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QUEEN' ALEXANDRA
ENGLAND'S FIRST LAPY FEMI
NINE IN HER CHARM.
Still Delights In Dross Even If She
Has Mirny Grandchildren Has
Magnificent Jwcls and Likes to
Wear Them.
The greatest appeal that Queen
Alexandra makes to her Immediate
household as well as to her subjects
Is the appeal of perfect womanliness.
e has all the feminine weaknesses
h.!ch are said to be fast disappear
!.: Id her sex a desire to keep
eng. a love of dress and Jewels, a
.x.-ilty which prompts her to read all
: "t is written about her In ICng
n ! at any rate, A tender heart and
'.. .Mindless sympathy.
An American who was summoned
to a private audience at the palnce
eald that the thing which most Im
pressed him about the Queen was her
air of motherllness, a sort of gentle
protecting manner with ulso a tacit
appeal to chivalry In it.
There Is no more devoted mother
In all the country than Q;ieen Alex
andra has been, no more tender
daughter than she was to Queen Vic
toria, and no more loyal and (so
rumor has It) long suffering wife.
Besides these characteristics her de
sire Is to bestow an almost universal
charity, which has to be modified by
those who take charge of the money
she wishes to distribute.
The love of what Is beautiful In
art makes the Queen choose her
gowns p.nd those of her only unmar
ried da-.ignter with more than the
usual -Von,an's Interest !n dresses as
dresses. To the Ilrst lady In the
land, soft fabrics, dainty laceg and I
rich furs all possess an artistic value
aside from their charm as adorn
ments. Queen Alexandra sometimes
spends half a morning choosing a
combination of colors for a reception
gown and the Jewels which shall
help to set It off. All of which
seems rather strange when one stops
to consider the extreme simplicity
of her life and dress In her girlhood
days In Denmark.
Diamonds and pearls are the
Queen's favorite Jewels, and her
most prized brooch Is one that was
given her by the late Lady Cado
gan. It Is formed of a single pearl
of great size and wonderful lustre
which was found In ah oyster taken
from the oyster beds In Cliffden, Ire
land. Besides all ier dog collars, ropea,
"tngs end earrings of precious stones
i Queen possesses many Jewelled
1ers which serve to enhance the
auty of her gowns when worn on
.a to occasions, since she always Is
reful to wear the order which will
armonlze with the ' color of her
dress.
No woman in the worhl has her
vanity moro assiduously adminis
tered to than England's Queen. The
papers vie with one another In serv
ing her with accounts of her beau
ty, her taste, her grace &c, which
must pall a little sometimes even on
the recipient of these rhapsodies.
But she never disappoints those
who admire her charms, for at each
public function she always appears
In a gown which is a marvel of skill
and Deauty, and always she preserves
a girlish figure, blond hair and a
youthful face though her children
are reaching middle age and her
grandchildren are multiplying fast.
Current Cleans House.
Electricity is new being used to
operate carpet cleaners. A Pitts
burg man recently patented the ap
paratus shown in the accompanying
illustration, which is more servicea
ble than the pneumatic cleaner for
small houses. It resembles the fam
ily carpet cleaner in appearance. A
motor operates a turbine and brush,
the revolutions of the laUer agitating
the nap of the carpet and loosen
ing the dirt. The turbine creates
suction, drawing up all dust and de
positing it In a dust receiver provided
OPERATED BY ELECTRICITY,
for the purpose. It is claimed thai
carpets can be thoroughly cleaned
on the Joor ana eve.y corner can be
reached. Nothing need be moved.
Attachable appllarces are also pro
vided for treating walls, celling, cor
nices, chandeliers, curtains, eta
Mattresses cushions, upholstered fur
niture and pillows can also be aerat
ed aa well as cleaned by this appll'
ance. The machine works noiseless
ly and quickly. Power to operate
the apparatus can be obtained from
the ordinary Incandescent socket.
French laundries are oo trolled by
laws. All soiled linen and Its con
tainers are disinfected when re
celved ftt the laundries.
MAKING IIOOrSKIItTS.
A Man Who Ha Una Many Callings
Counts This the Oddest.
"Yes, I've worked at some odd
Jobs In my time," snld a man who
In the course of his life has follow
ed many callings, "but It always
seems to me that the oddest thing
1 ever did was making hoopsklrts.
