EXCITIXiniEETIXU.
House Democrats Hold a Caucus
on the Iteciprocity Hill.
Overturn* Have Keen Made by ltepub
lican* to Sunn' Soullirrn nrmliora
--Ke*olutloii Adopted Favor-
Ins: ItittVrential on He
lined Suuar.
Washington, 'April IS.—The demo*
crats of the house at a caucus held
last night, by a very large majority,
estimated at 3 to 1, adopted the fol
lowing resolution, introduced by Mr.
iSwunson, of Virginia:
Resolved: That we favor the re
moval of the differential on refined
sugar, both from Cuba and elsewhere,
and believe that such amendments
are properly in order, and we insist
that it is the duty of all democrats
to vote whenever opportunity is
given to have these amendments
added to the pending bill providing
for Cuban reciprocity. We are op
posed to the adoption of the previous
question when the bill is reported to
the house unless it shall have been
properly amended in committee of
the whole, as this will prevent an
opportunity for just and proper
amendment with recorded votes on
the same.
Resolved, further, That the action
of this caucus is binding.
The caucus was rather turbulent
during the early part of the evening,
but toward the close the differences,
disappeared and it broke up amid evi
dences of harmony and good feeling.
Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, who
got the floor immediately after the
meeting was called to order, threw a
bombshell into the caucus by an
nouncing that overtures had come to
him from the republican side by
which it was to be agreed that the
republican leaders would abandon the
Crumpacker resolution to investigate
the southern election laws if the
delegations from the states con
cerned (Xortli fift'olina. South Caro
lina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Virginia) would aid the majority
io close debate and would vote
against the appeals which will be
taken from the decisions of the chair
when the motions to open up the
bill to general amendment are of
fered.
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
National Mann facturer*' Association
■Clect* I), ,TI. Parry I'ronldent.
Indianapolis, April 18.—When the
convention of Uie National Associa
tion of Manufacturers opened yester
day, a large bronze group was pre
sented to President Search by mem
bers of the association.
The first business of the session
was the consideration of the resolu
tion offered by Mr. Wood, of Penn
sylvania, approving the Lovering
drawback tariff bill. Tho committee
on resolutions recommended that no
action be taken at this tune.
tMr. Gates, of Illinois, of the reso
lutions committee, read the anti-in
junction hill resolution, whi ill took
a more decided opposition thai; th>.
resolution reported Wednesday. The
resolution was adopced without 'it
bate, unanimously, and is as fallows:
"Resolved, That the National
Manufacturers' association protests
against the passage of the bill as
proposed and believes that its effects
would be revolutionary and anarch
istic, and while apprehending most
serious injury to the property values
and vested interests from such a
law, the association feels that legis
lation that would legalize any mob
until after it had impelled its mem
bers up to the point of committing
violence would be of the greatest
ultimate injury of the working peo
ple themselves."
Mr. Parry was elected president,
and a vice president from each state
represented was elected.
The convention selected New Or
leans as the next convention city.
ANOTHER MURDER.
Detroit Saloonkeeper Shot and Killed
by III* Hrollier.
Detroit, iMich., April 18.—'Edward
Hawley, aged about. 41 years, was
shot and instantly killed by his broth
er, James Hawley, who is about (10
years of age, in their saloon at the
corner of River and Nineteenth
streets last night.
Edward, James and Luke Ilawley
are well-known river men, owners of
a tug line and other vessel property,
also the saloon in which the shooting
occurred. The three brothers were
engaged in an argument about a ves
sel just purchased by Ed. 1 Luke
and the latter were trying to induce
James to take a share in the new
boat. James accused his brothers of
trying to "bluff" him into the deal.
Ed. then playfully brushed James*
face with a bunch of shrubs which lie
had in his hands, and James warned
Ed. not to do that again or he would
shoot. Ed. repeated the act and
James shot him in the right breast.
He died in a few minutes and James
surrendered to the police. At tho
police station James said "they forced
me to do it."
I'plield Action ol'the (»overnor.
