: Bellefonte, Pa., July 29, 1892
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WHAT I WOULD DO.
1f I were a girl, a true hearted girl,
Just budding to fair womanhood,
There’s many a thing that I would not do,
And numberless more that I would.
I Hever would frown, with my mouth drawn
own,
For the creases will there and stay ;
But sing like the lark should the day be dark
Keep a glow in my heart anyway!
1f I were a girl, a bright, winsome girl,
Just leaving my childhood behind,
1 would be go neat, from head to my feet,
That never a fault could one find.
So helpful to mother, so gentle to brother,
1'd have things so cheery and sweet,
That the streets and their glare could never
compare
With the charms of a home so replete.
If I were a girl, a fond, loving girl,
With father o’'erburdened with care,
T would walk at his side with sweet,
pride, .
With ever a kiss and a prayer.
Not a secret I'd keep that could lead to deceit,
Not a thought I should blush to share ;
Not « friend my parents would dis approve—
1 would trust such a girl anywhere!
0H % 3 —Golden Days.
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tender
A TEST,
Although I had known George Mar-
tin a long time, he had only lately ini-
tiated me into the mysteries of his life.
1 koew well that he had beea guilty of
many kinds of excesses and indiscre-
tions in his youth, nevertheless 1 was
not a little astonished that he had once
sank so low as burglary. Without
further remark I here relate the chief
episode out of the remarkable career of
this strange man: :
“Yes,” said he, “I had a hard time
of it in thosedays, and finally I became
a—burglar. When Robert Schmied-
lein proposed to me that we should
break into the somewhat retired house
of two doctors—Dr. Engler and Dr.
Langner—I thouglitlessly agreed. Both
doctors were well known on account of
their scientific researches, and one of
them especially for his eccentric ‘man-
ner,’
«Well, the night fixed for the carry-
ing out of our design: arrived and we
went'to work with the greatest confi-
dence, ‘for all the circumstances were
favorable for a burglary. - It was pitch
dark, neither moon nor stars visible,
and it’ addition a'strong west wind was
blowing. which was very welcome to
us, as it promised to drown every sound,
however slight.
“It was toward 2in the morning as
we, assuming all was safe, began by fil
ing through a chain. which fastened a
laddar to the wall. The ladder we
placed under a window in the first sto-
ry on the left side of the house. In less
than five minutes we had opened the
window, and hearing nothing, Schmied-
lein climbed through it and I followed
him. After carefully reclosing the
yenetians we ventured to light a lan-
tern and then discovered that we were
in 4 kind of lumber room, the door of
which was locked.
“After picking the lock we deter-
mined first to explore the rooms on the
ground floor, thinking we should thus
rtin less risk of waking the inhabitants
of the house.
“To our no little astonishment we
perceived, as we crept down stairs, a
light shining under the door of one of
the rooms at the back of the building.
“At first we were both for beating a
hasty retreat. Schmeidlein soon re-
covered himself and proposed that we
should torce our way into the room,
bind and gag every occupant, and theu
obtain by threats all desirable informa-
tion.
“| ggreeing, weapproached the door.
While carefully throwing the light
around, I'noticed, about seven feet
from the floor, a wire which appeared
to pass through the door we were ap-
proaching, and on pointing it out to my
companion he thought it would be coa-
nected with some bell.
“I replied in a whisper that we
should try and avoid an alarm by cut-
ting the wire, and as I could just reach
it with my bands I would hold it firm
while Schmiedlein cut it between my
hands, and thus prevent it jerking back
and ringing the bell.
“Setting the lantern on the floor I
seized the wire, while Schmiedlein
drew a pair of pinchers out of his pock
et. But the moment I touched it I telt
a frightful shock, which quivered
through and through me, so that I fell
allin a heap, tearing the wire down
with me. I rememberhearing theloud
ringing of a bell, while Schmiedlein—
whom, moreover, I have never seen
since—disappeared like lightning into
the darkness and escaped, very likely
by the way we had come.
