Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 15, 1895.
SEEIN’ THINGS.
I ain't afeard uv snakes, or toads, or bugs, or
worms, or mice, .
An’ things ‘at girls are skeered uv I think are
awful nice! .
I'm pretty brave, I guess ; an’ yet I hate to go
to bed, .
For, when I'm tucked up warm an’ snug an’
when my prayers are said.
Mother tells me “Happy dreams)” and takes
away the light
An’ leaves me lyin’ all alone an’ seein’ things
at night!
Sometimes they're in the corner, sometimes
they're by the door, :
Sometimes they're all a-standin’ in the mid-
dle uv the floor ; .
Sometimes they are a.sittin’ down, sometimes
they're walking round
£0 softly and so creepy-like they never make
a sound !
Sometimes they are as black asink, an’ other
times they're white—
But the color ain’t no difference when you
see things at night!
Once when I licked a feller ’at had just moved
on our street
An’ father sent me up to bed without a bite to
eat
I woke up in the dark an’ saw things standin’
n a row, Lo *
A-lookin’ at me cross-eyed an’ p’intin’ at me—
£0.
Oh, my! I wuz fo skeered that time I never
slep’ a mite —
It's almost alluz when I'm ‘bad 1 see things at
night,
Lusky hing] ain't a girl, or I'd be skeered to
th?
eath?
Bein’ I'm 8 bos I duck my head an’ hold my
reath ;
An’ I am so sorry I'm a naughty boy, an’ then
I promise to be better an’ I say my prayers
again!
Gran’ma tells me that's the only way to make
it right
When a feller has been wicked an’ sees things
at night!
An’ so, when other naughty boys would coax
me into sin,
I try to skwush the Tempter’s voice ’at urges
me within ;
An’ when they’s pie for supper or cakes ’at’s
big and nice,
I want to—but I do not pass my plate f'r them
things twice !
No, ruther let starvation wipe me slowly out 'o
sig
Than|I should keep a-livin’ on and seein’
things at night!— Eugene Field.
EMPTY SEATS.
‘Are yeu going to church this morn-
ing, Susie ?”” “asked Dr. Clark, lying
back in his easy chair with the morn-
ing paper. “A doctor who is out day
and night can’t be expected.”
“Nos I made jelly yesterday, and
Fm tired ; enough to stay at
home this cloudy morning,’ and
Mrs, Clark curled up on the couch
with the Bible she had not opened for
a week ; but it soon dropped from her
hand. She was aroused by a strange
voice saying :
“Now, my good imps, what have
you done to-day to weaken the king.
dom of God.”
The voice came from a suspicious
locking person -seated on a throne of
human skulle. Around him was gath-
ered a crowd of terrible beings, each
with a crown ot fire, in which gleam-
ed some name, such as Malice, Envy,
Pride, Hatred and kindred passions.
“We have been busy to-day making
empty seats in churches,” began one.
“Nothing could please me better,”
answered the king.
“I persuaded one man that he had a
headache, and kept him from a sermon
that might have changed his whole
life,” said another.
I induced one good man to slip down
to his store and fix up bis books,’ said
another with a horrid grin.
‘“i(xo0d, said the king. ‘He'll soon
give up Sunday altogether.”
“] was able to induce one devoted
young man to visit old friends,” said
one imp.
“I worried an old sister about her
old bonnet until she decided to stay at
home until she got a new one,” spoke
up the imp labeled ‘‘Pride.”
“And I made several poor women.
who were bungry for God's Word, stay
at home and repine over their trials. I
just said to them: ‘Oh, these rich
people don’t care for ycu; you can’t
wear ‘fine clothes, 80 I wouldn't go
where I was looked down upon.’ *’ He
continued : “That way I kept many
poor people at home ‘whom the rich
would have been glad to see.”
“That is ove of the best ways to
cheat poor people out of heaven I
know of,’ answered the king with ap-
proval.