New York, April 18.—(By the terms
of a decision of the appellate division
of the supreme court yesterday the
action of Gov. Odell in removing
Charles Guden from the office of
sheriff of Kings county and appoint
ing Norman S. Dike in his place is
upheld.
Cuba's < oinine re e.
Washington, April 18.—A compara
tive statement issued yesterday by
K'ol. Edwards, chief of the division of
insular affairs, shows the commerce
of Cuba for the calendar years of
1901 and 1900. The total value of
merchandise imported during the
year 1901 was $0(1,583,971!, against $66,-
655.589 fo-r 1900, and the exports of
merchandise during the year ended
December 31, 1901, amounted to $63,-
278,380, against $48,904,684 for 1900.
These figures show a very slight de
crease in the imports and an in
crease of 29 pot o££h ,4ft Jfii-e export*.
CRIMES ACT.
Proclalmlim ol It In Ireland Stir* I'P
the Nationu llftt* In Parliament.
London, April 18. —In the house of
commons Thursday, John Redmond,
the Irish nationalist leader, speaking
of the crimes act proclamation issued
Wednesday night by the lord lieuten
ant of Ireland, Earl Cudogan, said
an infamous conspiracy was on foot
in England to foment troubl in Ire
land. where none existed. The stories
of outrage and violence in Ireland
were infamous calumnies. The na
tionalists in Ireland we-e only gov
erned by a conteniptil: e minority.
'A hundred men, contii .led Mr. Red
mond, stood ready to . I place every
man sent to prison in this struggle.
They entreated Mr. Wynhain, the
chief secretary for Ireland, to change
his policy; but if he continued it they
would meet him face to face and give
blow for blow. Their answer to his
coercion of Ireland would be to hard
en their hearts, strengthen their or
ganization and compel redress.
Mr Wyndham replied that while it
was true that there was a compara
tive absence in Ireland of crime
against the person, the lives of peo
ple were made miserable by intimida
tion and boycotting. The govern
ment was not acting from political
motives, but as the result of a mass
of information laboriously collected
and carefully examined.
CREED REVISION.
Pre*byterlan « oiiunlttee Complete* lt«
Laburi and Adjourn*.
Washington, April 18. —The Presby
terian creed revision committee com
pleted its labors yesterday and ad
journed. The committee agreed
unanimously upon a report to be
made to the general assembly in
New York on May 15. The final re
port, an authorized statement says,
was unanimous and hearty. The dif
ferences refer entirely to the tpies
tion of phraseology and do not apply
to that of principle or doctrine.
The committee also was charged
with the work of the revision of the
confession of faith by the prepara
tion of a declaratory statement de
fining the meaning of certain por
tions of the confession. The declara
tory statement deals with chapters
3 and 10 of the confession, the for
mer referring to the eternal decrees
of fiod and the latter known as the
elect infant clause; also with that
portion of the confcsison relating to
good works which was revised by u
change in the text. That concerning
oaths and the pope of Home clause
will be dropped from the confession.
Vetoed a Pension Hill.
Washington, April IS.—President
Roosevelt yesterday sent lo the house
a veto of the bill pensioning Thomas
F. Walter, a lieutenant in a Pennsyl
vania volunteer regiment during the
civil war, at sl7 per month. The
veto message states that the records
of the war department show that this
soldier was cashiered by sentence of
a general court-martial, for disobedi
ence of orders as to going on picket
duty, and that this disobedience was
admitted "to inscribe his name on the
pension roll." the message says,
"would be to condone an inexcusable
offense by a commissioned ottieer. to
detract from the high estimate in
which the pension roll ought ever to
be held and to do injustice to soldiers
now on that roll, especially those un
der the act of June :!7. 1890, where an
honorable discharge from the service
is a condition precedent to obtaining
a pension."
•Indue* Threatened.