"That was before the war, when
everybody, that is to say, all women
wore hoopsklrts. The fashion came
tr. suddenly, and at once, every
woman wanted a hoopsklrt, and
hoopsklrt factories sprang up, as It
Formed, over night.
"The factory I worked In occu
pied a bl,i room, a floor in a factory
building; I should say there was
room there for fifty workers, and
It was all taken up. The work that
we had to do was very simple, any
body could learn it in no time; but
for all that a hoop skirt factory
made a queer sight.
The skirts were made on skele
ton frames of the exact size ana
nape of the skirt to be produced,
and so here was a big floor filled
with the skirt frames, each rtipport
ed on a low pedestal and each made
tc turn on a spindle set In the ped
estal, so that the worker could
eland or sit still and turn the frame
tc bring the work to him.
"Our work was ihe running of
the thin, narrow, covered steel rib
bons, tho hoops of the skirt,
through the skirt tapes, practically
the making of the skirt. There was
g'ven to each operator a bundle of
th'-sa tap skeletons, each one con
sisting of a waistband with buckles
attached and with tapes depending
from It of the length of the skirt
t.i be made, the number of the tapes
In a skirt depending again on its
Kind and quality. We'd first
buckle the waist band around
the top of the skirt frame and then
stretch the tapes down In their
proper positions on the sides of the
frame and secure them, and then
we were ready to go ahead making
the skirt.
"The tapes were woven with
1 orlzontel openings through the
fabric at uniform distances apart
and through these we reeved the
hoops. The thin, flat covered steel
ribbon for the hoops we had on a
reel on a little table alongside of
us. Having pinned the tapes down
In the frame and all ready, you Just
put a tape needle on the free end of
the wire on the reel and proceeded
to thread the wire through the op
enings in the tapes on the form.
"Then, leaving length enough to
lap, you broke off the wire with a
pair of pliers and lapped the ends
and pinched over and around them
a little metallic clasp to hold the
ends together. And then you start
ed on the next hoop down and so
you continued until you got all the
hoops In.
"It was easy work and quickly
done, but some were quicker at It
than others, and not all did It equal
ly well, for It took some skill to cut
off and fasten each hoop In exact
ly Its proper length so that the flni
ished skirt would hang smooth and
true In exactly Its designed shape.
"There must have been many
millions of those hoop skirts made
In the days when hoops were worn,
for all women wore them and
bought new ones as the old ones
wore out or the fashions changed;
in those days you used to see dis
carded rusty hoopsklrts on the ash
heaps as you might see old hats or
shoes. And some women who
didn't buy steel hoop skirts of the
steel wire kind made their own
noopsklrts with reeds such r.s are
used in basket weaving which they
bought In stores and sewed into
aktrts, an Inexpensive substitute.
"Oh, yes, In those days all tb
women wore hoopsklrts, and naf
urally these few plays that we've
been having lately in which the
women appeared in costumes of that
time have had a peculiar Interest
for me, because when such cos
tumes were worn I worked in a
hoopsklrt factory. Nw York Sun.
Money is Full of Microbes.
According to a recent report
made by the director of the research
laboratory of New York, he found
upon microscopic examination that
an average piece of paper money
moderately clean, carries 22,500
bacteria. An average dirty bill will
have upon it something like 73,000
bacteria. Not all bacteria, of
course, are harmful, but In such a
number as 73,000 are many that
menace the public health. It has
been determined by miser oplc exam
ination that many living and active
bacteria can be sheltered and sus
tained on a coin. For that reason
children should be taught never to
put coins In their mouths.
Netting Troubled Waters.
An interesting attempt to dimin
ish the force of the waves has been
tried reorntly at Havre. The in
ventor Is Baron d'Alessandro, an
Italian, residing in Paris The ap
paratus consists of a network of
waterproof hemp, 360 feet long, by
60 feet broad, anchored on the sur
face of the water. It flattens out
huavy waves ' and prevents them
frum breaking, after the menner of
o.i spread upon the sea.
A boy doesn't begin to have good
sense until he admit that his father
knows as much as he does.
The average man will stand with
out hitching a good deal better thast
if tied with an apron string.
LA9T OF FAMOUS TflAIL.
Old Route Over Which Cattle Were
Driven North From Texas.