“I induced a good many men and
women to think that they were not
strong enough to go out,” said the one
iabeled “Indifference.” “Of course all
these men will be at business to-mor-
row, even if they feel worse. But they
could not go to church where they
would have no special mental or physi-
cal strain. Andihe ladies'would have
been able to clear house or go calling,
but [ made them think they could not
go to church unless they were perfect:
ly well.” z
“Very good,” éaid the king, with a
eulphurious grin. “Sudden headaches
might often be cured by getting out in
the air, and headaches forgotéen by.
thoughts drawn to higher things. But
you lying imps must use every weak-
uess of the flesh to help make empty
seats.”
They all smiled, for in their king-
dom “lying” was a great complimeat.
“I have a way to keep people home
from church and they feel perfectly ic-
nocent about it,” eaid ome. “I induce
people to have company or go visiting |
on Sunday. Of course, thie takes their
minds off sacred things to begin with,
and puts them on dressing and eating.
Hired girls, mothers and older sisters
have to stay at home to get big din-
ners, Many of the guests lose church
to be in time fcr dinner.”
“Anything to make empty saeats,”
approved the king. “These people can-
not be tempted by Sunday excursions,
but they iss God's house just as easy
in this way.”
“To make ladies feel that their ser-
vants need no Sunday privileges is
good,” suggested one.
“Very true,” eaid the superior. “As
long as we can get Christian womeu to
work during their church hours, we
can keep many empty seats in churches
and men and women away from God.”
“] am the weather imp,” said one
gloomy fellow. “I go around persuad-
ing people 1t is going to rain, or it is
too cool, too damp, or too hot to ven-
ture out to church. It is enough to
make your gloomy majesty laugh to
see them start out the next day in wind
and weather. One would thinkit a
sin to carry umbrellas and wear gum
coats to church.”
“Confidentially,” answered the king,
“when I find a Christian who has no
more concern about the weather Sun-
day than Monday—-determined to make
as much effort for spiritual gain as he
would for worldly proflt—I just give
him up. It's no use to try to drag
back the man or woman who goes to
God's house in all kinds of weather.”
“I'm able to doa great deal with
some of the ladies of the congregation,”
spoke up the imp labeled “Fashion of
this World.” “I can make them stay
at home because the new hat had not
come, or because their clothes are out
of style, or they have not got a new
cloak.”
“I have a better scheme than that,”
said another. ‘These people you keep
away are indifferent—generally good-
for-nothing folks who are hardly worth
getting into the kingdom of his satanic
majesty, but I have a plan that emp.
ties seats of workers in the church.”
“That is just what I want,” said the
king. :
“] make these people oyerwork on
Saturday. For instance, get some good
man the preacher depends upon or
some devoted Sunday school teacher
to make Saturday the busiest day in
the week. I just keep him rushed
with neglected things till late at night,
and then he over-sleeps or is sick the
next day, and can’t go out, or’if he
goes, is too tired and sleepy to take
part, or even listen.”
“Splendid plan,” cried Satan.
“Yes, it works well with delicate
women. If they clean house or have
Saturday night company, they can be
kept home without knowing that they
have broken the Sabbath the day be-
fore. A church party late Saturday
night helps with empty seats.”
“You are doing finely, my imps,”
his majesty eaid warmly—for his
breath was a flame of fire. ‘“Preach-
ers may work and pray over their ser-
mons all the week, but there will be
little results in preaching to empty
seats. One of the most important
things we have to consider isho w to
keep people away from church on
Sunday. Your plans are excellent,
but I might suggest another good point.
Ail preachers have human imperfec-
tions—some fault or manner of speech.
Get Christians to criticise their pastor,
especially before their children. This
keeps young people from wanting to be
church’ members. If you can stir up
a spirit of fault-finding against the
preacher, or among the seate. People
who get mad at each other do uot
care to go to church together, If the
seats are empty, the preacher may be a
saint, and preach like aa angel, to no
purpose. See the result of your labor
on—Street Church to-day.”