Trenton, X. J., April is.—.A letter,
which presumably was written by an
anarchist, was received in Gov. Mur
phy's mail yesterday. It was ad
dressed to the supreme court of New
Jersey. It is thought that the letter
was an outcome of the governor's ac
tion in signing the Lord anti-anarcliy
bill. It was as follows: "Beware
lest you meet the same fate of Sisera,
w ho was nailed down with a tent peg
by Jael, as narrated in the Bible,
Book of Judge." The letter was
signed "S. P. J." Just before the ex
piration of the term of former Gov.
Yoorhees lie received letters contain
ing similar threats, owing to his ad
vocacy of measures for the extermi
nation of anarchism.
Charged With Siiiii^liiiE,
El Paso, Tex.. April 18. —William
Weisenberger, of New York City, was
arrested by United States custom of
ficers yesterday as he stepped off a
Mexican Central railroad train direct
from Mexico with valuable jewels,
watches, Mexican drawn work and
other valuables. Weisenberger had
seventeen valuable watches hidden in
a belt around his waist. Jewelry was
concealed about his person in every
conceivable way, and his trunk was
full of valuables worth $6,000. The
preliminary trial was held this after
noon and Weisenberger was bound
over under heavy bond, on a charge
of smuggling.
Pear a Meat Pamlne.
London, April 18. —A meeting of the
butchers' association held here last
right, at which representatives of the
entire retail meat trade of London
were present, unanimously petitioned
parliament to remove the existing
restrictions on the importation of
cattle from Canada and Argentina.
The meeting asserted that in view
of the reduction in the American
meat supply, the action they peti
tioned was imperative in order to
prevent a meat famine during the
coronation of the king.
■looker Didn't liny a Home.
Tnskogee, Ala., April 18.—-Booker
T. Washington said last night in re
gard to the report that he had bought
a house for a summer residence in
South Weymouth, Mass.: "It. is
rather interesting togo to bed feel
ing that one is a poor man, and to
wake up iu the morning ad find that
he is the owtier, according to the
newspapers, of an old colonial man
sion in Massachusetts. The fact is,
I have bought no house of any char
acter whatever in Massachusetts and
am not, intending to do so, and am
act able to luiy vne,"
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1902.
ALL WERE SEATED.
Compromise Effected in Amal
gamated Convention.
■teport I plioldn Conntltutlona Illy ol
A«Nc»Nmrut» -- ll. >tli Side* Am
Fleo»ed"Tlie He 11 lit] it cut*
Are (>lveilTlniv to
Hay I p.
Wheeling. W. Va„ April 19.—As pre
dicted by the Associated I'rcss, a coin
promise has been effected in the
Amalgamated association regarding
the lodges which failed to pay the
recent strike assessments. Yester
day morning the contested seat com
mittee reported to the convention.
The report is a very diplomatic one.
The main point of issue was the
lodges which declined to pay the as
sessment, four in number, made after
the strike had been declared off.
Their claim was that the assessments
wi»-t> unconstitutional. The lodges
which did pay the assessments want
ed the delinquents suspended.
The report upholds the constitu
tionality of the assessments and the
action of the executive officers in
making them is endorsed. Particu
lar reference in a complimentary vein
was made regarding President Shaf
fer's action in originating the assess
ments. The opposition to the assess
ments was treated equally kindly.
The exact nature of the report in re
spect to the rebellious lodges is not
disclosed, but it is known that some
were exonerated and given a clean
bill and the difficulties with the oth
ers were so adjusted as to give them
a reasonable time to pay up their
delinquencies, which they agreed to
do.
The result of the mix-up seems to
satisfy all delegates and according
to the officials when the convention
adjourned at 5 o'clock the best of
feeling prevailed.
Included in other business matters
transacted yesterday by the conven
tion was the adoption of the report
of the committee on rules and the
appointment of the various standing
committees.
A PROTEST.
II t'onieH From i liliia Autiliml Kxclll
• lon ol < lilnene From tlie I'lllllp
pillrft.
Washington, April 19. —The secre
tary of state yesterday transmitted
to the senate a communication from
United States Minister Conger, en
enclosing a protest from the Chinese
government against the exclusion of
Chinese from the Philippine islands.