The last vest! -e of the old Na
tional cow trail stretching up
through Texas am. Cimarron coun
ties toward the northwest, will prob
ably be obliterated by the march of
a few years more of civilization, but
now In spite of tho fact that the
tread cattle has not been heard
over this historic trail since 1890
the old trails still marked by
well defined paths, running parallel,
where the cattle walked single file,
one behind the other. There are us
ually from a dozen to twenty such
paths, silent landmarks of the days
when thousands of cattle were trail
ed northward from southern Texas
and Mexico to North Colorado. Mon
tana and Wyoming,
For mnny years the Texas cattle
men took their herds at will across
the country, all of It unfeticed and
uncultivated, but as soon as there
began to be any settlers at all In
the "Oklahoma Panhandle" they en
tered serious protests against thnt
method ot transporting the herds
beoauso the southern cattlo com
municated the Texas fever to their
own aerds. At first an attempt was
made by Col. Jack Hardesty and
other pioneer cowmen to prevent
the passage ot the southern cattle
entirely, bringing on what was
known as the "Jack Hardesty war."
Hardesty and his associates hired a
cumber or armed fighting men and
placed them along the routes usual
ly traversed with Instructions to
fitop all southern cattlo. Of course
the blockade was of only temporary
duration, as the Texans took the
matter up with the authorities nt
Washington and the Hardesty forces
disbanded when they found them
selves likely to have to face Federal
troops.
As soon as the settlers became
more numerous they effected an or
ganization known as the "League, "
for the purpose of compelling the
southern cattle to be driven along
one well defined trail, thus minimiz
ing the danger of infection to cattle
on other parts of the range, A sort
of patrol was established, ono mem
ber being delegated to . keep the
herds on the trail and to go with
them a part of the way through
specified territory. In the one or
two cases where the Texans were
unwilling to comply with this regu
lation, they were visited by a com
mittee from the league end inform
ed that they co-Id either follow the
trail as other herds had donu or the
entire outfit of horses, cattle and
men, would be escorted back to the
Texas line.
It has now been something like
fifteen or sixteen years since driving
cattle overland from the South to
the Northern ranges was abandoned,
and few vf the present residents
along the line of the old trail have
any idea of the number of cattle
that formerly passed over it. They
began coming early In May, and
herd after herd passed until well up
to July, tho herds numbering from
1,500 to 2,500 head of cattle, and
with from seven to twelve men with
each outfit. Each man was gener
ously furnished with a mount of
horses ranging from five to seven
head.
At night the herds were rounded
up on the open prairies, and .guards,
consisting usually of two men,
would ride around them all night.
The guard was changed three timed
during the night, and the fourth
guard, going on at daybreak, wad
known as the "cocktail," the duty
of this guard being to remove tha
cattle irom the be.", ground to grass,
a little further along the trail.
The "punchers" who composed
these outfits were generally men
who ages ranged from 30 to 50
years, weatberbeaten- storm-trlea
end big hearteu fellows. When
quarrels arose the cooler heads us
ually prevented gun plays, and the
boys fought it out with their fists.
They enjoyed a game of "one come
along two," and considered two
deuces good enough to stay on un
til the raise came. Their manners
were often rough, but they were big
hearted men, who would give their
last cent to a needy friend.
Some of them who settled down
and became owners themselves, are
still living In the country across
which they drove cattle years ago,
and look back sometimes almost
With a sigh of regret to the old days,
Kansas City Journal.
A Yoga's Feat.
For fourteen years Bava Luch
man Does received ' from the priests
of the Black Cave of central India
the necessary education in order to
become a Yoga, as t. yoga must be
capable of taking the 48 postures of
the Hlndo idol.
Perhaps his greatest trick con
sists in balancing himself on the
ends of hi. fingers while the
whole of his body is In the air. Bava
stated toat in order to obtain the
rank of Yoga in the Black leaves of
India he had to continue in this po
sition on the ends of big fingers un
der the eyes of the Judges, without
a second's interval . for seven days
and nights. Strand Magalne.
. The Ileal Peril.
All great men are said to walk In
their sleep. The real peril, however,
is in talking during sleep.
- It's up to the chap who is unable to
see any good In the world to consult
an oculist. .
rtlOCKS WITH SMART COATS.
Tailored Elegance Is Indicated In
. These Two Costumes.
The very last rord In tailored elfi
ftanre Is lndlcnted in these two cos
tumes, and the styles stand out bold
ly aniong a season of unusually pret
ty frocks. In the foreground Is
suit of checked pongee of the rough
quality so much the rage In Paris.
The skirt Is trimmed with narrow
folds of Persian embroidered braid
and these ore finished with large flat
buttons of boldly striped silk finish
ed with pendants of silk.