“Not only did the two hundred peo-
ple stay at home and lose a blessing,
but each empty ceat did its work
against the Lord’s kingdom. The
preacher made unusual preparation
and went with his heart on fire, but
the empty seats chilled him, and he
did poorly. Several strangers had
dropped in with letters, but they were
disappointed at the small attezdance
and took their letters home, and some
will not take them to any place. There
was a special collection, but the best
givers were away, so it was a failure.
[tisn’t a smart preacher, or a rich
congregation, nor a paid choir, that
makes a successful church. It is the
church members always being there
that draws in the unconverted, and
makes an eloquent preacher. As soon
as a Christian beginsto stay at home,
from one excuse to another, I know
I have a mortgage on his soul, which
if he does not shake off, I will fore-
close in the Judgment Day.” 2
“You heave none on mine,” cried
Mrs. Clark, who had been listening
with bated breath ; “I’ll go to church
if only to defeat you.”
“What's the matter, dear ?’ asked
the doctor. ‘‘Have you been dream-
ing 2"
“Perhaps so,but I’m going to church,
if [ get my seat just in time for the
benediction. I'll cheat Satan from
this day out of one empty geat.” And
she kept her word.
To Check Forest Fires.
1Giveulars Sent Owt to County Commissioners
‘Urging Them te Aid in Preventing Such De-
struction.
Dr. J. T. Rothrock, of the Forestry
‘Commission is now engaged fighting
the.question of circulars, one to farm.
ers and lumbermen, .one to County
Commissioners and the last to farmers.
Forest fires are new raging in the fol-
lowing counties te a greater or less ex-
tent: One thousand acres were
burned last week en the Welsh Moun-
tain,
Dr . Rothrock says: “Every fire
can be traced to one of three causes—
maliciousness, carelessness or ignor-
ance. [a the first ease men very ia-
frequently set fire to their forest prop-
erty when they have gotten behind on
taxes and the land is taken from them.
In revenge they set fire to the timber.
Hunters often set fire to the for
ests through carelessness, and boys
start bonfires often through utter ignor-
ance of the damage which may ensue.
“Yet none of these reasons should
be legitimate excuses in the eyes of the
law. The State alone loses $1,000,000
annually through forest fires, and no
one at all in Pennsylvania, so far as
my knowledge extends, is row under
punishment for the offense.”
Helping Him.
He—I come here go frequently that
I'm beginning to think that you look
upoh me as a sort of chestnut—a roast-
ed chestnut, as it were.
She—No, not a roasted chestnut,
When a chestnut is roasted it pops.
The Result.
The result of Tuesday's election is
one there will be no necessity of split-
ting hairs over, to find out who is elec-
ted. The figures speak for themselves,
and tell a story oot at all agreeable to
those at the tail end of the procession.
While the defeated party is never slow
at framing excuses for their oing,
the Republican victory’ in this year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and ninty-
five, is of such significance, there is
little or no reason for any attempt at
explanation by the Democrats to ac-
count for their defeat. Lack of votes
at the polls did the business.
A few worde on the subject, however,
are permissable. If Cleveland had
been defeated in 1892, the Republicans
would have been as badly ‘snowed
under” on Tuesday as the Democrats
were. When the Republican party laid
down the reins of power on March 4,
1893, they played the role of ‘the rats
running from a buraing bara.” It was
an easy method of escaping from their
own responsibility. Their mal-admin-
istration, including bad financial legis-
lation, was of such a character a busi-
ness crash was sure to come, it matters
not who might be in temporary charge
of the government. This was the re-
sult, and the Democrats are held re-
sponsible for the acts of the Harrison
administration. When Mr. Cleveland
came into power in 1892; the business
interests of the country were trembling
in the balance, and the financial crash
came inside of ninety days. Had Har-
rison won theday in 1892) he and his
party would, to-day, be bearing the
legitimate reeponsibility of his and
their own acts, instead of placing it on
the shoulders of innocent parties. Such
is political life, and such it ever will
be. Men who go into battle with bal.
lots often fare worse than those who
do their fighting with bullets, No
doubt there are plenty of Democrats
in the land to-day, who give a quiet
‘cuss’ to their political fortunes and
are willing to throw up the sponge.