The communication from the Chinese
government follows:
"Oil the ninth of the first moon of
the XXVIII year Kuang Hsu (Feb
ruary 18, 1902), I received a petition
from certain Chinese merchants in
the Philippines saying that the
United States officials are obstructing
the entrance of Chinese; that they
have established exclusion officers at
the ports and that when Chinese ar
rive in the waters, no matter wheth
er they are laborers or merchants, all
are driven together and tjreatcd as
criminals, and if there is any mistake
made in their verbal statements they
are not allowed to land, but are com
pelled to return to China.
"Your honorable country has usual
ly the reputation of being- lenient and
at present your relations with China
are especially friendly. There are
places to which the restrictions
agreed upon in past treaties apply,
but while we are hoping that these
restrictions may be entirely abro
gated, there has never been any
treaty applying the restrictions to
those islands.
"If no distinction is to be made
between laborers and merchants and
the severe regulations are to be ap
plied to that place, also, and all
are to be subjected to those harsh
restrictions, I fear the good reputa
tion of your honorable country will
hardly be able to escape injury.
"As in duty bound. I send this dis
patch to your excellency, requesting
you to transmit it to your govern
ment and ask them to adopt sonic
plan to withdraw the Philippines
from the operations of this harsh
regulation, so as to pacify the Chi
nese emigrants, which will be amica
ble and just."
REVOLUTIONARY SONS.
Tlie Society IIoHIh a Hiihlhpwn Meeting
111 Manor Houne at Tlouiit Vernon.
Washington, .April 19.—The trien
nial conclave of the general society.
Sons of the Revolution, convened
here yesterday. President Uoosevelt
received the delegates at the White
House at 9:30 a. m.
At Mount Vernon the delegates
marched to the Manor house, in the
banquet hall of which the business
meeting was held. They were pre
ceded by a drum corps and a color
bearer with a handsome flag of the
United States, while members carried
with them various emblems of the
order.
•About 200 delegates assembled in
the banquet I><ill, this being the first
time in its history that the house
was thrown open for the gathering
of a public organization. The reports
of the various officers show«"fl that
the society was in a prosperous con
dition, having a membership of ap
proximately 7,000 persons.
Hon. John Lee Carroll, of Maryland
was elected president general, and
Hon. Garrett Dorset Wall Vrooman,
of Xew Jersey, general vice president.
Offer* $1,200 Ht-xvard.
Des Moines, la., April 19.—Gov.
Cummins has offered a reward of
sl,-00 for the murderers of the Peter
son children, who were found dead ''i
the suburbs of this city a week ago,
and will increase the amount if they
shall not be apprehended within a
week.
Hum ltenlifiicd.
Xew York, April 19.—Rev. Dr.
Rand, secretary of the American
Tract society, after 54 years of con
tinuous service as editor of its publi
cations, lias resigned to take effect
in 'May.
BUSINESS INCREASED.
It.(1, linn A «'<>.'■ Weekly Itcvlew
ol Trade.
New V<»rk, April 19. —I!. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review «>f Trade says:
Weather conditions have been potent
for good during the past week. Ke
tail distribution was greatly acceler
ated, which in turn enlarged jobbing
trade and brought more pressure on
manufacturers for prompt shipment;
agricultural work was facilitated and
building operations made rapid prog
ress. Some labor controversies were
settled and others were averted. Com
plaints are still heard regarding
tardy deliveries, but freight is less
congested, and business has increased
to the extent of 6.9 per cent.
Quotations of iron and steel can
not yet be. considered inflated, but
the market is following in a natural
course, despite the efforts of leading
interests to maintain a conservative
position. Supply and demand must in
the long run govern prices, and in
this industry, needs are larger than
available stock, though productive
capacity has largely expanded. Pres
sure for pig iron is very great, but
furnacemen have contracted for
their output far into the future, and
consumers who want prompt deliv
rey are willing to pay premiums.
