■
WOMAN'S WORLD.
FRAME EARNED AND OlVEN SOKE
pr
WOMEN Of SYRACUSE.
Wu tie*
thi*
fine
and
It to due to tha ladtos of Syracuse that
their ou tiring effort* in preparing for
and carrying on the New York state coo
veotion should be give* public reoogni
Although im possible to mm tied
the many ladtoe who contrib
by
utad to make the convention the un
that we who attended
one
iff
te
knew it to be. their services are dte
tinctly remembered. For weeks beforo
band they sold tickets from bona* to
solicited entertainment tor
goes**
When
i they prepared tbe stage,
received and entertained
visitor*, etc.
dr* mind was Mrs. Mary E Bagg. tbe
jar
Pr ä s id ent of the Political Equality club.
Mrs. Bagg appointed committees and
gave to each foil written Instructions.
for
assisted her daughter in tbe preparation
of pres* notices, opened her boose as
headquarters for the committee«, and.
in fact, lived for tbe convention. Mr
. who might have objected to this
of purpose in bis wife, gave
instead tbe kindest co-operation.
The entire responsibility of the finan
cial part wa* carried by Mias Jolie Jen
nay. a bright young lawyer, who man
it
aged ao well that after the close of the
meetings tb* club found itself with
A worker to whom special gratitude te
dna from tbe gnesta of tbe convention
wm Mrs. Dr Pease, chairman of tbs en
tertainment committee. Mrs. Peas*'*
position wa* for many
difficult; bat. aided bv her committee,
she mastered all obstacles, as tbs conrteey
with which guest* were received testified
The half baa not been told, bnt so
much must in justice be said.—Isabel
Howland in Woman's Journal
peculiarly
te
Tl»« Author of "W# Two,**
Edna Lyall is now pate and worn with
an UlniMB that has quit* suspended any
literary work since the publication of "A
Hardy Norseman.' writes Frederick Dob
In an interesting sketch of tbe home
life and personality of Ada Ellen Bayley
Tbe eyes have last a little of their In» ter
and tbe cheeks the color they once pos
aeeaed. Tbe slight form te some what
thinner, and the band that clasp* your*
instinctively tells of mnch suffering
'Bnt a bright smile ia coopted with the
ranee of convalescence and tbe
voice, at first weak and low, gathers in
location and quiet force when the talk
m on some stirring topic. Like Char
lotto Bronte's heroine. Ada Ellen Bay
ley (tb* pseudonym, you see. is only a
transposition of some of tbe letters in her
baptismal name) has no beauty beyond
that intellectual beauty to which Shelley
wrote hi* well known hymn.
'The face i* stnal I and of uneven forma
tion. tbe broad forehead having aang
of tbe uwscutine that is scooted
sweet and i
of tbe eyes Th*
beautiful were it not cut abort and ar
ranged with an almost severe simplicity
Bbe usually dreenes in a close fitting gar
ment of some plain material. Edna Lyall
owes really all her charm to her sympa
t betic presence, if I may be pardoned
the expression, her spiritual earnest news
and tender feeling. Pity is one of her
predominant qualities; there always
seems to be an uudercnrrent of sadness
in her character at the misery and woe
in th* world around her.'
gWitlt.Ii
by tbe
ion
hair wonld be
■be Wm Mot ti
One «old day last week a small crowd
ooltected along tbe walk in front of the
Uolemsn Bonne—a neighborhood where
a crowd te very easily collected—and ap
pea red to be interested in tbe florist's
windows As nsn::l in such cases, every
newcomer stopped and stared in turn
although in perfect ignorance as to the
causa I happened to be among these
later arrivals Walking up to the big
policeman who ornaments that section I
asked what tbe row was.
'They ain't no row es 1 know of." said
ha "It'e merely a question of sanity or
insanity Now, there's that freak there
looking in tbe winder—the one with tbe
psraaol. I suppose I ought to arrest her
for drawing a mob, but I bate to do it
She looks m if she ought to know bet
tar loo."