But there is vo time for this foolish-
ness. Like the old buater, whose gun
missed fire, they should be thinking
about pickidg their flints and trying it
again.—Doylestown Democrat.
Fruit as Medicine.
Why for ages have people eaten ap-
ple sauce with their roast goose and
sucking pig ? Simply because the acids
and pectones in the fruit assist in di
gesting the fats so abundant in this
kind of food, For the same reason, at
the end of a heavy dinner, we eat our
cooked fruits, and when we want their
digestive action even more developed
we take them after dinner in their na-
tural, uncooked state as dessert. In
the past ages instinct has taught men
to do this ; to-day science tells us that
fruit should be eaten as an aid to di-
gestion of other foods much more than
it is now. Cultivated fruits, such as ap-
ples, pears, cherries, strawberries,
grapes, etc., contain on analysis very
similar proportions of the same ingre-
dients, which are about 1 per cent. of
malic and other acids, and 1 per cent.
of flesh-forming albuminoids,with over
80 per cent. of water.
Digestion depends upon the action
of pepsin in the stomach upon the
food, which is greatly aided by "the
acids of the stomach. - Fats are diges-
ted by these acids andthe bile from
the liver. Now, the acids and pec-
tones in fruit peculiarly =2ssist the
acids of the stomach. Only lately even
royalty has been taking lemon juice in
tea instead of sugar, and lemon juice
has been prescribed largely by physi-
cians to help weak digestion, simply
because these acids exist very abund-
antly in the lemon
Grumblers,
How full the world is of grumblers.
Many of the same people who are
scolding this summer because it is
warm will scold next winter because it
is cold. There is no point between zero
and the 90's that suits them.” Whether
the gray clouds yield rain or snow
makes no matter--neither is wanted.
If skies are clear somebody’s cistern
needs rain; if the showers descend
somebody’s feathers are ruined. It
would add much to our happiness and
detract mueh from the fatal tendency
to grow old if we would strive after
contentment and cease worrying over
the inevitabie. The truly happy are
the happy-go-lucky, who takes every
thing as it comes and make the best of
it. If it rains all that is left to do is
to put up our umbrella, if we are eo
fortunate as to have one, and trudge
along. Wet feet and bedragged skirts
won't kill one any more than poverty
and drudgery will, if thereis some-
thing within us too sunshiny for pov-
erty to cloud and too noble for drudg-
ery to debase. The person who spends
his life scolding. because things don’t
go to suit him is like the fly on the
ing’s chariot wheel. Things may not
be planned exactly for the comfort of
the fly, but his protest will never stop
the procession. The best tactics for
flies and grumblers to pursue is to take
what comes along and be glad it is no
worse,
——A mustard plaster made accord-
ing to the following directions will not
blister the most sensitive skin : Two
teaspoonfuls mustard, two teaspoon-
fuls flour, two teaspoonfuls ground
ginger. Do not mix too dry. Place
between two pieces of old muslin and
apply. If it burns too much at first
lay on an extra piece of muslin be:
tween it and the skin; asthe skin
becomes accustomed to the heat take
the extra piece of muslin away.
——Believe nothing against another
but on good authority ; and never re-
port what may hurt another, unless it
be a greater hurt to some other to
i conceal.
——“Waen't the bride delightfully
timid ?” “Very. She was even shy
ten years when it came to giving her
age.”
. Artificial Teeth.
The Present Day Dentists Have Brought Them
to Perfection—False Teeth Fashion a Science.