•Similarly as to steel rails, the regu
lar price of s"js has become nominal
on current business and an advance
of $5 a ton being readily pair for im
mediate delivery. This is especially
noticeable on urgent trolley con
struction. (Specifications for new
buildings promise abundant addition
al contracts for structural material,
while some mills have already sold
their entire output for 1902. Machin
ery and hardware lines share in the
exceptional activity, and are doing a
brisk export business in spite of high
prices.
Cotton goods have not followed the
fluctuations in the raw material, al
though its strength has contr buted
to the steadiness of the fit 'shed
product.
(irain and meats have continued
very strong.
Wheat was sustained by exports
from all ports of 4.485,352 bushels,
flour included, against 4,0111,891 a year
ago.
Cotton attained a higher price,
southern markets leading the ad
vance on decreasing port receipts and
a good demand from spinners.
Failures for the week numbered
I in the I'nited States, against
200 last year, and 21 in Canada,
against 21 a year ago.
THE PRICE ASKED.
Colombia Whiilm $500,000 lor Flrivt
Fourteen yearn Tor Canal mollis.
Washington, April 19. —The Colom
bian canal protocol which was deliv
ered at, the state department on
April I and afterward recalled by
Minister 'Concha for modifications,
was again presented to Secretary
Hay yesterday. The proposal as to
price is set out as follows:
Otic year after the exchange of
ratifications of a treaty, the I'nited
States shall pay Colombia the lump
sum of $7,000,000. This figure will
represent 14 years' rental at $500,000
a year. At the etui of 14 years, the
price which the United States shall
pay each year is to be fixed by mutual
consent of the two countries. lit case
the parties cannot agree upon a sum,
it will be left to an arbitrator select
ed between the two governments.
The protocol provides for the ap
pointment of a joint commission rep
resenting Colombia and the United
•States, which will arrange and pro
vide for all matters pertaining to the
administration of atl'airs within the
proposed canal belt, including the
membership of the mixed tribunals
for the administration of justice and
other steps necessary to the joint oc
cupation of the belt. It is realized
that the building of a Panama canal
would bring great numbers of per
sons of all sorts and condition* to
the isthmus and for this reason it
has been provided that the policing
of the strip shall oe performed by
both American and Colombian con
stables. neither of these nationalities,
it is held, being efficient without the
aid of the other.
Viewed as a study and as a com
prehensive presentation, the protocol
is regarded very favorably at the
state department.
t'elcbrnteil Seml-fen telinlal.
Xew York, April 10. —The semi-cen
tennial of the Young Men's Christian
Association was celebrated last night
with a banquet at the Grand Central
Palace. Over 1,000 members and
guests attended. Cleveland H. Dodge,
president of the New York branch
introduced the speakers, among them
were President M. Woolsey Stryker,
of Hamilton college; Dr. Theodore L.
Cuyler, William 10. Dodge and Vice
President C". F. Cox, of the Michigan
Central railroad.
A Hlg strike.
Schenectady, X. Y., April 19. —The
members of the tnolders' union in the
General Electric Co. left their
work yesterday in sympathy with
the metal polishers and screw mak
ers, who are on strike. The strikers
say that there are now 1,400 men out,
but the company insists that only 700
have left their places. Two thousand
machinists left the works in the af
ternoon, and as they went out hun
dreds of other employes joined them.
Till* Kuby Camel I* Dead.
Cleveland, April 19.—The baby cam
el born at the Wade Park zoo, a week
ago, died Thursday night.
Two Negroes Hansel.
Donaldsonville, La., April 19.—Iiilis
Washington and Phil Wallace, ne
groes, were hanged here yesterday
for murder. The crime for which
they were hanged was the murder of
Lee Geismar, a wealthy storekeeper
at Geismar on the night of January
12.
Klllr<l Iter Husband.
Kingston, Tenn., April 19.—.Abra
ham May, aged (SO years, was shot
and instantly killed Thursday night
by his wife, to whom he was marrietj
four months ago. She is ;t5 years at
age. Mrs, 'May confessed ,
PRINCESS MARGARET.