Tb* object of all this wm a lady of
middle age or a little past—I give her
tb* benefit of the doubt—who warn just
than engaged iu tbe Innocent amuse
ment of gazing at the lovely flowers
banked up within tbe window. She car
rted one of tboee email silk sunshade*
about eighteen inch« to diameter, of
(acted by certain fashionable women
Aa the mercury wm down to about US
doge, this sunshade struck the crowd as
rather humorous and the policeman as
an evidence of Insanity. Aa a matter of
fact, th* small shade carried ta winter
is tor tbe protection of weak eyes, and te
considered Ism objectionable than green
or blue goggles—New York Herald
Oat of tbe late«, if not th* latest
women's clubs formed is in Chicago. It
te nailed tbe Foreign Book club, and
ureeta fortnightly « members' bouse#
tar luncheon end diacueaion of some f re sh
foreign publication. In turn the
bare select the book to be discussed, keep
ing its identity from the re« of tbe clnb,
rave tbe president. Thi* committee of
one reads extracts, and tha club discusses
extempore
This te perhaps tbe nrarest approach
to th* "social club" which Americas
woman have got. English women smile
at and do not
na« for these
mutual
quite understand onr fond
clubs of ours,
improvement or for
of helping to bear the burdens
organized for
r the avowed
PWPCMS
aad Urnen the ills of llfo. At those of
tha first so«, days of preparation cry*
elaborate tree
(teas tit th* appointed time, with note*
far argument, debate, and every phase
of consideration. At those of the other
•ort. tbe great problem of living te studied
with equal exhansti
of preparation
effort A club for pure social enjoy
t. without premeditated effort. with
out system, without committees, with
out routine, without anything but th*
a <NM dras not mnch appeal to tbe Aineri
wotnan Tbe Chicago club lunches
and disc Quaes almost without formality
and practically without preparation, and
Stay he a pioneer of a more *xtended
movement in the way of auch ooterie*
fatiMF ten m &tm fit
tbs
palling study and theory.—Her Point'of
Vtew in New York Times
year*
nr*
Theee are tbe day* when chapped
hand*, rough face* and cracked Up» ftc
taaliy cry ont for treatment such
pr ote c t them from the eagarnew of the
nipping wind* and the blute of driving
•ieet and etonn which winter i* eure to
win
that
bring The baste of 'cold cream' ia
mutton tallow always You can obtain
thi* at the butcher's, and if yen tell him
what it te for be will select some very
fine white tallow, which will be exactly
what yon want. Cut tha tallow into bits
and put it into a saucepan without any
water
tbe
an'*
be
fatal
cepan in a jar of boiling
water and let all remain until tbe fat is
thoroughly -tried' ont of tbe tallow
Strata through a fine sieve, and while
still warm stir in a teaspoon fui of tbs
of camphor in the proportion of
one teaspoonful of camphor to every enp
iff tbe tallow Nest a tabteepoenfnl of
your favorite perfume, and Mb' until all
te a sweet smelling liquid. Before it has
Set tbe
her
had time to cool pour into a little toilet
jar and set upon tbe toe over night. It
will beep indefinitely aad will be found
of the best remedies in the world
for tb* skin that gate rough and "winter
•ora."—New York Telegram.
Glossy Hair aad N
It to mniored that glassy hair te to be
to
haa
come the fashion, and that tbs sheeny
grand
of
upon the hands of our
lock*
coming in again with the
adoption of silk nightcaps
it te claimed, absorb the perspiration that
weaken* the roots of tbe hair, and
tact tbe bead from drafts and chills
These cape.
on
ST,
a
tnake tb* hair come ont. The cap la
however, by no means tbs only agent in
making the hair soft and shining.
Con
t brushing has quit* as much to do
with it. m well m keeping the scalp clean
soap and soft water or the white of
be
of
from ram and quinine Tb* object of
brushing the hair te not only to stimulate
the aoalp and keep it free from dandruff.
bnt to keep it free from every particle of
dost its entire length. For the latter
purpose a brash srlth closely set bristles
te necessary.—New York Post.
Libraries.
A recent letter in tb* Arkansas W
an'* Chronicle points out that in nearly
every southern state a woman te state li
brarian. The legislature of Mismeslppi
has elected a woman to that position for
past twenty years in Kentucky
and Tenn***■>. for alum« as many year«
women have held the office at handsome
salariée Tbe secretary of state of Ten
in whom office the librarian
works. Mj-s in a private letter, "Since we
have bad women m the office they have
not only given satisfaction in tbe work,
bnt have rendered tbe office where tbe
work is done far more comfortable ami
attractive." South Carolina pay* It* li
brarian. a woman. $ 1.100 a year. West
Virginia ha* a woman aa a**i*taut cus
todian of ail public building*, property
etc., and in that capacity she has charge
of tbe state library
Sent Hera fXi
of
Uy
the
of
lin
of
to
Tbe national conncil or women in
sion in Chicago agitated the accomplish
ment of three reforms—divorce, equal
wages for men and women doing the
work and a more aeusihte street
dress for women. The two first men
turned reforms, although of greater tm
portance than the last, were completely
overshadowed by the animated interest
in the I
Tbe chi if f future of the new costume
te that Its skirt reache* only midway be
tween the knee nnd th# top of tbe shoe
Tbe public trill be spared tbe exhibition
of tbis advanced garb until tbe fair
opeua Mrs. Potter Palmer baa granted
the conncil space on the ground for the
members to appear in the new skirt and
to demonstrate its superiority over the
mors modeat drees of conventionality.—
Chicago Letter
of
profound and serious subject
A Vui*«l U«Mtlm of Calla
The vexed question of tbe cabinet la
dies calling npon tbe senators wives te 1
still of interest For year* tbe matter
waa dteeuxaed with far more feeling than
any outsider wonld think the subject
merited. At last several years ago a
settlement waa finally reached, the de
cision being in favor of the senators
wives upon whom the ladle* of the eab
at
inet have since made the first call* each
winter
Tb* dissatisfaction on this score felt
by tb* cabinet ladies has not died out
with tint*. They urge with good reason
that m the law of presidential succès
Sion paaaed during tbe last administra
tion descends through tbe cabinet, tb*
senators' wire# should recognise this by
making the first calls.—Kate Field's
Washington.