“Qn falling down I struck my head
violently against the opposite wall and
became unconscious, while the electric
bell—at that time a novelty—rang un-
ceasingly.
‘Regaining my senses I found myself
bound and helpless, which after all did
not surprise me, as I concluded I had
been caught where I had fallen. It soon
struck me, however, that there were
some peculiar circumstances connected
with my captivity. :
“] was nearly undressed, and lay oa
a cold slab of slate which was about
ihe height of a table from the ground,
and only a piece of linen protected my
body from immediate contact with the
stone. Straightabove me hung a large
lamp, whose polished reflector spread
a light far around, and when I, as far
as possible, looked around, I perceived
several ehelves with bottles, flasks and
chemical apparatus of all kinds upon
them. In one corner of the room stood
a complete human skeleton and vari-
ous odds and ends of human bodies
hung here and there upon the walls.
I then knew [ was lying on the opera-
ting—or dissecting—table of a doctor,
a discovery which naturally troubled
me greatly ; at the same time I per
ceived that my mouth also was firmly
gagged.
“What did iv all mean? Had some
accident befallen me so that a surgical
operation was necessary for my recov-
ery? But I remembered nothingof the
kind, and also felt no pain; neverthe-
less here I lay, stripped and helpless,
on thisterrible table, gagged and bound,
‘which indicated something extraordi-
nary.
“Tt astonished me not a little that
there should besuch an operating room
in such a house, until I remembered
that Dr. Langner, as the district physi-
cian, had to carry out the postmortem
examinations for the circuit, and that
in the small provincial town no
other room was available for such a
purpose. I felt too miserable, howev-
er, to think anything more about it.
But I soon noticed, after another vain
effort to free myself, that I was not
alone‘in the room, for I heard the rus-
tling of paper, aud then some one said
in quiet, measured tones:
“Yes, Langner, I am quite convinced
that this man is particularly suited for
the carrying out of my highly impor.
tant experiments. How long have I
been wishing to make the attempt—at
last, to-night, Ishall be able to produce
the proof of my theory.”
“That would indeed be a high tri-
umph of human skill,’ I heard a sec-
ond voice reply; ‘but consider, dear
doctor, if the man were to expire under
our hands—what then ?’
“Impossible I" was the quick reply.
‘It is bound to succeed, and even it it
did not, he will die a glorious death in
the interests of science ; while, if we
were to let him go, he would sooner or
later fall into the hands of the hang-
man.
“I could not even see the two men,
yet their conversation was doubtless
about me ; and, hearing it, I shuddered
from head to foot. They were propos-
ing some dangerous operation on me,
not for my benefit but in the interests
of medical science.
“At any rate, I thought they won't
undertake such & thing without my
sanction ; and what, after all, was their
intention ? It must be something ter-
rible, for they had already mentioned
the possibility of my seccumbing. I
should soon know the fearful truth, for,
after a short pause, they continued:
«It has long been acknowledged
that the true source of life lies in the
blood. What I wish to prove, dear
Languer, is this. Nobody need die
from pure loss of blood, and yet such
cases occur only too often, while we
must all the time be in possession of
means to renew this highly mportant
sap of life and thus avoid a fatal result.
We read of a few, but only a few, cases
of a man who for some reason or other
had lost so much blood that his death
appeared inevitable if some other noble
hearted man had not offered his own
blood in order to let it flow from his
veins into the veins of the dying man.
As you are aware, this proceeding hae
always had the desired effect. I con-
sider it, however, a great mistake to
deprive a fellow being of ‘mecessary
blood, for the one thereby only gains
life and strength at the cost of another,
who offers himself for an always dan-
gerous sacrifice.’
«Yes, I do not think that right,
either,” replied Dr. Langner. ‘And,
moreover, how seldom is a man found
at the critical moment ready to submit
himselt at once to such a dangerous
loss of blood.’