The 1'iitnwHy coit Is almost as Inn
its the skirt which, by th way. la
even ankle length. It Is self-trimmed
except lor the collar of plain
natural color pongee stitched with
SOW
WITH SMART COATS,
soutache aqd soutache stltchtngs
about the front and eeves. The
vest is an oddly shaped little affair of
the silk with strappings of plain pon
gee. The skirt is close-fitting and
with it is worn one of the new Turk
ish sashes in dark blue silk.
In the background Is a costume In
pale yellow face coth having the
kilted skirt trimmed with a border
of changeable silk and coarse filet
lece. The coat. Is made entirely of
heavy lr.ee and outlined with bands
of the silk that finish the skirt.
There Is a vest of yellow cloth se
cured with fancy buttons.
The Key to Married Happiness.
If all people could but marry for
genuine permanent love, love of the
kind which counts Its Joys to endure
hardship for the sake of the beloved,
the "marriage question" would be
practically at an end.
But genuine, permanent love
which changes not, seems to be rare,
and there is not enough of it to go
round. There Is no truer proverb,
no sharper blade In all the armory
of old saws than "Marry In haste
and repent at leisure." True, it
does not Invariably hold good; but
the exceptions are so rare that they
may be fairly said to prove the rule.
The average woman learns In time
to cling to and be fond of any hus
band who Is kind to her, while com
munity of Interests forms on both
sides a bond not easily to be broken.
Even If there Is no passionate love
tp begin with, people who have a
modicum of common sense soon
learn that in order to walk together
they must be agreed and assimilate
their tastes and habits to those of
each other.
Household .Suggestions.
To prevent those awful holes in
the heels of stockings, try pasting a
piece of velvet around the heel of
the boot. This has been tried with
great success.
To freshen and brighten old faded
carpets brush them to remove dust,
dip broom In a pall of hot water to
which has been added a little tur
pentine. Brush vigorously.
When anything needs overcasting,
like towels, which are fringed, In
stead of doing it by Land take it on
machine and stitch Just a little above
the fringe and It will wear much
longer.
Boiling water for drinking pur
poses can be greatly improved by
beating rapidly. Do this with an
egg-beater just before using. This
takes away the peculiar lifeless
taste.
The Rainy Day Girl.
She Is extra sunny, aa if to shame
the gloomy 'day.
She comes down to breakfast with
a smile and soon her sunshine lifts
the family downcastness.
What though her pet plan for the
day is shattered, that is no reason
for her to shatter the happiness of
everyone within hearing or sight.
If she cannot go out she keeps
herself busy indoors and enjoys to
the full the unexpected catchlng-up
time.
But she goes out If she can, for
the real rainy day girl revels in being
In the midst of a downpour.
She loves a rainy day, but even if
she didn't she would pretend to juBt
by way of keeping cheerful.
. The rainy-day girl may not know
It Indeed, usually she has not the
least idea of It but she Is as good
as a whole storefull of tonics and a
sunbath thrown In to every depress
ed man or woman she meets on a
day of gloom and gray.
:ii i r.rw .isi i.-a- su jv
AVfcgclable Prcp-ralionfor As
similating iticFoodandRcgula
ting the Stomachs andBowels of
Promotes Digestion .Cheerful
nessandRcstContaina neither
Opium.Morplune norMiiicraL
IS'otNaiicotic.
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lifcfcji'iiwi norm
Apcrfccl Remedy forConslipii
Tlon, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions levcrish
ness md Loss of Sleep.
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F.I.FCTKOCTTIOX OK Tl'ilKDOS.
A Small Current Keep the Yt
From the Tiling
The damagu done to shipping and
li.arlno structures along the Pacific
b.- the destructive teredo i morn or
less well known hiuI ;c ris nave
l)en made constantly, tot many
years, by the Inventors and otners
to devise some methods ft extermin
ating these pests. The datt.age done
bj these luflnlteslmal .ventures 1.
enormous. Plllug and o.I.er wood
work of this character must be re
newed constantly or 'n a few vnrs
the structure will mmhl i Into the
KLKCTlilClTY TO KILL THUKDO.
stii, of Its own weight. Vl.t activity
ot those little borem la mune.oud.
They will start at oun eud of u
pile, for Instance, and in the course
of a year or two there it uothiug
left but a shell, which wiJl crumb.e
under the touch.