Mrs. atuwe'i Blagrsphjr.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe te reported
to be critically ilL Her biography will
appear shortly from th* pen of a noted
writer. It will contain a love tetter
from the late Profeeeor Stowe to hte wife,
whom he adored aa an angel. Here te a
quotation: "There is no woman like yon
in this wide world. Who else has so
mach talent with ao little conoeit; so
much reputation with so little affecta
tion; so mnch literature with eo little
nonsense: eo mnch enterprise with ao
tittle extravagance; eo mnch tongue with
•o little scold; eo much sweatee« with
eo little eoftnere. to much of so many
It
of
things and ao little of ao many t Ungar
All husltands who wish to win the ever
. ,,
lasting gratitude of their wive# should
write-such letters they have to write aft
er this fashion. —New York Advertiser,
Tbe latest fancy te the elegant one of
suspending ear muffs about our neck*
with the long gold chains with much
our grandmother*, and our grandfathers,
too. used to attach their watches. Of
course it te only the wire woman who
bar treasured up three discarded chain*
instead of cutting them into short ;
lengths or exchanging them at the jew- [
eler'* for more modern trinket* The ;
muffs will naturally lie large in size to
appear old world, too. and th* whim has
th# merit of utility to recommend it to
lav«, for it te a comfortable and con- :
veulent way of wearing tho muff, partie
niarly to the carrière women who are
ÎÏ'mÏTSÏlSJÏ ^ '" ,d th "'
ter*—New > ork Utter
Maas Baas bj Gold Chat
of
th*
and
Thu injustice of SufTt k|*.
Dwlngth* lecture of Mtee Kate Field
to this city one co uld no t help comment
tag upon th* absurdity of our suffrage
when be stopped to think that the Bicil
t, tbs $
Russuta druaaiitard «
.
tbs Höbe naan beggar could In • few
year* after getting throngb the porn
obtain privilege» and swum* right* that
nr* dented to thi* brilliant woman by
tal
reaeon of her m. What a mon
A
exhibition of folly It la to deny to pare
educated, brainy American woman,
wire*, rieten and daughter*, tbe right
that we fully extend to the «weeping* of
European prison* and
RAYA
Lowell (Mae*. ) Arena.
Even tbe majesty which doth wait
about a queen te poorer tea* to ward off
tbe attack* of the archenemy of
an'* twenty which half of the world of
womankind are fasting and praying
be delivered from. The beautiful and
beloved queen of Italy baa developed a
fatal tendency to what, rince rim te a
queen, is delicately pronounced emboe
to
r*f*s
llahed
point, which can only be kept down by
constant exercise. Fortunately
Sent
rite la a
rigorous walker and fond of Alpin*
climbing, which form of diversion rite
lions
practices daily for weeks at a time in
her pretty mountain bom* at O tesson ay
—New York Bun.
been
tbs
Parting the hair in the middle aad
waving it hack on either ride any ha be
coming to the tow, bat it to certainly
trying to the majority of faces. The se
verely ciaaetcai style to mach too trying
to be generally adopted, although there
nott,
haa been a distinct effort to introduce it
bat
of late. "Do yon not think Mise &
beautiful?" was asked of a
on a coin.' wm the answer, "but those
heavy waves of hair rather spoil bar for
a ball dress made in tbe fashion.
ought to wear nothing but Greek dra
peryNew York Tribune,
Mias Lilian Wbittaj
question. "I* journal!
. in answer to the
a good profes
be be not so rare. It requires a degree
of creative power to be an acceptable
prase writer Therefore woman who ask
only 'Does it pay? will find many qura
ly important be
fore it will pay them. Like all literary
work, journalism moat to a considerable
lion* more iuiinediatel
degree choose her votaries rather than be
Ae lelereetlaa RI* et Carys*
PrinccM Margaret of Prasste will be
married standing on an in ter es ti ng Mt
of carpet
mother, tbe Empress
opou It knelt all tbe
bouaebold wb<*> they were confirmed.
Tbe emperor, his brother. Prince Henry,
and tbe three older pri
Uy ware all married standing upon the
now cherished piece of carpet which
served a sadder pnrpom whan th* coffin
Ist,
wrought by her
I Frederick, and
children of the
wm
tho
of tbe tom
wm
dius
of tbe late emperor rested npon it.—Bar
a
wm
the
of
of
lin Letter
Mias Foster, daughter of the aecretary
of tbe treasury, bas great ability sa s
decorator of china, ta which branch of
srt sbe baa Attained such proficiency aa
to warrant tbe building of a kite at her
own borne in Ohio. Miss Foster te an
entbnmsKt lu her work and attend* to
every detail of firing each piece m it te
finished, never seeming to tire of even
the most uninteresting or laborious de
tails.—Kate Field's Washington.
tavasion
Belgium is agitated over
of political women under tb* name of
the Belgian League for the Rights of
Women The Italian minister is a great
champion of women's rights, and is
present at the meetings of tbs society.
M.