“(That is very natural ; no one light-
ly undertakes such a thing,’ continued
the other. ‘So much greater will be
our triumph if the operation succeeds.
I hope to show you, dear colleague, that
although we are thinking of taking that
man’s blood, even to the last drop, in a
few hours we shall set him on his feet
again.’
“Just so! TU donot see why we
ghould not succeed. At any rate, in
the interest of science, we ghould prove
in a practical manner the correctness
of our theory.”
“¢And this proof, dear friend, we
will undertake without delay. Let me
just repeat my instructions, for we can-
not go to work too carefully to preserve
the life of this man. 1 will open a
vein in his thigh and measure exactly
the quantity of blood which flows out,
at the same time watching the beating
of the heart. Under ordinary circum-
stances nothing could possibly save him,
but just before the extinction of the last
spark of life we will insert the warm
blood of a living rabbit into his veins,
as we have already arranged. If my
theory is right, the pulsation of the
heart will then gradually increase in
strength and rapidity. At the same
time it is important to protect his limbs
trom cold and stiffness, which will nat-
urally take place with the loss of arte-
terial blood.’
“The conversation of the two doctors
overwhelmed me with deadly terror. I
could scarcely believe I was really
awake and not the victim of some cru-
el nighumare.
“The fact remained, however, that 1
lay helpless on the dissecting table, that
a threatening skeleton stood in the cor-
ner of the room, and, above all, that
terrible conversation which I had to
listen to in silence filed me with a fear
such ss I had never before experienced.
Involuatary the thought forced itself
upon me that I was at the mercy of
two infatuated doctors, to whose mad
theory I should here fall the victim.
“I maid to myself that no doctor with
a sound mind would propose such a
frightful and murderous experiment
upon a living man.
“The two doctors now approached
the dissecting table and looked calmly
into my face; then smiling, took off
their coats and tucked up their sleeves.
I struggled to get free, as only a des-
perate man under such extraordinary
circumstances could have struggled. In
vain. Their long acquired experience
knew. how to render me completely
helpless, and to their satisfaction I
could not even make a sound,
“Dr, Engler now turned to a side ta-
ble, and I saw him open a chest of sur-
gical instruments and takeout a lancet,
with which he returned to me. He at
once removed the covering from my
right thigh, and although I lay bound
to the table in such a way that I could
not see my limbs I was able to watch
the doctor, busied with his preparations.
“Directly after femoving the cloth I
felt a prick in the side of my leg, and
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at once felt the warm blood rush forth
and trickle down my leg.- The convie-
tion that he opened the principal vein
in the thigh would have sufficed to
shake the strongest nerves.
There is no danger,’ said Dr. Eng-
ler, looking into my staring, poids
eyes with terrible calmness. ‘You wil
pot die, my good man. I have only
opened an artery in your thigh, and
you will experience all the sensations
of bleeding to death. You will get
weaker and weaker, and finally, per: |
"por interesting, for the average reader
haps, lose all consciousness, ‘but we
ghall not let you die. No,no! You
must live and astonish the scientific
world through my great discovery !
“] naturally could say nothing in re-
ply, and no words can adequately ex-
press what I felt at that moment.
could in one breath have wept, implored
cursed and raved.
“Meanwhile I felt my life's blood
flowing and could hear it dropiuto a
vessel standing under the end of the ta-
ble. Every moment the doctor laid
hie hand on my heart, at thesame time
making remarks which only increased
my horror.
“After he had put his hand on me
for at least the twentieth time, and felt
the beating ot the heart, he said to his
assistant:
t ¢Are you ready with your prepara-
tions, Langner? He has now lost an
enormous quantity of blood, and the
pulsation is getting weaker and weak-
er. See, he is already losing conscious
ness, and with these words he took
the gag out of my mouth.
“A feeling of deadly weakness as
well as of infinite misery laid hold of
me when the physicians uttered these
words, and on my aitempting to speak
I found that scarcely a whispering mur-
mur passed my lips. Shadowy phan-
toms and strange colors flitted before
my eyes, and 1 believed myself to be
already in a state past all human aid.