I)nuKl>ler of Duke of ConnHuiiUl I*
tin* Moat Attractive Member
of llrltliih llojull).
It is no exaggeration to say that
Princess Margaret of Connaught, King
Edward's pretty niece, w ho "came out"
at a ball in Dublin recently, is an ex
tremely important figure on the inter
national chessboard. She may take a
king.
The lively daughter of the duke of
Connaught is generally regarded in
continental diplomatic circles as the
most eligible of royal young women,
while those of her own country rec
ognize in Princess Margaret Great
Hritain's best hope for a fresh Euro
pean alliance. Already her name has
been mentioned in connection with
those of the prospective successors to
the two proudest thrones in Europe,
and it is hardly a matter of doubt that,
sooner or later, some especially ex
alted match will be made for her.
The fact that among licr relatives
Princess Margaret is known as "Daisy"
goes far to prove that there is little
stateliness or undue self-conscious
ness about the girl whose future prom
ises to be so brilliant. Her tempera
ment is just what the temperament
of a girl of 20 ought to be —lively and
not too serious. She is tall and grace
ful and has the knack of making her
self liked wherever she goes. She rides
horseback; she is a devotee of the
camera and she is never so happy as
when there is a dance in prospect.
Probably much of the tact and gra
eiousness for which she is famous
Princess Margaret acquired from her
grandmother. Queen Victoria, whose
almost constant companion she was
for a longtime. Her parents, the duke
and duchess of Connaught, some years
ago made a prolonged visit to India,
leaving Princess Margaret and her
younger sister in Queen Victoria's
charge. Margaret was an especial fa
vorite of her royal grandmother, who
often commented on the resemblance
to herself, which can be noticed in
PRINCESS MARGARET OF CON
NAUGHT.
Princess Margaret's profile and the
contour of her face.
It has been remarked more than
once that the sprightliness that is so
characteristic of both Princess Mar
garet and her younger sister. Princess
Patricia, must have come to them
from their amiable father, rather than
from the duchess, who never has fully
overcome the shyness that once was
almost a malady with her. She was
the daughter of Prince Charles Fred
erick of Prussia, and when first she
settled in England her timidity made
life a burden to her. At the first din
ner parties at which she was obliged
to preside as hostess she was so nerv
ous that she used never to dare to lift
a glass of wine to her lips for fear of
spilling it, and even now she appears
at great functions as seldom as
possible, and infinitely prefers a
small dinner with two or three close
friends. Iler married life, however,
has been fairly happy. She is proud
of the great popularity which her hus
band, the duke, enjoys, and he relies
more than a little on her tact and judg
ment.
For the first time, the Connaughts
are about to have a home of their own
in London. Hitherto, this section of
the royal family has lived for the most
part at the duke's country place, Hag
sliot park, in Surrey, and when in town
have had apartments in Buckingham
palace. Now, however, Clarence house,
the square saffron-colored mansion
hard by old St. James* palace, is be
ing entirely refitted for them. Until
recently it has been the home of the
king's widowed sister-in-law, thedueh
ess of Saxe-Cobiirg. The Connaughts
are to move in immediately, and it is
expected that the duke will entertain
lavishly during the coronation sea
son.
Mlilerlr Women Is White.
There is considerable criticism in
French circles over the fact that at a
recent wedding not only the bride, but
the mother of the bride, was attirei
in a white gown. The gown in ques
tion was, to be sure, a heavy white
guipure, trimmed with bands of er
mine, a costume certainly sufficiently
rich and elaborate to suit a woman
only a little over 40. It is. however, a
noticeable fact that a large number of
women past their youth are wearing
white for the daytime and finding it
becoming. As a couturiere approached
on the subject said: "A woman is
never too old to wear white, but she
may be too ugly. A pretty woman tuay
W*isir white until she is SO, but an tlgly
>r3ir»n should never wear it."
I GRAND DUCHESS OLGA.