U
9,
Tbe condition of the Parte shopgirls te
described as cm« of groat hardship. They
bave to be in tbe shop from thirteen to
■mall
fourteen hoars a day. receive
v ::i
pay and are expected to dreee
Tbe new Russian silver in solid tur
quoise blue enamel te the novelty of the
season. It te used chiefly fur perfume
botttee. bozM and other artictee for th*
toilet tabla _
ed
1 Daniel
delphia residence and with bar family
. widow of tbs tats
has leased her Phil*
Dongfaerty
Dougherty.
Mrs.
will pass tbe winter in Mexico.
A London woman hM tried tbs experi
ment of a boy of sixteen to do her gen
eral housework and bae found it, briefly
at tea«, satisfying
of
Glare in oven doors, which snahles
cooks to watch the food without opening
the door, te a late contrivance.
Mrs. Sarah Balcb I Iranian, of Oeorge
a
town. Mere , celebrated bar 103d btrth
day on Dec. 91.
The women employs« of the Chicago
ttlcphaae companies are to be attired to
black uniforms.
a
so
so
ao
A l« w«wS Cbulurs Vlctlas Alive.
In tbe beginning of September s doc
tor went front a small German town to
Hamburg to aastet among the cholera
patiente. Five days after arriving there
news reached bis bom* that in following
hte profession be bad fallen a victim to
tbe deadly di a eara. Hte previous thrift
less care« was immediately forgotten,
be was mourned re a martyr and all
sorts of laudatory composition* were
dedicated to his memory A lady to
whom be had been betrothed was among
the tu on ruer*
A sensation baa been caused In town
now by tb* news that the young man's
inother has received a letter from Amer
,, lea in which the son who was supposed
to b« dead informs her that be te very
we |j Kn( | explains that while at th* ho*
pstssl in Hamburg he had placed his card
in tbe pocket of a man who had died of
cholera, and who. resembling him in
of future*, wea buried as tbe doctor -
Of Mourners who gathered at a funeral
Elmhurst raw a remarkable right In
the coffin in the parlor lay the hotly of
; .yjm Lucy D Clay Friends and re la
[ tlV e# were seated about. The Rev T. J
; Collin* of Scranton, was there to preach
to the funeral sermon. Jnst before tbe
has timeast for the services to begin A. B ,
to clay, a son of tbe dead woman, walked
: mto the room leading Mtee Lillian tiny i
j er . Three two were lover*, and they
are there requested tbe Rev. Collins to
"' 7 them. Wh« young Clay produced
the required certificate th* preacher coo i
London News
bride »"-i groom took their placée __
th , bmd *^fa# coffin and with the
uluurlM>r , for witnesses, they were pro
nounced husband and with. Then th*
«
. Ruqpl
ANARCHISTS IN FRANCE
A Reign of Terror Culminating
In Carnot's Assassination.
RAYA (KOL AUD HEURT AYEHSED.
bo
wm
a*
-▼tarn
The activity of the French
luring tbe last two or throe r«an
r*f*s
llahed
a veritable reign of
culminated la tbe
Sent Carnot at Lyons by ait
ta
lions of Ha vac bo!. Vaillant and Henry
conspiracy baa
succession In which murderous plots hove
been carried Into execution ta the tarn of
vigorous measures of lepiesskon
retendes* application of tbs legal
tbs
strik
as follows:
archtsts have
of M. Be
nott, 1M Boulevard 8t. Germain, occurred
Maroh 11, IBM. It wa* caused by a dy
cartridge». One
bat aaly slightly. M. Benoit was tbe
T
\V
RAVACHOL.
Ist, in 1991, for attacking two police offl
It was afterward shown that this
wm one of a sérias of outrages planned by
against magistrates and
too government who bad
tho ana whists
other officers of
In bringing anarchists to jus
The
chief Instigator of these crimes
wm discovered to be one Francois Clau
dius Kon
igstaln, known aa Ravacbol, a
hu<l been concerned la other
msD who
Tbs boose of the public prosecutor, M.
Bulot, in tbe Roe Clleby, was the scene of
a dynamite explosion on March 17 which
wm aimed against M. Bulot'* life, but he
escaped unharmed. Seven other persons
were Injured, however, and tbe bouse itself
was wrecked.
On March S9 there eras an explosion in
the building of tbe Credit Lyonnaise, one
of tbe largest banking bouses In Paris.
Two peraons were Injured. An explosion
occurred on March IS In tbe Lobau bar
racks In Paris, occupied by the Republican
guard. It was due to a dynamite cartridge
placed In the mcasroom. Fortunately none
of the guards was killed.
Ravachol, who was subsequently tried,
sentenced to death and guillotined, was
arrested by tbe police on March SO In tbe
cafeof M. Very. On April SO this cafe was
blown up by a terrific explosion of dyna
Bisons were seriously Injured,
been In receipt of threatening
mite. Ten
M. Very hi
U tters from anarchists slime Ravachol waa
arrested there. In which b* was warned
that he and his establish mennt were
marked for destruction.