“What happened in the next few
minutes I do not know, for I had faint-
ed. When I reopened my eyes I no-
ticed I no longer lay on the dissecting
table, but was sitting in an armchair in
a comfortable room, near which stood
the two doctors looking at me.
“Near me was a flask of wine, sever-
al smelling salts, a few basins of cold
water, some sponges and a galvanic
battery. It was now bright daylight,
and the two doctors smiled as they
looked at me. :
“When I remembered the terrible
experiment I shuddered with horror
and tried to rise. I felt to weak, how:
ever, and sank back helpless into the
chair. Then the circuit physician in a
friendly but firm voice, addressing me:
“Compose yourself, young man.
You imagined you were slowly bleed-
ing to death ; nevertheless, be assured
that you have not lost a single drop of
blood. You have undergone no opera-
tion whatever, but haye been the vic-
tim of your own imagination. We
knew very well you heard every word
of our conversation which was only in-
tended to deceive you as much as poss-
ible. What I maintained was, that a
man’s body will always completely lie
under the influence of what he himself
firmly believes, while my colleague, on
the other hand, held the opinion that
the body can never be hurt by anything
which only exists in the imagination.
This has long been an open question
between us, which, after your capture,
we at once determined to decide. So
we surrounded you with objects of na-
ture to influence your imagination, aid-
ed further by our conversation ; and
finally, your conviction that we would
really carry out the operation of which
you heard us speak completed the de-
ception. :
4 ¢You have now the satisfaction of
knowing that you are assafe and as
sound as ever you were, At the same
time we assure you that you really
showed all the symptoms of a man
bleeding to death, a proof thatthe body
can sometimes suffer from the most ab-
surd unreality that the mind can imag:
ine.
“Astonishment, joy and doubt at
finding myself neither dead nor dying
struggled within me, and then the rage
of haying. been subjected to such an
awful and heartless experiment by the
two doctors overcame me. I was quick-
ly interrupted by Dr. Engler, however,
on trying to give free scope to my in-
dignation.
“(We had not exactly any right to
undertake such an experiment with
you,’ he said; ‘but we thought you
would pardon us if we delivered you
from certain punishment instead of hav-
ing to undergo a painful trial and a
long imprisonment for burglarly. You
are certainly at liberty to complain
about us ; but consider, my good fellow,
if such a step is in your interests. 1
do not think so. On the other hard,
we are quite willing to make you a fit-
ting compensation for all the agoay
ou have suffered.’
“Under the circumstances,’ contin-
ued George Martin, “I considered it
wise to accept their proposal, although
I have not to this day forgiven the two
men for 80 treating me.
“The doctors kept their promise.
They made me a very handsome pres
ent, and troubled themselves about me
in other ways, so that since that time
I have been a more fortunate and, I
hope, a better man: Still I have nev-
er forzotten the hour when I lay on
the dissecting table—the unexpected
victim of a terrible experiment—in the
interests of science, as Dr. Engler ex-
plained.
Such was the strange story of my
friend. His death, which recently took
place, released me from the promise of
secrecy given to him about an event
which he could never recall, even after
a lapse of thirty years, without a feel:
ing of unabated horror.—Strand Maga:
2me.
No Free Coinage This Session.
WasHINgTON, July 18.—The silver
question was probably settled for this
session at least, by the house, to-day, af-
ter a lengthy debate, defeating the res-
oluticn reported from the committee on
rules setting aside to-day and the next
legislative day for the consideration of
the senate free coinage bill.
. All About Gypsies.
Their Origin, Manners, Customs and Method of
Living.—The General Impression Regarding
the Race is Wrong—Most of Them are Indus
trious in Their Own Way—They do not Lika
Civilization.
A reporter has had the novel pleasure
of passing an evening with a family of
genuine full blooded gypsies at their
home near this city.