Within the past 15 or 20 years den-
tistry in all its branches, but particular-
ly 8s regards artificial teeth, has made
rapid professional progress. To-day
milady may part with all her grinders,
if she go wills, yet the specialist in arti-
ficial ones will replace in porcelain the
two sets intact, with such perfection
that her dearest friend cannot detect the
change.
The fashioning of false teeth has been
reduced to a science ; their maker is be-
come an artist. He uses his head as
well as his hands. When his charming
feminine patient comes to him with
tears in her eyes, and in her hand her
front tooth carefully wrapped in tissue
paper, he assures her and with truth,
that he will make a duplicate which
will deceive herself. This alleviates
the mental stress of the sufferer, whose
grief could not have been more intense
short of the loss of a dear friend or rela.
tive.
When, in the course of time, it be-
comes a case of an entire set, the spec-
ialist makes a close study of his fair pa-
~ tient’s face, as well as of what manner
of teeth nature originally gave her, and
works accordingly. If they have been
straight and white, he makes the
new ones so. If, departing from
their original plan, they have changed
color or been filled, the alteration is
copied. If they chanced to be irregular
or imperfect, the imperfection is repro-
duced to the letter. The plate no long-
er fills the mouth to overflowing and
crowds out the lips. All is compact and
tight-fitting. But, in case the cheeks or
lips need holding out, the artificial
gums are more or less enlarged, so that
the proverbial plumpers could not do
better.
The continuous gum plate, as it is
called, is a marvel of art and workman-
ship, with its half circle of ivory-colored
tines, It takes its molder a full week of
hard work as he presses and carves the
pliable material and slowly brings it to
perfection. And how relieved is his
anxious patient when she tries it in and
finds the gums tinted to perfection, the
teeth shaded to match her own departed
ones, and even her pet filling in view.
She smiles with contentment, and finds
that she is prettier than she ever dared
hope to be again, and can smile as
broadly as she pleases, there being no
dividing line between her gums and
teeth, but just a fine, wholesome inter-
ior is inviting inspection.
A first-class specialist asks from $100
to $250 for a single upper or lower set,
as, the material used is expensive, but
his time is money, and he must use his
brains and ingenuity to perfect his work.
The teeth must appear to spring. from
the gum ; he must do his best to dupli-
cate nature, while he aims at a restora-
tion of the form and expression of face.
And each new subject requires new
treatment; what looks well in one
mouth would spoil another. Platinum
is the metal used for the plate nowa-
days. It comes from Russia, and is tak-
en from the Ural Mountains. It is as
expensive as gold, and more easily man-
ipuiated. The gums and teeth are por-
celain, and baked two or three times
times while undergoing the process of
transformation Into a row of pearly
teeth. : !
Of course if the dainty sufferer has
not $250 at hand, she can be suppled at
cheaper dental rooms with anything to
suit, down to the “full set,” as adver-
tised. ‘‘to fit you while you wait,” at
$5, but art and science will be left out
of the question.
Ceylon and India Tea.
The consumption of Ceylon and In-
dia teas in the United States and
Cavada is gradually increasing, says
the New York “Shipping and Com-
mercial List.” In 1890 there was a
total consumption of 2,100,000 pounds,
while in 1894 the figures for the two
countries ran up to 5,500,000 pounds.
Tea drinkers are becoming educated
up to the fact that the unadulterated,
machine rolled teas of India and Cey-
lon are purer and better than the China
and Japan teas. To one who has seen
the Celestial at the work of rolling the
tea leaves with his hands, no better
recommendation may be given to the
British-grown teas than to say they
are machine made. That they are
purer and more wholesome goes with-
out saying, for it needs no argument to
prove that in a hot climate the con-
stant rubbing of the hands together
creates not only an exhusion from the
skin, but ‘other excrements gather
which becomes part and parcel of the
tea. Another important matter is that
no foreign substances are used to India
and Ceylon teas, for coloring purposes.