Tbe mart alarming of tbe recant at
tempts of the Paris an archtsts was the
throwing of the bomb ta the chamber of
deputies while It wa* In seaalon on Dec.
9, ISOS. This was tha work of August*
Vaillant. Tbe usual number of deputies
was present, and public bust
der consideration, when Vaillant, who oc
cupied a seat in the gallery, threw a bomb
npon the floor of tbe house, which explod
ed with
a terrific report. No one was
killed, but a large number of the deputies
and several of the spectator* in tbe gallery
were Injured, more or lees seriously, by
flying fragments of the bomb. Great dam
crim e, saying that hi* object wee the death
of M
He wee tried, sentenced to
guillotined a lew weeks
as
Twenty-four peraons were wounded on
a bomb explosion to
Terminus, et the 8S.
Feb. 13, this year, by
the cafe of the Hotel
Laaare railroad station, Paris Tbe cafe
wm well filled when, about • o'clock In
In, drank
the evening, a young man
a glass of wine at a table, then rose, and
taking from his pocket a bomb threw it
toward a group of people at a neighboring
table. The bomb had been filled with bul
tote and bite of Iron, and tbe scattering of
theee caused moat ef the wounds. Iu the
filled for three or (our minute* after th*
explosion tbs bomb throw« mads hte ss
to
saps to th* street. Three polteeanen raw
him running and pursued him. command
ing him to stop. Hte reply was to bait
to
all
to
« them, one bull«
striking Policeman Poisson, Inflicting a
mortal wound. Th* other two policemen.
with the asstetance « a wait«, s ucce e d ed
grappling with and ov erpo w eri ng the
bomb throw«. At the station the fellow,
Ui
who at firm railed hlmeelf Leon Breton,
but whose name was soon ascertained to
be Emile Henry, arid, ''Yea, I am an an
I
archtit, and the more of the bourgroti
Incited by Henry's crime, the poll«*
throughout France made raid* In Febru
ary on the dwellings of anarchists, many
of whom were arrested. Henry wa* placed
of
in
-
In
of
la
J
tbe
B , . . , „ whml .
tJT
i "Mtaw to th* eoil and climate or tha
i 1 ^
April 37
on trial In the Seine
the next night. He showed much bravado
*nd made many flippant Interruptions In
the course of the trial. He was
r
Hoed early on the morning of
'.'1
Tbe night before hte lawyer had a tong
audience with President Carnot, from
whom be vainly sought to obtain s respite
for tbe young anarch 1st.
On the
evening of April 4, this
I exploded on s widowaUl of th*
Restaurant Foyot Io Paria One end of
the restaurant wm partly wrecked, and
bomb waa
fare* persons were evrl, usly injured.
Matiilkffil.
A Strang« front Michigan asked aett
Tb# citiaen's reply waa "Rab
hits, free niggers and mortgage* are the
crops to this country."—Vtenn*
A landslide at Btiriacooni Wash. Is
the
Mid to have revealed a numb« of entas
ranging in denomination from Ire to
twenty dollars. It te i
wm hurisd in
that the
fUppMMQ
tt the bi
th*
John Lock
yean ago by s
DltT OF THt GREAT.
"I
in
Man to what be eat*.
aiale
bach, the German philosopher, or, aa he
pied
langur
a play of
! it* deep
ter:
tat wa* er tart.
one
and
I eat
werde which ia not without
without
temper, nor 1* the choice
meal* without a certain
John the
Man'* food 1»
room
bo make* in his
ont
h.
wm indicative of hie mind and motives,
a* wa* Zoroaster's predilection far bread
of hi* ethic* and doc
end
ably
and
and fruit Mohammed
I
the
preferred mutton and milk to all other
dishes and drinks Hannibal, tbe Cartha
warriar, lived on olives, while
General Sulla's favorite
wild ass chickens drowned
■8
ta F atari sn wine, ostrich brain and
Charles the Great eras a lover of retd
of
_Henry IV at France had a glut
tonous appetite tor oysters, Frederick
the Gnat tor polenta, a sort of Italian
William I of (tar
pudding;
which be took M to tfi oops daily.
to
choice of their
Goetbe was very
Schiller of wins
a
Klopriock indulged in truffle pariry.
smoked salmon and pesa. L e a sing 's fa
vorite dish wm lentil wrap, a predilection
which he shared with Kant, while Leib
nitz delighted ta apple cake. Torquato
and
rz
wm a lover of sweet
T
did
a
a
M
impossibility of sweetening sugar.
Byron took only one daily meal, con
sisting principally of old Chester cheese,
pickles, red cabbage, win* or liquors
He need to drink great quantities iff tea
Bismarck in his younger dsys wm very
food of hard boiled eggs and cognac,
which he preferred to "prctsel and
beer,*' a beverage which be considers the
chief cause of German pothouse politics
and lack of resolute and harmonious ao
William II, the present emperor at
Germany, love# hi* win* and prefers the
■pevUing juice of the Bhine, which not
infrequently loosens his tongue. Cham
he avoids, lest "it
to ran away with his hand, " m he once
to
it is too
remarked, bnt probably
French for him.— B a l ti m o r e Bon.