To the average reader this statement
will not appear particularly startling
is probably not sufficiently conversant
with gypsies and their ways to be inter-
ested in a family of them which jour-
neyed across the water to make a new
home in the United States.
Tt is safe to say that the popular idea
of gypsies is far from being correct. All
havelseen our wandering nomads, travell-
ing along our highways or bivouacing
in their filthy tents and still more filthy
camps. Ask ten people what a gypsy
is and six of them will substantially
say:
People who travel about the coun-
try and exist by doing as little work as
they can and by stealing all they can
lay their hands upon.”
This impression is all wrong and
there are few, very few, genuine gypsies
in this country. ]
Gypsies are a distinct race and nation-
ality in themselves ; as distinct as the
Germans are from the Chinese or the
Russians from the Americans. They
are supposed to come, as their name in-
dicates, originally from Egypt. They
have a language of their own, the Ro-
maneo chick; or “Gypsy tongue,”
which it still preserved and spoken al-
most as purely as it was centuries 8go.
It is made up of the Egyptian, Hindoo-
stanee, Roumanian and other languages.
Gypsies are scattered over all Europe,
and there are to-day over 70,000 of
them on that continent. It is not
known when first they left their native
country aud began to make their ap-
pearance in Europe. They entered
Germany in 1122, and as early as 1531
many of them were in Scotland, follow-
ing the occupations of actors and danc-
ersand tinkers. They are known to
this day in Scotland as “tinklers.” The
better and more progressive class of
gypsies seem to have adopted Great
Britian as their home. While the men
have as a rule followed horse trading as
a business, and the women fortune tell-
ing and basket making, they have
turned their hands to nearly all trades
and occupations.
NEITHER POOR NOR LAZY.
Gypsies have figured as engravers,
metal and iron workers, actors, artists,
musicians, clergymen, evangelists, car-
penters, physicians and so on. Work-
ing upon iron and metals appears to
have been their forte, however, next to
horse dealing, In 1726 they casta large
bell at Edgehill, and at about the same
period they practised engraving on
pewter, lead and copper. Gypsies also
conducted an iron foundry near St.
Andrew’s, In Hungary, in 1496, they
made bullets and cannon: balls.
Noone should for a moment think
that gypsies are either poor, careless as
to their personal appearance or shunned
socially by the people with whom they
come in contact. Many gypsies are
very “well fixed” financially, and few
if any in Europe or on the Continent
are not well supplied with all the neces-
saries of life. They own valuable
horses, fine wagons and caravans, com-
fortable tents and furnishings. In re-
turn, they have been entertained by
kaiser and popeon the Continent, and
by dukes and earls in England.
One Charles Bosworth, a gypsy
‘king,” lived and flourished at Rossing-
tonin Yorkshire in 1709. According
to all accounts Cha les was a roistering
blade and enjoyed himself to the utmost.
History intorms us that he ‘was
a mad spark, mighty fine and brisk,
keeping company with a great many
fine gentlemen, knights and esquires.”
An idea of the social standing
of the gypsics canbe formed when
in 1750 the Prince and
Princess of Wales journeyed to Nor-
wood to visit “Queen’’ Margaret.
Like the Jews, the gypsies have for
centuries been a greatly oppressed race,
and great injustice has been done them.
As late as 1872 forty-seven of them
were arrested in Germany upon various
charges and imprisoned. When they
came to trial not one of the charges
could be sustained and they were all re-
leased.
HOW THEY LIVE.
As a rule the gypsies are superior to
many of the people whose countries they
pass through. They are bright and ex-
tremely courteous.
They remain frequently several weeks
in one camp. Reaching a town they
hire a camping ground, which 1s usually
a Inrge field affording sufficient pastur-
age for their horses and donieys. The
tents are pitched, the camp made and
then the men begin to buy and sell
horses—this in England and Scotland is
called “coping,” it being difficult to
cope with a gypsy on horse dealing—
and the women devote their spare time
to basket making and fortune telling.