A Ml Girl Mnj I'cri'imnf•
C.:*» U«J ilo Kniiin'tix of All
Hit*
The Salic law does not prevail (ft
Russia. The czar's feeble younger
brother was carried off by consump
tion two years ago, and though wom
en only come to the Russian throne
when all nearer male heirs are lack
ing, there }» an excellent chance of
succession for the six-year-old eldest
daughter of the present ruler.
The picture taken of this little girl
bending over her youngest sister has
proved throughout Russia one of the
GRAND DUCHESS OLGA.
(Oldest Daughter of the Czar ar.d Czarina
of Russia.)'
most popular of the- royal photo
graphs. It is admired because it
shows that in spite of the fact that
all the czar's children are girls, they
are wonderfully pretty girls and that
the charm and character of the eld
est is clearly written in her counte
nance. Six years ago when she was
born loyal Russia was deeply disap
pointed. The czar, however, gallant
ly assured his people that he was de
lighted with his little girl and in
spite of the fact that three more tiny
women have come to bless his nur
sery he has greeted them affection
ately and given to the first the most
unstinted devotion. It is whispered
in Russia that when the news.of the
sex of the first baby was given the
emperor he smilingly said she would
some day rule Russia. To the in
finite satisfaction of her nurses and
parents she proved not only to pos
sess a wonderful physique, but all
the beauty of her mother and the
sound sense of her Danish grand
mother.
In the royal Russian household
there seemed to be from the hour of
her birth a belief that she would
never have a brother and on her
training the most extraordinary
amount of care and attention has
been lavished. This little girl with
a wonderful future has hardly known
a day's illness, she t'llkcd anil walked
sooner than is ♦' rule even with ro
bust. and forward children and she
possesses a wisdom and gravity far
beyond her years. Where she has ap
peared in public her beauty and
grace have enchanted the people
among whom she is frequently re
ferred to as "the little empress," and
though her sisters are pretty, swee.
creatures. Grand Duchess Olga easily
eclipses them.
Though but six the grand duchess*
tact and intuition arc unerring, a
is proven by a drive she made re
cently with her baby sister, Grand
Duchess Anastasia, through the
streets of St. Petersburg. The two
children were in a big closed car
riage with their-nurses, and were fol
lowing their parents to the railway
station. There- was a moment's halt
along the route and when the
duchess' lovely face was se»-n at the
carriage window a clieer rose from
the people behind the guard's. With
right royal grace the child calmly
took her baby sister from the nurse's
arms and held' her up, saying at the
top of her voice-: "Isn't she sweet?"
The cheers rang out again and again,
the duchess nodded gayly and held
the baby for everybody to see until
the- carriage rolled on.—St. Louis
G lobe- Democrat.
Care t<»» [ltinU.
The maid of all work plunging her
hands in hot soapsuds and with them
half dried, perhaps, hanging clothes
in the wintry ai.r will often suffer pain
fully from hand-chapping during the
cold weather. It is the thoughtful
mistress who will see that a bowl of
Indian meal' is kept in a convenient
place near the kitchen sink, and the
girl encouraged to dip her hands, while
still moist from water, frequently into
the velvety grains. Afterwards, dry
the hands thoroughly.
Dainty. JTH.sb for Dainty Tnnte*.
To tempt a capricious appetite try
chicken custard, which is a very agree
able variation from the customary
chicken dishes. To a teaeupful of good
chicken stock add a similar quantity of
cream and cook for a few moments in
a double boiler. When hot add the
beaten yolks of three eggs and a pinch
of salt. As the mixture begins to thick
en. pour into custard cups to cool.
Hint Worth l< r mem l>eri ng.
When buying a stair carpet g«*t an
extra yard and fold in a piece each
end. If you do this you will: b$ able
to shift the carpet, sometimes higher,
sometimes lower, and by this means
you will get it worn evenly all o»er, and
will not have the edges of the stairs
looking frayed and shabby, while parts
of the carpet remain untrodden and
fresh.
lliirnl*hln#f Iron Work.
Plain or ornamental varnished iron
work may be made to look like new by
rubbing with petroleum applied
a soft duster.
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