Sawing ont sections at the skull in
order to give the brain room to develop
symmetrically seems a rather delicate
and dangerous operation, bnt it is one
a
that baa on several occasions been per
formed with perfect success Children
apparently In a condition of hopeless
idiocy have been treated upon this plan
and are in prospect of developing the
faculties tumid in those of like age. The
removal of the bone which has become
unduly hardened permits growth, and
the «loaded intellect may become dear
and normaL
Attention has been called to eases in
which calculi had formed, as wm sup
posed, upon the silk ligature* used In in
ternal operation*- In one case an abdami
later there were calculi present in qoan
tity that caused great distress. It was
irritating property
present in the silk, and that this
acted M a nucleus around which the
gritty partiel« gather.—New York Led
of
Population *r tbs Ocean.
A striking proof of the vastneea and
variety of tbe population of the sea has
been furnished by the résulte of explora
tions made by a oommitter of tbe zoolog
ical department of tbe British associa
tion in that part of the Irish
sur
the isle of Man.
rounding
Ont of
1,000 specie# of marine «ni
mala collected, 394 had never before been
found in that region, 88 were previously
unknown m inhabitants of British wa
ters, and 17 were entirely new to acienco.
ItwViod they were animals whose exist
by
bean suspected.
If snob dtaooverie* reward a few weeks
of searching in so minute a speck of the
ma how many volum« wonld be re
quired to cantata a list of the still undis
covered inhabitants of the great oceans?
—Yonth's Companion.
to
on
to
One of tbe popular English authors of
tated from
the day wm wholly ineapaci
work by a lady who lived next door and
strummed through Handel's "Muasiah. ''
His idea of the inviolability at an Bng
In
Huhmun 'a house did DOt allow him to
it
and he wm at his
wits' end till be saw in a daily paper
that steam whistles eonld be bought to
send in any
of
fit onto kettle spouts He provided Um
self with one and put the kettle on the
th*
the stager. As
fire in tbs room
ss
•non m tb* whistle began he wont ont
Of
tie, bot tt oort tittle to solder it an
again, and after two or three aotdering»
tbe lady took the hint- " * '**
a
ed
the
Mrs. Cornelia M. Thomas, of St
Paul, is under arrest charged with hav
ing stolen $1.000 from her eist«, Mrs
Mary D. Phillips, of Seattle, Wash. Tbe
to
an
I
peculiar Mr* Phillips eras to 8t. Paul
recently. She returned to Beattie and
while
route dreamed that Cornelia
Thomas had abstracted $1,000 of $3,400
tJT
tha
which she had in th* lining of her dree*
37
A March revealed the amount $1.000
abort Mrs Phillips returned at once
to St Paul. Mr*. Thomas wm searched
In
and part of th* stolen money found on
'.'1
her Tbe stolen bills were sewed into a
tong
belt worn next to ber skin by Mrs
Thomas.—Minneapolis JournaL
th*
of
and
Commander Leary to be ta Annapolis.
Jan. 9, aad receive from th* gov
cruor the watch that wm voted to Com
mander Leary by the Maryland legisla
ture for his conduct at Samoa. The
watch te a handsome gold chronometer.
With tb* chain attached it cert $000.
Commander Leary is now stationed at
Fortement h. Va.— Baltimore Bub.
the
A farm« « Miller sbur g, Ind., expert
«need Naal Dow's peculiarly contrary
lock last week. He wm boring for wa
ter and struck a 4-foot veto of
at a depth of only seventy-five
IK*
Is
to
tt te hoped that the Miras chnectta ex
the
will produce a fteh that will be just twice
m «t to Mt* « th* "
"Par year»." raid a steady
"I had bann ritttag ta tha
seat—the rod
by the
in the
aiale ü*ually tbe other pUom
oecu
family, for we
mgSrty.
of my
pied by
bat
one Sunday recently, when tor
and another they had ail stared at home,
I eat in my pew alone. Swing plenty of
brought to rit with
room there, the
. 1 wa* of course glad to
Oar
I did not get up and step
ont tato the aille ao that he might para
h. by me, but 1 moved along to tbe offaer
tbe pew and let him rit in my
place. When 1 had men him comfort
Ns
end of
'Alooo
ably mated and handed mm a nymnooo*
and had turned toward the pulpit again
I was surprised to find that everything in
the church teemed new and strange to
From
Dream
tomad to awing the backs of the beads of
friends and neighbors who rit in
frönt of me and the rides of their face»
■8
from a certain point of view.
"1 saw them now from another point
very
of view, and they all s ee me d to look very
differently 1 taw children who appeared
from their demeanor to be regular at
at church, but whom I bad
die
there of course, but my vtewofi
never noticed there before.
cut off by the beads and shoulders
ofother
quite
if
to me in another light, and it seemed a*.
coming as it did along
tbongbhi*
with new power. In
coat
a new angle.
deed it was almost like visiting a new
church. The fact te that w# are all euch
creatures of habit that we are apt tobe
surprised if we depart erven a Utile way
from the road wear* accustomed totrav
el."—New York Sun.
tag
twt hr I
plain, everyday
a superfluity of cheek
chin, who seems to have been born with
a tooth for buckborn. wm born for some
good purpose, no doubt, though it i*
hard to tell just what it is.