All kinds of paints au! composi
tions have been experimented with
for the purpoodu of keying them
out of the woo J but nu'hlng has
yet been touud that is at ell success
ful. It has been uiinouucjd recently
from the Pucllic Coust tha; ai; Inven
tor of San Kraucidco has discovered
that a small current of electricity
moving through the pil.i or other
woodwork renders it immune from
the action of the teredo. He has de
vluuJ an elaburate system covnina
the application of tho t tin out Ut
this purpose, aud has been grained
a patent covering tha sumo. It is
found that the amount .! cunent
require! is very smull :nd can be
supplied by means of a !nnk of wet
batteries. The current s led into
the bottom of the pile b means of
a wire carried through a waterproof
tube, which Is secured to the exter
ior. The wire is passed Into the
core of the pile and tho latter Is
UKUln tapped ut the to:i so that there
lv complete passage of two curraut
through the wood, the two wireB he.
lug connected with the s..i!ii.e ot ol
eurk'al supply.
Care of Knives and Forks.
Knives and forks not In general ush
will keep bright and rust ta.- ;f
lightly rubbed with olive oil bcii.i'u
they are put away.
More than 10,000 Japanese women
have already volunteered to go to the
front to act as nurses.
Oentle, thorough hair-brushing
sftouM be Indulged la twice a day.
Don't batie wbea very Ured.
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The Kind You Have
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(surveyor r.n I I'kiiI'k-i
A surveyor employed i the fit.
Louis, BurtloMVillo and I -i:r Itail
road Company, w hich u n n-. tit
build a lino from Joph:i M.,., tu
Pond Creek, Okla.. saw a rniaikablu
sight through the kI ihs ot nl transit
Instrument while running a survey
en Sand Creek, fifteen o:1 sixteen
miles northeast of a. in
Osage Indlun reiiervatlat, recently.
The country ut that ;lac" Is broken
snd Indented with canvt.Vb
The surveyor had '.urii-M1 his In
sirumont to see tho iIuk-iiumi behind
him. The P. a 3m an was st.'ii plainly,
but beyond the flagman about ",00
yards was somethius thitt .-.v.ised the
surveyor to Rasp in onrori'jhnient. A
Inrse panther, ut the ertit of a
small r-Wrlng. was inning Intently
at tho surveyors. Throuy.ri the gins
the punther's every movement could
U clearly seen. The surveyors
l.outel at the henst. whl.'h quickly
rcn Inlo the timber.
Training Sine,' lUrds.
Miss Louise Cheatam makes her
living by raising ami training native
sent; birds near the popular winter
resort of Aiken. S. C, Beagle raising
1e the profitable occupation of an
other young lady, a Miss Asch, ales
near Aiken.
Forcible Facts.
One-nixtli of the deaths from disease
are due to consumption. Ninety-eight
percent, of all those who have used
l)r. Pierce's (Jolden Medical Discovery
tor "weak lungs," have been perfectly
and permanently cured. Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is not ad
vertised to cure consumption ii- its ad
vanced stages. No medicine will do
thai. The "Discovery" does cure ob
stinate, lingering tir 'hang-on-eouKliH,"
and all those catarrhal conditions ot
throat and bronchial passages which if
not properly treated end in consump
tion. Take the "Discovery" in time
and it given a fair and faithful trial it
will seldom disappoint.
Free. Dr. Pierce's great work. The
People's Common House Medical Ad
viser is sent free on receipt of stamps
to pay cost of mailing only. Send -1
one-cent stamps for paper co'vered book,
or 31 stamps for a copy in cloth hind
lug. Address Dr. It. V. Pierce, Buffa
lo, N. Y.
"If I give you a dime," remarked
the benevolent old gentleman, "what
assurunce have I that you will not go
off and get intoxicated?" 'Sir," ex
claimed the weury wavfurer, with a
remnant of pride, "do 1 look like a per
son who could get intoxicated on a
dime?"
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Many sufkkkkks from nusul catarrh
say they k,et Hp'endid results by using
an atomizer. For their benefit we pre
pare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Kx
cept that it Is liquid it is ill all respects
like the healing, helpful, pain-iillaylnK
Cream Balm that the public has beeii
familiar with for years. No cocaine
nor other dangerous drug in it. The
soothing spray is a remedy that relieves
at once. All druggists, 7'rc,, Including
spraying tube, or mailed by Kly Biiw.,
66 Warren Street, New oi k.
It is generally the last young man
who can't keep up with his running
expenses.
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