There is & throng of visitors at their
camp the greater portion of the time,
and a tribe usually takes ‘more money
out of town than 1t brings in.
"The camp is a model of "picturesque-
ness. The tents are small affairs, the
grassy soil being. the floor, generally
covered with dry leaves gathered from
the neighboring hedgerows. In front
from a tripod hangs a large kettle, and
the women wearing dresses and shawls
of bright gay colors combine to make
the scene a most cheery one. The gyp-
sies are great tea drinkers and brew the
beverage in & way that would have de-
lighted the heart of “Sairy Gamp.”—
New York Recorder.
A E— LAR ATE
A Hopeless Outlook,
From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
No man remembers of Kansas ever
before being fighting ground in a presi-
dential year. Iowa, which used to roll
up immense Republican majorities, is
in the possession of the Democracy.
Qo are Pennéylvania and Wisconsin,
New York, which has always been
doubtful heretofore, is Democratic in
every branch. Republican must have
a hard time trying to keep up an ap:
pearance of hopetalness,
Funny American Slang
A Simple Sentence Creates an Amusing Scene in
a Devonshire Church.
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It was the privilege of a certain De- |
troiter to be invited to the country seat
| of a delightful English family in De-
vonshire. He is rather shy, and al-
though accomplished and a good story
teller, d1d not make great efforts to foist
his talents upon the congregation of
guests who were assembled there and
who comprised many bright people.
One of the daughters finally said to him:
“Mr. G——, do you know one thing
which has surprised me awfully ?”
“No. What is it?”
“You have been here a week now and
haven’t used any slang.”
«Well, really I don’t think that I”’—
“Qh, please use some just to oblige
me. 1 have heard so much about
American slang!”
«J can’t think ofany just now, but
| I'll tell you what I’11 do. The first
time I think of something I'll say it.”
“Very well; but mind, it must be
awfully American, you know.”
The next Sunday everyone went to
church, for the family homestead was
located near a village which was said to
be one of the most orthodox places in
that part of England. No one would
even ride to church, except those who
were to old to walk or were disabled.
The American walked with the eldest
daughter, and her five sisters came on
behind, for, like most English families,
the girls were in the majority.
‘When they were all seated and the
guests managed to crowd into the little
church, the choir, composed of village
girls, sang in a very pleasing manner.
Before beginning the sermon the minis-
ter, a tmall man who spoke slowly, said:
«It is with extreme reluctance—that
I would call your attention—to the tact
that it is necessary—to realize a small
sum--for the benefit of our choir—who,
as you know—have kindly volunteered
—their services.”
All the guests looked at one another,
for extra contributions for some pretext
had been the rule and not the exception
for the last three months.
«J know that you have already—giv-
en generously for various causes—and x
dislike to tax—you all—but our young
friends—whose voices have just now—
blended so harmoniously—and pleasing
to the ear—are perhaps entitled—to
some slight rvecompense— for their
great services in the past—and the earn-
est endeavors.”
As the minister proceeded, geiting
more and more monotonous, until it
seemed as though he would never reach
the conclusion of his request, the Ameri-
can shifted uneasily and then, leaning
over, whispered to the girl who had
asked for a little slang:
Qh, tell him to cut it short and pass
| the plate 1”
The girl was nearly convulsed with
laughter, but, managing to control her-
self, leancd over and said to the sister
sitting next to her:
«Mr.—says to tell him to cut it
short and pass the plate.”
The remark went along the line. and
when the five sisters had absorbed it
they were fairly shaking with suppressed
laughter. Then it was passed on to the
guests, and before the minister had con-
cluded his dessertation every ope in the
church was striving to suppress outward
indication of merriment by means of
handkerchiefs. But when the plate was
really circulated the eldest sister tittered
loudly and the five sisters followed, the
youngest whispering lightly :
«Cut him short and pass the plate!”