A western gentleman who rone a conn
try newspaper at home lia» been in New
York recently aad thinks he luw made a
valuable discovery. H* saw one of these
young men in a doorway of Delmonico's.
standing there sucking his cane gloomily
and looking almost human.
"We can't get any servant girl* in my
"Our best
that
young man, with
and deficiency of
Th»
at*
•f
sât
for
be
at
people have to do all their own work
though they are willing and «bis to pay
for having it done. AU tbe
tion of girls ont our way have been sent
to high school. normal school and col
lege. af>G are educated way ont of sight
of the kitchen and wonld faint at a wash
tub. Now that young
looks as if he might be taught housework
Be could at least mind the baby while
tbe old woman worked. 1 understand
yon have lots of those fellows here. Y on
call them 'chippies' or 'chappies.' There
doesn't seem to be much prospect of
ta
the
of
over there
in
a
the
making men out of them. Why not
oat of them?
turn in and make w
If that fellow would only go out west
good place
dishes, tend
ly,
with me I'd give him a
where he could cook, wash
baby and make himself a useful and hap
py citizen and get good wages too."
New York Herald.
and
in
in
Tbe wails of Kilcolman castle, built
by Raleigh for Spenser, are still stand
ing. Tbe state drawing room in which
tbe poet te said to have written tbe
"Faery Queen" is used as a stable, and
a cow touches the opposite «rails with
her boras and tail
The castle of Chillon, commanding an
Important mountain pass, was for ages
a favorite fortress of the duke* of 8avoy
Tbe stranger p ass e s through the dun
geons below the lake where Bonnivard
chained and where other prisoners
er
was
this
the
and
has
starved to death up to the unaired, damp
above, and te tempted to
think that th* royal dukes were not
much more comfortably housed than
little
"Bnt," argues the triumphant for
eigner, "if your boos« are large and
luxurious, with modern appliance«
think of the immortal deeds which en
nobled them cramped closets and nar
row closest"
Not all th* courage of
not all the laurel crowns have been wont
been
wa
1» spent,
the
re
Smith, of New York, or Jones, of Taco
ma, in his comfortable, commonplace
home, is quite as likely to justify his
right to live by lofty aims and noble acta
m wm any Sidney or Bourbon.—Yonth's
Companion.
Art la CUMrm't Teys.
of
everything
than formerly te again shown
wonderful toy animals offered at fair*
and exchanges
Tbs tendency to do
better
in the
and
''
In the infancy of this art rabbits and
to
elephants of white and gray canton
his
to
abnormally developed legs which yet
often tailed to support the stuffed bod
Um
tos dependent upon th«a, were the high
the
As
realistic animals carefully fashioned
ont
from drawings from Ufa. amtmtU of nat
ural symmetry and proportions, that
stand properly and are mad* of color»
admirably imitating the skin or fur
with which the living model Is provided
an
'**
—thee# are the present results The
nicety of the work fat detail secures a
St
hav
Mrs
Tbe
really wonderful effect as a whole.—-Her
Point of View ta New York Times
Dr. Pighead visite Mr. tioldham. the
great pork manufacturer.
"Weil, my de« Mr, I don't see that
there te anything radically wrong WTO.
yen. Go to bed early, don't drink any
tiling strong« than coffra, and you'll he
an right fa
"What!
Paul
and
$3,400
dree*
in a week."
Are yon not going to give me
$1.000
once
any medicine?"
"Certainly not Yon don't need it*
"But you get your money just the
on
a
Mrs
— 1 Yttf. Just DO.*
"Writ, I dont think it te a square deal.
FTpoota you Meed me, put a mustard
plaster on tbe back of my neck aad
gimme a dora of salts Everybody that
gov
works for met got to earn his «alary.**—
Com
Leadon Tit Bus.
legisla
The
$000.
In Thomas Naahe's "Terrors at the
Night"—published in 1694—he rays
at
lees. He also tells other peculiar things
respecting it "Or« it no fowls flies
expert
but is froMtt to death nor anio matin
ps« but te mummed like a statue of
marble. Aw le ye inhabitants around
•bout it are deafened with ye hidieoue
roar of hits waters when ont at its mid«
m out of Mont Glbell a sulphurous
that well nit pay
wa
ex
#t inkmg
ye whole eountri* about"—8t
twice
55S
TINGALE&.
the
"BrauUfri
V aller« the
Ye
wander tl
which In that h«»»«»Jy air
the raw Um*."
ho*» mountain* and «rent
> of dater* that haante oar
la Um
Oar
of th* hoort
AI
m ptaia«
profound.
dim. lorbiddoo boom
Ns d)ti)s cadette* nor ton* ri*b ran
For tel our art.
raplsred cor of
tu»turnte «oc ret. ead thee.
As night I* « Ubdroo n
'Alooo slued In li
From thecoswcci *|>rtn*tag
log bought of May.