Again, they are relatively cheaper
than the product of China and Japan,
as according to the Finglish Chancellor
of the Exchequer, three pounds of the
former go ae faras five pounds of the
latter. India and Ceylon teas are sure
to largely replace those from other
countries with the tea drinkers of
America, the same as they have in
Great Britian.
Lower Than Ever Known.
The Susquehanna river at Clearfield
18 lower now than it was ever known
to be before. The bed of the stream is
almost dry.
-—1It is very funny to hear Pitts.
burg and Philadelphia Republican pa-
pers wearing boss collars rejoicing
over the defeat of the Democratic boss
in Maryland. But what about Boss
Quay in Pennsylvania, Boes Platt in
New York, and the Cincinnati whisky
boss who ruled Ohio politics ?_ If boss
killing is going on as a great public
benefit, why rejoice over a renewed
lease of power to these champion
bosses ? With the great states of Ohio,
New York and Pennsylvania given
over to the Republican bosses, why
make a show of virtue over the defeat
of Boss Gorman in Maryland ? The
voting in that state show the Demo-
crats know how to punish their bosses.
The voting in the other states shows
the Republicans swallow boss rule
without a grimace, and rather enjoy | 1
‘vided he felt he had secured a bargain.
the diet.
St. Nicholas in 1896,
For almost a quarter of a century
—for twenty-two years to be exact
—8t. Nicholas Magazine has heen
bearing its welcome messages each
month to the people of the land. It
began existence in 1873, .consolidating
with it in its early years all of the
leading children’s periodicals of that
day, “The Little Coporal,” “Children’s
Hour,” “The School Day Magazine,”
and “Our Young Folks,” among them,
The last children’s magazine to be
merged in St. Nicholas was “Wide
Awake,” which was purchased and
consolidated with it only a few years
ago. It has been fortunate in securing
contributions for its pages from the
leading writers and artists of the lau-
guage, while it has given to its readers
many works that have become jmper-
ishable classics in juvenile literature.
St. Nicholas has had for many years a
large circulation in Europe, and it is
eaid to be read by many royal child-
ren, When the children of the Prince
of Wales’ tamily were young the
Prince took six copies for his house-
hold, and the present Crown Prince of
Italy grew up a constant reader of iS.
Nicholas.
The magazine is a help to those that
have the care and up-bringing of child-
ren, in that it is full of brightness and
interest and tends to cultivate high as-
pirations, without being “preachy”
and prosy and lugging in too apparent
moralizing. Its readers are always
loyal to it, and they will be glad to
learn what has been provided for their
delectation during the coming year.
The leading feature will be a delightful
geries of letters written to young peo-
ple from Samoa by Robert Louis Stev-
enson. These describe the picturesque
life of the lamented’ romancer in his
island home, and give interesting
portraits of his native retainers. Rud-
yard Kipling, whose first Jungle Stor-
ies appeared in St. Nicholas, will write
for it in 1896, and James Whitcomb
Riley, the Hoosier poet, will contrib-
ute a delighttul poem, “The Dream
March of the Children,” to the Christ-
mas number. The serial stories rep-
resent several favorite names. “The
Swordmaker’s Son” is a story of boy-
life in Palestine at the time of the
founding of Christianity. It is written
by W. O. Stoddard, whose careful
study of the history of the times and
whose travels over the scenes of the
story have enabled him to present viv-
idly the local coloring. “The Prize
Cup” is one ot J. T. Trowbridge’s best
stories, Albert Stearns, whose “Chris
and the Wonderful Lamp’ was one of
the great successes of the past year,
has written another story that promis-
es much, In “Sindbad, Smith & Co.,
he has again gone to “The Arabian
Nights” for inspiration. An American
boy enters into partnership with that
greatest of seafaring adventurers,
Sindbad, and the fun and the compli-
cations that this brings about can be
imagined. These are but a few of the
features. Daring the coming vear
$1,000 will be given in prizes. Full
particulars concerning it will be given
io the November number.
