blade. DThe free-silver delusion has re ceived its death blow. The snake is not merely scotched, but killed. The sound money victory Is so overwhelming that we look for confidence to be restored nt once. Capital will now come out of hiding, business enterprise will be re sumed, and the country will enter upon a revival of business without waiting for the remedial legislation which the people know will not fall them. Min neapolis Tribune. E70ur English friends who doubt the American capacity for self-government may put up their handkercbJt t for awhile. N. Y. Tribune, MOVING TO "THE STATES." Census Proves That Canadian Emlgratloa . to This Country Is Great. We learn from a dispatch dated at. Toronto and published in the London . Advertiser (Ontario) that the popula tion of the city of Toronto on January 1, 1895, was 170,958, and that on the 1st of January, 1896, it was 178,185, showing a gain for the year of 1,227. or a shade less than ten per cent, for ten years. The annual death rate for all Canada ia very low, less than ten per l,000j while the natural increase is very high, not less than two per cent. Without any Immigration the Increase in popj ulatlon in Canada should be not lesjj than 25 per cent, for ten years. A larg number of immigrants land in Canada every year and look about for' a plow to establish a new home, and then com to the United States and find what they want, although the Dominion has 200, 000,000 acres of arable lands which can be hod for settling upon them, a small bonus in cash being thrown in. The climate is healthful and the resources of the country in timber, minerals, water power, navigable riven and lakes are almost unlimit ed and the fisheries of the Dominion are the best in the world, but those who have, lived under monarchical institutions in Great Brit ain and the continent of Europe will not settle under the British flag in America, and if they come to Canada it is because transportation charges to Montreal are less than to New York, and besides the government of Can ada has been paying for some years a large proportion of the costs of ocean passages for Immigrants to Canada. Toronto is the most prosperous city in the Dominion of Canada,' the finan cial, commercial and the industrial cen ter of the great province of Ontario, which has an area of nearly 200,000 square miles, or four times that of the Empire state of the republic. It is also the chief horse, cattle, sheep, hog, wool, grain, butter, cheese and lumber mar ket of Ontario, as well as the center of educational institutions, including the arts and sciences, theology, law and medicine. It Is also the center ot the charitable institutions maintained, by. the province, and in addition is tho capital of Ontario. No less than nine railways enter the city, and it has the best harbor upon the great lakes. The area of the city is so great that there Is no loss of population from the cen ter to the outskirts of the city, as ia the case with New York. Neither is' there a flow of population from To ronto to the country; on the contrary, the tide is from the country to Toronto. If under these conditions Toronto has only gained seven-tenths of one per cent, in population, it proves be yond all question that the emigration from Toronto to this country is very great. N. Y. .Sun. . ,'( The Whole Globe a Graveyard. The Parisian doctors and speculative philosophers are great fellows for mak ing odd calculations on all subjects. One of the very latest in one concerning the human family since The beginning of time. It is a long magazine article and gives much that is interesting in the way of human family statistics, but the most striking portions are those which give figures on the number of human being that have inhabited the earth and have died and been buried in it since the first man was created. According to these curious figures, the earth has been peopledvby no less than 66,627,842, 387,075,266 human inhabitants since the beginning of time. To bury this vast number the whole landed surface wocld have to be dug over 120 times. Had you thought that you were living in the midst of such a gigantic cemetery? St, Louis Republic. THE GENERAL MARKET. Kansas Cut. Ma. Nov. IS. 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