Dream white the Isnamcrablo choir of dor
tVetromos the il««I."
-Robert Bridges
in tbe eeuate is
Mr. Hill's
ter than is generally be
it may nod he strong
itentioo with the admin
very much
fora
tetratton. In k measure Hill baa taken
in tbe senate. All
place of
friend*
die
Gorman last in Chicago
thta gives him sufficient
senate to make himself
btototbe administration
pdon.
be is going to pat on a
quite
if be desires to do so The
coat of war paint and carry a bovrie
boot and a brace of six
credit to his discretion and skill aa a
tdtag the bitterness of furi
rovokad by the New York
t, it may be depended upon
will not appear ta the een
titnde of an open opponent
i. There te good
that Mr. Hill will
N
tag which te
i*
a
that Mr.
at* in the
•f the
for
sât only
, but in spite of all the af
»1* have been put upon him
»ort tb* administration iu
l Where trouble is looked
for by those who are skimming over the
th relation to the com Anna
* is a notion of
fronts be <
be will an]
people
11 make a fight at every op
ihat Hill
y are probably mistaken
pretty familiar with tbe
situation and know Hill very well be
lieve that hi will follow no such line of
policy, hut will approve everything and
portunity
Men who
on
of
racy.
ved th* only thing Hill has
prevent
His text
it is belie
ta view te 1 o stand on guard to
the preferment of Mugwumps,
of party qualifications will not be per
ttonal support of himself. But he hates
p. — Washington Star
a Mi
It WmMs'I Werk.
Impressed him with the be
Uef that A Republican family lived in
the boose, and with a conning smile be
shuffled up to the kitchen and knock.-,
ruing, uinm." he said to the
Bornât
not
"Good
lady who Appeared.
"Good morning." she replied pl e a s e nl
ly, "what will yon have?"
"Lady," he said meekly, "my name It
Harrison—Benjamin Harrison—and I
called to
bite of In
ef yon couldn't give me a
[feet."
? Harrison? repeated the
tbe
and
an
ages
dun
lady taqu|iring!y
"Yes.
; Ben Harrison they calls me
ter abort.Ian 'tain't sitch a bail name aft
er all, is ft. ranmT
"Oh, up," she answered brightly, 'it's
an excellent name, but the owner of U
will have to get out." and ab* began to
call the dog
"Dgh," be growled aa he dodged
through the gate, "I might 'a' knowed by
that cheerful look of hern she wux a
Democrat," and be sat down in an alley
to think up a better gag with which to
work the unwary.—Detroit Free Press
to
not
than
f thu Great EMm railed.
to tbe failure of the Great
l which at tb# time was sttrib
a ted to jher size, in comparison with the
which now attends boats of
nearly the same dimensions, how plain
naval architecte, vessel owner»
and in fact everybody poss e ss i ng even a
limited knowledge of the requirement»
as to
Reft
for
and
en
nar
wont
Is te th«
ose of failure in the Great East
1er power was entirely .out of
on to her greet length and other
nt Tbe dimensions of Atlantic
re now approaching to nearly
» of the Great Eastern. The
f the Great Eastern waa «80 feet
r horsepower 7.BS0. The m-w
liner Campania is «SO feet long,
horsepower will be 80,000. and
it te Mid that the boat which the White
ne propones to build at Bel fact
, will be 700 feet long, it i* the
ate of power to which attention it
called, however.—Marine Review
wer in large steam
his
acta
era.
sr*
fair*
better
the
but
and
yet
bod
high
I nut Colonel Dan Lament on upper
Broadway Monday He wm looking like
feeling that «ray, too," said he
1 began to toiler from insomnia
»red. While in Washington i *1
rnt soundly No matter bow bard
d I could go to bed and sleep like
nat
that
color»
fur
hte
I felt
ways
The
!
a
gone. It te a terrible thing not to be able
As I any. I got scared, and 1
to
took
advice, cut butinera and went
n»J
the
back all right, just In
time to be in at tb* political death.
t that a grand result, though?"
d the ex-presidential private aacro
and present railway magnate smiled
anti y and Mapped
able coupe.—New York Herald.
I
that
WTO.
any
he
t**7
in!-, hi» comfort
me
it*
the
Fee Frmpt til* Applies!toa.
e of the moat interested parties in
Ute Connecticut River road dsn! wm
tner superintendent of Um Central
England and Western. When it
was first reported th« tb* River road
had gone into the hand* of the consoli
dated road this gentleman a« down and
wrote President Clark asking for tb* an
permtendeocy of the new acqnbdtion.
After mailing the letter be bought a
newspaper and road of the unexpected
affair* had taken and the control of
the
af
deal.
N
aad
that
t
the
rays
the road passing Into the bands of the
delphia and Reading, the company
had ousted him once. Now he's
m
things
flies
be wrote.—Hartford Port
matin
ere is a marked change between this
cm and the hut so for as the aatiojv
bill is concerned. La« session peti
i poured ta by Irashris raking for the
kg* of the measure, while now pro
of
mid«
pay
are coming in agntnrt the senate
favorably thereon.—Washington