Thanksgiving Day.
The President Designates the Last Thursday of
November.
President Cleveland ou Monday is-
sued a proclamation designating Thurs-
day, November 28," as Thanksgiving
day, which is as follows :
“The constant goodness and forbear-
ance of Almighty God, which have
bzen vouchsafed to the American peo-
ple duriug the year which is just past,
call for their sincere acknowledgment
and devout gratitude. To the end,
therefore, that we may with thankful
hearts unite in extolling the loving care
of our Heavenly Father, I Grover
Cleveland President of the United
States, do hereby appoint and set apart
Thureday, the 28th day of the present
month of November, as a day of thanks-
giving and prayer, to be kept and ob-
served by all our people. On that day
let us forego our usual occupations and
in our accustomed places of worship
join in rendering thanks to the Giver of
every good and perfect gift for the
bounteous returns that have rewarded
our labors in the fields and in the busy
marts of trade, for the peace and order
that have prevailed throughout the
land, for our protection from pestilence
and dire calamity and for other blessings
that have been showered upon us from
an open hand. And, with our thanks-
giving, let us humbly beseech the Lord
to so incline the hearts of our people un-
to Him that He will not leave us nor
foresake us as a nation, but will con-
tinue to us His mercy and protecting
care, guiding us in the path of national
prosperity and happiness, enduing us
with rectitude and virtue and keeping
alive within us a patriotic love for the
free institutions which have been given
to us as our natioual heritage.
“And let us also on the day of our
thanksgiving especially remember the
poor and needy, and by deeds of charity
let us show the sincerity of gratitude.
“In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
“Done at the city of Washington,
this 5th day of November, in" the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety-five and in the one hun-
dred and twentieth year of the indepen-
dence of the United States.”
(Signed) By the President.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
RicHARD OLNEY, Secretary of State.
——Fifteen hundred sea otter skins
were brought to the traders by Alaska
Indians this year, according to the esti-
‘mate of a trader just returned to Seat-
tle. Fursof bears and foxes aggregat-
ing ‘many thousaud dollars in value
were also brought in. He says Alas
ka's wealth is very great, and in many
regions is yet practically untouched.
The tract between Cook Inlet and Yu-
kon, he says, produces the finest furs
in the world, and only one or two
white men bave ever been in there.
~——The average man would carry
off almost any kind of rubbish, pro-
For and About Women .
If she happens to be a dark-haired
young person, she should wear a pearl
comb in her dusky locks. This is the
latest edict from the fashionable hair-"
dresser. The pearl combs are high and
broad in effect, and have silver teeth.
Large seed pearls are used, set in cut
silver, which produces an exquisite
shimmering effect. The long side combs
and pompadour combs now so much in
fashion are also seen set with pearls.
Speaking of autumn traveling suits,
those that are not made with jacket
bodice have shoulder capes of the same
material, or one contrasting prettily in
colors. They are elaborately stitched
or trimmed with braid and lined some-
times with a gay plaid silk. The cape
and collar are in one piece, and the col-
lar is cut into two large points, which
roll over a trifle and may be faced with
velvet. These are much prettier than
the prim turn-over collar of last season,
which is now out of date.
ather will be used principally for
the trimming of garments ; it harmon-
izes well with furs. One bazar exhibits
collets and sorties de bal trimmed with
marten, thibet, shunk, etc., mounted on
an empiecement of leather, embroidered
and furnished with paillettes like satin.
For garments the leather is dyed black,
bronze, silver etc., and for the sorties
de bal the shades are the most delicate—
cream, ceil, rose.
A beautitul new collarette and ruche
is made of fine shining silk, as soft a
texture as chiffon in the richest black
plissed and then box plaited. It iz com-
posed of three collars, each one a trifle
narrower than the other, and the whole
is finished off by a large ruche that
reaches above the ears and nestles into
the hair in ths most fascinating way.