The American was a lion for the rest
of the day, and the half a dozen girls
all vied with each other in showering
attentions upon him, while the old gen-
tleman, their father, declared that Amer-
ican slang was awfully funny, don’t you
know.— New York Telegram.
ER TETRIS
——Say, Mister !”’
She was perhaps 10 years old, ragged,
dirty, barefooted and bareheaded, tow-
sle-topped but fearless—calico wrapper,
alley filler She stood by the counter in
a florist’s and threw her thin voice at
clerk whose body was bent over an ice
chest.
«What do you want?”
«How much fer them red things in
the tumbler 7--1 want em fer Ally-—
she’s goin’ on two.”
«Them red things,” it may be said,
were a cluster of sweet pea blossoms,
«Fifty cents,” said the clerk.
«Qh [--I only gotter nickel-—’ so re-
gretfully and so resignedly that it sped
straight to the mark. “They’s fer our
Ally—" she went on, “She was only
oin’ on two.”
Who's Ally 2” said the man good na-
turedly.
«She was our baby and she goin’ to
be buried this afternoon. How much
would a nickel git? I ain’t got no.
more,” and a tear ran down over the
hard little knowing face, the face of
Povey the face that knew no child-
ood
“Bob 1" the voice came from the dark
corner where desk stood.
«Well, sir?”
“@ive her the bunch—tell ber to
keep the nickel.”
She said nothing but stared at the
dark corner while the flowers were put
upin paper, then she lowered her -sharp
voice and asked : “Who's him 7”
«That's the gentleman who owns the
store.”
She started for ‘the door with her
treasure, halted, looked back and said ;
«Tell him ‘thank you.’ Mebbe he
knowed Ally. She was only goin’ on
two.
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Carter Steers The Crailt
Has Has Not Had Much Experience, but He is
Willing.
WasHaINGTON, D. C. July 17.—Tom
Carter's selection as chairman of the Na-
tional Republican Committee was re-
ceived in washington with great surprise.
Tom Carter is all right, and it may be
true, as Uncle Jerry Rusk has claimed
for some time past that there are no flies
on him. Still he does not represent
uite the element in the party that the
Pie would like to make conspi-
cuous in the coming fight. Carter is a
typical Western hustler. He has never
done anything in politics, however, to
justify his reputation, except to button-
hole men and;fiigure up results at Min-
neapolis. Because he looked wise and !
was close-mouthed at Minneapolis men |
say he isa great and wise politician.
TEA
The World of Women.
An artistic-looking straw hat is half
hidden by rococo lace and sweet peas.
Have you a black dress among your
wardrobe ? If not procure one at once;
they are all the go.
Velvet rivbons in all colors and sel-
dom more than an inch wide are rarely
absent from smart gowns.
New Paris passementeries in colored
beads and tinsels are beautiful enough to
warrant the somewhat extravagant
price per yard.
Miss Frances Power Cobbe has lately:
received from a philanthropic woman
$150,000 to be used in her various lines
of humane work.
Miss Addie M. Stevens, of Concord,
N. H., has been registered as a skilled
pharmacist. She is the first woman in
the State to qualify for this position.
Black chip hats are prettily trimmed
with black velvet ribbon strings, two or
three rows of white laceand two of the
black Mephisto feather ornaments in
front. *
Great fluffy bows of polka-dotted silk
are also tied like the new scarfs, which
now come eleven inches wide and a
Jad and a half long with becoming ef-
ect.
Mrs. Humphry Ward is a wonderful
linguist; she is versed in French, Ger-
man, Spanish and Italian literature, to
2 nothing of Latin Greek and He-
rew.
If you wish to make new sleeves out
of your old ones simply cut them off
just below the elbow, put on a deep frill
: lace and wear suede gloves to meet
them.
Plain India muslins have reappeared
with embroidered borders in colors, and
lighter than the popular wool crepons
are the creped India silks and vaporous
creped-silk muslins that are used both
for afternoon and evening toilettes.