Two long stole ends of black satin rib-
bon hang down in front.
There is nothing like a black satin
skirt to help out a deficient wardrobe.
It may be made, with careful planning,
to take the principal part in six ditter-
ent costumes. Worn with a Louis
Seize coat of black satin, trimmed with
jet and cream lace, it will make an ef-
fective costume.
When an evening gown is desired the
black satin skirt should have the gores
outlined by a narrow jeweled trimming.
Then it may be worn with a frivolous
chiffon waist spangled with jewels. As
a theatre costume the black satin skirt
may appear again in connection with a
bodice of scarlet satin. If this seems
too gay for ordinary theatre wear the
bodice may be toned down with black
chiffon frills, =
For one’s afternoon at home the black
satin skirt may be worn with any styl-
ishly made silk waist. Persian silk
waists are much the vogue this year and
waists of flowered taffeta are always
charming. As a d.nner skirt the black
satin skirt may also be utilized. It
would look well for this occasion worn
with a bodice of black satin, trimmed
gorgeously with gold galloon and
lace.
Even for an afternoon’s shopping ex-
pedition the black satin skirt will not
come in amiss if worn with a walking
coat of light tan box cloth. And after
it has served a season in all these var-
ious capacities, then it will do nicely for
black satin sleeves in a next year's
gown.
Something nicer than salted almonds
is the new and thoroughly American
novelty known as grilled almonds. To
prepare them, blanch a cupful of al-
monds and dry thorougnly. Boil a cup-
ful of sugar and one-fourth cupful of
water till it “hairs,”’ then throw in the
almonds and lat them fry, as it were, in
this syrup, stirring them occasionally.
They will turn a yellowish brown be-
fore the sugar ahanges color. Do not
wait an instant once this color begins,
or they will lose their flavor. Remove
them from the fire and stir them until
the syrup has turned back to sugar
and clings irregularly to the nuts.
Parlor portieres, according to the new
order of things must be hung in full
pleates from a rod and fall straight to
the floor. Window curtains of muslin
for a bedroom should be finished with a
three-inch ruffle and be gathered full to
8 small brass rod. They must also
hang to the floor, but are tied back with
a white ribbon bow. Heavy materials
in silk and wool and in silk brocade
may be found in most any color combin-
ation to match furnishings of room. All
such portieres are either finished with a
ball fringe down the side or with a
heavy silk cord.
One can have a pocket in her skirt
this season, by boldly brazening out the
opening with a wide pocket flap, stiff
with embroidery.
The newest skirt hangs in graceful
volutes, interlined with very thin hair-
cloth to keep them in place ; in many
the side breadths lap over the front in a
deep plait, which is fastened to about
the depth of nine inches below the
waist and ornamented with handsome
buttons ; the plaits flare out below. In
others the sides are cut into pocket flaps
with a similar effect. Long shoulder
effects promise to be more generally
adopted than they were last season:
Sometimes the sleeve is plaited closely
or shirred for three or four inches below
the shoulder. The low arm effect is also
atttained by shaping the yoke or en-
piecement so that it fits quite smoothly
over the top of the arm. Tabs of the
dress material or of ribbon or velvet are
brought from the shoulder, pointed on
the ends and secured with ornamental
buttons several inches below.
One of the sights at Auburn, N.Y,
is a prison for women, managed almost
wholly by women, there being but one
man about the place—a sort of figure
head—who is termed a warden, a guard-
ian of very mature years. All the
keepers are women, under the direction
of a matron. Itisa remarkably well-
managed prison, of which consequently
the world hears very Tittle, and it is an
economically managed establishment,
for the convicts do all the work,
For those who do not care to go to the
expense of an entire new outfit there are
some bewildering bits of neckwear dis-
played in the shops.