Heliotrope, which has not been much
favored this season, is coming in as it
were, at the top. The newest bonnets
and hats are in a pale shade of this color
and are trimmed with lilacs,heart’s ease,
violets or jonquils, intermixed with
ese velvet ribbon and ecru guipure
ace.
The fashions of the present are severe
on short woman —capes, flounces and
puffed sleeves, elaborately trimmed cor-
sages, berthas, fichus, belted waists, gir-
dles, peasant bodices and sheath-like
outing skirts that reveal the too solid
figure, The choice appears to lie
between these at the moment.
A pretty shirt waist is made of white
wash silk with fine stripes of blue.
Around the collar and cuffs is a double
row of feather stitching worked in silk
to match the blue stripes. The waist is
made like a sailor blouse and is held in
lace by an elastic, This baggy effect
2 shins waist is a novelty lately intro-
uced.
Besides the large straw hats now
worn, small sailor hats are also finding
much favor, especially since they have
received the novel addition of strings.
Stripes of chiffon edged at one side with
feathers are a pretty novelty, a bunch
of roses with bows at the back completes
the trimming. As already noted, sailor
hats this season have soft crowns.
The butterfly fan, is an expensive
summer fancy. It is made of shaded
silk in the exact shape of a butterfly,
with wings of various colored crepe,
studded with jewels. The handle is of
tortoise shell long and slender. A black
and yellow one, wings ablaze with topaz
was effective carried with a gown of
block crepe de Chine, trimmed with
gold.
A dainty gown for morning wear is of
baby-blue cotton crepon with a yoke
and a deep ruffle around the bottom of
embroidery on a grayish tint of pink
muslin. This was introduced also for a
side panel and formed a cap for the
sleeves. The pattern was in open work.
Ribbon in pink, blue and gray were:
used profusely in trimming the gown.
They formed a lattice effect over the:
panel of embroidery at the side.
A writer on medical women claims:
that there is not an institution of learn-
ing, not a woman’s club or a woman’s
art class, not a university law school or
woman’s annex, not a diploma granted
at Harvard or a certificate of proficiency
given at Harvard but owes its existence,
its toleration and its = trinmphs to the
courage of Emily and Elizabeth Black-
well, of England and New York, and
the other women students of 1850, who
demanded recognition and place and
honor in the medical world.
Mrs. Woods’ “Village Tragedy’ has
been translated into Russian. Step-
niak’s influence had probably something
to do with this; he is said te admire
Mrs. Woods’ work very much and in
reviewing “The Village Tragedy”
wrote. ‘One cannot read a chapter
without being thrown into ecstasy of
admiration. The whole thing lives.
It is simply and natural all through.
yet every line tells, every stroke of the
pen reveals new and unexpected per-
spectives.
Reliable fashion sources make white
pique gowns the novelty of the hour.
They are worn at Lenox and Newport
by. the most fashionable women for din-
ner and evening occasions, and are
made with half low corsage; fitted coat
back and a Directeire front, turning
back in large pointed revers, Tha
front is a full gathered one of white
silk, mull or crepe. with a lace jabot in
the middle, and about the waist is the
now fashionable broad sash. The
sleeves are made with a large puff to the
elbows and have a flaring cuff turned
back on the full puff. The skirt is a
bell, made plain and slightly trained.
In the Kingdom of Dahomey the wo-
men not only fight, but propose. "When
a Dahomey girl fancies a young man
she tells her father and mother, who
golicit the hand of the young man as
her representatives. If-heis favorably
inclined, he is taken into the family on
probation. If he does not prove salis-
factory he is rejected. But if he con-
tinues to gain in favor permission is
asked of the chief for a = formal
marriage. If the girl: should be very
beautiful the girl is sent to the King,
who has the final disposition of the pret-
ty girls of the kingdom. If nothing
stands in the way the girl is married to-
the man she has-chosen.